The badly damaged football fields in Lebanon (Photo: courtesy of Khaled Karam).

Football in Lebanon: a mirror of society?

Football and politics in Lebanon: a love-hate story.

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Assyriska FF from the 1970’s (picture found at Assyriska FF’s homepage).

Stories

A New Assyrian Empire, far away from home

In an industrial city in Sweden, an Assyrian football club created by immigrant workers revived an ancient past.

Stories

Victim and perpetrator: two national coaches and the December Murders

André Kamperveen and Paul Bhagwandas were both coaches of the national team in Suriname. Kamperveen was a victim of the December Murders, Bhagwandas a perpetrator.

Stories

Italian Footballers against fascist regime

This article tells some stories of football players who fought against fascism during the regime in Italy, some of them paid with their lives.

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Paolo Maldini, AC Milan 1996/97 (Source: UEFA Champions League, #FlashbackFriday Tweet. May 19, 2017).

The ‘Black Octopus’ saves his side again: Lev Yashin in action, USSR v Argentina, Buenos Aires 1961 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons).

Memphis Depay about to shoot against England (Photo: Wikicommons).

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Paolo Maldini

Paolo Maldini’s career seems too good to be true, stylish on and off the field, his life has never been touched by failure or scandal.

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Lev Yashin

Lev Yashin is maybe the best goalkeeper football has ever seen. His world was shaped by the Soviet Union. His story is one about identity and ideology.

On This Day

On this day at the Euro2020, an inclusive Dutch team would have played in Amsterdam. Something of a contrast with the Dutch team who lost to France 24 years ago on this date during the Euro1996. An opportunity to use football as a lens into changes in Dutch society, the role of footballers and a look ahead.

Quote of the week

What I know most surely in the long run about morality and obligations, I owe to football

Albert Camus, 1957.

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The Climb to Equality

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FC Union Berlin: A rebellious football club in a rebellious city

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Why Teach Football History?

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The amazing story of Sierra Leone’s Amputee Team

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The Most Dangerous Game of Football: Calcio Storico

David Goldblatt in his apartment in Bristol (Photo: FMH).

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Football: A People’s History of Europe?

Odd Frantzen and the Norway team at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin (Photo: Wikimedia Commons).

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The football signpost to WWII

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The Right to Play

The Mad Grandma (Photo: COPA90 Stories).

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The Mad Grandma: Botafogo’s 83-year-old superfan

Diversity & discrimination

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Stories

Women’s Football: the new player in the sport industry

We are living in a period characterized by significant financial changes in the field of women’s football and some others will continue to come.

Students talk with FC Den Bosch player (photo: DTV Nieuws).

One full schoolweek on football and Europe?

When a teacher organised an entire week to combine football and Europe

Teaching students with objects (photo: Brian Sheehy).

Sports in the History Classroom

Football, rugby, soccer and more allow students to engage in history

Appie Nouri

Uniting the City in Talent and Tragedy

Egyptian striker Mo Salah (Photo: Fars Media Corporation).

Mo Salah’s Song to Integration

How is English football coming to terms with religious diversity?

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Fatmire Alushi

Professor Gijsbert Oonk (Copyright Erasmus University Rotterdam).

Researching Football’s “Us and Them”

Natalie Portman, one of the founders of Angel City FC.

Angel City FC: An in-vitro football sensation

Life Stories

Football Makes History gathers life stories of unique individuals that help us connect the history of football to diversity and inclusion.

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Violette Morris

Heroine, Sportswoman, Collaborator

Justin Fashanu

Casualty of prejudice?

Gabriel Hanot

The visionary journalist

Ruud Gullit

The Making of an Icon

Educational Resources

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Athletic Club Bilbao and Real Sociedad carrying the Ikurinna, the Basque flag.

We. We are the best

Helping students define nationalism by looking at photos of football matches and reflecting on the main expressions of it in the stadiums.

The US National Team lifts the world cup in 2019 (Photo: AppaIoosa on Flickr).

Equal Pay for Equal Play

How is the gender pay gap reflected in women’s football and what can be done to change it? How do we help students reflect on this?

Soldiers in Congo in uniform, approx 1910-1925 (Source: Collectie Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen).

Football, Colonialism, and Migration

How did football evolve over time in both the Congo and Belgium? How has football (environments) been used beyond playing a sport? This is a learning activity to help students explore these topics.

A mob football match played at London’s Crowe Street (Source: WikiCommons).

Spread of football as cultural history

Students can explore 19th and 20th century global history through the cultural spread of the game.

The new front facade of the stadium after the name change (Photo: Wikimedia Commons).

Three Presidents and the 1938 Racial Laws in Italy

How to study the impact of national law and policies on everyday life? This resource helps students investigate how the Racial Laws in Italy impacted sport.

Lucy Bronze chasing the ball (Photo: Dominique Mallen, WikiCommons).

Beyond imitators of men

Through examples from football, we can encourage students to think out of the box on complex issues such as equality and inclusion, and ask thought-provoking questions.

FC Bayern Munich Fans on Fire with Bengalos (Photo: Waldemar Brandt on Unsplash).

Chants in Football. Beyond the Fan and the Other

What if your students could talk with someone who has been hurt by a football chant, asking them why and analysing the chant with them?

Girl fight, Iceland – Spain, They are back. More fierce than ever before since they must win tomorrow. The show starts at Laugardalur stadium at 18. Free entry. Everyone must show up (Copyright: Football Association of Iceland (KSI), Morgunblaðið).

Women’s struggle for equality and respect in Football

Teaching students about gender inequality in football and the ethics of advertisements by analyzing image sources.

Discover women’s football then and now a game of quartet

Where are the women’s football quartet cards?

Educational resources

Latest learning activities & collections

Learning Activities

We. We are the best

Helping students define nationalism by looking at photos of football matches and reflecting on the main expressions of it in the stadiums.

Learning Activities

Equal Pay for Equal Play

How is the gender pay gap reflected in women’s football and what can be done to change it? How do we help students reflect on this?

Source Collections

Football, Colonialism, and Migration

How did football evolve over time in both the Congo and Belgium? How has football (environments) been used beyond playing a sport? This is a learning activity to help students explore these topics.

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Toolkit

Toolkit for using historical and cultural heritage dimensions of football to enhance social inclusion and promote diversity in non-formal setting.

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Inclusion & Integration

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21 short stories of football in Amsterdam

Telling the history of a city through football stories: a celebration of Amsterdam.

Lives

Chérif Souleymane

A pioneering African footballer in the DDR

First hours after the earthquake, 26 July 1963 (Source: State Archives of the Republic of Macedonia).

On This Day

Football as a post-disaster charity

Today in 1964, a football match was organised between Yugoslavia and a UEFA team “Rest of Europe”.

National Football Museum, Manchester (Photo: Ank Kumar, Wiki Commons).

Stories

Unleash the potential of football museums

This article is the result of a webinar series from EuroClio which tackled football and social issues to explore how football history and society intertwine.

Football in Cultural Heritage

Thematic Tips

Discussion on Heritage and Football at imagine IC.

Lives

Fatmire Alushi

Fatmire Bajramaj Alushi was a refugee from war, she achieved star status in German women’s football and won the World Cup. Her story is one diversity, equality and inclusion.