List of winners of Unofficial Football World Championships

The teams below have won the Unofficial Football World Championships

Unofficial Football World Championships

The Unofficial Football World Championships is a way of calculating the world's best football team, using a knock-out title system similar to that used in boxing and wrestling. The title is currently held by , having been won from Japan in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match on 15 November...

.

The Unofficial Football World Championships (UFWC) (or World Perpetual Football Championship) is a novel way of calculating the world's best football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

team, using a knock-out title system similar to that used in boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

.

The idea stemmed originally from some Scotland

Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...

fans jokingly asserting that as they beat England

England national football team

The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

, Champions of the 1966 World Cup

1966 FIFA World Cup

The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 July to 30 July. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time, so becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy in 1934.-Host selection:England was chosen as...

, in a British Home Championship

British Home Championship

The British Home Championship was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from the 1883–84 season until the 1983–84...

match on April 15, 1967 - England's first loss after their World Cup victory - they were the Unofficial World Champions. Ironically, after the title was later traced back, this joke turned out to be true.

Many years later, a website was created to show results of research triggered by this idea. The website

Website

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was featured in respected football magazine FourFourTwo

FourFourTwo

FourFourTwo is a football magazine published by Haymarket. Published monthly, costing £4.50, and at about 164 pages long, it published its 200th edition in February 2011...

, which gained it extra publicity. The FourFourTwo feature also suggested the compilation of an unofficial clubs world championship.

It is not FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

-sanctioned, nor indeed does it have any sort of official backing.

Full winners list

Entries in gold indicate that for at least part of the reign, the title holder was also FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

holder. Every World Cup winning nation has concurrently held the Unofficial World Championship at least once.

† indicates that for at least part of the reign as Unofficial Champions, the team topped the FIFA World Rankings

Pre-1900

Date won	Date lost	Matches held	Days held
8 March 1873	7 March 1874	1	364
7 March 1874	5 April 1879	8	1855
5 April 1879	13 March 1880	1	343
13 March 1880	17 March 1888	21	2926
17 March 1888	13 April 1889	4	392
13 April 1889	6 April 1891	7	723
6 April 1891	4 April 1896	15	1825
4 April 1896	2 April 1898	6	728
2 April 1898	7 April 1900	6	735

1900-1920

Date won	Date lost	Matches held	Days held
7 April 1900	21 March 1903	9	1078
21 March 1903	12 March 1904	2	357
12 March 1904	7 April 1906	8	756
7 April 1906	4 March 1907	1	331
4 March 1907	7 March 1908	2	369
7 March 1908	1 March 1909	3	359
1 March 1909	15 March 1909	1	14
15 March 1909	2 April 1910	7	383
2 April 1910	5 April 1913	9	1099
5 April 1913	14 February 1914	1	315
14 February 1914	13 March 1920	4	2219

1920-1930

Date won	Date lost	Matches held	Days held
13 March 1920	10 April 1920	1	28
10 April 1920	9 April 1921	3	364
9 April 1921	4 February 1922	1	301
4 February 1922	13 March 1922	1	37
13 March 1922	8 April 1922	1	26
8 April 1922	16 February 1924	4	679
16 February 1924	14 February 1925	3	364
14 February 1925	2 April 1927	8	777
2 April 1927	22 October 1927	4	203
22 October 1927	4 February 1928	1	105
4 February 1928	27 October 1928	1	266
27 October 1928	5 April 1930	8	525

1930-1940

Date won	Date lost	Matches held	Days held
5 April 1930	28 March 1931	5	357
28 March 1931	16 May 1931	1	49
16 May 1931	7 December 1932	12	571
7 December 1932	1 April 1933	1	115
1 April 1933	16 September 1933	1	168
16 September 1933	14 October 1933	1	28
14 October 1933	15 November 1933	1	32
15 November 1933	29 September 1934	1	319
29 September 1934	6 April 1935	3	189
6 April 1935	2 December 1936	6	606
2 December 1936	17 November 1937	3	350
17 November 1937	9 April 1938	2	143
9 April 1938	15 April 1939	5	371
15 April 1939	18 May 1939	2	33
18 May 1939	4 June 1939	1	17
4 June 1939	12 November 1939	4	161
12 November 1939	31 March 1940	2	140

1940-1950

Date won	Date lost	Matches held	Days held
31 March 1940	6 April 1941	9	371
6 April 1941	20 April 1941	1	14
20 April 1941	16 November 1941	1	210
16 November 1941	3 May 1942	1	168
3 May 1942	20 September 1942	3	140
20 September 1942	15 November 1942	2	56
15 November 1942	16 May 1943	2	182
16 May 1943	7 November 1943	4	175
7 November 1943	25 November 1945	7	749
25 November 1945	7 July 1946	1	224
7 July 1946	19 November 1947	10	500
19 November 1947	9 April 1949	7	507
9 April 1949	15 April 1950	4	371

1950-1960

Date won	Date lost	Matches held	Days held
15 April 1950	29 June 1950	4	75
29 June 1950	2 July 1950	1	3
2 July 1950	20 April 1952	5	658
20 April 1952	19 March 1953	4	333
19 March 1953	28 March 1953	1	9
28 March 1953	10 April 1954	2	378
10 April 1954	2 March 1955	2	326
2 March 1955	5 February 1956	8	340
5 February 1956	25 April 1956	11	80
25 April 1956	24 June 1956	1	60
24 June 1956	6 April 1957	12	286
6 April 1957	9 April 1957	1	3
9 April 1957	10 July 1957	4	92
10 July 1957	15 September 1957	1	67
15 September 1957	29 September 1957	3	14
29 September 1957	27 October 1957	2	28
27 October 1957	6 April 1958	1	161
6 April 1958	30 April 1958	1	24
30 April 1958	8 June 1958	1	39
8 June 1958	24 June 1958	4	16
24 June 1958	29 June 1958	1	5
29 June 1958	12 December 1959	11	531
12 December 1959	17 August 1960	7	249

1960-1970

Date won	Date lost	Matches held	Days held
17 August 1960	11 June 1961	5	298
11 June 1961	31 May 1962	4	354
31 May 1962	7 June 1962	2	7
7 June 1962	24 March 1963	1	290
24 March 1963	28 March 1963	1	4
28 March 1963	4 September 1963	6	160
4 September 1963	20 June 1965	1	655
20 June 1965	22 August 1965	3	63
22 August 1965	23 February 1966	2	185
23 February 1966	25 July 1966	10	152
25 July 1966	30 July 1966	1	5
30 July 1966	15 April 1967	4	259
15 April 1967	10 May 1967	1	25
10 May 1967	15 October 1967	9	158
15 October 1967	16 June 1968	4	245
16 June 1968	6 August 1969	4	416
6 August 1969	1 November 1969	4	87
1 November 1969	3 May 1970	3	183

1970-1980

Date won	Date lost	Matches held	Days held
3 May 1970	15 November 1970	2	196
15 November 1970	19 May 1971	3	185
19 May 1971	25 September 1971	2	129
25 September 1971	12 January 1972	4	109
12 January 1972	2 May 1973	8	476
2 May 1973	7 July 1974	15	431
7 July 1974	12 March 1975	4	248
12 March 1975	30 October 1975	7	232
30 October 1975	17 November 1976	12	384
17 November 1976	23 February 1977	1	98
23 February 1977	30 March 1977	1	35
30 March 1977	1 June 1977	2	63
1 June 1977	16 November 1977	4	168
16 November 1977	2 June 1978	6	198
2 June 1978	21 June 1978	5	19
21 June 1978	25 June 1978	1	4
25 June 1978	18 July 1979	5	388
18 July 1979	1 August 1979	2	14
1 August 1979	5 December 1979	9	126
5 December 1979	24 June 1980	2	202

1980-1990

Date won	Date lost	Matches held	Days held
24 June 1980	10 January 1981	8	200
10 January 1981	23 August 1981	4	225
23 August 1981	23 March 1982	2	212
23 March 1982	30 March 1982	1	7
30 March 1982	22 June 1982	7	84
22 June 1982	8 July 1982	3	16
8 July 1982	27 October 1982	2	111
27 October 1982	13 April 1983	5	168
13 April 1983	13 November 1983	7	214
13 November 1983	2 June 1984	1	202
2 June 1984	13 June 1984	2	11
13 June 1984	16 June 1984	1	3
16 June 1984	2 May 1985	8	320
2 May 1985	4 September 1985	3	125
4 September 1985	16 October 1985	1	42
16 October 1985	20 November 1985	1	35
20 November 1985	14 May 1986	3	175
14 May 1986	13 June 1986	3	30
13 June 1986	18 June 1986	1	5
18 June 1986	22 June 1986	1	4
22 June 1986	25 June 1986	1	3
25 June 1986	10 June 1987	2	350
10 June 1987	4 June 1988	8	360
4 June 1988	14 September 1988	1	102
14 September 1988	16 November 1988	2	63
16 November 1988	29 March 1989	4	133
29 March 1989	12 April 1989	1	14
12 April 1989	7 May 1989	2	25
7 May 1989	14 June 1989	2	38
14 June 1989	23 August 1989	2	70
23 August 1989	17 January 1990	4	147

1990-2000

Date won	Date lost	Matches held	Days held	FIFA World ranking at time of gaining title
17 January 1990	21 November 1990	6	308
21 November 1990	13 February 1992	8	449
13 February 1992	4 June 1992	2	112
4 June 1992	14 June 1992	2	10
14 June 1992	18 June 1992	1	4
18 June 1992	15 August 1993	15	423
15 August 1993	7 April 1994	11	235	19
7 April 1994	20 April 1994	1	13	56
20 April 1994	22 June 1994	5	63	11
22 June 1994	26 June 1994	1	4	8
26 June 1994	31 January 1995	1	219	17
31 January 1995	4 February 1995	1	4	35
4 February 1995	31 May 1995	2	116
31 May 1995	11 June 1996	14	377	15
11 June 1996	14 June 1996	1	3	7
14 June 1996	30 June 1996	4	16	10
30 June 1996	25 March 1998	16	633	2
25 March 1998	29 April 1998	1	35	1 †
29 April 1998	4 July 1998	8	66	7
4 July 1998	7 July 1998	1	3	25
7 July 1998	12 July 1998	1	5	1 †
12 July 1998	5 June 1999	9	328	18
5 June 1999	23 February 2000	6	263	33

2000–2010

Date won	Date lost	Matches held	Days held	FIFA World ranking at time of gaining title
23 February 2000	26 April 2000	2	63	29
26 April 2000	3 June 2000	1	38	2
3 June 2000	17 June 2000	3	14	6
17 June 2000	20 June 2000	1	3	12
20 June 2000	24 June 2000	1	4	10
24 June 2000	2 July 2000	2	8	14
2 July 2000	28 March 2001	7	269	2
28 March 2001	27 March 2002	8	364	7
27 March 2002	10 September 2003	13	532	9
10 September 2003	31 March 2004	4	203	4
31 March 2004	29 May 2004	3	59	15
29 May 2004	20 June 2004	3	22	16
20 June 2004	27 March 2005	8	280	85
27 March 2005	8 October 2005	9	195	63
8 October 2005	16 November 2005	1	39	29
16 November 2005	23 May 2006	3	188	28
23 May 2006	27 September 2006	5	127	22
27 September 2006	18 October 2006	1	21	80
18 October 2006	15 November 2006	1	28	17
15 November 2006	24 March 2007	2	129	98
24 March 2007	28 March 2007	1	4	16
28 March 2007	22 August 2007	3	147	2 †
22 August 2007	12 September 2007	2	21	65
12 September 2007	17 October 2007	2	35	22
17 October 2007	24 May 2008	6	220	15
24 May 2008	10 September 2008	4	109	57
10 September 2008	19 November 2008	1	70	31
19 November 2008	11 July 2010	22	599	9

2010–

Date won	Date lost	Matches held	Days held	FIFA World ranking at time of gaining title
11 July 2010	7 September 2010	3	58	2
7 September 2010	8 October 2010	1	31	5
8 October 2010	15 November 2011	15	403	30
15 November 2011	Current Holders	0		124

As of

External links

RSSSF showing all matches in which title was "at stake" There is a contradiction between this list and results recorded by FIFA which affects the course of the title in the period January 1995 to June 1996.
UFWC site
FIFA site with links to results in all authorised internationals since 1980, and source of ranking information

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