
Celebrating the folklore, heroes, triumphs and culture behind the most influential nations in football.

The 2018 World Cup finalists Croatia are a modern marvel of a football nation.

Italy is one of the most impassioned and significant of footballing nations. The four-time World Cup winners are renowned for their defensive nous and passion, the product of Serie A, one of the game's most cut-throat leagues.

Uruguay was the most important football nation at the beginning of the 20th century. Winners of the first World Cup in 1930, no country has a more fearsome reputation. Uruguay may be a small country, but it has an enormous fighting spirit.

With a surprisingly long association with football and the preeminent women's team, the USA is a bona fide football nation.