Minnow World

We look at the other side of the football world. Supporting Minnows in Internationals , World Cup Qualifying, Cupsets and more.

[The Sweeper @SweeperPod]

8/8 - Sponsor a football 🤩

That naturally comes with significant costs, so Nauru has opened it up for the outside world to contribute! You can now become a 'Grassroots Supporter' and purchase a football to send to a child living on the island of Nauru.

To help bring football to the last country without a national team, simply visit: https://t.co/YA7qKLQYIl (link also in Instagram stories)

[Minnow World @MinnowWorld]

Quite an incredible result!

[TFF TANZANIA @Tanfootball]

FIFA Series 2026

FT’ @taifastars_ 🇹🇿 0️⃣ - 1️⃣🇱🇮Liechtenstein

@taifastars_ @nsc_bmt @fifamedia

[Minnow World @MinnowWorld]

Seychelles v Lesotho being broadcast on Facebook!

#AFCONq

[The Post @thepostpaper]

Seychelles vs. Lesotho
https://t.co/ulQJkpO994

[Eritraweyan FTBL @EritraweyanFTBL]

WHAT A RETURN TO INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL!!!!

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

🗓️ The first day of #FIFASeries 2026!

🔗 https://t.co/DOPUWpZGQb

[The International Window @windowintlpod]

Here's the squad for American Samoa 🇦🇸 for the #FIFASeries!

They will take the field for the first time since September 2024 under new head coach Diego Gomez, who is the former head coach of Phoenix Rising (thanks @David2095_Sport for the tip).

There are nine new callups we think. With some of them being quite young, information is limited: Yandall, Collins, Itamua, Palepoi, Stefanon, Paselio, Drago, Salapu, Tuiasosopo.

Kenai Mauga is 16, plays youth and high school soccer in Florida.

Kai Yandall plays in the Nashville SC MLS Next Academy.

There's other information about these players, but most of it is outdated.

[🇬🇭 Black Stars @GhanaBlackstars]

⏱️ 89’ - Chad equalises.

🇹🇩 Chad 1️⃣-1️⃣ Ghana 🇬🇭

#BlackStars | #FIFAWCQ

[Minnow World @MinnowWorld]

@vella_ramon @PatsFballBlog @SweeperPod They did just a few minutes earlier…

[The International Break @InternatBreak]

The Best Player From Every #FIFA Member Nation:

#AFC: (46)
Afghanistan: Omid Popalzay🇦🇫
Australia: Alessandro Circati🇦🇺
Bahrain: Ali Madan🇧🇭
Bangladesh: Hamza Choudhoury🇧🇩
Bhutan: Chencho Gyeltshen🇧🇹
Brunei: Nazzirrudin Ismail🇧🇳
Cambodia: Sieng Chanthea🇰🇭
China: Serginho🇨🇳
Guam: Jason Cunliffe🇬🇺
Hong Kong: Everton Camargo🇭🇰
India: Sunil Chhetri🇮🇳
Indonesia: Egy Maulana Vikri🇮🇩
Iran: Sardar Azmoun🇮🇷
Iraq: Aymen Hussein🇮🇶
Japan: Takumi Minamino🇯🇵
Jordan: Musa Al-Taamari🇯🇴
Kuwait: Yousef Nasser🇰🇼
Kyrgyzstan: Joel Kojo🇰🇬
Laos: Bounphachan Bounkong🇱🇦
Lebanon: Samy Merheg🇱🇧
Macau: Chan Man🇲🇴
Malaysia: Faisal Halim🇲🇾
Maldives: Ali Fasir🇲🇻
Mongolia: Naranbold Nyam-Osor🇲🇳
Myanmar: Maung Maung Lwin🇲🇲
Nepal: Anjan Bista🇳🇵
North Korea: Jong Il-gwan🇰🇵
Oman: Muhsen Al-Ghassani🇴🇲
Pakistan: Abdullah Iqbal🇵🇰
Palestine: Wessam Abou Ali🇵🇸
Philippines: Gerrit Holtman🇵🇭
Qatar: Akram Afif🇶🇦
Saudi Arabia: Salem Al-Dawsari🇸🇦
Singapore: Ikhsan Fandi🇸🇬
South Korea: Son Heung-min🇰🇷
Sri Lanka: Ahmed Waseem Razeek🇱🇰
Syria: Omar Khribin🇸🇾
Taiwan: Chen Po-liang🇹🇼
Tajikistan: Parvizdhon Umarbayev🇹🇯
Thailand: Suphanat Muenta🇹🇭
Timor Leste: Joao Pedro🇹🇱
Turkmenistan: Altymyrat Annadurdyyew🇹🇲
UAE: Fabio Lima🇦🇪
Uzbekistan: Abdukodir Khusanov🇺🇿
Vietnam: Nguyen Tien Linh🇻🇳
Yemen: Abdulwasea Al-Matari🇾🇪

#CAF: (54)
Algeria: Mohamed Amoura🇩🇿
Angola: Milson🇦🇴
Benin: Steve Mounie🇧🇯
Botswana: Thatayone Ditlhokwe🇧🇼
Burkina Faso: Edmond Tapsoba🇧🇫
Burundi: Youssouf Ndayishimiye🇧🇮
Cabo Verde: Wagner Pina🇨🇻
Cameroon: Bryan Mbeumo🇨🇲
Central African Republic: Geoffrey Kondogbia🇨🇫
Chad: Mahamat Thiam🇹🇩
Comoros: Zaydou Youssouf🇰🇲
Ivory Coast: Amad Diallo🇨🇮
Djibouti: Samuel Akinbinu🇩🇯
DR Congo: Yoane Wissa🇨🇩
Egypt: Mohamed Salah🇪🇬
Equatorial Guinea: Luis Asue🇬🇶
Eritrea: Ali Sulieman🇪🇷
Eswatini: Justice Figuareido🇸🇿
Ethiopia: Gatoch Panom🇪🇹
Gabon: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang🇬🇦
Gambia: Yankuba Minteh🇬🇲
Ghana: Mohammed Kudus🇬🇭
Guinea: Serhou Guirassy🇬🇳
Guinea Bissau: Franculino🇬🇳
Kenya: Michael Olunga🇰🇪
Lesotho: Hlompho Kalake🇱🇸
Liberia: Oscar Dorley🇱🇷
Libya: Ali Yousef🇱🇾
Madagascar: Rayan Raveloson🇲🇬
Malawi: Gabadinho Mhango🇲🇼
Mali: Yves Bissouma🇲🇱
Mauritania: Aboubakary Koita🇲🇷
Mauritius: Lindsay Rose🇲🇺
Morocco: Achraf Hakimi🇲🇦
Mozambique: Geny Catamo🇲🇿
Namibia: Peter Shalulile🇳🇦
Niger: Oumar Sako🇳🇪
Nigeria: Victor Osimhen🇳🇬
RepublicOfTheCongo: Prestige Mboungou🇨🇬
Rwanda: Hakim Sahabo🇷🇼
Sao Tome And Principe: Ronaldo Afonso🇸🇹
Senegal: Sadio Mané🇸🇳
Seychelles: Gervais Waye-Hive🇸🇨
Sierra Leone: Juma Bah🇸🇱
Somalia: Sak Hassan🇸🇴
South Africa: Lyle Foster🇿🇦
South Sudan: Tito Okello🇸🇸
Sudan: Seif Teiri🇸🇩
Tanzania: Mbwana Samatta🇹🇿
Togo: Kevin Denkey🇹🇬
Tunisia: Hannibal🇹🇳
Uganda: Allan Okello🇺🇬
Zambia: Kings Kangwa🇿🇲
Zimbabwe: Marshall Munetsi🇿🇼

#CONCACAF: (35)
Anguilla: Lamar Carpenter🇦🇮
Antigua and Barbuda: Quinton Griffith🇦🇬
Aruba: Rovien Ostiana🇦🇼
Bahamas: William Bayles🇧🇸
Barbados: Niall Reid-Stephen🇧🇧
Belize: Carlos Bernardez🇧🇿
Bermuda: Reggie Lambe🇧🇲
British Virgin Islands: Tyler Forbes🇻🇬
Canada: Alphonso Davies🇨🇦
Cayman Islands: Elijah Seymour🇰🇾
Costa Rica: Manfred Ugalde🇨🇷
Cuba: Jorge Aguirre🇨🇺
Curaçao: Juninho Bacuna🇨🇼
Dominica: Troy Jules🇩🇲
Dominican Republic: Junior Firpo🇩🇴
El Salvador: Brayan Gil🇸🇻
Grenada: Joshua Isaac🇬🇩
Guatemala: Aaron Herrera🇬🇹
Guyana: Omari Glasgow🇬🇾
Haiti: Frantzdy Pierrot🇭🇹
Honduras: Luis Palma🇭🇳
Jamaica: Leon Bailey🇯🇲
Mexico: Edson Alvarez🇲🇽
Montserrat: Kaleem Simon🇲🇸
Nicaragua: Juan Barrera🇳🇮
Panama: Michael Amir Murillo🇵🇦
Puerto Rico: Ricardo Rivera🇵🇷
Saint Lucia: Caniggia Elva🇱🇨
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Romaine Sawyers🇰🇳
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Oalex Anderson🇻🇨
Suriname: Gleofilo Vlijter🇸🇷
Trinidad and Tobago: Levi Garcia🇹🇹
Turks and Caicos Islands: Billy Forbes🇹🇨
US Virgin Islands: Jamie Browne🇻🇮
United States: Christian Pulisic🇺🇸

#CONMEBOL: (10)
Argentina: Lionel Messi🇦🇷
Bolivia: Miguelito🇧🇴
Brazil: Vinicius Junior🇧🇷
Chile: Alexis Sanchez🇨🇱
Colombia: Luis Diaz🇨🇴
Ecuador: Moises Caicedo🇪🇨
Paraguay: Miguel Almiron🇵🇾
Peru: Paolo Guerrero🇵🇪
Uruguay: Manuel Ugarte🇺🇾
Venezuela: Salomon Rondon🇻🇪

#OFC: (11)
American Samoa: Billjay Vaitoelau🇦🇸
Cook Islands: Taylor Saghabi🇨🇰
Fiji: Roy Krishna🇫🇯
New Caledonia: Lues Waya🇳🇨
New Zealand: Chris Wood🇳🇿
Papua New Guinea: Tommy Semmy🇵🇬
Samoa: Michael Tumua Leo🇼🇸
Solomon Islands: Raphael Lea’i🇸🇧
Tahiti: Teaonui Tehau🇵🇫
Tonga: Hemaloto Polovili🇹🇴
Vanuatu: Brain Kaltak🇻🇺

#UEFA: (55)
Albania: Armando Broja🇦🇱
Andorra: Iker Alvarez🇦🇩
Armenia: Eduard Spertsyan🇦🇲
Austria: Marcel Sabitzer🇦🇹
Azerbaijan: Nariman Akhundzade🇦🇿
Belarus: Vitaly Lisakovich🇧🇾
Belgium: Kevin De Bruyne🇧🇪
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ermedin Demirovic🇧🇦
Bulgaria: Kiril Despodov🇧🇬
Croatia: Josko Gvardiol🇭🇷
Cyprus: Ioannis Pittas🇨🇾
Czechia: Patrik Schick🇨🇿
Denmark: Morten Hjulmand🇩🇰
England: Bukayo Saka🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Estonia: Karl Hein🇪🇪
Faroe Islands: Arni Frederiksburg🇫🇴
Finland: Oliver Antman🇫🇮
France: Kylian Mbappe🇫🇷
Germany: Florian Wirtz🇩🇪
Georgia: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia🇬🇪
Gibraltar: Liam Walker🇬🇮
Greece: Christos Tzolis🇬🇷
Hungary: Dominik Szoboszlai🇭🇺
Iceland: Albert Gudmundsson🇮🇸
Israel: Oscar Gloukh🇮🇱
Italy: Alessandro Bastoni🇮🇹
Kazakhstan: Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov🇰🇿
Kosovo: Vedat Muriqi🇽🇰
Latvia: Kristers Tobers🇱🇻
Liechtenstein: Nicolas Hasler🇱🇮
Lithuania: Gvidas Gineitis🇱🇹
Luxembourg: Leandro Barreiro🇱🇺
Malta: Teddy Teuma🇲🇹
Moldova: Oleg Reabciuk🇲🇩
Montenegro: Nikola Krstovic🇲🇪
Netherlands: Xavi Simons🇳🇱
North Macedonia: Eljif Elmas🇲🇰
Northern Ireland: Conor Bradley🇬🇧
Norway: Erling Haaland🇳🇴
Poland: Robert Lewandowski🇵🇱
Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo🇵🇹
Republic of Ireland: Evan Ferguson🇮🇪
Romania: Dennis Man🇷🇴
Russia: Maksim Glushenkov🇷🇺
San Marino: Nicola Nanni🇸🇲
Scotland: Scott McTominay🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Serbia: Aleksandar Mitrovic🇷🇸
Slovakia: Milan Skriniar🇸🇰
Slovenia: Benjamin Sesko🇸🇮
Spain: Lamine Yamal🇪🇸
Sweden: Alexander Isak🇸🇪
Switzerland: Manuel Akanji🇨🇭
Turkey: Hakan Calhanoglu🇹🇷
Ukraine: Ilya Zabarnyi🇺🇦
Wales: Brennan Johnson🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Marshall Islands Soccer Federation @SoccerFedMI]

FT: 🇻🇮 4, 🇲🇭 0. Whatever the score, so proud of what was accomplished. Tonight, we made history.

[Marshall Islands Soccer Federation @SoccerFedMI]

Here it is. The first-ever Marshall Islands National Football Team Official Squad Photo ahead of our historic international debut today

[Minnow World @MinnowWorld]

I never thought I’d see this happen. The Europa Conference league has been so good! This will probably pump money into Sanmarinese football that they’ve never seen before

[The Sweeper @SweeperPod]

🇸🇲 VIRTUS ARE ONE ROUND AWAY FROM BECOMING THE FIRST SAN MARINO CLUB TO REACH THE GROUP OR LEAGUE PHASE OF A UEFA COMPETITION!!!

They did it in style too, with the unfortunately named Buonocunto scoring twice to equal the record margin of victory for a San Marino side in Europe!

[The Sweeper @SweeperPod]

🇰🇪🇹🇿🇺🇬 The 2025 African Nations Championship kicks off today, with three co-hosts for the first time in history: Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda.

The biennial international tournament - known as CHAN - is only for players who are active in the domestic leagues of their country.

[Minnow World @MinnowWorld]

Some imaginative names here, I’ll go for G-44!

[Far Away Football @FarAwayFootball]

🇬🇱 Greenland Men's Football Championship Groups are out!

Yes, these are the official groups for the tournament being held in Nuuk July 28 - August 3.

Who will you be supporting? Who will win it all?

[Minnow World @MinnowWorld]

@Lew_ham44 @Coefficionado @FootRankings Thank you for clarifying!

[Minnow World @MinnowWorld]

@Coefficionado @FootRankings His tweet earlier today said:

🔹 Clubs are awarded 1 coefficient point for a win in qualifiers.

🔸 Clubs are awarded 0.5 coefficient points for a draw in qualifiers.

So I’m still confused why Hamrun got 0.25

[Football Rankings @FootRankings]

🚨 🇦🇩 Andorra keep MOVING UP on the Country Ranking, as they overtook Northern Ireland tonight!

📈 🇦🇩 Andorra are now 48th placed nation, after overtaking Wales and Georgia last week!

✅ 🇦🇩 Clubs from Andorra already won three matches this season, adding +1.000 points!

[The European Football Express @TheEuroFE]

🇸🇮 Commiserations to champions of Slovenia NK Olimpija Ljubljana, who have become the first club to be ELIMINATED from the 2025/26 Champions League!

They lost 3-1 on aggregate to champions of Kazakhstan Kairat, who advance to the second qualifying round for only the second time!

[The European Football Express @TheEuroFE]

🇰🇿 Todays Champions League action starts with the easternmost club in the European Qualifiers!

Kairat will face off against NK Olimpija Ljubljana in Almaty at the Almaty Ortalyk Stadion. That’s just a 4817km journey for the Slovenian champions to make!

The sides are currently locked together after a 1-1 draw in the first leg last week.