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1] LINEUPS
2] INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS' STATS
3] FRENCH FOOTBALL
4] MISCELLANEOUS




1] LINEUPS

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL LINEUPS.


World Cup Lineups by edition (minimum 4 teams) :  
1930 - 1934 - 1938 - 1950 - 1954 - 1958 - 1962 - 1966 - 1970 - 1974 - 1978 - 1982 - 1986 - 1990 - 1994 - 1998 - 2002 - 2006 - 2010 - 2014 - 2018



Euro Championship Lineups by edition (minimum 4 teams) :
1960 - 1964 - 1968 - 1972 - 1976 - 1980 - 1984 - 1988 - 1992 - 1996 - 2000 - 2004 - 2008 - 2012 - 2016 - 2021

International Lineups by country :

CLUBS' LINEUPS.



By club (XI aligned in European Finals plus all the results and scorers) :


XI vainqueurs de la Coupe de France depuis la saison 1917-1918 et la première édition :


2] INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS STATS

Index : Players' records of matches and goals in European Cups (etc.). The players' cards often include videos. A bit more than 1300 player's cards.


And also :

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé all 1366 games and 1282 goals (Santos, Brasil, Cosmos N.Y etc.). Briefly presented on blog through an excerpt. Link to Pelé, Olé !


3] FRENCH FOOTBALL

Index : cartes des joueurs de l'Equipe de France (matchs, buts et même passes décisives) / Index : French National Team Players Statistics (matches, goals and even assists). The players' cards can include videos.


French Clubs Feats on the European Stage (les exploits des clubs français en Europe, in 'English') :

XI vainqueurs de la Coupe de France depuis la saison 1917-1918 et la première édition :

Joueurs étrangers du championnat de France/ Foreign players in French Football (dernière mise à jour à la date à laquelle les articles on été postés/ last update on the day the article was posted) :


Onze historiques de foot régionaux/ All-time Fench regional teams (selections by FYT/ wm442433) + annexe (liste étendue de joueurs/ extended list of players).



4] MISCELLANEOUS


Football look-alikes exclusivlely by and on Football Yesterday & Today / sosies de footballeurs ou personnages liés au monde du football, exclusivement par et sur ce blog.

Football Legends pick their best XI :
Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4.
Gianni Rivera seen by Maldini, Sivori, Corso, Meazza...in 1963.
International scorers against Lev Yashin (list).  
English First Division 1980–1981 (map, stars, infos, team nicknames, badges...). 
Five brilliant pictures of Kevin Keegan in Admiral kit with yellow socks in the match Brazil vs England of the 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament.
NASL 1980 franchises (map, stars, infos).
Abedi Pelé Chamois Niortais : articles.
Euro 2008 ratings (étoiles FF).
Calcio 1980 (map, stars, infos).
World Cup 1998 ratings (étoiles FF).
La Malédicition de la 83ème minute (OM 1989-1990)
Brasileiro 1981 : clubs, badges, cracks.
The Best Players of Euro 84 (translated from Mondial mag).
France National Team top scorer per year - Brazil National Team top scorer per year - Italy National Team top scorer per year - Germany National Team top scorer per year - Spain National Team top scorer per year - Hungary National Team top scorer per year - Yugoslavia National Team top scorer by year - Croatia National Team top scorer by year - The Netherlands National Team top scorer by year - Belgium National Team top scorer by year - England National Team top scorer by year - Soviet Union and Russia National Teams top scorer by year - Poland National Team top scorer by year - Scotland National Team top scorer by year - Portugal National Team top scorer by year - East Germany National Team top scorer by year - Switzerland National Team top scorer by year - Austria National Team top scorer by year - Denmark National Team top scorer by year - Sweden National top scorer by year - Czechoslovakia, RCS, Czech Republic and Slovakia's national teams' top scorers by year - Wales national team's top scorers by year
Ruud Gullit (a picture with several small pictures)
French players of the Italian League (best 11 and list).
French clubs in the European last-4, English clubs in the European last-4 - Belgian clubs in European Cups last-4 - Spanish clubs in European Cups last-4 - German clubs in the European last-4 - Italian clubs in the European last-4 - Scottish clubs in the European last-4 - Dutch clubs in the European last-4 - Portuguese clubs in the European last-4 - European Cups Complete Palmares with colours for each country
Panini "spéciales" 1994 : Bathenay, Bereta, Bosquier, Larqué, Rocheteau (Saint-Etienne). Panini Henri Michel (FC Nantes).
Panini "spéciales" Serie A italienne.

Wingers of Yesterday & Today/ Ailiers d'hier et d'aujourd'hui (translation in 'English from an article by Football Magazine/ FF, 1961) :





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ATWC : Opening Game and Opening Ceremony

As the World Cup top-team of all time, the first group stage game of Brazil was picked for the opening game of the FYT All-Time World Cup and it will be against Senegal (group I, with also Poland and Australia).


OPENING GAME in NY/ NJ Stadium, East Rutherford, United States (capacity 82.500) :










BRAZIL - SENEGAL : 2 - 1 

Lucien Laurent scored the first World Cup goal ever and Sadio Mané is the scorer of the first goal in the FYT All-Time World Cup. Brazil win the opening game though, showing their superiority in spite of that one goal small margin. Senegal did not repeat the feat of 2002 (against the reigning champions of that time, France). Mission completed for Brazil. We expected a bit more from them but an opening game is always difficult, especially for the favorites.

GOALS (Mané, Pelé, Pelé) :

21' : long ball from the Koulibaly's feet... at the entry of the penalty area, Bocandé, with a reversed header worthy of an acrobat, finds Mané who had deserted his right flank of the first 15 minutes and scores at close range at the far post.
37' : after this air pocket, Brazil take control of the match and Pelé, perfectly served by Didi, scores the equalizer from the 16 yards, slightly on the right, with a perfect diagonal shot. Maybe Sylva could have done better, though.
68' : Pelé inherits the ball in the middle of a confused action, infiltrates the penalty area, and beats Mendy with a sharp shot.

Yellow cards : Gueye 48', P.B Diop 60'.


RATINGS :

Brazil :
Gilmar 5 - Cafu 7 - C. Alberto 6 - T. Silva 5,5 - R. Carlos 5 - Falcao 5 (Dunga 70') - Cerezo 7 - Pelé 7,5 - Didi 6 (Rivelino 70') - Garrincha 4,5 (Jairzinho 82') - Ronaldo 6. Tot. : 64,5.

Senegal :
Sylva 4 (E. Mendy HT, 5) - Coly 5 - R. Mendy 5,5 - Koulibaly 5,5 - Ba 5,5 - Sène 5,5 (S. Diao 72') - Gueye 4,5 - P.B. Diop 5 - Fadiga 5,5 (E-H. Diouf 79') - Mané 6 - Bocandé 6. Tot. : 58.


Gilmar (5) : he's been surprised by the Bocandé-Mané duet at the 20th minute. Otherwise, he had a rather good game... or average, perhaps.

Cafu (7) : without being really dangerous offensively, he greatly participated to the Brazilian territorial domination.

C. Alberto (6) : he imposed himself without forcing, which is the hallmark of a leader. His restarts from the back were noticeably good, especially in his understanding with Cafu. 

T. Silva (5,5) : he's been beaten by Bocandé in the air on goal number one in this ATWC, was surprised like his collegues in a couple of occasions but overall had a decent game.

R. Carlos (5) : without being bad, he left a rough impression.

Falcao (5) : like Didi, he played at a stately pace... but he was less prominent. Both were replaced at once. Dunga lost his first duel then got better and better until the final whistle.

Cerezo (7) : he's been impeccable in everything he had to do.

Didi (6) : he did not start his match the best way then progressivily started to shine and perfectly served Pelé for the equalizer. In the second half, he was in perfect control of his art - for 25 minutes more. He was replaced by Rivelino (70') who helped at continuing to control the game and was also a potential menace for Senegal with his shooting abilities.

Pelé (7,5) : we expected more from his relation with Garrincha and young fellow Ronaldo but he's been (once again) decisive and delivered a complete performance, also helping at midfield. * Man of the Match *.

Garrincha (4,5) : below the level we expect from him, his duel with Ibrahim Ba "Eusébio" was quite balanced. His crosses were all cleared by the two towers : Koulibaly and Roger Mendy. His replacement Jairzinho (82') did not have really the chance to show much of his talents. 

Ronaldo (6) : it would not be fair to judge him only based on "end product" statistics. In this match he quite often exiled himself on the left wing. He apparently gave cold sweat to Koulibaly and Sylva only two times but he was a constant menace. He also send one shoot or two at Mendy in the second half, which were perfectly blocked.


Sylva (4) : the legendary Senegalese goalkeeper knew tonight a cruel destiny. Even not half-faulty on the goal scored by Pelé, he was subbed out at half-time ! His coaching staff possibly thought that it was unforgivable at such a supreme level that is the All-Time World Cup and, with overzealousness, they decided to replace him with French-born Edouard Mendy. The latter shown good things on long-range shots but was also beaten once, by the same man (if he's a human). E. Mendy : 5.

Coly (5) : he did not take advantage of the spaces offered to him as he always feared about the ball distribution of Cerezo or Didi, about the moves of Ronaldo and about the climbs of Roberto Carlos. Had a serious game, but maybe a bit too serious.

R. Mendy and Koulibaly (5,5): they've been good but... Pelé.

Ba (5,5) : the father of "Ibou" Ba shown that his legendary status was not undeserved.

Gueye (4,5) : this very good element, at times, only looked like a sparring partner to Pelé. Gueye had there an opportunity to shine but The King did not miss his first rendez-vous with the All-Time World Cup.

P.B. Diop (5) : he was up there when it came to deal with Falcao but he also had to deal with the offensives of Cafu.

Sène and Fadiga (5,5) allowed Senegal to play in an hybrid formation between a 4-4-2 and a 4-3-3. They spared no effort. But they were facing Brazil.
Salif Diao and El-Hadji Diouf replaced them around the 75th minute. The scoreboard remained identical.

Bocandé 6 : his combination with Mané was sublime. Who turns around who ? We still don't know. But even though they stormed the Brazilian defenders in several occasions, they did not produced that much of clear chances for Gilmar to be really worried.

Mané 6 : he's been the best Mané, tonight. But Brazil won.




A bit earlier in the night... it was the OPENING CEREMONY !



DEEP PURPLE PLAYED THEIR HEAVY ROCK CLASSIC "CHILD IN TIME" FOR THE  FYT ATWC. IT IS THE SONG, THE HYMN OF THE TOURNAMENT.


(All airports look the same)

THE OPENING ACT WAS... ALEXIS LALAS !



In the afternoon, the musicians of Deep Purple ...



... but also members of Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Scorpions, Metallica...




... played a mini-tournament against some journalists' teams.


After the game Brazil vs. Senegal where Pelé was awarded the 'Man of the Match' trophy, the King received another nice little gift...


... a limited EP especially made for him by the Iron Maiden guys !

Bruce & Steve of Iron Maiden



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jeudi 4 juin 2026

ATWC : GROUP A

 The group, the schedule, the stadiums, the squads, the games (please click on the pictures for a better view).


















THE GAMES

DAY 1 : 











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