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- DirectorLewin FitzhamonStarsHay PlumbGladys SylvaniJack HulcupA star player is kidnapped by the opposition. However, they are foiled by his girl-friend, just in time for him to get to the match and score the winning goal.
- DirectorG.B. SamuelsonStarsHarold WaldenMaudie DunhamTom ReynoldsA footballer is sold to a rival club and wins the match despite a broken arm.
- DirectorJack RaymondStarsRandle AyrtonNeil KenyonKenneth KoveDicky Brown (John Batten) is a young, aspiring footballer who plays for a struggling side, the fictional Manningford Football Club, a team in the midst of a successful cup run. He manages to charm the daughter of the chairman and thus breaks into the side, and ultimately wins the Cup for his team.
- DirectorZoltán FarkasLászló KardosStarsGéza BorossIbolya KondorKálmán LatabárA toothpick manufacturer is so sports-minded that only athletes can work for him. The fate of many jobs and the outcome of various romances all depend on whether or not the home-team wins the big soccer game.
- DirectorThorold DickinsonStarsLeslie BanksGreta GyntIan McLeanWhen a star player drops dead during a charity football match between Arsenal and amateur side the Trojans, Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in to solve the crime.
- DirectorRobert A. StemmleStarsRené DeltgenGustav KnuthHeinz EngelmannA player on a soccer team, where everyone matches together just perfectly, has fallen out of a championship tournament due to illness; which leads to a big problem: who would be the perfect man to replace him? Werner Fehling appears to be the perfect replacement for the sick man. The problem is, he's a bitter rival of the goalkeeper, Jupp Jaeger. Both men love the same girl, Grete Gabler. Grete is the daughter of a senior member of the sports club, which is why she feels doubly under pressure not to do anything to jeopardize the success of the team.
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- DirectorJack RaymondStarsRandle AyrtonNeil KenyonKenneth KoveDicky Brown (John Batten) is a young, aspiring footballer who plays for a struggling side, the fictional Manningford Football Club, a team in the midst of a successful cup run. He manages to charm the daughter of the chairman and thus breaks into the side, and ultimately wins the Cup for his team.
- DirectorZoltán FábriStarsImre SinkovitsDezsö GarasLászló MárkusOn Hitler's birthday, the Germans decide to organize a soccer match between prisoners of war and Germans.
- DirectorJoaquim Pedro de AndradeStarsHeron DominguesGarrinchaDocumentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer's history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha was a very original and talented player, having curved legs. Women and alcohol were his passion, and the cause of his later decadence. After a glorious career, he died in financial misery, forgotten.
- DirectorArabinda MukhopadhyayStarsUttam KumarSavitri ChatterjeePartho MukerjeeThe pride and honour of two clubs are at stake on a coveted shield final. As the characters associated with them search for glory with football, what ensues can only be described as a laugh riot.
- DirectorManu SenStarsRajasree BoseDipankar DeyBhanu Bannerjee
- DirectorNeil LeiferStarsSuzanne SomersIan McShaneAdam FaithA has-been, alcoholic former soccer star determines to make a comeback. He gets help from his former girlfriend, now a rock star, and her partner.
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsPatrick DewaereFrance DougnacDorothée JemmaThe miserable football player becomes a town hero after bringing victory in extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge to the team star for the previous mockeries.
- DirectorEnrique SegovianoStarsRoberto Gómez BolañosFlorinda MezaRamón ValdésThe life of an untalented, but extremely kind waterboy who works for a Mexican soccer team, and how his life unexpectedly changed, when his wife fell pregnant.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsMichael CaineSylvester StallonePeléAs allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.
- DirectorBill ForsythStarsJohn Gordon SinclairDee HepburnJake D'ArcyGregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsZoë NathensonSara SugarmanCathy MurphyGirls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first British team in the 20th century to win the English league and FA Cup "double". Twenty years later, one of the girls tracks down players of the '60-'61 Spurs for a documentary.
- DirectorJanusz ZaorskiStarsJanusz GajosMalgorzata PieczynskaMarian OpaniaChairmen of several football clubs start a co-operative. Now, thanks to corrupt referees, they are to decide the outcomes of matches.
- DirectorRicky TognazziStarsClaudio AmendolaRicky MemphisGianmarco TognazziThe "Brigatte Veneno" is a fan group from the soccer club "AS Roma". The next match is against "Juventus Turin", the classic prestige duel. Principe, the former leader of the group, has been dismissed from jail a few days before.
- DirectorEran RiklisStarsMoshe IvgyMohammad BakriSalim DawAn Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup (mondial), he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is made.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsRodney DangerfieldJackée HarryJonathan BrandisTo climb the corporate ladder to success, a guy agrees to coach the company's all-girls soccer team with the help of his secret weapon: his fiancee's son.
- DirectorHolly Goldberg SloanStarsSteve GuttenbergOlivia d'AboJay O. SandersA teacher on exchange from England is placed in an underachieving Texas school, where she coaches the students in soccer, improving their self-esteem and leading to unexpected success.
- DirectorJon CassarStarsErik EstradaSteven NijjarVaitiare HirshonOne man buys the future, another stands between the posts to preserve it, in this brutal showdown on the soccer field to win the World Cup. His goal was to win the World Cup at any price.
- DirectorPhil DavisStarsReece DinsdaleRichard GrahamPerry FenwickWhen a cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of hooligans, he finds himself being drawn to the other side.
- DirectorDavid EvansStarsColin FirthRuth GemmellLuke AikmanA sports fan's romantic courtship clashes with his obsession with his favorite football team.
- DirectorMaria GieseStarsSean BeanEmily LloydPete PostlethwaiteJimmy Muir,a brewery worker with talent, gets a chance to play for local club Hallam. He's offered a trial at Sheffield United but blows it due to drunkenness.He must reevaluate his choices and potential for success.
- DirectorTony GiglioStarsJames MarshallOlivia d'AboJeremy FoleyA heart-warming comedy about the friendship between the new kid in town and a soccer-playing dog on the lam from the dog-catcher. It's up to these two underdogs to win the PeeWee Soccer League championship game.
- DirectorAllan A. GoldsteinStarsSteve GuttenbergSophie LorainRyan SlaterIn this family comedy, a former soccer star (Steve Guttenberg, "Police Academy") with a gambling addiction gets a chance at redemption when he is assigned to community service at a children's home.
- 1997–20231h 25mNot Rated4.9 (3.1K)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid SteinbergStarsMary-Kate OlsenAshley OlsenKathryn GreenwoodGirly girl Emma and tomboy Sam are 13-year-old teenagers, who are identical, personality-opposite twins, join a soccer team so they might switch places.
- DirectorRichard MartinStarsKevin ZegersCynthia StevensonTim ConwayStory of a golden retriever who can play football.
- DirectorBill BannermanStarsKevin ZegersDale MidkiffDavid Glyn-JonesA boy and his dog take on the world of soccer.
- DirectorJohn HayStarsLewis McKenzieJane LapotaireGina McKeeJimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed.
- DirectorStephen ChowStarsStephen ChowWei ZhaoYat-Fei WongA young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
- DirectorMichael CorrenteStarsRobert DuvallMichael KeatonAndy GrayA soccer coach must lead his Scottish team to victory in the Cup despite tensions between his star player and daughter. The owner threatens to move the team to Dublin if they lose.
- DirectorBarry SkolnickStarsVinnie JonesDavid KellyDavid HemmingsA football star jailed for assault leads a group of inmates in a match against prison guards.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsKevin PiperRicky TomlinsonMalcolm TerrisThe manager of England's national football unexpectedly succumbs to a heart attack, and suddenly the search is on for a replacement. Most people who seem qualified for the position have the good sense to turn it down, and so the responsibility falls to Mike Bassett, a scruffy and loud-mouthed lout whose claim to football fame is leading a previously undistinguished team to a league championship. Bassett insists that England will win the World Cup under his leadership, but that's before he replaces his star player with a once-gifted footballer who has since developed a drinking problem, and hired a one-time car salesman as his assistant. After stunning losses to Poland and Belgium, Bassett goes from a favorite of both fans and the press to one of the most hated men in England; hoping to whip his team into shape, he subjects them to the high-tech training methods of eccentric Dr. Shoegaarten, which injures more players than it helps. Despite Bassett's ineptitude, England manages to qualify for the World Cup tournament thanks to group opponents Turkey losing their final game, and he flies to Rio with his team in hopes of somehow turning their bad luck around.
- DirectorDaniel GordonStarsDaniel GordonPaul NicholsonEusébioA BBC documentary producer is given unprecedented access in North Korea to chronicle the story of the famed 1966 World Cup team from the North that advanced to the quarterfinals. The feature includes interviews with surviving members of the team, English fans and soccer pundits who saw the North Koreans upset Italy, 1-0, and go up 3-0 against Portgual before Eusebio eventually rallied the Portugeuse.
- DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsParminder NagraKeira KnightleyJonathan Rhys MeyersTwo ambitious girls, despite their parents' wishes, have their hearts set on careers in professional football.
- DirectorSydney J. Bartholomew Jr.StarsCole SprouseDylan SprouseTom ArnoldTwins have their Mom as a bad Soccer coach. They get a mystery man from the neighborhood, who was soccer star, to be their coach instead.
- DirectorSönke WortmannStarsLouis KlamrothPeter LohmeyerJohanna GastdorfA young boy from a working class family in post-war Germany struggles with his estranged father returning from war captivity, while a friend of his plays for the German National Soccer Team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland.
- DirectorSandy TungStarsNick MoranJake ThomasLori HeuringHE'S GOT THE WORLD BY THE TAIL. Imagine a mutt who can outplay Beckham on the field while turning a team of laughable misfits into a lean mean fighting machine. This pooch has got the international soccer scene by the tail.
- DirectorDanny CannonStarsKuno BeckerAlessandro NivolaAnna FrielThe extremely talented Santiago Muñez is spotted by a Newcastle United scout and given a chance at professional football.
- DirectorLexi AlexanderStarsElijah WoodCharlie HunnamClaire ForlaniA wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.
- DirectorJesse DylanStarsWill FerrellRobert DuvallJosh HutchersonFamily man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon realizes that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating.
- DirectorDavid AnspaughStarsWes BentleyGerard ButlerGavin RossdaleBased on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 U.S. soccer team, who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no U.S. team has ever won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions and passions which shaped the lives of the players who made up this team of underdogs.
- DirectorDavid AnspaughStarsWes BentleyGerard ButlerGavin RossdaleBased on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 U.S. soccer team, who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no U.S. team has ever won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions and passions which shaped the lives of the players who made up this team of underdogs.
- DirectorAleksey German Jr.StarsEvgeniy ProninDanila KozlovskiyDmitriy VladimirovGarpastum is a Latin word meaning ball game. Set in 1914 in St. Petersburg, the brothers Andrey and Nikolai are passionate about the matches they play on the streets. They hatch a scheme to buy a playing field. But World War I has already begun and soon their lives and dreams will be shattered.
- DirectorChristian CarionStarsDiane KrugerBenno FürmannGuillaume CanetIn December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.
- DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsKuno BeckerAlessandro NivolaAnna FrielWhen Newcastle United soccer star Santiago Muñez (Kuno Becker) is offered a spot with Real Madrid, he accepts, but the move - accompanied by big money and fame - tests his ties and loyalties to family, friends, and business acquaintances.
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsSima Mobarak-ShahiShayesteh IraniAyda SadeqiThe struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.
- DirectorMårten KlingbergStarsJonas KarlssonBrendan CoyleAnja LundqvistBritish soccer champion arrives to Swedish sleepy town to save their soccer team.
- DirectorAndy FickmanStarsAmanda BynesLaura RamseyChanning TatumWhen her brother decides to ditch for a couple weeks, Viola heads over to his elite boarding school, disguised as him, and proceeds to fall for his school's star soccer player, and soon learns she's not the only one with romantic troubles.
- DirectorPaul WeilandStarsCharlie ClarkNick ShirmThomas DrewsonA boy's barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.
- DirectorDavis GuggenheimStarsCarly SchroederAndrew ShueElisabeth ShueGrace, a football enthusiast, fights an uphill battle to play in the boys' varsity team of her high school and gain support for women's soccer while dealing with the death of her brother.
- DirectorVivek AgnihotriStarsJohn AbrahamArshad WarsiBipasha BasuAsian Southall Football Club was once a reputed club until 1984 now being used as wedding venue.Few Asians still practice out there but find the clubs lease will expire soon and will shut forever who then team up to save the club.
- DirectorNorm HunterStarsDaryl SabaraLeah PipesLisa DarrFifteen year-old soccer prodigy Sara Davis has a chance to join the U.S. national team, but she must juggle high school, romance, sports, and parental pressure while deciding her own priorities.
- DirectorGregory McClatchyStarsMissi PyleEmily OsmentEllery SprayberryA warm-hearted comedy about a compulsive soccer mom who masquerades as a famous Italian soccer star hired to coach her daughter's floundering soccer team, then struggles frantically to keep her wacky charade going long enough to see the girls win their big tournament
- DirectorTom HooperStarsColm MeaneyHenry GoodmanDavid RoperThe story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.
- DirectorAndrew MorahanStarsJJ FeildLeo GregoryKuno BeckerThe heroes compete on the greatest stage of all, the FIFA World Cup Finals.
- DirectorNorm HunterStarsDaryl SabaraLeah PipesLisa DarrFifteen year-old soccer prodigy Sara Davis has a chance to join the U.S. national team, but she must juggle high school, romance, sports, and parental pressure while deciding her own priorities.
- DirectorGian Carlo PetraccaroStarsTerry RogersElena CarapetisSaxon CordeauxFootball is life... everything else is mere detail.
- DirectorDonald LeowStarsJason BurkeyChelsie CasagrandeJean-Paul Chreky"Golden boy" Kurt Kuykendall (Jason Burkey) has it all: good looks, a spot on his college basketball team, and hopes for playing in the Olympics. But behind the closed doors of his Bethesda, Maryland home, Kurt's life is far from perfect. An alcoholic mother (Nancy Fondriest), a power hungry father (Michael Landers), and a family tragedy make this suburban dream home a living nightmare. When Kurt gets cut at the end of his freshman basketball season, all that he's worked for crumbles. But this is far from the final word on Kurt's future. Buoyed by friends (Robby Stone, Danny Cornett, Chelsie Casagrande) and his new found faith in God, Kurt discovers courage and his true calling.
- DirectorLevan GabriadzeStarsKonstantin KhabenskiyMilla JovovichIvan UrgantA school teacher from a small Russian town falls for a beautiful Moscow woman who is engaged to be married.
- DirectorJames StrongStarsDean AndrewsKate AshfieldNatalie BurtBased on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League, and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of their number.
- DirectorGabriele MuccinoStarsGerard ButlerJessica BielDennis QuaidA former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's football team as a way to get his life together. His attempts to become an adult are met with challenges from the attractive football moms who pursue him at every turn.
- DirectorFrédéric AuburtinStarsGérard DepardieuSam NeillTim RothFollows the passing of the FIFA baton through three association presidents: Jules Rimet, Joao Havelange, and Sepp Blatter.
- DirectorKeng Guan ChiuStarsJ.C. CheeLuqman HafidzSaran KumarIt is a story set in the 1980s during tumultuous economic times, about an unlikely team of footballers whose disagreements have left them with a streak of embarrassing losses. Personal issues have caused each of them to crack under pressure while the team slowly falls apart. They have only one chance left for international glory, and this multicultural team has to find it in their hearts to overcome their individual odds and unite for the sake of an entire country. But unknown to them, their greatest test is yet to come, one that will make or break their fighting spirit and the nation's hopes and aspirations.