After witnessing a child's death during a violent clash, a former soccer player launches a youth team to help local kids avoid further bloodshed.
Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor.
A 12 year old boy dreams of becoming a goalkeeper for the national Brazilian soccer team, but first he has to overcome his own fears to convince his team boys club and his father who is against competition.
A passionate manager is torn apart between loyalty to his son, a dodgy football agent, and his hometown club. This football drama gives you insight to the dark side of the game.
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to their beloved football club is their biggest dream of all. The tickets cost £1000 - they're £1000 short. But they are nothing if not resourceful, and they set themselves a mission to raise the cash. While they think up increasingly outlandish money making schemes - from selling junk to shoplifting and the odd bit of housebreaking - real life begins to interfere with the pair's final scam going hilariously awry landing them in jail, only to discover that their punishment gets them exactly where they want to be!
15 year old Jeff is a promising French footballer. When the decisive match approaches, he struggles with the pressure of his excellence.
A seemingly respectable estate agent leads a double life as the head of a vicious, well-organised gang of football hooligans.
Set in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup, Shooting for Socrates tells the story of a momentous time in Northern Ireland's football history through the eyes of players, fans and the media. The film also follows the lives of passionate football supporter Arthur and his son Tommy from East Belfast. The lead up to a momentous day in the life of a young boy (his 10th birthday) mirrors the build up to the big day for the Northern Ireland football team as they play the greatest match of their lives.
Inside a beat up stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq, live many refugees trying to escape Sadam Hussein's administration. Asu lives with his younger brother who has lost his legs from a landmine. Next door lives Hilin, who has not been able to express her feelings. One of the only sources of happiness for these people who live amid fear of poverty and bombings is soccer. Asu gathers together the Kurdish, Arabs and Turkish in order to hold a soccer match. Although they are of different races, they become close neighbors.
Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is sent off after committing a foul during an away game. This causes him to lose his bearings, and he wanders aimlessly through the city streets and spends the night with the box-office attendant of a movie theatre.
Three vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals: football.
The Department of Homeland Security receives a threat that a bomb has been set to explode during a sports event in Washington, D.C.
In order to recreate a picture taken in 1974, during the inauguration of São Paulo subway, Pedro meets two school friends he had not seen for 40 years. If their existential crises, ageing and (astray) ways were not enough, Pedro announces, to everyone's surprise, he intends to take his own life — even though not before he sees his soccer team win a championship.
A football hooligan feels unconditional love for his club. However, being gay, he has to hide his identity in order to survive in this world that is so precious to him.
Two Indian national level aspiring footballers Bunty and Guddu represent rivalry sports club and hate each other. However, things start to complicate when Guddu falls for Priya, Bunty’s not hot enough sister. Will Bunty and Guddu qualify to compete at National Level Football Championships? Will Guudu be able to win Priya?
Summer 1982. Two cousins play ball in the streets of Warsaw. Poland has been under siege for six months and the football world cup is almost over.
Bima, an 11-year-old boy living in the slums of Bali, who dreams of playing professional football so that he may escape poverty and provide for his loving family and community. When Bima meets Marco, a former AC Milan player nearing the end of his career in Bali, the once impossible dream suddenly seems within reach.