by Simon Kuper
former Soviet Union teams
Herrera’s views on
Iran
playing style and
religious divisions in Scotland and Ireland
Slovakia
Soviet Union under Stalin
World Cup conflict
Ndaie, Mulamba
Ndlovu, Peter
Neeskens, Johan
Nepomniachi, Valeri
Nicknames
Nieuwe Revu magazine
Niger
Nigeria
Nigerian-Biafran war
Nkono, Thomas
Nkwi, Paul
Nogueira, Armando
North American Soccer League (NASL)
Not the View magazine
NRC Handelsblad newspaper
Nuclear missile parts
Núñez, Josep Lluís
Nwanu, Chidi
Nyamane, Phil
Nyilasi, Tibor
Nyongha, Jules
Observer newspaper
Ogechukwu, Ajah Wilson
Oil money, Libya’s
Old Firm. See Rangers
Oliseh, Sunday
Oliveira, Luis
Olympiakos Piraeus
Olympic Games (1972)
Olympic Games (1988)
Olympic Games (1992)
Olympic Games (2012)
Olympique Mvolye
Omam-Biyik, François
Ombga, Damas
Orange Order
Orekhovo Sport Club. See Dynamo Moscow
Orlando Pirates
Ovchinikov, Valeri
Pactisme
Pahad, Aziz
Pahad, Essop
Pahad, Ismail
Paine, Terry
Palacios, Augusto
Palestine
Panagoulias, Alkis
Papua New Guinea
Parliament, British
Parreira, Carlos Alberto
Partisan Belgrade
Pascolo, Marco
Passarella, Daniel
Peacock, Bertie
Pelé
Pele, Abedi
Pelé, Russian
Penalty kicks
Pérez, Hugo
Perlman, John
Perón, Juan Domingo
Peru
Perugia
Piano and shoeshine soccer
Piir, Uno
Platini, Michel
Plaza, José
Ploegsma, Kees
Poetry
Popescu, Gica
Popularity, soccer’s
decline in Eastern Europe
Profund Warrior
PSV Eindhoven
Puhovski, Zvarko
Pujol, Jordi
PWD Bamenda
Pygmies
Qaddafi, Muammar
Qaddafi, Saidi
Quinn, Brian
Quiroga, Ramón
Racism and racial differences
African World Cup appearances
Brazil’s team
Cameroon
Flora Tallinn
French soccer
Germany-Holland 1988 match
Germany-Holland Euro 92 match
Hispanic Americans
Rio de Janeiro
South Africa
Zaire’s World Cup bid
Rafsanjani, Akbar Hashemi
Ramos, Tab
Rangers
Rapid Vienna
Rapp, Michael
Rappan, Karl
Rattin, Antonio
Raznjatovic, Zeljko
Real Madrid
Red Star Belgrade
Referees
Argentinian players’ arguing with
Armenian curses
bribing
Germany-Holland 1988 match
Inter’s purchase of
kicking
Maradona’s Argentina-Brazil game behavior
politics of Madrid-Barcelona refereeing
Russia’s arranged matches
South Africa-Nigeria match
threatened by Beria
World Cup 1978
Reim, Martin
Religious divisions, Scotland and Ireland
Rep, Johnny
Resistance
Revolution, soccer
Rice, Pat
Riedle, Karl-Heinz
Rijkaard, Frank
Rijvers, Kees
Rivera, Gianni
Robson, Bobby
Robson, Bryan
Rodriguez, Leo
Romário
Romero, Amílcar
Ronaldo
Rufai, Peter
Rugby
Ruggeri, Oscar
Rumania
Rummenigge, Karl-Heinz
Rush, Ian
Russia
American World Cup
arranged matches
Spartak Moscow
Stalin and Beria
Torpedo Moscow
Ruts, Jacques
Sacchi, Arrigo
Sacks, Saul
Saddam Olympics
Saiki, Omar
Sajudis movement
Saldanha, Joâo
Samaranch, Juan
Samuels, Howard
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
San Jose Earthquakes
Sanctions, economic
Santana, Tele
Satellite television
Scheepers, Twan
Scherbitsky, Vladimir
Schillaci, Toto
Schmeichel, Peter
Scientific approach to soccer
Scifo, Enzo
Scirea, Giacinto
Scotland
Secessionism
Secret police
East Germany’s Stasi
KGB’s Dynamo Moscow
Russia/Soviet Union
Senegal
September 11, 2001
Serbians
Shankly, Bill
Sheridan, John
Shinkaryov, Vladimir
Shirt-swapping
Silber, Laura
Silva, Carlos Alberto
Simeone, Diego
Sishi, Rodger
Sivori, Omar
Skinhead
Slovakia
Slovan Bratislava
Soares, Luis Eduardo
Soccer War
Sodre, Muniz
Solti, Dezso
Souness, Graeme
South Africa
Africa’s World Cup history
Botswana match
British soccer and
Cape Town Hellenic
Charlton’s tour
fan segregation
mixed leagues
NSL fraud
Pahad, Essop
Palacios
separated sports
soccer style
Whites and Blacks
World Cup aspirations and history
South Korea
Soviet Union
Spain
Barça
Español
Sparta Prague
Spartak Moscow
Sparwasser, Jürgen
Spitting
Sporting Lisbon
Sporting Mozambique
Sports Illustrated magazine
Stalin, Joseph
Stalin, Vassily
Stanculescu, Julian
Stanculescu, Victor
Stanford, California
Starostin, Nikolai
Stasi (East German secret police)
State Department, U.S.
Stein, Jock
Stewart, Earnie
Strachan, Gordon
Strangers on Rangers fanzine
Streltsov, Eduard
Striker (mascot)
Stringfellow, Olga
Style
Africans’ training style
Brazil
Cameroon’s training style
Continental soccer players
Gazza
happy-go-lucky soccer
long-ball game
national characteristics
piano and shoeshine
Robson’s training style
total soccer
Sudan
Suker, Davor
Sullivan, Chris
Sunday, Jang
Superstition
Suurbier, Wim
Sweden
Switzerland
Symbolism of Barça
Taccola, Giuliano
Tactics, African teams’
Taffareláudio
Tarantini, Alberto
Tataw, Stephen
Taylor, Graham
Taylor, Matt
Tenerife
Tereskinas, Andrius
Terror on the Pitch (Robinson)
Terrorism
Thatcher, Margaret
Thom, Andreas
Thomson, John
Thon, Olaf
Tolstich, Nikolai
Tonnerre Yaoundé
Torpedo Moscow
Torrebadella, Jordi
Total soccer
Tovey, Neil
Training. See Style
Tribal politics, Cameroon’s
Troost, Ted
Tshabalala, Stanley
Tshwete, Steve
Tudjman, Franjo
Tunisia
Tutu, Desmond
Udinese
Ukraine
Ulster
Union (Berlin)
United Kingdom. See Britain; Ireland, Northern; Ireland, Republic of; Scotland
United States
Uralmash
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Valckx, Stan
Valdano, Jorge
Valdo
Van Aerle, Berry
Van Basten, Marco
Van Breukelen, Hans
Van Daele, Joop
Van Hanegem, Willem
Van’t Schip, John
Veira, Hector “Bambino”
Venables, Terry
Vermes, Peter
Veron, Juan Ramon
Videla, Jorge Rafael
Vidinic, Blagoyev
Viduka, Mark
Vincent, Jean
Violence
anti-terrorist troops in Slovakia
Argentina’s Independiente vs. Huracån
Argentinian soccer crime
Germany and Holland’s postgame violence
Hussein family
Iran-Bahrain game
Rangers-Celtic tension
Scotland’s Celtics and Rangers
Tripoli match riot
Virdis, Pietro Paolo
Voetbal International magazine
Völler, Rudi
Volleyball
Vrij Nederland magazine
Walker, Graham
Wamey, Julius
War
Falklands War
Holland-Germany rivalry
soccer tactics as
World War II
Yugoslavia
Weah, George
Wealth
Africa’s World Cup participation and
Argentinian players
decline of Africa’s game
Weber, Max
Wegerle, Roy
Wessels, Kepler
Westerhof, Clemens
Williams, Mark
Winter, Aron
Winterbottom, Walter
Witchcraft
Witschge, Rob
Wogan (television program)
Women’s soccer
Cameroon
Iranian soccer fans
World Cup
World Cup, women’s
World Cup (1934)
World Cup (1938)
World Cup (1950)
World Cup (1958)
World Cup (1962)
World Cup (1966)
World Cup (1970)
World Cup (1974)
World Cup (1978)
World Cup (1982)
World Cup (1986)
World Cup (1990)
World Cup (1994)
World Cup (1998)
World Cup (2002)
World Cup (2006)
World Cup (2010)
World Soccer magazine
World War II
Wouters, Jan
Wynalda, Dave
Wynalda, Eric
Yakovenko, Pavel
Yeltsin, Boris
Yerevan Ararat
Yugoslavia
Zagalo, Mario
Zaire
Zalgiris Vilnius
Zambia
Zavarov, Alexander
Zelentsov, Anatoly
Ziese, Burkhard
Zimbabwe
Copyright © Simon Kuper 1994, 2006
Published by Nation Books,
A Member of the Perseus Books Group
116 East 16th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Originally published by The Orion Publishing Group, London.
Nation Books is a co-publishing venture of the Nation Institute and Perseus Books Group.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address the Perseus Books Group, 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016-8810.
Books published by Nation Books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the United States by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or call (800) 810-4145, ext. 5000, or e-mail [email protected].
Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
eISBN : 978-0-786-73635-5
