The Most Breathtaking Soccer Fans That May Have Also Graced The 2023 World Cup!
South Africa
South Africa’s natural beauty and cultural diversity have made it one of the world’s top tourist spots. Its national parks and UNESCO-protected sites make it a beloved destination.
Beyond all that, there’s the national soccer team of South Africa to fall in love with. They formerly went on a decades-long hiatus and only resumed playing at the international level in 1992, even becoming the first African nation to host a World Cup. Unfortunately, South Africa hasn’t qualified competitively for the tournament since 2002. Its failure to do so meant it couldn’t get featured in a third consecutive World Cup since hosting the 2010 edition, where it landed at third place in Group A.
Russia
Russia may have been famed for some disagreeable things through the years, but it has its good sides too. Famous for being the world’s biggest nation and among the seven world powers, many have no idea that Russia also has a national team that has entered the FIFA World Cup 11 times.
The Russian national team has been a FIFA member since 1912, although its first match happened in 1958. Russia has also gone home with the tournament’s fourth-place award once. In all its participations, its national team has always had gorgeous women backing it up as part of the audience.
Poland
There’s no denying that many stunning women were present at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Naturally, people can’t help but stay glued to them, with some complaining about the pretty supporters distracting other fans from the soccer games, which is the real action. Among those breathtaking women was this lady that supported the national team.
Poland has vied for seven FIFA World Cup editions since it first made its presence known in 1938. The team also went home with bronze medals during the tournaments of 1974 and 1982. Since losing its global soccer momentum in 1986, Poland has never been able to replicate the feat at the World Cup.
U.S.A.
A few national soccer fans are as passionate about soccer (as the Americans call it) as American supporters. They even purchased the most number of tickets for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, after only Russia, who hosted the event.
This passion was also exhibited at America’s 2014 World Cup entry, where, despite losing to Belgium, the whole world saw the intact American spirit, embodying the renowned American Dream. In October 2022, the United States men’s national team ranked 16th in the FIFA men’s ranking, a better placement than 27th in 2014. They backed out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup after losing to the Netherlands.
Russia
We’re still wondering what these fans shouted at the Russian team, which helped lead to the devastating loss that Saudi Arabia suffered at their hands, Nonetheless, one thing’s certain for sure, they cheered their national team to a close victory against Croatia and did not lose heart when they yielded on penalties.
These exact same fans sure must have been dissatisfied as soon as they saw that FIFA publicized an updated ranking of national teams after the outcomes of the World Cup held in Qatar. Russia, which was unable to enter the competition because of sanctions, went from 33rd to 37th place.
South Africa
South Africa’s natural beauty and cultural diversity have made it one of the world’s top tourist spots. Its national parks and UNESCO-protected sites make it a beloved destination.
Beyond all that, there’s the national soccer team of South Africa to fall in love with. They formerly went on a decades-long hiatus and only resumed playing at the international level in 1992, even becoming the first African nation to host a World Cup. Unfortunately, South Africa hasn’t qualified competitively for the tournament since 2002. Its failure to do so meant it couldn’t get featured in a third consecutive World Cup since hosting the 2010 edition, where it landed at third place in Group A.
Portugal
These Portuguese supporters could just be the wildest in the soccer world! Their hunger for the sport is just mesmerizing to witness. The 2018 FIFA World Cup saw fans of Carlos Brum and Pedro Lobotomy travel 7,000 kilometers from Lisbon to Russia to be there for Portugal! This show of support for their team and its players is pretty moving.
Portuguese fans were seen cheering for their team toward its win against Morocco and a draw with Spain, their sore rivals. Thanks to their vigor, Portugal placed sixth during the 2018 FIFA men’s ranking, dropping to ninth in October 2022.
Costa Rica
Doing a quick Google search on the hottest fanatics of the FIFA World Cup, anyone can find a photo of this gal. Showing her support for Costa Rica, she caught the attention of audiences in the stands. We guess it’s necessary to show up and show out to cheer for the most triumphant national soccer team from Central America.
Costa Rica is the sole Central American national team to play in five FIFA World Cups. Its players showed their best performance in 2014 after finishing first among Uruguay, Italy, and England, three ex-World Cup champions. They secured the 32nd and last spot for Qatar’s 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Italy
The Tifosi are perhaps the most successful supporters in the globe, all thanks to their cheers for one of the most promising national teams ever to play on the field. They have backed the Italian team to bag four FIFA World Cup titles and two European Championships. It’s usually conveyed that the Tifosi placed the “fan” in fanaticism through their world-famous exhibitions.
The Italian team, popularly called “Gli Azzurri,” last triumphed over the World Cup in 2006, being the 2nd placer during the 2006 FIFA men’s rankings. By 2022, the team placed sixth in the same ranking, although it did not participate in the World Cup that year.
Brazil
Aside from living in the biggest nation in South America, which is why they have four distinct time zones, Brazilians are famous for being among the world’s best soccer enthusiasts. As per popular belief, about nine out of ten Brazilians have experienced playing soccer in their lives.
Brazil conquered the FIFA World Cup finals more than any other nation in history, with five wins. Having stunning and supportive fans rallying behind them must also help the team become even more motivated. But in 2022, the team got kicked out by Croatia following a 4-2 loss.
Japan
Beauty can manifest in ways other than the physical, and Japanese soccer supporters demonstrated this during the 2018 World World. Despite facing a sad loss, these superfans brandished trash bags and began cleaning the stadium with cleaners’ aid.
Such measures only prove the very steadfastness of humanity and what we believe to be optimum beauty. Aside from endearing them to the rest of the world, the determination of Japanese fans has filtered through to their FIFA ranking, from 50th in 2018 to 23rd in 2022. Japan was eliminated from the FIFA World Cup after losing 3-1 on penalties to Croatia.
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