As again reigning Unofficial Champions the Elftal of course started into the European Qualifiers duel versus Estonia as huge favorite. It was the first ever UFWC match in Tallinn. The result also set the path forward in who’s hands the UFWC title will be at the end of the year: it will remain in Europe.
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 | NETHERLANDS | SINCE 06/09/2019 | DEFEATED GERMANY |
| 19/11/2019 | | Netherlands | VS | Estonia |  | Amsterdam | EQ |
The Unofficial Football World Championships is an alternative international football tournament contested in a boxing-style title match format. Winners of UFWC title matches become title-holders, and Unofficial Football World Champions, and move up the rankings table. UFWC lineage stretches back to the very first international football match in 1872, 58 years before the World Cup. Read More…
| # | DATE | HOME | SCORE | AWAY | VENUE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 963 | 16/11/2019 |  | NOR IRELAND | 0-0 | NETHERLANDS | | BELFAST | EQ | |
| 962 | 13/10/2019 |  | BELARUS | 1-2 | NETHERLANDS | | MINSK | EQ | |
| 961 | 10/10/2019 | | NETHERLANDS | 3-1 | NOR IRELAND | | ROTTERDAM | EQ | |
| 960 | 09/09/2019 | | ESTONIA | 0-4 | NETHERLANDS | | TALLINN | EQ | + |
| 959 | 06/09/2019 |  | GERMANY | 2-4 | NETHERLANDS | | HAMBURG | EQ | + |
| 958 | 11/06/2019 | | GERMANY | 8-0 | ESTONIA | | MAINZ | EQ | + |
| 957 | 08/06/2019 | | BELARUS | 0-2 | GERMANY | | BARYSAW | EQ | + |
| 956 | 24/03/2019 | | NETHERLANDS | 2-3 | GERMANY | | AMSTERDAM | EQ | + |
| 955 | 21/03/2019 | | NETHERLANDS | 4-0 | BELARUS | | ROTTERDAM | EQ | + |
| 954 | 19/11/2018 | | GERMANY | 2-2 | NETHERLANDS | | Gelsenkirchen | NL | + |
* = won on penalties. + = click for match report.
| Rank | Team | Played | Won | Last Held | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Scotland | 149 | 86 | 28-Mar-2007 |
| 2 |  | England | 145 | 73 | 20-Jun-2000 |
| 3 |  | Argentina | 105 | 62 | 28-Mar-2017 |
| 4 | | Netherlands | 92 | 56 | CURRENT |
| 5 |  | Russia | 64 | 41 | 23-Feb-2000 |
| 6 |  | Brazil | 71 | 38 | 17-Jun-2015 |
| 7 | | Germany | 69 | 31 | 06-Sep-2019 |
| 8 |  | France | 59 | 28 | 16-Nov-2018 |
| 8 |  | Sweden | 46 | 28 | 06-Feb-2013 |
| 10 |  | Italy | 56 | 27 | 22-Aug-2007 |
Teams ranked by number of title matches won.
Complete UFWC rankings
For the third time in 11 months Germany and Netherlands met each other in a UFWC title match. After a 2-2 draw in November 2018 and the UFWC title win from Germany in March 2019 the dutch team was motivated to not only win the trophy back but to also polish their so far not very successful start into the UEFA2020 qualifying campaign. And UFWC match #959 was not going to disappoint!
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It was the first appearance of Estonia in a UFWC match ever – and one of the worst possible endings happened to the baltic squad. 8 goals conceded, 0 goals scored …. what a start into UFWC history.
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