Unofficial Football World Championships

Peru aim to retain UFWC title against all-time champions Scotland

22 May 2018 | Words Paul Brown | Photo Agencia de Noticias ANDES

Reigning Unofficial Football World Champions Peru begin their World Cup warm-up with a title match against all-time UFWC champions Scotland. The match, in Lima on Tuesday, 29 May, is the first of the warm-ups before Peru head to Russia. La Blanquirroja, managed by popular Argentinian Ricardo Gareca – assisted by former Newcastle United midfielder Nolberto Solano, will also play Saudi Arabia on 3 June and Sweden on 9 June. Their World Cup campaign gets underway on 16 June against Denmark.

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Current UFWC Champions

PERU

SINCE 31/08/2017

DEFEATED BOLIVIA

Next UFWC Title Match

29/05/2018

Peru

Scotland

Lima

What is the UFWC?

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…

Latest UFWC Results

#	DATE	HOME	SCORE	AWAY	VENUE
938	27/03/2018	PERU	3-1	ICELAND	New Jersey	FR	+
937	23/03/2018	PERU	2-0	CROATIA	Miami	FR	+
936	15/11/2017	PERU	2-0	NEW ZEALAND	Lima	WQ	+
935	11/11/2017	NEW ZEALAND	0-0	PERU	Wellington	WQ	+
934	10/10/2017	PERU	1-1	COLOMBIA	Lima	WQ	+
933	05/10/2017	ARGENTINA	0-0	PERU	Buenos Aires	WQ	+
932	05/09/2017	ECUADOR	1-2	PERU	Quito	WQ	+
931	31/08/2017	PERU	2-1	BOLIVIA	Lima	WQ	+
930	07/06/2017	BOLIVIA	3-2	NICARAGUA	Yacuiba	FR	+
929	02/06/2017	NICARAGUA	0-1	BOLIVIA	Managua	FR	+

* = won on penalties. + = click for match report.

Complete UFWC results

Latest UFWC Rankings

Rank	Team	Played	Won	Last Held
1	Scotland	148	86	28-Mar-2007
2	England	144	73	20-Jun-2000
3	Argentina	105	62	28-Mar-2017
4	Netherlands	82	50	09-Jul-2014
5	Russia	63	41	23-Feb-2000
6	Brazil	71	38	17-Jun-2015
7	Germany	67	28	03-Sep-2014
7	Sweden	45	28	06-Feb-2013
9	Italy	56	27	22-Aug-2007
10	Uruguay	65	26	15-Nov-2016

Teams ranked by number of title matches won.
Complete UFWC rankings

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UFWC champions hope to face top contenders at the World Cup

14 May 2018 | Words Paul Brown | Photo Kolya Sanych

Unofficial football world champions Peru face Scotland later this month hoping to retain the UFWC title ahead of the FIFA World Cup, which starts in Russia on June 14. Peru play Scotland in a friendly at the Estadio Nacional de Lima at 8pm local time on Tuesday May 29 (2am on Wednesday May 30 in the UK). They then play Saudi Arabia on June 3 and Sweden on June 9, ahead of their first World Cup game against Denmark on June 16. But can the Peruvians retain the UFWC title all the way to the World Cup? And if so, who will be the top contenders for the World Cup, and for the Unofficial Football World Championships?

Scotland aim to regain unofficial football world champions title

2 April 2018 | Words Paul Brown | Photo Ronnie Macdonald

According to the UFWC all-time rankings table, Scotland are unofficially the best team in the world. That’s because across the full lineage of the Unofficial Football World Championships, which stretches back to 1872, the Scots have won more UFWC title matches than any other nation. But they haven’t won a title match since 2007, more than a decade ago. The forthcoming game against current UFWC champions Peru gives Scotland gives them the opportunity to once again be crowned Unofficial Football World Champions.

Peru defeat Iceland to set up UFWC clash with Scotland

28 March 2018 | Words Paul Brown | Photo Joevare

Peru won their second UFWC title match in four days, beating Iceland 3-1 to retain the unofficial title and set up an much-anticipated title match against all-time unofficial champions Scotland. Backed by a large following of fans, Peru matched Iceland in the first half then dominated the second half in this World Cup warm-up in New Jersey. This was Peru’s 12th UFWC title match win. Iceland have never won a UFWC match.