Soccer Politics Projects on Clubs Around the World

By | April 23, 2025

This semester in “Soccer Politics” at UVA, students worked on projects focusing on football clubs around the world, including their history, financial structure, and fan cultures. You can read the different projects below.

AC Milan

Arsenal

Barcelona

Chelsea

Clubs in the Shadows

(Borussia Dortmund, Westham United, Valencia FC)

Global Football Tour

(Iconic Clubs Around the World: Al-Ahly, Boca Juniors, Dinamo Zagreb, Liverpool, Real Madrid & Santos FC)

Inter Miami

Manchester United

Pitch Forward 

(On the future of U.S. sports with a focus on USL Team Portland Hearts of Pine & NWSL Teams Gotham FC, Kansas City Current, and Washington Spirit)

Category: Fans Premier League Soccer Politics Women's Soccer

About Laurent Dubois

I am Professor of Romance Studies and History and the Director of the Forum for Scholars & Publics at Duke University. I founded the Soccer Politics blog in 2009 as part of a course on "World Cup and World Politics" taught at Duke University. I'm currently teaching the course under the title "Soccer Politics" here at Duke. My books include Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France (University of California Press, 2010) and The Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer (Basic Books, 2018)

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