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@SweeperPod The Sweeper
Heidelberg United, a non-A League club, has a chance to make history by becoming the first non-A League club to win the Australian Cup in the final against Newcastle Jets. The team's players had initially booked a trip to Bali but pulled out after reaching the final. They sold their tickets to fellow Melbourne club Avondale FC.
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Social topic influence cape verde #23, uefa #133, countries #273, new caledonia #2, san marino #41, greenland #106, austria #255, france #474, concacaf #96, iceland #44
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"🤝 Only two nations of under one million people (by current population) have ever qualified for a World Cup finals: Iceland - 383726 (2018) Cape Verde - 491337 (2026) All population stats from"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T20:22Z 46.7K followers, 13.8K engagements
"Tiny Cape Verde could become the smallest African nation & the second-smallest worldwide (after Iceland in 2018) to qualify for a World Cup TODAY The Blue Sharks - from an archipelago of half a million people - will qualify if they beat Libya away or with some help from Mauritius v. Cameroon"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-08T08:39Z 46.7K followers, 48.5K engagements
"See you soon Greenland 🔜🤩"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-06T13:07Z 46.7K followers, 5935 engagements
"📺 NEW VIDEO PODCAST 📺 Part 1: International football groundhopping ⚽ OUR GREENLAND ASSIST Insights from the Greenland camp 🍕 Toni Polster's angry outburst Chat with the San Marino coach Part 2: Club football groundhopping Paks' all-Hungarian recruitment policy Fan cards - A hindrance for hoppers 😡 Robbie Keane's touchline meltdowns 💥 Atomic Strike - The power-plant ultras"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-14T19:30Z 46.7K followers, X engagements
"What an incredible debut MLS season it has been for San Diego FC who are top of the Western Conference as the regular season draws to a close But their closest challengers Vancouver Whitecaps Thomas Mller's new home & the only Canadian club in the Western Conference have a game in hand"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-09T13:30Z 46.7K followers, 15.6K engagements
"🏆 Nine overseas territories are expected to enter teams into the 2025/26 Coupe de France: French Guiana Guadeloupe Martinique Mayotte New Caledonia Runion Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Tahiti"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-08-14T14:30Z 46.7K followers, 14.3K engagements
"🏙 The headquarter locations of the six continental football confederations: CONCACAF: Miami CONMEBOL: Luque UEFA: Nyon CAF: 6th of October City AFC: Kuala Lumpur OFC: Auckland"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-09T15:00Z 46.6K followers, 11.7K engagements
"Thanks in part to South Africa's points deduction for fielding an ineligible player Benin are closing in on a first-ever World Cup finals appearance With one round left to play Benin are two points clear of the South Africans - but still have to face Nigeria who could also overtake them"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T18:08Z 46.7K followers, 32.6K engagements
"🌎 What a day of international action lies ahead Greenland at the 2025 Amateur Nations Cup Battle of overseas territories Gibraltar & New Caledonia Cape Verde on brink of World Cup qualification Indonesia against Saudi Arabia in huge AFC clash If you don't like international football you're mad 🤩"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-08T13:30Z 46.7K followers, 15.6K engagements
"Curacao will continue their bid to become the smallest country to ever reach the World Cup (population 155900) when they face Trinidad & Tobago in the 'Islands off the Coast of South America Derby' today. 827km separate the Curaaoan capital of Willemstad & the Trinidadian capital of Port of Spain"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-14T12:30Z 46.7K followers, 22.6K engagements
"📉 It is a dark time for Montenegrin football both at international and domestic level: ➡ No major tournaments as independent nation ➡ Heavy defeat to Faroe Islands in WC qualifying ➡ 50/55 in the UEFA country coefficient ranking ➡ One of three countries without a team in UEFA group or league phase (&)"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T11:30Z 46.7K followers, 121.3K engagements
"All ready for the crucial clash today where Cape Verde could become the second-smallest country to ever qualify for the FIFA World Cup Thanks for the package @TempoSport_EN 🎁 We will be giving away a Cape Verde shirt on an upcoming pod too so stay tuned #ad"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T14:46Z 46.7K followers, 17.9K engagements
"@j_j_j_t_m @mcJames10 @adarsh_938 As it currently stands they are in a position to continue their qualification campaign. That puts them on track for us"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-12T16:48Z 46.7K followers, XXX engagements
"Timor-Leste a Portuguese-speaking country in south-east Asia often play their home games in Australia when their own stadiums do not meet international criteria. Located 700km away on the other side of the Timor Sea & with a sizeable Timorese community Darwin played host to their game v. the Philippines"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-11T17:00Z 46.7K followers, 29.7K engagements
"So Tom & Principe an island nation off the coast of Gabon & Equatorial Guinea with a quarter of a million inhabitants have won a World Cup qualifier for the first time in XX years Their last such victory came almost a decade ago to the day when they beat Ethiopia on X October 2015"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T16:22Z 46.7K followers, 32K engagements
"Remembering the curious case of the Faroe Islands in 2024 when Vkingur Gta almost became champions of the country's top three divisions The Vkingur first team became Faroese champions & the reserves won the second tier (though could not be promoted to the same division as the seniors) but the third team could only finish as third-tier runners-up"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-02T10:04Z 46.7K followers, 23K engagements
"Kazakhstan play host to Liechtenstein in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying today. It is one of the most extreme big v. small match-ups in UEFA: Liechtenstein at about XXX km would fit into Kazakhstan the largest currently active UEFA nation at 2724900 km more than 17000 times"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T14:30Z 46.7K followers, 25.2K engagements
"The Northern Mariana Islands a US Protectorate and AFC member have turned to American President Donald Trump for help in their bid to join FIFA. NMI has thrice been rejected on the grounds it is not sufficiently independent from the US but argues this is unjust as fellow protectorates American Samoa Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands are FIFA members"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-03T14:30Z 46.6K followers, 15.6K engagements
"Malaysia are in hot water with FIFA for falsifying documentation when registering seven foreign-born players as eligible to play for the country. The FAM stated the grandparents of the players were born in Malaysia when in fact they born in (x3) (x1) (x1) & (x1) - see Map of Birthplaces"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-07T14:00Z 46.7K followers, 43.2K engagements
"Its an historic night for the Faroe Islands who have equalled their biggest-ever victory by thrashing Montenegro 4-0 at home in World Cup qualifying The scoring was rounded off by rni Frederiksberg who once combined his semi-pro football career with a job as a frozen pizza salesman"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-09T20:35Z 46.7K followers, 111K engagements
"Precautions have been taken to avoid a repeat of the unsavoury scenes from 2014 when Serbia host Albania in Belgrade tonight. Tickets are only available to certain groups & will be personalised; away fans may not attend; and stadium capacity is being reduced to around 80%"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-11T08:00Z 46.7K followers, 39.4K engagements
"Crazy Ivory Coast could fail to qualify automatically for the 2026 World Cup without even conceding a single goal in their group. If the African champions draw their final match against Kenya 0-0 and Gabon beat Kenya then it is Gabon who will go through at their expense"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-11T19:00Z 46.7K followers, 21.4K engagements
"An intriguing friendly between the national teams of British & French overseas territories takes place today: Gibraltar play host to New Caledonia. It is an away trip of 17500km - across nine time zones - from the Southwest Pacific to Europa Point Stadium from where you can see North Africa"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-08T09:30Z 46.6K followers, 38.8K engagements
"🚊 On the train back from Budapest after a great day of football in the Hungarian capital. And that means only one thing: its time for Got a question you want us to answer Stick it in the comments"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-05T18:14Z 46.6K followers, 7662 engagements
"🌎 There are six members of CONCACAF that are not members of FIFA: Bonaire French Guiana Guadeloupe Martinique Saint Martin Sint Maarten This is because they are not fully independent countries recognised by the United Nations"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T14:30Z 46.7K followers, 41.8K engagements
"Not only did Austria demolish San Marino by a double-digit margin yesterday - their biggest-ever win - they also achieved another unique feat. Every single outfield member of the starting line-up either assisted or scored at least one goal in the 10-0 victory over the world's lowest-ranked nation"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T18:30Z 46.7K followers, 17K engagements
"Mjllby are on the brink of the Swedish title and entering the history books as the smallest club by local population to ever become champions of a major UEFA nation. If Hammarby fail to win tomorrow the Allsvenskan trophy will head to the fishing village of Hllevik (population: 1485) on the south coast"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-04T17:33Z 46.6K followers, 369.2K engagements
"@adarsh_938 Yes. But they are not a debutant"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-12T13:22Z 46.7K followers, 1329 engagements
"Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar have been given the green light by UEFA to play their Conference League home games at the Europa Point Stadium from which you can see the African coast in the distance. That avoids the inconvenience of travelling to Portugal to play their home games which was previously necessary due to geopolitical tensions with Spain"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-04T10:30Z 46.7K followers, 71.4K engagements
"Equatorial Guinea have failed to show up in Malawi for their World Cup qualifying match today due to unforeseen travel complications. It is the latest WC qualifying disaster for the Equatoguineans who have already had points deducted for fielding the ineligible Emilio Nsue in two games"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-09T17:47Z 46.7K followers, 58.9K engagements
"The first of the overseas territory teams in the 2025/26 Coupe de France will enter the competition this weekend: AS Saint Pierraise of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. The nine overseas territories expected to be involved are French Guiana Guadeloupe Martinique Mayotte New Caledonia Runion Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon & Tahiti"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-09-12T19:07Z 46.7K followers, 10.4K engagements
"🔝 Europe's top four countries have some highly interesting second-tier leaders: 🏴 Coventry: In fourth tier as recently as 2018 Deportivo: Former champions on track for return Elversberg: From town of only 13000 inhabitants Modena: Re-founded in 2018 & up from fourth tier"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-09T17:00Z 46.6K followers, 31.9K engagements
"Real Sociedad's B team could be forcibly relegated from La Liga X Spain's second tier even if they don't finish in the drop zone. The Basque club's first team are currently in the La Liga relegation zone and if they go down they cannot play in the same league as their own reserves"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-07T09:00Z 46.6K followers, 105.3K engagements
"SIMPLY UNBELIEVABLE The Faroe Islands have now beaten Czechia who are XX x larger in terms of surface area & XXX x larger in terms of population Having overperformed sensationally at club & international level in recent years the Faroes remain in with a chance of qualifying for the World Cup"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-12T17:54Z 46.7K followers, 161.3K engagements
"Al Hilal & Al Merrikh of Sudan who played in Mauritania's Super D1 last season due to the war at home could now compete in neighbouring Libya The Sudanese FA has approved Al Merrikh to play in Libya's Premier League which starts this month while Al Hilal are still negotiating their own participation"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-08T12:30Z 46.7K followers, 11.9K engagements
"Wow Cape Verde have beaten Cameroon and moved four points clear at the top of their group with two games to go as they chase a first-ever World Cup appearance. The African islanders would be the second-smallest country by population (525000) to ever play at a finals - after Iceland (407000)"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-09-09T18:05Z 46.7K followers, 132.4K engagements
". . : Clubs: Heidelberg United Marconi Stallions South Hobart & Wollongong Wolves Interesting participants & narratives: Losing cup finalists 🏆 & an island team 🏝"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T16:36Z 46.6K followers, 2356 engagements
"🌏 The XX members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC): 🔴 Full members: American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji New Caledonia New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Vanuatu 🔵 Associate members: Kiribati Tuvalu"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-09-15T14:00Z 46.7K followers, 23.6K engagements
"The current Slovak league leaders - though admittedly Slovan Bratislava have two games in hand - are from a town with an ethnic Hungarian majority XX% of the population of Dunajsk Streda which is home to DAC 1904 are Hungarian speakers & flags can often be seen at their games"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-07T11:00Z 46.6K followers, 31.1K engagements
"FC Makani a football club in Hawaii are attempting to use Bitcoin as a way to create a fan-owned team in the capital city of Honolulu. They believe the cryptocurrency offers the most stable way to facilitate fan ownership and eventually establish a professional team on the island"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-11T15:00Z 46.7K followers, 28.9K engagements
"🏙 Smallest countries (by current population) to ever reach a World Cup finals: Iceland (383726) CAPE VERDE (491337) Trinidad & Tobago (1328019) NI Northern Ireland (1927855) Slovenia (2130850) Jamaica (2734093) Qatar (2846118) 🏴 Wales (3186581) All population stats from"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T18:25Z 46.7K followers, 76.2K engagements
"We're off to Budapest this weekend to watch the top-of-the-table clash between perennial champions Ferencvros & surprise leaders Paks who only sign Hungarian players. Beautiful Budapest we will see you 🔜🤩"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-04T09:08Z 46.6K followers, 9435 engagements
"St. Paul's United are the champions of Saint Kitts and Nevis after beating Rams Village Superstars in the final - their fifth title in six years. Unusually the final is a best of three decider but St. Paul's United won the first two games so there's no need for the third"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-09-07T18:00Z 46.7K followers, 6252 engagements
"@Starkie84 Nope"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T18:31Z 46.7K followers, 3394 engagements
"Cape Verde can become the second-smallest nation in history to qualify for a World Cup finals if they beat Eswatini at home today You can watch the game live & in top quality FOR FREE on FIFA+ (kick-off 17:00 GMT / 18:00 CEST) via the link below or in our Instagram stories 🔗"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T11:18Z 46.7K followers, 470.4K engagements
"Based in Mbeya in the south Tanzania Prisons FC are owned by the Tanzania Prisons Service - but that's not what makes us interested in them Despite their recent struggles they opted to leave some stars on the bench for their game v. Namungo - both Zidane & Messi were left on the bench"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-05T08:00Z 46.7K followers, 14K engagements
"🏴 Eighth-tier Maldon & Tiptree are the lowest tier team to navigate the qualifying rounds & reach the first round of the 2025/26 English FA Cup. Based in Maldon Essex they are the only team to make it all the way from the extra preliminary round to the competition proper"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-12T10:00Z 46.7K followers, 64.1K engagements
"The top scorer for BIIK Shymkent 40-year-old Gulnara Gabelia has taken prolific goalscoring to a new level in the Kazakh women's league this season. She has scored more goals (69) than her league-leading team who represented Kazakhstan in UEFA competition this term has picked up points (68)"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-06T16:30Z 46.7K followers, 23.5K engagements
"10-0 (FT) Sobering. San Marino are demolished by Austria who record their all-time biggest win as Marko Arnautovic breaks their all-time goalscoring record"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-09T20:52Z 46.7K followers, 10.7K engagements
"Suriname will kick off the third round of their CONCACAF World Cup qualifying campaign v. Panama as they aim to reach a first-ever finals. Suriname are the only one of the three South American nations that play in CONCACAF - the others are Guyana & French Guiana - that can still qualify"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-09-04T15:00Z 46.6K followers, 6878 engagements
"The Northern Mariana Islands played China in 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification yesterday in what is one of the biggest population disparities in world football. Northern Mariana Islands has 44000 people China has XXX billion. China ran out 10-0 winners"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-09-07T10:00Z 46.6K followers, 6908 engagements
"The kind of elitist attitude that makes us absolutely despair. There are so many things wrong with it we dont know where to begin"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-14T06:20Z 46.7K followers, 76K engagements
"There are FIVE UEFA Conference League matches in Poland tonight That's almost one third of ALL games across Europe on Matchday X Dynamo Kyiv v. 🏴 Crystal Palace Jagiellonia Biaystok v. amrun Spartans Lech Pozna v. Rapid Vienna Legia Warsaw v. Samsunspor Rakw Czstochowa v. Universitatea Craiova"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-02T12:44Z 46.7K followers, 67.3K engagements
"Brisbane Roar have become the first A-League club to play a match in the Solomon Islands drawing 1-1 with their national team in a hybrid friendly. The Pacific islanders already have a strong connection to Brisbane: their club in the new OFC Pro League Solomon Kings is the result of a partnership between their FA & Brisbane-based Wynum Wolves"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-05T10:00Z 46.7K followers, 28.1K engagements
"The Andorran Primera Divisi is finally under way meaning that for a short period of two weeks all XX top-flight UEFA leagues are in-season. The start to the season in Andorra had been delayed by an issue with immigration/residency quotas that was affecting player registrations"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-12T11:30Z 46.7K followers, 24.3K engagements
"📍 Ernst Happel Stadion In place for Austria v San Marino 🔜🤩"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-09T18:01Z 46.7K followers, 4961 engagements
"With both UEFA & CONCACAF rejecting Greenland as a member one possible - but improbable - option would be to join OFC Oceania's confederation. While it might sound ludicrous given its geographical location it is not without precedent: Israel was a member between 1974 & 1992"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-07T15:00Z 46.7K followers, 48.4K engagements
"Pahonia Warszawa have become the first Belarusian team in exile to play in official Polish competitions securing a place in the eighth division. Pahonia were previously hampered by local rules stipulating that only one player from outside the EU could be on the pitch at any one time"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T13:00Z 46.6K followers, 18.2K engagements
"The three clubs that will represent overseas territories in the 2025/26 Coupe de France seventh round in mid-November are confirmed: New Caledonia: AS Magenta Tahiti: AS Pirae Mayotte: Bandrl FC"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-14T09:30Z 46.7K followers, XXX engagements
"HISTORIC AMAZING SENSATIONAL CAPE VERDE HAVE BECOME THE SECOND-SMALLEST COUNTRY IN HISTORY (POPULATION 491337) TO QUALIFY FOR A FIFA WORLD CUP They beat Eswatini today amid jubilant scenes in their capital city Praia to finish above five-time African champions Cameroon & qualify for a finals tournament for the first time in their history"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T18:00Z 46.7K followers, 146.7K engagements
"The Marshall Islands have announced that they will be launching the Marshall Islands Soccer League an 11v11 competition in July 2026. It is described as a "pay-to-play opportunity" costing $4500 - a fee that includes accommodation catering & on-island transport but not flights"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-07T10:00Z 46.7K followers, 32.9K engagements
"New Zealand is reportedly exploring the possibility of partnering with the United States and Fiji to bid for the 2038 World Cup. With Europe Africa & South America to host in 2030 () & Asia in 2034 () FIFA will have to choose from OFC/CONCACAF in 2038"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-09-26T17:00Z 46.7K followers, 192.9K engagements
"AS Magenta the New Caledonian club set to represent the territory in the Coupe de France will have home advantage in the seventh round. That means a mainland team will make a journey of almost 17000km each way to New Caledonia the furthest participating territory from Paris"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-03T09:30Z 46.6K followers, 185.1K engagements
"Australia's new second-tier league - called the Championship - is now under way with XX clubs in the inaugural line-up. Which clubs are taking part Which teams are in which groups And will there be promotion & relegation Join us for a deep dive down under THREAD 🧵"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T16:33Z 46.7K followers, 44.8K engagements
"Cape Verde will qualify for the World Cup for the first time in their history today if they win against Eswatini or Cameroon fail to beat Angola. The Cape Verdeans would be the smallest African country & the second-smallest worldwide (after Iceland) to ever reach the finals"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T08:30Z 46.7K followers, 50.8K engagements
"🌍 As it stands four African debutants are on track for 2026 World Cup qualification: Benin Cape Verde Gabon Madagascar"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-12T13:00Z 46.7K followers, 29.4K engagements
"Another big v small giantkilling - this time in AFC Cup qualifying - as India lose to Singapore which is 4477 x smaller in terms of surface area and XXX x smaller in terms of population The result leaves Singapore & Hong Kong joint-top of the group while Bangladesh & India lag behind"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-14T16:39Z 46.7K followers, 15.5K engagements
"@nocontextfm1 Guys you cropped us out 😅"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-08T19:53Z 46.7K followers, 11.2K engagements
"An intriguing clash takes place in Spain's second tier tonight as the division's only reserve team Real Sociedad B face its only foreign club FC Andorra. The two teams are currently at opposite ends of the table: the Basques are battling relegation while the Andorrans are chasing promotion"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-11T13:00Z 46.7K followers, 21.2K engagements
"📉 The lowest-ranked nation from each confederation in the FIFA rankings: UEFA: San Marino - XXX CONCACAF: Anguilla - XXX Seychelles - XXX AFC: Guam - XXX OFC: Tonga - XXX Bolivia - 77"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-09-24T14:00Z 46.7K followers, 9078 engagements
"🏝 Weve been racking our brains but cant think of a closer one"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-12T13:27Z 46.7K followers, 32.9K engagements
"It is possible that four countries with Dutch as an official language qualify for the 2026 World Cup: Netherlands & Belgium Curacao (Constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Suriname (Former autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands now independent)"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-12T19:00Z 46.7K followers, 150.6K engagements
"This is the first season in the 30-year history of the MFF League without Erchim FC who have withdrawn in protest at the Mongolian Football Federation (MFF). Formerly known by the catchy name of Erchim Power Plant No. X Mongolia's record champions play in the shadow of the power plant cooling tower"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-03T13:00Z 46.6K followers, 17.3K engagements
"Countries that play in a different geographical football confederation: Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Cyprus French Guiana Georgia Guyana Israel Kazakhstan Russia Suriname Trkiye *Transcontinental countries assigned to the continent where majority of territory is based"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-09-10T19:00Z 46.7K followers, 17K engagements
"Wow FC Thun were only promoted from Switzerlands Challenge League in the summer and they are already top of the Super League eight games into the season. They are one of only two promoted clubs across Europe that occupy first place in the top league of a UEFA nation - along with ML Vitebsk in Belarus"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-05T21:50Z 46.7K followers, 39.5K engagements
"A new women's football club Monaco United has been founded in the Principality of Monaco - and they are looking for players If you want to play for the club live in beautiful Monaco & train with top UEFA coaches simply visit & fill out the form"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-08-08T14:30Z 46.7K followers, 14.2K engagements
"@AFlorida_man76 Dutch is still one of its official languages as our original post specified"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T13:47Z 46.7K followers, 1795 engagements
"Gabon could qualify for their first-ever World Cup today if they beat Burundi & group leaders Ivory Coast drop points against Kenya. You can watch the game live & in top quality FOR FREE on FIFA+ (kick-off 20:00 GMT / 21:00 CEST) via the link below or in our Instagram stories 🔗"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-14T14:30Z 46.7K followers, 6939 engagements
"GOAL GREENLAND 🤩 1-0 amateurs (7)"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-08T14:44Z 46.6K followers, 3976 engagements
"🏝 Niue Island in the Pacific Ocean is starting to play football again & has launched an Instagram for its FA: The tiny island which has fewer than 2000 inhabitants is the smallest place by population that our podcast has ever had a listener in 🤩"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-08-20T18:00Z 46.7K followers, 10.9K engagements
"Colorado Rapids will take on Minnesota United in the MLS tonight - and there will be a special treat in store for the fans at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. On their way out of the stadium they are invited to pick up a bag of home-grown potatoes courtesy of local company Colorado Potatoes"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-09-27T13:30Z 46.7K followers, 14.8K engagements
"1 Three countries have secured their debut FIFA World Cup finals appearance at the 2026 tournament in the USA Canada & Mexico Cape Verde Uzbekistan Jordan Simply sensational 🤩🤩🤩"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T18:09Z 46.7K followers, 94.1K engagements
"The Seychelles Africa's smallest country by population (119878) are the only participating CAF nation without a point in World Cup qualifying. But that could change today: according to reports Gambia's players are on strike over unpaid allowances and could forfeit the match"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-14T11:30Z 46.7K followers, 31.5K engagements
"Haiti who have not played at a World Cup since 1974 are top of their qualifying group after a win v. Nicaragua which was interrupted for over an hour due to a power outage If they did qualify no Haiti-based fans could travel to the US: they are currently on Trump's travel ban list"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T16:00Z 46.7K followers, 53.5K engagements
"The 1938 World Cup is the only time that a country AND one of its overseas territories have both reached the same tournament: Netherlands & Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Another example might join the list if both France & New Caledonia qualify for the 2026 World Cup"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-14T18:30Z 46.7K followers, 18K engagements
"Kosovo will have their first opportunity to defend their Unofficial Football World Championship title when they face Slovenia at home today. The UFWC operates along boxing-style lines with the title won by defeating the holder: Kosovo beat then champions Sweden 2-0 in September"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T10:00Z 46.6K followers, 17.3K engagements
"The crazy rise and fall of Ecuadorian club Imbabura: 2021: Appointment of 25-year-old former bricklayer Joe Armas as head coach X 2021: Promotion from Serie C X 2023: Promotion from Serie B X 2024: Relegation from Serie A X 2025: Relegation from Serie B"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-15T11:30Z 46.7K followers, 1433 engagements
"The French overseas territory of New Caledonia have beaten the British overseas territory of Gibraltar in a friendly at Europa Point Stadium. New Caledonia have qualified for the 2026 World Cup inter-confederation play-offs & are aiming to be the second overseas territory to ever reach a finals after Dutch East Indies in 1938"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-08T19:12Z 46.7K followers, 73K engagements
"🏴 The Wales men's Over-70s footballers have become world champions winning a tournament played in humid conditions in Japan. Impressively the Welsh did not concede a single goal en route to the final where they beat a US team full of former MLS pros 2-0"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-05T12:00Z 46.7K followers, 15.3K engagements
"Great Britain has X inhabited overseas territories: Anguilla Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat Saint Helena Ascension & Tristan da Cunha Turks & Caicos Islands Who thinks they should enter a team into a British cup competition like French territories in the Coupe de France 🏆"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-08-20T12:00Z 46.7K followers, 36.6K engagements
"🌍 Excluding host nation USA who qualified automatically the world's four most populous countries will not be at the 2026 World Cup: India (1.42 billion) China (1.41 billion) Indonesia (284 million) Pakistan (241 million)"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-12T17:30Z 46.7K followers, 44.2K engagements
"It is a MASSIVE win for Curacao who beat leaders Jamaica to go top of the group at the halfway point of their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign. If Curacao - an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands - make it they will be the SMALLEST COUNTRY EVER to reach a World Cup (population 155900)"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-11T06:58Z 46.7K followers, 213K engagements
"What an extraordinary afternoon for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who scored all four goals in Gabon's 4-3 win over Gambia only to then get sent off Gabon can still reach their first-ever World Cup finals - either in top spot if Ivory Coast slip up or via the best runners-up ranking"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T15:03Z 46.7K followers, 40.4K engagements
"@JohnValenciacf Our issue is less with the format which definitely has pluses and drawbacks and more with the general attitude from people in big footballing countries towards smaller footballing countries. It just comes across as arrogant and elitist"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-14T16:43Z 46.7K followers, XXX engagements
"The United Arab Emirates will qualify for the World Cup for only the second time & the first time in XX years if they avoid defeat to Qatar today. The UAE competed at the 1990 tournament in Italy but lost all three group games - to West Germany Yugoslavia & Colombia"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-14T08:00Z 46.7K followers, 22.8K engagements
"Get ready for the Cape Verde hype train 🚂"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T17:57Z 46.7K followers, 8651 engagements
"Former Austrian forward Toni Polster has criticised San Marino: This is a team of pizza bakers not a national team. They have no place in international football. First of all boooo 👎 Secondly we suspect that may have something to do with Marko Arnautovic scoring four times last night & breaking Polsters own all-time goalscoring record for Austria"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T08:37Z 46.7K followers, 110.6K engagements
"Sadly promotion/relegation are not on the cards for now with a home & away league with permanent members & long-term viability required for that. But there is a hope at Football Australia that enough clubs may be found to implement a home-and-away season as early as 2026"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T16:37Z 46.6K followers, 3950 engagements
"📧 Shamrock Rovers defender Pico Lopes could be the first-ever player recruited by his national team via LinkedIn to play in a World Cup Lopes was approached by the Cape Verdean federation but could not understand Portuguese & thought it was spam. Fortunately they tried again (in English) and the rest is history 🤩"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T18:37Z 46.7K followers, 349.5K engagements
". . : Clubs: South Melbourne Broadmeadow Magic Moreton City Excelsior & Sydney Olympic Interesting participants & narratives: Oceania's Club of the Century 💯 & Greek derby"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T16:36Z 46.6K followers, 2600 engagements
"🧑💼 Three former male footballers have become presidents of their country: Ahmed Ben Bella - President of Algeria from 1963 to 1965 George Weah - President of Liberia from 2018 to 2024 Mikheil Kavelashvili - President of Georgia from 2024 to present"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-09T12:00Z 46.7K followers, 12K engagements
"🌍 In Round X of CAF World Cup qualifying XX countries are playing their home game on foreign soil Ethiopia ➡ Central African Republic ➡ Comoros ➡ Djibouti ➡ Sierra Leone ➡ Niger ➡ Burkina Faso Somalia ➡ Algeria Gambia ➡ Seychelles ➡ Sudan ➡ Tanzania Lesotho ➡ Sao Tom & Principe ➡ Zimbabwe ➡"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-09T16:00Z 46.7K followers, 7405 engagements
"🔟 There have been two victories by 10-goal margins in European qualification for the 2026 World Cup: Norway 11-1 Moldova Austria 10-0 San Marino The record margin of victory remains Germany 12-0 back in 1969"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-14T13:30Z 46.7K followers, 6731 engagements
"Today we are going to see the Greenland national team live for the first time ever Morten Rutkjr's men are taking part in the 2025 Amateur Nations Cup - along with the Austria Bosnia & Herzegovina and Slovenia amateur national teams - in three venues around one hour south of Vienna"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-06T08:19Z 46.7K followers, 36.4K engagements
"For the first time since their first-ever competitive victory v Liechtenstein in September 2024 we will be watching our beloved San Marino live tonight. They face Austria away in a World Cup qualifier. Greenland AND San Marino live in the space of one week What a treat 🤩"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-09T08:22Z 46.7K followers, 15.3K engagements
"An absolutely seoul-destroying defeat has been inflicted on South Korea by Brazil who have run out emphatic winners and scored five goals in the Asian countrys capital. South Korea had actually been on an unbeaten run dating back to February 2024 when they lost 2-0 to Jordan"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T20:12Z 46.6K followers, 13.4K engagements
"For more on the Australian Championship please check out this article by The Guardian which we used for this thread: And make sure to follow us at @SweeperPod and check out the podcast for more info on Australia's new second tier in the months to come"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-10T16:38Z 46.6K followers, 3597 engagements
"Were hugely looking forward to speaking to Cape Verde defender Pico Lopes during the October international window as the islanders attempt to become the smallest-ever African nation to make the World Cup Got a question for Pico Put it in the comments"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-03T21:13Z 46.6K followers, 8208 engagements
"Kosovo remain Unofficial World Champions - and in with a chance of qualifying for the World Cup - after completing a double over Sweden The worlds second-newest country is on its best run of form since joining FIFA & UEFA: Kosovo have won XX of their last XX matches (one draw two defeats)"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-13T20:48Z 46.7K followers, 47K engagements
"🏆 Historically four Lusophone countries have qualified for the FIFA World Cup: Brazil (22 appearances) Portugal (8 appearances) Angola (2006) Cape Verde (2026) For those that don't know Lusophone just means Portuguese-speaking 🗣"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-15T11:30Z 46.7K followers, 5905 engagements
"Heidelberg United have the chance to become the first non-A League club to win the Australian Cup in the final v. Newcastle Jets this weekend The Heidelberg players had initially booked a trip to Bali but pulled out after reaching the final & sold their tickets to fellow Melbourne club Avondale FC"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-03T17:30Z 46.7K followers, 28.1K engagements
"Despite being rock-bottom of the Canadian Premier League Vancouver FC have qualified for the CONCACAF Champions Cup They lost the Canadian Championship final to Vancouver Whitecaps who qualified for the Champions Cup via the MLS so their continental spot passes to Vancouver FC as runners-up"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-15T10:12Z 46.7K followers, XXX engagements
"The African island countries of Cape Verde & Comoros are both pushing to become the smallest-ever CAF nations to reach a World Cup. With 500000 & 750000 inhabitants respectively they are larger than only So Tom & Prncipe and Seychelles in the African confederation"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-09-03T12:00Z 46.7K followers, 10.7K engagements
"Thanks in part to a points deduction for South Africa Benin could qualify for their first-ever World Cup if they beat neighbours Nigeria today. You can watch the game live & in top quality FOR FREE on FIFA+ (kick-off 17:00 GMT / 18:00 CEST) via the link below or in our Instagram stories 🔗"
X Link @SweeperPod 2025-10-14T10:30Z 46.7K followers, 16.8K engagements