https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3O7fGP4<\/a>), a world-class digital platform created to connect football fans across the globe more deeply with the game they love, for free.<\/p>\nLaunching today, FIFA+ will provide access to live football matches from every corner of the world, interactive games, news, tournament information, ground-breaking, unrivalled video content delivering truly global storytelling around the men\u2019s and women\u2019s game and much more.\u00a0 FIFA is the first sports federation ever to offer such an extensive streaming and content experience to its fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cFIFA+ represents the next step in our vision to make football truly global and inclusive, and it underpins FIFA\u2019s core mission of expanding and developing football globally,\u201d said FIFA President Gianni Infantino. \u201cThis project represents a cultural shift in the way different types of football fans want to connect with and explore the global game and has been a fundamental part of my Vision 2020-2023. It will accelerate the democratisation of football and we are delighted to share it with fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
All the action, on and off the pitch<\/strong><\/p>\nLive Matches: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nBy the end of 2022, FIFA+ will be streaming the equivalent of 40,000 live games per year from 100 Member Associations across all six confederations, including 11,000 women\u2019s matches. FIFA+ offers live coverage from Europe\u2019s topflight leagues to previously unserved competitions from around the world in men\u2019s, women\u2019s and youth football.\u00a0 From launch, 1,400 matches will be live streamed monthly on FIFA+, rising rapidly.<\/p>\n
FIFA+ Archive:<\/strong><\/p>\nAhead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, FIFA+ will be home to every FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup\u2122 match ever recorded on camera, totalling more than 2,000 hours of archive content. For the first time ever, this entire archive will be available to fans. Fans will have the ability to watch full-match replays, highlights, goals and magical moments all in one place. The FIFA+ Archive will launch with more than 2,500 videos dating back to the 1950s, with many more to come throughout the year.<\/p>\n
Match Centre, News and Gaming:<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Match Centre will allow football fans to immerse themselves in rich football data across 400 men’s competitions and 65 women’s competitions. A daily feed of news from around the world of men\u2019s and women\u2019s football will also complement and offer additional updates. Throughout the year, fans will enjoy interactive games including votes, quizzes, fantasy games and predictors.<\/p>\n
FIFA+ Originals:<\/strong><\/p>\nFIFA+ will also provide unrivalled content delivering global storytelling around the men\u2019s and women\u2019s game. It will feature full-length documentaries, docuseries, talk shows and shorts – localised into 11 languages, telling stories from local grassroots to national teams and footballing heroes past and present from more than 40 countries.<\/p>\n
The content on the FIFA+ platform will continue to grow and evolve in 2022, providing fresh, globally relevant as well as localised content across the year.<\/p>\n
From launch, FIFA+ will bring the game to life through exclusive, world-class titles including:<\/p>\n
\n- Ronaldinho: The Happiest Man in the World<\/em><\/strong> –\u00a0An exclusive, feature-length documentary offering extensive access to and never-seen-before archive of one of the most iconic players to have played the game. The\u00a090-minute\u00a0film directed by Stuart and Andrew Douglas, produced by Bernie Goldmann and by Simon Horsman and Jeffrey Soros of Los Angeles Media Fund, tells the unique story of the player\u2019s life, charting his rise from the streets of Brazil to becoming one of football\u2019s most loved players. Lionel Messi, Frank Rijkaard and\u00a0Carles\u00a0Puyol all feature and reveal what this FIFA Legend means to them. \u00a0<\/li>\n
- Captains: Season 1 <\/strong><\/em>–\u00a0A ground-breaking 8-part series from Fulwell 73 (Sunderland \u2018Til I Die, All or Nothing: Juventus) following six captains as they lead their\u00a0countries through qualification for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022\u2122. The series, which will\u00a0explore each individual\u2019s leadership traits, features Luka Modri\u0107 (Croatia), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon), Brian Kaltak (Vanuatu), Andre Blake (Jamaica), Hassan Maatouk (Lebanon) and Thiago Silva (Brazil).<\/li>\n
- Croatia: Defining a Nation<\/strong><\/em> – This original feature-length documentary tells the story of how football unites and binds this nation and a group of friends who reached global recognition against the backdrop of the most extreme adversity. They each became legends and painted their country across the world. From acclaimed director Louis Myles (Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football, Liverpool FC: The 30-Year Wait).<\/li>\n
- HD Cutz<\/strong><\/em> – An original 8-part docuseries with barber to the stars Sheldon Edwards talking food, fashion, music and, sometimes, football. Featuring the likes of Paul Pogba and Antonio R\u00fcdiger, produced by MOTIF Pictures and Fever Media.<\/li>\n
- Dani Crazy Dream<\/strong><\/em> -An all-access 6 x\u00a030-minute\u00a0documentary series featuring Dani Alves, the most decorated player in history as he tries to make it to the FIFA World Cup\u00a02022 in Qatar.\u00a0Produced by Alves\u2019s own production company, Maracan\u00e3 Media.<\/li>\n
- Golden Boot<\/strong><\/em> -An original 4 x\u00a048-minute\u00a0docuseries interviewing the greatest FIFA World Cup goalscorers, produced\u00a0by\u00a0Goalhanger\u00a0Films (Wayne Rooney: The Man Behind the Goals).\u00a0Episode 1 sees Gary Lineker sitting down with Brazilian great Ronaldo Naz\u00e1rio to rewatch the 2002 FIFA World Cup.<\/li>\n
- Icons<\/strong><\/em> – A 5 x\u00a026-minute\u00a0docuseries showcasing\u00a0five\u00a0of the\u00a0biggest game-changers\u00a0of the women\u2019s game: Wendie Renard, Lucy Bronze,\u00a0Asisat\u00a0Oshoala, Carli Lloyd and Sam Kerr\u00a0telling their stories in their own words. Produced by Noah Media Group (14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, Finding Jack Charlton).<\/li>\n
- Academies<\/strong><\/em> – The inside story of some of the greatest talent production lines in world football from Shoot the Company. Season 1 tells the story of RSC Anderlecht across 3 x 30-minute episodes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
From launch, FIFA+\u00a0(https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3KCfo0K<\/a>) will be available across all web and mobile devices, and across a range of connected devices soon. It will be available in five language editions (English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish), with an additional six languages to follow in June of 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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