Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Vital articles

This page is part of WikiProject Football and is intended to focus on association football-related articles that have been listed as Wikipedia's "vital articles".

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Updated: 14 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Legend and abbreviation
 * – Female
 * GK – Goalkeeper

Vital articles (level 3)
One association football-related article has been listed as Wikipedia's level 3 vital articles.

Vital articles (level 4)
Twenty-one association football-related articles have been listed as Wikipedia's level 4 vital articles.

Vital articles (level 5)
215 association football-related articles have been listed as Wikipedia's level 5 vital articles.

Association football tournaments (level 5)
Note:
 * FIFA World Cup is listed in section Association football tournaments (level 4).

Association football leagues (level 5)
Note:
 * La Liga, Premier League, and UEFA Champions League are listed in section Association football leagues (level 4).

Footballers from Central and North America (level 5)
Note:
 * Mia Hamm is listed in section Association football players and managers (level 4).

Footballers from South America (level 5)
Note:
 * Alfredo Di Stéfano, Diego Maradona, Marta (footballer), Lionel Messi, Pelé, and Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer) are listed in section Association football players and managers (level 4).

Footballers from Europe (level 5)
Note:
 * Franz Beckenbauer, Johan Cruyff, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lev Yashin, and Zinedine Zidane are listed in section Association football players and managers (level 4).

Other (level 5)
Note:
 * Clement Attlee, Niels Bohr, Julio Iglesias, Viv Richards, and George Soros are listed in section Other (level 4).

Vital Articles found by JL-Bot
Articles are labelled as:


 * Featured articles
 * Former featured articles
 * A-class articles
 * Good articles
 * Delisted good articles
 * B-class articles
 * C-class articles
 * Start-class articles
 * Failed good article nominees
 * A full list is at Template:Icon/doc

Level 3 vital articles
Total pages in content type is 1
 * Association football

Level 4 vital articles
Total pages in content type is 21
 * Clement Attlee
 * Franz Beckenbauer
 * Niels Bohr
 * Johan Cruyff
 * Alfredo Di Stéfano
 * FIFA World Cup
 * Mia Hamm
 * Julio Iglesias
 * La Liga
 * Diego Maradona
 * Marta (footballer)
 * Lionel Messi
 * Pelé
 * Premier League
 * Viv Richards
 * Cristiano Ronaldo
 * Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)
 * George Soros
 * UEFA Champions League
 * Lev Yashin
 * Zinedine Zidane

Level 5 vital articles
Total pages in content type is 215
 * A-League Men
 * Roman Abramovich
 * AFC Ajax
 * Chioma Ajunwa
 * Michelle Akers
 * Paulino Alcántara
 * Paul Allen
 * Carlo Ancelotti
 * José Leandro Andrade
 * Arsenal F.C.
 * History of association football
 * Ken Aston
 * Roberto Baggio
 * King Baggot
 * Gareth Bale
 * Arthur Balfour
 * Ball (association football)
 * Gordon Banks
 * FC Barcelona
 * Franco Baresi
 * Gabriel Batistuta
 * David Beckham
 * Ahmed Ben Bella
 * Dennis Bergkamp
 * George Best
 * Josef Bican
 * Sepp Blatter
 * Oleg Blokhin
 * Vicente del Bosque
 * Ian Botham
 * Brazil national football team
 * Gianluigi Buffon
 * Bundesliga
 * Matt Busby
 * Cafu
 * Calcio storico fiorentino
 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
 * Eric Cantona
 * Drew Carey
 * Iker Casillas
 * Cha Bum-kun
 * Herbert Chapman
 * John Charles
 * Bobby Charlton
 * José Luis Chilavert
 * Eduardo Chillida
 * Chinese Super League
 * Brian Clough
 * Pierluigi Collina
 * Copa América
 * Teófilo Cubillas
 * Cuju
 * Ali Daei
 * Kenny Dalglish
 * Kevin De Bruyne
 * Dixie Dean
 * Didier Deschamps
 * Didi (footballer, born 1928)
 * Landon Donovan
 * Arthur Drewry
 * Didier Drogba
 * Egyptian Premier League
 * Eredivisie
 * Ahmet Ertegun
 * Samuel Eto'o
 * UEFA European Championship
 * Eusébio
 * FIFA
 * Falcão (futsal player)
 * Alex Ferguson
 * FIFA (video game series)
 * Luís Figo
 * Elías Figueroa
 * Just Fontaine
 * Football (ball)
 * Football hooliganism
 * Football boot
 * Galatasaray S.K.
 * Garrincha
 * Ryan Giggs
 * Goal (sports)
 * Eyal Golan
 * Pep Guardiola
 * Robert Guérin
 * Veronica Guerin
 * Ruud Gullit
 * Béla Guttmann
 * Gheorghe Hagi
 * Harpastum
 * João Havelange
 * Barry Hearn
 * Ada Hegerberg
 * Thierry Henry
 * Helenio Herrera
 * Hillsborough disaster
 * Zlatan Ibrahimović
 * David Icke
 * J. Bruce Ismay
 * J1 League
 * Juventus FC
 * Nwankwo Kanu
 * Roy Keane
 * Kevin Keegan
 * Kemari
 * Sam Kerr
 * Henry Kissinger
 * Udo Lattek
 * Michael Laudrup
 * Robert Lewandowski
 * Liga MX
 * Ligue 1
 * Gary Lineker
 * Liverpool F.C.
 * Carli Lloyd
 * Valeriy Lobanovskyi
 * Frank Lowy
 * Mircea Lucescu
 * Luzhniki Stadium
 * Madjer
 * Major League Soccer
 * Paolo Maldini
 * Manchester United F.C.
 * Maracanã Stadium
 * Dzsenifer Marozsán
 * Lothar Matthäus
 * Stanley Matthews
 * Kylian Mbappé
 * Giuseppe Meazza
 * Medieval football
 * Melbourne Cricket Ground
 * Rinus Michels
 * AC Milan
 * Roger Milla
 * Bobby Moore
 * José Manuel Moreno
 * Alex Morgan
 * Ebenezer Cobb Morley
 * José Mourinho
 * Gerd Müller
 * FC Bayern Munich
 * Hidetoshi Nakata
 * National Women's Soccer League
 * Silvia Neid
 * Neymar
 * Nigeria Professional Football League
 * Des O'Connor
 * Jacqui Oatley
 * Jay-Jay Okocha
 * Viktor Orbán
 * Bob Paisley
 * Abedi Pele
 * Charles Perkins (Aboriginal activist)
 * Ellyse Perry
 * Michel Platini
 * FC Porto
 * Vittorio Pozzo
 * Birgit Prinz
 * Ferenc Puskás
 * Gordon Ramsay
 * Alf Ramsey
 * Megan Rapinoe
 * Real Madrid CF
 * Jules Rimet
 * Roberto Carlos
 * George Robey
 * Romário
 * Ronaldinho
 * Wayne Rooney
 * Paolo Rossi
 * Stanley Rous
 * Ian Rush
 * Russian Premier League
 * Arrigo Sacchi
 * Hugo Sánchez
 * Santos FC
 * György Sárosi
 * Homare Sawa
 * Juan Alberto Schiaffino
 * Peter Schmeichel
 * Clarence Seedorf
 * Rodolphe Seeldrayers
 * Caster Semenya
 * Serie A
 * Alan Shearer
 * Andriy Shevchenko
 * Christine Sinclair
 * Matthias Sindelar
 * Hope Solo
 * Alberto Spencer
 * Stade de France
 * Stadio Olimpico
 * Hristo Stoichkov
 * Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)
 * Davor Šuker
 * Sun Wen (footballer)
 * Süper Lig
 * Table football
 * Daley Thompson
 * Carlos Alberto Torres
 * Fred Trueman
 * UEFA
 * United States women's national soccer team
 * Fritz Walter
 * Abby Wambach
 * George Weah
 * Howard Webb
 * Wembley Stadium
 * Arsène Wenger
 * Robbie Williams
 * Women's association football
 * Women's Super League
 * Mário Zagallo
 * Zico (footballer)
 * Dino Zoff
 * Marco van Basten

Other articles
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