Below is a list of countries or territories who hold the English language as an official or de facto official language and the name given to this sport. Included in the list also are places which have some level of autonomy in the sport and their own separate federation but are not actually indepedent countries: for example with the United Kingdom, the costituent countries and some overseas territories each have their own federation and national team. Not included are places such as Cyprus for example, where English is widely spoken on the ground but is not amongst the countries specifically stated official languages.
This table of statistics pertains to the table of information above, in relation to countries and territories with an official language of English and what they call the game.
Common name
Countries and territories
Population total
Football
64 (of which fourteen have a population over 10 million)
1,791,670,222
Soccer
7 (of which two have a population over 10 million)
^Previously the federation for the sport in Australia was called the Australian Soccer Association, but in 2005 it was renamed the Football Federation Australia and all the major clubs officially have "Football Club" meaning more than one name is in use. Currently the majority of the population of Australia call the sport "soccer" due to the existence of rugby football and Aussie rules.
^This sport is the most popular participation sport in Ireland, all of the top teams feature the name "Football Club" and the federation is called the Football Association of Ireland. However some people who do not participate in it, namely those primarily interested in the gaelic games call it "soccer".
^The majority of the population of New Zealand currently call the game "soccer" due to the popularity of rugby football. However since 2007, the sport in the country has been officially renamed as Football, for example the federation changed its name from New Zealand Soccer to New Zealand Football and the nickname of its womens team from SWANZ to Football Ferns.
^ abcdeone of the Territories of the United States, but has its own federation and national team, most of which are affilated with FIFA. Cite error: The named reference "usa territory" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ abcdefghijNot affilated with FIFA, the world governing body for the sport.
^Gozo is an island which belongs to Malta, however it has its own seperate football federation and league, as well as a national team which is affilated to the Nouvelle Fédération-Board. Gozitan players can play for Malta.
^ ab a territory of Australia, but has its own federation and national team.
^the most common name may be disputed, however the clubs and the federations are officially called "Football", the majority of the people may also refer to the game as football but it could cloud accuracy of other results if included.
^currently most of the population call the game "soccer", however the names of the two federations are now Football Federation Australia and New Zealand Football, also most major clubs carry the name "Football Club".
