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For every nation preparing to chase glory at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, there is a reminder that football’s biggest prize does not always find its way into the hands of the most talented teams.
History remembers champions. It celebrates those who lift the trophy, parade through their cities and immortalise themselves in football folklore. Yet some of the game’s greatest stories belong not to winners, but to nations whose brilliance shaped football itself without ever producing the one achievement that really mattered most: being the Champion.
As the countdown to
