Official Twitter Accounts to Follow For World Cup Events

By Leanne Tan. in Social Media. Updated on October 9, 2022.

We are now counting down the days to the World Cup. All eyes are on Brazil as it races to set the stage for the most anticipated event of this year. We, the football fans, are eagerly looking out for news on whether our favourite players would make the team or sit out the game.

But why wait for news when you can get it straight from the sources themselves, via Twitter? Besides, it beats unverified rumours circulating online.

To help you catch up on the latest tweets and scenes from the World Cup, we’ve compiled a list of official Twitter accounts, team accounts and personal player accounts you should follow.

Official FIFA accounts

@FIFAWorldCup

The official World Cup Twitter account brought to you by this year’s host, Brazil.

@FIFAcom

FIFA is the organization responsible for organizing the World Cup every four years and keep track of various football clubs around the world. Follow them for internationl football updates. They also tweet in French, Portuguese, Arabic, German and Spanish.

@brazuca

Yes, this is the official football used for the World Cup and yes, it tweets. Guess balls have feelings too.

Football Teams Twitter Accounts

@CBF_Futebol

You most definitely can’t miss out on the host country squad’s Twitter. Updates and news are in Portugese, Brazil’s national language.

@equipedefrance

Back home Team France is known as Les Bleus. Tweets are in French.

@ussoccer

Team US of A is also known as the United States Men’s National Soccer Team or in short, USMNT. Keep up with their latest updates with this account.

@SeFutbol

All eyes are on the 2010 World Cup champions to see if they can defend their title. Tweets are both in Spanish and English.

@Socceroos

Fun fact: Australia says soccer instead of football just like the Americans, if you don’t already know.

@FCFSeleccionCol

Team Colombia tweets in Spanish.

@Belgianfootball

Coincidentally enough Team Belgium are called the Red Devils. Maybe someone needs to call dibs for team nicknames. Tweets are in both French and Dutch.

@NSFBiH

This will be Bosnia and Herzegovina’s first time playing in the World Cup.

@LesVerts

Algeria has just got started on the Twitter game despite qualifying for past World Cups. Still, better late than never, yes?

@miseleccionmx

Team Mexico tweets in Spanish. Sometimes their mascot, Kin makes an appearance.

@FA

Team England’s national team is simply known as The Football Association (FA). Mostly tweets updates on English teams like Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, etc.

@SFV_ASF

For a country with three main languages, Switzerland surprisingly only tweets in German. Guess they don’t want to sound repetitive.

@Vivo_Azzurro

Second to Brazil with four World Cup wins is Team Italy! Tweets in Italian.

@DFB_Team

Team Germany, three time champions of the World Cup and one of the favourites to win this year.

@jfa_samuraiblue

News and updates on the Samurai Blue are definitely in Japanese. For tweets in English and general football news in Japan, check out @jfa_en.

@AUFOficial

Team Uruguay tweets in Spanish. Many are expecting a rematch between them and Brazil after the 1950 World Cup which saw Uruguay became the champions.

@thekfa

If the Japanese are blue, the Koreans are the Red Devils. And of course, they tweet in Korean.

@KNVB

Team Netherlands. AKA Holland. AKA Oranje because football jersey color, duh. Tweets in Dutch.

@TeamRussia

Following the eventful Sochi Olympics 2014, Team Russia are out to redeem themselves. Tweets in Russian.

@ANFPChile

Team Chile tweets in Spanish.

@ghanafaofficial

Also known as the Black Stars, Team Ghana tweets in English.

@HNS_CFF

Team Croatia tweets in Croatian.

@FenafuthOrg

Team Honduras tweets in Spanish.

@FEDEFUTBOL_CR

Team Costa Rica tweets in Spanish.

@Ecuadorfutbol

Team Ecuador tweets in Spanish.

Official FIFA accounts

Football Teams Twitter Accounts

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