¡Fútbol! Soccer in Mexico
Host country Mexico played at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City during the Round of 16 of the World Cup. Over the decades, spectators in the stands have witnessed many—sometimes legendary—matches from various men’s and women’s World Cups. Mexico’s first soccer club was founded in Pachuca in 1900. Just two years later, the country’s first official tournament was held, featuring five teams.
Soccer—More Than Just a Game
An exhibition at the IAI, featuring items from the Institute’s Collections, explores the history of soccer in Mexico through text, images, and film. Publications ranging from soccer magazines to academic studies, fiction, and comics, as well as historical photos, posters, documentaries, and architectural drawings, offer a glimpse into soccer as a cultural phenomenon with various social implications.
A History in Words, Images, and Film
For anyone who wants to learn more, a newly published volume (JPG, 27.66 KB) (opens in a new window) of the IAI’s IBERO-BIBLIOGRAPHIEN provides an overview of literature on soccer in Mexico. In particular, it lists introductory texts and sources for scholarly work on the subject within the multimedia Collections of the Institute. But soccer enthusiasts looking for reading material to accompany the ongoing World Cup can also find what they’re looking for in coffee-table books, memoirs, fiction, or comics.
