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As a spin-off to our World Cup series, the Tatran Čierny Balog stadium is a very special football ground located in Čierny Balog, Slovakia, which is the home ground of the local football club TJ Tatran Čierny Balog. The stadium is known for having an active train track that runs through it, even during games.

History
The Čiernohronská railway was built before the stadium itself. The train itself runs on the routes in the Slovak Ore Mountains. The network reached its greatest total length after World War II, with the entire track measuring 131.98 km. Before the suspension of traffic in 1982, only 36 km of the track was in operation. Operation on this track was suspended for a period of time, but in 1992 it was resumed.

It was at the time when the track lost its function that a village football stand was built on the site. Now the train, which serves as an attraction for tourists, runs every day in the main season.

World fame (kind of)
The municipal stadium located in Čierny Balog gained international recognition in late 2015, after a video clip that depicted a train entering the ground went viral. The line is believed to be the only railway in the world to pass through the middle of a football stadium, the tracks running along the front of a grandstand at the stadium belonging to the TJ Tatran Čierny Balog club.

Look at this video:

Those who spotted the railway tracks before the hint:

• Eloy Cano
• Paul Voestermans
• Martin de Bock
• Phil Ower
• Garfield
• Lighthouse

And after the hint:

• Graham Hedley
• Bernd

FIFA was founded on 21 May 1904 at 229 Rue Saint‑Honoré in Paris, inside the offices of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques. This modest Parisian address became the birthplace of an institution created by seven national federations—France, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland—who sought to unify football’s rules and resolve disputes that plagued early international matches. Robert Guérin, a young journalist and secretary of the USFSA, played a decisive role in rallying these federations and became FIFA’s first president.

The building itself, located in the 1st arrondissement near the presidential palace, served as a practical meeting point for the founders and symbolized Paris’s central role in European sporting culture at the time. From this address, FIFA began laying the foundations for standardized regulations and coordinated international competitions, ultimately enabling the creation of the World Cup in 1930. Although FIFA later moved its headquarters to Zurich, Rue Saint‑Honoré 229 remains a historic landmark frequently referenced during anniversaries and commemorations, including the 120th‑year celebration in 2024, when FIFA leaders returned to Paris to honor the “group of dreamers” who launched the organization there.

Those who found it before the hint:

• Paul Voestermans
• Graham Hedley
• Martin de Bock
• Phil Ower
• Garfield
• Eloy Cano
• Lighthouse

And after the hint:

• Bernd

And this ends our “FIFA World Cup 2026” series.
Congratulations to the winners of this series with a perfect score of 20/20.

• Eloy Cano
• Garfield
• Lighthouse

Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden

It was the Swedish national football stadium. It was located in Solna Municipality in Stockholm and named after the district in Solna where it was located. The stadium was demolished in 2013 after being replaced by Nationalarenan.

It was opened in 1937, although there had already existed stadiums at the site; the earliest opened in 1910. The inaugural match took place on 18 April 1937 when AIK played against Malmö FF, AIK won the match 4–0, with Axel Nilsson scoring the historical first goal. Råsunda had a capacity of 35,000–36,608 depending on usage. The 1910 stadium hosted some of the football and some of the shooting events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Råsunda was the first of two stadiums to have hosted the World Cup finals for both men and women. It hosted the men’s final in the 1958 World Cup and the women’s final in the 1995 Women’s World Cup.

The records for both the youngest and oldest goalscorer in a World Cup final were set in this match by Pelé (17 years and 249 days) and Nils Liedholm (35 years, 263 days) respectively. Moreover, the 1958 final also shares the record (with the 1970 and 1998 tournaments) for the greatest winning margin in a final, ending with Brazil 5 – Sweden 2.

Those who found it before the hint:

• Paul Voestermans
• Phil Ower
• Graham Hedley
• Martin de Bock
• Eloy Cano
• Garfield
• Lighthouse

And after the hint:

• Bernd
• krenek