Balance and dominance: a brief history of Jordanian football
Soccer 101
TSS
4.9 • 853 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Graham and Taylor continue to preview the 2026 World Cup by taking a look at the domestic leagues of the participating nations, and this week it's Jordan's turn! How long has the league been around, who are its dominant club teams and how do they represent the country itself, and what role has the league played in shaping the national team. Plus, a potted history of Jordan as a nation, for those (like us) who need it!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, everybody to Soccer 101. |
| 0:17.0 | My name is Taylor Rockwell, and I am very excited to be here with you all this week because we are continuing to talk about domestic football, the domestic leagues of the countries that have qualified for the World Cup. |
| 0:29.1 | We've bounced around the world and we continue that trend this week, Graham Ruffman, by talking about a nation that you said, clear out. |
| 0:36.0 | I know the entire history of both football and |
| 0:39.3 | geopolitical strategy in this country. It's Jordan, Graham. You ready to go? |
| 0:44.0 | I mean, sometimes we talk about Jordan on the show, Jordan Henderson, Jordan Pickford. There's a few |
| 0:48.5 | out there. Michael Jordan probably gets a shout occasionally. Just not this particular Jordan, |
| 0:52.9 | which, yeah, hold my hands up. |
| 0:55.6 | My prior awareness of Jordan both as a football nation and nation in general was very |
| 1:01.1 | limited. |
| 1:01.6 | So I am excited for this one, but also a little bit nervous. |
| 1:04.4 | I'll like out myself a little bit here because we're talking about a nation that |
| 1:09.5 | literally every single person that I've mentioned |
| 1:12.1 | Jordan qualifying for the World Cup, that seems to be the one that they've been like, |
| 1:15.9 | wait, Jordan, really? |
| 1:17.7 | Okay, cool. |
| 1:19.5 | How? |
| 1:20.5 | And the answer to that is largely because they've expanded the format. |
| 1:24.3 | But there is a good idea that, like, the league itself has been |
| 1:27.7 | stable and successful, and we're going to get into that. But it is a nation that I will say, |
| 1:32.5 | I don't know a ton about or didn't know a ton about. I did have to do some Googling as to |
| 1:37.2 | why Jordan exists in the first place and then how it has remained in existence for as long as it |
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