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Billy Edwards Jr.
Billy Edwards Jr. is an American college football quarterback who has played for Wake Forest, Maryland, Wisconsin, and North Carolina, and was the 2023 Music City Bowl MVP.
Billy Gilmour
Billy Gilmour, Scottish midfielder (born 2001, Irvine), ex-Rangers, Chelsea, Brighton, now SSC Napoli and Scotland; 50 caps, 2021 Champions League and 2024/25 Serie A winner, out of World Cup 2026 with knee injury.
Billy McNeill
Billy McNeill (1940-2019), nicknamed Cesar, Scottish defender and captain of Celtic's Lisbon Lions, first British captain to lift the 1967 European Cup; later Celtic manager and club ambassador.
Billy Meredith
Billy Meredith (William Henry Meredith, 1874-1958), the original Welsh Wizard, was a right winger for Manchester City and Manchester United, FA Cup winner 1904 and 1909, and founder of the Players' Union.
Billy Sharp
Billy Sharp (William Louis Sharp, born 1986), English striker and Sheffield United legend; record EFL Championship scorer, 296 career goals, six promotions, retired October 2026 after Doncaster Rovers.
Billy Vigar
Billy Vigar (2003–2025), English centre forward, Arsenal academy 2017–2024, later Hastings United and Chichester City; died aged 21 after hitting a perimeter wall in a match at Wingate & Finchley.
Birger Rosengren
Birger "Bian" Rosengren (1917–1977), Swedish footballer, right halfback for IFK Norrköping and captain of Sweden's gold-medal 1948 London Olympic football team; 9 caps, five Swedish titles.
Birkir Bjarnason
Birkir Bjarnason (Birkir Bjarnason), Icelandic midfielder born 1988 in Akureyri; 113 caps, 15 goals for Iceland, scored vs Portugal at EURO 2016, played for Basel, Aston Villa, Viking FK and Brescia; retired 2025.
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City F.C., founded 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, is an English football club at St Andrew's, Birmingham; League Cup winner 1963 and 2011, record 111-point League One champion 2024-25, owned by Shelby Companies/Knighthead since 2023.
Bixente Lizarazu
Bixente Lizarazu, born 1969 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, French Basque left-back; 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 winner with France (97 caps); Bayern Munich legend with five Bundesliga titles and the 2001 Champions League; later a TF1 pundit.
BK Häcken
BK Häcken (Bollklubben Häcken), football club founded 2 August 1940 on Hisingen, Gothenburg; men won Allsvenskan 2022 and Svenska Cupen 2016, 2019, 2023, 2025; women won Damallsvenskan 2025 and the inaugural UEFA Women's Europa Cup 2026.
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers F.C. (Arte et Labore), English club founded 5 November 1875 at Blackburn, based at Ewood Park since 1890; three league titles (1912, 1914, 1995), six FA Cups, 2002 League Cup, founding member of the Football League and Premier League.
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool F.C., the Seasiders or Tangerines, is an English club founded 1887, based at Bloomfield Road. Won the 1953 FA Cup 4-3 over Bolton in the Matthews Final; second in the top flight 1956; now in League One.
Blagoja Vidinić
Blagoja (Blagoje) Vidinić, Macedonian goalkeeper and coach (1934–2006). Olympic gold 1960 and silver 1956 with Yugoslavia; coached Morocco (1970) and Zaire (1974) at World Cups, winning the 1974 African Cup of Nations.
Blaise Matuidi
Blaise Matuidi, French midfielder born 1987 in Toulouse, World Cup 2018 winner with 84 France caps; played for Troyes, Saint-Étienne, PSG, Juventus, and Inter Miami before retiring in 2022; now an entrepreneur.
Bnei Sakhnin F.C.
Bnei Sakhnin F.C. (בני סכנין), also Ittihad Abnaa Sakhnin, is an Arab Israeli football club from Sakhnin in the Galilee, playing in the Israeli Premier League at 8,500-seat Doha Stadium. First Arab club to win the Israeli State Cup (2004, 4-1 over Hapoel Haifa) and to play in a European competition (UEFA Cup 2004).
Bo Hegland
Bo Åsulv Hegland (born 2004) is a Norwegian attacking midfielder for Djurgårdens IF in the Allsvenskan, formerly of Frigg, Lecce, and Moss; 8 goals and 14 assists in the 2026 league season.
Boavista F.C.
Boavista Futebol Clube (Boavista FC, Panteras) is a Porto multisports club founded 1 August 1903; its football team won the 2000/01 Portuguese championship, five Taças de Portugal, and plays at the Estádio do Bessa, now in insolvency recovery.
Bob Bradley
Bob Bradley, American soccer coach; USMNT head coach 2006-2011 (43-25-12, 2010 World Cup Round of 16, 2009 Confederations Cup final, 2-0 win over Spain), Egypt coach 2011-13, first American Premier League manager (Swansea), LAFC's first coach, three-time MLS Coach of the Year.
Bob Hawkes
Bob Hawkes (Robert Murray Hawkes, 1880-1945), English left half for Luton Town and five-cap England international; won football gold with Great Britain at the 1908 London Olympics, scoring twice against Sweden.
Bob Paisley
Bob Paisley (1919-1996), Liverpool FC manager 1974-1983, won 20 trophies including three European Cups (1977, 1978, 1981) and six league titles; first coach to win three European Cups.
Bobby Charlton
Sir Bobby Charlton (1937–2023), English footballer; Manchester United deep-lying forward, 758 games and 249 goals, 1968 European Cup captain; England 106 caps, 49 goals, 1966 World Cup winner and Ballon d'Or holder.
Bobby Lane
Bobby Lane (Robert George Lane, 1882-1940), Canadian amateur footballer from Galt, Ontario; half back for Galt FC, which won the men's football gold at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, Canada's first Olympic team gold.
Bobby Moore
Bobby Moore (Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore, 1941–1993), English central defender who captained West Ham United and England to the 1966 World Cup; 108 caps, 544 West Ham appearances, later Fulham and Seattle Sounders.
Bobby Robson
Sir Bobby Robson (1933-2009), English footballer and manager; Ipswich FA Cup 1978 and UEFA Cup 1981, England manager to 1990 World Cup semi-final, trophies with PSV, Porto, Barcelona, and Newcastle United.
Bobby Zamora
Bobby Zamora, English centre-forward; clubs Brighton, Tottenham, West Ham, Fulham, QPR; 28 goals in 194 Premier League games, two England caps, 2005 play-off final winner, 2010 Europa League finalist.
Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors (Club Atlético Boca Juniors), Argentine football club founded 3 April 1905 in La Boca, Buenos Aires. Six Copa Libertadores, 18 Conmebol titles, home at La Bombonera (54,000), Superclásico rival of River Plate.
Bojan Krkić
Bojan Krkić (born 1990, Linyola, Spain) is a retired Spanish forward, Barcelona's record youth scorer with 423 goals, youngest La Liga debutant at 17, later at Roma, Milan, Ajax, Stoke, Montreal, and Vissel Kobe; now Barcelona football coordinator.
Bolivia national football team
Bolivia national football team, La Verde, Bolivia's men's FIFA/CONMEBOL side since 1926; three World Cups (1930, 1950, 1994), Copa América champions 1963, runners-up 1997, famed for high-altitude home venues in La Paz and El Alto.
Bologna FC 1909
Bologna FC 1909 is an Italian professional football club founded in 1909, based in Bologna, that has won seven Italian titles and returned to the Champions League in 2024.