Lanfranchi contributed Chapters 4, 5 (50%), 8, 11 and 12. He was the general editor of this output, which was funded by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The research project employed two postdoctoral research assistants (one French and one German) who were managed by Lanfranchi and worked in the official FIFA archives in Zurich for the duration of the project (2001-2004).