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The Football Article Improvement Drive began on July 27, 2005. The winners for each week are listed below, along with a brief summary of how the article was improved during its featured week.

1. August 3, 2005: Brazil national football team (7 votes over 7 days)
   • 48 edits made by 19 editors (including 11 anonymous IPs)
2. August 24, 2005: Hooliganism (3 votes over 25 days)
   • 5 edits made by 5 editors (including 1 anonymous IP)
3. September 15, 2005: Bobby Charlton (3 votes over 29 days)
   • Improvement drive was suspended after selection of this article.
4. January 1, 2006: Football World Cup (17 votes over 5 days)
   • 71 edits made by 19 editors (including 3 anonymous IPs, two of whom were vandals)
5. January 8, 2006: Argentina and Brazil football rivalry (6 votes over 12 days)
   • 21 edits made by 8 editors (including 1 anonymous IP vandal)
6. January 15, 2006: UEFA Champions League (9 votes over 9 days)
   • 50 edits made by 17 editors (including 3 anonymous IPs, 2 of whom were vandals)
7. January 23, 2006: Bobby Charlton (8 votes over 28 days)
   • 7 edits made by 4 editors (including 1 anonymous IP)
8. January 29, 2006: List of football (soccer) clubs (7 votes over 14 days)
   • 80 edits made by 14 editors
9. February 5, 2006: Bayern Munich (11 valid votes over 14 days)
   • 157 edits made by 17 editors (including 1 anonymous IP)
10. February 12, 2006: FC Dynamo Kyiv (17 valid votes over 10 days)
    • 15 edits made by 8 editors
11. February 19, 2006: Football (soccer) (16 votes over 23 days)
    • 86 edits made by 41 editors (including 18 anonymous IPs, 17 of whom were vandals)
12. February 26, 2006: Bobby Robson (3 votes over 12 days)
    • 34 edits made by 8 editors (including 1 anonymous IP)
13. March 5, 2006: A.C. Milan (6 votes over 7 days)
    • 23 edits made by 13 editors (including 4 anonymous IPs, 1 of whom was a vandal)
14. March 12, 2006: Ronaldinho (9 votes over 17 days)
    • 43 edits made by 28 editors (including 11 anonymous IPs, 6 of whom were vandals)
15. March 19, 2006: European Football Championship (10 votes over 14 days)
    • 36 edits made by 7 editors
16. March 26, 2006: Football in Germany (9 votes over 24 days)
    • 38 edits made by 5 editors (including 2 anonymous IPs)
17. April 2, 2006: Timeline of football (soccer) (10 votes over 17 days)
    • 20 edits made by 5 editors
18. April 9, 2006: FC St. Pauli (7 votes over 12 days)
    • 38 edits made by 12 editors (including 4 anonymous IPs, 1 of whom was a vandal)
19. April 16, 2006: Ukrainian Premier League (7 votes over 19 days)
    • 16 edits made by 6 editors (including 1 anonymous IP)
20. April 23, 2006: History of football (soccer) (11 votes over 14 days)
    • 132 edits made by 13 editors (including 2 anonymous IPs)
21. April 30, 2006: History of the FIFA World Cup (8 votes over 18 days)
    • 14 edits made by 6 editors
22. May 7, 2006: Reading F.C. (8 votes over 7 days)
    • 50 edits made by 10 editors (including 2 anonymous IPs)
23. May 14, 2006: Timeline of football (soccer) (3 votes over 4 days)
    • 9 edits made by 2 editors
24. May 21, 2006: Heysel Stadium disaster (4 votes over 9 days)
    • 77 edits made by 16 editors (including 3 anonymous IPs)
25. May 28, 2006: Football in Norway (6 votes over 7 days)
    • 7 edits made by 2 editors
26. June 4, 2006: UEFA Cup (7 votes over 5 days)
    • 22 edits made by 7 editors
27. June 11, 2006: Watford F.C. (8 votes over 18 days)
    • 12 edits made by 8 editors
28. June 18, 2006: Netherlands national football team (6 votes over 16 days)
    • 100 edits made by 41 editors (including 16 anonymous IPs, 3 of whom were vandals, and 2 bots)
29. June 25, 2006: 2006 FIFA World Cup (squads) (3 votes over 9 days)
    • 29 edits made by 12 editors (including 6 anonymous IPs)
30. July 2, 2006: UEFA Intertoto Cup (4 votes over 6 days)
    • 44 edits made by 12 editors (including 3 anonymous IPs and 1 bot)
31. July 9, 2006: FA Premier League (5 votes over 14 days)
    • 51 edits made by 24 editors (including 7 anonymous IPs, 5 of whom were vandals)
32. July 16, 2006: FA Cup Final (4 votes over 14 days)
    • 17 edits made by 7 editors
33. July 23, 2006: 2006 FIFA World Cup (7 votes over 14 days)
    • 90 edits made by 59 editors (including 23 anonymous IPs, 12 of whom were vandals, and 1 bot)
34. July 30, 2006: Juventus F.C. (6 votes over 14 days)
    • 53 edits made by 31 editors (including 14 anonymous IPs, 1 of whom was a vandal)
35. August 6, 2006: FIFA World Rankings (7 votes over 20 days)
    • 6 edits made by 4 editors (including 2 anonymous IPs, both of whom were vandals)
36. August 13, 2006: Dunga (4 votes over 7 days)
    • 5 edits made by 5 editors (including 2 anonymous IPs)
37. August 20, 2006: Pelé (5 votes over 6 days)
    • 117 edits made by 14 editors (including 6 anonymous IPs, 3 of whom were vandals)
38. August 27, 2006: Bradford City disaster (6 votes over 6 days)
    • 4 edits made by 4 editors
39. September 3, 2006: Spain national football team (5 votes over 7 days)
    • 20 edits made by 10 editors (including 2 anonymous IPs)
40. September 10, 2006: Boudewijn Zenden (4 votes over 12 days)
    • 13 edits made by 4 editors.
41. September 17, 2006: Garrincha (3 votes over 7 days)
    • 85 edits made by 9 editors (including 2 anonymous IPs and 1 bot)
42. September 24, 2006: Colin Cameron (4 votes over 11 days)
    • 20 edits made by 6 editors (including 1 anonymous IP)
43. October 1, 2006: Ben Thatcher (3 votes over 7 days)
    • 33 edits made by 5 editors.
44. October 8, 2006: Bill Shankly (6 votes over 12 days)
    • 6 edits made by 5 editors (including 1 anonymous IP).
45. October 15, 2006: Uruguay national football team (6 votes over 7 days)
    • 11 edits made by 4 editors (including 1 anonymous IP, of which 1 was a vandal)
46. October 22, 2006: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (3 votes over 8 days)
    • 78 edits made by 33 editors (including 12 anonymous IPs, of which 8 were vandals, and 2 bots)
47. October 29, 2006: Goalkeeper (football) (4 votes over 7 days)
    • 19 edits made by 9 editors (including 2 anonymous IPs)
48. November 5, 2006: Michel Platini (4 votes over 11 days)
    • 91 edits made by 4 editors (including 1 anonymous IP, of which 1 was a vandal).
49. November 12, 2006: Central Coast Mariners FC (4 votes over 11 days)
    • 36 edits 8 editors (including 1 anonymous IP)
50. November 19, 2006: Old Firm (7 votes over 9 days)
    • 16 edits made by 6 editors, of which 1 was a vandal.
51. November 26, 2006: Ferenc Puskás (8 votes over 9 days)
    • 52 edits made by 16 editors (including 4 anaonymous IPs, of which 1 was a vandal, and 1 bot)
52. December 3, 2006: George Weah (6 votes over 21 days)
    • 12 edits made by 7 editors (including 2 anonymous IPs)
53. December 10, 2006: Ajax Amsterdam (5 votes over 14 days)
    • 20 edits 11 editors (including 2 anonymous IPs & 1 bot)
54. December 17, 2006: Preston North End F.C. (3 votes over 5 days)
    • 8 edits made by 2 editors
55. December 24, 2006: Brazil national football team (6 votes over 9 days)
    • 16 edits made by 10 editors (including 3 anonymous IPs, one of which was a vandal)
56. December 31, 2006: Formation (football) (10 votes over 12 days)
    • 11 edits made by 6 editors (including 1 anonymous IP)
57. January 7, 2007: USSR national football team (6 votes over 8 days)
    • 19 edits made by 6 editors (including 2 anonymous IPs and 1 bot)
58. January 14, 2007: Turkcell Super League (5 votes over 14 days)
    • 4 edits made by 3 editors (including 1 anonymous IP, which was a vandal)
59. January 21, 2007: Dixie Dean (6 votes over 9 days)
    • 8 edits made by 5 editors (including 2 anonymous IPs)
60. January 28, 2007: Rinus Michels (7 votes over 11 days)
    • 31 edits made by 6 editors (including 1 anonymous IP and 1 bot)
61. February 4, 2007: Hillsborough disaster (7 votes over 18 days)
    • 6 edits made by 5 editors (including 2 anonymous IPs, 2 of which were vandals)
62. February 11, 2007: Toulouse FC (6 votes over 23 days)
    • 20 edits by 3 editors.
63. February 18, 2007: Birmingham City F.C. (4 votes over 7 days)
    • 27 edits by 15 editors (including 4 anonymous IPs, 3 of whom were vandals, and two bots).
64. February 25, 2007: Valdir Pereira (3 votes over 14 days)
    • 6 edits by 4 editors (including 1 bot).
65. March 4, 2007: Liverpool F.C. (3 votes over 3 days)
    • 76 edits by 14 editors (including 1 bot and 1 vandal)
66. March 11, 2007: African Cup of Nations (3 votes over 5 days)
    • 17 edits by 3 editors
67. March 18, 2007: FIFA Women's World Cup (2 votes over 7 days)
    • 11 edits by 4 editors (including 1 bot)
68. March 25, 2007: Wembley Stadium (3 votes over 7 days)
    • 54 edits by 29 editors (including 10 anonymous IPs, 3 of whom were vandals, and 2 bots)
69. April 1, 2007: Johan Cruijff (5 votes over 12 days)
    • 16 edits by 9 editors, one of whom was a vandal, and 2 of whom were anonymous IPs
70. April 8, 2007: Liverpool F.C. (5 votes over 10 days)
    • 113 edits by 58 editors (including 30 anonymous IPs and one bot), 31 of whom were vandals.
71. April 15, 2007: Bernd Schuster (3 votes over 7 days)
    • 13 edits by 10 editors (including 3 anonymous IPs, 1 of whom was a vandal, and 1 bot)
72. April 22, 2007: Leeds United A.F.C. (4 votes over 12 days)
    • 85 edits by 52 editors, many of whom were vandals
73. April 29, 2007: Northern Ireland national football team (3 votes over 14 days)
    • 13 edits by 4 editors (including 1 anonymous IP)
74. May 6, 2007: Jairzinho (3 votes in 11 days)
    • 8 edits by 4 editors
75. May 27, 2007: Paolo Maldini (6 votes in 6 days)
    • 26 edits by 16 editors (including 7 anonymous IPs, 2 of whom were vandals, and two bots)
76. June 10, 2007: Football club names (9 votes in 13 days)
    • This is the current collaboration.