The Wild Soccer Bunch

The Wild Soccer Bunch
AuthorJoachim Masannek
Original title
Die Wilden Fußballkerle
IllustratorJan Birck
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman, English
GenreChildren's fiction
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback)
No. of books14

The Wild Soccer Bunch is a series of fourteen children's novels written by the German author Joachim Masannek, who was inspired to write the series during his years as a youth soccer coach. The books, originally written in German and published under the title Die Wilden Fußballkerle, chronicle the adventures of a fictional youth soccer team called The Wild Soccer Bunch. They are illustrated by Jan Birck.

In the English translation of the Wild Soccer Bunch stories, the events take place in a small neighborhood in Chicago.