Zwar stärker als der deutsche Begriff, aber tausendfach im Web anzutreffen.

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Also, je nach Sprachregion entweder "soccer hater" oder " football hater." Letztlich entscheidend ist hier aber das zweite Wort. Anbei ein aktuelles Beispiel aus dem Guardian für die hier vorgeschlagene Version: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/07/world-cu...

my spontaneous response

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soccer would be more appropriate in the US, although internationally it is common to refer to football (soccer) vs. American football

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Moreover, FIFA in English stands for International Federation of Association Football

Sounds good I think - see the link

Given that in this contect it specifically refers to the World Cup, this might be a suitable option. It isn't common in written sources, but there are examples (see below). Being 'anti World Cup' is definitely an established expression.

www.popmatters.com/pm/column/teng060808

Muffel - unenthusiastic person

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Well, perhaps there isn't a translation for "Fußballmuffel".
I personally couldn't care less about football (! ;-) ) until WE go into the finals, but I would never say I loathed/hated it.
I'm sure there are many Muffel who feel the way I do but wouldn't like to be declared "haters"!
Cultural difference or media hype?
What about: "those who are rather disinterested in football" - I could live with that label :-))!

An alternative to football hater

Example from the BBC website:
While you may sympathise with the BBC over losing the rights to screen English Premier League football, spare a thought for another victim of the system - the football phobe.
Anyone who doesn't count themselves among the soccer-loving masses will be saddened to hear we are in for more televised football in the UK than ever before.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/792504.stm

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I know a philistine is more of a "Banause" rather than a "Muffel" but the alliteration is rather nice! Might fit the bill!

Sources: 4 UK national newspapers

You had to look hard to find them, but they were there: flitting in and out of cinemas, lying in parks, shopping at Tesco; the football refuseniks, battling valiantly to find something else to do.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/jun/17/britishidentity.wor...

A multi-million-pound merchandising industry has already built up around the philosophical Frenchman, which financial experts believe will continue to grow in spite of his retirement. Die-hard football refuseniks know him for his portrayal of a satisfied passenger on the Eurostar where he talks of how travelling by train under the Channel lets him breathe, think and contemplate the finer points of life.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/ooh-aah-cantona-registers-...

Built round the implicit admission that no one's as good as the class of '66, it's hard even for football refuseniks to feel left out in the cold.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3634102/Eng...

And even an example of “soccer (sic) refusenik” from the Daily Mail:
We soccer refuseniks are tolerant. We have no objection to other people watching this stuff or talking about it until they fall asleep in the nearest puddle of lager.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-118835/...


Refusenik (Russian: отказник, otkaznik, from "отказ", otkaz "refusal") was an unofficial term for individuals, typically but not exclusively Soviet Jews, who were denied permission to emigrate abroad by the authorities of the former Soviet Union and other countries of the Eastern bloc.[1] The term refusenik is derived from the "refusal" handed down to a prospective emigrant from the Soviet authorities.
Over time, "refusenik" has entered colloquial English usage for any type of protester.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refusenik


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Further examples from the BBC (x 2) and Mumsnet:

Such a heady combination of greed, girls and goals, all set to a pulsating funk background, should provide even a hardened football refusenik with 90 minutes (plus stoppage time) of entertainment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/04/24/once_in_a_lifetime_200...

WORLD CUP SURVIVAL GUIDE Whether you're a football refusenik or a fully subbed-up fan, Mumsnet's guide will see you through the next 32 days of soccer madness with match schedules, alternative TV suggestions, TV dinner recipes and a bluffer's guide.
http://www.mumsnet.com/newsletters/talk-roundup

National flags are everywhere. Watercooler chat is of little else. And then there are all those e-mails inviting you to join the office sweepstake. It's not hard to spot the signs, even for a football refusenik.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8730099.stm


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Yet another variation: "football deniers" (By analogy with holocaust deniers and climate change deniers):
"One thing's for sure, you can bet your life that when we get to the next World Cup, these football deniers will be the first to jump on the bandwagon."
http://au.fourfourtwo.com/blogs.aspx?CIaBEID=882

And while we are on the subject of the 'Bandwagon Effect', it would be good if endorsers waited a few hours longer before clicking merrily away on 'agree'. Some of the earlier answers have built up such a head of steam that they now look unassailable. This is not necessarily in proportion to their inherent merit.

For all its strengths, ‘Zidane’ probably belongs in the gallery, not the cinema, and doesn’t beg its argument strongly enough for those who don’t care for football.
http://tinyurl.com/3675aps