| Football at the Summer Universiade | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
| Games | |
| Founded | (Men) (Women) |
|---|---|
| Current champions |  Japan (M) North Korea (W)(2019) |
| Most successful team(s) | Japan (M) (7 titles)  Brazil & North Korea (W)(3 titles each) |
 2019 (M), 2019 (W) | |
Football was the optional sport at the 1979 edition. Between 1985 and 2019, football was a recognized mandatory sport. The women's football competition began in the 1993 edition as optional event. Due the creation of the FISU University Football World Cup in 2019, the sport will no longer be part of the Summer World University Games program starting at that year.[1][2] With this change, the number of mandatory sports will be kept at fifteen, since the place will be occupied by badminton which after five editions as an optional sport turned a compulsory sport.[3]
