Nerds FC

Nerds FC is an Australian TV show featuring football (soccer). The first series of the show was aired as a lead-in for the 2006 FIFA World Cup on the Special Broadcasting Service network that featured coverage of the Australia national football (soccer) team. The show follows a football team of 14 nerds who were trained over 3 months, climaxing with a match against a professional team. Nerds FC is produced by SBS independent and Grundy Television (which has now merged with Crackerjack to become FremantleMedia Australia).Nerds FC's format is based on the Danish reality TV hit FC Zulu.