Association football, commonly called football or soccer, is a team sport played between two sides of eleven players who try to move a ball into the opposing goal using any part of the body other than the arms and hands, except for the goalkeeper. The modern sport was codified in England in 1863, when representatives of several London clubs and schools met to found the Football Association and agreed a single set of laws, ending a period in which different schools and clubs had played the game under different, incompatible rules. Football-like ball games with contested claims to being ancestors of the modern sport are far older and much less documented, including cuju, a kicking ball game played in China during the Han dynasty, and various local folk football games recorded in medieval England, so while the 1863 codification is well documented, no single origin point for football as a broad kicking game commands scholarly consensus. A standard match is two 45-minute halves; the side scoring more goals wins, a goal counted whenever the whole ball crosses the opposing goal line between the posts and under the crossbar. Each side fields one goalkeeper, permitted to handle the ball inside a marked penalty area, and ten outfield players customarily grouped into defenders, midfielders and forwards in a formation the team chooses and can change during play, most commonly written as a number code such as four defenders, four midfielders, two forwards. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin Year1863 marks the founding of the Football Association in England and the first published unified code of laws, taken here as the sport organized origin. Football like kicking games are far older and much less documented, including cuju in Han dynasty China and various medieval English folk football games, so no single origin year for football as a broad practice commands consensus among historians. Originating RegionEngland (for the 1863 codification that produced the modern sport) 2 International Governing BodyFIFA, the Federation Internationale de Football Association, founded 1904, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. 3 Identity
SymbolA spherical ball kicked with the feet; players use their feet to move an inflated ball around the pitch. 1 Connections
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Association football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who mostly use their feet to kick an inflated ball around a pitch.
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mostly use their feet to kick an inflated ball around a pitch.
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Wikipedia: Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1900 Summer Olympics, Lead sectionQuote, Featured In: 1900 Summer Olympics, Lead section
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, an association football tournament was contested for the first time.
Wikipedia: Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1904 Summer Olympics, Lead sectionQuote, Featured In: 1904 Summer Olympics, Lead section
Men's association football (soccer) was contested at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Wikipedia: Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1908 Summer Olympics, Lead sectionQuote, Featured In: 1908 Summer Olympics, Lead section
At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, an official football tournament between national representative selections was contested for the first time; football had been played between club teams at the Games of 1900 and 1904.
Wikipedia: Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1912 Summer Olympics, Lead sectionQuote, Featured In: 1912 Summer Olympics, Lead section
Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics was one of the 102 events at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.
Wikipedia: Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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Football was one of the 154 events at the 1920 Summer Olympics, held in Antwerp, Belgium.
Wikipedia: Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1924 Summer Olympics, Lead sectionQuote, Featured In: 1924 Summer Olympics, Lead section
Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics was the sixth edition of the football tournament at the Summer Olympic Games held in Paris.
Wikipedia: Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1928 Summer Olympics, Lead sectionQuote, Featured In: 1928 Summer Olympics, Lead section
Football was one of the tournaments at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Wikipedia: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1948 Summer Olympics, Lead sectionQuote, Featured In: 1948 Summer Olympics, Lead section
The football tournament of the 1948 Summer Olympics was won by Sweden.
Wikipedia: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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The Football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was won by Hungary.
Wikipedia: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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The football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics was held from 26 August to 10 September in 1960 throughout Italy.
Wikipedia: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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The 1968 Olympic football tournament was played as part of the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Wikipedia: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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The 1972 Olympic football tournament, held in Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Nuremberg, Passau, and Regensburg, was played as part of the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Wikipedia: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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The football tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics started on 18 July and ended on 31 July.
Wikipedia, American Football
Wikimedia FoundationAncestor Of: American Football, IntroductionQuote, Ancestor Of: American Football, Introduction
American football evolved in the United States, originating from the sports of soccer and rugby.
Argentine Football Association, Wikipedia
Governed By: Asociacion del Futbol Argentino (AFA), Lead paragraphQuote, Governed By: Asociacion del Futbol Argentino (AFA), Lead paragraph
is the governing body of football in Argentina
Brazilian Football Confederation, Wikipedia
Governed By: Confederacao Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Lead paragraphQuote, Governed By: Confederacao Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Lead paragraph
is the governing body of football in Brazil
German Football Association (Wikipedia)
Governed By: Deutscher Fussball-Bund (DFB), Lead paragraphQuote, Governed By: Deutscher Fussball-Bund (DFB), Lead paragraph
is the governing body of football, futsal, and beach soccer in Germany
Japan Football Association, Wikipedia
Governed By: Japan Football Association (JFA), Lead paragraphQuote, Governed By: Japan Football Association (JFA), Lead paragraph
is the governing body responsible for the administration of football
Nigeria Football Federation, Wikipedia
Governed By: Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Lead paragraphQuote, Governed By: Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Lead paragraph
football governing body
Sepak takraw - Wikipedia
Associated With: Sepak Takraw, Lead paragraphQuote, Associated With: Sepak Takraw, Lead paragraph
Sepak takraw is often referred to as a mixture of volleyball, for its use of a net, and association football, as players use their feet.
Wikipedia, 1980 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1980 Summer Olympics, Article textQuote, Featured In: 1980 Summer Olympics, Article text
athletics, football (final), equestrian
Wikipedia, 1984 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1984 Summer Olympics, Venues list, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CaliforniaQuote, Featured In: 1984 Summer Olympics, Venues list, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
football (final)
Wikipedia, 1988 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1988 Summer Olympics, Venues list, Dongdaemun Stadium[E]Quote, Featured In: 1988 Summer Olympics, Venues list, Dongdaemun Stadium[E]
football preliminaries
Wikipedia, 1992 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1992 Summer Olympics, Sports contested list with event countsQuote, Featured In: 1992 Summer Olympics, Sports contested list with event counts
Football (1)
Wikipedia, 1996 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1996 Summer Olympics, Sports contested list with event countsQuote, Featured In: 1996 Summer Olympics, Sports contested list with event counts
Football (2)
Wikipedia, Rugby Union
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Rugby Union, HistoryQuote, Associated With: Rugby Union, History
Formed in 1863, the national governing body The Football Association (FA) began codifying a set of universal football rules. These new rules specifically banned players from running with the ball in hand and also disallowed hacking (kicking players in the shins)
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