The code of football in which two teams of eleven try to put a round ball into the opposing goal using mainly the feet and head, and in which only the goalkeeper may handle the ball in play. Association football is the type case and the most widely played sport in the world, governed by FIFA and its confederations. Every sport filed in this group belongs to the Football Codes category and has its own entry in the Sport and Games Atlas, from which a reader can follow links on to its leading athletes, its competitions and the governing bodies that set its rules.
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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 (playing field).
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