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  1. The history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, stretches back at least to medieval times. Some predecessors of football may date back to ancient Greece and Rome, and similar games were played in ancient China and Japan. The history of football in Britain dates at least to the eighth century CE.

  2. Association football, commonly known as football, or soccer, [a] is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular ...

  3. Association football is a sport played between two teams. In the United States, Canada and Australia, it is called soccer. In most other English-speaking countries it is called football. Association football is the most popular sport in the world. Games like football have been played around the world since ancient times.

  4. Formation (association football) Program for an 1887 game between Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday. The players of both teams are arranged in 2–3–5 formation. In association football, the formation of a team refers to the position players take in relation to each other on a pitch. As association football is a fluid and fast-moving ...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › FIFAFIFA - Wikipedia

    The Fédération internationale de football association (French for 'International Federation of Association Football'; abbreviated as FIFA and pronounced in English as / ˈ f iː f ə / FEE-fə) is an international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.

  6. Association football, commonly known as football, or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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