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FOOTBALL OR SOCCER:
Game in which two
11-member teams try to propel a ball into the opposing team's goal, using any
part of the body except the hands and arms.
Video Showing The worldwide popularity of Football Game.
In general play, the
goalkeepers are the only players allowed to touch the ball with their hands or
arms (unless the ball is carried out of play, where the field players are
required to re-start by a throw-in of the game ball), while the field players
typically use their feet to kick the ball into position, occasionally using
their torso or head to intercept a ball in midair. The team that scores the
most goals by the end of the match wins.
If the score is tied at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time and/or a penalty shootout, depending on the format of the competition.
The Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by the Football Association in 1863 and have evolved since then. Association football is governed internationally by FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association (English: International Federation of Association Football), which organises the FIFA World Cup every four years.
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| Goalkeeper Kicking Goal kicking to His Player. This 3D Picture Created by me (Manash Kundu) |
If the score is tied at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time and/or a penalty shootout, depending on the format of the competition.
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| Forward Passing Ball to the Striker Player.This 3D Picture Created by me (Manash Kundu) |
The Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by the Football Association in 1863 and have evolved since then. Association football is governed internationally by FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association (English: International Federation of Association Football), which organises the FIFA World Cup every four years.
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| Different Parts its names and Measurement of a ideal Football Ground |
The Fédération
Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in 1904, and has
hosted the World Cup every four years since 1930. Football has been included in
the Olympic Games since 1908.
Now played on all continents in over 150 nations, with over 40 million registered players, it is the world's most popular ball game.
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Now played on all continents in over 150 nations, with over 40 million registered players, it is the world's most popular ball game.
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| 3D Picture showing three Eurpean Players (Goalkeeper, Striker and Forward). Created by Me (Manash Kundu) |
History of
Football:
Games revolving
around the kicking of a ball have been played in many countries throughout
history. According to FIFA, the "very earliest form of the game for which
there is scientific evidence was an exercise from a military manual dating back
to the second and third centuries BC in China", which was known as cuju.
The modern rules of association football are based on the mid-19th century
efforts to standardise the widely varying forms of football played at the public
schools of England. The history of football in England dates back to at least
the eighth century.
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| England playing Scotland in the first-ever international football game (The Oval, 1872) |
The Cambridge Rules,
first drawn up at Cambridge University in 1848, were particularly influential
in the development of subsequent codes, including association football. The
Cambridge Rules were written at Trinity College, Cambridge, at a meeting
attended by representatives from Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Winchester and Shrewsbury
schools. They were not universally adopted. During the 1850s, many clubs unconnected
to schools or universities were formed throughout the English-speaking world,
to play various forms of football. Some came up with their own distinct codes
of rules, most notably the Sheffield Football Club, formed by former public
school pupils in 1857, which led to formation of a Sheffield FA in 1867. In
1862, John Charles Thring of Uppingham School also devised an influential set
of rules.
Today,
football is played at a professional level all over the world. Millions of
people regularly go to football stadiums to follow their favourite teams, while
billions more watch the game on television or on the internet. A very large
number of people also play football at an amateur level. According to a survey
conducted by FIFA published in 2001, over 240 million people from more than 200
countries regularly play football. Football has the highest global television
audience in sport.
Football
Playing Countries of The World:
The game was played by over 250 million
players in over 200 countries, making it the world's most popular sport.
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| Flags of European Football Playing Country |
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| Flags of South American Football Playing Countries |
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| 3D Picture showing Two Brazilian Players ( Striker and Forward). Created by Me (Manash Kundu) |
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| Flags of Asian and Ocenia Football Playing Countries |
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| Flags of African Football Playing Countries |
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| Flags of American Football Playing Countries |
Some Well
known Football Tournaments:
FIFA World
Cup:
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| The current FIFA World Cup Trophy, awarded to the World Cup champions since 1974 |
The FIFA
World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football
competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global
governing body.
The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champions are Spain, who won the 2010 tournament.
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| Estadio Centenario, the location of the first World Cup final in 1930 in Montevideo, Uruguay. |
The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champions are Spain, who won the 2010 tournament.
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| Ronaldo of Portugal |
The
current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at
venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month; this phase is
often called the World Cup Finals. A qualification phase, which currently takes
place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify
for the tournament together with the host nation(s).
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| lionel-messi of Argentina |
The 19 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Italy, with four titles; Germany, with three titles; Argentina and inaugural winners Uruguay, with two titles each; and England, France, and Spain, with one title each.
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| German football Practise |
The World
Cup is the world's most widely viewed sporting event; an estimated 715.1
million people watched the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in
Germany.
The next
three World Cups will be hosted by Brazil in 2014, Russia in 2018, and Qatar in
2022.
UEFA Euro
2012:
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The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, is the 14th European Championship for national football teams organised by UEFA.
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The final tournament is being hosted by Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012. It is the first time that either nation has hosted the tournament. This bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee in 2007.
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| 3D Logo of Euro Cup Created by Me (Manash Kundu) |
The final tournament
features 16 nations, the last European Championship to do so (from Euro 2016
onward, there will be 24 finalists). Qualification was contested by 51 nations
between August 2010 and November 2011 to join the two host nations in the
tournament. The winner of the tournament gains automatic entry to the 2013 FIFA
Confederations Cup hosted by Brazil.
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| Jersy Pictures of Euro Cup Football Team |
The tournament is
played across 8 venues, 4 in each host country, five of which were newly built
for the tournament. Aside from venues, the host nations have also invested
heavily in improving infrastructure, such as railways and roads, at UEFA's
request.
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| Polish and Ukrainian twins |
Trophy
The Henri
Delaunay Trophy
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| The Henri Delaunay Trophy |
The Henri Delaunay
Trophy began a journey through the host cities seven weeks before the start of
the tournament. A hundred days before the first match a 35.5-metre-high (116
ft) hot air balloon in the shape of the trophy was flown in Nyon, Switzerland
and will visit 14 cities throughout the host countries, reminding spectators of
the impending tournament. On 20 April 2012 the trophy tour started and visited
Warsaw, Wrocław, Gdańsk, Poznań, Kraków, Katowice and Łódź cities. After the
Polish cities, the trophy visited seven Ukrainian cities: Kiev,
Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Odesa.
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| Official match ball of UEFA Euro 2012 |
The Match
Ball
The Adidas Tango 12
is the official match ball of UEFA Euro 2012. The ball is named after the
original and successful Adidas Tango family of footballs; however, the Tango 12
and its variations have a completely new design. Variations of the ball have
been used in other contemporary competitions including the Africa Cup of
Nations and the Summer Olympics. It is designed to be easier to dribble and
control than the reportedly unpredictable Adidas Jabulani used at the 2010 FIFA
World Cup.
The Copa
América
(Spanish
and Brazilian Portuguese for "America Cup")—previously known as South
American Championship—is an international association football competition
contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental
governing body. It is the oldest international continental football
competition.
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| Picture of Copa America Cup |
The
current tournament format involves twelve teams competing at venues in a host
nation over a period of about a month. The confederation has only ten members,
so national teams from other FIFA confederations are invited to fill the other 2
places; Mexico, Costa Rica and the United States have been regular since being
invited for the first time in 1993. In 43 tournaments, seven national teams
have won the title. Uruguay is the current champion and the most successful
team in the tournament, having won it fifteen times.
The Copa
América is one of the world's most widely viewed sporting events. The highest
finishing member of CONMEBOL has the right to participate in the next edition
of the FIFA Confederations Cup, but is not obligated to do so.
The 2011
AFC Asian Cup
finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup. Japan won the cup after a 1–0 win against Australia, and earned the right to compete in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil as the representative from AFC.
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finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup. Japan won the cup after a 1–0 win against Australia, and earned the right to compete in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil as the representative from AFC.
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| Asia Cup Picture |
A
television viewing audience of 484 million in 80 countries across the
Asia-Pacific region, Europe, North America and North Africa witnessed Japan
defeat Australia 1–0 in the final
The 2012
Africa Cup of Nations,
also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
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also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The
competition was co-hosted in two countries, it took place in Equatorial Guinea
and Gabon from 21 January to 12 February 2012. The bidding process for hosting
the tournament ended in September 2006, the continental football federation,
CAF, selected Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
In the
first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin groups
of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding.
These eight teams advanced to the knockout stage, where three rounds of play
decided which teams would participate in the final. Both host nations,
Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, were eliminated from the competition at the
quarter final stage.
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| Zambia's national football team players celebrate with the trophy after their victory against Ivory Coast. |
In the
final, unfancied Zambia, the Southern African regional body's 2009 COSAFA Cup
runner-up, defeated third-time finalists Côte d'Ivoire after a dramatic penalty
shootout in the final, giving Zambia their first continental title, becoming
the fourteenth nation to win the tournament.The Zambian team dedicated their
win to the members of the national team who died near the final's venue in
Libreville during the 1993 Zambia national football team air disaster.
Some Best
Football Players of The World:
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| Pele |
Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) (name given as Edison on birth certificate, born 21 October 1940 (however, Pelé himself claims that he was born on 23 October) known by his nickname Pelé (Brazilian Portuguese ) is a retired Brazilian footballer.
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He is widely regarded as the best football player of all time.In 1999, he was voted Football Player of the Century by the IFFHS International Federation of Football History and Statistics. In the same year French weekly magazine France-Football consulted their former "Ballon D'Or" winners to elect the Football Player of the Century. Pelé came in first place.
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| Pelé the "Athlete of the Century" |
In 1999 the International Olympic Committee named Pelé the "Athlete of the Century". In his career he scored 760 official goals. He is also the most successful Top Division goal scorer of all time with 541 League goals. In total Pelé scored 1281 goals in 1363 games.
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| Maradona From Argentina |
Diego
Armando Maradona Franco (Spanish
pronunciation: born 30 October 1960) is a retired Argentine football player,
and current manager of Al Wasl FC in Dubai. Many experts, football critics,
former and current players consider Maradona the greatest football player of
all time. He won FIFA Player of the Century award which was to be decided by
votes on their official website, their official magazine and a grand jury.
He played
in four FIFA World Cup tournaments, including the 1986 tournament, where he
captained Argentina and led them to their victory over West Germany in the
final, winning the Golden Ball award as the tournament's best player. In that
same tournament's quarterfinal round, he scored both goals in a 2–1 victory
over England that entered football history, though for two different reasons.
The first goal was via an unpenalized handball known as the "Hand of
God", while the second goal followed a 60 m (66 yd) dribble past five
England players, voted "The Goal of the Century" by FIFA.com voters
in 2002.
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| Oliver Rolf Kahn |
Oliver
Rolf Kahn (born 15 June 1969) is a
former German football goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC
Junior team. He had his debut game in the professional squad in 1987. In 1994,
he was transferred to Bayern Munich for the fee of 4,600,000 DM, where he
played until the end of his career in 2008.
He is one
of the most successful German players in recent history, having won eight
German championships, six German cups, the UEFA Cup (1996), the UEFA Champions
League and the Intercontinental Cup (both 2001). His individual contributions
have earned him four consecutive UEFA Best European Goalkeeper awards, three
IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper awards, and two German Footballer of the Year
trophies. At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, he became the first and only goalkeeper
in the tournament's history to win the Golden Ball.
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| Michael Ballack |
Michael
Ballack (born 26 September 1976) is a German professional footballer who
is currently playing for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.He is among the top
goal scorers in the history of his international team. Ballack has worn the
number 13 shirt for every team he has played for except for Kaiserslautern. He
was selected by Pelé as one of FIFA's 100 Greatest Living Players, and as the
UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year in 2002. He has won the German Footballer of
the Year award three times – in 2002, 2003 and 2005. In his prime, Ballack was
known for his passing range, scoring ability, ball skills and commanding
presence in the midfield.
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| Michel François Platini |
Michel
François Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a former French
football player and manager, and the president of the Union of European
Football Associations (UEFA) since 2007.
During
his professional footballing career, Platini played for the clubs Nancy,
Saint-Étienne, and Juventus, and was a member of the French national team that
won the 1984 European Championship, a tournament in which he was the top
goalscorer and voted the best player. He also participated in the 1978, 1982
and 1986 World Cups, reaching the semi-finals in the latter two. Platini, Alain
Giresse, Luis Fernández and Jean Tigana together made up the "carré
magique" (French for "magic square"), the group of midfield
players that formed the heart of the French national team throughout the 1980s.
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| Zinedine Zidane |
Zinedine
Zidane (born 23 June 1972) is a retired French footballer. Zidane was the
leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup
and 2000 European Championship. After a brief international retirement, he
returned to the national team in 2005 and captained France to the 2006 World
Cup Final where he won the Golden Ball as the tournament's most outstanding
player.
In club
level Zidane won the La Liga and the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid,
two Serie A league championships with Juventus and an Intercontinental Cup and
a UEFA Super Cup each with both aforementioned sides. He is one of only four
players to have been FIFA World Player of the Year three or more times
(Brazilian forward Marta is a five time winner (female award), while Brazilian
striker Ronaldo (male award) and German striker Birgit Prinz (female award)
have won three each). He also won the Ballon d'Or in 1998. He retired from
professional football after the 2006 World Cup.
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| Paolo Rossi |
Paolo
Rossi (born 23 September 1956 in Prato) is an Italian former football
striker. In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six
goals to win the Golden Boot/top scorer honors, and the Golden Ball. After his
performance at the 1982 FIFA World Cup he became a hero in the hearts of all
Italians. Rossi is one of only two players to have won all three honours at a
single tournament (the other is the Argentinian Mario Kempes, in 1978). Javier
Saviola, Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero and Dominic Adiyiah accomplished this in
junior teams, in the 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cups
respectively. He is listed among Pelé's 125 all-time greatest footballers.
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| Ronaldo |
Ronaldo Luís
Nazário de Lima born 18 September 1976 commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired
Brazilian footballer who last played for Corinthians. He is considered by
experts and fans as one of the greatest football players of all time. In 2012,
he was voted Goal.com's "Player of the Decades" in an online poll
gathering 29.55% of all votes. He won his first Ballon d'Or as the European
Footballer of the Year in 1997 (aged only 21) and again won the award in 2002
(26 years old). Additionally, he is one of only three men to have won the FIFA
Player of the Year award three times, along with French footballer Zinedine
Zidane and Argentine striker Lionel Messi.
Considered
by many as the most complete striker in the past 30 years, in 2007, he was
named as one of the best starting eleven of all-time by France Football and was
named to the FIFA 100, a list of the greatest footballers compiled by fellow
countryman Pelé. In 2010, he was voted Goal.com's "Player of the
Decade" in an online poll, gathering 43.63 percent of all votes and was
also included as centre forward in the "Team of the Decade". On 23
February 2010, Ronaldo announced that he would retire after the 2011 season,
signing a two-year contract extension with the Corinthians at the same time.
Ronaldo has played for Brazil in 98 international matches, scoring 62 goals. He
was a part of the Brazilian squad that won the 1994 and 2002 World Cups. During
the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo became the highest goalscorer in the history
of the World Cup with his fifteenth goal, surpassing Gerd Müller's previous
record of 14. He is also the only player to have won the World Cup Golden Ball
and Golden Boot in separate tournaments. Having suffered a string of serious
injuries throughout his career, Ronaldo retired on 14 February 2011, citing
pain and hypothyroidism as the reasons for his premature retirement.
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| Hendrik Johannes Cruijff |
Hendrik
Johannes Cruijff (born
25 April 1947 in Amsterdam), known as Johan Cruyff, is a former Dutch
footballer and is currently the manager of the Catalan national team. He won
the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974, which is a record jointly
held with Michel Platini, Marco van Basten and Lionel Messi. Cruyff was one of
the most famous exponents of the football philosophy known as Total Football
explored by Rinus Michels, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest
players in association football.
After his
retirement from playing in 1984, Cruyff became highly successful as manager of
Ajax and later FC Barcelona; he remains an influential advisor to both clubs.
His son Jordi has also gone on to play football professionally.
In 1999,
Cruyff was voted European Player of the Century in an election held by the
IFFHS, and came second behind Pelé in their World Player of the Century poll.
He came third in a vote organised by the French weekly magazine France Football
consulting their former Ballon d'Or winners to elect their Football Player of
the Century. He was named as the greatest football player of all time by the
Bleacher Report for the combination of his skill and his revolutionary application
of Rinus Michels's total football to the sport
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| Wayne Mark Rooney |
Wayne
Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English footballer who plays as a
striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national
team.
Rooney
made his senior international debut in 2003 becoming the youngest player to
represent England (a record later broken by Theo Walcott). He is England's
youngest ever goalscorer. He played at UEFA Euro 2004 and scored four goals,
briefly becoming the competition's youngest goalscorer. Rooney featured at the
2006 and 2010 World Cups and is widely regarded as his country's best player.
He has won the England Player of the Year award twice, in 2008 and 2009. As of
June 2012, he has won 74 international caps and scored 28 goals.Along with
David Beckham, Rooney is the most red carded player for England, having been
sent off twice.
Aged
nine, Rooney joined the youth team of Everton, for whom he made his
professional debut in 2002. He spent two seasons at the Merseyside club, before
moving to Manchester United for £25.6 million in the 2004 summer transfer
window. The same year, Rooney acquired the nickname "Wazza".Since
then, with Rooney in the team, United have won the Premier League four times,
the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and two League Cups. He also holds two
runner-up medals from both the Premier League and the Champions League. In
April of the 2011–12 season Rooney scored his 180th goal, making him United's
fourth highest goal-scorer of all time.
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