Association football is one of a family of football codes that emerged from various ball games played worldwide since antiquity. Within the … Näytä lisää

Association football is played in accordance with a set of rules known as the Laws of the Game. The game is played using a … Näytä lisää

The recognised international governing body of football (and associated games, such as futsal and beach soccer) is FIFA. The FIFA headquarters are located in Zürich, … Näytä lisää

The governing bodies in each country operate league systems in a domestic season, normally comprising several divisions, in which the teams gain points throughout the season depending on results. Teams are placed into tables, placing them in … Näytä lisää

Kicking ball games arose independently multiple times across multiple cultures. The Chinese competitive game cuju (蹴鞠, literally "kick ball"; also known as tsu chu) resembles modern association football. This is the earliest form of the game for which there is … Näytä lisää

There are 17 laws in the official Laws of the Game, each containing a collection of stipulations and guidelines. The same laws are designed … Näytä lisää

International competitions in association football principally consist of two varieties: competitions involving representative national teams or those involving clubs based in multiple … Näytä lisää