Association Football

Association football, more 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-framed goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has
been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an
estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's
most popular sport.
The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a
set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the IFAB since 1886.
The game is played with a football that is 68–70 cm (27–28 in) in circumference. The
two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts, under
the bar, and across the goal line), thereby scoring a goal. When the ball is in play, the
players mainly use their feet, but may use any other part of their body, except for their
hands or arms, to control, strike, or pass the ball. Only the goalkeepers may use their
hands and arms, and only then within the penalty area. The team that has scored more
goals at the end of the game is the winner. There are situations where a goal can be
disallowed, such as an offside call or a foul in the build-up to the goal. Depending on the
format of the competition, an equal number of goals scored may result in a draw being
declared, or the game goes into extra time or a penalty shoot-out.[5]
Internationally, association football is governed by FIFA. Under FIFA, there are six
continental confederations: AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC, and UEFA. Of
these confederations, CONMEBOL is the oldest one, being founded in 1916. National
associations (e.g. The FA or JFA) are responsible for managing the game in their own
countries both professionally and at an amateur level, and coordinating competitions in
accordance with the Laws of the Game. The most senior and prestigious international
competitions are the FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Women's World Cup. The men's
World Cup is the most-viewed sporting event in the world, surpassing the Olympic
Games.[6] The two most prestigious competitions in European club football are the UEFA
Champions League and the UEFA Women's Champions League, which attract an
extensive television audience throughout the world. Since 2009, the final of the men's
tournament has been the most-watched annual sporting event in the world.[7]
Name
Main article: Names for association football
Association football is one of a family of football codes that emerged from various ball
games played worldwide since antiquity. Within the English-speaking world, the sport is
now usually called "football" in Great Britain and most of Ulster in the north of Ireland,
whereas people usually call it "soccer" in regions and countries where other codes of
football are prevalent, such as Australia,[8] Canada, South Africa, most of Ireland
(excluding Ulster),[9] and the United States. A notable exception is New Zealand, where
in the first two decades of the 21st century, under the influence of international
television, "football" has been gaining prevalence, despite the dominance of other codes
of football, namely rugby union and rugby league.[10]
The term soccer comes from Oxford "-er" slang, which was prevalent at the University
of Oxford in England from about 1875, and is thought to have been borrowed from the
slang of Rugby School. Initially spelt assoccer (a shortening of "association"), it was
later reduced to the modern spelling.[11][12] This form of slang also gave rise to rugger for
rugby football, fiver and tenner for five pound and ten pound notes, and the now-
archaic footer that was also a name for association football.[13] The word soccer arrived
at its current form in 1895 and was first recorded in 1889 in the earlier form of socca.[14]
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football

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