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    :ELVIN MAMMADZADA

    TEACHER:GUNAY MEHRALIYEVA
    TOPIC: HISTOTY
    QRUP:323B
    SUBJECT: LANGUAGE SKILLS
    • Records trace the origins of the sport back more than 2,000 years ago
    to ancient China, Greece and Rome, where the 'ball' was made of rock
    or animal hide stuffed with hair. There have even been suggestions it
    dates even further back to old Mesoamerican cultures - but 'football' or
    'soccer' as we know it today has its roots in 19th century England.
    • From England, the idea of football spread to Europe and across the
    Atlantic. Two schoolteachers, August Hermann and Konrad Koch,
    introduced the game to Germany circa 1874. Immigrants, meanwhile,
    are thought to have brought soccer to the United States.
    • The first football association was formed in England in 1863. Rules were
    established - but continued to change - and the size and weight of the match-
    ball standardised. Crucially, carrying the ball with the hands was outlawed:
    association football (soccer) and rugby became two separate entities.
    • Football continued to undergo rapid development into the 1900s, accelerated
    by industrialisation. Public school teams soon became the minority following
    the emergence of factory and other work-based clubs. The best players
    received monetary incentives, and tickets were sold to the public - mainly
    members of the working-class - for matches.
    • Early soccer leagues in the US mostly adopted the name 'football' for their
    activities, but confusion between American football and association football
    resulted in the term 'soccer' being used to describe the latter in the 1910s
    and early 1920s. Two professional soccer leagues were started in 1967, the
    United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer League,
    which merged to form the North American Soccer League in 1968. Interest
    in soccer within the United States continued to grow and, as part of the
    United States' bid to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup, US Soccer pledged to
    create a professional outdoor league. Major League Soccer duly launched in
    1996.
    • Latter-day continental club tournaments have existed, in various
    guises, for many years. Europe's UEFA Champions League and the
    Americas' CONCACAF Champions League are perhaps the best known.
    Interleague club competition can be traced back as far as the late 19th
    century, but international club tournaments are a relatively new
    concept. In 2000, the FIFA Club World Cup was born, a tournament
    between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as
    the host nation's league champions. Since 2005, it has become an
    annual event.
    The UEFA European Football
    Championship, more commonly known
    as the Euros, is the primary association
    football competition contested by the
    senior men's national teams of the
    members of the Union of European
    Football Associations (UEFA),
    determining the continental champion
    of Europe. It is held every four years, in
    the even-numbered year between
    World Cups. The first edition took place
    in 1960. The CONCACAF Gold Cup, the
    main association football competition of
    the men's national football teams
    governed by The Confederation of
    North, Central America and Caribbean
    Association Football (CONCACAF),
    determining the continental champion
    of North America, Central America, and
    the Caribbean, is staged every two
    years.
    • Today 211 national associations are members of FIFA, football's world
    governing body. The world regions are divided into six confederations:
    Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), Asian Football Confederation
    (AFC), UEFA, CONCACAF, Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and
    Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL). While 32
    countries took part in World Cup qualifying in 1934, that number has
    risen to over 200, reflecting football’s standing as a truly global
    phenomenon.

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