įootball is governed internationally by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA French: Fédération Internationale de Football Association), which organises World Cups for men and women every four years. Each team is led by a captain who has only one official responsibility as mandated by the Laws of the Game: to represent their team in the coin toss before kick-off or penalty kicks. The team that has scored more goals at the end of the game is the winner if both teams have scored an equal number of goals, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time or a penalty shootout, depending on the format of the competition. Players may use any other part of their body to strike or pass the ball and mainly use their feet. Players are not allowed to touch the ball with hands or arms while it is in play, except for the goalkeepers within the penalty area. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under the bar), thereby scoring a goal. The ball is 68–70 cm (27–28 in) in circumference and known as the football. The object of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal, usually within a time frame of 90 or more minutes.įootball is played in accordance with a set of rules known as the Laws of the Game. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. It is played by approximately 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. Men's since the 1900 Olympics and women's since the 1996 Olympicsĥ-a-side since 2004 and 7-a-side from 1984 to 2016Īssociation football, more commonly known as simply football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of 11 players. Football pitch (also known as football field, football ground, soccer field, soccer pitch or simply "pitch")
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