Foot ball is also called soccer
A football
match is played by two teams, with each allowed no more than 11 players on the
field at any one time, one of whom is a goalkeeper. A match is played in two 45
minute halves. ... The aim of the game is to score a goal, which is achieved by
kicking or heading the ball into the opposition team's goal.
Important facts
·
The game of football first originated around the year 476 BC in China.
When it began, it was referred to as Cuju.
·
Till date, it continues to be one of the most popular, the most watched
and the most played sport around the world.
- The world’s first football club was found in
the year 1857 by two British Army Officers, Colonel Nathaniel Creswick and
Major William Priest. The club was named as the English Sheffield Football
Club
- The NFL, which is a short form for the
National Football League, is one of the world’s most popular football
leagues, and it is based in the US.
- Today, only the Americans and the Canadians
refer to the game of football as ‘soccer.’
- Football
has a constant circumference of 28 inches.
- FIFA has more member countries in it than the
U.N
- The length of a football field is 100 yards
while its width is 53 and ½ yards.
- Ronaldinho became a football sensation when he
scored 23 goals in a game his team won by the score of 23-0.
- Cristiano Ronaldo, Ballon d’Or winner, became
the first player who scored a goal in every single minute of the game.
BASIC RULES FOR THE SPORT OF FOOTBALL
- A
football match is played by two teams, with each allowed no more than 11
players on the field at any one time, one of whom is a goalkeeper.
- A
match is played in two 45 minute halves.
- The
game begins with the toss of a coin, and the winning captain decides which
goal to defend or to take the first kick off.
- All
players must use their feet head or chest to play the ball. Only the
goalkeeper is allowed to use their hands, and only within their designated
goal area.
- The
aim of the game is to score a goal, which is achieved by kicking or
heading the ball into the opposition team's goal.
- If
the ball touches or crosses the side line, it is thrown back in by the
team that was not the last to touch the ball.
- The
game is controlled by a central referee, and two linesmen. They award free
kicks and penalties when rules are broken. For continual breaking of rules
or for a bad foul, the player may be sent off.
Soccer’s rules and regulations are
maintained and updated annually by the International Football Association Board
(IFAB).
Fouls and Misconduct
If any of these are fouls are committed
by a player in their team’s penalty area, the opposing team is awarded a
penalty kick. Indirect free kicks are awarded if a player:
- Plays in a dangerous manner
- Impedes the progress of an opponent
- Prevents the goalkeeper from releasing the
ball from his/her hands
- Commits any other unmentioned offense
Yellow
cards are awarded as a caution or warning to a player and can be issued for
the following offenses:
- Unsporting behavior
- Dissent by word or action
- Persistent infringement of the Laws of the
Game
- Delaying the restart of play
- Failure to respect the required distance when
play is restarted with a corner kick,free kick, or throw-in
- Entering or re-entering the field of play
without the referee’s permission
- deliberately leaving the field of play without
the referee’s permission
Red
cards are used to send a player off the field, and can be issued for the
following offenses:
- Serious foul play
- Violent conduct
- Spitting at an opponent or any other person
- Denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious
goal-scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball (the goalkeeper
being an exception)
- Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to
an opponent moving towards the player’s goal by an offense punishable by a
free kick or a penalty kick
- Using offensive or abusive language and/or
gestures
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