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Modern futbol first appeared in history around 1863 in England with similar sports being played since the history of man. It then became the first team sport included in the Olympic Games.

Futbol is a sport played by two teams with at most eleven players, including the gollie (keeper). The sport is to be soley played with the player's feet, excluding the keeper, who can use their hands inside of the keeper's box. A goal is only scored when the entire ball crosses underneath the top bar of the goal.

The ultimate honor for a futbol player is the World Cup, hosted by FIFA. The world cup is a giant competition for the best countries to compete for the title. The world cup is the most viewed broadcast of all time.

 

Rules:

1. The duration of the game is be two equal periods of 45 minutes.
2. 1. The basic equipment of a player consists of a jersey or shirt, shorts,socks, shin guards and cleats.
   2. A player cannot not wear anything which is dangerous to another player.
3. Shin guards, which must be covered entirely by the stockings, shall be made of rubber, plastic, polyurethane or similar substance.
4. The goalkeeper shall wear colors which distinguish him from the other players and from the referee.
5. A match shall be played by two teams, each having not more than eleven players, one of whom is be the goalkeeper
6. The ball shall be spherica

   The circumference of the ball cannot not be more than 28 inches and not less than 27 inches. The weight of the ball at the start of the game shall not be more than 16 ounces or less than 14 ounces. The pressure shall be equal to 0.6 - 1.1 atmosphere preasure(==600 - 1,100 gr/cm(sq)) at sea level. The ball shall not be changed during the game unless authorized by the referee.

7. A goal is scored when the whole of the ball has passed over the goal-line, between the goal-posts and under the top-bar.

   The team scoring the greater number of goals during a game is the winner; if no goals or an equal number of goals are scored, the game shall be termed a "draw".

8. The field of play shall be rectangular, its length being not more than 130 yards nor less than 100 yards and its breadth not more than 100 yards nor less than 50 yards. (In international matches the length shall be not more than 120 yards nor less than 110 yards and the breadth not more than 80 yards nor less than 70 yards.) The length shall in all cases exceed the breadth.

Fouls:

• A player who intentionally commits any of the following nine offenses shall be penalized by the award of a DFK to be taken by the opposing team from the place where the offense occurred, unless the offense is committed by a player in his opponents' goal-area, in which case the free-kick shall be taken from any point within the goal-area.
  • kicks or attempts to kick an opponent;
  • trips an opponent, i.e., throwing or attempting to throw him by the use of the legs or by stooping in front of or behind him;
  • jumps at an opponent;
  • charges an opponent in a violent or dangerous manner;
  • charges an opponent from behind unless the latter is obstructing;
  • strikes or attempts to strike an opponent or spits at him;
  • holds an opponent;
  • pushes an opponent;
  • handles the ball, i.e., carries, strikes or propels the ball with his hand or arm; (this does not apply to the goalkeeper within his own penalty-area);

 

• A PK can be awarded in the position of the ball, if in play, at the time an offense within the penalty-area is committed.
  • A player committing any of the five following offenses:
  • playing in a manner considered by the referee to be dangerous, e.g. attempting to kick the ball while held by the goalkeeper;
  • charging fairly, i.e. with the shoulder, when the ball is not within playing distance of the players concerned and they are definitely not tying to play it;
  • when not playing the ball, intentionally obstructing an opponent, i.e. running between the opponent and the ball, or interposing the body so as to form an obstacle to an opponent;
  • charging the goalkeeper except when he
    • is holding the ball; re
      is obstructing an opponent;
      has passed outside his goal-aa.
• when playing as a goalkeeper and within his own penalty-area:

• from the moment he takes control of the ball with his hands, he takes more than 4 steps in any direction whilst holding, bouncing or throwing the ball in the air and catching it again, without releasing it into play, or
• having released tHe ball into play before, during or after the 4 steps, he touches it again with his hands, before it has been touched or played by a player of the opposing team either inside or outside of the penalty area, or by a player of the same team outside of the penalty-area, subject to the overriding conditions of 5(c), or
• touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate, or
• indulges in tactics, which in the opinion of the referee, are designed to hold up the game and thus waste time and so give an unfair advantage to his own team,

Famous Players:

 

Top Goal Scorers of all time

 

 

Notes:

"Fifa Rules." <http://www.wfms.org/Other/Football/FIFA/>.

The, Community. "Wikipeidia." <http://en.wikipedia.org>. '