Football Facts

1-It is believed that Football is also British origin. However, it    is said that a game similar to Football was played in 500        BC by the Greeks of Spart and they called this game              'Harpaston'.

 2-The first football club of the world 'Sheffield Football Club'        was founded in the year 1857 in England. Football was          introduced in India by the Britishers in 1848 and the first          football club of India was 'Dalhousie Club'.

3-The indian Football Association, the oldest football                   association in the east, was formed in 1878. 

4-The Apex institution of football is 'Federation of                         Internationale de Football Association' (FIFA), which was       formed by sever countries on May 21, 1904. 

5-The headquarters of FIFA is in Paris (France). In order to      distinguish this game from carrying cum kicking game i.i        Rugby, it was given the name of "Soccer". This name was      given to this game (Football) by an association named            London Football Association which was formed in 1863 in      England. 

6-The Football World Cup, organised by the FIFA, is the             biggest competition.

7-Football was included as a competitive game in Olympic        Games officially in 1908.

8-India took part in the world Olympic Football Competition in 1948 in London.

9-Besides Olympic competitions, World Cup Football                Championship were planned by two Frenchmen i.e. m jules    Rimet and Henry Delaunary.

10-Jules Rimet was president of the French Football                    Federation and remained president of FIFA from 1924 to       1954.

11-The first World Cup was organised at Monte Video                  (Uruguay) in 1930.

12-The Trophy for this championship was named as "Jules          Rimet Cup". This trophy became the permanent property        of Brazil, as this country had won the world title third time        (1958, 1962 and 1970).

13-From 1974 (Xth Championship of Germany) onwards, the       trophy was named as "The FIFA World Cup". This was a      new trophy cast in 18 ct. gold.

14-In India Indian Football Association (IFA) organised                National Football Championship.

15-The trophy awarded in thier competition is called Santosh      Tropyy, which was donated in the memory of Manmath          Nath Roy Chaudhary of Santosh (now a part of                        Bangladesh)

16-Durand Cup tournament was first organised at Shimla and      is being held in Delhi since 1940.

17-A new chapter was added to the annals of the country's          (India's) soccer with the launch of the Football Players'            Association (FPA) of India in Kolkata on August 13, 2006.

18-FIFA announced (in April 17, 2007) an assistance of $1          million to Indian football by launching 'Win in India with            India' project that will initially run for a period of four year.

19-The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has started the          'Goal Project' in Manipur and the second was launced in        Delhi.

World Cup: Football

Year	Place	Winner	Runners Up
1930	Uruguary	Uruguary	Argentina
1934	Itlay	Itlay	czechoslovakia
1938	France	Itlay	Hungry
1942	Cancelled (2nd World War)	-	-
1946	Cancelled (2nd World War	-	-
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	Brazil
1954	Switzerland	West Germany	Hungry
1958	Sweden	Brazil	Sweden
1962	Chile	Brazil	Czechoslovakia
1966	England	England	West Germany
1970	Mexico	Brazil	Itlay
1974	West Germany	West Germany	Holland
1978	Argentina	Argentina	Holland
1982	Span	Itlay	West Germany
1986	Mexico	Argentina	West Germany
1990	Itlay	West Germany	Argentina
1994	USA	Brazil	Itlay
1998	France	France	Brazil
2002	Japan & South Korea	Brazil	Germany
2006	Germany	Itlay	France

Some Important Measurement of the playground
Length of the ground (Field)	91 to 120 meters
Width of the ground (Field)	45 to 91 meters
Weight of the ball	396 to 453 grams
cicrumference of the ball	98 to 71 cm

Some Important Terminology in Football :- Abbey, Dribble, Extra time, Full back, Half back, Striker, Centre, Forward, Penalty kick, Free kick, Scissor kick, Goal kick, Direct kick, Corner kick, Referee, Tie breaker, Hat trick, Hand ball, Sweeper, Back, Throw in, Hand-ball (Fault), Touch line, Place Kick, or Kick off, Direct Free Kick, Indirect Free Kick, Tackle, Off side, Sliding Tackle, Drop Ball, Sudden death, Penalty shoot out etc.

FIFA World Cup Football - 2006

1-Started June 8, 2006 in Munich (Germany)

2-Final Match held - July 9, 2006 in Berlin

3-Winner - Itlay

4-Runners up - France

5-Third Position - Germany

6-Total goals scored - 147 in 64 matches

7-Golden Boot Award Winner - Miroslaw Cloze (Germany, 5      Goals)

8-Golden Ball award Winner - Zinedin Zidane (France)

9-Lev Yasim Award for the Best Goalkeeper - Gianluigi              Buffon (Itlay)

10-Zillet Award for the Best Youth Player - Lukas Podolski          (Germany), (The award goes to the player born on or after      January 1, 1985, who makes the biggest impression at          the World Cup)

11-Fair Play Award Winner - Brazil and Spain Jointly.
     Brazil made a record of winning eleven consecutive                matches in the World Cup.

12-Itlay became the second country after Brazil to win World      Cup Football four times.

13-Andriyo Pirelo of Itlay was given "Man of the Match                Award"of the final Match

14-For this world cup twenty two Referees has been                    appointed by FIFA.

15-Ronaldo with scoring three goals in this world cup, made        a record to score fifteen goals in various world cup                  championships.