FOOTBALL

A GAME FOR LIFE

HISTORY OF FOOTBALL
• Football started in China, there is
much disagreement as to when.
• Between the 7th and 9th century
Mob Football made it to England
and surrounding areas.
• In 1863,the game of football came
to be known as Association
Football.
• In 1904, New rules and regulations
were introduced and the game
became more professional with
the formation of FIFA.
 FACTS

• FOOTBALL IS THE MOST WATCHED SPORTS IN

THE WORLD AND HAS THE LARGEST FAN BASE
THAN ANY GAME.
• ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL WAS THE FORMER
NAME FOR THE GAME THAT IS NOW KNOWN
AS FOOTBALL.
• IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS SOCCER.
 FACTS

• THE GAME IS PLAYED WITH TWO TEAMS

CONSISTING OF ELEVEN PLAYERS EACH.
• THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME IS TO NET
THE BALL(KNOWN AS FOOTBALL) INTO THE
NETS OF THE OPPONENTS.
• EACH TEAM HAS A GOALKEEPER, THE ONLY
PLAYER ALLOWED TO HANDLE THE BALL
USING HIS HANDS.
 RULES
• THE FOOTBALL CAN BE HANDLED BY ANY PART OF
THE BODY EXCEPT THE HANDS AND ARMS.
• THE ONLY TIME THAT THE BALL CAN BE HANDLED
BY THE PLAYERS BY HANDS IS FOR THE THROW AND
PLAYERS SHOULD BE GROUNDED WHEN RELEASING
THE BALL.
• THE BALL IS TO BE KEPT WITHIN THE FOOTBALL
PITCH AT ALL TIMES.IF THE BALL CROSSES THE SIDE
PITCH A THROW WILL AWARDED TO THE
OPPONENT TEAM AND IF IT CROSSES THE PITCH
LINE BEHIND THE NETS, A CORNER WILL BE
AWARDED TO THE OPPONENTS.
POSITIONS

• FORWARD
• STRIKER
• MIDFIELDER
• HALFBACK OR LINKMEN
• DEFENDER
• BACK OR FULLBACK
 FOOTBALL
• THE MODERN SOCCER BALL ARE STITCHED FROM 32
PANELS.12 OF THESE PANELS ARE REGULAR
PENTAGONS AND 20 ARE REGULAR HEXAGONS.
• THE BALL IS SPHERICAL IN SHAPE AND ITS
CIRCUMFERENCE MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 70 CMS
AND LESS THAN 68 CMS.
• THE WEIGHT SHOULD NOT MORE THAN 450 GMS AND
LESS THAN 410 GMS AT THE START OF THE MATCH.
• THE BALL SHOULD BE FILLED TO A PRESSURE EQUAL TO
0.6-1.1 ATMOSPHERE AT SEA LEVEL.
 FOWLS

• IF THE BALL IS HANDLED WITH THE HAND OR

IF A PLAYER IS TRIPPED OR DROPPED TO THE
GROUND BY THE OPPONENT, A FREE KICK IS
AWARDED AGAINST THE OPPONENTS.
• IF THE FOUL OCCURS WITHIN THE PENALTY
AREA, A PENALTY KICK IS AWARDED.
 CARDS

• THE YELLOW CARD AND THE RED CARDS ARE

SHOWN TO PLAYERS WHO HAVE COMMITED A FOUL.
• THE COLOR OF THE CARDS DEPENDS OF THE
SEVERITY OF THE FOULS COMMITED.
• THE YELLOW CARD IS USUALLY CONSIDERED THE
WARNING FOR THE PLAYERS AND A SECOND YELLOW
WOULD RESULT IN THE RED CARD.
• A DIRECT RED CARD IS ALSO SHOWN IN SOME
CASES, IF THE FOUL COMMITED IS SEVERE.
 FIFA

• FIFA (FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE

FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION) WAS FORMED IN
THE YEAR 1904.
• FIFA IS NOW THE BODY THAT GOVERNS ALL
INTERNATIONAL GAMES ALL ROUND THE
GLOBE.
 WORLD CUP

• THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP IS ONE OF THE

MOST ANTICIPATED SPORT EVENT AND IT IS
HELD ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS.
• THE FIRST WORLD CUP WAS STARTED IN 1930.
ONLY 13 TEAMS PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST
WORLD CUP.
• THE NUMBER OF TEAMS TRYING TO QUALIFY
FOR THE 2010 WORLD CUP HAS SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASED TO 205.
 THE GREATEST

• ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYER IN FOOTBALL

HISTORY IS EDSON ARANTES DO NASCIMENTO
KNOWN AS PELE IN SHORT.
• HE SCORED OVER 1200 GOALS IN HIS
GLITTERING CAREER AS THE MOST
PROMINENT AND THE GREATEST PLAYER TO
BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GAME.
 2010 WORLD CUP

• THE 2010 WORLD CUP SAW AN ARRAY OF

DRAMATIC EVENTS.
• THE MOST PROMINENT TEAMS THAT WERE
THOUGHT TO REACH THE QUARTERFINALS
CRASHED EVEN WITHOUT MAKING IT TO THE
SECOND ROUND.
• ITALY AND FRANCE, THE WINNERS AND THE
RUNNER UP OF THE 2006 WORLD CUP
CRASHED OUT OF THE FIRST ROUND.
 2010 WORLD CUP

• THE QUARTERFINALS IN THIS WORLD CUP SAW

MANY TWISTS.
• BRAZIL AND ARGENTINE THE FAVORITES TO
REACH THE FINALS CRASHED OUT OF THE
WORLD CUP TO NETHERLAND AND GERMANY.
• ARGENTINE SUFFERED A DEVASTATING LOSS TO
GERMANY.THE MATCH ENDED 4-0 WITH
MARADONA’S DREAM RUN IN THE WORLD CUP
SHATTERED TO SHAMBLES.
 2010 WORLD CUP

• ENGLAND THE MOST PROMISING TEAM OF

TALENTS ON PAPER CRASHED OUT OF THE
ROUND OF 16.
• ENGLAND AND MEXICO WERE VICTIMS OF
REFERRAL DECISIONS THAT CHANGED THE
COURSE OF THE MATCHES LEADING TO THE
EXIT OF BOTH THE TEAMS.
 2010 WORLD CUP

• THIS WORLD CUP SAW MANY STARS LIVE

UPTO THEIR NAMES AND THEIR LEGACY.
• A FEW NAMES ARE LIONEL MESSI, WAYNE
ROONEY, FERDINAND TORRES,VAN PERSIE,
ANELKA,DIDIER DROGBA , FRANK LAMPARD,
THIERRY HENRY AND MANY OTHERS.
• MICHAEL BALLACK, RONALDINHO AND DAVID
BECKHAM MISSED THIS WORLD CUP.
 CLUB FOOTBALL
• THE CLUB FOOTBALL IS ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS AMONG THE FANS OF THE SPORT .
• THE PLAYERS RECEIVE RECOGNITION AND THE
PLAY FOR VARIOUS TEAMS ON CONTRACT BASIS.
• THE CLUB FOOTBALL GENERATES MORE INCOME
THEN THE MAIN EVENT.
• THERE ARE VARIOUS LEAGUES LIKE THE ENGLISH
PREMIER LEAGUE, SPANISH LA LIGA,BOCA
AMERICA , ILATIAN LEAGUE, COCA COLA CUP
ETC….
 CLUB FOOTBALL
• THE WELL KNOWN LEAGUE TEAMS IN
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ARE CHELSEA,
MANCHESTER UNITED, ARSENAL, LIVERPOOL
AND MANCHESTER CITY
• BARCELONA, REAL MADRID, AC MILAN ARE
SOME OF THE WELL KNOWN SPANISH LEAGUE
TEAMS.
• THE CLUB TEAMS PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS
CUPS AND LEAGUE MATCHES AMONGST OTHER
TEAMS.
 CUPS

• THE FA CUP, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, COCA COLA

CUP ARE FEW OF THE COMPETITIONS THAT
THE LEAGUE TEAM WOULD PARTICIPATE
APART FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE LEAGUE
MATCHES.
• THE FA CUP, THE OLDEST CUP AND THE FIRST
FOOTBALL COMPETITION IN THE WORLD WAS
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1872.
 FOOTBALL IN INDIA

• FOOTBALL IS ONE OF THE SPORTS THAT IS

GAINING POPULARITY IN INDIA.
• TEAM INDIA WERE QUALIFIED TO PLAY IN THE
WORLD CUP IN 1950.HOWEVER, THEY
WITHDREW AS THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO
PLAY BARE FOOTED.
• THE SPORTS HAS PRODUCED VARIOUS STARS
WHO ARE WELL KNOWN NAMELY BAICHUNG
BHUTIA , I.M.VIJAYAN.
 FOOTBALL IN INDIA
• THE VARIOUS TOURNAMENTS IN OUR COUNTRY
ARE IFA SHIELD, DURAND CUP, FEDERATION CUP,
SANTOSH TROPHY, SUBROTO CUP AND THE
NEHRU CUP INTERNATIONAL.
• THE FEDERATION CUP IS THE FIRST MAJOR
COMPETITION IN INDIA AMONG CLUBS.IT BEGAN
IN 1977.
• THE NEHRU CUP INTERNATIONAL IS AN
INTERNATIONAL FOOT TOURNAMENT.