Soccer is the most popular sporting discipline. the main rule to score with the ball into the gates of the opposing team's, using any part of the body except the arms. the win wins the team that scores more goals . Football appeared in 1863. England is considered the birthplace of football .

Soccer History

Goal-based entertainment appeared in ancient Greece, Rome, and China. Game were purely for entertainment . 100 years ago the game became a student pastime. There were no unified rules. In some countries do not handle the ball. In a number of states, on the contrary, it was possible to transfer by hand .
In 1846 held a real football tournament. In the UK several universities have agreed to play together. Athletes appointed a jury and established uniform rules . In 1857 created the first national football team. 20 years negotiations in the world sports association . Only in 1971 the rules were finally formed , adopted requirements for sports attributes. At the same time the FA Cup was organized. In 1891 the rules began to supplement . The term "Penalty" appeared . The throw was appointed as a punishment for playing not by the rules.
When football became popular

Fame came to football in 1880. The number of cubes within the football association has reached 100 pieces . If in the beginning it was an entertaining game , but in the 80s, players started to get paid . Society did not want to accept money games. For footballers on salary banned from representing the country in national competitions , and team , breaking the rule , expelled from association . In 1885 athletes allowed to receive money for sports achievements . at the same time created a soccer league, calling its players professional workers . How football became a famous sport

Fame came to football in 1880. The association includes more than 100 clubs. Previously, http://www.interq.or.jp/mars/mikami/bbs/index.html football was an amateur sport, but in the 80s, players started to get paid . The international community reacted negatively to monetary relations . For players those receiving money banned from representing the country in national competitions , and team , seen paying money, removed from association. In 1885 players allowed play for a reward. In the same year created a soccer league, its members became footballers.

In 1872 ended national football tournament has ended. In it took part players from England and Scotland. In 1904 the football association held a meeting in Paris . Members of the Association decided change the organization . So they created the famous Fifa . Initially, international meetings were called the Olympic Games. When Fifa appeared, national tournaments began to be called the World Cup. This is how the famous UEFA EURO games were born . Uruguay is the first to win the Fifa Cup . The tournament takes place every 2 years. In 2020 Due to the Covid-19 outbreak the game has been canceled for the first time.