Facts About Soccer

Soccer is a well-known game, played by two different groups of players. There are eleven players in each group. In the course of soccer game, participants go faster, shift pace, cut, turn, jump, head, pivot and kick the ball. It gives plenty of demand on the physical and technical skills of the players and can even cause serious injuries. The following are some facts about soccer:

* It is accepted that soccer started in the Britain.

* Sheffield FC is recognized as the oldest club in all over world that was established
in the year 1857.

* It is projected that this game is the most watched and most played in various parts of the world.

* Practically, soccer is known as football in most of countries excluding America, who describe it as soccer or ‘Grid Iron Football’.

* Well-known soccer competitions are the Manchester derby, Milan derby, Scotland, Real vs Barcelona, London derbies and many more.

* Maradonna, Eusebio, Dalglish, Beckham, Pele, Mattheus, Ronaldo, Charlton and Cruyff are well known players of soccer.

* It is indeed true that there were 199,854 spectators present for match – Uruguay vs. Brazil in 1950 at the Maracana Municipal Stadium.

* There were 5,098 soccer teams in the biggest soccer tournament in 1999 for Seven-a-Side Competition.

* It is fact that 16 goals scored by participant in a single soccer match- Stephan Stanis from France playing in the year 1942 for Racing Club de Lens.

* FIFA (Federation International Football Association) is recognized as the international leading organization of soccer and is located in Switzerland.

* At sixteen-year-old Diego Maradona accomplished his appearance in Soccer for Argentina.

* WUSA (Women’s United Soccer Association) made and won its first presentation in the year 2001.

* Goalies of Soccer did not have to put on colored clothes from their teammates until 1913