Football

the rules and history of the game

one the most popular sport games all over the World.

eleven players in each team. Every team tries to score as many goals as they can. No one is allowed to use hand while playing, only legs. The goalkeeper on the contrary uses hands to catch the ball. By its origin it’s an old game. They say that even in China at 400 BC games similar to football were played. Later, it was played in Ancient Egypt and Rome. Today this game is played in more than 140 countries. It is especially popular in some European and Latin American countries. Football is also played in the Olympics. Women’s football is a comparatively new game. Every year Europe houses FIFA Cup competitions and every four years – the World Cup.

and most popular football clubs in the world (around 330 million fans worldwide, or about 5 % of the population ). followed by real Madrid (Now more than 20 million people call themselves Madridistas.) . However, the number of officially registered fans in Europe holds leadership of the Spanish "Barcelona"(128 000) and Bayern (104 720)