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Football (soccer)

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For other sports known as football, see Football

Switzerland and Albania playing football

Association football is a sport played in teams. Globally it is usually called football, however in the USA, Canada and Australia it is called soccer.

In each team there are 11 players. 10 of them play on the field and one is the goalkeeper. The game is played by kicking a ball into the opponent's goal. A match takes 90 minutes with a break of about 15 minutes in the middle.

Contents [hide] 1 Competitions 2 Who plays football 3 Rules 4 See also 5 References

[change] Competitions

The FIFA World Cup takes place every four years between national teams, and is the world's most popular sporting event, even more popular than the Olympic Games^[1]. In Europe, the international football tournament is the European Championship.