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Association Football, More Commonly Known As Football or Soccer

Association football, more commonly known as soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players using a spherical ball. It is the most popular sport in the world, played by 250 million players across more than 200 countries. The object is to score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal. Players mainly use their feet, legs, chest and head to pass and control the ball and are not allowed to touch it with their hands or arms. The team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins.

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Association Football, More Commonly Known As Football or Soccer

Association football, more commonly known as soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players using a spherical ball. It is the most popular sport in the world, played by 250 million players across more than 200 countries. The object is to score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal. Players mainly use their feet, legs, chest and head to pass and control the ball and are not allowed to touch it with their hands or arms. The team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer,[a] is a team sport played

with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players
in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport.[5][6][7][8]
The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of
the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

Association football is one of a family of football codes, which emerged from various ball
games played worldwide since antiquity. The modern game traces its origins to 1863 when
the Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by The Football Association.

Players are not allowed to touch the ball with hands or arms while it is in play, except for the
goalkeepers within the penalty area. Other players mainly use their feet to strike or pass the
ball, but may also use any other part of their body except the hands and the arms. The team
that scores most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is level at the end of the
game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time or a penalty shootout
depending on the format of the competition. Association football is governed internationally
by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA; French: Fédération
Internationale de Football Association), which organises World Cups for both men and
women every four years.[9]

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