O soccer it is the most popular sport in the world. It is inserted in the culture of several countries, there are thousands of nations involved in some way with the sport.
Its popularity can be related to how easy it is to practice. All you need is a bole and a few people on the team.
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It is assumed that the origin of football whether in China, where there was a game called cuju. The practice of this game consisted of throwing a ball, with the feet, towards a net.
However, the true birthplace of football It's like the British Isles. From the end of the Middle Ages, team games became common.
Some of these games were called “soccer codes”, from which other sports such as rugby and American football were derived.
Over time, football became more appreciated and rules were created. From then on, the sport became common all over the world.
Let’s look at some curiosities about the history and popularity of the sport:
15 fun facts about football
1) O oldest team in football history is called "Sheffield Football Club", founded in England on October 24, 1857.
2) O first national team game took place in Scotland, in the city of Glasgow. The match took place on November 30, 1872, resulting in a score of 0-0 between Scotland and England.
3) A first world cup was held in the year 1930 and was headquartered in Uruguay.
4) O winning team of the first World Cup was Uruguay, with a score of 4 to 2 against Argentina.
5) O older player playing an official football match was Neil McBain. He was an English player aged 52 years and four months on the day of his last match.
6) Only in the 1950 World Cup players started to use numbers in the shirts.
7) The first match that were made available the red and yellow cards It was at the 1970 World Cup.
8) To the football rules were translated and brought to Brazil in 1894 by Charles Miller, a Brazilian of English descent.
9) O oldest football team in Brazil was founded on July 19, 1900 in the city of Rio Grande (RS), called Sport Club Rio Grande.
10) A first football match held in Brazil took place on April 15, 1895, in the city of Várzea do Carmo. The match was between two teams of employees from two companies in the City.
11) The score of the Várzea do Carmo game, in 1895, was Companhia de Gás 2 x 4 Cia. Railway São Paulo Railway.
12) O first football championship in the world It was held in the year 1863 in Great Britain.
13) In Brazil, the first championship was Paulista in 1902. The winning team was São Paulo Athletic Club.
14) O first official game of the Brazilian team was against Argentina, in Buenos Aires. The game took place on September 20, 1914, with the result 3-0 for Argentina.
15) The player considered as the greatest footballers of the century, for the International Federation of Football History & Statistics is the Brazilian Pele. He played for Santos Futebol Clube and the Brazilian national team, wearing the number 10 shirt.
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