An attacking player (in red jersey) has passed the opposing defense (in white) and is about to shoot. The goalkeeper will try to prevent the ball from entering the goal.
Football /futbol/ (or in everyday language simply foot, by apocope), or soccer (/sɔkœʁ/, in English: [ˈsɑkə], in North America), is a collective sport which is played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. They oppose each other on a rectangular field equipped with a goal at each end. The objective of each side is to put the ball in the opposing goal more times than the other team, without the players using their arms except for the goalkeepers.
Originally named association football and codified in the United Kingdom at the end of the 19th century, football acquired an international federation, FIFA, in 1904. Practiced in 2006 by approximately 264 million players worldwide, football is the most popular sport in the majority of countries. Some continents, such as Africa, South America and Europe, are even almost entirely dominated by this discipline.
The calendar is governed by two types of events: those for clubs and those for national teams. The World Cup is the most prestigious international event. It has taken place every four years since 1930 (except between 1938 and 1950). For clubs, national championships and other cups are on the program of competitions.
In club competition, the UEFA Champions League, disputed in Europe but which has equivalents on other continents, is the sport's most coveted trophy, despite the recent establishment of a FIFA World Cup. clubs, still in search of prestige.
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