There’s nothing like trivia to test your knowledge of the game of football. You might say soccer is your favorite sport, but how much do you really know? Following are some facts and information about football that you may or may not know.
Football in its present form generally originated in Britain.
Sheffield FC is the oldest club in the world, formed in 1857
Football is the most played and most watched sport on earth
Football is called football in practically every country except the US, which calls ‘grid iron’ football and soccer football.
Famous football rivalries include the Old Firm (Scotland), Manchester derby, London derby, Milan derby, Real vs Barcelona, and many more.
Some famous football players: Pele, Maradona, Charlton, Eusébio, Cruyff, Dalglish, Ronaldo, Beckham, Mattheus.
These are just some basic pieces of soccer trivia and facts. how much did you know Well, here are more football facts to test your knowledge:
The sport of association football (often referred to as soccer or simply football) is the most popular team sport in the world, both in terms of viewership and number of active participants.
The largest attendance ever for a football match was 199,854 people – Brazil v Uruguay at the Maracana Municipal Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, July 1950 at the World Cup.
At least 5,098 teams participated for the second Bangkok League seven-a-side competition in 1999, the largest football tournament ever. Join over 35,000 players!
The most number of goals scored by a player in a football match was 16.
Stéphane Stanis (France) playing for Racing Club de Lens in December 1942.
Based on video evidence, one of the fastest was scored by Ricardo Olivera (Uruguay) in December 1998 at 2.8 seconds.
The international governing body of football is the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), based in Zurich, Switzerland.
Diego Maradona was only 16 when he made his football debut for Argentina.
Until 1913, football goalkeepers did not have to wear different colored shirts from their teammates.
Eusebio scored 46 goals in the European Cup for Benfica.
Chris Woods once went 1196 minutes without conceding a goal for Rangers between 26 November 1986 and 31 January 1987.
Ryan Giggs’ father was a professional rugby league player.
In 1973, the entire Galilee team spent the night in jail for kicking their opponents during an Israeli league game.
Have you had enough soccer trivia and facts? These are just some of the interesting soccer facts floating around out there.
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