Football

Football is a worldwide popular ball game involving two teams of eleven players should try the ball in the opponent's goal to get. The ball may be played with any part of the body, with the exception of arms and hands. In practice, especially with the foot played, but also often with the head headless. Also the ball must remain playable at all times and must not be clamped by, for example, to lie down on the ball or this to clamp between the legs. These restrictions do not apply to the goalkeeper, also calledkeeper called.

To be able to well on the lawn, which usually is played, the players wear soccer shoes specially manufactured.



Content
[hide] *1 game rules 
 * 2 Setup
 * 3 History
 * 3.1 Belgium
 * 3.2 Netherlands
 * 4 Competitions
 * 4.1 Netherlands
 * 4.2 Belgium
 * 4.3 international competitions
 * 5 English terms
 * 6 Equipment
 * 6.1 Clothing
 * 7 Other game forms
 * 8 see also
 * 9 external links

Game Rules
Playing FieldThe playing field (football field or football field) is rectangular, and must be bound by the League have a length of at least 90 and up to 120 metres.The width is at least 45 and up to 90 meters. In international competitions, the following applies: length between 100 and 110 meters and width between 64 and 75 meters. The Dutch KNVB handles a minimum dimension of 100 m to 64 m and a maximum of 105 m at 69 m. The demarcation is done with lines of up to 12 inches wide and on the corners are corner flags posted. In the middle of the rear lines, you must select a target stand.

The official football of the 2006 FIFA World CupThe ball is spherical and according to the International Football Federation (FIFA) should have a circumference of an official match ball at least 68 inches and not more than 70 at a mass of 396 to 450 grams. At the start of the match the ball must weigh between 410 and 450 grams[1]. Should the ball of leather or other suitable material and is inflated with a pressure of 0.6 to 1.1 atmosphere (600 to 1100 g/cm2 ) at sea level.

The goal is 7.32 meters wide and 2.44 meters high. It is made of wood or aluminum and is open at the front while at the back a just hangs.

The duration of a match is 2 times 45 minutes (plus any extra time, also known as injury time called, by a few minutes), in between there is a break of 15 minutes. Is there still after ninety minutes of a tie and a winner is necessary, then there will be another extension of twice fifteen minutes are played. There Is still no winner after the extension, then penalty kicks are taken. Both parties take turns in a penalty. The team that has scored the most after five penalty kicks is the winner. If there is a tie after five penalty kicks, then taken to penalty kicks until one team misses and the other hits.

The game is played by two teams of eleven players normally (including the goalkeeper) and is headed by a referee identified by two assistant referees or linesmen will be assisted. At games in the highest echelons of professional football and cross-border competitions, there is also a fourth official present.

A game rule that leads to discussion on a regular basis is the offside. A player is ONSide if these closer to the opponent's goal line than the ball and the vóórlaatste opponent. This shall not apply if the player is on his own half of the playing field is. He also counts as an opponent behind the goal line. A player is not offside if he is behind the ball goes, at the time of playing the ball. In ONSide stand is not against the rules. It can only be punishable if a player the ball to this player plays in at the time that this player is ONSide. A player is only punished if he, for his ONSide when the ball is touched or played by a fellow player, in the opinion of the referee, active at the game involved by intervening in the game, or to influence in his game an opponent, or benefit to pull out his ONSide. A player is not penalized for his ONSide if he receives the ball directly from a goal kick, throw-in or corner kick.

If a player to the goalkeeper passt with a body part from the knee to the foot and the goalie picks up the ball with the hands, then it's a terugspeelbal. Then the referee an indirect free kick to the opponent.

When the ball through a dead element (for example, the corner flag or referee) is hit, there should be Playthrough, even though one of the parties would thereby be advantaged or disadvantaged. As the ball passes through the referee, moving within the playing field, on the sideline going, get the party that played the ball the last preceding it, a throw against.

Setup
There are several standard setups. However, there is not one standard way to as a tactic to use. Every tactic can be an offensive or defensive friendly way. A widely used system is the 4-4-2 system. In this system, one plays with a goalkeeperand four defenders, four midfielders and two strikers, or attackers. One football player is the Captain.

For the two central defenders, there are two variants: the one is with a total for a last man, the other with four defenders on a line. Each of the midfielders can offensively or defensively, are set up. for the midfield, however, there are two variants: the Diamond, where one plays with an attacking midfielder for a defensive, and all players on one line. In the attack, one can play with two spires beside or behind (deep striker and shadow striker) each other.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In Netherlands is widely played with the 4-3-3 System. There are for the defense the same variants are possible as for 4-4-2. In the attack is especially important the position of wing attackers. These can so to speak on the sidelines (with the lime on the shoes) but also much more to the middle. This is the case at the Christmas tree system (4-3-2-1), then operate both wing tips as a kind of attacking midfielders, this will make the ball possession at the opponent to play 4-5-1 and 4-3-3 at own ball possession.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Apart from 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 are also 4-5-1 and 5-4-1 is used. These systems are usually used by established teams defensively.

<p lang="en" len="299" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Also 5-3-2 is used regularly (for example, by Italy), in addition is also pretty much played 3-4-3.


 * <p lang="en" len="16" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">4-3-3 Setup
 * <p lang="en" len="16" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">4-4-2 Setup


 * <p lang="en" len="27" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">4-4-2 Setup (with diamond)


 * <p lang="en" len="27" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">3-4-3 Setup (with diamond)

History
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">General it is assumed that the modern form of soccer originated in the United Kingdom, perhaps in England. Here is also the oldest professional football club in the world founded, Notts County FC. The internationalFédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in 1904 and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) in 1954 which the latter matches to the Champions League and the Europa Leagueorganizes.

Belgium
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first football clubs In Belgium from 1880. In 1895 the Union Belge des Sociétés de Football Association URBSFA, founded the later. The first Belgian football club Antwerp FC was from Antwerp. This club still exists and plays in second division. The first clubs sprung up especially in and around Antwerp, Brussels, Bruges and Liège.

Netherlands
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first Association in the Netherlands was initially founded as Koninklijke HFC rugby club, by Pim Mulier (1879), also on 8 december 1889 on its initiative founded the Dutch Athletics and Football Association (named KNVBsince 1929 ). The field of HFC, the Koekamp, where their "rings" was non-equally and located in the middle of the field were a few trees, but that didn't bother them. One played around it or made it just use. Later it was switched to association football, the current. Mulier wrote about this: "the first financial statements made to us rugby play ended. The various explanations on those accounts asked Daddies and mummies. Presumably we have in good Haarlemsch replied: Yes, you grab your pa our local our local asse, where se but 's. (...)Dies was written down and doode rugby as we went in the year 1883 to association." In1954 it became professional football (semi-professional.) imported.

Netherlands
Friendly game between Netherlands and Belgium in 1955<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Dutch football (soccer) professionally knows the rural division system. The highest class is the Eredivisie, below follows the First Division. In the eredivisie is fought to the National Championship, League Championship called by the media; In addition, battled to some places for European football. This consists of the Champions League (European Championship for football clubs) and the Europa League (formerly UEFA Cup). The places are designated through the system of the UEFA coefficients. In addition there is the KNVB Cup. Also winning this Cup gives the right to participation in the Europa League tournament. Netherlands now has right to 1 direct placement for the Champions League and a place in the preliminary round of this competition. In addition, Netherlands still entitled to 4 start proofs (3 in the 2010/2011 season for the season 2011/2012) for the Europa League. In the first division is fought to promotion and relegation. It is a feeder to the eredivisie directly replacing the number 18, which so directly degrades. The numbers 16 and 17 of the eredivisie fights with the numbers 2, 3 and 4 of the first division champions period to two places in the Premier League. This they did through 2005 in the UEFA Champions League. Starting from the season 2005/2006 this happens in the promotion-/degradatieplay-offs. The number 18 (the last) in the first division degrades if one of the two clubs from the lower amateur Division, the top class with a right to want to promote to the first division promotion. The number 18 degrades not if neither want to promote top-class clubs.

Belgium
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Belgian League is divided into national and provincial championships. The highest competition in Belgium is the First class or Jupiler Pro League. There are three national levels below, including the provincial classes. By the play of promotions and demotions at the end of each season, clubs to promote higher or lower series. In addition, there is also the Belgium Cup. Also in Belgium can teams qualify for European football. Belgium next season UEFA Coefficient gives the right to two places in the preliminary round of the Champions League and three places for the Europa League. One of those places is just like in Netherlands for the Cup winner. The national team is called the Red Devils.

International competitions

 * Champions League
 * UEFA Europa League (before season 2009/2010: UEFA Cup)
 * Copa Libertadores
 * Football World Cup
 * European Football Championship
 * Copa América
 * Asia Cup
 * Confederations Cup
 * FIFPro
 * UEFA Cup winners ' Cup for Cup winners ' Cup (starting from 1999-2000 included in the UEFA Cup and the Europa League from 2009-2010)

English terms
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There the game in today's form in England created numerous English terms in use, for most is also a Dutch alternative. In many cases, the English terms used more often in the familiar parlance and the Dutch more frequently in the official notification:

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Usually the words sliding and tackle used interchangeably.
 * Back = Defender
 * Corner = corner kick
 * Counter = fast counter attack (contra-attack), sometimes used as a tactic: "playing on the counter".
 * Free kick Free kick =
 * Goal = aim or goal
 * Hands = ball hitting with hands/arms
 * Goalkeeper Keeper =
 * Kick-off = kick-off
 * Offside Offside =
 * Penalty = penalty kick
 * Pass = replay of the ball
 * Play off = Elimination contest
 * Pinch-hitter = crowbar
 * referee = referee
 * Sliding = with a sliding movement trying to, for the opponent, the ball away to play.
 * Tackle = sliding motion with the foot to the ball to ' conquer ' it.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For more jargon, see the list of phrases and sayings from the sports commentary.

Equipment
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">A football equipment consists of a football shirt, football pants, football shoes, socks and Shin guards. In the winter are also called a shirt with long sleeves, tights and gloves worn.

Clothing
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Usually also a t-shirt by men polo shirts and shorts (short) carried. Women wear a shirt and a pair of shorts.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Also uses soccer shoes. Players have often also over a track suit, jack, body warmer Professional football clubs have also costumes.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The referee and touch judges carry a private outfit. Also the keeper has different clothes. The leader wears a captains band. In the event of death, within a club or within the football can be played with a mourning band .

Other game forms

 * Women's Soccer
 * Boarding Soccer
 * Disabled Football
 * Cage Football
 * Mini Football
 * Beach Football
 * Table Football
 * Indoor Football