Football iu 1996

Soccer

By jeankaster1
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    Greece

    Greece
    The Ancient Greeks and Romans are known to have played many ball games, some of which involved the use of the feet.
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    Chinese

    Chinese
    Documented evidence of an activity resembling football can be found in the Chinese military manual Zhan Guo Ce. It describes a practice known as cuju (literally "kick ball").
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    Japanese Kemari

    Japanese Kemari
    The Japanese version of cuju is kemari, and was developed during the Asuka period.The game appears to have died out sometime before the mid-19th century. They sitll play today the sport.
  • Oct 3, 1400

    Scotland

    Scotland
    A game known as "football" was played in Scotland as early as the 15th century.
  • Oct 3, 1409

    Foteball Prohibition

    Foteball Prohibition
    King Henry IV of England also presented one of the earliest documented uses of the English word "football", in 1409, when he issued a proclamation forbidding the levying of money for "foteball".
  • Oct 3, 1424

    Scottish Prohibition

    Scottish Prohibition
    it was prohibited by the Football Act 1424 and although the law fell into disuse it was not repealed until 1906.
  • Oct 3, 1500

    Calcio Fiorentino

    Calcio Fiorentino
    The young aristocrats of the city would dress up in fine silk costumes and embroil themselves in a violent form of football. For example, calcio players could punch, shoulder charge, and kick opponents. Blows below the belt were allowed. The game is said to have originated as a military training exercise.

  • Inuit Football

    Inuit Football
    In 1586, men from a ship commanded by an English explorer named John Davis, went ashore to play a form of football with Inuit (Eskimo) people in Greenland.

  • Boys breaking the prohibition

    Boys breaking the prohibition
    There is evidence for schoolboys playing a "football" ball game in Aberdeen in 1633.

  • Unification in England

    Unification in England
    During the early 1860s, there were increasing attempts in England to unify and reconcile the various public school games.

  • The FA

    The FA
    At the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen Street, London on the evening of October 26, 1863, representatives of several football clubs in the London Metropolitan area met for the inaugural meeting of The Football Association (FA).

  • First Internation Football Match

    First Internation Football Match
    The first official match between representatives of two nations was between England and Scotland in 1872 at Hamilton Park, Partick, Glasgow, finishing in a 0–0 draw.

  • FIFA was born

    FIFA was born
    'FIFA' was born in Paris, uniting the Football Associations of France, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

  • First Football in the Olympics

    First Football in the Olympics
    At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, football became an official competition. Planned by The Football Association (FA), England's football governing body, the event was for amateur players only and was regarded suspiciously as a show rather than a competition. Great Britain (represented by the England national amateur football team) won the gold medals.

  • First Non-European nations on FIFA

    First Non-European nations on FIFA
    In 1909 South Africa (the first non-European member) joined, and Argentina and Chile followed in 1912. The USA and Canada entered just before World War I in 1913.

  • First World Cup-Uruguay

    First World Cup-Uruguay
    Final positions
    Champions Uruguay (1st title)
    Runners-up Argentina
    Third place United States
    Fourth place Yugoslavia

  • Second World Cup

    Second World Cup
    Final positions
    Champions Italy (1st title)
    Runners-up Czechoslovakia
    Third place Germany
    Fourth place Austria

  • Third World Cup

    Third World Cup
    Final positions
    Champions Italy (2nd title)
    Runners-up Hungary
    Third place Brazil
    Fourth place SwedenFinal positions

  • Fourth World Cup

    Fourth World Cup
    Final positions
    Champions Uruguay (2nd title)
    Runners-up Brazil
    Third place Sweden
    Fourth place Spain

  • Fifth World Cup

    Fifth World Cup
    Final positions
    Champions West Germany (1st title)
    Runners-up Hungary
    Third place Austria
    Fourth place Uruguay

  • Sixth World CUp

    Sixth World CUp
    Final positions
    Champions Brazil (1st title)
    Runners-up Sweden
    Third place France
    Fourth place West Germany

  • Sixth World Cup

    Sixth World Cup
    nal positions
    Champions Brazil (2nd title)
    Runners-up Czechoslovakia
    Third place Chile
    Fourth place Yugoslavia

  • Mob Football

    Mob Football
    The Middle Ages saw a huge rise in popularity of annual Shrovetide football matches throughout Europe, particularly in England. An early reference to a ball game played in Britain comes from the 9th century Historia Brittonum, which desribes "a party of boys ... playing at ball"