2. RULES
• Football (Soccer) is one of the oldest sports in the world. There
are also tournament such as the Euro Championships, Copa
America and the African Cup of Nations. Domestically the
strongest leagues come from England (English Premier
League), Spain (La Liga), Italy (Serie A) and Germany
(Bundesliga).
• The aim of football is to score more goals then your opponent
in a 90 minute. The match is split up into two halves of 45
minutes. After the first 45 minutes players will take a 15 minute
rest period called half time.
• Each team consists of 11 players. These are made up of one
goalkeeper and ten players.
• Each team have a designated captain.
• To score the ball must go into your opponent’s goal. A goal can
be scored with any part of the body apart from the hand or arm
up to the shoulder.
• To win you have to score more goals than that of your
opponents.
4. GREEKS HISTORY
• The Ancient Greeks and Romans are known to
have played many ball games, some of which
involved the use of the feet. Which is
mentioned by a Greek playwright, Antiphanes
(388–311 BC).
5. CHINESE HISTORY
• Chinese military manual Zhan Guo Ce
compiled between the 3rd century and 1st
century During the Han Dynasty (206 BC–
220 AD). Variations of this game later spread
to Japan and Korea, known as kemari and
chuk-guk respectively. Later, another type of
goal posts emerged, consisting of just one goal
post in the middle of the field.
6. JAPANESE HISYORY
• The Japanese version of kemari and was
developed during the Asuka period. This is
known to have been played with in the
Japanese imperial court in Kyoto from about
600 AD. In kemari several people stand in a
circle and kick a ball to each other, trying not
to let the ball drop to the ground . The game
appears to have died out sometime before the
mid-19th century. It was revived in 1903 and is
now played at a number of festivals.
7. TOP 10 PLAYERS EARNINGS IN 2012
10:PHILIPP LAHM WON 14,3 MILLION PLAYING IN BAYER MUNCHEN
9: KAKA WON 15,5 MILLION PLAYING IN REAL MADRID
8: FERNANDO TORRES WON 16,7 MILLION IN CHELSEA
7: YAYA TOURE WON 17,6 MILLION PLAYING IN MANCHESTER CITY
6: KÜN AGUERO WON 18,8 MILLION PLAYING IN MANCHESTER CITY
5: WAYNE ROONEY WON 20,6 MILLION PLAYING IN MANCHESTER UNITED
4: SAMUEL ETOO WON 23,3 MILLION PLAYING IN ANZHI
3: CRISTIANO RONALDO WON 29,2 MILLION PLAYING IN REAL MADRID
2: DAVID BECKHAM WON 31,5 MILLION PLAYING IN LA GALAXY
1: LIONEL MESSI WON 33 MILLION PLAYING IN FCB
