When did football appear?

Football

Football is considered the most popular and widespread sport around the world, and it has great importance for many peoples, regardless of their races, languages, and ages. It is a team sport between two teams that is dominated by a competitive and enthusiastic nature, harmony, organization, cooperation, respect, and coordination of efforts. Football is a name given to football games. Different feet, soccer is considered the most famous among them.

When did football appear?

• The history of this sport dates back to more than 2500 years BC, where the ancient Chinese practiced it in the form of a sport they called (Tsoshu), during which they kicked a leather ball filled with hair and feathers through a small hole, then pushed it into a net fixed on long poles made of bamboo. They rewarded the winning team by offering them banquets, while the defeated team was flogged.
• The Japanese knew it in 600 BC, but in a different form, and they called it (Kirami), where the players would organize themselves in a circle, then pass the ball among themselves within a small space, being careful not to touch the ground.
• The Greeks also knew it in 600 BC as the game (Iskiros). It was played using a small ball and between two teams on a rectangular court with specific lines for each team and a middle line. The goal of the game was to get the ball beyond the other team’s line by throwing the ball between the players of the team. the one.
• The ancient Egyptians knew it in 300 BC, when inscriptions were found on the walls of temples confirming the existence of ball games.

The history of the emergence of the sport of football in its current form dates back to the year 1016, when it appeared in England during their celebration of the evacuation of the Danes from their country by rolling the heads of the remains of the Danes’ bodies, and then its practice was prohibited by royal decrees.

The most important stations in the history of football

• The game appeared in English schools in 1710.
• The oldest football club in the world (Sheffield FC) was founded in 1857.
• The first rules for playing football were drawn up in 1862.
• The goalkeeper was prevented from catching the ball returned by his team’s players in 1865.
• The principle of infiltration was established in 1867.
• The size and specifications of the ball were determined in 1872.
• The crossbar was placed instead of the tape that determined the height of the goal in 1875.
• The whistle was used for the first time by a British arbitrator in 1878.
• Professional football legislation was established in 1885.
• The penalty kick appeared in 1891.
• The first Olympic Games were held in Paris in 1900.
• The International Football League (FIFA) was established in 1904, and includes 207 football federations in the world.
• Goalkeepers were allowed to use their hands to catch the ball inside the box in 1912.
• Scoring goals from the corner post was permitted in 1927.
• It was decided to organize World Cup matches (every four years) in 1929.
• The first World Cup matches were held in Uruguay in 1930.
• Organized or held matches for the Women's World Cup in China in 1992