Soccer

History and Rules

Soccer’s Beginnings
 The origin of soccer can be found in every corner of
geography and history.
 The Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Ancient Greek,
Persian, Viking, and many more played a ball game
long before our era.
 The Chinese played "football"  games date as far
back as 3000 years ago.
 The Ancient Greeks and the Roman used football 
games to sharpen warriors for battle. In South and
Central America a game called "Tlatchi" once
flourished.
 Ancient Civilizations and
Soccer
 Mesoamerican civilizations also devised a game
played with rubber balls, which resembled a
combination between soccer, basketball and
volleyball.
 The game involved two teams, playing in a sort
of basin dug below ground level, with baskets
strapped in several locations on the side walls.
 The teams would then have to kick the ball
towards these baskets, and score a goal.
Soccer in Europe
 As we go forward on the history of soccer
timeline, we notice that the game has gradually
entered European territory, Europe being the
place where modern day soccer will start in
several centuries.
 Middle age soccer is covered in a combination
of myth and historical facts.
 One popular form of the game (Mob soccer)
involved entire villages or towns and was rather
chaotic.
Soccer in Europe (cont.)
 The teams could have unlimited players, as long as
they were from the same village or town. Both teams
had to kick the ball towards specific landmarks, and
defend their own.
 To add more chaos, the ball was made out of
inflated pigs' bladders, or leather skins stuffed with
all sorts of materials.
 Picture two masses of people running towards a poor
pig bladder ball, kicking, stomping, punching and
pushing each other in the attempt to kick the object
to some area.
Soccer in Europe (cont.)
 In medieval France, a game called "La Choule"
was usually played in town gatherings, such as just
after Sunday church, or on special occasions or
holidays.
 The game itself looked like a combination of
soccer, handball, hockey, baseball and kickboxing,
since the players of each team had to strike the ball
into the opponent's goal, using whatever means
necessary and whatever accessories necessary.
 For example, one record shows that players were
allowed to use sticks or clubs to hit the ball
around, although it wasn't always the ball that got
hit.
 History Continued
 The game was violent in nature and I
assume there were plenty occasions
where the after-church Choule match
ended up with another trip to the
church to confess some violent sins.
 In England, the game was surrounded
by an aura of violence and was
considered a dangerous and sinful
game. As such, it was banned in
1314 by Nicholas de Farndone, the
Mayor of London.
Soccer Grows Popular
 Despite this ban, soccer became to grow in
medieval England and it was not long that it was
introduced in English public schools in order to
keep young boys fit.
 Since soccer was growing strong in English
public schools, the idea of having an organized
tournament sparked in the 19th century.
 In 1862, a solicitor by the name of Cobb Morley,
formed a semi-professional soccer club in Barnes,
called the Barnes Club.
 Cobb Morley is rightfully considered the father of
soccer, but that's not just because he was the one to
spark the idea of the Soccer Association.
 He also drew up the Laws of the Game, probably the
most important document in the history of soccer,
since it held all the official rules around which the
game would be played.
Soccer Becomes Official
 Cobb Morley's rules were accepted by the Soccer
Association on the 8th of December, 1863 and have since
stood as the game's constitution, although they were slightly
modified throughout time to meet the needs of modern
soccer.
 It only took around 3 decades after the first official rules of
soccer were laid down by Cobb Morley and the English
Football Association and the game was already wide spread
throughout Europe, Australia and the Americas.
The Rules of Soccer
 There are 11 players for
each team.
 All players wear shin
guards to in order to
protect their shins.
 The goalkeeper is the
only player who can get
the ball with his hands.
Soccer Rules

 A goal is scored when the

whole of the ball passes
over the goal line, between
the goalposts and under the
crossbar, provided that no
faults has been committed
previously by the team
scoring the goal.
 The team scoring the
greater number of goals
during the match is the
winner.
 If both team are tied at
the end of regulation, the
match will be recorded as
a tie during regular the
regular season.
The Soccer Field
Penalty kick
 Penalty Kick is when
a player commits any
foul within his own
Penalty box.
Corner kick
 Corner kick is when
the ball goes out of
bounds over the end
line and was last
touched by the
defending team.
Cards
 Yellow card: indicates  Red card: the player
caution. must leave the field
and he can’t play the
 A player who receives next game.
2 Yellow Cards is
given a Red Card.
 Slide Tackle

 When a defender
slides on the ground
and kick the ball
away from the player.
 The Players
 A. goalkeeper
B. left fullback
C. right fullback
D. center back
E. left back
F. right back
G. left midfield
H. right midfield
I. left forward
J. center forward
K. right forward