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 G
reek, Persian, Viking, and many more pla
yed 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 f
ootball games to sharpen warriors for ba
ttle. In South and Central America a gam
e called "Tlatchi" once flourished.
Ancient Civilizations an
d Soccer
 Mesoamerican civilizations also devise
d a game played with rubber balls, wh
ich resembled a combination between
soccer, basketball and volleyball.
 The game involved two teams, playing
in a sort of basin dug below ground le
vel, with baskets strapped in several l
ocations on the side walls.
 The teams would then have to kick th
e ball towards these baskets, and scor
e a goal.
Soccer in Europe
 As we go forward on the history of soc
cer timeline, we notice that the game
has gradually entered European territ
ory, Europe being the place where mo
dern day soccer will start in several ce
nturies.
 Middle age soccer is covered in a combi
nation of myth and historical facts.
 One popular form of the game (Mob so
ccer) 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 villag
e or town. Both teams had to kick the bal
l 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 to
wards a poor pig bladder ball, kicking, st
omping, punching and pushing each othe
r in the attempt to kick the object to som
e area.
Soccer in Europe (cont.)
 In medieval France, a game called "La Ch
oule" was usually played in town gather
ings, such as just after Sunday church, o
r on special occasions or holidays.
 The game itself looked like a combinatio
n of soccer, handball, hockey, baseball a
nd kickboxing, since the players of each
team had to strike the ball into the oppo
nent's goal, using whatever means neces
sary and whatever accessories necessar
y.
 For example, one record shows that pla
yers 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 natu
re and I assume there were pl
enty occasions where the afte
r-church Choule match ended
up with another trip to the c
hurch to confess some violent
sins.
 In England, the game was sur
rounded by an aura of violenc
e and was considered a dange
rous and sinful game. As such,
it was banned in 1314 by Nich
olas de Farndone, the Mayor o
f London.
Soccer Grows Popular

 Despite this ban, soccer became to gro

w 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 En
glish public schools, the idea of having
an organized tournament sparked in t
he 19th century.
 In 1862, a solicitor by the name of Cobb M
orley, formed a semi-professional soccer c
lub in Barnes, called the Barnes Club.
 Cobb Morley is rightfully considered the f
ather of soccer, but that's not just becaus
e he was the one to spark the idea of the S
occer Association.
 He also drew up the Laws of the Game, pr
obably the most important document in t
he history of soccer, since it held all the o
fficial rules around which the game woul
d be played.
Soccer Becomes Official
 Cobb Morley's rules were accepted by the Socce
r Association on the 8th of December, 1863 and
have since stood as the game's constitution, alth
ough they were slightly modified throughout ti
me to meet the needs of modern soccer.
 It only took around 3 decades after the first offi
cial rules of soccer were laid down by Cobb Mor
ley and the English Football Association and th
e game was already wide spread throughout Eu
rope, Australia and the Americas.
The Rules of Soccer

 There are 11 player

s for each team.
 All players wear sh
in guards to in orde
r to protect their s
hins.
 The goalkeeper is t
he only player who
can get the ball wit
h his hands.
Soccer Rules

 A goal is scored when

the whole of the ball p
asses over the goal lin
e, between the goalpo
sts and under the cros
sbar, provided that no
faults has been commi
tted previously by the
team scoring the goal.
 The team scoring th
e greater number of
goals during the ma
tch is the winner.
 If both team are tied
at the end of regulat
ion, the match will
be recorded as a tie
during regular the r
egular season.
The Soccer Field
Penalty kick

 Penalty Kick is
when a player co
mmits any foul
within his own P
enalty box.
Corner kick

 Corner kick is w
hen the ball goes
out of bounds ov
er the end line an
d was last touche
d by the defendin
g team.
Cards
 Yellow card: indic  Red card: the pla
ates caution. yer must leave th
e field and he ca
 A player who rece n’t play the next
ives 2 Yellow Card game.
s is given a Red Ca
rd.
 Slide Tackle

 When a defender
slides on the gro
und and kick the
ball away from t
he 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