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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, [a] is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
In Indonesian, the term sepak bola ("ball kicking") is used whereas Malaysian and Singaporean Malay use bola sepak ("kickball"); the latter is famously attested in the 1859 Jawi booklet Inilah Risalat Peraturan Bola Sepak Yang Dinamai oleh Inggeris Football ("This is a Rulebook for Kick-ball that the English call Football") printed in Singapore ...
The various codes of football share certain common elements and can be grouped into two main classes of football: carrying codes like American football, Canadian football, Australian football, rugby union and rugby league, where the ball is moved about the field while being held in the hands or thrown, and kicking codes such as association football and Gaelic football, where the ball is moved ...
One of the world's most pronounced association football clubs, FC Barcelona, during a home game at their stadium Camp Nou. In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities.
On 19 April 1930, almost all non-national organisations, such as VIJ Jakarta, BIVB Bandung, Perserikatan Sepakraga Mataram (PSM), IVBM Magelang, VVB Solo, MVB Madiun, and SIVB Surabaya gathered at the final meeting and established Persatoean Sepak Raga Seloeroeh Indonesia (Football Association of Indonesia or PSSI) with Soeratin as the first ...
Persatuan Sepak Bola Langsa, commonly known as PSBL Langsa, is an Indonesian football club based in Langsa, Aceh. They play in Liga 4. [4] Their home ground is Langsa Stadium. In the 2021 Liga 3 Aceh season, PSBL Langsa came out as champions after defeating Galacticos Bireuen, this is their fourth title in the club's history.
In 1993, PSSI combined the existing "Galatama" which was a semi-professional competition and an amateur competition "Perserikatan" (lit. ' Union ') to be a single professional competition for football clubs, known as the Indonesian League (Liga Indonesia). [5]
Adidas Telstar-style 32-panel ball, with the familiar black and white spherical truncated icosahedron pattern, introduced in 1970. A football or soccer ball is the ball used in the sport of association football.