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Football was first introduced to South America in 1867, in Argentina. Brazil, to which the Briton Charles Miller brought football in 1894, is considered the second South American country in which football made an appearance. [1] Miller was born in São Paulo of a Brazilian mother who belonged to the elite of that city's population. [13]
Football is the most popular sport in Spain, with 61% of the population interested in it. [1] Spain has some of the most influential teams in Europe (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla, Valencia, and others) as well as many players (mostly unprofessional) and teams registered in all categories (1,063,090 players in 21,148 clubs). [2]
In the early 21st century, Basque football is represented by many clubs old and new, some of them holding a strong presence in the Spanish top division La Liga, including Athletic Bilbao (who have played there on a constant basis since its formation in 1928 and been champions eight times, plus 23 Copa del Rey wins and two UEFA Cup / Europa League finals), Real Sociedad (present in all but a ...
From 1920 until the Spanish Civil War, football achieved enormous popularity and acceptance in Catalonia. In the decade 1920–30, there is already football all over the country. The rivalry between Espanyol and Barcelona is getting stronger and stronger and this causes passions to be unleashed during these years.
The France–Spain football rivalry (French: Rivalité footballistique France-Espagne, Spanish: Rivalidad futbolística entre Francia y España) is one of the biggest and most heated association football rivalries in Europe, between France and Spain, two of the most successful national teams in the world as well as neighbours in Europe.
The South American Football Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; [a] Portuguese: Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol), [b] known by the acronym CONMEBOL (/ ˈ k ɒ n m ɪ b ɒ l / KON-mib-ol) or CSF, is the continental governing body of football in South America [c] and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations.
The expectation had even stopped some prominent football officials publicly speaking out. What followed , even for a sport like this, left many involved “speechless”.
Football was introduced to Madrid at the end of the 19th century when the industrial exchange between the Spanish capital and Great Britain was in full effect. The first stone was laid around May 1879, when the Britons and some members of the city's high society agreed to form a society dedicated to cricket and football, the Cricket and Football Club of Madrid, which followed the British ...