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Association football is the official name of the sport governed by the International Federation of Association football . It is known in some parts of the world as "soccer"; a derivative of the word "association". In others, it is known simply as "football". For more information on the sport, see association football.
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Gridiron football players wear various pieces of equipment for the protection of the body during the course of a football game. Basic equipment worn by most football players include a helmet , shoulder pads , gloves, shoes, and thigh and knee pads , a mouthguard, and a jockstrap or compression shorts with or without a protective cup .
The company later produced additional protective sports equipment such as multipurpose knee pads, elbow pads, gloves, shoulder pads, uniform jerseys, and Pants for football, basketball, baseball, and softball. At one time, BIKE produced athletic shoes and a wider range of sports-related apparel.
The 1991 SEA tournament marked the re-integration of Vietnam into international football, with the senior Vietnam national team subsequently winning three ASEAN Championships and reaching the final round of FIFA World Cup qualification in 2022. Vietnam also reached the quarter-finals of the AFC Asian Cup twice, in 2007 and 2019.
Pavel Nedvěd pictured in 2006 wearing a typical modern football kit In association football , kit (also referred to as a strip or uniform ) is the standard equipment and attire worn by players. The sport's rules specify the minimum kit which a player must use, and also prohibit the use of anything that is dangerous to either the player or ...
Since the reunified Vietnam national football team rejoined the international stage in 1991, the players born abroad with Vietnamese heritage, referred as the Việt kiều were always considered as an important part of team as many of them trained and played in countries where football is more developed than in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese Wikipedia (Vietnamese: Wikipedia tiếng Việt) is the Vietnamese-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, publicly editable, online encyclopedia supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Like the rest of Wikipedia, its content is created and accessed using the MediaWiki wiki software.