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This is a list of the men's national association football teams in the world. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the world's most important governing body for association football. A majority of national association football teams in the world are members of FIFA or one of its affiliated continental confederations.
Cristiano Ronaldo the all-time top scorer in official football history, with over 900 goals. Most official goals: 925 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [1] [2] [note 1] Most overall goals: 1,917 – Lajos Tichy, 1953–1971 [4] [note 2] Most club goals: 790 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [5] [note 3] Most international goals: 135 – Cristiano ...
"Long live Egypt, Arab country, long live Algeria, Arab country", Cheb Khaled shouted to the crowd with little apparent impact on home fans ahead of the game. [20] Egyptian Football Association board member Mahmoud Taher later indicated that "all Algeria players are safe. They were not hurt. Algeria is trying to blow things out of proportion.
The Premier League (EPL) is the most-watched sports league in the world, with TV audiences of approximately 3.2 billion people across 188 countries. [citation needed] Since its creation in 1992, the Premier League has sold its international broadcasting rights centrally, [citation needed] and this global dominance is also reflected economically.
Appearances made in youth football are not deemed to be official. War-time results are also excluded if they were later regarded as unofficial by the relevant Football Association(s); if they were included, Billy Meredith would be the first ever player to have played in 1,000 official matches, [1] and Stanley Matthews would also make the list. [2]
FIFA said it will consider changes to its policy that blocks league matches from being played in other countries as part of an agreement with a soccer promoter to dismiss the world governing body ...
FIFA moved Wednesday toward ending decades of soccer tradition by ordering a review of its policy that currently blocks domestic league games being played in other countries. Fans are likely to ...
Association football, more commonly known as "football" or "soccer" is the most popular sport at 3.5 billion fans. [1] [2] Significant association football attendance records listed below include those with over 100,000 attendance.