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The Koninklijke HFC was the first Dutch football club. Ten years later, in 1889, the Royal Dutch Football Association (the KNVB) was founded. Association football was introduced in the Danish club, Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) by English residents, [42] in Swiss club FC St. Gallen in 1879 and in Belgium Royal Antwerp FC in 1880.
Calcio match in Piazza Santa Maria Novella, in Florence, Italy.Painting by Jan Van der Straet.. Calcio storico fiorentino, also known as calcio storico, calcio in livrea or calcio in costume, is an early form of football that originated during the Middle Ages in Italy. [1]
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 ...
Despite being more popular than some men's football events, with one match seeing a 53,000 strong crowd in 1920, [76] [77] women's football in England suffered a blow in 1921 when The Football Association outlawed the playing of the game on association members' pitches, [78] stating that "the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ...
A 1721 illustration of so-called "mob football", a variety of medieval football. Medieval football is a modern term used for a wide variety of the localised informal football games which were invented and played in England during the Middle Ages. Alternative names include folk football, mob football and Shrovetide football.
In 1866, the Football Association introduces a 'cross tape' between goalposts as a precedent to the 'crossbar'. The first ever football tournament, the Youdan Cup, is played by twelve Sheffield clubs in 1867; the Cromwell Cup, the second oldest football tournament in the world, takes place in 1868 with Sheffield Rules. Goal kicks are introduced ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to association football: Association football – sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball . At the turn of the 21st century, the game was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries, making it the world's most popular sport.
Year Notes England: 1885 [14] Football League, the very first professional league, formed in 1888. Scotland: 1893 [26] United States: 1894 [33] [34] The American League of Professional Football was created by team owners from baseball's National League to compete during professional baseball's off-season. It lasted only one season.