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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".
A club's mascot is a cartoon character, often that of an animal, that symbolises some virtue boasted by the team. Most of them have proper names. Usually mascots come in two versions, a "soft" one, which is the official and a "hardcore" one used by ultras and torcidas , which often contain traces of vulgarity or violence.
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FIGC first introduced the star as sporting symbol worldwide in 1958, Juventus being the first club to wear it. [1] In sport, some national and club teams include one or more stars as part of (or beside) the team badge (often referred to as a "crest") appearing on their kits, often on the shirts, to represent important achievements for the team ...
In Association football, club crests did not always hold their current importance. In the case of Aston Villa Football Club , while the rampant lion was associated with the club from near its inception in 1874, the earliest known crest, the Lion Rampant To dexter ( facing left ) on a shield with motto " Prepared ", was first documented in the ...
Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League , the top tier of English football . Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has played its home games at Anfield since its formation.
It is not uncommon for a club to be known in common usage by a name other than its official name, or the name on the badge. Other clubs are more usually known by nicknames or contractions of their full names, for instance, Vasco da Gama is usually called simply Vasco, F.C. Internazionale Milano is contracted to Inter or Inter Milan, Sporting Clube de Portugal is often called Sporting or ...