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However, an exhibition UK team has played a small number of friendly matches. [8] The UK has also been represented in the Summer Olympic and Summer Universiade football competitions by its own national teams. Two UN member states (the Marshall Islands and Nauru), have never fielded a national association-organised football team. [9] [10]
The football associations in this section represent fully and partially recognized sovereign states, dependent territories, and stateless nations that are not members of FIFA or a FIFA confederation. Several of these non-FIFA associations are included in the World Football Elo Ratings , which ranks all national association football teams from ...
The U.S. men's soccer team first played in the Summer Olympics in 1924. From that tournament to 1980 , only amateur and state-sponsored Eastern European players were allowed on Olympic teams. The Olympics became a full international tournament in 1984 after the IOC allowed full national teams from outside FIFA 's strongest confederations of ...
Women's football also faced bans in several other countries, notably in Brazil from 1941 to 1979, [81] in France from 1941 to 1970, [82] and in Germany from 1955 to 1970. [83] A young Finnish girls' football team in Sweden. Restrictions began to be reduced in the 1960s and 1970s. The Italian women's football league was established in 1968. [84]
Beach soccer – football played on sand, also known as sand soccer; Freestyle Football – modern take on Keepie uppie where freestylers are graded for their entertainment value and expression of skill. Indoor varieties of Association football: Five-a-side football – played throughout the world under various rules including:
Manchester City Football Club is a professional football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton) , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894.
Longest career as national team coach with one national team: 43 years – Mircea Lucescu for Romania, 1981–2024 [159] Oldest manager: 93 years – Ivor Powell [160] Oldest manager coaching a national team: 80 years, 35 days – Roque Máspoli, Uruguay v Ecuador, 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, 16 November 1997 [161]
Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club based in Fulham, West London, England. Named after neighbouring area Chelsea, they compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1905, the team play their home games at Stamford Bridge. [4] The club won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1955.