Rules of the Game: The referee alone is authorized to allow an injured player to re-enter the field, whether the ball is in play or not.
Rules of the Game: The captain of a team has no special status or privileges under the FIFA Laws of the Game but he has a degree of responsibility for the behavior of his team.
The mascot for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico was a boy character named Jaunito.
The Copa del Rey, an annual cup tournament in Spain involving more than 80 teams, was first played in 1902.
Just Fontaine scored 13 goals for France in the 1958 World Cup, the most for an individual in a single tournament.