Rules of the Game: For FIFA matches, if a substitute enters the field of play without the referee’s permission, play is stopped, the substitute is cautioned, shown the yellow card and required to leave the field of play. Play is restarted with a dropped b
Rules of the Game: For international matches the field of play must have dimensions of: Length: minimum 100 m (110 yds), maximum 110 m (120 yds); Width: minimum 64 m (70 yds), maximum 75 m (80 yds).
The mascot for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain was an orange named Naranjito.
The mascot for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany was a lion named Goleo VI. He had a talking soccer ball sidekick named Pille.
Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane have both been named FIFA World Player of the Year three times.