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
Germany's Bundesliga was formed in 1963.
The mascot for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France was a cockerel (or rooster) named Footix.
The first African nation to qualify for the World Cup was Egypt in 1934. The second was Morocco in 1970.
Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane have both been named FIFA World Player of the Year three times.