At the 1978 World Cup, Argentina’s Mario Kempes led his country to its first World Cup triumph. Kempes is top scorer in the tournament and, like nine other players on the winning team, he wore Puma shoes.
German midfielder Lothar Matthäus, a Puma athlete, captained Germany to victory at the 1990 World Cup. He was also voted “European Footballer of the Year”, “World Footballer of the Year”, and “World Sportsman of the Year” .
The rules of the game were first written down in 1863 by the newly formed Football Association in England.
The US Women have won the prestigious Algarve Cup tournament in Portugal five times as of 2007.
Manchester City has the largest pitch of any club in the English Premier League: 116 x 77 yards.