Rules of the Game: If a team finishes a match with a greater number of players than their opponents and penalty kicks are taken to determine the winner of a match, that team shall reduce their numbers to equal that of their opponents. The team captain has
Rules of the Game: The player making a throw-in may not touch the ball again until it has touched another player.
FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) was founded in Paris on May 21, 1904.
The first African nation to qualify for the World Cup was Egypt in 1934. The second was Morocco in 1970.
England played its first-ever international soccer match on November 30, 1872 against Scotland.