Rules of the Game: During penalty kicks to determine the winner of a match, the goalkeeper who is the teammate of the kicker must remain on the field of play, outside the penalty area in which the kicks are being taken, and on the goal line where it meets
Spain's La Liga had its first season in 1928.
The mascot for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy was a green, white and red stick figure with a soccer ball head named Ciao.
The first African nation to qualify for the World Cup was Egypt in 1934. The second was Morocco in 1970.
The oldest soccer club in the world is England's Sheffield FC, founded in 1857.
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