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
Goalkeeper is the only position to be explicitly part of the rules of the game since they were codified in the 19th century.
Each FIFA World Cup since 1966 has its own mascot, starting with World Cup Willie (a lion).
Giovane Elber (Bayern Munich) holds the Bundsliga record for the fastest goal - 11 seconds!
The Final of the 1994 World Cup was played in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
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