At the 1954 World Cup, adidas founder Adi Dassler adapted the shoes of the German national team to the ground conditions with his revolutionary screw-in studs. Germany won the tournament.
The official ball for the 1982 World Cup was the adidas Tango Espaņa.
Rules of the Game: The player making a throw-in may not touch the ball again until it has touched another player.
Rules of the Game: The center mark of a field is indicated at the midpoint of the halfway line. A circle with a radius of 9.15 m (10 yds) is marked around it.
The Copa del Rey, an annual cup tournament in Spain involving more than 80 teams, was first played in 1902.