Rules of the Game: The referee alone is authorized to allow an injured player to re-enter the field, whether the ball is in play or not.
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
The rules of the game were first written down in 1863 by the newly formed Football Association in England.
Spain's La Liga had its first season in 1928.
The first non-European nation to join FIFA was South Africa in 1909.
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