Rules of the Game: During penalty kicks to determine the winner of a match, all players, except the player taking the kick and the two goalkeepers, must remain within the center circle.
The mascot for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain was an orange named Naranjito.
The mascot for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA was a dog character named Striker.
The earliest documented use of the word football appears in a proclamation by King Henry IV of England in 1409.
Unlike the Olympics, FIFA recognizes the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland- as separate entities.
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