Rules of the Game: If a team finishes a match with a greater number of players than their opponents and penalty kicks are taken to determine the winner of a match, that team shall reduce their numbers to equal that of their opponents. The team captain has
Rules of the Game: A goal cannot be scored directly from a throw-in.
Rules of the Game: A free kick awarded to the defending team inside its own goal area can be taken from any point within the goal area.
The mascot for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA was a dog character named Striker.
Gerd Muller, who played for Bayern Munich from 1965-79, is the all-time leading scorer in the German Bundesliga with 365 goals in 427 games.