Rules of the Game: According to FIFA, a goal may be scored directly from the kick-off.
The mascot for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico was a boy character named Jaunito.
Karl-Heinz Korbel, who played for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1972 to 1991, holds the record for Bundesliga appearances with 602.
CONMEBOL, the South American Football Confederation, was founded in 1916 and has 10 member associations.
The first African nation to qualify for the World Cup was Egypt in 1934. The second was Morocco in 1970.