Rules of the Game: During a kick-off, the kicker may not touch the ball a second time until it has touched another player.
As of December, 2007, FIFA has 208 member associations -which is 16 more than the United Nations.
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.
Hungary scored 27 goals in the 1954 World Cup, more than any other country in a single World Cup.
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