At the 1998 World Cup in France, adidas supplied the match balls and outfitted 12,000 officials, referees, linesmen and volunteers.
Rules of the Game: According to FIFA, goalposts and crossbars must always be painted white.
The youngest player to score in the German Bundesliga was Nuri Sahin of Borussia Dortmund (16 years and 335 days) in 2005.
Giovane Elber (Bayern Munich) holds the Bundsliga record for the fastest goal - 11 seconds!
Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane have both been named FIFA World Player of the Year three times.