adidas was named after its founder, Adolf (Adi) Dassler, in 1948.
Did you know a goal is three times as wide as it is tall?.
FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) was founded in Paris on May 21, 1904.
The mascot for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina was a boy character named Gauchito.
England played its first-ever international soccer match on November 30, 1872 against Scotland.