| There's nothing like a little bit of trivia to test your | | | | · In the largest soccer tournament ever, no |
| knowledge of the sport of soccer. You may say that | | | | less than 5,098 teams competed in 1999 for the |
| soccer is your favorite sport, but how much do you | | | | second Bangkok League Seven-a-Side Competition. |
| really know? Following are some facts and tidbits that | | | | Over 35,000 players involved! |
| you may or may not know about soccer. | | | | · The most goals scored by one player in a |
| · Soccer originated generally in its present | | | | single soccer match was 16 |
| form in Britain. | | | | - Stephan Stanis (France) playing for Racing Club de |
| · The world's oldest club formed in 1857 is | | | | Lens in December 1942. |
| Sheffield FC | | | | · Based on video evidence, one of the |
| · Soccer is the most played and most | | | | fastest ever scored was in 2.8 seconds by Ricardo |
| watched sport on Earth | | | | Olivera (Uruguay) in December 1998. |
| · Soccer is called football in practically every | | | | · The international governing body of soccer |
| country except America, who call 'Grid Iron' football | | | | is the Federation Internationale de Football |
| and football soccer. | | | | Association (FIFA), based in Zurich, Switzerland. |
| · Famous soccer rivalries include the Old Firm | | | | · Diego Maradona was only 16 when he |
| (Scotland), Manchester derby, London derbies, Milan | | | | made his soccer debut for Argentina. |
| derby, Real vs Barcelona, and many more. | | | | · Soccer goalies didn't have to wear different |
| · Some famous soccer players: Pele, | | | | coloured shirts from their teammates until 1913. |
| Maradonna, Charlton, Eusebio, Cruyff, Dalglish, | | | | · Eusebio scored 46 goals in the European |
| Ronaldo, Beckham, Mattheus. | | | | Cup for Benfica. |
| Those are some basic bits of soccer trivia and facts. | | | | · Chris Woods once went 1196 minutes |
| How much did you know? Well, here are so more | | | | without conceding a goal while at Rangers, from |
| soccer facts to test your knowledge: | | | | between November 26 1986 and January 31 1987. |
| · The sport of Association Football (often | | | | · Ryan Giggs' dad was a professional Rugby |
| referred to as soccer or simply football) is the most | | | | League player. |
| popular team sport in the world, in both number of | | | | · In 1973, the entire Galilee team spent the |
| spectators and number of active participants. | | | | night in jail for kicking their opponents during an Israeli |
| · The largest attendance for a soccer match | | | | League game. |
| ever was 199,854 people - Brazil v. Uruguay in the | | | | Have you had enough soccer trivia and facts? These |
| World Cup at the Maracana Municipal Stadium, Rio de | | | | are only a few of the interesting soccer facts that |
| Janeiro, July 1950. | | | | are floating around out there. |