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What year did the Rugby Football Union form?
1871
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How many clubs ended up ratifying the original laws of the game?
eleven
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Who played by their own rules till the 1870's?
The Sheffield FA
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What is C.W. Alcock responsible for founding?
FA Cup
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How long has the FA Cup been contested?
1872
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Who founded the worlds first football league?
William McGregor
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How many clubs where in the first football league?
12
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What country is the home of the first football league?
England
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What does the abbreviation IFAB stand for?
International Football Association Board
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What year was the IFAB formed?
1886
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What city was FIFA formed?
Paris
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How many representatives did FIFA have in the IFAB?
four
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How many different British associations where part of the IFAB?
four
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In 2006, which team helps secure a truce during a civil war?
Côte d'Ivoire
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What city did a peaceful match between two armies take place in 2007?
Bouaké
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When did the Football War happen?
June 1969
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Football made which wars more tense in the 1990's?
Yugoslav Wars
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What decade is considered the "golden age" of women's football?
1920s
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Since what year has women's football been an Olympic event?
1996
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Who voted to ban women's football from its grounds in 1921?
England's Football Association
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In 1971, who officially recognized women's football?
UEFA
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What year was the FIFA Women's first World cup?
1991
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What would you describe the shape of the football?
spherical
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How many players are on each team?
eleven
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What happens when both teams score the same amount of points?
a draw
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What is the captain a part of before the start of the game?
the coin toss
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What is another name for the football?
soccer ball
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Who can only handle the ball with their hands or arms during play?
goalkeepers
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When is it okay for regular players to use their hands?
throw-in restart
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A ball cannot be received in what type of position?
offside
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throughout when can players move the ball in any direction?
the pitch
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Who guards the goal?
goalkeeper
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Who is the only one who has the authority to stop the game when something is wron?
referee
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what is allowed but restricted?
physical contact
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Besides a referee interfering, when else is play stopped?
when the ball has left the field of play
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How many laws are there in the official Laws of the Game?
17
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Who maintains the Laws of the Game?
International Football Association Board (IFAB)
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Broad terms in the laws allow for what?
flexibility
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Who publishes the Laws of the Game?
FIFA
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Out of the maximum amount of players allowed, one must be a what?
goalkeeper
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The maximum amount of players exclude what?
substitutes
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What is the maximum amount of players allowed?
eleven
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If there's a minimum amount of players it's usually what?
seven
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Players are usually strategically placed by who?
coach
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The equipment a player wears is also called a what?
kit
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What is highly recommended by medical experts for male players?
An athletic supporter and protective cup
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Who wears clothing that easily sets them apart from everyone else on the field?
goalkeeper
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wearing anything that could be dangerous is what?
forbidden
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What is not required but can be chosen to protect a player from head injuries?
Headgear
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Imperial units where once used to express the dimensions of a what?
football pitch
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Laws were formulated in what country?
England
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What unit of measurement is now expressed by the Laws?
metric
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The use of imperial units is still popular in what kind of countries?
English-speaking
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What is the range for the length for international matches in meters?
100–110 m
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In what year did the IFAB initially approve a fixed size as a standard pitch dimension for international matches?
2008
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When was the IFAB's decision on the fixed size of the pitch become implemented?
never
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What is the range for the length of fields for non international matches in meters?
90–120 m
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What is the range for the width for international matches in meters?
64–75 m
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What is the penalty area marked by?
goal line
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a penalty foul by the defending team can be punishable by a what?
penalty kick
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how many meters from the goalpost does a penalty area extend?
16.5 m
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Only who can handle the ball with his hands?
goalkeeper
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How many periods are in a standard football match?
two
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How long are each period in a standard football match?
45
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What are the periods in a football match called?
halves
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Who gets to decide how long stoppage time can go on for?
referee
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In what year did an incident help introduce added time?
1891
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Matches where a winner must be decided is called what type of competitions?
knockout
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Extra time has two periods which each are how long in minutes?
15
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What are penalty shootouts officially known as in the Laws of the Game?
kicks from the penalty mark
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Which goals count to the final score of the game?
Goals scored during extra time
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Who experimented with creating winners without requiring penalty shootouts?
the IFAB
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What is the golden goal?
the first goal in extra time
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Who was the first team to win using the golden goal to their advantage?
France
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What team did France beat in 1998?
Paraguay
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What year did the Czech Republic lose in the final of Euro?
1996
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Which card does a referee use to signal a caution to a player?
yellow card
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How many yellow cards lead to a red card?
A second
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What does a red card mean?
dismissal
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A referee gives out a yellow card and writes down the players name in his notebook which is called being what?
booked
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Managers and support staff is considered what and thus cannot be shown a card?
Non-players
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Players who are sent off in a game are often faced with what?
mandatory suspensions
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Sometimes clubs can do what if they feel that a punishment was too harsh?
appeals
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Football associations enforce what kind of conduct?
good
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Which year was there not a Summer Olympic Game?
1932
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In what year was a women's tournament added to the Summer Olympics?
1996
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What year were professional players allowed to play in the Summer Olympics?
1984
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What is the age limit on the Olympic men's tournament?
Under-23
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What was the first year that there was a football tournament at the Summer Olympics?
1900
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What does UEFA Stand for?
European Championship
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The FIFA Confederations Cups is usually considered a warm-up for what?
FIFA World Cup
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What do winners of the continental competition get to do?
contest the FIFA Club World Cup
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What does CAF stand for?
African Cup of Nations
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What do teams gain for doing well throughout the season?
points
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What is the name for the type of tournament teams play in regular season?
round-robin
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What could happen to the top few teams at the end of the season?
promoted to a higher division
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What happens to the teams at the bottom of the ranks at the end of the season?
relegated to a lower division
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Who operate league systems?
governing bodies
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What is one who replaces a player during a game called?
substitutes
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What is the maximum number of substitutions during most professional games?
three
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