The most interesting facts about football and football players. A selection of articles about football from the newspaper “Our Life Analytical article about football”

Millions of people around the world play football, and the number of audiences that watch the sport on TV is staggering. Football is the most popular look sport on the planet, the official date of its birth is December 8, 1863. Since then, hundreds of tournaments have been held, including 21 World Championships - the most ambitious and popular event in the game of ball. A lot of interesting things have happened throughout the history of soccer, and the site in this post will tell you about the most incredible facts about football and soccer players.

A selection of the most interesting facts about football

So, let's go. Read to the end, you will not regret that you came across this post:

• Famous Brazilian footballer Manuel Francisco dos Santos or simply Garrincha had congenital spinal defects, as well as his left leg was longer than the right one by 6 cm. But, despite health difficulties, Garrincha became one of the most famous players in the history of football, and scored 5 goals in 3 World Cups.
• Until 1913, goalkeepers wore uniforms of the same color as their field teammates.
• located in Pyongyang, North Korea. The arena, called the First of May, can accommodate 150,000 visitors at a time. This stadium is also known for the execution of military generals suspected of treason to the state.

• Soviet footballer Lev Yashin is the only goalkeeper in history to receive the Ballon d'Or award from France Football.
• The oldest football club was founded in England in 1857. It is Sheffield Football Club, nicknamed the Club.
• The most famous football field in Tokyo is Adidas Futsal Park. The field is located 130 pounds above the ground at the top of the Tokyu Toyoko shopping center.
• In 2007, FIFA first tested technology to track a goal, whether the ball had actually completely crossed the goal line.
• According to the results of a medical study, it was determined that each professional football player receives an average of 1.5 injuries.
• Football is the most profitable view sports in the world.
• During one match, a professional football player runs on average 9.65 km.
• 80% soccer balls produced in Pakistan.
• In the first basketball game the players used a soccer ball.
• Most quick goal was scored in 2.68 seconds by Russian Mikhail Osinov.

• In 1998, lightning killed an entire football team during the game. Interestingly, all the players on the other team remained unharmed.
• In 1937 in live first shown on television football match.
• Greenland cannot join FIFA because there is not enough grass growing on the island.
• On November 2, 2013, Bosnian goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, playing for English Stoke City, scored the longest goal in football history. (distance – 91.9 meters).
• The most expensive transfer in football history took place in the summer of 2017, when Junior Neymar moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain. for €222 million.

• The highest score of a football match was recorded in the Madagascar championship (Adema – Stade Olympique l’Emirne 149:0).
• Lee Todd received the fastest red card in football history (2 seconds from the start of the match).
• Nooit opgeven altijd doorgaan, Aangenaam door vermaak en nuttig door ontspanning, Combinatie Breda - the longest name football club in all sports; the Dutch team is usually referred to as NAC Breda.
• Brazilian Arthur Friedenreich is considered the best scorer of all time with 1329 goals scored. The striker scored these goals over a 26-year career.
• Officially, football originated in England, but 2000 years ago a similar sport was played in China.
• Argentine forward Lionel Messi scored 91 goals in the 2012 calendar year - an absolute record.

Interesting facts about the World Cup

Now let's focus exclusively on the World Cup, only the most important facts:

• The FIFA World Cup is the most popular sporting event on the planet.
• Brazilian superstar Pele. Which is considered best football player of all time, won his first victory with the national team at the World Cup at the age of 17 years. In total, Pele has 3 victories in the World Cup (1958,1962,1970).

• The first ever World Cup took place in 1930 in Uruguay.
• After the 1970 World Cup, which Brazil won, the London Sunday Times published the headline “How do you describe Pele? - GOD"
• German striker Miroslav Klose holds the World Cup record for goals scored (16 goals).
• Argentine Diego Armando Maradona scored a goal with his hand at the 1986 World Cup, which the referees counted. This goal was later called the "Hand of God".
• At the 2006 World Cup, French midfielder Zinedine Zidane received a red card in the final match for head-butting an opponent in the chest.

• Being present at a World Cup match is not a cheap pleasure. At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, ticket prices reached $1,100.
• The 2006 FIFA World Cup Final was watched by 1.1 billion people around the world. At this time, this was 1/6 of the total population of planet Earth.
• Interesting football fact about the first World Cup. Due to the decision of the International Football Federation to hold the debut World Cup in Uruguay, and not in Europe, many countries of the “Old World” such as Sweden, Hungary, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria and Switzerland decided not to take part in it. Only 4 countries from Europe went to Latin America and played at the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay: Romania, France, Belgium and Yugoslavia.
• The second FIFA World Cup was held in Italy. Since the Italians refused to go to the first World Cup in South America, the current champion - Uruguay decided to take revenge on them by not showing up in Italy.
• The Brazilian national team is the most titled team in the history of the World Championships (5 victories - 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002).

• One of the European teams has always taken part in the World Cup final, except in the 1930s and 1950s.
• India refused to take part in the 1950 FIFA World Cup because the national team's players were prohibited from playing barefoot.

On November 14-15, at the Youth Sports School in the village of Yagodnoye, as part of the Ten Days of Teenagers in the Yagodninsky urban district, an interdistrict football tournament among youth teams was held, in which 62 athletes from the Omsukchansky, Susumansky, Khasynsky urban districts, the villages of Sinegorye and Yagodnoye took part.
The football festival began with a parade of athletes. According to tradition, the Russian Anthem was performed and the flag was raised Russian Federation. First Deputy Head of the Yagodninsky Urban District Pavel Nikolaevich Stradomsky greeted with warm words young athletes and wished them victory in the upcoming competitions.
According to the draw, the teams were divided into two subgroups. The 1st subgroup included teams from the Susumansky, Khasynsky urban districts and the Yagodnoye-1 team, the 2nd - the Omsukchansky urban district, village. Sinegorye and Yagodninoye-2. Three games were played in each subgroup, as a result of which the semi-finalists of the tournament were determined.
In the first semi-final the teams “Yagodnoye-1” and the Omsuk residents met. The Yagodninsk team was superior to the Omsukchan team in terms of playing skill and won confident victory with a score of 17:0. In the second semi-final game the teams of the Susumansky urban district and the village met. Sinegorye, the winners of which were athletes from Susuman.
The match for 3rd place took place between the teams of the Omsukchan urban district and the village. Sinegorye. The game turned out to be intense and spectacular, victory passed from one team to another. The first half ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of the Sinegoryevo team; in the second half, the Omsuk team was able to score another goal, and the match ended in a draw with a score of 2:2. To determine the winner, a series of post-match penalties was held, according to the results of which, with a score of 3:1, the Sinegoryevo football players won the game and became bronze medalists of the tournament.
The most spectacular game was the game for 1st place between the teams of the Susumansky urban district and Yagodnoye-1. From first to last minute The game kept not only the players of both teams, but also numerous fans in suspense. The first half ended with a score of 5:0 in favor of the Yagodninsky athletes, but after the break the Susuman players were able to score two return goals against the Yagodninsky team. However, the Yagodnoye players scored 3 more goals in a row, leaving no chance for their opponents to win, and in the end, with a score of 8:2, the Yagodnoye-1 team won the final match and became the winner of the tournament. Second place went to the team from the Susuman city district.
The winners and runners-up of the tournament were awarded cups, certificates and medals. At the end of the tournament, certificates and statuettes were awarded “ Best goalkeeper» Vadim Gerasimenko (Khasynsky urban district); “Best Defender” to Alexander Pitomtsev (Sinegorye village); “Best striker” to Timur Allahverdiev (Yagodnoe village); " Top scorer» Artem Kosykh (Susumansky urban district); " Best Player» Nikita Tkachu (village Yagodnoye).
Committee on physical culture, Sports and Tourism expresses gratitude to the acting General Director of Status LLC R.N. Nabiullin for organizing meals for the tournament participants, coach of the Yagodnoye youth sports school A.V. Sidorenko for the quality preparation of athletes for competitions, and for the fans who came to support their teams. We congratulate our young athletes on their worthy performance at the tournament and wish them further success in sports and new achievements and victories!
Football is not just a game. Football is joy, it is pleasure, it is delight! This tournament is one of the stages in preparing our athletes for participation in the 10th anniversary All-Russian project “Mini football for school”. The Magadan Region Futsal Championship will take place on December 9-12 in Magadan.
Alexander STUPAK,
head of KPFKSiT.

The FIFA World Cup is being held in Russia for the first time and opens on June 14 with the Russia-Saudi Arabia match. For sports competition This scale is watched not only by football fans, but also by those who cannot name a single member of their country’s national team by name. A sports journalist or his colleagues who want to keep up with the main event in Russia for the next month must share with the audience a sense of involvement, because sport is, first of all, about emotions, not numbers on the scoreboard. Even if you can't attend the actual match or get into the players' dressing room, you can follow these tips for aspiring (or "temporary") sports journalists to grow and retain your audience:

1. Gather additional information

Before each match, find out more about the national team players, the strongest participants, what clubs they play for, their coaches, outstanding matches with their participation, achievements and injuries over the past season. All the information collected will help to avoid a dry listing of facts “first this happened, then this, then this...”.

2. Take notes while watching the match

It's easy to get emotional when watching a football match, but if you want to write good copy, take notes. Record not only serves, goals and penalties, but also everything that remains outside the final score: the reactions of players and fans, clashes between players and coaches. If you have the opportunity to attend the match, then describing the atmosphere at the stadium will not be superfluous.

3. Key information should be at the beginning

The reader wants to immediately know the score, the players who scored the goals, and all the main consequences of this match, for example, which stage the team has reached and who the next game will be against. However, it is easy to lose the reader's attention if the first paragraph consists only of numbers - distribute the match statistics throughout the text so that the reader does not feel that he is looking at a faceless report.

4. Write in order of importance, not chronology.

If a football player scores a beautiful goal in overtime, do not leave this fact to the end of the article. Use an inverted pyramid narrative in which the most important points games appear in the text as early as possible. Good way check whether the audience will be interested in reading about the match - imagine that you are telling your friends about it: you are unlikely to start with the words “in the second minute, a player from the Russian national team took a corner kick, and in the fifth...”.