ORIGIN 

THE EARLIEST EVIDENCE OF FOOTBALL CAN BE FOUND IN ANCIENT CHINA DURING THE HAN DYNASTY, AROUND 206 BC - 220 AD. BACK THEN THE GAME WAS CALLED TSU CHU MEANING "kicking the ball" AND IT WAS A MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISE THAT INVOLVED KICKING A BALL THROUGH A NET.MODERN FOOTBALL ORIGINATED IN BRITAIN IN THE 19th CENTURY WITH DIFFERENT RULES THAN BEFORE.

FIFA

FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION [FIFA] WAS CREATED ON 21st MAY 1904 IN RUE SAINT HOENORE, FRANCE. IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL SELF REGULATORY GOVERNING BODY OF FOOTBALL, BEACH SOCCER AND FUTSAL.

FOOTBALL CLUBS

EARLY FOOTBALL CLUBS WERE FORMED BY SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE FIRST FOOTBALL CLUB WAS THE SHEFIELD THAT WAS FORMED IN 1855. THERE ARE NEARLY 4,400 FOOTBALL CLUBS AROUND THE WORLD. EVERY CLUB IS A PART OF A LEAGUE OF ITS COUNTRY. FOR EXAMPLE LALIGA(Spanish), PREMIER LEAGUE(England), BUNDESLIGA(Germany), INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE(India), MLS(USA), ROSHN SAUDI LEAGUE(Saudi Arabia),etc. THERE CAN BE MANY LEAGUES FOR A COUNTRY. EACH TEAM IN A LEAGUE TRIES ITS BEST TO WIN THE LEAGUE TITLE.

FIFA WORLD CUP

THE FIFA WORLD CUP WAS STARTED IN 1930. THE BEST 11 PLAYERS OF EACH COUNTRY THAT QUALIFIED COMPETED TO WIN THE BIGGEST PRIZE IN FOOTBALL. IT TAKES PLACE ONCE IN EVRY FOUR YEARS. TILL NOW BRAZIL HAS THE MOST NO. OF WORLDCUPS(5) FOLLOWED BY ITALY AND GERMANY. 7 COUNTRIES HAVE LIFTED THE TROPHY SINCE IT STARTED.THE FIRST WORLD CUP WAS WON BY URUGUAY.

AWARDS

PUSKAS

THE PUSKAS AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED ON 20th OCTOBER 2009 AT THE BEHEST OF THEN PRESIDENT SEPPO BLATTER TO AWARD THE MALE OR FEMALE WHO HAD SCORED THE BEST GOAL OF THAT YEAR. THE PERSON WHO WILL GET THE AWARD IS DECIDED BY VOTES. IT IS NAMED PUSKAS TO HONOUR THE 2nd HIGHEST ALL TIME INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER FERENC PUSKAS FROM HUNGARY. THE FIRST EVER PUSKAS WAS WON BY CRISTIANO RONALDO.

BALLON D'OR

THE BALLON D'OR IS AN ANNUAL FOOTBALL AWARD ORGANISED BY THE FRENCH MAGAZINE FRANCE FOOTBALL SINCE 1956 TO HONOUR THE PLAYER WHO PERFORMED THE BEST IN THE PREVIOUS SEASON. THIS AWARD WAS ONLY GIVEN TO PLAYERS PLAYING IN EUROPE BUT LATER FIFA ANNOUNCED THAT PLAYERS PLAYING OUTSIDE OF EUROPE CAN STILL GET THE BALLON D'OR. LIONEL MESSI HAS THE MOST BALLON D'ORs(8). STANLEY MATHEWS WON THE FIRST EVER BALLON D'OR.

SUPER BALLON D'OR

THE SUPER BALLON D'OR WAS ONLY AWARDED ONCE IN FOOTBALL HISTORY TO ALFREDO DE STEFENO IN 1989.IT IS GIVEN TO THE BEST PLAYER FOR THE LAST THREE DECADES
THE NEXT SUPER BALLON D'OR WILL BE AWARDED IN 2029. C.RONALDO HAS THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF WINNING IT FOLLOWED BY L.MESSI.

GREAT PLAYERS

C.RONALDO AND L.MESSI ARE CONSIDERED THE GREATEST PLAYERS OF FOOTBALL. THERE IS A LOT OF DEBATE BETWEEN THE FANS OF THESE TWO FOOTBALLERS ON AS TO WHO SHOULD BE THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER. BEFORE THEM, PELE AND MARADONA WERE CONSIDERED THE BEST, BUT C.RONALDO AND MESSI HAVE ACHIEVED WAY MORE TROPHIES THAN THEM WHICH MAKES THEM THE TWO GREATEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS/RIVALRY EVER.