It can be different on different footballs, but official balls have 32 leather panels held together by 642 stitches. Some recent footballs designed to increase passing and shooting speed have only 2 big panels, like a tennis ball, but made of microfiber. They are REALLY good for playing, mainly on synthetic grass fields. We have many of these here in Brazil and they are fun to play on.
there is 32 on your average football
there is 32 on your average football
Generally, there are 32 panels. A link is provided to the Wikipedia post on the ball used in football (soccer). New designs feature other construction techniques and different shapes (and numbers) of the panels.)
None, they're all curved. A classic football (seldom used anymore) has 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons. The current Adidas Jabulani has 8 panels.
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The shape of the US football, Australian football, and Rugby football are oblong, with the US football tapered as well, being much longer in one dimension. The shape of a soccer football is not actually a ball (sphere), but an icosidodecahedron having 20 hexagonal panels and 12 pentagonal panels, which allows the ball to roll like a sphere but be more accurately controlled.
A football consists of a rubber bag with leather panels glued to it. The rubber bag is made of many layers. If there's a bubble in your football it means the bag's layers have separated and the ball is about to pop.
71 panels in total
On the 32-panel soccer ball, there are 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons.
association football
2,050 panels
There are 8 3D panels on the Jabulani.