Association football (also known as football or soccer) is the most widely played sport in the world. An estimated 3.5 billion have some interest in association football, either playing or watching it.
In 1863 the English Football Association was established. It was the world's first Football Association.
Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( International Federation of Association Football)
The FA Cup is the Football Association Challenge Cup, which is run by the English Football Association. It is widely considered to be the most prestigious domestic cup competition in the world and is the oldest association football tournament in the world.
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FIFA (Federation International Football Association)
F.i.F.A stands for Football Internatinal Football association.
Rio Ferdinand was the captain for the English national association football team throughout the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds.
The highest governing body in world soccer is the International Football Association Board, or IFAB. The IFAB are the custodians of the seventeen Laws of the Game, and meet annually to discuss proposed updates to the Laws and other matters that impact the world of soccer on the highest levels. The IFAB is composed of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA, the largest soccer association in the world) and the four pioneering soccer associations in the UK: England's Football Association (the FA), the Scottish Football Association (SFA) the Football Association of Wales (FAW), and the Irish Football Association (IFA) of Northern Ireland.
World Association of Ugly People was created in 1963.
FIFA (Federation International Football Association)
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American football was first known as association football. The world knows soccer by the name "football," rather than American football.