http://worldsoccer.about.com/cs/historyandstats/a/sochistart.htm "There is documentary evidence that a a game or skill building exercise, involving kicking a ball into a small net, was used by the Chinese military during the Han Dynasty - around the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC. Earlier evidence - of a field marked out to play a ball-kicking game has been found at Kyoto, in Japan." www.fifa.com also has an article about the history of soccer that credits the Chinese with inventing the game.
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soccer was first originated by the Chinese game chu. they played it with a leather ball at first stuffed then deflated so that it went faster. then the greek game of episkyrosstarted. that was played with a ball made of linen and hair which was wrapped in string and sewn together. soccer then became one of the most popular games because it was a "war game".
Soccer balls are one of the most popular toys for children and they are an important piece of sports equipment. They were first invented in 1836.
This is up for debate, as football has been played for centuries, but the laws of the game appear to have been first codified in 1863.