FOOTBALL

*The most popular game in the world
Ans : Football
*The national game of most number of countries
Ans :  Football
*The birth place of modern football Ans:England
*Other name of Football
Ans : Soccer
*International Governing Body of football
Ans : FIFA (Federation Internationalede Football Association)
*FIFA was established in 
Ans : 1904
*Headquarters of FIFA
Ans: Zurich (Switzerland)
*Motto of FIFA
Ans : For the game for the world 
*Designer of FIFA World Cup Trophy 
Ans : Silvio Gazzaniga
*FIFA world cup trophy presented for the first time in
Ans : 1974
*First player to score a goal in FIFA world cup
Ans : Lucien Laurent
Ans : 90 minutes
*Weight of a football
Ans : 410 -415 gm
*Number of players in a football team
Ans : 11
*The height of a football post 
Ans : 2.44 mtr
*The distance between two poles in a goal post
Ans : 7.32 mtr
*The person known as the black pearl of football
Ans : Pele
*The lady known as 'Female Pele'
Ans : Beverley Ranger
*The country having the picture of football in their national flag 
Ans : Brazil
*The year in which the yellow and red cards were introduced in football 
Ans : 1970
*National football league of England 
Ans : English Premier League 
*India played its first International match in 
Ans : 1948 (vs. France)
*Indian football team participated in the Olympic Games for the first time in
Ans : 1948
*First Indian to score a goal in Olympics 
Ans : S.Raman
*National football tournament of India 
Ans : Santosh Trophy
*Oldest football tournament in the world 
Ans  : British FA Cup  
*Oldest International football tournament in the world 
Ans : Copa America 
*Oldest football tournament in Asia 
Ans : Durant Cup  
*Oldest football club in the world 
Ans : Sheffield FC
*Santosh Trophy was started in 
Ans : 1941
*Most successful team in the history of Santosh Trophy
Ans : West Bengal
*First Indian to play in American Soccer League
Ans : Sunil Chhetri
*First professional football team in Kerala 
Ans : FC Cochin
*Mecca of Indian football
Ans : Kolkata
*Cradle of Indian football
Ans : Kerala
*Football continent
Ans : South America

TERMS RELATED TO FOOTBALL

*Attacker
*Back Pass
*Bicyde Kick
*Corner Kick
*Dribble
*Foul
*Goal
*Golden
*Kick Off
*Out Swinger
*Pitch
*Referee
*Sudden Death 
*Wingers
*Zone Defense
*Back Heel
*Banana Kick
*Corner Flag
*Defender
*Dummy Run
*Free Kick
*Goal keeper
*Goal Header 
*Midfielder
*Penalty
*Red Card
*Striker
*Toe Poke 
*Yellow Card

FOOTBALL WORLD CUP

*Governing body of Football World Cup
Ans : FIFA
*First world cup football tournament was held in
Ans :1930
*First world cup football tournament was held at
Ans : Montevideo (Uruguay)
*First runner up 
Ans : Argentina
*Countries won world cup for most number of times after Brazil
Ans : Italy and Germany (four times) 
*The football player who scored a goal known as 'the hand of god'
Ans : Diego Maradona
*The youngest ever world cup scorer at the age of 17
Ans : Pele
*The person which holds the record for playing most number of matches
Ans : Lothar Matthaus (Germany)
*India entered the qualifying competition during
Ans : 1950 (Brazil)
*First Indian to officiate in a world cup match 
Ans : Komaleeswaran Shankar 
*First Indian origin who played world cup football
Ans : Vikash Dhorasoo (for France)