Introduction to Association Football (Soccer)

SPORT NAME: Association Football
ALSO KNOWN AS: Soccer
SPORT TYPE: | football sport | field sport | ball sport | kicking sport |

Organizations:

NAME IN ENGLISH: International Federation of Association Football
NAME IN FRENCH: Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
ESTABLISHED: 1904
DESCRIPTION: world governing body for association football, futsal and beach soccer
WEB SITE URL: fifa.com | Link |
ARTICLE: wikipedia.org

ENTITY: International Football Association Board (IFAB)
ESTABLISHED: 1886
DESCRIPTION: responsible for making and updating the laws of football
WEB SITE URL: theifab.com | Link |
ARTICLE: wikipedia.org

ENTITY: Confederation of Independent Football Associations
ESTABLISHED: 2013
DESCRIPTION: football federation for associations not affiliated with FIFA
WEB SITE URL: conifa.org/ | Link |
ARTICLE: wikipedia.org

Continental Confederations

NAME: Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
https://www.the-afc.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Asian_Football_Confederation
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Asian_Football_Confederation

NAME IN ENGLISH: African Football Confederation
NAME IN FRENCH: Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF)
http://www.cafonline.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Confederation_of_African_Football
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Confederation_of_African_Football

NAME: North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
https://concacaf.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONCACAF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CONCACAF
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:CONCACAF

NAME IN ENGLISH: South American Football Confederation
NAME IN SPANISH: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol
NAME IN PORTUGUESE: Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol
https://www.conmebol.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONMEBOL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CONMEBOL
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:CONMEBOL

NAME: Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
https://www.oceaniafootball.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Oceania_Football_Confederation
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Oceania_Football_Confederation

NAME: European Football Associations Union
OFFICIAL NAME: Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
https://www.uefa.com/
https://uefafoundation.org/
https://www.uefa.tv/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:UEFA
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:UEFA

Web Sites

ENTITY: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
WEB SITE URL: https://www.rsssf.org/ | Link

Web Site Directories:
rec.sport.soccer statistics foundation - Links
- curlie.org - sports - soccer - directory
- " botw.org - top - sports - soccer - directory
- " dmoz.org- sports - soccer - directory - 2017 archive
- dir.yahoo.com - recreation - sports - soccer - directory - 2014 archive

References:

Articles:
- askaboutsports.com - association football - archive
- wikipedia.org - association football - article
- wikipedia.org - association football - category
- wikipedia.org - association football - portal
- wikipedia.org - association football organizations - portal
- wikipedia.org - association football related lists - category

Images:
- commons.wikimedia.org - association football - images category