Football

With the ball and team sport football two teams play each other. The teams consist of 11 players. The goal of the game is to hit the ball as possible into the opposing goal shoot. The team that has done this after 90 minutes, often goes out the winner from the game. The game is played mainly with his feet. However, it is also allowed to use other body parts. Prohibited the use of the arms and hands. An exception to this rule, however, the goalkeeper. He guards the respective gate and it is also his arms and hands are allowed to use, but only in a measured area in front of his gate. He is distinguished by its well different clothes from the other players. The other 10 players have their specific tasks.

These tasks are heavily divided into the areas of defense, midfield and the storm. Football is now one of the most popular sports and is distributed worldwide. The global organization of the sport is taken over by the world football body FIFA. There are over 325 000 clubs. These are located in over 207 countries, all of which belong together with the world football. 27 000 clubs are there in Germany alone. This does not include the estimated four million people, this sport does not exercise purely as a hobby and the club. The sport is dominated by men. Be it on the field, but also on the side of the fans. However, the women should not be underestimated, resulting in the reporting is unfortunately often the case. The women's football in Germany is in a frantic growth phase and also internationally, the women gained a high importance. Today, there are, exactly, we in the male sports colleagues, a women's European Championship, a women's football World Cup and many others, including international tournaments. The original "sport" these days has become an important industry.

The international competitions are now no longer just a sporty, but also an economic giant event. Many of the big clubs are now organized as a limited company and listed on global stock exchanges. But the five major revenue clubs in the world in the 2007/08 season earned a combined turnover of over 1.5 billion euros.

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