Soccer

History and Rules

Done By: Yazan Zamel 9E

Soccers Beginnings
The

origin of soccer can be found in every

corner of geography and history.
The Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Ancient Greek,
Persian, Viking, and many more played a ball
game long before our era.
The Chinese played "football" games date as
far back as 3000 years ago.
The Ancient Greeks and the Roman used
football games to sharpen warriors for battle.
In South and Central America a game called
"Tlatchi" once flourished.

PITCH

The Rules of Soccer

There

are 11
players for each
team.
The goalkeeper
is the only
player who can
get the ball with
his hands.

Soccer Rules

A goal is scored when

the whole of the ball
passes over the goal
line, between the
goalposts and under
the crossbar, provided
that no faults has
been committed
previously by the
team scoring the goal.

The

team
scoring the
greater
number of
goals during
the match is
the winner.

The Soccer Field

Penalty kick
Penalty

Kick
is when a
player
commits any
foul within his
own Penalty
box.

Corner kick
Corner

kick is
when the ball
goes out of
bounds over the
end line and was
last touched by
the defending
team.

Cards
Yellow

card:
indicates caution.

player who
receives 2 Yellow
Cards is given a
Red Card.

Red

card: the
player must
leave the field
and he cant play
the next game.

Slide Tackle
When

a defender
slides on the
ground and kick
the ball away
from the player.

The Players

A. goalkeeper
B. left fullback
C. right fullback
D. center back
E. left back
F. right back
G. left midfield
H. right midfield
I. left forward
J. center forward
K. right forward

Referee

Arefereeis the
person of authority
in a variety
ofsportswho is
responsible for
presiding over the
game from a
neutral point of
view and making
on-the-fly decisions
that enforce
therules of the
sport.

referee center referee

2 assistant
referees - they
have not been
called linesmen
for many years
now
1 fourth official

The Offside

If

a player is
in an offside
position,
but not
involved in
the play, it
is not an
offside.

A player must be offside the

moment the ball is played by
a teammate.
teammate And to be
calledoffside, the player
must also be involved in an
"active play" by gaining an
advantage by beingoffside,
or interfere with a play, or an
opponent. To be offsides, the
player must also be onthe
opponent's half of the soccer
field, being closer to the
opponent's goal line than
both theball and the nextto-last defender (the
goalkeeper is usually the last
defender).Offside will not be
called if an offside player is
not active in the play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U01-uA
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Penalty
Apenalty

kickis
a type ofdirect
free
kickinassociatio
n football, taken
from 12 yards
(approximately
11 metres) out
from the goal, on
the penalty mark.

kicks or attempts to kick an opponent

trips or attempts to trip an opponent
jumps at an opponent
charges an opponent
strikes or attempts to strike an opponent
pushes an opponent
tackles an opponent to gain possession of the ball, making contact with
the opponent before touching the ball
holds an opponent
spits at an opponent
handles the ball deliberately
Also when it is the defenders error and the Goalkeepers error or any
players error

penalty
In

other words, if
Foul happens in
the penalty area
for the opposite
team, penalty is
considered!

TEAM
it

happens occasionally
in any competition
(league or tournament)
where there is a
minimum number of
players from each team.
The Laws of the Game
require that a team have
at least 7 of a team's

nominal11players on
the field.

BARCELONA
Besides

being a
popular and
successful team,
Barca has become a
symbol of Catalan
nationalism, inspiring
the motto Mas que
un club, or more
than a club

Everyone's

got
unfinished business
with Barcelona.
They're the greatest
team in the world.

Barca

Amazing
Goal:
https://www
.youtube.co
m/watch?
v=P5pVffttbk

Hope you
!enjoyed, Sir

Work cited
http://www.soccerhall.org/history/us_

soccer_history.htm
http://www.soccerhelp.com/Overview
.shtml
http://www.soccersaurus.com/index.
asp?
PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=35
http://www.soccerhelp.com/Soccer_Fi
eld_Diagram.shtml
http://www.soccerhelp.com/Soccer_Ti
ps_Dictionary_Terms_F.shtml#fouls