Welcome to FootballHistory.org, a website about football history including competitions, teams and players.

FA Cup, or Football Association Challenge Cup, is a yearly competition between English football clubs first played in 1871-1872. Known as the oldest tournament in the game of football.

T he rules of association football (soccer) were developed under a long time. There was no standard rules at first, instead many variants of rules were in use depending on where it was …

At its establishment, on 1 November 1897, it was called Sport-Club Juventus. The black and white strips, that today is primarily associated more with Juventus than any other football club, …

A Uruguayan football league was established in 1901, the second organized league in South America. The top division is known as the Uruguayan Primera División and is organized by the …

Over the years, football shoes have taken on different sizes, shapes, and colors, but the main goal of developers have always been providing players with the best possible performance.

He had racked up a total of 1,283 goals in 1,363 matches, making him the top scorer in Brazilian national team history and FIFA history. Just as impressively, he managed to pull off 92 hat …

Facts and stats about the Spanish football team Real Madrid. The history of the club, including results from league seasons and cups.

A few years prior to the country gaining its independence, an Algerian nationalist movement named FLN decided to use football for its cause. In 1958, the FLN formed an unofficial …

A collection of the best football (soccer) players in history. Biographies and career highlights for legends of the game.