Geographical Football

Hey, this blog is about the geography of football all about where it came and how it spread throughout the world. Football is about three thousand years old. Its a mystery how football spread from Asia to the Romans. There are references that say that soccer was played in ancient Greek and Roman Olympics. As the game of football got more popular it became more noisy and violent. In the 1680s football was primarily authorized in England but there were certain rules to it like any other sport. Then in 1860 the England Football Association was  formed then in 1863 Belgium, 1874 Germany, 1879 Netherlands, 1882 South Africa, 1906 Nigeria, 1930 Congo. Then in 1984, 150 nations joined FIFA. Finally in 2011, 208 nations joined FIFA. Europe is now dominant in world football.

In each country there is a different type of competition for a Cup for example in Africa they have the African Cup of Nations, in Asia they have the Asian Cup, in Europe they have the Euros, in North America they have the Gold Cup, in Oceania as in Australia they have the Nations Cup and finally in South America they have the Copa America also known as the Confederations Cup. These are all national competition's.Here are where all the most famous clubs are situated in the world and as you can see they are around Italy, France, England, Spain, Germany and Portugal where football is most dominant like I said before. Europe also consists of the best and most paid players. Some of the best players of the world in football come from south America even though the south American football league isn't good at all. But players like Pelé, Maradona, Messi, Neymar etc.....