FOOTBALL

THE RANSOM OF SUCCESS!

Football is the preferred sport in the world with more than 265 million players and 38 million licensees around the world. 7% of the European population practice football.  Asia, with more than 85 million players (male & female), is in the lead, before Europe with 63 million, followed by the 48 African, North American and Central 45 and South America 29. The number of clubs has been worldwide more than 400 000 and the number of teams reached 2 million even more.

A CONCEPT SIMPLE

Football is a sport within the reach of all fronts. Football is a collective sport ball, between two teams. The principle is to penetrate, without using hands or arms, a ball in the opponent's goal. Each goal to score a point, the objective being to score more goals than the opposing team to win

AN EASY ACCESS SPORT

Football is a sport that can be practiced anywhere outdoors, although some variants allow playing indoors. Playgrounds are multiple and the widespread informal practice of the playground where improvised land boundaries of the goals can be symbolized by objects, public spaces (streets, squares...) in the land dedicated to this activity. This sport requires little resources, hardware or accessories: a ball and shoes of sport to begin and the rules are easily accessible (do get the ball into the opponent's goal and prevent their opponent to score). The rules are easily to know, compared to some other sports where attacks may be limited in time, limited bullets keys, passes prohibited in certain directions...

A FUN ACTIVITY

Football is a game. It is associated with the notions of pleasure, sharing and fun. It can be practiced in leisure even if same team players do not have the same level.

A SPORT ACCESSIBLE TO YOUTH

From age 6, it is possible to practice football in club; the ability to kick a ball with the foot is assimilating very early. It is by the discovery of the ball that awakens childhood taste of football, in a park, a house or a garden, by tapping in the ball and becoming aware of the direction it is taking and exchange it creates with one another. Football is in France the favorite sport of 6-14 years. It teaches respect, competitive spirit, tolerance, self-confidence and the taste of the effort.

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