What is Association football?
:''For the [[United States|American]] sport, see [[American football]]. For other sports known as football, see [[Football]]'' [[File:Game situation (The Intercontinental Derby, October 2017) - Pic3.jpg|thumb|300px|A derby match between [[Galatasaray]] and [[Fenerbahçe]] two [[Turkey|Turkish]] football teams]] [[File:GillsatShrews.jpg|thumb|300px|A match between [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]] and [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] in [[England]] in 2011.]] [[File:Football game.jpg|thumb| [[Africa]]n boys playing soccer]] [[File:Football Time1.jpg|thumb|Three kids playing soccer on the beach]] [[File:Playing football in ASTU.jpg|thumb|Boys playing street football in the ASTU]] {{Use British English|date=January 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox sport | name = Association football | image = Football pictogram.svg | imagesize = 300px | caption = Football pictogram | union = [[FIFA]] | nickname = {{hlist|[[The Beautiful Game]]|The World's Game<ref>{{cite web|title=In a globalised world, the football World Cup is a force for good|url=http://theconversation.com/in-a-globalised-world-the-football-world-cup-is-a-force-for-good-28727|publisher=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]|date=10 July 2014|access-date=11 July 2014|archive-date=8 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808121728/http://theconversation.com/in-a-globalised-world-the-football-world-cup-is-a-force-for-good-28727|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MLS as a Sports Product—The Prominence of the World's Game in the U.S. - Working Paper - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School |url=https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=60069 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.hbs.edu |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129171145/https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=60069 |url-status=live }}</ref> }} | first = [[History of association football#The Football Association|Mid-19th century Engla