A team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a [[soccer ball]]. The object of the game is to score by driving the [[ball]] into the opposing goal.

Soccer is formally called "Association football", but is more commonly known as "football" in most countries outside of the United States, Canada, and Australia.

The term "soccer" is of UK origin, being a shorthand for As[b]soc[/b]iation Football at Oxford University that has now long fallen out of use there.  It is a term in the same vein as "rugger" which refers to [b]Rug[/b]by Football.

h4. [[World Cup]]

* [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]
* [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]
* [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]
* [[2010 FIFA World Cup]]
* [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]]
* [[2014 FIFA World Cup]]
* [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup]]
* [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]
* [[2022 FIFA World Cup]]
* [[FIFA World Cup Trophy]]

h4. See also

* [[American football]]
* [[Soccer ball]]
* [[Soccer field]]
* [[Soccer uniform]]
* [[Playing sports]]
* [[Tag Group:Sports]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Association Football":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football
* "Wikipedia: Football":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football
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