Soccer is a sport played between two teams ofmost countries outside of the United States.. No one knows exactly when soccer was created, but according to the Fédération Internationale de
Trang 1Soccer is a sport played between two teams of
most countries outside of the United States It is played by 250 million players in over 200
countries, making it the world's most popular sport No one knows exactly when soccer was created, but
according to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, international soccer's governing body, the earliest versions of the game can be traced back 2,000 years to ancient China However, modern soccer traces its origins back
to medieval England Soccer was banned in England during the reign of King Edward
(1307-1327) Anyone who was caught playing soccer at this time was thrown into
prison This did not stop people from playing soccer
Soccer continued to grow, though it was banned by many other kings and queens of England who came into
power after King Edward Many players were imprisoned and otherwise punished for playing the sport
throughout the history of soccer
Village ball game contests slowly evolved into a more organized sport by the 19th century The newly formed English Football Association wrote the first official
soccer rules on the 8th of December This association
over the years, but the basic game is still the same In 1904 the first international match outside England in the history of
soccer was played in Paris between France and Belgium
This led to the founding of FIFA, the international soccer organization, on May 22, 1904.
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, commonly known as FIFA, is the governing body of
association soccer FIFA organizes and regulates all of the main soccer competitions in the world It also has control over any rule changes Each year, FIFA names one player the World Player of the Year This is arguably the greatest recognition that an individual soccer player can receive during his playing career
The World Cup is the biggest and most important soccer competition It is an international competition, with
each team representing its own nation Each country in the world also has its own national competitions
between clubs Soccer first appeared in the Olympic Games in 1908.
The 2016 UEFA European Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 or simply Euro 2016,
will be the 15th edition of the UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football
championship of Europe organized by UEFA It is scheduled to be held in France from 10
June to 10 July 2016 Spain are two-time defending champions For the first time, the
European Championship final tournament will be contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format used since 1996 the finalists will contest a group stage consisting of six groups of four teams, followed by a knockout stage including three rounds and the final France was chosen as the host nation on 28 May 2010 The matches will be played in ten stadia in ten cities: Bordeaux, Lens, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Denis, Saint-Étienne, and Toulouse It will be the third time that France hosts the tournament, after the inaugural tournament in 1960 and the 1984 finals The French team has won the European
Championship twice: in 1984 and 2000
The winning team earns the right to compete at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Russia
HERE ARE THE 24 TEAMS
Group A Group B
THE HISTORY
Soccer Word Search
Find the Soccer words that are listed at the bottom of the page in the
Soccer word search grid Circle each letter separately and keep in mind that letters in each Soccer word may be used in more than one
word When the Soccer Word Search puzzle is complete, read the remaining letters left to right, top to bottom, to learn an
interesting fact about soccer
G N I K C I K S O C C E R I S
C I A L L H E D F O O C T B A
T N E V E C I P M Y L O L R R
L E I A N M O S S T P R A E R
T T D D S O S G F T D N F D H
E Y W D R A C W O L L E Y C O
R M L F P I D A E A R R N A D
I I S O S T B I H E L K F R P
O N D O U G F B E H T I T D U
O U A T B E T H L E F C E M C
O T P B S T P O P E U K L A D
P E N A L T Y K I C K R S P L
O S I L R T I N G N I N N U R
T H H L L A B D N A H E W H O
O L S T A E L C E W O R L D W
WORDS ABOUT SOCCER
CL EA TS
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Group C Group D
Teams
Croatia Czech Republic Spain
Turkey
Group E Group F
Teams
Belgium Italy Republic of Ireland Sweden
UNSCRAMBLE THE WORDS AGKLOEPEER _
ERSOCC _ LTYNEAP
ATMIUDS CIKNIKG _ DILEF _
TOHS _ OCHCA RFARWOD _
ERFREEE _ RBBIDEL _ SPSA
OF THE CITIES ON THE MAP : Bordeaux Lens , Lille , Lyon ,
Marseille , Nice , Paris ,
Saint-Denis , Saint-Étienne and Toulouse
Teams
England Russia Slovakia Wales
Teams
Germany Northern Ireland Poland
Ukraine
Austria Hungary Iceland Portugal