Football is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each on a rectangular field. The objective is to advance the ball by running or passing across the opposing team's goal line or kicking it between their goal posts to score points. It is believed to have descended from the ancient Greek game of harpaston, where teams would score by crossing a goal line while kicking, running with, or throwing the ball. Modern football typically involves 11 players per side on a field with goals at each end and standardized rules.
2. A game played by two
teams of 11 players each
on a rectangular field
with goal lines and goal
posts at either end, the
object being to gain
possession of the ball and
advance it in running or
passing plays across the
opponent's goal line or
kick it between the
opponent's goal posts.
3. • Football is believed to have
descended from the ancient Greek
game of harpaston. Harpaston is
mentioned frequently in classical
literature, where it is often
referred to as a “very rough and
brutal game“. The rules of this
ancient sport were quite simple:
Points were awarded when a
player would cross a goal line by
either kicking the ball, running
with it across the goal line, or
throwing it across the line to
another player. The other team’s
objective was simply to stop them
by any means possible. There was
no specific field length, no side line
boundaries, no specified number
of players per team, only a glaring
lack of rules.
4. There are normally 11 players on
the field.
Right midfield Right back
Center forward
Center midfield
Center back
Goalkeeper
Center midfield
Center back
Center forward
Left midfield
Left back
