THE FIRST AND THE FORE-MOST IN FOOTBALL

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  The first man to introduce football, then known as Rubber ball was Charles Goodie in 1855.

Ø  The first international football match was between England and Scotland on the 10^th of November, 1858.

Ø  The first international referee was Charles William in the game between England and Scotland. He is also the first FIFA secretary.

Ø  The first competitive domestic football match was played on the 20^th of July, 1871, an FA cup match between Nottingham forest and Preston United.

Ø  The first competitive trophy winners are Bolton Wanderers, FA cup in 1871.

Ø  The first Olympic tournament was held and hosted in Panathiakos, Greece in 1896.

Ø  The world cup tournament was introduced by Serani Carlos, from Uruguay in 1930.

Ø  The first world cup match was between France and Mexico on the 13^th of July, 1930.

Ø  The first coach to win the world cup back-to-back was Vitoria Pozo in the years 1934 and 1938.

Ø  The first European tournament known as ‘’THE EUROS’’ was introduced in 1964, the winners were the Soviet Union, presently known as Russia.

Ø  The first African country to feature in a world cup tournament was Egypt.

Ø  The first African Nations cup tournament was in 1957, constituted by Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and South Africa.

Ø  The first African Nations cup winners are Ethiopia.

Ø  The first goal scorer in the African Nations cup was Mohammed Al Deba of Egypt.

Ø  The first nations to co-host the nations cup are Nigeria and Ghana in 2000.

Ø  The European tournament, presently known as Champions League was introduced in 1955.

Ø  The first radio-commented football match of a club was Arsenal on the 22^nd of January, 1927. They are also the first club to have their football match televised in 1930, a game between Arsenal and Sheffield United.

Ø  The first FIFA female executive is Lydia Nsekera from Sudan.

Ø  The most capped international football player is Egyptian’s Ahmed Hassan, with 179 caps for his country.

Ø  The first African players to lift a European trophy are Kanu Nwankwo and Finidi George, both played for Ajax AFC of Holland in 1995.

Ø  The most capped player for a particular club in Europe is Ryan Giggs, currently with 905 caps and counting for Manchester United. In second place is Paulo Maldini with 902 caps for Associacione Calcio Milano (AC Milan).

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