Get to know in this article a little about the Football History in Brazil and also in world.
O soccer it is one of the most popular sports practices in the world. It is a sport practiced and appreciated in hundreds of countries, and the body responsible for organizing football-related events is FIFA.
The popularity of football is attributed to its simplicity and ease of play, being played on all continents by people of different age groups, in schools, clubs, streets and courts.
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Around 2600 BC C., in the region where it currently is. China, practiced a ritual called TsüTsü, which was nothing more than. Use the head of the chief of the tribe of enemies by the warriors of the tribes. winning like ball, so as to be kicked by the winners in a sort of. game. This kind of ritual was performed because the Chinese believed that. in that way they could assimilate intelligence, strength, skill and a. leadership ability of the defeated enemy.
Also at this time, in the region where it is today. Japan, one came up. practice known as Kemary, whose players aim. manipulate and control the ball with your feet, in an agile, delicate and elegant way. O. Kemary was considered a ceremony to celebrate self-knowledge, da. meditation, self-control and self-learning, serving as an agent. disciplinarian.
Kemary was practiced by members of the Japanese emperor's court, in a field of approximately two hundred square meters. The ball used in the game was made of bamboo fibers, and physical contact between players (8 in each team) was prohibited by the rules.
Already in the historical period that settled between. 1,200 and 1,600 a. C., emerged, in pre-Columbian America, a sport called. Tlachtli, which was played with loose rubber balls; the goal. of this game was to make a representation of the mythological battle that takes place between a. light and darkness.
Already in century IV a. C., sports practices. Epyskiros and Harpastum, were practiced in Greece in Rome, respectively. These. games consisted of working a ball with your feet and taking it to the side. opponent of the field.
These. sports were practiced exclusively by aristocrats, with the exception of the feast periods of Bacchus, the god of. wine, in which the whole people were freed to play these games as one. tribute to god.
In the practice of Epyskiros, the Greek soldiers were. divided into two teams formed by nine players each and played the ball on. a rectangular terrain. After Greece was dominated by the Romans, they. they assimilated the Greek culture and developed the Harpastum, which was more violent. than the Greek game.
In the 14th century, in Italy, a sport called Calcio. it was popular among the Italian nobility. Calcio was played in an area of 120. meters wide by 180 meters long, delimited by rods of. wood on the floor; the dispute took place between teams composed of 25 to 30 players. each. The object of this game was to get the ball past the crossbar. opposing team. It was this game model that arrived in England at the beginning. XVII century.
After arriving in England and becoming popular, football. went through a regulatory process to establish and organize the rules. about the game. These rules were then followed by many schools. English in the early 19th century.
It was determined that the football field should have. an area 120 meters wide by 180 meters long, with two arches. placed at the end, called a goal. So after being systematized and having. clear rules, the practice of football became popular among students and heirs. of the English nobility.
In 1871, the position of the goalkeeper, the only one, emerged. player who would be allowed to put their hands on the ball, being positioned. in front of the goal and preventing the entry of the ball into it.
As early as 1875, it was established that the time of each. match would be 90 minutes, and in 1891 the penalty was created, as a punishment for. a foul committed within the area. It was only in 1907 that the rule on the. off-side.
In 1886 football became. professionalized, with the creation of the International Board, an organization. responsible for establishing the rules of football and organizing their. events.
In 1888, a. Football League, an organization responsible for organizing championships. football internationals.
In 1904, FIFA was born. (International Federation of Football Association), a responsible organization. why organize and establish world football rules until today. FIFA is responsible for organizing the big ones. national team championships, such as the World Cup and championships. continental selections.
In Brazil, football was officially introduced. by Charles Miller, in 1894, in Rio de Janeiro. Charles Miller was from São Paulo and. he traveled to England when he was nine years old to complete his. studies. In England, Miller got to know football and brought, in 1894, the first. soccer ball for Brazil and the rules he learned.
The first football game. held in Brazil took place on April 15, 1895, in a dispute between. employees of English companies located in São Paulo. The dispute took place on. Gas Company employees against Railway São Paulo employees. Railway.
The first football team. created in Brazil was the São Paulo Athletic, formed on May 13, 1888.
Upon arriving in Brazil, the. football was a practice of the elite of society, and blacks could not. participate in the games.
The first Brazilian football league was founded in. São Paulo, in 1901. This was followed by the creation of the Rio de Janeiro leagues in 1905 e. Bahia, Mineira and Paranaense in 1915.
In November 1915, the Confederation was created. Brasileira de Desportos, are the purpose of organizing the practice of football no. Brazil, being recognized as an official football entity by FIFA in. 1917.
In 1930, the first Soccer World Cup was held, hosted in Uruguay, in which the Uruguayan team was champion and the Brazilian team finished the competition in sixth place.
See also: Soccer.
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