On this page I try to explain the rules of soccer

I hope you learn a lot because soccer can be an

Very difficult sport.

The Pitch.

The official size of the pitch from the International Soccer Organisation (the FIFA) is :

The length of the pitch is at most a 120 meters and the minimum length is 90 meters ;

The width is at most 90 meters and the minimum width is 45 meters.

Every country in the world can use their on size but it has to be within the sizes by the FIFA.

In Holland the Dutch football organisation (the KNVB) has said : a pitch is at least 100 meters long and 64 meters width , at most a pitch is 105 meters long and 69 meters width.

By international matches there are other sizes : max. 120 x 75 and min. 100 x 64.

You can see a picture of a soccer field if you click here.

The game.

A match is played by 2 teams. Every team excist out of 10 players and a goalkeeper.

This means that there are 22 players on the field.

To start a match there have to be at least 8 players a team on the

field ( 7 field players and 1 goalkeeper).

During official matches every team has 3 substitutions a match , often in friendly games the teams agree that there be more substitutions in one game.

The 2 teams witch are playing must wear different clothes so the referee can separate the 2 teams.

The goalkeepers must also wear different clothes so the referee can see the difference between a defender and his goalie.

Each team has a captain , he is wearing a band on one of his upper arms.

1 Match has to periods of 45 minutes , the break between the 2 half’s is 15 minutes , the players go to their dressing rooms (every team has one dressing room) and usually drink thee or something non alcoholic.

When during the game there is some injured or there are substitutions the time is stopped and at the end of each period that time will be added up by the 45 minutes.