2008 in association football information

The following are the association football events of the year 2008 throughout the world. 3 – Argentine midfielder Éver Banega leaves Boca Juniors and joins...

Association football, commonly known as football, or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet...

Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 to 23 August. Associations...

history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, stretches back at least to medieval times. Some predecessors of football may date...

The Football Association (known by its abbreviation The FA) is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey...

internationale de football association (French for 'International Association Football Federation'; abbreviated as FIFA and pronounced in English as /ˈfiːfə/...

Internationale de Football Association. 29 October 2008. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008. "Gala nominees revealed"...

The German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund [ˈdɔʏtʃɐ ˈfuːsbalˌbʊnt]; DFB [ˌdeːʔɛfˈbeː] ) is the governing body of football, futsal,...

confirmed". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 23 June 2008. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2008. "Ref Clattenburg hit by...

World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The tournament was held in Japan from 11...

quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). It took place in Austria and Switzerland...

six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries...

GK SW RB CB LB RWB LWB DM RM CM LM AM RW SS LW CF In the sport of association football, each of the 11 players on a team is assigned to a particular position...

international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)...

The Homeless World Cup is an annual association football tournament organized by the Homeless World Cup Foundation, a social organization which advocates...

form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called football include association football (known as soccer in Australia...

Wembley Stadium West Ham United Association football is the most popular sport, both in terms of participants and spectators, in London. London has several...

scored per game in a NWSL match: The most successful scorer per game in a Uruguayan Primera División match: List of world association football records الهلال...

Football at the Summer Olympics, also referred to as the Olympic Football Tournament, has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition...

Austrian Football Association, the governing body for football in Austria. Austria has qualified for seven FIFA World Cup, most recently in 1998. The...

Racism in association football is the abuse of players, officials, and fans because of their skin colour, nationality, or ethnicity. Some may also be...

the modern Laws of the Game. With over 40,000 association football clubs, England has more clubs involved in the code than any other country. England hosts...