फुटबॉल हा जगातील सर्वांत लोकप्रिय खेळ आहे. फुटबॉलच्या संघात ११ खेळाडू असतात. हा मैदानी खेळ मुख्यतः हिरवळ असलेल्या मैदानात खेळला जातो. मैदानाच्या दोन टोकांना उभारलेल्या गोलजाळ्यात चेंडू पोहोचवणे असे या खेळातील खेळाडूंचे उद्दिष्ट असते. गोलरक्षक वगळता इतर दहा खेळाडूंनी चेंडूला हात लावणे नियमबाह्य ठरते. जो संघ अधिक वेळा गोलजाळ्यात चेंडू टाकेल तो संघ विजेता ठरतो.

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 to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport.