Short history of football

A lot of people will ask: When and where are the beginnings of the game called football (soccer)? Who is the first football club ever? Who is the scorer of the first goal in the football history? Or maybe, why is football so popular today? Is it just a game?

Unfortunately, many of these questions will stay unanswered…

From what is known, we can note that by most theories, Great Britain is the homeland of football, and the first football club founded was Sheffield F.C. in 1857
The first official international match was played in 1872 between England and Scotland and this game finished goalless.
More about the history of football can be found here

Football kept developing and spread in all European countries by the end of the 19th century. Many of the best clubs today were assembled during the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century (Manchester Utd. in 1878, Liverpool F.C. in 1892, Juventus in 1897, Barcelona F.C. in 1899, A.C. Milan in 1899, F.C. Bayern Munich in 1900, Real Madrid C.F. in 1902, F.C. Inter in 1908 etc.)

Great step ahead for football was the establishment of the International Football Federation - FIFA in Paris on 21 May 1904. FIFA organized the World Cup in 1930 which was held in Uruguay. The host nation also won the World Cup. It became tradition and the WC was held every for years. Read more about history of the WC
Another leap forward was foundation of the European football association named UEFA in 1955 and according to that, the same year UEFA started off today’s most prestige club competition – The Champions Cup (in 1992 renamed to Champions League). First winner was Real Madrid, who was dominating club those days with 5 consecutive trophies. See all winners