page_title: Street football
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Street football / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: From left to right in the background, the Al-Kabir Hotel, the That-El-Emad tower complex, and the Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel are visible. In the foreground, a series of flyovers overlap a highway, with two of Libya's black and white taxis visible. Also in the foreground are a group of teenagers playing football. Street pitches are common in Libya especially near highways and flyovers.
context_page_description: The terms street football and street soccer encompass a number of informal varieties of association football. These informal pick up games do not necessarily follow the requirements of a formal game of football, such as a large field, field markings, goal apparatus and corner flags, eleven players per team, or match officials.
context_section_description: Street football is more similar to beach football and futsal than to association football. Often the most basic of set-ups will involve just a ball with a wall or fence used as a goal, or items such as clothing being used for goalposts (hence the phrase "jumpers for goalposts"). The phrase was used by Ed Sheeran in his 2015 documentary Jumpers for Goalposts: Live at Wembley Stadium as a nod to playing the concerts at Wembley Stadium, the home of English football. The ease of playing these informal games on the streets and open spaces make football the most popular sport in the world.
  Currently several common street football organisations exist (Streetfootballworld, SISM Street Soccer in the USA, The International Street Soccer Association, WhizzKids United, Buntkicktgut, Street Soccer USA). Nowadays, street football is also one method for coaching young football players and is realized with freestyle football, which has grown in popularity since the early 2000s when Nike began to focus on street football and freestyle via their TV ads.
  The first Street Football World Championship took place in the Mariannenplatz in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The World Street 3s, the first international World Street Soccer Championships took place in Manchester on 25 September 2016.
  The United States held their first international tournament in 2014. The American Panna & Freestyle Tournament hosted by SISM Street Soccer, took place in San Jose, California. The inaugural event consisted of freestyle football, street soccer and panna. The event drew many top professionals from around the world to judge and compete in the Bay Area.
caption: Street football in Libya
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