足球類運動

足球類運動是一個團隊運動的大種類，並在在不同程度上用腳踢球進入球门以達到目的。廣義的被理解為指出該詞出現在區域語境中最流行的足球形式。在某些地方，俗稱“足球”的運動包括：英式足球（在一些國家用soccer）、烤盤足球 （特別是美式足球或加拿大式足球）、澳式足球、拉格比足球（或聯盟式橄欖球或橄欖球）和蓋爾式足球。這些不同的足球變化被稱為足球原則。歷史上可以看到各種形式的足球，通常是受歡迎的遊戲。

Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to English public school football games during the nineteenth century. The expanse of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British influence outside of the directly controlled Empire.  By the end of the nineteenth century, distinct regional codes were already developing: Gaelic football, for example, deliberately incorporated the rules of local traditional football games in order to maintain their heritage.  In 1888, The Football League was founded in England, becoming the first of many professional football competitions. During the twentieth century, several of the various kinds of football grew to become some of the most popular team sports in the world.

 足球模式板 

足球 (1848–1863)足球 (1863–) 沙灘足球 (1992–)五人制足球 (1930–) (1857–1877)街頭足球聯盟式橄欖球做輕微修改美式足球 (1869The first game of American football is widely cited as a game played on November 6, 1869, between two college teams, Rutgers and Princeton. But the game was played under rules based on the association football rules of the time. During the latter half of the 1870s, colleges playing association football switched to the Rugby code.-)奪旗式美式足球, 室內美式足球 (1987–)拉格比規則In 1845, the first rules of rugby were written by Rugby School pupils. But various rules of rugby had existed until the foundation of the 橄欖球聯合會 in 1871.加拿大式足球 (1861–)奪旗式美式足球There are Canadian rules   established by Football Canada. Apart from this, there are also rules   established by IFAF.橄欖球 (1871–)七人制橄欖球 (1883–)聯盟式橄欖球 (1895–)拉格比規則與其他英格蘭學校遊戲一些歷史學家支持這一理論，主要的影響是橄欖球和英格蘭公立學校產生的其他遊戲。 另一方面，也有歷史學家支持澳大利亞規定足球和蓋爾足球的理論有一些共同的起源。See Origins of Australian rules football.澳式足球 (1859–)(1967–)蓋爾式 (1887–)

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 另見 
 足式高爾夫

 註解 

 參考資料 

 Eisenberg, Christiane and Pierre Lanfranchi, eds. (2006): Football History: International Perspectives; Special Issue, Historical Social Research 31, no. 1. 312 pages.  
 Green, Geoffrey (1953); The History of the Football Association; Naldrett Press, London
 Mandelbaum, Michael (2004); The Meaning of Sports; Public Affairs, 
 Williams, Graham (1994); The Code War; Yore Publications, 

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