Football in England | |
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![]() The England national football team playing at Wembley. | |
Country | England |
Governing body | The Football Association (FA) |
National team(s) | Men's · women's |
First played | 1863 |
Registered players | 800,000+[1] |
Clubs | 40,000+ clubs (organised into 600+ leagues)[1] |
National competitions | |
Men's competition
Women's competition | |
Club competitions | |
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International competitions | |
Men's competition
Women's competition |
Football is the most popular sport in England,[2] where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of 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 the world's first club, Sheffield F.C.; the world's oldest professional association football club, Notts County; the oldest national governing body, the Football Association; the joint-oldest national team; the oldest national knockout competition, the FA Cup; and the oldest national league, the English Football League. It also has 31% of the population interested in Football.[3] Today England's top domestic league, the Premier League, is one of the most popular and richest sports leagues in the world, with five of the ten richest football clubs in the world as of 2022.[4]
The England national football team is one of only eight teams to win the FIFA World Cup, having done so once, in 1966. A total of six English club teams have won the UEFA Champions League, formerly known as the European Cup.
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