Football (Soccer)
Football is a ball game played by two teams with each consisting of eleven people. This sport is very popular and played in 200 countries. Football games aim to score as much as possible by using a leather ball sized 27-28 inches. Field used in this game has a width of 50-100 yards long and 100-300 yards. Of goal scoring places is located at the end of the field with a limited-sized net 8 feet high and 24 feet wide.
Football may refer to one of a number of team sports the which all involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just “football” or “soccer”. Unqualified, the word football APPLIES to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in the which the word Appears, including American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, rugby league, rugby union and other related games.
The history of football in Indonesia beginning with the founding of Goods All Indonesia Football Association (PSSI) in Yogyakarta on 19 April 1930 with the leadership Soeratin Sosrosoegondo. In PSSI congress in Solo, the organization changed its name to All Indonesia Football Association. Since then, football events are increasingly being driven by PSSI and the more people playing in the street or plaza where I Union Competition was held. As a form of support for the resurrection “Football Nationality”, Pakubuwono X-founded the football stadium Sriwedari making Indonesia more incentive.
A relic Soeratin Sosrosoegondo, achievement Indonesia national football team is not very satisfactory because of coaching the national team is not balanced with organizational development and competition. In the era before the 1970s, Indonesia had a few players to compete in international competitions, among them Ramang, Sucipto Suntoro, Ronny Pattinasarani, and Tan Liong Houw. During its development, PSSI has expanded its domestic football competitions, including the implementation of Indonesia Super League, First Division, Division One and Division Two for the non-amateur player, as well as the third division for amateur players. In addition, PSSI is also actively develop women’s soccer competition and competition in certain age groups (U-15, U-19, U-19 and U-23).