Before the legends: Santos in 1912
Santos FC dates its foundation to 14 April 1912. Its official archive describes the founding meeting in the city centre, above a bakery.
World Cup
The world meets through football.
Explore senior men’s and women’s World Cups alongside age-group competitions. Keep edition, category and host separate when comparing records; different tournaments tell different stories.
Build your football knowledge →Start with a better question.
All stories →World Cup records: ask which tournament first
“World Cup record” sounds precise until you ask which competition, which edition and which category. Men’s, women’s and age-group tournaments belong to a connected football world, but their records are not interchangeable.
Offside: position and offence are different
Standing beyond a defensive line does not, by itself, mean the referee must stop play. Offside decisions involve both a player’s position and their subsequent involvement.
Why two football sites can show different statistics
Two sites can agree on a final score yet disagree about a tackle, a chance or possession. A statistic is shaped by how the action is defined and collected.
1863: a shared rulebook, not the first kick
Football’s history cannot be reduced to a single person kicking a single ball. Earlier ball-playing traditions and the development of association football belong to related but distinct questions.
Follow the competition.
Open the organiser’s site for current fixtures, results and regulations. These are external sources, not a live feed inside Prem Football.