History of a Sprot Timeline

History of a Sport Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Dec 31, 2014

Soccer at the 1900 Summer Olympics

May 14, 1900

lst Soccer game played at the Summer Olympics

Real Madrid Formed

Mar 6, 1902

Famous Soccer team (League) Founded and eternal rival of FC Barcelona.

FIFA was created

May 21, 1904

FIFA was founded in Paris on 21 May 1904

Chelsea F.C., Founded

Mar 10, 1905

Chelsea Football Club is an English football club based in Fulham, London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football.

FIFA becomes a member of the IFAB

Jan 1, 1913

1913: FIFA becomes a member of the IFAB. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) is the body that determines the Laws of the Game of association football.

Brazilian National football team fromed

Jan 1, 1914

Brazil is the most successful national football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with five championships: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. They are also the most successful team in the FIFA Confederations Cup with four titles. Brazil is the only national team to have played in every World Cup.

The offside rule is reduced from three to two defending players.

Jan 1, 1925

Offside (sometimes known as offsides) is a law in football (soccer) which states that if a player is in an offside position when the ball is touched or played by a team-mate, the player may not become actively involved in the play. A player is in an offside position when closer to the opponent's goal line than both the ball and the second-to-last defender (which is usually the last outfield player), and also in the opponent's half of the pitch. "Offside position" is a matter of fact, whereas

The Jules Rimet Trophy: The first World Cup Trophy

Jan 1, 1930

The Jules Rimet Trophy was the original prize for winning the Football World Cup. Originally called "Victory", but generally known simply as the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, it was officially renamed in 1946 to honour the FIFA President Jules Rimet who in 1929 passed a vote to initiate the competition.

First World Cup

Jul 13, 1930

Was hosted by Uruguay and won home, The frist to win the 1st World Cup for Soccer.

Soccer Banned in Olympics

Jan 1, 1932

Soccer was taken off the program for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, due to a controversy between FIFA and the IOC over the definition of amateur and the reluctance of many strong soccer countries to travel the US because of the expense involved.

The King of Futbol - Pele was born

Oct 23, 1940

Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born on Oct. 23, 1940 in Brazil he has the highest record in goals: 1281 goals in his soccer career.

Frist FIFA World cup televised

Jun 16, 1954

First time to televised the Switerland's 1954 FIFA World Cup.

Diego Maradona was born

Oct 30, 1960

is an Argentine football manager, coach and former player. Many experts, football critics, former players, current players and football fans consider Maradona as the best football player of all time.[5][6][7][8] He was joint FIFA Player of the 20th Century with Pelé.

Introduction of Red and Yellow cards for the 1st time

Jun 1, 1970

The system of red and yellow cards is introduced for the 1970 FIFA World Cup ™ finals.

Offical FIFA World Cup Trophy Awarded

Jan 1, 1974

A replacement trophy was commissioned by FIFA for the 1974 World Cup and beyond.

1st time Coca Cola began sponsring the World Cup

Jan 1, 1978

Since 1978, Coca-Cola has sponsored the FIFA World Cup.

Golden Ball Awarded

Jan 13, 1982

Best Ball Player

FIFA Soccer Games 1st introduced

Jan 1, 1986

FIFA has licensed FIFA World Cup video games since 1986

Maradona's "Hand of God" voted as Greatest Goal of the Century

May 31, 1986

Messi was born

Jun 24, 1987

is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He serves as the captain of his country's national football team

The Hillsborough Disaster

Apr 15, 1989

n incident that occurred on 15 April 1989 at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England, during the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest football clubs. The crush resulted in the deaths of 96 people and injuries to 766 others. The incident has since been blamed primarily on the police. The incident remains the worst stadium-related disaster in British history and one of the world's worst football disasters.

1st FIFA Women's World Cup

Jan 1, 1991

The 1st inaugural tournament was hosted in China in 1991 and the U.S. Women National Soccer Team Won the tournament.

U.S. MLS is Formed

Feb 1, 1995

Major League Soccer was officially formed in February 1995

Women's Football Tournaments at Olympics

Jan 1, 1996

Since 1996, The Olympics has held Women's Football Tournaments.

Pele voted Greatest Sccoer Player Ever

Jan 13, 1999

2002 FIFA World Cup

May 31, 2002

Korea and Japan

Houston Dynamo Formed

Dec 15, 2005

Houston's MLS Team Houston Dynamo is formed

2006 FiFA World Cup

Jun 9, 2006

Hosted by Germany Won by Italy

2010 FIFA World Cup

Jun 11, 2010

It was hosted in South Africa. Spain was the victor.

BBVA Compass Stadium / Houston Dynamo Staduim

Dec 2, 2010

BBVA Compass Stadium was bulit for the Houston Dynamo to play home games.

2014 FIFA World Cup

Jun 12, 2014