The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2006 throughout the world. January 1 – Australia officially left the OFC and joined the AFC...

June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their...

history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, stretches back at least to medieval times. FIFA cites Cuju in ancient China...

The Football Association or the FA is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle...

A football is the ball used in the sport of association football. The ball's spherical shape, as well as its size, weight, mass, and material composition...

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (lit. 'International Federation of Association Football'), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA...

In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition...

The 2006 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament...

form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called football include association football (known as soccer in Australia...