1. The first game of football was played in December1863.
2. The highest scoring game in football history was a match between Australia and American Samoa, with a score of 31-0.
3. The fastest goal ever scored in a professional football match was in just 2.8 seconds.
4. The oldest football club in the world is Sheffield FC, founded in 1857.
5. The World Cup trophy weighs about 13.5 pounds (6.1 kilograms).
6. The longest recorded football match in history lasted for over three days.
7. The most goals in a single World Cup tournament was scored by Just Fontaine of France, with 13 goals in 1958.
8. The first player to be sent off in a World Cup final was Argentina's Pedro Monzón in 1990.
9. The record for the most international goals scored by a player is held by Ali Daei from Iran, with 109 goals.
10. The highest paid football player in the world is Lionel Messi.
11. The sport is called soccer in the United States and Canada, while it's called football in most other countries.
12. The first official international football match took place in 1872 between England and Scotland.
13. The shortest football player to play professionally is Diego Maradona, who was 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 meters) tall.
14. The World Cup has been won by Brazil the most number of times, with a total of five victories.
15. The fastest recorded shot in football history was taken by Ronny Heberson, clocking in at 131 miles per hour (211 kilometers per hour).
16. Pelé is the only player to have won three World Cups with Brazil.
17. In 1969, El Salvador and Honduras went to war after a series of matches between their national teams sparked tensions.
18. The highest attendance ever recorded at a football match was 173,850 spectators in a game between Brazil and Uruguay in 1950.
19. The official ball of the World Cup is called the Adidas Telstar.
20. Football is the most popular sport in the world, with an estimated 4 billion fans.
21. The first black football player to represent England at international level was Arthur Wharton in 1882.
22. The largest football stadium in terms of seating capacity is the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in North Korea, which can hold up to 114,000 spectators.
23. The most expensive transfer fee ever paid for a football player is €222 million, for Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain.
24. The youngest professional football player ever to play in a World Cup match is Norman Whiteside, who represented Northern Ireland in 1982 at the age of 17 years and 41 days.
25. The most goals scored by a single player in a club career is held by Ferenc Puskás, who scored 746 goals in 754 matches for clubs and the national team.
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