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For a more comprehensive list, see the List of association football topics.

Association football is a sport that derived from the many early football codes of the middle-ages and earlier. It was codified in the 1800s and continues to be popular worldwide.

The following topic outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to association football:

Essence of association football

Main article: Association football

• Association football around the world
• Women's association football
• Women's association football around the world

History of association football

Main article: History of association football

• Prehistory of association football
• Timeline of association football
• Timeline of English football
• Timeline of Scottish football

Association football and descendants

An indoor soccer game at an open air venue in Mexico. The referee has just awarded the red team a free kick.

• Association football, also known as football, soccer, footy and footie
• Indoor/basketball court varieties of Football:
  • Five-a-side football — played throughout the world under various rules including:
    • Futsal — the FIFA-approved five-a-side indoor game
    • Papi fut the five-a-side game played in outdoor basketball courts (built with goals) in Central America.
  • Indoor soccer — the six-a-side indoor game, known in Latin America, where it is often played in open air venues, as fútbol rápido ("fast football")
  • Masters Football six-a-side played in Europe by mature professionals (35 years and older)
• Paralympic football — modified Football for athletes with a disability. Includes:
  • Football 5-a-side — for visually impaired athletes
  • Football 7-a-side — for athletes with cerebral palsy
  • Amputee football — for athletes with amputations
  • Deaf football — for athletes with hearing impairments
  • Electric wheelchair soccer
• Beach soccer — football played on sand, also known as beach football and sand soccer
• Street football — encompasses a number of informal varieties of football
• Rush goalie — is a variation of football in which the role of the goalkeeper is more flexible than normal
• Crab football — players stand on their hands and feet and move around on their backs whilst playing football as normal
• Swamp soccer — the game is played on a swamp or bog field

Tabletop games and other recreations

• Based on FA rules
  • Subbuteo
  • Blow football
  • Foosball (also known as table football/soccer, babyfoot, bar football or gettone)
  • Penny football (also known as coin football)

Association football lists

Main article: List of association football topics

• Names for association football

See also

• Outline of sports