FIFA

Association football, known as soccer in several countries, is the world's most popular sport, played by an estimated 250 million players in over 200 countries. The Laws of the Game are maintained by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which was founded in 1886 and consists of FI...

Beach Soccer is a five-a-side variant of association football played on a sand pitch, governed worldwide by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). Unlike the 11-a-side game, whose Laws are written by IFAB, beach soccer has its own dedicated rulebook, the Beach Soccer Laws of th...

Futsal is played and administered directly by FIFA rather than by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which governs the 11-a-side game. The current edition of the rulebook, the Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, was approved by the Bureau of the Council and is effective from 5 Sept...