Portal:Association football/DYK/Earliest


 * ...that current Canada striker Christine Sinclair was named one of the 25 most influential people in Canadian sports before she turned 20?
 * ...that Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen of Denmark was the first player to score ten goals in an international match, doing so against France in the 1908 Summer Olympics?
 * ...that Barbados scored an own goal on purpose in order to move ahead of Grenada in the 1994 Caribbean Cup?
 * ...that Malmö FF was degraded from Allsvenskan the 1933-34 season since their nemesis IFK Malmö had reported the club for paying their players, which was against rules at that time?
 * ...that numbers were worn on the back of football shirts for the first time on August 25, 1928?
 * ...that the first corner kick was taken in the 1870s?
 * ...the first ever football tournament was the Youdan Cup in 1867. The final took place at Bramall Lane and was won by Hallam F.C..