Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Category

This page is part of the WikiProject on Football and is intended to be used as a guide to how you best categorise articles related to association football. These are the over 30 categories presently located directly under Category:Association football, the top category of the project. The bold v to the left of each category takes you to the subheading of that category.


 * v             Category:Association football academies
 * v                 Category:Association football clubs
 * v          Category:Association football competitions
 * v            Category:Association football by country
 * v               Category:Association football culture
 * v      Category:Association football governing bodies
 * v               Category:History of association football
 * v               Category:Laws of association football
 * v         Category:Association football-related lists
 * v              Category:Association football managers
 * v               Category:Association football matches
 * v                 Category:Association football media
 * v        Category:National association football teams
 * v         Category:Association football organisations
 * v               Category:Association football players
 * v              Category:Association football rankings
 * v Category:Association football records and statistics
 * v              Category:Association football referees
 * v               Category:Seasons in association football
 * v    Category:Association football tactics and skills
 * v           Category:Association football terminology
 * v   Category:Association football trophies and awards
 * v              Category:Association football variants
 * v                Category:Association football venues
 * v               Category:Women's association football
 * v              Category:Association football by year
 * v                 Category:Association football stubs

 Association football academies

 * Category:Association football academies

All football academies and youth systems should be placed directly under this category.

 Association football clubs

 * Category:Association football clubs
 * Category:Defunct association football clubs
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 * Category:Defunct English football clubs
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 * Category:English football clubs
 * Category:Defunct English football clubs
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This category should only contain sub-categories named in the standard Category:Countrian [football/soccer] clubs format (except for a few cases due to problems with that format). In each of these sub-categories, all clubs from that country should be placed. The sub-categories may contain more categories on teams having their own categories.

 Association football competitions

 * Category:Association football competitions
 * Category:International association football competitions
 * Category:FIFA competitions
 * Category:International club association football competitions
 * Category:Women's association football competitions
 * Category:National association football cups
 * Category:National association football premier leagues
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 * Category:Football competitions in England
 * Category:Defunct football competitions in England
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 * Category:Premier League
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This category should only contain sub-categories named in the standard Category:Countrian [football/soccer] competitions format (except for a few cases due to problems with that format). In each of these sub-categories, all club competitions in that country should be placed, if not placed in its own sub-category. There may also be a (defunct) sub-category for competitions not played any more. There are also a few special categories for international competitions, national cups and premier leagues.

 Association football by country

 * Category:Association football by country
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 * Category:Football in England
 * Category:Football clubs in England
 * Category:English footballers
 * Category:English football managers
 * Category:Football competitions in England
 * Category:Football venues in England
 * Category:Seasons in English football
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Extensive category collecting everything related to a specific country from all the other various categories.

 Association football culture

 * Category:Association football culture
 * Category:Association football video games
 * Category:Association football films
 * Category:Association football rivalries
 * Category:Football songs and chants

Everything related to football and its culture should be placed in this category, or any of its sub-categories. Movies, books and TV series related to football, fan culture, casuals, songs and so on. See also the Association football media category further down on this page.

 Association football governing bodies

 * Category:Association football governing bodies
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All national governing bodies of football should be placed directly under this category.

 History of association football

 * Category:History of association football
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Everything related to the history of football should be placed in this category.

 Laws of association football

 * Category:Laws of association football

Everything related to the laws of football should be placed directly under this category. Many articles fit both under this and the Association football terminology category further down on this page.

 Association football-related lists

 * Category:Association football-related lists
 * Category:Lists of association football players

All lists of various kinds should be placed directly under this category or under the player sub-category.

 Association football managers

 * Category:Association football managers
 * Category:Association football managers by team
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 * Category:English football managers
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This category should only contain sub-categories named in the standard Category:Countrian [football/soccer] [managers/coaches] format (except for a few cases due to problems with that format). In each of these sub-categories, all managers from that country should be placed.

 Association football matches

 * Category:Association football matches

Any football match worthy of having a separate article should be placed directly under this category.

 Association football media

 * Category:Association football media
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Everything related to football and media should be placed in this category, or any of its sub-categories. See also the Association football culture category further up on this page.

 National association football teams

 * Category:National association football teams
 * Category:Women's national association football teams
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 * Category:European national association football teams
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Articles on national teams are located under their continental sub-category, or under the women's category if fitting.

 Association football organisations

 * Category:Association football organisations

All organizations and companies related to football should be placed in this category, for governing bodies, see the Football (soccer) governing bodies category further up on this page.

 Association football players

 * Category:Association football players
 * Category:Association football players by club
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 * Category:Footballers in England by club
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 * Category:Chelsea F.C. players
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 * Category:Association football players by nationality
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 * Category:English footballers
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 * Category:Association football players by competition
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 * Category:North American Soccer League players
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 * Category:Women's association football players
 * Category:Football players and officials awarded knighthoods
 * Category:Association football players by position
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 * Category:Association football midfielders
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Players should be placed in their respective country's sub-category named in the standard Category:Countrian [footballers/soccer players] format and in the fitting position sub-category. They may also be placed in a club-specific or competition-specific sub-category if one exists. Female players are placed directly under their category. The football knights category is for players or managers knighted for their contributions to football.

 Association football rankings

 * Category:Association football rankings

All articles dealing with rankings of football clubs, national teams and similar should be placed here.

<span id="Football (soccer) records and statistics"> Association football records and statistics

 * Category:Association football records and statistics

All articles dealing with records or statistics should be placed here.

<span id="Football (soccer) referees"> Association football referees

 * Category:Association football referees

All referees should be placed directly under this category until there are enough of them to start making sub-categories.

<span id="Seasons in football (soccer)"> Association football seasons

 * Category:Seasons in association football
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 * Category:Seasons in English football
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This category should only contain sub-categories named in the standard Category:Seasons in Countrian in [football/soccer] format. Each sub-category should contain the seasonal football articles of the country.

<span id="Football (soccer) tactics and skills"> Association football tactics and skills

 * Category:Association football tactics and skills

All articles on player or team tactics and skills should be placed directly under this category. For ordinary terms and situations of the game, see Association football terminology further down on this page.

<span id="Football (soccer) terminology"> Association football terminology

 * Category:Association football terminology
 * Category:Association football positions

All articles on specific words relating to football should be placed directly under this category. Many articles fit both under this and the Football (soccer) laws category further up on this page. Player pitch positions should be placed in the sub-category.

<span id="Football (soccer) awards"> Association football trophies and awards

 * Category:Association football trophies and awards
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 * Category:Belgian football trophies and awards
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 * Category:FIFA World Player of the Year winners
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All awards given to players, managers or clubs, which are decided by polls or panels of judges should be placed directly under this category. Sub-categories may be created to contain awards from specific countries or leagues, or to contain players that have won the award. For trophies won in the course of playing competitive matches in a tournament or league, see Association football competitions.

<span id="Football (soccer) variants"> Association football variants

 * Category:Association football variants
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 * Category:Indoor soccer
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Category used for articles on the different variants of football present in the world. If enough articles on a subject exist, a sub-category might be needed.

<span id="Football (soccer) venues"> Association football venues

 * Category:Association football venues
 * Category:Defunct association football venues
 * Category:Association football venues by country
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 * Category:Football venues in England
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Stadiums used for football should be placed either directly under this category or in any of the nation-specific sub-categories. These sub-categories should be named in the standard Category:[Football/soccer] venuesin Country format. Some special sub-categories exist for various types of competitions the venues have hosted or are able to host.

<span id="Women's football (soccer)"> Women's association football

 * Category:Women's association football
 * Category:Women's association football players
 * Category:Women's association football clubs
 * Category:Women's association football competitions
 * Category:Women's national association football teams
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Category used for articles specific to women's football. Self explaining categories, no need for more sub-categories before there are more articles on the subject. This category needs more work. Should football and women's football categories overlap, should women's football clubs be listed under both the normal club category and the women's club category, or should there be separate categories for all cases?

<span id="Football (soccer) by year"> Association football by year

 * Category:Association football by year
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 * Category:2003 in association football
 * Category:2004 in association football
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 * Category:UEFA Euro 2004
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This category should only contain sub-categories named in the standard Category:yyyy in football (soccer) format. In each of these sub-categories, all year-specific articles on competitions played during the course of the year should be placed. The sub-categories may contain more categories on year-specific events having its own category.

<span id="Football (soccer) stubs"> Association football stubs

 * Category:Association football stubs
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Nothing should be placed in any of these categories by hand. They are used only when adding a football stub template to an article.