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Names for association football

Football has been around a long time, and there are lots of different names for it. The most common name is "association football". This means a sport where two teams of eleven players each kick a ball around a field, trying to score goals by getting the ball into the other team's goal. Other names for it include "soccer", "fútbol", "calcio", and "fußball". Each of these names comes from a different country or culture where football is popular, and some people may use one name or the other depending on where they are from.