The Football Association

The Football Association ( briefly (The) FA ) is the leading association football in England and the Kronbesitz Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.

4.1 President of the Football Association
4.2 Chairman of the Football Association
4.3 Secretaries and Administrators of the Football Association

Overview

The FA was founded on 26 October 1863 as the first football association in the world. She was instrumental in helping to formulate the rules of modern football game, and holds a special place in the history of the sport. Today, she is a member of UEFA, FIFA and is represented with a permanent seat on the International Football Association Board ( IFAB ).

All professional football clubs in England must be members of the Football Association to take part in the competitions. The FA is responsible for the management of the English men's and women's national teams, the organization of the FA Cup - the largest and most prestigious cup competition in the country - and is also the umbrella organization of the Football League ( consisting of the Championship, League One and League Two ). The Premier League, however, is self-administered.

The FA plays a major role in the development of English football at the base, yet they continue to support the amateur games and organized the National League System.

Origin of the word soccer

The English word soccer, football ', which is used primarily in regions where other forms of football are common ( for example, in the American or Australian ), derived from a short form of association. It denotes that football, which is played according to the rules of the FA. Thus, the term clearly be distinguished from the more popular in the U.S. American football. In British English, is meant by football in the first place, what is referred to in German as football, but in the German language " football " means American football in particular.

History

Before the first meeting of the Football Association in the Freemason's Tavern, a pub in the Great Queen Street in London, on October 26, 1863, there was no generally accepted rules of football. The founding members, who participated in the first meeting, were representatives of associations and educational institutions: Barnes, WO ( War Office ) Club, Crusaders, Forest of Leytonstone ( later became Wanderers Football Club ), NN ( No Names ) Club ( from Kilburn, an area in North London ), Crystal Palace ( has no connection to today's Crystal Palace Football Club ), Blackheath Football Club, Percival House ( Blackheath ), Surbiton and Blackheath Proprietary School; Although the Charterhouse School sent an observer, but refused to join the union.

The first rules of modern football game was developed during a series of six meetings, which were held in the said locality October-December 1863. At the last of these meetings drew the first treasurer of the FA, the representative from Blackheath, the membership of his club in the FA back. This was due to the deletion of two designed rules at the previous meeting. The first of these rules would have to walk with the ball allowed in hand, the second the prevention of such a run by kicking the opponent in the shin, leg positions and holding. Other English rugby clubs followed him and did not occur at the FA. Instead, they formed in 1871, the Rugby Football Union ( RFU).

A premiere game in which the new rules of the FA should be applied was scheduled for January 2, 1864 in Battersea Park ( London). However Enthusiastic members of the FA did not want to wait until the new year, so a test match in Mortlake between EC Morley's team, Barnes, and their neighbors FC Richmond, who had no FA- member himself, was held on 19 December, 1863, which ended goalless. The Richmonder could not be certain that apparent from the application of the new rules - they helped 1871 the RFU to form up.

The game in Battersea Park was postponed for a week. It is the first pre- led football game that was played by FA rules, on Saturday, January 9, 1864 played. The participants of the opposing teams, including many famous football players of the time were the president of the FA, Arthur Pember, and the Secretary, EC Morley selected.

Competitions

The FA is holding the following competitions:

FA Challenge Cup (oldest cup competition )
FA Trophy
FA vase
FA Women's Cup
FA Youth Cup
FA Sunday Cup
FA County Youth Cup
FA Community Shield
FA National League System Cup
FA Futsal Cup

Management of the Football Association

President of the Football Association

Arthur Pember (1863-1867)
Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1867-1874)
Francis Marindin (1874-1890)
Lord Kinnaird (1890-1923)
John Charles Clegg (1923-1937)
William Pickford (1937-1939)
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ( 1939-1955 )
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1955-1957)
Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1957-1963)
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood ( 1963-1971 )
Edward Windsor, 2nd Duke of Kent ( 1971-2000 )
Andrew, Duke of York (2000-2006)
William, Duke of Cambridge (since 2006)

Chairman of the Football Association

A. G. Hines (1938 )
M. Frowde (1939-1941)
Amos Brook Hirst (1941-1955)
Arthur Drewry (1955-1961)
Graham Doggart (1961-1963)
Joe Mears (1963-1966)
Andrew Stephen (1967-1976)
Harold Warris Thompson (1976-1981)
Bert Millichip (1981-1996)
Keith Wiseman (1996-1999)
Geoff Thompson (1999-2008)
David Triesman (2008-2010)
David Bernstein ( since 2010)

Secretaries and Administrators of the Football Association

Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1863-1866)
R. W. Willis (1866-1868)
R. G. Graham (1868-1870)
Charles William Alcock (1870-1895)
Frederick Wall (1895-1934)
Stanley Rous (1934-1962)
Denis Follows (1962-1973)
Ted Croker (1973-1989)

In 1989, the role of the secretary has been replaced by the managing director.

Graham Kelly (1989-1998)
Adam Crozier (2000-2002)
Mark Palios (2003-2004)
Brian Barwick (2005-2009)
Ian Watmore (2009-2010)

UEFA five year ranking

Position in the UEFA five year ranking (in brackets the previous year placement). The abbreviation CL and EL countries behind the coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2014/15 season of the Champions League and the Europa League.

01 (02) Spain (league, cup ) - Coefficient: 88.025 - CL: 4, EL: 3
02 (01) England England ( League, Cup, League Cup) - Coefficient: 82.963 - CL: 4, EL: 3
03 (03) Germany Germany (league, cup ) - Coefficient: 79.614 - CL: 4, EL: 3
04 (04 ) Italy Italy (league, cup ) - Coefficient: 64.147 - CL: 3, EL: 3

As of the end of the European campaign of 2012/13

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