HISTORY OF

FUTSAL
GROUP 1
 INTRODUCTION
Futsal started in 1930 when
Juan Carlos Ceriani, a teacher
in Montevideo, Uruguay,
created a version of indoor
football for recreation in
YMCAs.
 Futsal is a ball sport played on a hard court, smaller
than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has
similarities to five-a-side football.
 Futsal is played between two teams of five players
each, one of whom is the goalkeeper. Unlimited
substitutions are permitted.
 Unlike some other forms of indoor football, the game is
played on a hard court surface delimited by lines; walls
or boards are not used.
 Futsal is also played with a smaller, harder, low-
bounce ball. The surface, ball, and rules together favor
ball control and passing in small spaces.
 Futsal is recognized by FIFA as the official indoor
soccer game, played with touchlines as boundaries
and no use of walls or boards. It is played at a faster
pace than generic 11-a-side full-pitch soccer, allowing
players to get more touches than a regular game.
 There are no offsides and Futsal games are generally
higher scoring than regular soccer, making the game
more "exciting" to play.
 Futsal is a variant of soccer that is played on a smaller
field (court in futsal terms) and most often played
indoors.
 Its name is derived from the Portuguese, futebol de
salão and the Spanish, fútbol de salón (colloquially
fútbol sala), which can be translated as "hall football" or
"indoor football".
 During the sport’s second world championships held
in Madrid in 1985, the name fútbol de salón was used.
 Since then, all other names have been officially and
internationally changed to futsal.
 The origins of futsal can be traced back to Uruguay in
1930, where amid the euphoria that greeted the
country’s victory at the inaugural FIFA World Cup on
home soil, there was a football being kicked on every
street corner in their capital, Montevideo.
 Juan Carlos Ceriani, an Argentinean physical
education instructor living there at the time, observed
man youngsters practicing football on basketball courts
owing to the shortage of football pitches.
 It was there and then the idea for a five-a-side
variation came about.
 Borrowing from the rules of water polo, handball and
basketball, Ceriani drew up the original rules of game,
which were quickly adopted across South America.
 Rules for the new sport were first published in Brazil in
1936.
 In 1965, the Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol
de Salon (South American Futsal Confederation) was
formed, consisting of Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru,
Argentina and Brazil. That same year, the first
international competition took place, with Paraguay
winning. Six more South American Cups were held
through 1979, with Brazil winning all of them.
 The sport spread across South America, and its
popularity ensured that a governing body was formed
under the name of FIFUSA (Federación Internacional de
Fútbol de Salón) in 1971. The members at that time
were, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal,
Uruguay, and Argentina.
 Futsal crossed the Atlantic to Europe along with the
many Spanish and Portuguese immigrants returning
from South America at that time.
What are the differences
between
Football and Futsal?
Football and Futsal are both team sports where players
try to score goals by kicking a ball into the opponent's net.
The main differences lie in the size of the playing area,
number of players, ball size, duration of matches, and
rules. Football is played on a large field outdoors with 11
players on each team, while futsal is played indoors on a
smaller, hard court with 5 players per team.
The futsal ball is smaller and heavier, and matches are
shorter, lasting 20 minutes per half compared to
football's 45-minute halves. Futsal emphasizes quick
passes and skillful ball control due to the smaller playing
area, and it has specific rules like kick-ins instead of
throw-ins and limitations on fouls.
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Prepared By:

Flores, Mary Jane Bucol, Charlotte Florendo, Dhyll

Magallen, Rhea Mae Pacaldo, James Maniquez, Sarry