Football in his modern form was born more than one and a half hundred years ago. Then the first football clubs of the world were founded, many of whom were safely survived until today's days.
After examining the history of football, the "football-fan" journalists made their own top-5 rating, which included the most oldest teams of the planet. The key condition for the formation of the list is to at the time of its publication, one or another club stayed in the rank of acting, taking part in any regular club competition.
History of the emergence of football
But first let's talk about the history of the signation of football. World historians are still arguing, where and when the idea of \u200b\u200bplaying the "foot ball" was born. Some insist that for the first time came up to kick the sphere in China more than two thousand years ago. The proof is a record of the game in Kennat, which has been preserved in the chronicles of the Han dynasty of the 1st century AD. The participants of the competition chased over the rags made from the rags and the flap of the skin with a round ball - a familiar principle, right?
Other experts argue that football roots should be sought in playing, popular in the days of the ancient Greeks and Romans. According to Polluks records, players were collected on a flat field, on which the middle line and two facial were drawn. At the beginning, the ball was thrown into the center - and the two teams had to score him for someone else's line. Fights and crowds were the usual attribute of those fights.
The history of football in modern form takes its beginning already in the 19th century. England's school and university teachers managed to turn a chaotic and rude running behind the ball in the game with their clear standards. At about the same time, the first football clubs were born. In 1848, the first arch of football rules was adopted in Cambridge. Following this type of regulations, the players were forbidden to catch the ball with his hands, score from the offside, beat the opponent's players and put the steps. It was also clearly spelled out the launching rule. Since then, football has moved a wide time around the world, won millions of fans all over the globe!
The very first clubs of the world
Sheffield (Sheffield, England)
Year of foundation: 1857
The greatest achievements: absent
FC Sheffield (not to be confused with similar teams "Sheffield United" and "Sheffield Wens") - the oldest football club in the world. It was founded in the distant 1857 year. For more than 160 years, the club is active, even if it will not be possible to call him a formidable. Sheffield performs in the first southern division of the Premier League "North" - the eighth on the rank of England League.
However, this team from the same city of the same name was always a memoir of English football. Sheffield does not boast of conquest of internal trophies. The greatest achievement of the club is that his players aroused three times to the National Command of England. However, it was still in the 70s of the 19th century. But on the solemn celebration of the 150th anniversary of the club, the Milan "Inter" and the King of Soccer Soccer!
"Notts County" (Nottingham, England)
Year of foundation: 1862
The greatest achievements: Cup of England (1894)
Along with Sheffield, Nottingham Natts County is the very first football club in the world. But unlike her eternal opponent, Natts is also the oldest professional club, as it acts at the English League 2 (5th place in the 2017/18 season) - the fourth of the country's division. Alas, "Sheffield", the game even at such a level will not be able to boast for a long time.
"Soroki", as affectionately call their favorites fans, were founded in 1862. For a long time they played their own invented invented football ruleswhich differed somewhat from canonical. However, this course quickly refused. And after 25 years, the Football League of England was organized - and Natts County became one of her co-founders.
"Stock city" (stock-on-trent, england)
Year of foundation: 1863
The greatest achievements: League Cup (1972), Finalist of the Cup of England (2011)
The very first football clubsoriginated in England - and "stock city" was one of them. This club was founded in Stoke-Trent in 1863, called "Tramps from Stoke". The current name "Stock" found only fifteen years later. The fans quickly unarked this team "Gonchars": and all because the region for all Britain was famous for the production of better ceramics. The nickname passed: now "potters" are known to each football fan.
"Stock" until the season 2017/18 performed in the Premier League - the Supreme English Division. But it was not possible to stay in the elite: taking the penultimate (19th) place, "Gonchara" spliced \u200b\u200bin the championship. Due to the fact that the club from the stock-on-trent was always in sight, he has many fans both in England and throughout Europe. They do not doubt: a decrease in the class is only an annoying emboss, which will be corrected in the very near future.
"Nottingham Forest" (Nottingham, England)
Year of foundation: 1865
The greatest achievements: European Champions Cup (1979, 1980), European Super Cup (1979), Champion of England (1978), Cup of England (1898, 1959)
The oldest football club of the world along with Sheffield, "Notts County" and "stock" - the legendary English "Nottingham Forest". It was founded in the 1865th, but the real glory gained a little more than a century later. The name "Nottingham" in the second half of the twentieth century inspired the fear of all football grants in Europe. Still: "Lesnika" under the leadership of an unforgettable Brian Clalia in a magnificent style managed twice the triumphant in the most prestigious club tournament! We are talking about the brilliant victories in the European Champions Cup of the 1979th and 1980s, which are forever entered the history of world football.
It is not surprising that to date "Nottingham Forrest" is included in the top 10 most successful clubs in England! Alas, until "Notts" is gained on the backyards of the championship. But the fans of "Lesnikov" are not sad and believe that their favorites will once return to the submarine.
"Banner of Labor" (Orekhovo-Zuevo, Moscow Region, Russia)
Year of foundation: 1909
The greatest achievements: Finalist of the USSR Cup (1962)
We have already talked about the oldest clubs of the world, which are magland passport. And what is the most old club Russia?
As it turned out, this is a modest team of the Banner of Labor from near Moscow Orekhovo-Zuyevo. The club was founded in November 1909 Brothers Charnoki, who came to work on Morozovskaya manufactory from England. To diversify boring weekdays and do not lose physical shapeThey introduced their factory colleagues with a favorite game. Football quickly fell on the soul of "Morozovtsam" (it is such a nickname that the teams of the team are worn, initially called the KS "Orekhovo"). Success came immediately: the team "Banner of Labor" four times in a row (1910-13) became the winner of the Moscow Championship.
The coolest achievement of "Znamenovtsev" is to enter the Final of the USSR Cup of 1962. On the way to the decisive match, players of the team "Banner of Labor" first passed the zone 1 RSFSR. There they defeated the Kalininskaya "Volga" (2: 0), Ivanovo "Textian" (4: 2 after extra time), Kaluga "Satellite" (4: 0) and Leningrad "Spartak" (5: 0). After that, "Morozovtsy" fell into the final all-union stage. In the 1st / 16th "Banner of Labor" won the Leningrad "Dynamo" (3: 1), and then unexpectedly made Moscow "Spartak" (3: 2). In the quarterfinals of "Znamenovtsy" minimally defeated Dynamo from Kirovabad (1: 0), and then with the same account were shared with Yerevan "Spartakov." In the final, they ran into the current owner of Trofei - Donetsk Shakhtar, which eventually gave way to 0: 2. Already on the 5th minute, the account was able to "miner" Valentina Sapronov, and a few seconds later, a decisive ball held Vitaly Savelyev.
Now "Morozovtsy" speak in the second Russian division (Zone West), but do not leave hope for a speedy increase in the classroom.
This football culb is rightfully called the name of the oldest football club in the world. Founded in the last year before last, in the distance of 1857, today Sheffield plays in the 8th in the level of the Division of England the first division of the Northern Premier League. The history of this club is closely related to the development of the game in Britain and with an increase in the significance of football in general.
The founders of the club were Nathaniel Crossing and William Prost, and the training base was the local, Sheffield, Cricket Club. The club has a considerable contribution to the study and the development of those aspects of football science, which were poorly regulated. The list of rules for the game was gradually formed, which were later adopted by Sheffield Football Association.
Literally six years later, in 1863, FC Sheffield became the founder of the Football Association - the First National Organization, Football Affairs in the country. Perhaps this will seem amazing, but for the half-hearted history, the club did not have its own training base. The club's home stadium appeared only in 2001. Sheffield acquired the BT Local Business Stadium stadium, which is in Dronfield.
Football club Hellam
In 1804, in Britain, the cricket was almost national species Sports, but in 1860 survived a completely successful reorganization and turned into a football club. In general, except for the honorable second place in the list of the oldest clubs of the planet, "Hellam" is not very famous, but, according to the record in the Guinness Book of Records, Hellam is the most revered place in its population on the planet. Residents of this province play football over several centuries.
The club has its own stadium on which homemade team matches are held. Platform "Sandigate Road", listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest stadium of the world. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the club is focused mainly on the development of amateur football. Now the team plays in the 1st Division of the Eastern Football League of the Nordic County (9th Division).
Football Clubs Vanderers and Vanderers Cre
These two clubs were founded in one year. "Crei Vanderers" was formed at one of the London Okrain, and the creators of his workers of the London Railway were the creators, or rather, the London site is Kent.
"Crei Vanderers" belongs to the honorary title of the first official football club in the south of England. Initially, the fate of the club was very successful: he held the leading position among the teams of this region, but by the beginning of the 1930s everything changed and the team from professional turned into amateur.
To return at least the status of a semi-professional team, the club needed, not much not enough, as many as 20 years. Today, the preparation of the "Crei Vanderers" is somewhat weaker than "Sheffield", but this is the first football club in the history, created by the English workers, and one thing that provides him with an honorable place in the history of football. 
As for the club "Vanderers", he was organized in the same 1860 and first was known as FC Forest. This club was organized in the London District of Butters and originally in its composition included graduates of a very prestigious school - Harrow.
In the first decade of its existence, the club was among the most successful and well-known football clubs in the country. Vanderers was known for his victories in the first 10 years of the England championship. The club won in 1872, 1873, 1876, 1877 in 1878 and earned the fame of the most successful in England and on the continent.
Football Club Warksop Town
If the previous clubs come from the central and southern counties, then this football club owns the honorary title of the first in the north-west. Motherland "Warksop Town" - Industrial Nottingham. The club was created in 1861, but first came to the news reports in 1873 after a series of matches at the stadium near Netherton Road. The players of the club have a nickname - tigers - associated with the emblem of FC. 
In the mid-1960s, Wastop Town won in Midland League competitions and became one of the founders of Northern Premier League. Then followed a 20-year-old crisis, but in the 1990s became best years In the history of the club. In the 1997/98 season, Warksop returned a place in Northern Premier League, lost ten years ago. At the moment, the Prime Minister of the Northern Premier League is at the premier, the seventh largest of the Football Tournament of England.
Natts County Football Club
In 1862, FC "Natts Country" was organized - the oldest in the world professional clubAnd besides this, one of the 11 founding clubs of the football league, which was created in 1888. In 1894, the team took the Cup of England, and in 1891 they were among the finalists of the championship.
Initially, the club played the Arena "Park Hollow" (Park Hollow), which is on the territory of the old Nottingham castle. In 1883, "Soroki" (this is the unofficially called this team) settled on the site "Trent Bridge Cricket Ground" (Trent Bridge Cricket Ground). In 1910, FC changed the home stadium on Midou Lane, who today is the main training base of the team.
- Official website of the Sheffield Club
- Free Electronic Encyclopedia Wikipedia, Section "Sheffield (Football Club)"
- Blog "TOP-FOOTBALL", Material "FC Wanderters"
- Official website of the club "Warksop Town"
- Free Electronic Encyclopedia Wikipedia, section "Warksop Town"
- Free electronic encyclopedia Wikipedia, section "Notts County"
In 1857, graduates of the University of Cambridge founded the world's first football team, which was given by Sheffield (FC Shelffild). This club is considered one of in England, and he also entered the story, "as the oldest football club in the world."
Despite the fact that now Sheffield is not a Grand Football Grandfield, this club has something to be proud of. In it performed a player of the English team Charles Kleg, who played the first official international Match In the history of football in 1872. Of the other known persons of the club, it is worth noting John Ouen and John Hudson who played for the Trej Lviv national team in the 80s and 90s of the XIX century. Now Sheffield is a permanent participant in the championship Football League (Championship) and trying to break into the APL to declare themselves on the whole world.
You learned that the first club that appeared in global football was "FC Sheffield". Now we suggest you read about the oldest football clubs in Spain, Germany, Italy and Russia.
In 1889, Scottish Dr. Robert Russell Ross and Alexander Mackay, working in Spanish mines, created a club for recreation (Huelva Recreation Club). Thus, the "recreational" became the first professional football team in Spain.
His home matches "Rereactive" holds at the 22,000 thousand Nuevo Colombino stadium.
Unlike Sheffield, the Spanish recordsman failed to collect many trophies and gain popularity in Spain. The only thing perhaps the most weight achievement of the team from Andalusia is that the "recreational" became the first Spanish club who defeated the club from Portugal.
The first football club in the history of the German football was created in 1887. It is "Hamburg", which was able to become one of the most titled clubs in Germany for a long time of its functioning. Hamburg has a unique achievement. This is the only club speaking on an ongoing basis in Bundeslig since its inception in 1863.
In its history, Hamburger SV won the following trophies: the German Championship and the Cup, the German League Cup, German Super Cup, the Cup of European Champions, the UEFA Cup owners and the UEFA Cup.
In Italy, the oldest football club is a team from the province of Liguria called "Genoa". The club was founded in 1893. The star era of the Genoese fell to the end of the XIX beginning of the XX century, when the first amateur was held football Championships Italy. In the period from 1898 to 1900, the Genoa Club won the 3rd of the first drawing of the Italian championship.
Over the days of its long existence, "Jenoa" won the Italian Championship (Series A, B and C) and the Cup of the country.
The first football club created on the territory of Russia was not "Spartak" nor "CSKA" and "Lokomotiv", but few to the well-known team "Banner of Labor". This club was created in 1909 by the English workers of Morozovskaya manufactory by Charnokami brothers. From this, the nickname team "Morozovtsy".
The team "Banner of Labor" became the champion of Moscow in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913, and the highest achievement The most old club of Russia is the release of the club in the Final of the USSR Cup in 1962. In the final "Morozovtsy" gave way to Donetsk "Shakhtar" 2: 0.
In our time, the "banner of labor" performs in the second division of Russia, the Zone "West".
About the emergence of football says so much and stories are so different that you can get confused.
Who is the first thought to kick the ball with his feet and make from this game that became the most popular in the world?
There is no accurate answer to this question. From very old sources it is known that the first game "with legs and the ball" appeared in China. Three thousand years ago she was called "Zakhu" ("push up"), it was a compulsory program physical training soldier.
Also the selection of football was a competition in Ancient Greece More than two and a half thousand years ago. It was called "Battle for the Ball". By the name, it can be understood that it is unlikely to play it creatively and artistically, as it is rather rigidly and rough, like boxing or fighting. As accurately "battle" was carried out, it is unknown, but it was also part of the physical training of soldiers.
We rewind time and move to Italy. There in the XVI century also invented the game where the rules could be used and ... fists! What a pity that at that time did not yet invented the camcorder - I would like to look at this sight. Interestingly, this "foot-Panch Bol" played with the judges.
And already in 1840, students of English private schools came up with games resembling modern football. In 1863, the first Football Association in the World was founded. Since then, there have been rules prohibiting the ball in the hands and detain the opponent.
Then the first official football clubs arose. We will tell about them today and tell.
- "Sheffield"
- United Kingdom. Year of foundation: 1857th
Where the first Football Association was founded, and the first football club was created - it is logical. That is why the British is called football team leaders. On October 24, 1857, the very first Football Club "Sheffield" appeared: not to be confused with Sheffield Wedsdi or Sheffield United - these are three different teams. Sheffield, wearing a proud and unusual nickname "Club", appeared in the north of Victorian England in the city of Sheffield (shock), known primarily by the production of forks, spoons, knives and other cutlery. In 1855, two players of the local Cricket Club of Nataniel Cresvik and William Prost organized matches on the ball game, and two years later, on October 24, 1857, a football club was created. They developed the first rules for the game, known as "Sheffield Rules". They did not have an offside, and players were allowed to push each other. Initially, the club participants played between themselves, dividing the teams of "married" and "idle" or "professionals" and "others." The first does not mean successful. There are no serious trophies in the giant club history. Moreover, until 2001, Sheffield did not even have his own stadium, a normal store and a museum, he was not in a hurry to buy millionaires, and there were never professional football players here. However, the club's fans are proud of their history - entire generations of families of the city of the same name are ill for him. FIFA officially recognized the status of Sheffield and in 2004 awarded him with a special order for merits to football. This award was handed over to the whole club once again only once - Madrid Realu. Right now, the club of stars from the sky is not enough - Sheffield performs in the eighth largest Division of England.
- "Hamburg"
- Germany. Year of foundation: 1887th
The story with the very first club of Germany is a bit confusing. The fact is that until 1891, Hamburg (officially the oldest club of the country) was not only a football club, namely the oldest football club is the BFK "Germany" 1888. At first, the club performed successfully and even won the two Berlin championships.
But later, the club began to descend to the lower divisions. At the moment, the BFK "Germany" club 1888 performs in the 10th strength of the German division, which can hardly be called a professional level. And the locals and at all believe that the oldest are the oldest of the Dresden English football club (DFC), founded in 1874, and the Berlin Football Club with the 1885 of the foundation. These teams ceased to exist before the beginning of the 20th century. You can also notice that in the names of many clubs there are earlier dates (TSV 1860 Munchen, VFlBochum 1848, SSV ULM 1846), but it is precisely than 1888 who began to study these sports clubs. Therefore, Hamburg is recognized as the oldest club in Germany, which quite recently won another record - "Citizens" remained the only team that did not fly out of the Bundesliga from the moment of its foundation. However, the tradition approached the end last season - the club went to the second division, which caused chaos among fans - it was once even scary to think about this.
- "Gavr"
- France. Year of foundation: 1872
Now refund the first professional team From France, which was created, oddly enough, the British. In 1872, the group of representatives of England was going for games that were a mixture of football and rugby. Not knowing it, these British helped not only create the first football club in France, but also became rugby people in this country. An even more curious fact was not from a huge love for sport: workers just had nothing to do during the lunch break. Unlike Sheffield, "Gavr" boasts the success: in 1899, heaven and dark blue (these colors were chosen by the British founders of the club in honor of their Alma Mater - Universities of Oxford and Cambridge) became the first champions of France not from Paris. In addition, the club is famous for which he helped raise such players as Paul, Riyad Mahres and Benjamine Mendi. Now "Gavr" is fighting for entering the Higher Division of France - the team goes in fourth place in League 2.
- "Recreate"
- Spain. Based Year: 1889th
The history of the founding of the oldest club of Spain is also associated with the British - "Recreativo" was founded by two Scots: Alexander McKeight and Robert Rossell Ross, doctors who wanted miners to engage in rolling rest. It is noteworthy that "Deans" (nickname club) is not only the first football club of Pyrenees, but also the first sport organization. "Recreateno" exactly 10 years older than "Barcelona" and 13 - "Real". Despite the long history, the club only in 1957 was fulfilled from amateur lower leagues and first turned out to be in the second largest division of Spain (segumin). Debut "Deanov" in the highest Spanish football light took place in the 1978/79 season. The first pancake came out with a comormed - taking the 18th place, "Rawra" again dropped in the class. The peak of the success of the club came in 2005-2007. At first, the "Deans" won the Segundu (the only trophy in history), and then finished on the 8th place of the Spanish Championship.
- "Kairat"
- Kazakhstan. Year of foundation: 1954
We will finish our story about the oldest clubs in the world team that the first received the status of professional in our country. The idea came up with a football club not from Britain, but sorry. "Kairat" was founded in 1954 on the basis of Almaty Dynamo, according to the decisions of the Presidium of the USSRC of the USSR and the Council of Ministers of the CAZSSR, as a result of the unification of the DPO "Vintage" with "Collective farms". Interestingly, the history of the club name is unknown - when choosing the lists appeared such names as "Egins", "Tulpar", "Oneim" ("Golden Grain"), "Kureshi" (" Wrestler ")," Berkut Dala "(" Steppe Eagle "), Zhastar (" Youth "). The name "Kairat" among these options was not. But none of the options offered by societies were not even considered on the agenda. It is assumed that the name was given to people influential at that time, and the decision was not subject to discussion.
Date of foundation
The oldest football club in the world in 153 of its existence could not achieve any significant success in the sports field. Founded in 1857, the English Football Club "Sheffield" (Sheffield Football Club) plays in the 8th division, at home the compands running on average 300 people, and his stadium accommodates only 1,200 spectators.
Last season, 2009/2010 Sheffield took the 5th place and had a chance to go out in the 7th league through the playoffs, but this task for the oldest football club in the world was impracticable.
The Sheffield Football Club from the same city was created on the basis of a Cricket Club, and at the end of 1860 the very first in history was played soccer game between club teams.
These are fans!
For "Sheffield" at one time played 3 football players of the national team of England, though it was "his time" in 70-80 years of the 19th century.
It is curious that the honorary fans of Sheffield are such notorious in the football world of persons like ZePP Blatter and Sven-Joran Ericsson.
Jubilee Club.
In 2007, the celebrations were held in honor of the 150th anniversary of the club, Milan Inter arrived to visit the birthday girl. The match took place on the world's oldest acting football Stadium "Bramoll Lane", built in 1855 (now this stadium belongs to the more mastic club "Sheffield United").
In the same 2007, FC Sheffield was included in the Hall of Glory of English Football. Sheffield is also awarded the Order of FIFA, such a reward is only at the Madird "Real".
Oleg Svetovumov, samogo.net