奥运比赛项目－足球 Football

Football －Olympic sport since 1900
足球－1900年成为奥运会项目

While the modern game of football started with the foundation of the Football Association of England in 1863, its roots extend to opposite ends of the earth. The ancient Chinese, Greeks and Romans played a similar game, long before English kings in the 1300s and 1400s were trying to outlaw the violent sport.

1863年英格兰足球协会的创立开创了现代足球运动的历史，但是足球的起源却在地球的另一端---古老的东方。在14至15世纪，英格兰国王们曾下令禁止这项充斥着暴力的比赛。但在此之前，古代的中国、希腊、罗马都早已经开始从事类似的体育活动了。

In 1900, football became one of the first team sports included in the Olympic Games. During the Sydney Games, the sport celebrated 100 years of Olympic football. Women's football was introduced at the 1996 Olympic Games, where the final attracted a world record crowd for a women's sporting event of 76,000 people.

足球于1900年正式成为奥运会最早的团体项目之一。在2000年悉尼奥运会上，奥运足球迎来了它的百年华诞。女子足球于1996年被纳入奥运会，当年的女足决赛吸引了创纪录的76000名观众。