SOCCER HISTORY
1920's Professionalism comes to continental European countries.
1930 First World Cup with 13 teams in Uruguay.
1937/38 The Laws are set up in a new system of codification, but based on the Laws previously in force.
1938 English FA Cup Final televised live by BBC.
1954 Birth of Eurovision. Fifth World Cup in Switzerland.
1955 Birth of European club competitions.
1956 RAI begins regular Serie A transmissions.
1958 First live world-wide TV coverage of the World Cup.
1960 TV rights for European Cup Final (Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt) raise £ 8,000.
1962 FIFA's membership reaches 100. World Cup television film flown out of Chile to Europe.
1966 Action replay machines and videotape used at 1966 World Cup. 1970 World Cup in Mexico beamed by satellite to Europe. Live league soccer pioneered in Spain.
1977 First FIFA World Youth Tournament in Tunisia (renamed World Youth Championship in 1981, for players under 20).
1979 75th Anniversary of FIFA Ð Inauguration of FIFA House.
1985 First FIFA U-16 World Tournament in China (renamed Under-17 World Championship in 1991).
1988 Start of the FIFA Fair Play campaign.
1989 First FIFA World Championship for Five-a-side soccer in the Netherlands.
1990 167 countries around the globe buy Italia 90 TV.
1991 First FIFA World Championship for Women's Football in China, won by the USA.
1996 Major League Soccer (MLS) begins as the top USA pro-soccer league.
1998 37 billion watch FRANCE 98 soccer Worl Championship.
1998 Joseph S. Blatter succeeds Joao Havelange as FIFA President.
2000 Brazil hosts the first FIFA Club World Championship, won by Corinthians of Brazil.
2002 Korea and Japan co-host the first World Cup to be held outside Europe and the Americas.
2004 FIFA celebrates its centenary.