May 25 — World Football Day
May 25 — World Football Day
The date is associated with the centenary of the international football tournament that took place on May 25, 1924 in Paris as part of the Olympic Games.
The first officially recorded football match in Russia took place in St. Petersburg in 1897.
During the Soviet period, the USSR national team won the 1960 European Championship and the 1956 Olympic tournament, and in 2018, Russia hosted the FIFA World Cup.
Football remains the most popular sport, with professional clubs, academies and sports schools operating in the country.
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