Tag:sport=soccer
 sport = soccer
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer 
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players.
Note: While called "football" (fussball, fotball, ...) in many countries, it is best to tag it as "soccer" to avoid confusion with other usages of "football". The OpenStreetMap tagging guidelines have always been to go for UK-English spellings. However, in this special case it is far too confusing for some other English speaking countries, and it has been decided to use soccer to mean this kind of football.
How to map
Add this sport tag to any element representing a place where soccer can be played.
Since this is a non-physical tag it should be combined with other (physical) tags, eg:
Tags to use in combination
- name=*
- operator=*
- opening_hours=*
- surface=artificial_turf
- surface=grass
- surface=clay
- surface=tartan
- lit=*
Surroundings
- The goal is rarely mapped, but this tag has some minor use - man_made=soccer_goal
- Bleachers or stands - raised, tiered rows of benches found at sports fields - leisure=bleachers
- The main stand building, usually roofed, commanding the best view for spectators at the sports ground - building=grandstand
Related tags
- sport=five-a-side - variant of soccer with only 5 persons per team on a smaller pitch
Photo examples
Court Layout, may be confused with hockey.
