Soccer First Started (1863)
It first started in England in 1863. The first official match was
played in England in 1872 between England and Scotland.
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The Next oldest after these two is the Scottish, Wales, and the Irish. Then over the next 20 years almost every country in Europe had a soccer club.
As of the year 2000 there is 204 different professional club teams in the world.