Now, other achievements would follow. When the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup) was first held in 1871, it was the first significant competition. A game between two national teams was played for the first time the following year. 4,000 spectators saw the England vs. Scotland game at Hamilton Crescent, which ended scoreless (the picture shows illustrations from this occasion).
The first international competition had four national teams—England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales—and was held twelve years later, in 1883.
Football was primarily a British phenomenon for a very long period before slowly spreading to other European nations. In 1867, the first game played outside of Europe was played in Argentina, but the players were immigrant British employees, not locals.
In 1904, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was established after representatives from France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland signed the foundation act. Since they had created the game and saw no need to submit to an organization, England and the other British nations did not initially join FIFA. But even after joining, they didn't participate in the World Cup until 1950.
There were domestic leagues in several nations. The English Football League, founded in 1888, was the first, as was already indicated. The leagues would eventually add more divisions based on the success of each team.
Football would be added to the Olympic Games for the first time in 1908 as an official sport. The football competition at the Olympic Games would rank as the most prestigious on a national level until the inaugural FIFA World Cup was played in 1930. Football for women wasn't added until 1996.
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