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Socca is a team sports variant of
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
, best known in 6-a-side 40-minute format. The
International Socca Federation The International Socca Federation (ISF) is a governing body for socca. This organization sets up the Socca World Cup, a world championship in socca, and more 5, 6, 7 or 8-sided tournaments for professional teams. History Formation The I ...
(ISF) is a governing body for socca.


History and rules

Socca mainly differs from
minifootball Minifootball (sometimes spelled mini-football and called minifoot) is a small-sided variation of association football. Minifootball is played in 5-a-side format, with additional variants of 6-a-side, 7-a-side, 8-a-side, 9-a-side and indoor foo ...
in larger size of the field, game durations, penalty kick style, focusing of semi and fully
professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who work (human activity), works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the partic ...
, in addition to
futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...
and retired football players. Matches are played in 2 halves of 20 (sometimes 25) minutes each. Teams consist of a goalkeeper and five outfield players. Matches are played on both natural and syinthetc turf. The size of the field is 30x50 m, the size of the goal is 2x5 m.https://www.soccatours.com/


Competitions

* Socca World Cup * Socca EuroCup * Socca Americup * Socca Gulf Cup


See also

*
Five-a-side football Five-a-side football is a version of minifootball, in which each team fields five players (four Outfield#In association football, outfield players and a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper). Other differences from association football ...
*
Seven-a-side football Seven-a-side football is one of the minifootball variations of football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, ...
*
Indoor soccer Indoor soccer or arena soccer is a form of five-a-side football, five-a-side or six-a-side version of minifootball. It is derived from association football and adapted to be played in walled hardcourt indoor arenas. It differs from the FIFA, FIFA ...
* Freestyle football * Street football


References

{{Team sports Association football variants Sports introduced in the 21st century