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Samoa's football governing body changed its name from 'Samoa Football (Soccer) Federation' to 'Football Federation Samoa' in 2009. Association football is the most popular sport globally, with over 250 million players, while American football leads in the U.S. in terms of participation and viewership, particularly during the Super Bowl. Other notable football codes include Australian rules football in Australia and rugby union in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

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Samoa's football governing body changed its name from 'Samoa Football (Soccer) Federation' to 'Football Federation Samoa' in 2009. Association football is the most popular sport globally, with over 250 million players, while American football leads in the U.S. in terms of participation and viewership, particularly during the Super Bowl. Other notable football codes include Australian rules football in Australia and rugby union in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

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Samoa changed from "Samoa Football (Soccer) Federation" to "Football Federation Samoa" in 2009.

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Popularity

Small football stadium in Croatia

Several of the football codes are the most popular team sports in the world.[9] Globally, association football is played by over 250 million players in over
200 nations,[137] and has the highest television audience in sport,[138] making it the most popular in the world.[139] American football, with 1.1 million high
school football players and nearly 70,000 college football players, is the most popular sport in the United States,[140][141] with the annual Super Bowl
game accounting for nine of the top ten of the most watched broadcasts in U.S. television history.[142] The NFL has the highest average attendance
(67,591) of any professional sports league in the world and has the highest revenue[143] out of any single professional sports league.[144] Thus, the best
association football and American football players are among the highest paid athletes in the world.[145][146][147]

Australian rules football has the highest spectator attendance of all sports in Australia.[148][149] Similarly, Gaelic football is the most popular sport in
Ireland in terms of match attendance,[150] and the All-Ireland Football Final is the most watched event of that nation's sporting year.[151]

Rugby union is the most popular sport in New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji.[152] It is also the fastest growing sport in the U.S.,[153][154][155][156] with
college rugby being the fastest growing[157][158] college sport in that country.[159]

Football codes board

Indoor
Cambridge rules
Beach (1992–)
(1848–1863)
Association Futsal (1930–)
football Paralympic
(1863–)
Sheffield rules Street
(1857–1877) Rugby union with minor American football Underwater (1967–), Indoor, Arena, Sprint, Flag, Touch, Street,
modifications (1869[b]–) Wheelchair (1987–), XFL

Canadian football
Medieval Burnside rules Flag football[e]
(1861–)[d]
football
Sevens (1883–), Tens, X, Touch, Tag, American flag, Mini, Beach, Snow, Tambo,

Rugby football (1845–)[c] Wheelchair, Underwater


Rugby Football Union
Nines
(1871–) Rugby league
Sevens
(1895–)
Touch football, Tag, Wheelchair, Mod

Rugby rules and other English


Australian rules (1859–) International rules football (1967–), Austus, Rec footy, Auskick,
public school games[f]
Samoa Rules, Metro, Lightning, AFLX, Nine-a-side, Kick-to-kick
Gaelic football (1885–), Ladies' Gaelic football (1969–)

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