Football is a family of sports that involve kicking with the foot or carrying in the hands a ball to score points.

Football may refer to:

Sports

  • Association football (known as football in most of the world and soccer in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland)
  • Australian rules football
  • Gaelic football (known as football in Ireland)
  • Gridiron football (known as football in North America and gridiron in Australia and New Zealand)
  • American football
  • Canadian football
  • International rules football
  • Rugby football
  • Rugby league
  • Rugby union
  • Football (ball), any of several types of balls used to play the football sports
  • Ball (association football)
  • Gaelic ball
  • Ball (gridiron football)
  • Rugby ball

Entertainment

  • Football (board game), a game simulating association football
  • "Football" (Adventure Time), a 2015 television episode
  • "Football" (Drake & Josh), a 2004 television episode
  • "Football" (Not Going Out), a 2023 television episode
  • Football (film), a 1982 Indian Malayalam film
  • Football (magazine), a Russian association football and ice hockey magazine
  • Football (video game), an American football arcade and Atari 2600 game
  • NFL Football (video game), an American football game for Intellivision (1979) and the Atari 2600 (1982)
  • Football (book), a 2026 nonfiction book by Chuck Klosterman

Other uses

  • Football (word), an English-language word with various meanings and uses
  • Football Mountain, an Antarctic mountain
  • The Football (Antarctica), a bare rock scar on the mountain
  • Nuclear football, or the football, a briefcase carrying a triggering device to allow the President of the United States to authorize a nuclear attack

See also

  • Ball (disambiguation)