pull down to refresh

European Languages

German: Fußball
French: Football
Spanish: Fútbol
Italian: Calcio (derived from Latin calx, meaning "heel")
Portuguese: Futebol
Dutch: Voetbal
Polish: Piłka nożna
Russian: Футбол (Futbol)
Greek: Ποδόσφαιρο (Podósfairo)
Swedish: Fotboll
Croatian/Slovenian: Nogomet
Asian Languages

Chinese (Mandarin): 足球 (Zúqiú)
Japanese: サッカー (Sakkā) or フットボール (Futtobōru)
Korean: 축구 (Chuggu)
Hindi: फुटबॉल (Futbōl)
Thai: ฟุตบอล (Futbok)
Vietnamese: Bóng đá
Indonesian/Malay: Sepak bola
Other Major Languages

Arabic: كرة القدم (Kurat al-qadam)
Hebrew: כדורגל (Keduregel)
Turkish: Futbol
Swahili: Soka
Hawaiian: Pôpeku
Welsh: Pêl-droed
Afrikaans: Sokker

Honestly the lovers of beautiful game don't get to call it the same, why bother with the rebel child of Britain calling it whatever they want

We're all of them and the only sport that truly unites the world on hatting refs/VAR

in Brasil we also reference it as "the old violent Briton game"