Editing Association football (section)

=== Medieval precursors ===
[[File:Giovanni-Stradano-Gioco-del-calcio-in-piazza-Santa-Maria-Novella-1561-62-1024x721.jpg|thumb|''Calcio'' match in [[Piazza Santa Maria Novella]], in Florence, Italy. Painting by [[Stradanus|Jan Van der Straet]].]]
In the [[Middle Ages]], one notable game with similarities to modern football was ''[[calcio storico fiorentino]]'', which originated in [[Florence]], Italy.<ref name="HistFA">{{cite web|title=Calcio e historia del Fútbol|url=http://expertfootball.com/es/historia_calcio.php|publisher=ExpertFootball.com|language=es|access-date=7 March 2025|archive-date=29 June 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629074228/http://expertfootball.com/es/historia_calcio.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Another medieval sport that can be considered a form of early football is ''[[la soule]]'' (or ''choule''), played in France from the 12th century,<ref>[[Jean Jules Jusserand|Jusserand, Jean-Jules]]. (1901). ''Le sport et les jeux d'exercice dans l'ancienne France.'' Retrieved 11 January 2008, from http://agora.qc.ca/reftext.nsf/Documents/Football--Le_sport_et_les_jeux_dexercice_dans_lancienne_France__La_soule_par_Jean-Jules_Jusserand {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207055012/http://agora.qc.ca/reftext.nsf/Documents/Football--Le_sport_et_les_jeux_dexercice_dans_lancienne_France__La_soule_par_Jean-Jules_Jusserand |date=7 February 2008}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> in which the ball was propelled by hands, feet, and sticks.<ref>{{cite book | last=Ruff | first=Julius | title=Violence in Early Modern Europe 1500–1800 | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=2001 | page=[https://archive.org/details/violenceinearlym0000ruff/page/170 170] | isbn=978-0-521-59894-1 | url=https://archive.org/details/violenceinearlym0000ruff/page/170}}</ref> As with pre-codified [[Medieval football|mob football]], the antecedent of all [[Football|modern football codes]], these medieval games involved more handling of the ball than kicking it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/originsofrugby.htm |title=Rugby Football History |publisher=Rugby Football History |access-date=19 June 2014 |archive-date=25 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525155221/http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/originsofrugby.htm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="HoF" />