The Soccer Book: The Teams, the Rules, the Leagues, the Tactics

by D.K. Publishing

From sporting heroes and inspired goals to defensive strategies and the offside rule, this is the ultimate e-guide to the world's greatest sport.

Visit Planet Soccer - everything you need to know about the clubs, the fans, the rituals, the stats, and the results worldwide is here. Eye-catching step-by-step artworks and jargon-free text profile the roles of players, equipment, team formations, strategies, and individual skills, while maps, quotes, and statistics give you all of the key facts on national teams, famous club sides, and iconic players, as well as the greatest competitions around the world.

Published in time for the UEFA Euro 2020, The Soccer Book also reveals the story behind the game - from the history of the sport to the results of tournaments in the 2018-19 season.

399 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 22, 2022

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.