Socca
Socca is a short term for the governing body of small-sided team sports variant of football, best known in 6-a-side 40-minute format. It is also played in a 7-a-side format.
The International Socca Federation is a governing body for Socca.
Terminology and Understanding
Socca is a short term from the International Socca Federation, which is abbreviated as ISF. The global governing body of small-sided football. ISF differs from minifootball as they organise, manage, and host 5-, 6-, and 7-a-side international club and national tournaments and competitions. Its understood that Socca is intermediate between amateur football, small-sided football], and futsal in terms of field dimensions and number of players per side, players from all of these codes have been selected for national ISF team competitions.Matches are played in 2 halves of 20 minutes each. Teams consist of a goalkeeper and five outfield players.
Matches are played on both natural and synthetic turf. The size of the field is 30x50 m, the size of the goal is 2x5 m.