New edition is processed and complemented in accordance with modern accents as sport "Football", and also with the Federal state educational standard of higher education 3 to direction of preparation the "Physical culture" (qualifications are a "bachelor" and master's "degree").General questions, technique and tactics of football, are examined in a textbook, the historical essay of game is given, there is information about realization complex control of preparedness of sportsmen, managements by competition activity of footballers, organization and realization of competitions on football, and also bases of scientifically-methodical activity.A ground over of professional selection of footballers is brought, open up basic physical and psychological internalss and capabilities of footballers, methodology of their development, and also necessary modern literature on an object, allowing not only deeply to go deep in the taught process but also more successful to execute final qualifying works.A textbook is intended to the teachers, trainers, graduate students, students, both bachelors and master's degrees at the study of теоретико-методических bases of football, to the listeners of faculties of in-plant training and higher school of trainers.