Football is a family of sports that involve kicking with the foot or carrying in the hands a ball to score points.

Football may refer to:

Sports

Association football (known as football in most of the world and soccer in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland)

Australian rules football

Gaelic football (known as football in Ireland)

Gridiron football (known as football in North America and gridiron in Australia and New Zealand)

American football

Canadian football

International rules football

Rugby football

Rugby league

Rugby union

Football (ball), any of several types of balls used to play the football sports

Ball (association football)

Gaelic ball

Ball (gridiron football)

Rugby ball

Entertainment

Football (board game), a game simulating association football

"Football" (Adventure Time), a 2015 television episode

"Football" (Drake & Josh), a 2004 television episode

"Football" (Not Going Out), a 2023 television episode

Football (film), a 1982 Indian Malayalam film

Football (magazine), a Russian association football and ice hockey magazine

Football (video game), an American football arcade and Atari 2600 game

NFL Football (video game), an American football game for Intellivision (1979) and the Atari 2600 (1982)

Football (book), a 2026 nonfiction book by Chuck Klosterman

Other uses

Football (word), an English-language word with various meanings and uses

Football Mountain, an Antarctic mountain

The Football (Antarctica), a bare rock scar on the mountain

Nuclear football, or the football, a briefcase carrying a triggering device to allow the President of the United States to authorize a nuclear attack