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{{notability|date=May 2024}}
{{Third-party|date=May 2024}}
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{{Short description|Variant of association football}}
{{about|a sports game|the chickpea pancake|Farinata}}
{{Infobox sport
| union          = [[International Socca Federation]]
| name           = Socca
| image          = 
| imagesize      = 
| caption        = Socca
| contact        = Yes
| team           = 6 per side (including goalkeeper)
| mgender        = No
| category       = [[Team sport]], [[Football (association football)|Football]]
| olympic        = No
| paralympic     = No
}}

'''Socca''' is a team sports variant of [[association football|football]], best known in [[six-a-side football|6-a-side]] 40-minute format.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soccafederation.com/socca-rules/|title=Socca Rules – Socca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Keogh |first=Frank |date=9 October 2019 |title=Sun, sea and six-a-side - football's other world cup |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49338007 |access-date=2024-05-18 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The [[International Socca Federation]] (ISF) is a governing body for socca.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soccafederation.com/news/|title=News – Socca}}</ref>

==History and rules==
Socca mainly differs from [[minifootball]] in larger size of the field, game durations, penalty kick style, focusing of [[semi professional|semi]] and fully [[professional]], in addition to [[futsal]] and retired football players.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sport.ua/news/561693-chto-takoe-socca|title=Что такое Socca|website=СПОРТ.UA}}</ref>

Matches are played in 2 halves of 20 (sometimes 25) minutes each. Teams consist of a goalkeeper and five outfield players.<ref>https://www.soccamexico.com/</ref><ref>https://www.soccamexico.com/ireland-championships-latest/</ref><ref>https://dailysports.net/news/ukraine-lost-to-kazakhstan-in-the-world-cup-final/</ref>

Matches are played on both natural and syinthetc turf. The size of the field is 30x50 m, the size of the goal is 2x5 m.<ref>https://eng.obozrevatel.com/section-sport/news-for-the-first-time-in-history-ukraine-became-the-vice-world-champion-in-socca-12-06-2023.html</ref><ref>https://www.essen2023.com/soccaworldcup/</ref><ref>https://www.soccatours.com/</ref>

==Competitions==
[[File:Socca EuroCup 2024 - Sebia - Georgia.jpg|thumb|Socca EuroCup 2024 in [[Chișinău]] (Moldova), Serbia - Georgia]]

* [[Socca World Cup]]
* [[Socca EuroCup]]
* [[Socca Americup]]
* [[Socca Gulf Cup]]

==See also==
* [[Five-a-side football]]
* [[Seven-a-side football]]
* [[Indoor soccer]]
* [[Freestyle football]]
* [[Street football (association football)|Street football]]

==References==
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{{Socca World Cup}}
{{Socca EuroCup}}
{{Team sports}}

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[[Category:Association football variants]]
[[Category:Sports introduced in the 21st century]]