When was the playing time of football matches fixed to 90 minutes?

ubuntu_ulysses

International football matches have been played for several years, I guess there may have been different playing time/periods in the beginning. I would like to know two things, Is there any other playing time for football matches other than 90 minutes? For comparison, in international cricket (there are other varieties in domestic competitions), there are 5-day matches (Tests), one-day (50 overs a side) and 3-hour (20 overs a side) matches. When...

Originally asked by Jahnny on Stack Exchange (sports) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

According to wikipedia , it was in 1877 that the length of a game was set at 90 minutes. Any professional game of football is set at 90 minutes but underage games don't use 90 minutes for their games. If the scores are level after 90 minutes in a knockout match then 30 minutes of extra time is used to find a winner.

Full answer by RoB: https://sports.stackexchange.com/a/3996 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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