The aim of this present study was to conduct a literature review of studies that address the topic of football for visually impaired. Studies originally published in Portuguese and English were analyzed with reference databases: PubMed, SPORTDiscus, Web of Science, Scopus, beyond Scielo electronic library and Google Scholar. For the research were utilized the keywords: "futebol de 5"; "futebol de cinco"; futebol; soccer; "football 5-a-side"; "deficiente visual"; "deficiencia visual"; "visually impaired person"; "visually impaired persons"; "blind persons"; "blind person"; paralympic isolate and/or together. The main studies about football 5 address the historical context and presentations of the sport to the scientific community. In addition, some studies concern with analyzing tactical aspects of sport, as well as sport injuries from football practice five. Studies should be seeking to address aspects of the organization of training (periodization), specific physiology to their demands, technical aspects of learning, initiation and training of modality.