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Association Football
(also football, soccer, footy, footie.) A game played between two teams of eleven people, where each team tries to win by kicking a ball into the other team’s goal.
Football Vocabulary
| Word | Example sentence | Meaning |
| assistant referee | Assistant referees used to be called ‘linesmen’, but the term was changed in 1996. | official who runs one of two touchlines and advises the referee, esp. on offside decisions |
| corner kick | The referee awarded a corner kick after the goalkeeper tipped the ball over the bar. | a free kick taken from one of the corners of the pitch |
| defender | Defenders include left backs, right backs and central defenders. | a player whose main role is to prevent the opposition from scoring |
| dive | Many people see diving as a form of cheating and think players who dive should be sent off. | to deliberately fall over when tackled in order to deceive the referee into awarding a free kick |
| draw | The game ended in a draw, with each team having scored two goals. | finish a game with an even score; tie |
| extra time | We won the game by scoring the only goal in extra time. | two periods of 15 minutes each played when a game ends in a draw after normal time |
| foul | The referee blew his whistle and gave a penalty kick for a foul in the penalty area. | an illegal action punishable by a free kick |
| goal | Manchester United beat Chelsea by three goals to one. | an instance of kicking or heading the ball into the goal |
| goalkeeper | The goalkeeper tried to stop the penalty kick by diving to his left, but the penalty taker kicked the ball past him and scored. | player whose role is to stop the ball from entering the goal, and the only player who can handle the ball in general play |
| goal line | The referee thought a defender was the last player to touch the ball before it went over the goal line, and awarded a corner kick. | the two shorter boundaries, one at each end of the pitch, on which the goals are placed |
| handball | The ball hit Mark on the arm and the referee awarded a free kick to his opponents for handball. | a foul committed by touching the ball with a hand or an arm |
| league | The Spanish Football League, known as ‘La Liga’, includes famous clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona. | a group of sports clubs that play each other over a period for a championship e.g. English Premiership League |
| offside | The assistant referee raised his flag to indicate to the referee that one of the forward players was in an offside position. | law requiring at least two defenders to be between an attacker and the goal line when the ball is passed to the attacker |
| pass | David saw a teammate and passed the ball to him. | to kick or head the ball to another player on one’s own team. |
| penalty | Our defender tackled their striker in the penalty box, but the referee thought it was a foul and gave them a penalty. | a free kick from the penalty spot; see also penalty kick |
| penalty area | The tackle was just outside the penalty area, but the referee thought it was inside the area and gave them a penalty. | area near each goal in which the goalkeeper may handle the ball, and a foul is punished by a penalty kick (also; penalty box) |
| penalty kick | Their best striker took the penalty kick, but our goalkeeper blocked his shot and they didn’t score the goal. | a direct free kick taken from the penalty spot, awarded for a foul committed in the penalty area |
| penalty shootout | Our team won the penalty shootout by four goals to three, and we were the new champions. | a best-of-five penalty kick contest held to find a winner when a game is still tied after extra time |
| penalty spot | I felt very nervous as I put the ball on the penalty spot and stepped back to take the kick. | a white mark in the penalty area from which penalty kicks are taken |
| pitch | It had rained all morning, so the pitch was soft and muddy and difficult to run on. | the playing field |
| professional | David Beckham became a professional player at 17 when he signed a contract with Manchester United. | doing something, like playing sport or music, as a career or occupation |
| red card | The referee had already given Lee a yellow card, so when he committed another foul he was given a red card and sent off. | the most severe punishment given by a referee, in which the player is sent off the pitch |
| shoot | Ronaldo took the free kick and scored a great goal by shooting over the wall. | to try to score a goal |
| striker | We’re not scoring enough goals, so our manager wants to get a new striker. | a player whose role is to score goals |
| substitute | They were losing by a goal with ten minutes to go, so the manager decided to substitute one of his defenders with a forward. | to replace one player with another player; also a player used to replace another |
| tackle | One of the defenders tackled David and kicked the ball out of play. | to challenge a player for the ball |
| tactical | They were losing, so the manager made tactical substitutions and replaced two defenders with more attacking players. | relating to a carefully planned strategy to win |
| throw in | After Joe kicked the ball out, one of the other team’s players threw it in with a long throw into the penalty box. | to put the ball back into play after it has crossed the touchline by throwing it, usually to a teammate |
| touchline | The manager stood on the touchline shouting instructions to his players. | the two long boundaries along each side of the pitch; also sideline |
| wall | The defenders formed a wall to block the free kick, and the referee pushed them back ten metres. | a line of players forming a barrier to block a free kick taken near the penalty area |
| yellow card | If Jose gets another yellow card, he’ll miss the next match. | a warning issued to a player for a serious foul, two of which result in a red card and sending off |
