Players
Players
How well do you know football vocabulary?
This Football English lesson presents, practises and tests 10 football words that are related to players and positions.
- captain
- centre-backs
- defenders
- full-backs
- goalkeeper
- midfielders
- strikers
- substitute
- team
- wingers
Use the activity in the LEARN section to learn 10 words and phrases used to describe players and positions in football.
After you have finished with the learning activity, use the QUIZ to see how much you've learned and to score some points. There are also worksheets you can download to help you learn these football words.
Remember, when you score points, you move up the leaderboard. You can also help your team and your country climb the leaderboard and become Premier Skills English champions!
Good luck!
Learn and practise the words
Activity: This activity tests your knowledge of the 10 words above. Match the words with the pictures.
Test yourself: Match the words and the pictures
Quiz - How many words have you learnt?
Quiz
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03/03/2023
points
good exercise
03/03/2023 18:41
Manchester United
496
good exercise
14/02/2023
points
Great. I would like to learn more positions.
14/02/2023 19:58
Liverpool
15
Great. I would like to learn more positions.
09/02/2023
points
Easy
09/02/2023 15:54
Liverpool
141
Easy
26/01/2023
points
Great
26/01/2023 09:01
Tottenham Hotspur
521
Great
24/01/2023
points
Fun
24/01/2023 19:08
Manchester City
10
Fun
02/12/2022
points
Done great on the quiz, I know my players.
02/12/2022 11:07
Liverpool
759
Done great on the quiz, I know my players.
12/10/2022
points
I feel very confident at this level.
12/10/2022 09:50
Liverpool
111
I feel very confident at this level.
18/08/2022
points
very good...
18/08/2022 12:09
Arsenal
93
very good...
12/07/2022
points
very good activit
12/07/2022 20:55
Arsenal
152
very good activit
18/05/2022
points
These English learning exercises based on something that is as popular all over the world as football is quite fun and very didactic... What a great goal from the Premier League and the British Council for those of us who want to speak a second language.
18/05/2022 04:50
Liverpool
93
These English learning exercises based on something that is as popular all over the world as football is quite fun and very didactic... What a great goal from the Premier League and the British Council for those of us who want to speak a second language.
27/03/2022
points
Excellent!
27/03/2022 17:11
Chelsea
70
Excellent!
14/03/2022
points
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14/03/2022 11:35
Liverpool
101
Fantastic
14/02/2022
points
It’s easy
14/02/2022 14:01
Manchester United
738
It’s easy
07/02/2022
points
Nice
07/02/2022 20:20
Manchester United
102
Nice
19/01/2022
points
OOF!
19/01/2022 14:46
Manchester United
296
OOF!
28/10/2021
points
Yes, all the questions has right.
Yes, these words help me.
28/10/2021 00:45
Manchester City
110
Yes, all the questions has right.
Yes, these words help me.
20/09/2021
points
Thanks very much for these wonderful lessons. I would like to know deeply these positions with numbers. Like goalkeeper (1), Striker (9). Please let me know this?
20/09/2021 12:20
Chelsea
355
Thanks very much for these wonderful lessons. I would like to know deeply these positions with numbers. Like goalkeeper (1), Striker (9). Please let me know this?
21/09/2021
points
Hi Taher
Originally, the numbers 1-11 indicated positions on the pitch, but the modern game is different and sometimes the players wear their favourite number. Number 1 is still almost always the starting goalkeeper and 2-5 are often defenders. The higher numbers are the forwards with numbers 9 and 10 often being the strikers.
Thanks
Jack
21/09/2021 15:31
Arsenal
560
Hi Taher
Originally, the numbers 1-11 indicated positions on the pitch, but the modern game is different and sometimes the players wear their favourite number. Number 1 is still almost always the starting goalkeeper and 2-5 are often defenders. The higher numbers are the forwards with numbers 9 and 10 often being the strikers.
Thanks
Jack
12/09/2021
points
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12/09/2021 04:09
Liverpool
10
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06/09/2021
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Arsenal
38
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20/07/2021
points
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20/07/2021 15:59
Manchester City
118
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30/05/2021
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30/05/2021 10:20
Manchester United
15
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points
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24/05/2021 19:12
Manchester United
89
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points
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1512
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24/05/2021
points
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89
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15/04/2021
points
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15/04/2021 13:19
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68
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29/03/2021
points
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Manchester City
61
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11/03/2021
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10/02/2021
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10/02/2021 13:05
Chelsea
152
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22/01/2021
points
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22/01/2021 17:00
Wolverhampton Wanderers
76
Good exercise.
18/01/2021
points
Easy
18/01/2021 07:41
Liverpool
83
Easy
15/11/2020
points
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15/11/2020 15:56
Chelsea
351
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14/11/2020
points
Thanks a lot for the lesson. These English football words are very important. Best Regards
14/11/2020 08:50
Liverpool
272
Thanks a lot for the lesson. These English football words are very important. Best Regards
16/11/2020
points
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16/11/2020 13:19
Liverpool
594
Thanks, marynchukdenys1984! We're happy you are enjoying our website.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
13/11/2020
points
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13/11/2020 16:59
Liverpool
272
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16/10/2020
points
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16/10/2020 06:32
Liverpool
95
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14/10/2020
points
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14/10/2020 08:32
Tottenham Hotspur
75
good
17/09/2020
points
Nice
17/09/2020 23:57
Manchester United
83
Nice
04/09/2020
points
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04/09/2020 11:43
Liverpool
61
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18/08/2020
points
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18/08/2020 03:45
Chelsea
76
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17/08/2020
points
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17/08/2020 18:16
Liverpool
21
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12/08/2020
points
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12/08/2020 08:19
Arsenal
38
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11/08/2020
points
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11/08/2020 14:58
Chelsea
76
I liked very Nice,I'm learning English,the vocabulary football help me.
05/08/2020
points
Yes it does help, specially to avoid confusion between centre backs and full backs. Thanks
05/08/2020 08:44
Manchester United
42
Yes it does help, specially to avoid confusion between centre backs and full backs. Thanks
19/07/2020
points
Yes, i got all the questions right.
19/07/2020 12:36
Manchester City
37
Yes, i got all the questions right.
17/07/2020
points
Very useful words
17/07/2020 08:31
Chelsea
30
Very useful words
07/07/2020
points
very good
07/07/2020 00:37
Leicester City
129
very good
20/06/2020
points
The great quiz! I don't understand why the word "full-backs" is needed.
20/06/2020 15:59
Liverpool
-312
The great quiz! I don't understand why the word "full-backs" is needed.
04/06/2020
points
My position on the pitch is an attacking-midfielder and sometimes I play as a winger
04/06/2020 00:21
Manchester United
6473
My position on the pitch is an attacking-midfielder and sometimes I play as a winger
03/06/2020
points
Centre-backs and full-backs were confusing for me but now I knew the difference :)
03/06/2020 23:54
Manchester United
6473
Centre-backs and full-backs were confusing for me but now I knew the difference :)