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?
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01/03/2019
points
Thanks, i learned a new word. Full backs
01/03/2019 13:27
Tottenham Hotspur
171
Thanks, i learned a new word. Full backs
12/02/2019
points
Could I replace the word 'striker' to 'forward'?
12/02/2019 15:35
Manchester United
98
Could I replace the word 'striker' to 'forward'?
12/02/2019
points
A lot of people do use the two words to mean the same thing but I actually think there is a difference.
A striker is a player who mainly stays in the penalty box and whose job it is to score goals. Players like Sergio Aguero, Alan Shearer Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robert Lewandowski are probably strikers. Forwards (including strikers) are players that play anywhere in attacking parts of the pitch. Lionel Messi is a forward for example but he's not a striker.
Hope that helps.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
12/02/2019 15:44
Liverpool
594
A lot of people do use the two words to mean the same thing but I actually think there is a difference.
A striker is a player who mainly stays in the penalty box and whose job it is to score goals. Players like Sergio Aguero, Alan Shearer Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robert Lewandowski are probably strikers. Forwards (including strikers) are players that play anywhere in attacking parts of the pitch. Lionel Messi is a forward for example but he's not a striker.
Hope that helps.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
07/02/2019
points
Thanks you for this words
07/02/2019 00:07
Manchester City
109
Thanks you for this words
06/02/2019
points
The test is great ! Passed with pleasure at 100% !
06/02/2019 15:47
Manchester United
47
The test is great ! Passed with pleasure at 100% !
05/02/2019
points
10 out 10. Quiz is 100%
05/02/2019 08:53
Manchester City
18
10 out 10. Quiz is 100%
05/02/2019
points
I like it.This tets is eazy for me.Thank you.10/10
05/02/2019 08:53
Newcastle United
20
I like it.This tets is eazy for me.Thank you.10/10
05/02/2019
points
Easy test for me
05/02/2019 08:50
Liverpool
18
Easy test for me
05/02/2019
points
Easy test for me
05/02/2019 08:50
Chelsea
20
Easy test for me
22/01/2019
points
10
22/01/2019 23:06
Arsenal
51
10
22/01/2019
points
7
22/01/2019 23:01
Arsenal
51
7
22/01/2019
points
Quiz is 100%. Great!!!
22/01/2019 10:32
Arsenal
243
Quiz is 100%. Great!!!
12/01/2019
points
I love Manchestercity so much
12/01/2019 14:29
Manchester City
2
I love Manchestercity so much
12/01/2019
points
So fun
12/01/2019 14:22
Manchester City
2
So fun
11/01/2019
points
No problem
11/01/2019 00:40
Liverpool
32
No problem
10/01/2019
points
I did very well
10/01/2019 04:19
Manchester United
57
I did very well
09/01/2019
points
I got all
09/01/2019 15:02
Liverpool
11
I got all
29/11/2018
points
thank you for the new words
29/11/2018 13:26
Manchester United
229
thank you for the new words
17/10/2018
points
it's very helpful thank you :)
17/10/2018 12:35
Manchester City
9
it's very helpful thank you :)
26/09/2018
points
Fairly easy.
26/09/2018 17:52
Manchester United
96
Fairly easy.
24/08/2018
points
also
24/08/2018 15:10
Manchester City
39
also
25/07/2018
points
we enjoyed these question thank you for it.
25/07/2018 20:54
Liverpool
9
we enjoyed these question thank you for it.
17/07/2018
points
I responded all right.
17/07/2018 02:17
Arsenal
595
I responded all right.
07/07/2018
points
Good exercises
07/07/2018 16:12
Liverpool
58
Good exercises
07/07/2018
points
Good exercises
07/07/2018 01:19
Manchester City
95
Good exercises
19/06/2018
points
I like this kind of quizzes. :)
19/06/2018 18:15
Liverpool
91
I like this kind of quizzes. :)
12/06/2018
points
good exercises to learn
12/06/2018 00:16
Chelsea
109
good exercises to learn
04/06/2018
points
i was pretty good
04/06/2018 15:15
Manchester United
763
i was pretty good
31/05/2018
points
nn
31/05/2018 14:25
Manchester United
41
nn
31/05/2018
points
harder
31/05/2018 09:27
Arsenal
45
harder
28/05/2018
points
Not bad!
28/05/2018 12:47
Manchester City
1
Not bad!
14/05/2018
points
Ouhhhh yeahhh!
14/05/2018 12:10
Chelsea
73
Ouhhhh yeahhh!
12/05/2018
points
I play football also.
12/05/2018 07:40
Manchester United
823
I play football also.
03/05/2018
points
Interesting quiz.
Anyone can tell me the translation in English of the Spanish expression "jugar de falso nueve"
Thanks in advance.
03/05/2018 21:30
Manchester City
8
Interesting quiz.
Anyone can tell me the translation in English of the Spanish expression "jugar de falso nueve"
Thanks in advance.
03/05/2018
points
Hi Aribella,
It's actually a direct translation into English and Lionel Messi is a good example. Here's a link that should help:
http://www.thefalse9.com/2013/09/football-tactics-for-beginnersthe-false...
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
03/05/2018 22:08
Liverpool
594
Hi Aribella,
It's actually a direct translation into English and Lionel Messi is a good example. Here's a link that should help:
http://www.thefalse9.com/2013/09/football-tactics-for-beginnersthe-false...
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
30/04/2018
points
Excellent Quiz. I do not have vocabullary about football and I want to learn because I like football.
30/04/2018 13:29
Manchester United
17
Excellent Quiz. I do not have vocabullary about football and I want to learn because I like football.
23/04/2018
points
I found it easy as I'm very familiar with this kind of vocabulary. I'm coaching u11s and I use this words as a regular basis.
23/04/2018 21:08
Liverpool
19
I found it easy as I'm very familiar with this kind of vocabulary. I'm coaching u11s and I use this words as a regular basis.
09/04/2018
points
It's good page for lerning English with game.
09/04/2018 08:28
Arsenal
19
It's good page for lerning English with game.
25/03/2018
points
this page is good
25/03/2018 17:15
Chelsea
10
this page is good
24/03/2018
points
This page is really wonderful, I am learnig English with my favorite sport
24/03/2018 21:49
Liverpool
153
This page is really wonderful, I am learnig English with my favorite sport
15/03/2018
points
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15/03/2018 09:31
Manchester United
16
mnogo ate mi lesni weeeee
15/03/2018
points
Hi Kosmonafta
Google Translate told me that you said that the exercises were very easy. Can you try to use English because my Bulgarian is not so good!
Thanks
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
15/03/2018 09:42
Liverpool
594
Hi Kosmonafta
Google Translate told me that you said that the exercises were very easy. Can you try to use English because my Bulgarian is not so good!
Thanks
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
06/03/2018
points
i liked!!
06/03/2018 09:19
Chelsea
110
i liked!!
02/03/2018
points
I got all question. This article is very useful and interesting. Thanks!
02/03/2018 15:24
Arsenal
33
I got all question. This article is very useful and interesting. Thanks!
02/03/2018
points
I got all the question and this article is helpful. Thanks!
02/03/2018 15:23
Arsenal
33
I got all the question and this article is helpful. Thanks!
10/02/2018
points
Yes, I got all questions right.
10/02/2018 15:59
Chelsea
382
Yes, I got all questions right.
08/02/2018
points
fine
08/02/2018 20:29
West Bromwich Albion
59
fine
08/02/2018
points
I got all answers right
08/02/2018 11:39
Liverpool
11
I got all answers right
30/01/2018
points
yeah I got all right.
30/01/2018 18:25
Manchester United
19
yeah I got all right.
25/01/2018
points
Yes, I am. Centre-backs, full-backs and wingers (I tgought wings)!
25/01/2018 21:52
Liverpool
319
Yes, I am. Centre-backs, full-backs and wingers (I tgought wings)!