Football/Soccer Vocabulary in French
A useful French vocabulary list about Football / Soccer; France's most popular sport
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| le football | | football / soccer |
| le foot | | football / soccer |
| un terrain de foot | | football pitch/soccer field |
| un footballeur | | footballer / soccer player (m) |
| une footballeuse | | footballer / soccer player (f) |
| un ballon | | a ball |
| les chaussures à crampons | | football boots / soccer cleats |
| le maillot de foot | | football shirt / soccer jersey |
| un short | | shorts |
| l'entraînement | | practice |
| un entraîneur | | a coach |
| une équipe | | a team |
| un gardien de but | | goal keeper / goalie |
| un attaquant | | a striker |
| un défenseur | | a defender |
| un avant-centre | | a front striker |
| une demi-finale | | a semi-final |
| une finale | | a final |
| un but | | a goal |
| marquer | | to score |
| un coup franc | | free kick |
| un pénalty | | penalty kick |
| un coup de pied de réparation | | penalty kick |
| un tir de réparation | | penalty kick |
| un but sur pénalty | | a penalty goal |
| un corner | | corner kick |
| le poteau | | the goal-post |
| la lucarne | | top corner [of the goal] |
| les tirs au but | | penalty shoot-out |
| la première mi-temps | | the first period |
| la mi-temps | | half time |
| un arbitre | | a referee |
| hors-jeu | | offside |
| une faute | | a foul |
| un carton jaune | | a yellow card |
| un carton rouge | | a red card |
| les prolongations | | extra time |
| perdre | | to lose |
| gagner | | to win |
| faire match nul | | to draw / to tie |
| la victoire | | victory |
| la défaite | | defeat |
| un / une supporter | | a supporter |
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