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For most major clubs and national teams, there are navboxes for the current squad that can be inserted at the foot of a player's biography. See Category:Association football squad templates for a full list. To create a new squad template (having first checked there isn't one already) use the following templates: {{Football squad}} in ...
Formations are usually described by three or more numbers in order to denote how many players are in each row of the formation, from the most defensive to the most advanced. For example, the "4–5–1" formation has four defenders, five midfielders, and a single forward. The choice of formation is normally made by a team's manager or head ...
It is known in some parts of the world as "soccer"; a derivative of the word "association". In others, it is known simply as " football ". For more information on the sport, see association football .
In the early development of the game, formations were much more offensively aggressive, with the 1–2–7 being prominent in the late 1800s. [1] In the latter part of the 19th century, the 2–3–5 formation became widely used and the position names became more refined to reflect this. In defence, there were full-backs, known as the left-back ...
This template is used to generate an image map, showing the members of an association football squad on a football pitch. The position names and locations are specified per association football positions. The template does not check to make sure there are the correct number of players on the field.
A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, [a] is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
This image is used by the football kit template. For other patterns and instructions see the talk page