vocabulaire de football européan
Soccer, called both “le football” and “le foot” is by far the most popular sport in France and is played thousands of people across the country. France has been a leader in soccer both in Europe and internationally as it hosted and won the FIFA World Cup in 1998. Here you will learn some basic soccer vocabulary in French including words for equipment and the various players on the field.
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Basic vocabulary
- Soccer le football
- Soccer game le match de foot
People
- Soccer fan le fan de foot
- Soccer coach l’entraîneur de football
- Soccer player le footballeur, le joueur de football
- Soccer player (slang) le footeux
- Soccer team l’équipe de foot (f)
Positions
- Goalkeeper (goalie) le gardien de but
- Defense le défenseur
- Center forward l’avant centre
- Left wing l’alier gauche
- Right wing l’alier droit
- Left mid-fielder le milieu gauche
- Right mid-fielder le milieu droit
- Referee l’arbitre (m)
- le remplacement substitution
Equipment
- Soccer ball le ballon de football/foot
- Cleats les chaussures à crampons
- Soccer jersey le maillot de foot
- Soccer shorts le short de foot
- Shin guards les protège-tibias
The field
- Soccer field (pitch) le terrain de foot
- Goalpost le poteau
- Net le filet
- Crossbar la barre traversale
- Goal le but
- Central circle le cercle central
- Penalty area la surface de réparation
- Goal line la ligne de but
- Corner flag le drapeau de coin
The game
- Foul la faute
- Yellow card la carton jaune
- Extra time la prolongation
- Corner le corner
- Off-side l’hors jeu
- Draw, tie l’égalité
- Penalty le penalty
- Red card le carton rouge
- Send off l’expulsion
- Half time la mi-temps
Verbs
- to dribble dribbler
- to head the ball faire une tête
- to kick botter
- to pass (the ball) faire une passe
- to shoot (the ball) shooter
- to save (the ball) sauver
- to tackle tacler
- to score a goal marquer un but
- free kick faire un coup franc
Other
- Soccer practice l’entraînement de foot (m)
- Soccer stadium le stade de foot
- FIFA la Fédération Internationale de Football Association
- Soccer World Cup la Coupe du Monde de Football
- Soccer news l’actualité du football
Related lessons:
More resources:
- French soccer vocabulary – Wikipedia
- Soccer vocabulary (including other sports) – francaisavecpierre.com
- Soccer vocabulary guide – fluentu.com
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