TERMS OF FOOTBALL

1. Back Heel
Back Heel is a kicking trick in soccer, namely kicking using the heel of the foot. This trick is
powerful enough to trick the enemy.
2. Back Pass
The player passes towards the goalkeeper in an effort to secure the defensive area.
3. Ball Possession
This is a term for possession of the ball, meaning how long it takes or the percentage of the
ball to fall at the feet of all players from a club in a match.
4. 4. Bicycle Kick
Acrobatic kick towards the opponent's goal to receive a cross by jumping with your back to
the goal while kicking the ball past the kicker's head (salto kick).
5. Clearing
Clear the ball in the defensive area as far as possible towards the front.
6. Counterattack
Counter-attack.
7. Diving
A player who deliberately falls, as if being fouled by an opposing player, in the hope of
receiving a violation in the form of a free kick or penalty.
8. Dribbling
Technique for dribbling (carrying) the ball.
9. Scudetto
Is the title for the champion club of the Italian SerieA league competition
10. Handball
Players (other than the goalkeeper) touch the ball with their hands. The goalkeeper will also
be awarded handball if he touches the ball outside the penalty area.
11. Home and away
Home means playing at home and away means playing at your opponent's home.
12. Intercept
Usually called a way to cut off your opponent's bait.
13. Offside
This means that the attacking player is in a position closer to the opponent's goal than the
opposing defender before the ball is passed by his partner. Factors that can prevent players
from being offside even though they are in the offside area are not taking the ball or being
 inactive and when a friend passes us, standing outside the field (if we are outside the field,
we are considered inactive) and entering the field chasing the ball. If a player violates
offside, team B in the example above will get a free kick while remaining at the scene.
14. Overlap
A term usually used for wing attackers, that is when a defender helps the attack.
15. Nutmeg
Is a ball pass that passes through both legs of the opponent.
16. Pedalada
The technique of moving your feet and dancing on the ball is like pedaling a bicycle to
deceive your opponent, or in other words, rocking samba.
17. Derby Match
It is a match between football teams that brings together two teams, each of which has a
history and high rivalry. A derby match can occur because of competition between the two
teams' achievements, competition between two teams from the same city which makes the
match prestigious.
18. Rabona
Rabona or Laboona is a technique for kicking a ball where the leg used to kick the ball is
crossed behind the supporting leg.
19. Assists
Players who have been instrumental in providing passes to their teammates resulting in
goals
20. Roulette
Roulette means spinning. The technique for dribbling the ball is by turning the body while
moving over the ball.
21. Silver Goals
This is the term for a goal scored in extra time, where after the goal is scored, the match will
be stopped once the closest extra time has ended. If a goal is scored in the first extra period,
then the match is finished after the break in that half ends.

22. Golden goal

a term for goals scored in extra time where after the goal is scored, the match will
immediately be stopped
23. Sombrero
Sombrero means a type of hat. This technique of outwitting the opponent is done by poking
the ball over the opponent's head and then the player runs after the ball.
24. Chip ball
The term chip ball is chipping the ball to pass or create a goal with the toe of the foot as
Lionel Messi often does when breaking into his opponent's goal.
25. Suicide Goal (Own Goal)
Goals scored against one's own net (Own goal)
26. First Time Kick
A kick taken directly towards the goal (first touch and without control) after receiving a pass
from a friend or a thrown ball.
27. Goal Kick
A kick taken from the goal area as a result of the ball passing over the goal line, where the
final touch is made by the attacking player.
28. Penalty Kick
The kick is taken from the penalty spot inside the penalty area, at a distance of 11 meters
from the goal. This kick occurred because a player was fouled in the penalty box.
29. Corner Kick
Kick from the corner of the field because the ball crosses the goal line after touching a
defender.
30. Volley Kick
A volley is a kick by a player who kicks the ball from a back pass without waiting for the
ball to touch the ground.
31. Top Scorer
The player who scores the most goals in a league/competition.
32. Total Football
The game system developed by the Dutch involved simultaneous attacks on the opponent's
goal by all players, apart from the goalkeeper
33. Pressing
Pressing is a method used by a player or a team to suppress the opponent's possession of the
ball. In the sense of not leaving the slightest gap for the opponent to attack our defense area.
34. Juggling
This is the term for the process of lifting the ball with the feet, the same as takraw, the ball
in juggling is played on the feet by one or many people by lifting the ball many times.
35. Free Kick
That is the term for a free kick. A free kick occurs if a player is fouled by his opponent
outside the penalty area.
36. Fair Play
 Fair play is a regulation enforced by FIFA (World Football Federation) in order to create
fair play in football. The slogan is "My Game is Fair Play", which we usually see when an
official match is about to start.
37. Headings
Heading is the term for heading the ball.
38. Aggregate
Total scores after home and away matches, for example in the 1st leg Chelsea won 1-0 over
Barcelona. And in the 2nd leg Chelsea lost 3-0, meaning the aggregate of the match was 1-3
in favor of Barca.
39. Blunders
A term for players who make mistakes, such as a goalkeeper who fails to catch the ball
perfectly, resulting in the goal being conceded.
40. Kickoff
The start or commencement of a match
41. Hat trick
Players who score 3 goals in one match
42. Quatrick
Players who score 4 goals in 1 match/match
43. Boxing Day
The English Premier League match was held one day after Christmas (25 December).
44. Derby Match
A derby match is a match between football teams that brings together two teams, each of
which has a history and high rivalry. A derby match can occur because of competition
between the two teams' achievements, competition between two teams from the same city
which makes the match prestigious.
45. El pichichi
This term is the term for Topscorer in the Spanish League. But this term does not exist in
Spanish. This term is the nickname of an Athletic Bilbao player, Rafael “Pichichi” Moreno.
46. Trequartista
The Italian term for hole attacker, namely the player who is directly behind the two pure
attackers.
47. Espulso
The term for a red card in Italian.
48. Capocanonieri
Is the name for the top scorer in the Italian Serie A league competition.
49. Capolista
The term for the top club in the Italian Calcio league.
50. Starting eleven
a term for the 11 main players who fill a football team and are played from the first minute.
51. Treble winner
The term for a club that wins three trophies in three different championships in one season.
52. Solo runs
The act of dribbling the ball alone towards the opponent's penalty box
53. Zamora Trophy
This is a trophy for the goalkeeper in the Spanish league who holds the record for the fewest
goals conceded in a season.
54. Injury Time
Is the extra time currently running (last minutes)
55. Add Time
Extra time
56. ET (Extra Time)
An extra round is awarded if the two teams draw because in a match one of the teams is
obliged to win.
57. FT (Full Time)
Is the end of a match / match time has expired.
58. HT (Half Time)
It is the middle of the match or the break/rest time in football, when the first half ends and
then continues to the second half.
59. Big Match
Is a match that brings together 2 big clubs or clubs that have high rivalry, for example: FC
BARCELONA vs REAL MADRID
60. Penalty Shootout
Penalty kicks are taken after the match ends in a draw and has gone through extra time,
usually taken by 5 kickers from each team.
61. Indirect Free Kick
A free kick in the penalty box will be awarded to the opponent, if the goalkeeper commits
the following violation: - Controlling the ball with his hands for more than six seconds
before passing it to another player.
-Touching the ball with the hand after the ball has left his control and has not touched
another player.
 -Receive backpasses from teammates using your hands.
-Receive hand passes from throw-ins from teammates.
62. Throw In
Is a throw-in after the ball is out on the right or left of the field.
63. Play on
is a term for an incident when an attacking player is fouled by an opposing player but the
game is not stopped by the referee because it benefits the team's attack. In play on, the
referee also has the right to give a card to the offender when the ball has gone out of bounds