In the sport of association football, each of the 11 players on a team is assigned to a particular position on the field of … See more

Goalkeeper is the most defensive position in football. The goalkeeper's main job is to stop the other team from scoring by catching, palming or punching the ball from shots, headers and crosses. Unlike their teammates… See more

Defenders play behind the midfielders and their primary responsibility is to provide support to the team and to prevent the opposition from scoring a goal. They usually remain in the half of the field that contains th… See more

Midfielders (originally called half-backs) are players whose position of play is midway between the attacking forwards and the defenders. Their main duties are to maintain possession of the ball, receiving the ball fro… See more

• Association football formations
• Association football tactics
• Bandy, a hockey sport in which much the same positions are used as in association football… See more

• Science of winning soccer: Emergent pattern-forming dynamics in association football. Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, Vol. 26, 2013 p. 73–84 See more