(soccer, UK) One who plays association football. / (Australia) Any fish in the kyphosid subfamily Microcanthinae, so named for the resemblance of their stripes to football uniforms.

plural of football

plural of footballer

(intransitive, rare) To play football.

(general) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.

(attributive) relating to the sport of football

present participle of football

simple past tense and past participle of football

The process of increasing the popularity of football (soccer) in a region. / The influence of football on real-life matters such as politics, economics and the media.

A competition in which people try to predict the results of football matches and win money