Football (Soccer) vocabulary · Rules, Fouls & Match Time
Extra time
Meaning in football (soccer), with examples
/ˌekstrə ˈtaɪm/nounCore term
In football (soccer), extra time means: Two additional periods of 15 minutes played in some knockout matches when the score is level after 90 minutes; if it is still level, a penalty shootout follows.
In Turkish: uzatma devreleri, uzatmalar
How it is used
A match goes to extra time; a team scores in extra time or holds on until penalties. American English uses overtime. Extra time is not played in league matches, which can simply end in a draw.
Example sentences
The cup final went to extra time after a 1-1 draw.
Our legs were gone by the end of extra time.
Common collocations
go to extra time
after extra time
in extra time
first half of extra time
Related terms
stoppage timeMinutes the referee adds at the end of each half to make up for time lost through substitutions, injuries, VAR checks and other delays.
penalty shootoutThe way a drawn knockout match is decided: each team takes five penalties in turn, then one each in sudden death if they are still level.
half-timeThe break between the two halves of a match, which must not be longer than 15 minutes, when players rest and coaches give instructions.
drawA result in which both teams finish the match with the same number of goals. As a verb, to draw means to finish level.
