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Squad

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

/skwɑːd/nounCore term

In football (soccer), squad means: All the players available to a team for a season or a competition, from whom the starting eleven and the substitutes are chosen.

In Turkish: kadro, takım kadrosu

How it is used

Clubs build, strengthen or trim a squad, and a match squad is the group named for one game. Squad depth means having good players in every position. A squad number is the shirt number a player keeps all season.

Example sentences

  1. We need a bigger squad if we want to compete in Europe.

  2. Three academy players have been named in the squad for Sunday.

Common collocations

  • squad depth
  • squad number
  • first-team squad
  • match squad
  • strengthen the squad
  • line-upThe list of players a team starts a match with, usually including their positions, published about an hour before kick-off.
  • substituteA player who starts the match on the bench and can come on to replace a teammate during the game.
  • benchThe seats beside the pitch for the substitutes and coaching staff; also the group of substitutes available in a match.
  • head coachThe person in charge of training, tactics and team selection; at many clubs the role focuses on coaching, while a sporting director handles transfers.

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