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Table

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

/ˈteɪbəl/nounCore term

In football (soccer), table means: The list that ranks the teams in a league by points, with goal difference and other figures; also called the league table or standings.

In Turkish: puan durumu, puan tablosu

How it is used

Teams go top of the table, sit mid-table or are bottom of the table. A mid-table team is neither fighting relegation nor challenging for the title. American English prefers standings. Commentators say "a win would lift them to third in the table".

Example sentences

  1. After the win, we're top of the table on goal difference.

  2. Have you seen the table? We're only three points above the drop zone.

Common collocations

  • top of the table
  • league table
  • mid-table
  • bottom of the table
  • climb the table
  • leagueA competition in which teams play each other over a season, usually home and away, and are ranked in a table by points.
  • goal differenceThe number of goals a team has scored minus the number it has conceded, used to separate teams that are level on points in a league table.
  • relegationDropping down to a lower division at the end of the season after finishing in one of the bottom places of the league.
  • promotionMoving up to a higher division at the end of the season by finishing in one of the top places or by winning a play-off.

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