The difference between Association football and Soccer

When used as nouns, association football means a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent, whereas soccer means association football.


Soccer is also verb with the meaning: to kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

check bellow for the other definitions of Association football and Soccer

  1. Association football as a noun:

    A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.

  1. Soccer as a noun:

    association football

  1. Soccer as a verb ([[Australian rules football]]):

    To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.