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soccer

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 25.03.2026

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American English sportmäng, milles kumbki meeskond püüab palli jalaga (või peaga) lüües vastaspoole väravasse saata
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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 737397 Last modified 05.06.2019
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Domain ball games - throwing games
jalgpall
football
soccer
association football
  • sportlik pallimäng, milles kaks 11-liikmelist võistkonda püüab palli muru- või tehiskattega väljakul (pikkus 90–120 m, laius 45–90 m) jalaga (või peaga) lüües vastaspoole väravasse saata
  • a game played on a field between two teams of 11 players each with the object to propel a round ball into the opponent's goal by kicking or by hitting it with any part of the body except the hands and arms
Good to know
  • Mängus on kaks 45-minutist poolaega ja 15-minutine vaheaeg.
  • Only the goalkeeper is permitted to handle the ball and may do so only within the penalty area surrounding the goal. The team that scores more goals wins.
jalgpall
Euroopa jalgpall
football
Usage examples
  • Football is the world’s most popular ball game in numbers of participants and spectators. ... Football’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), estimated that at the turn of the 21st century there were approximately 250 million football players and over 1.3 billion people “interested” in football; in 2010 a combined television audience of more than 26 billion watched football’s premier tournament, the quadrennial month-long World Cup finals.
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  • British
soccer
association football

Huviharidussõnastik

ID 752946 Last modified 10.05.2024
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Domain sport
jalgpall preferred
Association football
jalkapallo
  • sportlik pallimäng, milles kaks 11-liikmelist võistkonda püüab palli muru- või tehiskattega väljakul (pikkus 90–120 m, laius 45–90 m) jalaga (või peaga) lüües vastaspoole väravasse saata. Mängus on kaks 45-minutist poolaega ja 15-minutine vaheaeg
jalgpall preferred
Association football
Fußball
jalkapallo

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