Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - football

~ n 1 BrE a game played by two teams of eleven players who try to kick a round ball into their opponents' goal (3); soccer (3)  (watching football on TV | a football club) 2 AmE a game played by two teams of eleven players who carry or kick an oval (=egg shaped) ball; american football BrE  (college football games) 3 a ball used in these games  (- see also flag football, political football political (5))