Translation of "football" into Swahili

soka, kandanda, mpira wa miguu are the top translations of "football" into Swahili.

football noun grammar

(not North America, uncountable) association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. [..]

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soka

noun

a game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents’ goal [..]

Al Jazeera reports more details regarding the fines issued to the Croatian and Greek national football associations:

Al Jazeera inaripoti maelezo zaidi kuhusu faini iliyotolewa kwa vyama kitaifa vya soka vya Croatia na Ugiriki:

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kandanda

noun

On Sundays I usually went to his house in the morning so we could play football, but I could never find him at home.

Siku za Jumapili kwa kawaida nilienda nyumbani kwake asubuhi ili tuweze kucheza kandanda, lakini kamwe singempata nyumbani.

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mpira wa miguu

noun

A ball sport in which two teams of 11 players each try to get the ball into the other team's goal using mainly their feet.

In many instances, the football matched unearthed national rivalries.

Katika mifano mingi, mpira wa miguu ulichimbua ushindani wa kitaifa.

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