Team numerical advantage in Australian rules football: A missing piece of the scoring puzzle? by Jeremy P Alexander, Timothy Bedin, Karl B Jackson, Sam Robertson

“…Total players and team numerical advantage were also quantified continuously throughout a match, which were separated into three match phases (offence, defence, and stoppage) and four field positions (defensive 50, defensive midfield, attacking midfield, and forward 50). …”
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Comparisons of recovery, external and internal load by playing position and match outcome in professional soccer by Juan H.S. Conde, Danilo L. Alves, Luiz F. Novack, Carolina F. Carneiro, Ramon Cruz, Raul Osiecki

“…Moreover, the defenders are those who cover lower distances by the minute and the defense midfielders are those who present the lower Peak Velocity (p<0.05). …”
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The selection advantages associated with advanced biological maturation vary according to playing position in national-level youth soccer by Liam Sweeney, Sean Cummin, Áine MacNamara, Dan Horan

“…Players were categorised as goalkeeper (GK), central defender (CD), full-back (FB), centre defensive midfielder (CDM), centre midfielder (CM), centre attacking midfielder (CAM), wide midfielder (WM) or centre forward (CF). …”
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Effective playing time affects physical match performance in soccer: An analysis according to playing position by Stefan Altmann, Leon Forcher, Alexander Woll, Sascha Härtel

“…Players were categorized as central defender, wide defender, central defensive midfielder, central offensive midfielder, wide midfielder, and forward. …”
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Contextualised high-intensity running profiles of elite football players with reference to general and specialised tactical roles by Wonwoo Ju, Dominic Doran, Richard Hawkins, Mark Evans, Andy Laws, Paul Bradley

“…Data were analysed across 5 general (Central Defensive Players = CDP, Wide Defensive Players = WDP, Central Midfield Players = CMP, Wide Offensive Players = WOP, Central Offensive Players = COP) and 11 specialised positions (Centre Backs = CB, Full-Backs = FB, Wing-Backs = WB, Box-to-Box Midfielders = B2BM, Central Defensive Midfielders = CDM, Central Attacking Midfielders = CAM, Wide Midfielders = WM, Wide Forwards = WF, Centre Forwards = CF). …”
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Modularity in Football Passing Networks by Sandy İpeker, Necmi Gürsakal, Bülent Batmaz, Fırat Yılmaz, Halil Orbay Çobanoğlu

“…Generally so called modules in the technical directors’ thoughts can be listed as defense, midfielders area and strikers area. If they want to know how modules are generated and how their disconnection leads to functional decay they should analyze the modularity formed as a result of a football match. …”
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Positional and temporal differences in peak match running demands of elite football by Bradley Thoseby, Andrew D. Govus, Anthea Clarke, Kane J. Middleton, Ben Dascombe

“…Players were categorised based on positional groups: attacking midfielder (AM), central defender (CD), defensive midfielder (DM), striker (STR), wide defender (WD) and winger (WNG). …”
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‘Setting the Benchmark’ Part 1: The Contextualised Physical Demands of Positional Roles in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 by Paul S. Bradley

“…A decline between halves for the distances covered at higher intensities (≥20 and ≥25 km·h -1 ) were more evident in attacking midfielders, wide defenders and midfielders than for other positional roles ( P <0.01; ES: 0.3–0.7). Defensive midfielders and centre forwards were found to have the highest coefficient of variation (CV: 30.9–35.9% and 67.7–67.8%) for the distances covered at higher intensities (≥20 and ≥25 km·h -1 ) compared to other positional roles. …”
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Physical match demands across different playing positions during transitional play and high-pressure activities in elite soccer by Lukasz Bortnik, Stewart Bruce-Low, Joost Burger, Jill Alexander, Damian Harper, Ryland Morgans, Christopher Carling, Kevin McDaid, David Rhodes

“…A total of 4249 positional observations were made; center backs ( n = 884), full backs ( n = 972), central defensive midfielders ( n = 236), central attacking midfielders ( n = 270), central midfielders ( n = 578), wingers ( n = 778), and attackers ( n = 531). …”
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Physical performance, anthropometric measurements and basic skills of football players in Karbala, Iraq by Abdulameer, Mothna Mohammed

“…The players were divided based on the three playing positions (defense, midfield and offensive). The results showed that Shuttle test 40x5, 30 m sprint, passing with wall, Nelson speed of movement, sit down and stand up, vertical jump and dribbling 25 m are the selected tests for physical performance in football. …”
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