American football positions American football positions In American football each team has 11 players on the field at one time. The specific role that a player takes on the field is called his position. Under the modern rules of American football, teams are allowed unlimited substitutions; that is, teams may change any number of players after any play. This has resulted in the development of three "platoons" of players: the offense (the team with the ball, which is trying to score), the defense (the team trying to prevent the other team from scoring, and to take the ball from them), and the special
The best 33 football players of Ukraine similar award recently was adopted by one of the leading Ukrainian football news websites "UA-Football" in 2006. In its section "the best out of the best" the website conducts various polls of its readers concerning the Ukrainian football for the past calendar year and usually publishing their results in its January editions. Among its well established ratings are the combined symbolic team, the best coach, the best "legionnaire" (foreign player), and many others. The best 33 football players of Ukraine The best 33 football players of Ukraine (33 найкращі футболісти України) is an annual composed list of the three best