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Football Formation Strategies

This document lists various soccer formations and their common counter formations. It provides over 50 pairs of formations and counter formations, with the formations abbreviated using numbers and letters (e.g. 3N-2-2-2-1) and typical counters also listed in abbreviated form. The pairs show the relationships between offensive and defensive approaches in soccer.

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Football Formation Strategies

This document lists various soccer formations and their common counter formations. It provides over 50 pairs of formations and counter formations, with the formations abbreviated using numbers and letters (e.g. 3N-2-2-2-1) and typical counters also listed in abbreviated form. The pairs show the relationships between offensive and defensive approaches in soccer.

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Formation

Counter Formation

3N-2-2-2-1 Butterfly

4-2-2-2, 4-3N-2(AML/AMR)-1

3N-1-2-1-3

4-1-3N-2, 4-5-1V

3N-1-3W-1-2 Dandelion

4-5-1V, 4-4-2, 4-1-2-1-2 Wide Diamond

3N-1-3W-2(AMC)-1

4-5-1V

3N-1-4-1-1

4-1-2-1-2 Narrow Diamond

3N-1-4-2

4-5-1V

3N-2(DML/DMR)-2-1-2

4-1-2-1-2 Narrow Diamond

3N-2(DML/DMR)-3N-2

4-1-2-1-2 Narrow Diamond, 4-5-1 Flat,


3-5-2 Flat

3N-2-3W(AML/AMC/AMR)-2

3-2-2-2-1 Butterfly, 4-4-2, 4-1-2-1-2


Narrow Diamond

3N-3-2W(AML/AMR)-2

4-3N-2W-1

3N-4-1-2

4-1-2-1-2 Narrow Diamond

3N-4-3

4-3N-2(AML/AMR)-1, 4-4-2, 3-5-2

3N-5-1-1

4-1-2-1-2 Narrow Diamond

3N-5-2 Flat

3N-2-2-2-1 Butterfly, 4-3-2(AML/AMR)-1

3N-5-2 V-Style

4-3N-2(AML/AMR)-1, 4-2-2-2 Hexagon

3W-1-3N-1-2

4-5-1 V-Style

3W-1-3W-1-2

3W-2(DMC)-3N-1-1 Tower, 3N-5-2 Flat

3W-1-3W-2(AMC)-1

4-5-1 V-Style

3W-1-4-1-1

4-5-1 V-Style

3W-1-4-2

4-1-2-1-2 Narrow Diamond

3W-1-5-1

4-3N-2W-1

3W-2-3W-1-1 Maple Leaf

4-5-1 V-Style

3W-2(DMC)-2W-1-2

3W-5-2 V-Style

3W-2(DMC)-3W-1-1 Maple
Leaf

3N-1-4-2

3W-2(DMC)-3W-2

3W-5-2 Flat

3W-2N-2N-2W-1

4-4-2

3W-4-1-2

4-1-2-1-2 Narrow Diamond

3W-4-3

4-2-2-2 Hexagon

3W-5-1-1

4-1-2-1-2 Narrow Diamond

3W-5-2 Flat

4-5-1 V-Style

3W-5-2 V-Style

3N-2-2-2-1 Butterfly

4-1-1-2N-2

4-5-1 V-Style

4-1-1-2W-2

3N-3W-2-2

4-1-2-1-2 Narrow Diamond

4-5-1V, 3-5-2V

4-1-3N-1-1

3N-5-2 V-Style

4-1-3N-2

4-3N-2(AML/AMR)-1

4-1-3W-1-1

5-1(DMC)-2-2

4-1-3W-2

4-5-1 V-Style, 4-4-2 Classic

4-1-4-1

4-2-2-2 Hexagon, 3W-4-3

4-1(DMC)-2-3

4-1-4-1

4-2-1-3

4-5-1 V-Style, 4-3N-2W-1

4-2-2-2 Hexagon

3N-4-1-2, 4-5-1 V-Style, 3-4-3

4-2(DMC)-1-2(AML/AMR)-1

5-2-2(AML/AMR)-1, 4-4-2 Classic

4-2(DMC)-1-2(AMC)-1

3N-1-4-1-1

4-2(DMC)-3W-1

3N-2-2-2-1 Butterfly

4-3N-1-2

4-3N-2(AML/AMR)-1, 4-5-1 V-Style

4-3N-2(AMC)-1

3W-2(DMC)-3W-1-1 Maple Leaf

4-3N-2W-1

4-4-1-1

4-3N-3

4-1-4-1

4-3W-1-2

4-1-4-1, 3N-1-4-2

4-3W-2(AMC)-1

3W-2(DMC)-3N-1-1 Tower, 4-5-1 Flat

4-3W-3

4-4-2, 4-5-1 V-Style

4-4-1-1

3-5-2 Flat, 4-5-1 V-Style

4-4-2

3N-4-1-2, 4-5-1 V-Style, 3N-2-2-2-1


Butterfly

4-5-1 Flat

3-5-2 Flat, 3-5-2 V-Style

4-5-1 V-Style

3N-2(DML/DMR)-3N-2, 4-3N-3

5-1-2-1-1 Narrow Diamond

3N-5-2 V-Style

5-1-2-1-1 Wide Diamond

3N-5-2 Flat

5-1-3N-1

3N-5-2 V-Style

5-1-3W-1

3N-5-2 V-Style

5-2-1-2 X-Style

3N-1-4-2

5-2(ML/MR)-2(AMC)-1

4-2-2-2 Hexagon

5-3N-2

3N-4-1-2, 4-4-2

5-3W-2

3N-4-1-2, 4-4-2

5-4-1

4-4-2, 3-5-2 Flat

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