What do FIFA 14 position acronyms mean?

Question

How to distinguish a defender from a left forward... for example? I have not seen a good summary at the web

Answer 1

There is a list of these on the English Wikipedia. Here's the ones I remember having seen in Fifa 14. They are always color-coded to show which area of the game they belong to. For the center positions the left and right seems to refer to the current formation. I.e. a player cannot be a LCB. He's a CB on his bio, but he is playing the LCB position.

Goalkeeper: Orange

• GK: Goalkeeper

Defense: Yellow

• CB: Center-back
• LCB: Left center-back
• RCB: Right center-back
• LB: Left-back (Full-back)
• RB: Right-back (Full-back)

Midfield: Green

• CM : Centre midfield
• LDM: Left defensive midfield
• LAM: Left attacking midfield
• RDM: Right defensive midfield
• RAM: Right attacking midfield
• CDM: Centre defensive midfield
• CAM: Centre attacking midfield
• LM : Left midfield
• RM : Right midfield

Attack: Blue

• ST: Striker
• CF: Center forward
• LW: Left winger
• RW: Right winger