ADJ

home
away, opposing, rival, visiting
decent, strong
successful, winning
weak
dream
The England manager has chosen his dream team for the World Cup
junior, senior, youth
under-16, etc.
A, B, first, second, etc.
international, local, national
England, Ireland, Scotland
French, Irish, etc.
basketball, football, relay, etc.
display
the Army Parachute Display Team
five-man, five-person, five-strong, five-woman
Spain are fielding a three-man team in this race
men's, mixed, women's

VERB + TEAM

field, have
choose, get together, organize, pick, put together
Can you get a team together by Saturday?
coach, manage
be in/on, play in/ for
I'm playing for the first team this week
be called up to, be selected for, get into/onto, make
Cole has been selected for the team to meet Italy next week. You didn't make the team, I'm afraid
be dropped from, be left out of
join, sign for
play (against)
lead
support

TEAM + VERB

compete (in sth), take part (in sth)
The team competes in a local league. There are six teams taking part
win (sth)
lose (sth)
Our team lost the final

TEAM + NOUN

game, sport
captain, coach, manager, mate (also teammate)
He apologized to his teammates for his mistake
championship, event, prize
effort, performance
selection
talk
The manager gives his team talks in English
sheet
(= the list of players chosen for the team)

PREP

in/on a/the ~
I'll have you on the first team
~ for
She's in the team for the World Championships

ADJ

joint
a joint team of French and German economists
five-strong
husband and wife
campaign, creative, design, development, editorial, investigation, management, marketing, production, project, research, sales
a member of the senior management team
legal, medical
multidisciplinary
rescue

VERB + TEAM

build, form, train
Willing volunteers formed teams of helpers to carry everything in. a specially trained team of counsellors
lead, head, manage, run
join
She has recently joined our sales team
work (together) as
learning to work together as a team

TEAM + VERB

comprise sb, consist of sb
The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries
develop sth, operate, work on/with sth
the team that developed this microchip The team will work closely with other government departments

TEAM + NOUN

leader, member
player (informal) (= sb who works well as part of a team)
meeting
approach
building, development
The survival course was intended as a team building exercise
spirit
effort
It took a tremendous team effort to finish the project on time

PREP

in a/the ~
There are 20 people in the team
~ of
a team of scientists

PHRASES

a member of a team, part of a team