Abbreviations in a football league table - what do they mean?

Question

League tables for football often use a series of abbreviations for their columns, like P, W, D, L, GS, GA, +/-, Pts.

What do they all stand for?

Answer 1

Nice and easy:

• P: Games played
• W: Games won
• D: Games drawn
• L: Games lost
• GS: Goals scored
• GA: Goals against
• +/-: goal difference (ie goals scored minus goals against); often abbreviated to "GD".
• Pts: Points