Unicode's search words file soccer and futbol under one emoji, Soccer ball, U+26BD, and it sits above Copy. Soccer emoji copy and paste starts there; 59 tiles follow, from the goal net and two card squares to formations and combos.
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Find the card, the keeper or the formation
Search reads names and search words. Card finds the yellow square, the red square and Second yellow: no emoji is a referee's card, and CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, files penalty under those two squares alone. Keeper finds three tiles, formation finds four, and offside finds the flag.
Where the ASCII drawings hold their shape
The pitch, the goal and the formations 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 and 3-5-2 are plain keyboard characters, 29 columns wide at most. Each formation has eleven marks, keeper included, and its numbers run from the back. They keep their shape only where text is monospaced, such as a code block.
Tips
For soccer ball emoji copy and paste in the colour of your words, switch to Text style: the ball has a plain text form.
The two card squares and the green, yellow and purple circles need Emoji 12.0. Red, blue, black and white circles go back to Emoji 0.6.
Questions and answers
Is there a soccer player emoji?
No. Unicode's emoji list, version 18.0, has people playing handball, water polo and golf, and nobody playing soccer. Leg, Foot and Running shoe are three of the five emoji CLDR files under kick; the other two are a scooter and a man's shoe.
Is there a red card emoji?
Not by that name. CLDR files penalty under two emoji, Red square and Yellow square, and card under both, so those two are the cards. Yellow is a caution, red is a sending off, and a second yellow in one match means red.
Is the soccer emoji the same as the football emoji?
That depends on where you live. CLDR files three emoji under football: Soccer ball, American football and Rugby football, and all three are in the first group. The word soccer is short for associationer, slang for an Association footballer.
How many panels does a soccer ball have?
Most footballs are made of 32: twelve pentagons and twenty hexagons. The plain text group has both shapes, filled and in outline, for a name field that refuses emoji.
🥇1st place medalU+1F947. For the league table, or for whoever won five-a-side. Emoji 3.0.
🏈American footballU+1F3C8. The second of the three emoji CLDR files under football. Here in case the search meant this one. Emoji 0.6.
🦶FootU+1F9B6. The other body part under kick. Emoji 11.0.
🧤GlovesU+1F9E4. Unicode means winter gloves. Next to a goal net they are the goalkeeper. Emoji 5.0.
🥅Goal netU+1F945. CLDR gives it two words, goal and net, and no sport, so it serves hockey and handball as well. Emoji 3.0.
🦵LegU+1F9B5. CLDR files it under kick, and it takes skin tones. Emoji 11.0.
🏉Rugby footballU+1F3C9. The third emoji under football. Emoji 1.0.
🎽Running shirtU+1F3BD. A vest with a sash, filed under sport. The closest thing to a team shirt. Emoji 0.6.
👟Running shoeU+1F45F. The nearest thing to a boot. CLDR files it under kick. Emoji 0.6.
⚽Soccer ballU+26BD. The one this page is named for, and the first entry in Unicode's sport list. CLDR adds the search words football and futbol. It has a plain text form, so Text style gives it the colour of your words. Emoji 0.6.
🏟️StadiumU+1F3DF U+FE0F. The ground itself. CLDR lists the single word stadium for it. Emoji 0.7.
🏆TrophyU+1F3C6. CLDR files it under champion, champs, victory and win. Emoji 0.6.
Show all 60 soccer emoji (48 more)
Cards, flag and clock 5
🟥Red squareU+1F7E5. The red card: a sending off. The two card colours were borrowed from traffic lights. Emoji 12.0.
🟨🟨🟥Second yellowYellow square 2 times, then red square. A second caution in one match means a sending off, shown exactly like this.
⏱️StopwatchU+23F1 U+FE0F. For stoppage time. No emoji is a whistle: CLDR lists that word for one face and no object. Emoji 1.0.
🚩Triangular flagU+1F6A9. The assistant referee's flag for offside, or the flag on a corner post. CLDR thinks of golf. Emoji 0.6.
🟨Yellow squareU+1F7E8. No emoji is a referee's card. CLDR files 14 emoji under card, and only this square and the red one under penalty too, so it is the yellow card: a caution, also called a booking. Emoji 12.0.
Plain text stand-ins 6
⬢Black hexagonU+2B22 Black hexagon. The filled hexagon. Black is Unicode's word for filled, not a colour setting.
⬟Black pentagonU+2B1F Black pentagon. The dark panel of the classic ball: twelve of these to twenty hexagons.
⊓Square capU+2293 Square cap. Two posts and a crossbar. Mathematicians use it for something else entirely.
❂Star in a circleU+2742 Circled open centre eight pointed star. A dingbat, not a ball, but at text size it passes for one where emoji are refused.
⬡White hexagonU+2B21 White hexagon. Most footballs are made of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons. This is the hexagon, as plain text.
⬠White pentagonU+2B20 White pentagon. The pentagon in outline.
Goal lines and score lines 7
⚽ 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗬 ⚽Match day in bold sans capitals
⚽ ･ ･ ･ 🥅Shot on goal, dotted path
⚽︎ ⬡ ⚽︎ ⬡ ⚽︎Divider of text-form balls and hexagons
⚽ FT 2-1Full-time score: change the numbers after you paste
G⚽⚽⚽ALGoal, with three balls for the letter O
G⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽LGol, the Spanish and Portuguese cry, five balls long
o - - - > [###]ASCII shot on goal: ball, path, net
ASCII pitch, goal and formations 9
BallA ball with a hint of panels. Plain ASCII, 13 columns wide.
CupTwo handles and a plinth. Plain ASCII, 13 columns wide.
Formation 3-5-2Three centre-backs and a midfield of five, the outer two being the wing-backs.
Formation 4-2-3-1Four numbers, so four rows in front of the keeper: four, two, three, one.
Formation 4-3-3Four at the back, three in midfield, three up front. Eleven marks in all, keeper included.
Formation 4-4-2Four defenders, four midfielders, two forwards, attacking up the screen. The numbers run from the back and never count the goalkeeper.
Goal, top cornerPosts, crossbar, net, and a ball where the keeper cannot reach. A real goal is 8 yards wide and 8 feet high; this one is 21 columns.
PitchHalfway line, centre circle, two penalty areas and their marks, which sit 12 yards from goal on a real pitch. 29 columns.
ScoreboardPaste it, then change the numbers. It keeps its shape wherever the text is monospaced.
Ball and team colours 8
⚽⚫⚪Black and whiteSoccer ball, then black circle, then white circle. Stripes are beyond a circle. The colours are not.
⚽🔵⚪Blue and whiteSoccer ball, then blue circle, then white circle. Blue circle is as old as the emoji list: Emoji 0.6. Light blue exists as a heart, not a circle.
⚽🟢⚪Green and whiteSoccer ball, then green circle, then white circle. Green circle arrived in Emoji 12.0, so a much older phone shows a box where the green should be.
⚽🟣⚪Purple and whiteSoccer ball, then purple circle, then white circle. The newest colour here: the purple circle is from Emoji 12.0.
⚽🔴⚫Red and blackSoccer ball, then red circle, then black circle. The last pair made only of Emoji 0.6 circles.
⚽🔴🔵Red and blueSoccer ball, then red circle, then blue circle. Swap the two circles if your club says its colours the other way round.
⚽🔴⚪Red and whiteSoccer ball, then red circle, then white circle. Both circles are from Emoji 0.6, so the pair shows on anything.
⚽🟡🟢Yellow and greenSoccer ball, then yellow circle, then green circle. Two circles from Emoji 12.0.
Soccer combos 13
🧤🥅🔒Clean sheetGloves, then goal net, then locked. Nothing got past the keeper.
⚽🏆Cup finalSoccer ball, then trophy. One ball, one cup, and two teams of eleven after it.
⚽⚔️Derby daySoccer ball, then crossed swords. For the fixture that matters more than the table.
⚽⏱️Extra timeSoccer ball, then stopwatch. Two further periods of 15 minutes when a knockout game ends level.
⚽🥅GoalSoccer ball, then goal net. The whole point of the game in two emoji.
🐐⚽Greatest of all timeGoat, then soccer ball. The goat is the word GOAT. Which player it points at is your argument to have.
🎩⚽⚽⚽Hat-trickTop hat, then soccer ball 3 times. Three goals by one player in one game. The word began in cricket in 1858, when a bowler was bought a hat for three wickets in a row.
🏟️⚽Match dayStadium, then soccer ball. Ground first, then the reason for going.
🦵⚽🦵NutmegLeg, then soccer ball, then leg. The ball goes between the legs. CLDR files Leg under kick.
⚽🥅🤦Own goalSoccer ball, then goal net, then person facepalming. Right net, wrong end.
⚽🧤🥅PenaltySoccer ball, then gloves, then goal net. Ball, keeper, net. The mark is 12 yards out.
⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽Shoot-outSoccer ball 5 times. Five kicks each, then sudden death. Five balls for the five.
👟🥇Top scorerRunning shoe, then 1st place medal. A golden boot, as near as emoji get to one.