Football lineup builder
Pick a real squad or name your own team, choose from 16 formations, fill your starting XI and share it as an image. It takes about a minute, and if the club has a game coming up, your lineup becomes a prediction scored against the real teamsheet.
How it works
- 01
Pick a team
Choose a club and its real, current squad loads in. Building for your own side instead? Type a team name and your players.
- 02
Choose a formation
Sixteen shapes, from the 4-4-2 and the 4-3-3 to a back three with wing-backs or a back five.
- 03
Fill your XI
Tap a position and pick a player. Search by any part of a name, and see who started the last match first.
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Share it
Save and you get a link straight away. It unfurls as a pitch image on X, WhatsApp and Discord.
Start from a Premier League squad
Tap a club and the builder opens with its current squad already loaded.
Choose a formation
The builder has all 16. These are the shapes most sides use; each page explains what the formation gives you, what it costs you, and which clubs actually set up that way this season.
- 4-3-3A back four, a midfield three, and two wide forwards either side of a centre-forward.
- 4-2-3-1A back four, two holding midfielders, a band of three behind a lone striker.
- 4-4-2Two banks of four in front of the keeper, with a front pair who work as a unit.
- 3-5-2Three centre-backs, wing-backs on both sides of a midfield three, two up front.
- 3-4-3Three centre-backs, two wing-backs with two central midfielders, a front three.
- 5-3-2Five across the back including wing-backs, three in midfield, two strikers.
More than a formation maker
- Real, current squads. Players move as transfers complete, and injured or suspended players are flagged as you pick.
- Predictions that get scored. Build a lineup for a real fixture and it is marked out of 11 against the official teamsheet, then counted on the leaderboard.
- Sub calls. Name up to three substitutes you expect to come on, and see which ones came off on your scorecard.
- A lineup image made for sharing. Every saved XI gets a link that unfurls as a pitch graphic, ready for a group chat or a post.
Lineup builder questions
Is the lineup builder free?
Yes. Building, saving and sharing a lineup is free, and you do not need an account to do it.
Can I build a lineup for my own team?
Yes. The custom builder lets you type a team name and your own players, pick a formation and share the result, so it works for a Sunday league side, a five-a-side group picking its best eleven, or a fantasy XI. It is built for eleven-a-side shapes.
Which clubs can I build with?
Every club in the leagues we cover, including the Premier League, the Championship, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and the Eredivisie, plus national teams. Squads update as transfers and injuries come in.
Can I use it to predict a real match?
Yes, and that is what most people use it for. Pick a club with a game coming up and your lineup becomes a prediction. When the official teamsheet lands about an hour before kick off, it is scored out of 11.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. The pitch, the player picker and sharing are all built for a phone first.
What is the difference between a lineup builder and a tactics board?
A tactics board is for drawing movement and set plays. A lineup builder is for choosing who starts and in what shape. This one is a lineup builder: pick the eleven, pick the formation, share it.
Who is in your starting XI?