# Football Tactics

> Football Tactics is a free football (soccer) tactics board and team sheet app for iPhone and iPad, made for grassroots and youth coaches. Coaches drag players into formations from 11-a-side to 5-a-side, draw runs and arrows on the pitch, manage their squad, substitutes and injuries, and share a PDF team sheet or pitch image with players and parents. No account or sign-up is needed.

- Name: Football Tactics. In some countries' App Stores it appears as Football Formation (US) or a translated name: Formación de Fútbol (Spanish), Fußballaufstellung (German), Formazione di calcio (Italian).
- Platform: iPhone and iPad, iOS / iPadOS 17.6 or later. There is no Android or web version yet.
- Price: free to download on the App Store.
- Developer: Simon Hutchinson (independent developer).
- Category: Sports.
- Download: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6683308607
- Website: https://www.footballformationapp.com/

## What it does

- **Formations:** presets for 11-a-side (4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1, 3-5-2, 5-3-2, 3-4-3) and for 9-a-side, 7-a-side and 5-a-side. The starting line-up fills automatically from the squad, leaving out injured players. Players can be dragged anywhere and snap to formation positions.
- **Drawing:** pen, arrow and dashed-run tools in four colours, with undo, redo and clear, drawn directly on the pitch.
- **Squad:** add, remove and reorder players with shirt numbers, positions, injury status and notes. An injury applies across every saved tactic.
- **Substitutes:** a bench of subs; tap a player to move them to the bench, swap them with a sub, or mark them injured.
- **Saved tactics:** keep several tactics (for example one per opponent or team size), shown as a library of pitch thumbnails; rename, duplicate or delete them.
- **Sharing:** export an A4 PDF team sheet (pitch, starting line-up, bench, injuries) or a PNG image of the pitch, and send it to WhatsApp, Messages, Mail or any app on the share sheet.
- **Pitch styles:** striped, classic or chalkboard; players shown by shirt number or initials.
- **Privacy:** no account; squads and tactics are stored on the device. The app uses anonymous usage analytics that aren't linked to a person.
- **Accessibility:** VoiceOver actions on players and haptic feedback.

## Who it's for

Grassroots, Sunday league, school and youth football coaches and team managers who want a quick tactics board they can use on the touchline and a team sheet they can send to players and parents before a match. It works for football and soccer, including small-sided and futsal-sized teams.

## Common questions

- **Is it free?** Yes, it's free to download.
- **Do I need an account?** No. Open the app and start.
- **Can I share the line-up?** Yes, as a PDF team sheet or a pitch image.
- **Does it work on iPad?** Yes, with a full-screen pitch.
- **Is there an Android version?** Not yet; it's iPhone and iPad only.

## Links

- [App Store listing](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6683308607): download, screenshots and current version
- [Website](https://www.footballformationapp.com/): overview, screenshots and FAQ