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What's News (in 2026)? {#news}

Football.TXT Format Updates

Note - to make parsing of match schedules easier - the following rules are now mandatory:

  1. round lines (outlines) MUST start with ▪ (BLACK SMALL SQUARE) or :: (ASCII-style) e.g.
▪ Quarter-finals - 1st Leg
▪ Group A
▪ Match for third place
...
  1. goal (scorer) lines MUST be enclosed with () and, thus, start with ( e.g.
(Neymar 71'; Diego 56')
(Lavezzi 4' Luiz 61'og Pastore 90+3'; Hazard 27'pen)
...

For more, see the Football.TXT format, level 1 & 2 specs »

What's football.db? {#whatis}

A free and open public domain football database & schema for use in any (programming) language - with (structured) text datasets using the (future-proof and evergreen) Football.TXT format.

Football.TXT Dataset Examples

▪ Quarter-finals - 1st Leg

Tue Apr 1
  20:45   FC Barcelona        v Atlético Madrid    1-1  @ Camp Nou, Barcelona
            (Neymar 71'; Diego 56')
  20:45   Manchester United   v Bayern München     1-1  @ Old Trafford, Manchester
            (Vidić 58'; Schweinsteiger 67')
Wed Apr 2
  20:45   Real Madrid         v Borussia Dortmund  3-0  @ Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
            (Bale 3' Isco 27' Ronaldo 57')
  20:45   Paris Saint-Germain v Chelsea FC         3-1  @ Parc des Princes, Paris
            (Lavezzi 4' Luiz 61'og Pastore 90+3'; Hazard 27'pen)

...

Schema Diagram

National Teams / Leagues and Tournaments {#national-teams}

World

  • FIFA World Cup
  • FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
  • FIFA Confederations Cup

More »

Example - FIFA World Cup 2014:

Group A  |  Brazil       Croatia              Mexico         Cameroon
Group B  |  Spain        Netherlands          Chile          Australia
Group C  |  Colombia     Greece               Côte d'Ivoire  Japan
Group D  |  Uruguay      Costa Rica           England        Italy
Group E  |  Switzerland  Ecuador              France         Honduras
Group F  |  Argentina    Bosnia-Herzegovina   Iran           Nigeria
Group G  |  Germany      Portugal             Ghana          United States
Group H  |  Belgium      Algeria              Russia         South Korea

...

▪ Group A
Thu Jun 12
  17:00 UTC-3   Brazil   v Croatia   3-1 (1-1)      @ Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo
                 (Neymar 29', 71'pen Oscar 90+1'; Marcelo 11' og)
Fri Jun 13
  13:00 UTC-3   Mexico    v Cameroon  1-0 (0-0)     @ Estádio das Dunas, Natal 
                  (Oribe Peralta 61')
...

▪ Match for third place
Sat Jul 12 
  17:00 UTC-3   Brazil   v Netherlands   0-3 (0-2)   @ Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília
                  (Robin Van Persie 3'pen Daley Blind 17' Georginio Wijnaldum 90+1')
▪ Final
Sun Jul 13
  16:00 UTC-3   Germany  v Argentina   1-0 a.e.t. (0-0, 0-0)   @ Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
                  (Mario Götze 113')

Source: world-cup/2014/cup.txt

America (South America; North America, Central America and the Caribbeans)

  • CONMEBOL¹ Copa América

¹ CONMEBOL = South America;

More »

  • CONCACAF¹ Copa Oro / Gold Cup

¹ CONCACAF = North America, Central America and the Caribbeans

More »

Europe

  • UEFA Euro / European Football Championship

More »

Football Clubs / Leagues and Tournaments {#clubs}

Intn'l Club Tournaments (Champions Leagues & Friends)

Amercia (South America; North America, Central America and the Caribbeans)

  • CONMEBOL¹ Copa Libertadores
  • CONMEBOL¹ Copa Sudamericana

¹ CONMEBOL = South America;

More »

  • CONCACAF¹ Champions League

¹ CONCACAF = North America, Central America and the Caribbeans

More »

Europe

  • UEFA Champions League
  • UEFA Europa League
  • UEFA Conference League

More »

Example - Champions League:

▪ Round of 16 - 2nd Leg 

Tue Mar 5
  20:45  Manchester United   v Real Madrid   1-2      @ Old Trafford, Manchester
           (S. Ramos 48' og; L. Modric 66' C. Ronaldo 69')
         Borussia Dortmund   v Schachtar Donezk  3-0   @ Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
           (F. Santana 31' M. Götze 37' J. Blaszczykowski 59')
Wed Mar 6
  20:45  Paris Saint-Germain  v Valencia  1-1         @ Parc des Princes, Paris
           (E. Lavezzi 66'; Jonas 55')
         Juventus             v Celtic Glasgow  2-0   @ Juventus Stadium, Turin
           (A. Matri 24' F. Quagliarella 65')

Tue Mar 12
  20:45  Schalke 04           v Galatasaray  2-3      @ Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
           (R. Neustädter 17' M. Bastos 63';
            Hamit Altintop 37' Burak Yilmaz 42' U. Bulut 95')
         Barcelona            v Milan  4-0            @ Camp Nou, Barcelona
           (L. Messi 5', 40' D. Villa 55' Jordi Alba 92')
Wed Mar 13
  20:45  Málaga               v Porto  2-0            @ La Rosaleda, Málaga
           (Isco 43' R. Santa Cruz 77')
         Bayern München       v Arsenal  0-2          @ Allianz Arena, München
           (Giroud 3' L. Koscielny 86')
...

Source: champions-league/2012-13/cl.txt

National Leagues & Cups

Europe

  • Österreichische Bundesliga + ÖFB Cup
  • English Premier League
  • Deutsche Bundesliga
  • Spanish La Liga

North America

  • México Primera División Apertura + Clausura

South America

  • Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

and more.

Genesis (Historic) Talks (Anno 2014) - Slide Decks {#talks}

Alternatives

See the awesome-football page.

Alumnis - Thank You!

Thanks for helping with match updates! Come back soon.

{% include thanks.html %}

License {#license}

The football.db schema, data and scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.

{% include questions.md %}