Team Sports
Football score tracker, approved by everyone who played.
Two teams try to kick the ball into the other team’s goal. log8 keeps the score with the people you actually play. Record the winner or a draw, with the score if you kept it. The other players approve it, and your head-to-head record, group board and personal history build themselves.
Scoring
How log8 scores Football
Record the winner or a draw, with the score if you kept it.
- Any size from 1v1 up to 11v11. Uneven sides count too.
- Record the score, like 3 to 2, or just who won.
- Add goal scorers and assists if you like.
- Draws count.
The basics
How to play Football
The casual version of the rules. log8 shows the same guide in the app, on the game's page.
- Players11 a side officially. Five or seven a side is common for casual games.
- How to winScore more goals than the other team by the end.
- The official gameOfficial matches are two halves of 45 minutes. Cup games can go to extra time and penalties.
- How groups differCasual games often skip offside and play rush goalie. Agree before you start.
- Only the goalkeeper can use their hands, and only in their own box.
- Kick off from the centre to start each half and after every goal.
- Ball out over the side line? Throw it back in.
- Ball out over the goal line: a goal kick if the attackers touched it last, a corner if the defenders did.
- Trips, pushes and handballs are fouls. The other team gets a free kick, or a penalty inside the box.
- Offside: when the ball is passed forward to you, two defenders must be level with you or nearer their goal. One is usually the keeper.
Play better
Football tips
- Spread out. Don’t all chase the ball.
- Pass early. The ball moves faster than you.
- Keep talking to your team.
In the app
Logging a game in log8
- Pick the game and the playersChoose Football, then everyone who played. Friends without log8 can join as guests.
- Enter the resultRecord the winner or a draw, with the score if you kept it.
- The other players approveFriends on log8 get 48 hours to approve it, or tap Disagree if it is wrong. Guests count straight away. A result nobody answers closes without counting.
- Your record updatesOnce it is official it counts toward your head-to-head records, group board, badges and cups.
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Questions
Football in log8: questions
Can I keep Football scores with friends in log8?
Yes. Football is one of the 72 built-in games. Record the winner or a draw, with the score if you kept it. The other players approve it, then it counts.
How do you win at Football?
Score more goals than the other team by the end.
How many people play Football?
11 a side officially. Five or seven a side is common for casual games.
Do people play Football differently?
Casual games often skip offside and play rush goalie. Agree before you start.
Do my friends need the app?
No. Add a friend as a guest and the game counts straight away. If they join log8 later, the games move to their account.
Settle your Football rivalry.
log8 is coming soon to Android and iPhone, and is free to download. It is in closed testing now: write to us for an invite, or to hear the day it reaches the stores.
Updated by the log8 team