Soccer lineup builder
Pick the format and the formation, type your squad, and put a name on every position. Drag any player to change the shape, and the players you leave out become the bench. Share it as a link or print it on one page. Names stay in your browser.
Names stay in this browser. Nothing you type is sent to Playmaker unless you press Save this line-up. Free, no account, nothing to install.
Build your line-up
1. Format
2. Formation
How the 4-3-3 works, and when to use it: the 11v11 4-3-3. Every shape side by side: soccer formations.
3. Squad, one name per line
4. Who starts where
Choose a name for each position. Pick a player who is already starting and they move here. Then drag any player on the pitch to change the shape.
Soccer · 11v11 · 4-3-3
11v11 4-3-3 starting line-up
Drag a player to move them. Arrow keys move the selected one.
Starting 11
- GK—Goalkeeper
- LB—Left back
- LCB—Left centre back
- RCB—Right centre back
- RB—Right back
- DM—Defensive midfield
- LCM—Left centre midfield
- RCM—Right centre midfield
- LW—Left winger
- ST—Striker
- RW—Right winger
Substitutes
Type your squad above and everyone not starting is listed here.
The share link carries the line-up after the # in the address, which browsers never send to a server, so the names reach the people you send it to and nobody else. Print puts the pitch, the starting players and the substitutes on one page. Saving keeps it in a free account, and is the only time the names reach us.
How it works
- Pick the format and the formationChoose 11v11, 9v9 or 7v7, then a formation drawn on that size of pitch: a 4-3-3 or a 4-4-2, a 9v9 3-4-1 or a 7v7 2-3-1.
- Type your squadOne name per line. The names stay in your browser.
- Put a name on every positionChoose who starts in each position. Everyone you do not pick is listed as a substitute.
- Drag a player to change the shapeMove any marker with a finger or a mouse to push a full back on or drop a midfielder deeper.
- Share it, print it or open it as a playSend the link to the team chat, print the line-up on one page, or open it in the play designer to draw the first move. No account needed.
A starting line-up, on the shape you will play
Every week a coach does the same job: decide who starts, where they play, and who is on the bench, then tell the team. Most lineup apps let you do one formation for free and charge for the rest. This one is free for every formation, every format and every player, with no account.
Choose eleven, nine or seven a side, then a formation drawn on that size of pitch. Type your squad, one name per line, and choose who starts in each position. The pitch shows each name on its position, and everyone you did not pick is listed underneath as a substitute. Change a name and the pitch changes with it.
Every formation we publish, at every size
The formations are the ones on our soccer formations page, each drawn to scale on the pitch it is played on:
- 11v11. The 4-3-3, 4-4-2, 4-2-3-1, 3-5-2 and the 5-3-2 low block, on a full-size pitch.
- 9v9. The 3-2-3, 3-3-2, 3-4-1 and 2-3-2-1, on the 75 by 50 yard pitch U.S. Soccer recommends for under-11s and under-12s. The 3-4-1 is there, because coaches ask for it.
- 7v7. The 2-3-1, 3-2-1 and 2-1-2-1, on the 60 by 40 yard pitch for under-9s and under-10s.
Each one links to its own page with what the shape teaches and when to use it.
Drag a player to change the shape
A formation is where your team starts, not where your players stand. If your left back pushes on, or your striker drops in to collect the ball, drag them there. Touch and drag on a phone, or click and drag with a mouse; a selected player also moves with the arrow keys. The names come with them, and the link you share keeps the shape exactly as you left it.
Share it, print it, keep it
Share the link to put the line-up in the team chat. The line-up travels after the # in the
link, which browsers never send to a server, so parents see who starts and where, and nobody
else does. Print puts the pitch, the starting eleven and the substitutes on one page.
Save this line-up keeps it in your free account to open again next week, and is the only
time the names reach us.
Turn the line-up into a play
Open in the play designer puts the same players, in the same places, on the soccer play designer, on the right size of pitch, with their initials on their markers and the line-up in the play's notes. From there you can draw the first run of a kick-off or a goal kick, press play to watch it, and share that too.
For playing time across the halves or quarters of a youth match, the rotation maker shares the minutes fairly round the squad, and the youth soccer play designer has the ages each format is played at.
Soccer line-ups: common questions
Is the lineup builder free?
Yes. Every format, every formation, every player and the share link are free, with no account and nothing to install. Saving a line-up needs a free account.
Can I make a 9v9 lineup in a 3-4-1?
Yes. Choose 9v9, then the 3-4-1: a goalkeeper, a back three, four across midfield and one striker, drawn on the nine-a-side pitch. The 3-2-3, 3-3-2 and 2-3-2-1 are there too.
Can I move the players out of the formation?
Yes. Drag any player anywhere on the pitch, on a phone or a computer. The shape you make is the one the link shares, the page prints and the play designer opens.
How do substitutes work?
Everyone in your squad who is not named in a position is listed as a substitute, in the order you typed them. Put a substitute into a position and the player they replace goes to the bench.
Do the names I type get sent anywhere?
No. The line-up is made in your browser, and nothing you type is sent to us unless you press Save this line-up with an account. A share link carries the line-up after the # in the link, which browsers never send to a server.
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