Squads - Football / Soccer Tactics Board & Formation Maker
Squads is a free online tactics board for football (soccer). Plan your team's strategy, simulate formations and starting lineups with drag and drop, and share the result as an image, a link or an embed on your blog. You can also animate a play on a full pitch and export it as a video. No sign-up required, and it works on desktop and mobile.
Features
- Tactics board — drag and drop 11 players on the pitch to plan your strategy
- Formation presets — 25 presets: 4-4-2 (flat / diamond), 4-4-1-1, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1, 4-1-4-1, 4-3-2-1, 4-2-2-2, 3-5-2, 3-4-3, 3-2-4-1, 5-3-2, 5-4-1 and more, plus classics such as WM, Metodo and Catenaccio
- Formation builder — build your own formation line by line: choose the number of players and the shape of each line, then fine-tune its height and width
- Lineup simulation — assign starters and substitutes from a roster and swap players to try different line-ups
- Player details — names, shirt numbers and position labels
- Team colors — piece shapes (circle, shirt, person), 12 patterns and one or two colors per team or per player
- Pitch — orientation (up / down / left / right), grass color, line color and stripe pattern
- Share — export a PNG image or copy a share link; shared links open as a read-only preview
- Dynamic mode (desktop) — place both teams and the ball anywhere on a full pitch, chain scenes on a timeline and play back the movement like a real match sequence; set the transition time per scene and when each player moves (up to 30 scenes / 60 seconds)
- Video export — export a dynamic play as an MP4 video (H.264, 30 fps, 480p / 720p / 1080p; portrait for a vertical pitch), made in your browser
- Embed — paste an iframe into your blog, or integrate with your app using the JavaScript SDK (embed guide)
- AI assistants — ask Claude or ChatGPT to draw a line-up or animate a play through the Squads MCP server (AI assistant guide)
- Undo / redo, and multiple boards saved in your browser
How to use
- Open Squads and pick a formation from the list in the header.
- Drag players to adjust their positions. Double-tap or long-press a player on touch devices to edit the name, number or position.
- Use the share button to export a PNG image, copy a link, or get an embed code.
- To animate a play (desktop), switch to ダイナミック (Dynamic) in the header and create a play from two squads. Add scenes with ＋, drag the players and the ball in each scene, press ▶ to play, and use ⤓ 動画 to export an MP4 video.
FAQ
- Is Squads free?
- Yes. Using Squads and embedding it on other sites is free. No account or sign-up is required.
- Can I use it as a football tactics board?
- Yes. Drag players on the pitch to plan your strategy, switch between formation presets, and simulate different starting lineups by swapping players from the roster.
- How do I share a formation?
- Export it as a PNG image, copy a share link (the formation is stored in the link itself and opens as a read-only preview), or generate an iframe embed code.
- Where is my data stored?
- Only in your browser (localStorage). The app does not send your data to its servers and uses no cookies, analytics or ads. If you use Squads from an AI assistant (MCP), the line-up the assistant builds is processed on the server to create a share URL and is not stored. See the privacy policy.
- Can I animate a play or make a video?
- Yes, on desktop. Switch to Dynamic mode, place both teams and the ball anywhere on a full pitch, add scenes on the timeline and play them back. Export the play as an MP4 video (H.264, 30 fps, up to 1920×1080) to post on social media; the video is made in your browser and not uploaded.
- Does it work on mobile?
- Yes. Squads works on both desktop and smartphone browsers. Dynamic mode and video export are currently available on desktop only.