Printable Soccer Lineup Sheet in 30 Seconds

They read defense-to-attack and never count the goalkeeper: 4-4-2 is four defenders, four midfielders, two forwards. The digits must sum to the outfield players — 10 in 11v11, 8 in 9v9, 6 in 7v7, 4 in 5v5. Name the formation and EZdoc checks the arithmetic and places every player.

The most common youth shapes are 2-3-1 (two defenders, three midfielders, one striker) and 3-2-1. The 2-3-1 teaches width and a midfield line, which is why so many 7v7 programs default to it. For 9v9 the standard moves to 3-2-3 or 3-3-2; 11v11 opens the full menu — 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 3-5-2.

As many as your roster carries — youth teams typically dress 2 to 6 beyond the starters. The bench block lists or leaves lines for each, and the notes area tracks the rotation, which matters when your league mandates playing time.

Yes. Describe the sheet without names and you get the formation's empty slots on the pitch diagram plus blank lines by line — the reusable template with your club name and colors up top.

Yes — say '5v5 futsal' or '6v6 indoor' and the sheet sizes itself: a simplified pitch, the smaller squad, and the same players-by-line layout. Formation strings still read defense-to-attack.