Documentation

Step-by-step guides for FUTBOLISTA: for organizers — from the competition format to the final standings; for coaches — from signing up to the match line-up.

Tournament Structure

How to describe your competition format so the app builds the groups, the brackets and the advancement rules for you.

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Groups + Cup and Plate playoffs

Two pools feeding a main knockout bracket and a consolation bracket, each with its own final and placement match.

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Creating a tournament and getting teams in

Tournament card, age criteria and three ways to collect participants: by hand, applications or invite links.

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Configuring the structure by hand

Build a structure from scratch or adjust an existing one: stage types and the advancement rules between them.

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Individual tournament: one-on-one

A tournament where players compete instead of teams: a 1×1 bracket, results recorded straight from the cell, and the winner moving on.

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Rating participants

Criteria, maximum scores and the total: why the maximum acts as a weight and “5 out of 5” is not “5 out of 20”.

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Player verification

Document checks, self-registration by link, and how a verification request differs from a participation request.

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Running the Tournament

Everyday work once the format is in place.

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Generating the schedule

Creating group matches, assigning dates, pitches and kick-off times.

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Running a match

Management modes, line-ups, live events, technical results and how results feed the standings.

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Draws and penalty shootouts

How to enable the shootout in the rules, record it kick by kick or as one score, and what changes in the standings afterwards.

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Broadcast management

Screens and subscriptions, going live on a match, layers over the picture — and what the liveness icons mean.

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One broadcast per field

One broadcast per field per matchday instead of one per match: what it saves the operator, what the viewer loses, who it suits and how to turn it on.

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Referees

The two referee lists and how they differ, how a referee gets access to matches, appointments and the grid, swapping a referee mid-day.

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How the standings are calculated

What the columns mean, how points are awarded and how to configure the criteria for teams level on points.

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Certificates for participants

The template, bulk creation, generating images and exporting for print — and where the player sees them.

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For Coaches

For those who run a team rather than a tournament.

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Coach's guide

The whole path in order: signing up, the team, the squad, the tournament application and the match line-up.

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Team player photos

Shooting the whole squad in one go, the round crop and background removal, replacing and refreshing shots.

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The team's tournament application

Who plays this tournament: adding, excluding by date, the roster history and printing.

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The match line-up

Where the list of players comes from, starters and substitutes, numbers for the game and goalkeepers by minute.

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Reviewing a match on video

Tagging actions, instant jumps between episodes, clip length and the automatic match review.

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Other Materials

Frequently asked questions

Short answers to what organizers ask most often: age flags, child tournaments, certificates, desktop builds.

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Video tutorials

Short clips covering the platform basics.

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Video tagging

Tagging match events while watching and building player statistics.

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For organizers

What the platform gives a tournament organizer.

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