What does ⚽ mean?
Soccer ball: football, a match, sport, cheering. Called a 'soccer ball' in the official English name.
Its official Unicode name is SOCCER BALL and its CLDR short name is "soccer ball" (in Hungarian: "foci"). It belongs to the Activities group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- ball
- football
- futbol
- soccer
- sport
In Hungarian: focilabda, futball, labda, labdarúgás, sport
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws ⚽ in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+26BD. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- SOCCER BALL
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- foci
- English name (CLDR)
- soccer ball
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Activities · sport
- Length
- 1 code point · 3 bytes in UTF-8 · 1 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :soccer:
Related emojis
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Softball
- Volleyball
- American football
- Rugby football
- Tennis
- Flying disc
Frequently asked questions
What does the ⚽ emoji mean?
Soccer ball: football, a match, sport, cheering. Called a 'soccer ball' in the official English name.
How do I type the ⚽ emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "ball".
When was the ⚽ emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.