Soccer ball Emoji

Activities

A classic black and white pentagonal-paneled sphere, recognizable as the standard ball used in association football matches globally.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to for discussing live matches, cheering for a favorite team, or coordinating weekend pickup games. It is frequently sent alongside 🏃 to suggest heading out to the field or with country flags to support national teams during major tournaments like the World Cup.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of a major expansion of sports-related icons, this glyph reflects the immense global popularity of soccer. Its design mimics the iconic 'Telstar' style ball used in the 1970 FIFA World Cup, which was specifically patterned to be highly visible on black-and-white television broadcasts of the era.

Details

Glyph

⚽

Unicode

U+26BD

Shortcode

:emoji_u26bd:

HTML Entity

⚽

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Activities

Subcategory sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

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