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 CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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