Soccer ball emoji ⚽
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+26BD
What ⚽ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Soccer ball ⚽ is tagged with these keywords: ball, football, futbol, soccer, sport.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing ball or football in the emoji search brings up ⚽.
Soccer ball ⚽ is one of 27 emoji in the sports subgroup of activities (85 emoji), next to ⚾ 🥎 🏀 🏐.
Will ⚽ show on my friend's phone?
⚽ is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type ⚽
Any emoji picker finds ⚽ when you search for soccer ball.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type soccer ball.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type soccer ball in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type soccer ball.
Codes for developers
Soccer ball ⚽ is a single code point, U+26BD. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 1.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+26BD | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ⚽ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ⚽ | |
| CSS | content: "\26BD"; | |
| JavaScript | \u26BD | |
| URL | %E2%9A%BD | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9A BD |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ⚽ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | soccer ball |
| Português | bola de futebol |
| Español | balón de fútbol |
| Italiano | pallone da calcio |
| Français | ballon de football |
| Deutsch | Fußball |
| Türkçe | futbol topu |
| Bahasa Indonesia | bola sepak |
| Polski | piłka nożna |
| Русский | футбол |
| 日本語 | サッカー |
| 한국어 | 축구공 |
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All activities emoji →Questions people ask
What does the soccer ball emoji mean?
Unicode calls ⚽ "soccer ball" and links it with ball, football, futbol, soccer. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the sports subgroup of activities.
When was the soccer ball emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the soccer ball emoji?
Any emoji picker finds ⚽ when you search for soccer ball.