PRE-MATCHPick a formation. Move the players. Send the board.
Select XI is a free football lineup builder for every format from 5v5 to 11v11. Drag your eleven into the shape you actually mean, draw the runs, and export something worth sharing. No account required. No ads. Works offline.
78 formations, 5v5 to 11v11
Forty-four named shapes for the full pitch and a set for every small-sided format down to 5v5, plus a freeform option for a shape that is not on the list. Change the team size and the board changes with it.
Two phases, one squad
Build how you set up in possession and how you sit without the ball, on the same players. Copy one phase onto the other and adjust from there.
Draw what you mean
Arrows for runs, presses and rotations, in solid, dashed or dotted. Straight lines for shape and passing lanes. Drop the ball where the move starts. Undo and redo the whole board.
A real bench
Name your substitutes and link each one to the starter they cover, so the sheet says who comes on for whom.
Export it properly
PNG for the group chat, SVG for anything you want to keep editing, a roster CSV for the spreadsheet, and a printable board for the clipboard.
Share a link that shows the board
Publish a lineup and the link unfurls with a picture of the actual board, not a generic card. Anyone can open it, and anyone can remix it into their own builder.
On the web and on iPhone and iPad
The builder runs at select-xi.pro and as an app for iPhone and iPad, where the whole builder is inside the app: every formation, both phases, the annotations and the export, with no connection needed on a touchline with one bar. Drafts stay on your device until you choose to publish or share.
Select XI Pro
The builder is free, with no ads and no sign-up. Select XI Pro is one purchase, not a subscription: exports without the corner mark, higher-resolution output for print and big screens, every export layout including both phases side by side and full squad sheets, story and square formats sized for social, a matchday pack, your badge and kit colours on every export, custom formation templates and squad mode. Nothing renews and there is nothing to cancel.
Part of the suite
Select XI stands on its own. When a club also uses Debrief, the intended formation, player roles and instructions arrive there as pre-match context, so the review compares what you intended with what happened, and the findings inform the next plan.