Choose a hex
Start from any unclaimed club, nation, era, position or international honour.
Daily football and soccer link-up challenge
Football Heatmap
Play a daily football—or soccer—heatmap: pick a hex, name a matching player, and heat every adjacent category they connect.
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The match plan
How Football Heatmap works
Connect a player
A valid player claims the selected hex and every matching adjacent hex. Invalid answers cost nothing.
Build heat
Combo scoring grows fast: x1 = 1, x2 = 3, x3 = 6, x4 = 10 and x5 = 15. Claimed neighbors reheat for +1.
How to build a bigger combo
Look for a hex whose neighbors share one player's career. One answer can connect a club, national team, birth decade, position and tournament honour in the same move.
Past senior first-team clubs count, so do not stop at a player's current team. Start near a dense cluster, then reuse players later to reheat claimed neighbors for extra points.
Data scope
The launch pool contains 500 notable senior men's players, active and retired. Club history, senior national teams and tournament participation are sourced from Wikidata's CC0 structured data, with the current ESPN player pool used for present-day candidate discovery and evidence-backed manual corrections for gaps.
Snapshot updated 19 July 2026. See a data problem? Email [email protected].
Club badges are displayed as identification marks and remain the property of their respective rights holders. Structured facts: Wikidata licensing · data access.
Football Heatmap FAQ
How do I play Football Heatmap?
Choose any unclaimed hex, then name a player who matches it. That move also claims every matching adjacent hex, so one answer can create a multi-cell combo.
Do previous clubs count, or only a player's current club?
Previous clubs count. A player matches any listed senior first-team club in their career; youth and reserve teams do not count. The same rule applies to retired players.
How are Football Heatmap combos scored?
If a move claims N new cells, it scores N × (N + 1) ÷ 2 points: x1 = 1, x2 = 3, x3 = 6, x4 = 10 and x5 = 15. Each already-claimed adjacent match reheats for one extra point.
Can I use the same football player more than once?
Yes. Players may be reused, and an incorrect player costs no points or moves. Your selected cell stays active so you can try again.
What does Heat Density mean?
Heat Density is the total heat across all 30 playable cells divided by 30. New combo cells receive the combo heat level, while reheated cells gain one more heat.
Is this game affiliated with PlayFootballGames or The Heatmap?
No. Wordle Cup Football Heatmap is an independently designed football and soccer game. It is not affiliated with PlayFootballGames or The Heatmap.