The football team generator for 5, 6 and 7-a-side
Balanced teams.
No arguments.
bibs picks fair sides for your weekly game in seconds. Rate your squad privately, tap who's in tonight, and share a teamsheet that looks the business. Your players never download a thing.
Runs in your browser. Nothing to install. Free for gaffers and players.
MONDAY
NIGHT FIVES
BIBS
- Sammo
- Big Dave
- Wrighty
- Nathan H
- Two-Touch Tony
NON-BIBS
- Carl
- Jonesy
- Deano
- Matt P
- The Keeper
SOUND FAMILIAR?
THE PLAYGROUND PICK
Ten minutes of "go on then, you have them" before anyone kicks a ball. Same two people picking, same player picked last.
THE THRASHING
Shirts against bibs, 9-2 by half time. One team stops trying, the other stops passing. Nobody enjoys it.
THE GROUP CHAT INQUEST
Someone always reckons the teams were stitched up. Usually whoever lost. And it rumbles on until Thursday.
Lopsided games are how a weekly kickabout dies. Close games keep everyone coming back. That is the whole job bibs does.
FAIR TEAMS IN FIVE TAPS
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1
BUILD YOUR SQUAD
Add your regulars once. No invites, no chasing anyone to sign up.
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2
RATE THEM PRIVATELY
Pace, shooting, defending, goalkeeping. 1 to 10. Only you will ever see it.
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3
TAP WHO'S IN
Matchday morning, tick tonight's players. Ten in? Twelve? Fourteen? All fine.
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4
GENERATE THE TEAMS
bibs balances the sides properly, not randomly, and shows you a balance score.
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5
SHARE THE TEAMSHEET
One tap into the group chat. After the game, log who won and watch the rankings.
WHY GAFFERS PICK BIBS
RATINGS STAY PRIVATE
Players can never see how you've rated them. No leaderboards of shame, no bruised egos, no awkward pints.
BALANCED, NOT RANDOM
A random team generator just shuffles names. bibs weighs up your whole squad, factors in who's in form, and builds two sides that can actually match each other.
NOTHING TO DOWNLOAD
bibs runs in the browser. Your players just get a teamsheet in the chat, and anyone who wants more can follow the tables with an invite link.
TEAMSHEETS WORTH SHARING
Every matchday gets a proper tournament-style graphic, not a screenshot of a spreadsheet. It does the announcing for you.
RESULTS FEED THE BALANCE
One tap after the game logs who won. The tables build week by week, and every result quietly nudges each player's hidden form so the next teams reflect who's flying and who's struggling.
FREE. ACTUALLY FREE
No per-match player fees, no locked features, no card details. Free for the gaffer and free for every player.
THE GROUP CHAT, THE BIG APPS, OR BIBS
Swipe the table to compare ›
| The group chat | Full-blown football apps | bibs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picking the teams | Two captains and a playground pick | Works once everyone has signed up | One tap, balanced from your ratings |
| Fair from day one | Depends who's picking | Needs weeks of match data first | Balanced from your very first matchday |
| What your players do | Argue about it | Download an app, make an account | Nothing. The teamsheet lands in the chat |
| Player ratings | Said out loud, feelings hurt | Public stats and shame awards | Private to the gaffer, always |
| Cost | Free | Match fees or subscriptions | Free |
| Set-up time | None, which is the problem | An evening of onboarding the group | Five minutes, just the gaffer |
BUILT BY A GAFFER, NOT A SOFTWARE COMPANY
bibs comes from a real Monday night game that has run for years. Same pitch, same group chat, same argument about the teams every single week.
Picking fair sides by hand was the one job that never got easier. So bibs was built to do it properly: rate the squad once, keep it private, and let the balance take care of itself. It has been picking the teams for Oldman Non-Athletic ever since.
Read our storyQUICK ANSWERS
Do my players need to download an app?
No. bibs runs in the browser and only the gaffer needs an account. Players receive the teamsheet in the group chat, and with an invite link they can follow the win percentage and form tables all season. Only the gaffer builds the squad, rates players and picks the teams.
Can players see their ratings?
Never. Ratings are private to the gaffer, that is a hard rule built into bibs. Players only ever see teams, results and rankings.
Is bibs free?
Yes. Free for the gaffer, free for players, no match fees and no locked features.
What team sizes does it work for?
bibs is built for small-sided football: 5-a-side, 6-a-side and 7-a-side, including uneven turnouts when eleven show up for a tens.
BALANCE THE GAME
Your next matchday could be the closest game you've had in years.
Start your squad, it's free