Competition
A league, cup or tournament, played over a season or a set period.
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Football with Score8
Football on Score8 is organised as connected entities: competitions contain teams, teams play matches, and every match has a fixture, a result and statistics. This hub explains each part and links to where it lives.
How football fits together
Competitions, teams and matches
Every football page on Score8 belongs to this structure, so you can move from a competition to its teams, from a team to its matches, and from a match to its result and statistics.
Team
A club or national team registered in one or more competitions.
Match
A game between a home team and an away team, at a venue, on a date.
Fixture
A scheduled match, before it is played.
Result
The outcome of a match once it has been played.
Statistics
Numbers that describe what happened in matches and seasons.
Competitions
Major football competitions
Premier League
Format, season, points and relegation in England's top flight.
Champions League
UEFA's elite club competition: league phase, knockouts and qualification.
La Liga
Spain's top division and its head-to-head tiebreaker.
Serie A
Italy's top division and how its season is decided.
Bundesliga
Germany's 18-club league and its relegation play-off.
Malaysia Football
Domestic competitions, national football and fan culture.
The calendar
The football season
Most European leagues run from August to May, with international breaks during the season and major national-team tournaments in the summer. Asian and Southeast Asian competitions follow their own calendars, and Malaysian football has adjusted its season dates over time.
For readers in Malaysia, the European calendar means late-night and early-morning kick-offs. See European kick-off times in Malaysia Time