Baller League UK fixtures, schedule, teams, managers and rules plus how to watch or stream on Sky Sports/NOW

[davieG]

Unfortunately only on Sky or NOW for anyone interested.

 

Every match from the inaugural UK Baller League season will be shown live on Sky Sports on Monday nights and begins on March 24; John Terry, Ian Wright and Chloe Kelly are among the team managers; 12 teams include football legends, social media stars and cultural icons

 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13326162/baller-league-all-you-need-to-know-on-format-teams-managers-and-how-to-watch-live-on-sky-and-now

 

Baller League - the basics
12 teams, 6 vs 6 players
12-man squads and rolling subs
30-minute matches
No corners!
11 matchdays in season
Final four play-off

 

 

Baller League rules - how does it work?
Each team has 12 players to choose from - selected in a Ballers League draft - with halves that are 15 minutes long.
There are no corners - if the ball goes behind off the opposition three times, a penalty is awarded to the attacking team, '90s MLS-style! - and in the final three minutes of each half, different rules are added.

Those 'gamechangers' include a 3 vs 3 format, long-range goals scored from behind the offside line counting as double and goalkeepers unable to use their hands.

 

Baller League UK 2025 teams and managers
26ers - managed by John Terry
Deportrio - managed by Alan Shearer, Micah Richards and Gary Lineker
FC Rules the World - managed by Clint 419
M7 FC - managed by Miniminter
MVPs United - managed by Alisha Lehmann and Maya Jama
N5 FC - managed by Jens Lehmann, Robert Pires and Freddie Ljungberg
Santan FC - managed by Dave
SDS FC - managed by Sharky
Trebol FC - managed by Luis Figo
VZN FC - managed by Tobi Brown
Wembley Rangers - managed by Ian Wright and Chloe Kelly
Yanited - managed by Angry Ginge

 

Baller League squads and players
Bakary Sako is one of the former players selected for the Baller League
26ers: J'ardell Stirling, Bilal Sayoud, Sak Hassan, Kojo Apenteng, Marcel Lewis, Jordon Ibe, Matt Chizzum, Emmanuel Rowe, Justin Dass, Spike Stegel, Vladislav Platinov, Jack Crook.

Deportrio: Bakary Sako, Adam Dawson, Francis Gerald Mapolo, Zach Fagan, Marvin Sordell, Charlie Kuehn, Tommy Scott, Raphael Gas, Alex Dyer, Ruben Singale, Tristan Goodridge, Leo Serri.

FC Rules the World: Michael Ndiweni, Josh Harrop, Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, Kevin Gonzalez, Oliver Bosworth, Karim Kamhouri, Erghis Pepy, Onuchi Oki, Yusuf Shentu, Alamiji Oluma, Sandro Kamara, Festus Chalet.

M7 FC: Jesse Waller-Lassen, Femi Akinwande, Stefan Ilic, Jean Belehouan, Toby Bull, Sam Fitzgerald, Arjun Young, Ramez Gonzalo, Arin Zaha, Lewis Garcia, Henry Wise, Zion Nditi.

MVPs United: Lorenzo Spinelli, Ashton Peltier, Jake Chambers Shaw, Ross Derham, Josh Misoki, James Canton, Alfie Matthew, Declan McCarthy, Jay Beckford, Joe Edwards, Dwayne Suel, Esteban Salgado.

N5 FC: Owen Locke, Adrian Mariappa, Brian Ly, Charlie Wakefield, Dayo Adekayo, Chris Arba, Imran Kahani, Michael Class, James Alabi, Troy Molunda, Freddie Berrati, Callum Charlton.

Baller League UK
Play Video - Arsenal Invincibles, Galacticos and England legends to manage at Baller League
The first draft of Baller League has taken place with some of football's biggest stars from the past making a number of big decisions
Santan FC: Michael Hill, Richard Kesey, Dominic Voss, Erick Kenco, Ranell McKenzie Lowes, Jamell Abou-Bakare, Rico Okinari, David Upu, Abdullah Gervardi, Jack Wilson, David Solidemi, Luka Valentine.

SDS FC: Bruno Andrade, Bayley Brown, Ody Alfa, Cole Da Silva, David Marques Castanho, Calvin Dickson, Big John, Camillo Astreppo, Finley Chadwick, Michael Felibe, Hussein Mahdi, Tyler Edmundson.

Trebol FC: Montel McKenzie, Vani Da Silva, Ciaran Clark, Isaac Modi, Ethan Oke, Reggie, Emi, Ryan Gorwell, Jordan Brown, Shani Omed, Aaron Steven, Nathan Bowen.

VZN FC: Henri Lansbury, Kurtice Herbert, Jerome Sinclair, Remy Mitchell, Montel McKenzie, Florian Kastrati, Michael Olive-Wigan, Barrell Mensah, Ethan McClear, Diego Dombaboni, Jami Kheresi, Luka Barusic.

Wembley Rangers: Domingos Pires, Check Fayum, Ben Long, Stuart Cook, Oliver Cannon, Juan Pablo, Ruben Junior, Luke Gambin, Kaylen Kofi, Braden Shaw, Joseph Diomande, Nabid Eshari.

Yanited: Kadell Daniel, Michael Hector, Mohammed Mahyoub, Remy Clerima, Percy Kiangebeni, Medy Elito, Max Pitman, Harry Cain, Henry O'Shea, Daniel Thompson, Daniel Woods, Pharrel Mensah

 

Baller League 2025 fixtures
Matchday 1
Game 1: Yanited vs N5 FC - 5.35pm kick-off
Game 2: F.C RTW vs MVPs United - 6.35pm kick-off
Game 3: SDS FC vs 26ers - 7.35pm kick-off
Game 4: Trebol FC vs Santan FC - 8.30pm kick-off
Game 5: M7 FC vs Wembley Rangers AFC - 9.30pm kick-off
Game 6: Deportrio vs VZN FC - 10.25pm kick-off

 

 

Baller League UK dates and full match schedule
Matchday 1: March 24
Matchday 2: March 31
Matchday 3: April 7
Matchday 4: April 14
Matchday 5: April 21
Matchday 6: April 28
Matchday 7: May 5
Matchday 8: May 12
Matchday 9: May 19
Matchday 10: May 26
Matchday 11: June 6
Final Four Day: June 11

 

How can I watch 2025 Baller League on Sky Sports and NOW?
Sky and Baller League have announced a one-year broadcast partnership which will see Sky Sports and NOW become the TV home of the new indoor six-a-side competition in the UK, in an exciting new era of football.

Every match from the inaugural UK season will be shown live on Sky Sports linear channels on Monday nights from the Copper Box Arena in London, hosted by Chunkz and Olivia Buzaglo.

The competition begins on March 24, with the top four teams taking part in the semi-finals and final to determine the season's winner.

 

 

[AKCJ]

They stole Masters Football from us and replaced it with this shite.

[davieG]

They stole professional football off the FL so nothing new. 

 

Many sports are being 'stolen' in the pursuit of more $$$$$$ for the already rich or as a plaything.

[AjcW]

"MVPs United - managed by Alisha Lehmann and Maya Jama"

 

[Samilktray]

Cannot wait for all the moaning about this fairly harmless bit of fun that absolutely nobody is being forced to engage with lmao 

[StanSP]

Why do Lineker, Richards & Shearer want to Deport Rio?

[bovril]

Have no idea what this is but looking at the name I am already cringing at the future promotion campaign

[bovril]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Why do Lineker, Richards & Shearer want to Deport Rio?

Sounds more like something Ian Marshall would get involved in 

[Bert]

Basically freestylers/failed footballers isn’t it. I’m sure you’ll actually see some entertaining football to be fair. 

[Stadt]

Oliver Bosworth is former youth player of ours

[Scotch]

Well.... I think it sounds fun. 

[Tuna]

1 hour ago, Stadt said:

Oliver Bosworth is former youth player of ours

Now at Shepshed on a dual registration from Barwell (I think).

[Craig]

Erm, well...

 

I feel like they've got this all wrong based on the demographic they are trying to tap into. This isn't for football fans like me, although I can see how it may be fun. 

 

Surely they're wanting kids and teens watching this and attending the games.

 

Why not do it on a weekend evening instead of a weeknight?

 

And why on earth do they need VAR?  

Edited 24 March by Craig

[Soar Fox]

Watched 15 minutes of it. It’s so shít  

[RowlattsFox]

2 hours ago, Soar Fox said:

Watched 15 minutes of it. It’s so shít  

Sure you weren't watching the England game? 

[EnderbyFox]

Saw one of the players was Nathaniel Opuku, didn’t he used to play for us? 

[AjcW]

2 hours ago, EnderbyFox said:

Saw one of the players was Nathaniel Opuku, didn’t he used to play for us? 

Deffo don’t think it’s the same person. Nathan still “plays” for us.

 

Picture on the baller league website doesn’t look like him either. Looks like someone who used to play for Banbury FC

[Sol thewall Bamba]

There's a very strong, organic 5 a side scene that gets shown online that will be largely crushed by this imo, which is a shame.

 

I watched some of the highlights of the first game and the standard was OK but not as good as some of the national small sided tournaments.

 

I don't completely hate the format and you can see what they're trying to do with it. Any games containing that IshowSpeed idiot will be immediately skipped however. 

[The Horse's Mouth]

Are sky literally desperate for people to get fire sticks?

[jayfox26]

Yay! Another thing for me to hate for absolutely no reason whatsoever. I love being old and miserable 

[RonnieTodger]

Remember when Sky had the Champions League and La Liga?

[skolfoxes]

8 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said:

Remember when Sky had the Champions League and La Liga?

God I long for the glory days of Revista De La Liga

[leicsmac]

1 hour ago, RonnieTodger said:

Remember when Sky had the Champions League and La Liga?

What was it that someone said about evil containing the seeds of its own destruction?

[Finnegan]

The football itself will be entertaining. 

 

The promotion around it will be cringe as **** for anyone that's not a 12 year old YouTube / Twitch addicted boy. 

 

[CosbehFox]

What I do find strange is how this has made its way onto Sky. The hole in the market was because the younger generation supposedly prefer the easy access of streaming and they can drop in/out. Sky Sports packaging it up as a five hour show with all analysis etc defeats that idea. If it's searching for some legitimacy from the audience Sky brings, I don't think it will find it. Sky's chase after the vlog golden egg is completely misplaced in my opinion. That's not to say there isn't a place for it - just I think Sky miss the whole point of it. 

Edited 27 March by CosbehFox