⚽ Soccer Ball

The ⚽ Soccer Ball emoji belongs to the sports equipment, filed by Unicode under Activities. In practice it comes up around ball, football, futbol and soccer. Unicode also files it under sport, which shows how widely it is read.

You can drop ⚽ into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Activities and Sports. It joined the standard with Emoji 0.6 in 2010, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+26BD.

• ⚽ on its own already flags the topic: ball.
• Fits messages about ball, football, futbol and soccer.
• Often seen near 🏀 Basketball, 🥎 Softball and ⚾ Baseball.

• ⚽🏀 – Soccer Ball and Basketball
• ⚽🏒 – Soccer Ball with Ice Hockey
• ⚽🥎 – Soccer Ball plus Softball
• ⚽⚾ – Soccer Ball and Baseball
• ⚽🎳 – Soccer Ball with Bowling
• ⚽🎾 – Soccer Ball plus Tennis
• ⚽🏑 – Soccer Ball and Field Hockey
• ⚽🏐 – Soccer Ball with Volleyball

Easy to mix up with 🏀 Basketball, 🥎 Softball or ⚾ Baseball. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.