Football Calendar

Overview The Football Calendar defines the overall composition of the different Leagues that are being played throughout the season. Each Competition will have its own Football Calendar including the leagues associated with that Competition. If there are multiple leagues that share the same number of teams, play on the same weeks with the same finals' strategy, they can optionally share a League Composition. Any leagues that differ on these points will require their own Composition. Competitions and Seasons must be created prior to setting up a Football Calendar.

To set up a Football Calendar, complete the following steps:
 

1. Log in to Dribl.

2. Select Football Calendar from the Actions menu or the main navigation menu.

3. Click +(Create) from the task menu and select Add Football Calendar. The Create Football Calendar form is displayed.

4. Enter all the relevant information for the Football Calendar.
    

   Competition	Select the Competiton that this calendar will apply to.
   Start Date & End Date	These will auto-populate based on the prior settings created for the Competition.
   Default to This Calendar	Select this option to make this the default calendar.

5. Click Create.

To set up a League Composition, complete the following steps:
 

1. Select Football Calendar from the Actions menu or the main navigation menu.

2. Click +(Create) from the task menu and select Add League Composition. The Create League Composition form is displayed.

3. Enter all the relevant information for the League Composition.
    

   Name	This is usually defined by how many teams are in the Competition followed by the Competition itself. For example, an U18s Male Competition with 10 teams may be named 10 Team Under 18s.
   Abbreviation	An abbreviation for the Competition name. Using the example above, the abbreviation may be 10T U18.
   Number of Teams	Select the number of teams. For a Competition with an uneven number of teams, select the higher option. For example, for a Competition with 11 teams, select 12 as there will be a bye each round.
   League Strategy	Select the number of times teams will play each other in a round robin format.
   Finals Strategy	Select the type of finals composition that will take place at the end of the round robin.
   Max Rounds	The round robin is played up to the maximum number of rounds specified. This is useful for ending the round robin at a set date to leave room for finals.
   Age Groups/ Divisions/ Gender Axis	Select the Age Groups, Divisions, Gender and Axes (if used) that the League applies to. Multiple items can be selected if they follow the same league structure.
   Allow Same Day Fixtures	Select this option to allow multiple games per day.

4. Click Create.

   The newly created Football Composition is displayed in the left column with a series of icons for View, Edit, Copy, Delete, and Available Rounds. Click (Available Rounds) to drag and drop each round and finals to the available weeks set out across the top bar (the dates can also be clicked, held, and dragged to move across the date timeline). Note that these dates represent the entire week with Monday being the first day.