Attribution and rights notes
Tactical Notebook is an independent football tactics-board project. It is not endorsed by or affiliated with FIFA, the 2026 FIFA World Cup, any national football association, or any sponsor.
Visual assets
The cartoon football illustration is original generic artwork created for Tactical Notebook. The site does not use official tournament logos, official mascots, team crests, sponsor marks, kit designs, or real-player likenesses.
National flags are used as factual country identifiers. Flag SVG files are downloaded from Flagcdn, a service by Flagpedia.
Squad references
Squad names, shirt numbers, clubs, caps, goals, and coaching references are treated as factual reference data and are presented for analysis and lineup-building purposes. Tactical Notebook links to the reference sources for attribution and does not copy article prose.