Bingo Legends — twelve squares and a queue of retired players
Every day a card with twelve squares — played for this club, is from this country, plays in this position, debuted in this decade — and a queue of legends who appear one at a time. Only players who have hung up their boots make it in, and the decade matters more than in the original bingo: it is what separates Garrincha from Ronaldinho. Place each one in a square he fits, or skip: each player is worth one try, and whoever spends the versatile player on the easy square runs out of room later. Free, no sign-up, in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
How to play Bingo Legends
Bingo Legends is Football Bingo with one restriction:
the daily queue only brings players who have stopped playing. Twelve
squares and a queue of legends, one at a time — place or skip, and each
player is worth one try.
The rules, in 30 seconds
- The card is visible from the start. Twelve squares: club, country, position
and debut decade.
- The queue brings one legend at a time, the same for the whole world.
- Place him in a square he fits, or skip. Skipping is free.
- Wrong square and the player is gone — one try each.
- Fill the twelve and you win. If the queue runs out with an empty square, the
score is how many you placed.
The legend criterion, declared
"Legend" here is not an opinion: it is a player whose career our database closes ten
years ago or more. His last recorded spell ended by 2016, and no spell of his is open.
The ten-year cut exists because the data source often omits the end of a career
— measured against the 702 players we curated by hand, the one-year cut would let active players
in, and the ten-year cut misses none.
What changes from the original bingo
- The decade weighs more: two or three squares per card instead of one or
two.
- The clubs are different: the cut leaves a third of the database, so the
squad floor drops — and clubs that would never become a square in the original get in.
- There are fewer possible names, so the same players come back more often
across the year. That is the price of playing only with those who have retired.
Frequently asked questions
My favourite player is missing. Why?
Either he is still active, or his career record is open in our database — and in that case
we would rather leave him out than assert what we do not know.
Is my progress saved?
It is, in your own browser, and separate from the other games in the hub.
Are there other legends games?
There is: Lineup Legends, which uses the same cut to
build a team.