The .football Domain: An Address for Clubs and Fans
.football entered the root zone on 13 February 2015, with Binky Moon, LLC named in the IANA record as the sponsoring organisation. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 lists 8,026 registrations, of which 6,345 appear in the zone file — a publication rate near 79%, above the average for this group.
The ending closes cleanly on club sites, five-a-side venues, academies, statistics projects and supporter publications. What makes an address stand apart is the root: a city, an academy, the name of a podcast or a blog. Try what is open with a .football domain search, or run a list of city names in one pass through bulk domain name search.
Binky Moon, LLC does not verify any link to a club, league or federation; names are allocated in order of application. That does not make a club name safe to take. Club and league names are registered trade marks in most countries, and even a supporter page can find itself in a dispute process. The safer route is a root that stands on its own — a neighbourhood, a founding year, the title of your show or a nickname. Saying plainly on the page that you have no official connection also prevents honest confusion.
.FOOTBALL Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone record 13 February 2015
- Eligibility condition No club or federation link is verified
- Registered names 8,026 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 6,345 names, about 79%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .football domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.football Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$16.90 /year -
Transfer
$25.99 /year -
Renewal
$27.99 /year -
Restore
$114.90 -
Late Renewal
$4.10
Included With Every .football Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.football Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .football domain is put on Client Hold on its expiry date, so the site and e-mail stop that same day. You can still renew during the first 20 days, but from this point a late renewal fee is added on top of the renewal price. On day 20 the registration is deleted and until day 50 only a paid restore brings it back. Nothing at all can be done in the 5 days that follow, and on day 55 the name is open to anyone. There is exactly one way never to enter this chain: keep auto-renewal on.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .football address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Renewal Window (Client Hold)
On its expiry date your .football domain is put on Client Hold: the site and e-mail go down that day, but the registration is still yours. A single renewal within these first 20 days brings everything back exactly as it was — nothing is lost. The only difference is that a $4.10 late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.
Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)
On day 20 the registration is deleted and the 30-day redemption period that ICANN requires of every gTLD registry begins. The name is not released to anyone during this time; only you can take it back, by paying the restore fee, until day 50. That fee is far higher than a renewal — renewing on time is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete (Pending Delete)
Once the redemption window closes too, the domain enters its final 5 days and there is no way back. Neither renewal nor restore works here; nobody — your registrar included — can return the name to you. The registry uses this window as the last hold before the name goes back into the pool.
Open to Anyone Again (Released)
On day 55 the name .football returns to the pool and anyone can register it. Sought-after names are often gone within seconds, and there is no guaranteed way to get one back. Yet staying out of this timeline is entirely in your hands: leave auto-renewal on and the expiry date will never catch you off guard.
The timeline above is the schedule Atak Domain applies and publishes. The ICANN chart you will find elsewhere shows a renewal window of up to 45 days after expiry; ICANN's policy on expired registrations (section 2.2.1) lets registrars delete an expired domain at any time, provided they disclose their policy in advance. We apply that window as 20 days and publish it here in plain sight. Full text of the policy: ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy
.football Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.football Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .football domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.football Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .football Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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The registry will not stop you, but the trade mark risk stays with you.
Club names are registered marks in most countries, and even a non-commercial supporter page can end up in a dispute. Choosing a root that stands on its own is the practical protection: a neighbourhood, a founding year, the name of your show. Stating clearly on the page that you have no official connection removes the remaining ambiguity.
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It does. The ending names the activity, so let the root name the place.
People looking to book usually search with a district name, which means district plus ending matches the query directly. On the site, pitch size, floodlights, showers and a live availability calendar belong on the first screen. A booking form that actually works also cuts your phone traffic noticeably.
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The difference is linguistic: the words different markets use have been delegated as separate endings.
Whichever word your audience uses is the one that will read naturally in your address. Several related names existing within one registry family does not make them a single registration — each is taken separately. Decide by looking at what your own readers type, not at what sounds more international.
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Yes. On a data-driven project the address states the subject in a single word.
Most traffic on such sites lands on inner pages, so a short address that people spell correctly matters more than it first appears. Continuously updated tables also create database load, which is worth weighing when choosing where to host. Compare the options on the hosting page.
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Yes. The move runs on an authorisation code and no extra documents are required.
In clubs and community projects the domain often sits with a former officer or volunteer, so when roles change the approval message reaches a mailbox nobody opens. Update the registrant details to the current committee first, then begin from the domain transfer page.
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