Total goals, with each period kept in view.

Version note: the app changes described here are in ScoreShare 2.24.3, which has been submitted to Apple for review. Earlier versions may still use period points to decide win, draw or loss. Check the available version in the App Store.

What does scoring by period mean?

Each completed period has its own score and can award period points. Competition rules may use those points to decide an official result. In ScoreShare 2.24.3, the app records win, draw or loss from total goals, with period points kept separately.

One match: 9–8 goals and 1–3 period points

Imagine four periods ending like this:

• Period 1: 0–2
• Period 2: 1–2
• Period 3: 2–4
• Period 4: 6–0

In ScoreShare 2.24.3, the first team wins the match 9–8 on goals. It won only the fourth period, so its separate period score is 1–3. The two numbers answer different questions: who scored more goals, and who won more periods.

Why do some youth matches count periods separately?

The first team lost three of the four periods. Yet that one 6–0 was enough to put it ahead 9–8 on total goals. Period scoring keeps the four results separate. The competition rules decide how those results become the final score.

FIGC’s 2026/27 rules add another detail. For Pulcini and Esordienti, each period counts as a mini-game. The technical game also gives one point: to the winner, or to both teams if it ends in a draw. A fourth period counts like the other periods when one is played. ScoreShare counts every period you set up, including a fourth. It does not add the separate technical-game point or other FIGC-specific adjustments, so it does not calculate the complete official FIGC result. If you are keeping score at one of these matches, check the rules before you set it up. Read the 2026/27 FIGC rules.

How do drawn periods count?

Some competitions award no point for a drawn period. Others award one point to each team. ScoreShare supports both choices. In version 2.24.3, this setting affects the period points; total goals still decide the app’s match result.

Using Score by period in ScoreShare 2.24.3

Set up a match with at least two periods and switch on Score by period. Choose what happens when a period ends in a draw, then record goals as usual. ScoreShare works out the points from each completed period. It does not add separate technical-game points or other competition-specific adjustments.

• In ScoreShare 2.24.3, the main scoreboard shows total goals during play, breaks and after the final whistle.
• Win, draw and loss follow total goals. Period points remain a separate summary.
• The breakdown keeps every period score and the total goals available for context.
• Shared matches include both total goals and period points. Their display can differ between the iPhone app, App Clip and browser.
• Shared result images show total goals as the main score. Their win, draw or final-score heading follows that goal result, with period points in a smaller, separate box.

When exactly one of the teams is marked as a favorite, a finished personalized match image can show a small Win checkmark below its period points when that team wins on periods but draws or loses on goals. The main heading still follows total goals.

Need the wider match-day setup first? Start with the youth soccer scorekeeper guide. To see how relatives follow from elsewhere, read about live score sharing.

Keep the app and the official rules separate

ScoreShare keeps the match in one place; it does not send the result to a federation, league or club system. Use the setup that fits your competition and report the official result through its usual channel.

One detail in the FIGC rules is easy to miss: results from its Attività di Base categories must not be published. That is not a rule for every youth competition, so check your own rules before publishing a youth match result.