Club dossier blueprint
Kickoff Lens will not turn the five major leagues into thin club directories. A club page becomes useful only when it explains the club's style, squad depth, player dependencies, schedule pressure, radar dimensions, and source status in a consistent format.
This blueprint is the public version of that product rule. It shows what a future Arsenal, Real Madrid, Inter, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, or Champions League club dossier must contain before it can become an indexable page.
Club dossier scorecard
| Layer | What the reader sees | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Identity and source note | Club name as text, competition, source timestamp, and update state. | Prevents stale pages and avoids any official-affiliation signal. |
| Style profile | Readable tactical angle such as press resistance, transition speed, defensive block, possession control, or set-piece load. | Gives the page original analysis beyond a name and a fixture list. |
| Strength radar | Competition-specific axes that match the league environment rather than one generic score. | Makes Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, and Champions League pages comparable but not identical. |
| Squad depth and dependency | Rotation depth, workload, availability visibility, and key-player sensitivity. | Explains why a matchup can change when schedule pressure or player status changes. |
| Related matchups | Links into competition themes, league guide, radar glossary, and later source-backed matchweek briefs. | Keeps readers moving through a coherent football database instead of isolated pages. |
| Rights boundary | Plain-language note that no club crest, league logo, kit image, broadcast clip, official article copy, or copied fixture database is used. | Protects the site from IP risk and clarifies the independent editorial role. |
Release gates
| Gate | Minimum fields | Publishing rule |
|---|---|---|
| Club dossier | club name as text, competition, style profile, radar axes, squad depth note, player-dependency note, source timestamp, rights boundary | Required before a club route becomes indexable. |
| Matchweek brief | home club, away club, kickoff window, venue or city, table implication, rotation/rest context, strength comparison, source timestamp | Required before matchweek pages can enter the sitemap. |
| Post-match recap | final score, result confirmation source, event availability note, table effect, model-read comparison, correction timestamp | Required before recaps are treated as durable archive pages. |
League-specific dossier modules
| Competition | Planned modules | Radar axes | Seed examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League | cross-league strength comparison; travel and rest load; league-phase pressure; two-leg knockout tie context | Cross-league strength, Away travel, Rotation depth, Transition threat, Set-piece pressure, Knockout control | Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich |
| Premier League | pressing and recovery profile; fixture congestion and European rotation; top-four and relegation pressure; derby and big-six matchup context | Pressing resistance, Chance creation, Defensive control, Rotation depth, Fixture congestion, Table pressure | Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool |
| La Liga | possession control profile; chance quality and press escape; Clasico and derby context; European-place race pressure | Possession control, Chance quality, Press escape, Defensive block, Squad continuity, Derby pressure | Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid |
| Serie A | defensive structure profile; chance suppression and set-piece load; low-margin tactical recaps; top-four race pressure | Defensive block, Chance suppression, Build-up control, Wing progression, Rotation stability, Set-piece load | Inter, Milan, Juventus |
| Bundesliga | transition speed and pressing lanes; young-player impact tracking; high-line exposure; European-workload rebound games | Transition speed, Pressing lanes, High-line exposure, Chance tempo, Youth impact, Rest load | Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen |
| Ligue 1 | talent development watch; pace profile and transition defense; European-place pressure; player pipeline notes | Pace profile, Talent development, Transition defense, Squad depth, European-place pressure, Away control | Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille, Monaco |
No-thin-page rule
Individual club prototype routes exist for internal structure and human review, but they stay noindex and outside the sitemap until the fields above are source-backed. A page that only lists a club name, placeholder radar, or copied fixture information is not allowed into the public index.
Rights-safe publishing boundary
- Use competition and club names only as necessary text identifiers.
- Do not use league logos, club crests, kit artwork, mascot or trophy art, official video, broadcast screenshots, or copied article text.
- Do not bulk-copy official fixture databases or publish pages that are only fixture listings.
- Do not publish financial-gain framing prompts, paid-pick language, guaranteed-result claims, or official-affiliation claims.
- Club and competition names appear only as necessary text identifiers for independent analysis.
- Future screenshots, social cards, and promotional posts must use Kickoff Lens-owned graphics rather than protected league or club assets.
How readers use the dossier system
- Start at the club-football hub to choose the competition layer.
- Use the European league comparison guide to understand why the radar emphasis changes by league.
- Use the matchweek brief blueprint to understand when a future round page has enough original context to be published.
- Use the post-match recap blueprint to understand how finished matches become durable archive pages.
- Use the squad depth guide to understand rotation load, player dependency, and availability context.
- Open a competition page such as Premier League, La Liga, or Champions League for the current modules and seed club angles.
- Read the radar glossary and methodology when a score, source note, or noindex decision needs explanation.