I Built a Football Tournament Simulator with Vue 3 ⚽
I recently built a browser-based football tournament simulator using Vue 3 and TypeScript.
What started as a very small bracket app slowly turned into a much bigger project with features like:
- Tournament brackets
- Match simulation
- Penalty shootouts
- Team power system
- Seasons
- Seeded draws
- Match history
- Responsive design
- Import/export system
You can create your own tournaments, simulate matches, and watch the bracket progress until a champion is crowned.
Why I Built It
I enjoy football management and simulation games, so I wanted to build something similar in the browser while also improving my Vue and TypeScript skills.
At first, the app was extremely simple:
- create teams
- simulate matches
- show a bracket
But after adding more systems and improving the simulation logic, the project became much more fun to work on.
One of the Most Fun Parts
The most interesting part was definitely the match engine.
I tried to make matches feel:
- random enough to stay exciting
- but realistic enough so stronger teams usually perform better
Later, I also added penalty shootouts for knockout matches.
Small changes in the algorithm completely changed how the tournaments felt.
Tech Stack
- Vue 3
- TypeScript
- Vite
- Pinia
- Vue Router
Features Added Over Time
Some of my favorite additions were:
- Fullscreen bracket mode
- Team form/history pages
- Responsive layout support
- Dark mode improvements
- Team-colored confetti 🎉
- Dataset import/export
- Sample tournament datasets
I also refactored many parts into composables to keep the project cleaner as it grew.
Links
GitHub Repository:
GitHub Repo
Live Demo:
Vercel Demo
Final Thoughts
This project started as a tiny MVP and became one of my favorite frontend projects so far.
Building simulation systems is surprisingly addictive because every small tweak changes the entire experience.
I still plan to add more features in the future like:
- group stages
- league systems
- player stats
- better AI simulation
Thanks for reading ⚽