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Baller League line-ups: FULL list of confirmed players and managers as Terry and Lineker star alongside Maya Jama

Published on March 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM

BALLER LEAGUE is a star-studded indoor six-a-side competition that arrives in the UK TONIGHT.

KSI and members of his group, the Sidemen, are onto their next venture after selling out Wembley Stadium for their charity match against YouTube Allstars, which raised more than £4.7MILLION.

Maya Jama wearing a white crop top and matching skirt.
Maya Jama is set to manage a team in the Baller League
Alisha Lehmann selfie wearing a teal corset top and necklaces.
Alisha Lehmann will be her co-manager
GREENHITHE, ENGLAND - JULY 15: KSI speaks to fans during a surprise visit as YouTube collective 'Sidemen' open their first retail store at Bluewater Shopping Centre on July 15, 2023 in Greenhithe, England. Sideman are a group of seven friends, including rapper and boxer KSI who have millions of subscribers collectively. (Photo by Joe Maher/Getty Images)
KSI is the president of the Baller League UK
John Terry of Chelsea celebrates with the UEFA Champions League trophy (Photo by Chris Brunskill Ltd/Corbis via Getty Images)
Chelsea icon John Terry will honour his famous 26 as he manages the “26ers”

Now, the 31-year-old boxer is the president of the Baller League in the UK, with huge names like John Terry, Gary Lineker and Luis Figo set to appear as managers.

Other people in the dugout include the star-studded duos of Maya Jama and Alisha Lehmann, and Ian Wright and Chloe Kelly.

Brit Award winner Dave and fashion icon Clint 419 also have teams.

The six-a-side competition is designed to try and captivate fans, with new rules such as the goalkeeper being unable to use their hands introduced in the final three minutes of each half.

Games will consist of two 15 minute halves.

After 11 games, the top four placed teams will meet in the play-offs to determine the winner of the competition.

Games will be played weekly every Monday from March 24, and will stream live on YouTube and Twitch, as well as be shown on Sky Sports in the UK.

Who is playing in Baller League UK?

6ers – managed by John Terry

  • Squad – J'ardell Stirling, Bilal Sayoud, Sak Hassan, Kojo Apenteng, Marcel Lewis, Jordon Ibe, Matt Chizzum, Emmanuel Rowe, Justin Dass, Spike Stegel, Vladislav Platinov, Jack Crook.

Deportrio – managed by Alan Shearer, Micah Richards and Gary Lineker

  • Squad – Bakary Sako, Adam Dawson, Francis Gerald Mapolo, Zach Fagan, Marvin Sordell, Charlie Kuehn, Tommy Scott, Raphael Gas, Alex Dyer, Ruben Singale, Tristan Goodridge, Leo Serri.

FC Rules the World – managed by Clint 419

  • Squad – Michael Ndiweni, Josh Harrop, Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, Kevin Gonzalez, Oliver Bosworth, Karim Kamhouri, Erghis Pepy, Onuchi Oki, Yusuf Shentu, Alamiji Oluma, Sandro Kamara, Festus Chalet.

M7 FC – managed by Miniminter

  • Squad – Jesse Waller-Lassen, Femi Akinwande, Stefan Ilic, Jean Belehouan, Toby Bull, Sam Fitzgerald, Arjun Young, Ramez Gonzalo, Arin Zaha, Lewis Garcia, Henry Wise, Zion Nditi.

MVPs United – managed by Alisha Lehmann and Maya Jama

  • Squad – Lorenzo Spinelli, Ashton Peltier, Jake Chambers Shaw, Ross Derham, Josh Misoki, James Canton, Alfie Matthew, Declan McCarthy, Jay Beckford, Joe Edwards, Dwayne Suel, Esteban Salgado.

N5 FC – managed by Jens Lehmann, Robert Pires and Freddie Ljungberg

  • Squad – Owen Locke, Adrian Mariappa, Brian Ly, Charlie Wakefield, Dayo Adekayo, Chris Arba, Imran Kahani, Michael Class, James Alabi, Troy Molunda, Freddie Berrati, Callum Charlton.

Santan FC – managed by Dave

  • Squad – Michael Hill, Richard Kesey, Dominic Voss, Erick Kenco, Ranell McKenzie Lowes, Jamell Abou-Bakare, Rico Okinari, David Upu, Abdullah Gervardi, Jack Wilson, David Solidemi, Luka Valentine.

SDS FC – managed by Sharky

  • Squad – Bruno Andrade, Bayley Brown, Ody Alfa, Cole Da Silva, David Marques Castanho, Calvin Dickson, Big John, Camillo Astreppo, Finley Chadwick, Michael Felibe, Hussein Mahdi, Tyler Edmundson.

Trebol FC – managed by Luis Figo

  • Squad – Montel McKenzie, Vani Da Silva, Ciaran Clark, Isaac Modi, Ethan Oke, Reggie, Emi, Ryan Gorwell, Jordan Brown, Shani Omed, Aaron Steven, Nathan Bowen.

VZN FC – managed by Tobi Brown

  • Squad – Henri Lansbury, Kurtice Herbert, Jerome Sinclair, Remy Mitchell, Montel McKenzie, Florian Kastrati, Michael Olive-Wigan, Barrell Mensah, Ethan McClear, Diego Dombaboni, Jami Kheresi, Luka Barusic.

Wembley Rangers – managed by Ian Wright and Chloe Kelly

  • Squad – Domingos Pires, Check Fayum, Ben Long, Stuart Cook, Oliver Cannon, Juan Pablo, Ruben Junior, Luke Gambin, Kaylen Kofi, Braden Shaw, Joseph Diomande, Nabid Eshari.

Yanited – managed by AngryGinge

  • Squad – Kadell Daniel, Michael Hector, Mohammed Mahyoub, Remy Clerima, Percy Kiangebeni, Medy Elito, Max Pitman, Harry Cain, Henry O'Shea, Daniel Thompson, Daniel Woods, Pharrel Mensah.

Baller League schedule

Matchday 1: March 24
Matchday 2: March 31
Matchday 3: April 7
Matchday 4: April 14
Matchday 5: April 21
Matchday 6: April 28
Matchday 7: May 5
Matchday 8: May 12
Matchday 9: May 19
Matchday 10: May 26
Matchday 11: June 6
Final Four Day: June 11

What are the Baller League rules?

  • The action starts on Monday, March 24 and will be aired in the UK on Sky Sports.
  • It will also be live streamed on YouTube and Twitch.
  • Matches are six-a-side on a small indoor pitch – each match lasts 30 minutes, with two 15 minute halves.
  • There are certain rule changes with the final three minutes of matches going to 3vs3, long-range goals counting as double and goalkeepers not allowed to use hands.
  • Hockey-style penalties – with players running one-on-one – will be used
  • 12 teams are in the competition, with six matches weekly.
  • Four teams then heaf to a grand final.
  • SunSport will live blog matches every week.
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