Course · Starts November 9, 2026
Vibe coding for football
For scouts, analysts and performance staff who have plenty of ideas about what to build but no coding background – learn to turn those ideas into working scouting and performance apps by working with AI instead of writing code.
Overview
For scouts, analysts and performance staff who have plenty of ideas about what to build but no coding background – learn to turn those ideas into working scouting and performance apps by working with AI instead of writing code.
Using Twelve's unique Football App Creator, our instructors and our AI will lead you step by step through the process. The course fee includes one month unlimited individual subscription to Earpiece (worth 300 euros) and access to our API, giving you full access to up-to-date event data across 300 men's and women's competitions worldwide.
At the end of the course you will have built one or more apps, using data to see the game at your club and in your way.
What you'll leave with
- Build football analytics apps without writing traditional code
- Use Twelve's Football App Creator to prototype and ship tools
- Apply AI-assisted 'vibe coding' workflows to real football problems
- Create performance and scouting apps tailored to your club
- Access and work with event data across 300+ competitions
- Present and receive feedback on your own app from the Twelve team
- Receive a certificate of completion
Curriculum
Module 1
Week 1 — Setting up your environment
Build a first xG app and get familiar with the Football App Creator.
Module 2
Week 2 — Your own app with the Twelve App Builder
Step-by-step implementation of a custom app using the Twelve App Builder.
Module 3
Week 3 — Troubleshooting and learning to vibe
Build your own coding agent and learn to iterate with AI assistance.
Module 4
Week 4 — Presentations and feedback
Present your app and receive feedback from the Twelve team.
Course leader
Professor David Sumpter
Co-founder, Twelve Football
Professor David Sumpter is a professor of applied mathematics at Uppsala University and the author of Soccermatics, a book that explores the application of mathematical modelling to football. He co-founded Twelve Football and has worked with major clubs and national federations worldwide.
Who it's for
- Scouts and performance staff at clubs
- Football analysts with little or no coding experience
- Club staff who want to build practical apps without traditional programming
Testimonials
"The course teacher dedicated time to sit with me individually, start from scratch, and write a customised step-by-step plan. This was going above and beyond and really assisted me as a relative beginner in Python."
Liam Cody
Pro Solutions Team Lead, StatsPerform
"Thank you for all this course does for the community. I'll be joining a Brazilian club as a data scientist in the upcoming weeks, and it is crystal clear that it would not happen without your course."
Rodrigo Salvador
Red Bull Bragantino
"I appreciated the course very much. I recommend it for anyone interested in gaining additional knowledge in data science and analysis in their organization."
Martin Vogelbein
Scouting, Match Analysis — Deutscher Fußball-Bund
"Especially the insight into presenting the results via Python Streamlit was a big game changer for me. We are now establishing this framework at TSG Hoffenheim."
Fabian Rupp
Business Intelligence & Data Analytics, Hoffenheim
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