Football Tournament Simulator

A simple console-based football tournament simulator written in C. This program allows you to simulate a round-robin football tournament with customizable teams and stadium locations.

Features

• Interactive Menu: Choose to run the tournament or exit the program.
• Stadium Selection: Pick from famous stadiums around the world as the tournament venue.
• Team Management: Enter between 10 and 20 teams with custom names.
• Round-Robin Scheduling: Automatically generates a fair schedule where each team plays every other team once.
• Match Simulation: Randomly simulates match results with goals scored.
• Statistics Tracking: Calculates wins, draws, losses, points (3 for win, 1 for draw), and total goals.
• Final Standings: Displays a ranked table and announces the winner based on points, then goal difference.
• Cross-Platform: Works on Windows and Linux/macOS with appropriate console support.
• Colored Output: Uses ANSI colors for better readability (with Windows console API fallback).

Requirements

• A C compiler such as gcc, clang, or MSVC.
• For Linux/macOS: An ANSI-capable terminal.
• For Windows: Standard Windows console (the program uses windows.h for colors and Sleep for delays).

Building

On Linux/macOS

gcc footsim.c -o footsim

On Windows

gcc footsim.c -o footsim.exe

Or using MSVC:

cl footsim.c

Usage

1. Run the compiled executable:

   ./footsim  # On Linux/macOS
   footsim.exe  # On Windows

2. From the menu, select option 1 to start the tournament.

3. Choose a stadium location from the list of 6 famous venues.

4. Enter the number of teams (10-20).

5. Input the names of each team.

6. The program will display the match schedule, simulate each match with a delay for dramatic effect, and finally show the league table with the winner.

Example Output

******************************************
**    Welcome To our Tournament System  **
******************************************

Menu:
1. Run the program
2. Exit
Enter your choice: 1

Choose the location of the tournament:
1. Parc Des Princes, Paris
...
Enter your choice (1-6): 1
Welcome to Parc des Princes, Paris!

Enter the number of teams (10 to 20): 12
Enter the name of Team 1: Real Madrid
...
[Match simulations and final table]

How It Works

• The tournament uses a round-robin format where each team plays every other team exactly once.
• Matches are simulated randomly, with each team having an equal chance of scoring goals (0-5 per match).
• Points are awarded: 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss.
• The winner is determined by total points, with goal difference as a tiebreaker.

Contributing

Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests for improvements or bug fixes.