YouTube thumbnails are one of the most important things to have on your YouTube channel. The images are the small preview images used to represent videos.
Good YouTube thumbnails grab attention and people are more likely to click and watch a video. It gives you a professional look and brings value to your brand.
For any sports channel, it is important to have match highlights. It is something that you can create weekly and your fans, players, and coaches love to see it.
When uploading your match highlights it is important to create an awesome YouTube Thumbnail.
To get an idea of what YouTube thumbnails for your match highlights can look like, we researched the Top 50 Sports Clubs and Leagues in the world.
In this article you will have a chance to see how they did it.
After going through this list you will get a sense of how you can create the perfect YouTube thumbnail for your sports club.
FC AJAX Thumbnail

ARGENTINA SAF LEAGUE Thumbnail

FC ARSENAL Thumbnail

Australia A League Thumbnail

Blackburn Thumbnail

AFC Bournemouth Thumbnail

Brighton Thumbnail

Bristol Thumbnail

Cardiff Thumbnail

Chelsea Thumbnail

Crystal Palace Thumbnail

FA Cup Thumbnail

Feyenoord Thumbnail

Bundesliga Thumbnail

Huddersfield Thumbnail

Hull City Thumbnail

La Liga Thumbnail

Los Angeles Thumbnail

Leeds United Thumbnail

Leon Thumbnail

France Ligue 1 Thumbnail

Mexico League Thumbnail

Liverpool Thumbnail

Manchester United Thumbnail

Manchester City Thumbnail

MLS Thumbnail

Newcastle Thumbnail

Norwich Thumbnail

Nottingham Forest Thumbnail

Poland League Thumbnail

Portugal League Thumbnail

Preston Thumbnail

PSV Thumbnail

QPR Thumbnail

Reading City Thumbnail

Real Madrid Thumbnail

Russia Premier League Thumbnail

Scotland Thumbnail

Serie A Thumbnail

Tottenham Thumbnail

Swansea Thumbnail

VVV Venlo Thumbnail

Watford Thumbnail

West Ham Thumbnail

Willeim II Thumbnail

Wolves Thumbnail

World Cup Thumbnail

After going through this list of YouTube Thumbnails you can see what makes a YouTube thumbnail for match highlights great. It consists of:
Background
This background is made out of the club's patterns and colors.
Action Image
During a match they take a photo and the most interesting one is part of the YouTube thumbnail
Logos of Clubs
This is self evident. They take the club's logos and put them on the thumbnail.
Results
They put the results on their YouTube thumbnail so people can know what they can expect to see in the video.
Sponsor
You noticed that on some thumbnails some clubs put their logos of sponsors. This is a great way to boost your relationship with your sponsors
League Logo
On some thumbnails you can notice that they also put League logo that they are currently playing.
Creating an awesome YouTube thumbnail is incredibly important for your YouTube channel.
These things are not hard to make.
Once you make them you can use the same design over and over again. It is a one time job.
Hope you enjoyed this research.
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