Football score abbreviations: FT, HT, AET, AGG, PEN and NS

FT means full time, HT means half time, AET means after extra time, and AGG means aggregate. PEN usually refers to penalties, while NS means not started. Together, these labels help explain whether a match is underway, finished or part of a larger knockout tie.

Score services use different conventions, especially for extra time and penalties. The table gives common meanings, rather than a universal display standard. The examples below use real matches from the 2024/25 men’s Champions League, with dates and official sources. They explain the labels; they are not current-season results.

Label	Common meaning	How to read it
NS	Not started	The match has not begun; a displayed 0–0 is not a result.
HT	Half time	The first half has ended, or this is the recorded first-half score.
FT	Full time	Normal playing time has finished; check knockout context for any extra time or penalties.
ET	Extra time	An additional period of play is taking place.
AET	After extra time	The score includes extra time.
AGG	Aggregate	The combined score across the legs of a tie.
PEN or pens	Penalties	Often a shoot-out tally beside a result; in an event list it can mean a penalty kick.

What do FT and HT mean in football?

Inter 2–0 Barcelona, HT records the interval score on 6 May 2025: Inter (Italy) led Barcelona (Spain). Normal time ended 3–3, so the half-time lead was not the result. UEFA’s match report records both stages.

Under IFAB Law 7, standard play consists of two 45-minute halves, with allowance for time lost. The half-time interval must not exceed 15 minutes.

FT commonly marks the end of normal time, including stoppage time. Some services also use it as a general completed-match label, so read any accompanying AET or penalty notation before interpreting a knockout result.

What does AET mean in football?

90+4 indicates added time at the end of the second half. It is not the fourth minute of a separate extra-time period.

Extra time is a tie-breaking procedure used where the competition requires it. IFAB Law 10 permits two equal periods of up to 15 minutes each. Not every drawn match proceeds to extra time.

Inter 4–3 Barcelona, AET is the result after extra time in that same semi-final second leg. The 3–3 score after normal time and the 4–3 score after extra time describe different stages. AET alone does not tell you whether a two-legged tie still needs penalties; check the aggregate.

What does AGG mean in football?

Aggregate adds each team's goals across the legs. Keep the team names aligned when the home and away order changes:

2024/25 semi-final	Inter (Italy) goals	Barcelona (Spain) goals
First leg, 30 April 2025	3	3
Second leg, 6 May 2025, after extra time	4	3
Aggregate	7	6

Inter advanced 7–6 on aggregate, while the second-leg result was 4–3 AET. UEFA’s report confirms the two match scores and the total.

In UEFA club knockout ties, away goals have had no special tie-breaking value since 2021/22. Under the 2026/27 Champions League rules, equal aggregate scores after the second leg lead to extra time, then a shoot-out if still level. Other competitions need their own rules checked.

PEN: keep the shoot-out separate

On 11 March 2025, Liverpool (England) lost 0–1 AET to Paris Saint-Germain (France). The tie was 1–1 on aggregate, and Paris won the shoot-out 4–1. UEFA’s official match report keeps those records separate. The penalties do not turn the second-leg result into 1–5. IFAB Law 10 treats the shoot-out as taking place after the match has ended.

Read the label before adding or comparing numbers: match score, aggregate and penalties are separate records. If you want to keep following scores while browsing, Football Today offers a compact Chrome score panel.