team_builder.py

# Cadastro de Jogadores
In [91]: p1 = 'phelip maia figueredo jorge'.split()
In [92]: p2 = 'mario milson joao frota'.split()
In [93]: p3 = 'romario bebeto rai ronaldo'.split()
In [94]: players = [p1, p2, p3]

# Montagem de Times:
In [106]: for i, p in enumerate(players):
     ...:     ts.append((i + 1, p))
     ...:     

In [107]: ts
Out[107]: 
[(1, ['phelip', 'maia', 'figueredo', 'jorge']),
 (2, ['mario', 'milson', 'joao', 'frota']),
 (3, ['romario', 'bebeto', 'rai', 'ronaldo'])]

# Visualização de escalação
In [115]: for key, group in itertools.groupby(ts, lambda t: t[0]):
     ...:     print(key)
     ...:     for p in group:
     ...:         for j in p[1]:
     ...:             print('--> ', j)
1
-->  phelip
-->  maia
-->  figueredo
-->  jorge
2
-->  mario
-->  milson
-->  joao
-->  frota
3
-->  romario
-->  bebeto
-->  rai
-->  ronaldo

# Jogos:

In [108]: [c for c in itertools.combinations(ts, 2)]
Out[108]: 
[((1, ['phelip', 'maia', 'figueredo', 'jorge']), (2, ['mario', 'milson', 'joao', 'frota'])),
 ((1, ['phelip', 'maia', 'figueredo', 'jorge']), (3, ['romario', 'bebeto', 'rai', 'ronaldo'])),
 ((2, ['mario', 'milson', 'joao', 'frota']), (3, ['romario', 'bebeto', 'rai', 'ronaldo']))]