Competitions

National leagues, cups, the Champions League and the World Cup : every competition in the game and how clubs qualify for them.

National clubs

This section presents the clubs of your group with their rank and points ; the filters let you browse the other groups, divisions, countries and continents.

You will find clubs run by other managers and bot clubs. A club card opens with one click : squad, stadium, honours.

The national cup

The national cup brings together every club in the country in knockout matches : one match, one winner. A round is played every Tuesday, up to the final in week 15.

The first rounds are qualifiers for the lower divisions. The higher divisions then join one by one, a week apart : division 5 in week 4, division 4 in week 5, division 3 in week 6, division 2 in week 7 and the elite in week 8.

How the rounds work

Each round, every club still in the cup, qualifiers and newcomers alike, goes into the same random draw, with no byes. When the elite joins, 256 clubs remain, then 128 and 64 ; then come the round of 32 in week 11, the round of 16, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final.

💡 The "My run" tab shows the round where your division enters, then your matches. A small club can knock out a big one : that is the magic of the cup.

In football, the cup starts in week 1 : 2,016 division 6 clubs play the preliminary round, the other 1,872 join in week 2, and week 3 only brings together the qualifiers. A draw goes to penalties.

In rugby, the cup starts in week 2 : 2,236 division 6 clubs play the preliminary round, the other 1,166 join in week 3, then division 5 in week 4.

The standings

The group standings give each club's points, wins, draws, losses and points scored and conceded ; the colours show promotion, play-offs and relegation.

Change season to find past standings ; the oldest seasons only keep the champion and the human clubs of the group.

In football : 16 clubs per group, a win is worth 3 points, a draw 1 point. The 1st is promoted (in division 1, it is champion), the 2nd plays a promotion play-off, the 11th to 13th a relegation play-off and the 14th to 16th go down, one into each of the three groups of the division below.

In rugby : 14 clubs per group, a win is worth 4 points, a draw 2, a loss 0, plus an attacking bonus (at least 3 tries more than the opponent) and a defensive bonus (a loss by 5 points or fewer). The top 6 play the play-offs, whose winner is promoted ; the 12th to 14th go down, one into each group of the division below.

The Champions League

The Champions League brings together the best clubs of each continent, qualified by their results the previous season. A group stage comes before a knockout stage up to the final.

The winner and the runner-up of each continent qualify for the Champions Cup.

In football, each country enters the division 1 champion and the national cup winner (the runner-up in case of a double) : preliminary rounds depending on the continent, groups of 4 played from week 3 to week 8, then the final stage up to the final in week 15.

In rugby, 32 clubs per continent, qualified by the previous season's standings, play on Wednesdays : home-and-away groups, then round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

The Champions Cup

The Champions Cup pits the 12 finalists of the continental Champions Leagues against each other in week 16 : two groups of six, then semi-finals and final.

It is the most prestigious title for a club : you must have reached the final of your Champions League the same season.

The continent cup

The continent cup pits the national teams of the same continent against each other every other season, alternating with the World Cup. It is played in week 17 : a group stage, then a knockout stage.

Your club's players can be called up by their national team.

In football, it takes place in odd-numbered seasons ; every group winner reaches the knockout stage, joined by the best runners-up on points per match : round of 16 in Africa, Asia and Europe, quarter-finals elsewhere, with no third-place match.

In rugby, it takes place in even-numbered seasons and brings together the continent's 8 best national teams : 2 groups of 4, then semi-finals and final.

National teams

The world ranking orders nations by their best players. The grid view presents each national team with its flag, continent and titles ; a national team's card shows its squad and competitions.

The season’s votes are under Votes in the International menu. The head coach elected by the country’s managers leads the national team for one season ; with no winner, it is managed automatically.

The head coach’s role

In the My squad tab, the elected head coach picks the squad for the week 17 competition, the captain and a playing style. The squad has a set number of players and minimums per position, and only players from the country who are neither retired nor injured. It can be changed until Thursday 8 pm of week 16, then it is locked : a player injured in the meantime is replaced in the same position.

Each style has a slight edge over another, and the captain strengthens the team a little depending on their leadership. With no squad at the deadline, the automatic squad is used and a missed deadline is recorded ; after two in a row, the next candidate in the vote takes over. The club of a called-up player receives a bonus for each match played by the national team ; the player comes back tired and may get injured.

Friendlies

Every Saturday from week 3 to week 15, all nations play a friendly, at 8 pm in football and 6 pm in rugby. The draw, made at the start of the season among all nations, never repeats a fixture ; as the number of nations is odd, a different nation has a bye each Saturday.

The head coach keeps one squad for all friendlies, editable each week until Thursday 8 pm, separate from the week 17 competition squad. A called-up player earns their club 10,000 SC per friendly, may get injured and misses the Sunday club match. Results are on each national team’s page.

In football, a national team is made up of the country's 21 best players (3 goalkeepers, 7 defenders, 6 midfielders, 5 forwards), recalculated once per season.

Votes

Each season, managers elect the best manager and, country by country, the head coach of their national team. Managers whose club is in the country can apply for head coach in weeks 12 and 13 ; voting runs from week 14 to week 16 and the result comes at the start of week 17. The winner leads the national team the following season while keeping their club.

You cannot vote for yourself. In a tie, the first candidate to apply wins ; a sole candidate is elected unopposed ; with no candidate, the national team stays managed automatically. The best manager, voted from week 13 to week 16, needs at least one vote : they receive a badge and enter the honours list. A badge flags a vote you can still answer.

The World Cup

The World Cup brings together 64 national teams every other season, alternating with the continent cup, with a number of places per continent specific to each sport. Everything is played in week 17 : three group matchdays (16 groups of 4, only the winner goes through), then the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

National teams are calculated each season from the best players of each country : your players can be called up.

In football, it takes place in even-numbered seasons ; each continent's places go to the national teams that went furthest in the previous season's continent cup (winner, runner-up, semi-finalists …), then to the best of the group stage.

In rugby, it takes place in odd-numbered seasons ; in each continent, the places go to the best-ranked national teams, and the last places to the next teams in the world ranking.

The honours

The honours list keeps each season's titles : champions, cup winners and winners of international competitions, by country and worldwide.

The ranking of the most successful clubs shows who dominates each competition ; every title your club wins appears there. The Managers tab lists the best managers and the elected head coaches, season by season.

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