Introduction

footy-manager.com is a game, in which participants manage their own football teams while competing against each other. Before you start playing you should read the "terms and Conditions".

Registration

To become an owner of a team you are required to register. Only by entering correct data in the registration form you are guaranteed the chance to take advantage of the full managment experience.

Every time you enter the game you will be identified as an already registered user with the "username" and "password" you have chosen.

Please note you are only alloud one account and you can be removed should you try to enter multiple accounts.

You can lose the rights over the team you posses if you fail to manage it for a period of time.

Stucture and duration of the league and cups

Games Not beinhg played
If you do not play any games for a period of 4 weeks, your acocunt will be terminated. You will be notified by email if you ha ve not logged in for a while, in an order to prompt you to play your games. The league can not function properly if you do not play the games requested.

league
The football league currently is a continuous league. When you register your team you will be entered into a big league. The points system will be the same for everyone. 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. The league is worked out on the average score of your point and game, to make it fair for everone. You will be awarded bonus points for the ammount of games you play, to encourige you to play more games.

Cups
Cup competitions will be run throughout the season and you wil lbe notified and asked for you inclusion in these competisions.

Team

Upon registration every participant receives a team, consisting of twenty players. Players are divided into four lines as follows: two players for the position of goalkeeper, seven for the position of defender, seven for the position of midfielder and four for the position of attacker. In the course of the game you have the opportunity to buy or dismiss players, but their number in the team cannot be less than 15 or more than 20. If you wish to release a player, you can release him from the team without compensation on a free transfer at any time or you may list him in the transfer list and sell him to another team.

Every football player is characterized by an overall rating, physical fitness, goals and set play rating. Physical fitness will affect the players perfomance and his ability to maintain quality throughout the match. Playing skills are improved via League games and training camps. The manager is allowed to coach the team and play league matches an unlimited number of times.

Fixtures

To Play another league game, you must request a new fixture. A random team from your league will be selected and the other team will be informed of your request. Once the request has been accepted, they will be able to play the match regardless if you are online or not. Once the match is complete you will receive a message, and you will be able to see the results in the results section under fixtures.

Football Match

Before the beginning of the match you can make an unlimited number of changes in the team, select tactic, choose and line-up the starting team and change the playing style. The selected settings will apply not only to the immediate match, but to all the following matches until you specify new settings.

In accordance to the tactics you have chosen, your team cannot have more than 11 players.

The rules for conducting football matches in the game apply to all matches.

Media

After the game, you are able to convers with the media. Let them know how you thought the game went. These will all be published in the media center under the play tab, then media. Here you can also declair players for sale. This section is also where you will find out what other managers are up to. Who is bidding for who.... All transfers that are made public will appear here.

Transfers

Search the transfer list, or simply bid for someone elses star player. Once you receive a bid for a player, you have the oppotunity to accept, reject or negociate the offer. Rejection will result in the terminaton of the transfer. Accepting will mean that the funds are transferred into your account and the player is moved. To monitor all transfers please use the transfer tab. To release a player on a free transfer, simply tick the free transfer box, and they will be removed from your squad and go onto the free transfer list.

Finance

Your bank balance will rise with each home game that you play. You are able to increase the stadium size, to generate more income. The maximum stadium capacity is 150,000 seater.

Board Requests

A little short on transfer funds? Ask your board for more transfer funds. Depending on the boards money levels and their generosity, will depend on how much money you get, if oyu get any at all. You can also request a training camp. Should the board accept this request, you will have to select the type of camp you wish to use. Each of these will be charged off your bank ballance, but in return will develop your players.