FAQs

You must Register your personal details through this website by completing the short online registration form. You will then be asked to select your team.

Once you have registered your personal details you will be asked to select your team. To select your team simply click on a player name to select that player for your team. Repeat the process until all 11 players are selected. Enter your chosen Team Name and hit 'Submit'.

For more details on team selection and formations please visit the Get Started section.

You can only enter one team into the game. You must use your own email address as your Username. Any manager with multiple teams will only be allowed to retain the first team entered.

Type your email address and password in the boxes provided, then click the 'Login' button. You will then be taken to your team screen where you can view your selections, make transfers etc. If you wish to skip this process in the future, tick the box provided on the Login screen and your details will be remembered for 2 weeks.

Your registered email address and password would have been emailed to you when you registered for the game. If you have forgotten your password, click on the 'Lost Password' link in the login box on the right-hand side of this webpage and it will be emailed to you. If you have forgotten which email address you have used, then visit the Contact Us section to register your query. Please include as much information as possible in any correspondence e.g your manager name, email addresses and team name.

The player and team scores on the website will be updated every morning following midweek match and the Monday morning after any matches played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

If you have a question concerning points scoring, please visit the Contact Us section of the website to register your query. Please give as many details about your query as possible so that we can investigate it fully.

Transfers, also referred to as 'Team Changes', are the means by which you can replace one of your chosen footballers with another. Transfer opportunities are strictly limited with a maximum of amount available throughout the tournament. Refer to the How to Play section for further detail.

In order to make a transfer you must login and visit your team screen. Click on the 'team changes' button to access the transfer page, then follow the instructions on the screen.

To join a Private League you need a League PIN and these are only available from the chairman of each league, we cannot give these out. You could create your own Private League and invite your friends to take part using our Challenge emails.

An assist is earned when a team-mate makes the last completed pass to a goalscorer before a goal is scored, without any significant defensive interference.

Refer to Scoring Points section for more information.

A clean sheet occurs when a team concedes no goals during a match. Points are awarded to goalkeepers and defenders who have been on the pitch for 75+ minutes without conceding a goal.

There are plenty of ways to find out how your team is performing in the game, these include:

Overall Leaderboard

The Leaderboard is where you can view your team's position in relation to the other managers competing in the game, as long as your team has accumulated sufficient points to feature as one of the top 200 managers.

Game Period winner

The accolade of Game Period winner is awarded to the manager whose team scores the most points within any given Game Period. Refer to the Prize Page to see if there is a monthly prize awarded to the Manager of the Month.

Game Period Points

The cumulative points total of all the players in your team for any given Game Period since points scoring began/you entered your team to the game.

Game Period Position

Your Game Period Points total will be compared to that of the other managers playing the game to give you a ranking and indicate where you were placed over that Game Period.

Overall Points

The cumulative points total of all the players in your team since the beginning of the tournament/since you entered your team to the game.

Overall Position

Your Overall Points total will be compared to that of the other managers playing the game to give you a ranking and tell you how many managers have scored more points than you over the course of the tournament... if any!

The players are categorised into the five following positions:

Goalkeeper (GK)

The custodian of the net gains points for appearances, clean sheets, assists and goalss, but points are deducted for each goal conceded.

Defenders (DF)

Defeders gain points for appearances, clean sheets, assists and goals, but points are deducted for each goal conceded.

Midfielder (MF)

Midfielders gain points for assists and goals scored.

Forwards (FW)

Forwards gain points for assists and goals scored.

Modern coaches favour a 4-3-3 formation, but rarely include three out-out-out strikers in in their line-up. Instead they favour a target man with wingers playing on either side. The term Forward is used to describe classic strikers, such as Didier Drogba or Fernando Torres, and advanced attackers such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

ALG - Algeria

ARG - Argentina

AUS - Australia

BRA - Brazil

CAM - Cameroon

CHI - Chile

DEN - Denmark

ENG - England

FRA - France

GER - Germany

GHA - Ghana

GRE - Greece

HON - Honduras

ITA - Italy

IVO - Ivory Coast

JPN - Japan

MEX - Mexico

NED - Netherlands

NIG - Nigeria

NKO - North Korea

NZL - New Zealand

PAR - Paraguay

POR - Portugal

SAF - South Africa

SER - Serbia

SKO - South Korea

SPA - Spain

SVK - Slovakia

SVN - Slovenia

SWI - Switzerland

URU - Uruguay

USA - United States

CLB - The coutry that the player represents

PLD - Games played by the player

GLS - Goals scored by the player

ASS - Assists achieved by the player

CS - Clean sheets achieved by the player

GA - Goals against conceded by the player

WK - Total points scored in the current week of play

GP - Total points scored in the current Game Period

PTS - Total points scored in the entire game

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To change your personal details, including your email address, login and click on User Options or Your Profile on the right-hand side of the page. Enter your new email address in the box marked "Email:" and then click the Submit or Save button at the foot of the page. You will need to use this email address when you next login.

The game has been split into a number of Game Periods to give you more chances of winning and so you can spread your transfers across the whole tournament.

Prizes may be awarded for the best performing team in each Game Period so check the Prizes page!

The Game Periods are as follows:

At the start of the tournament you can have up to two players from any one nation, but this increases as the tournament progresses and teams get knocked out.

In the last 16 and quarter-finals you get three players per nation and this goes up to four per nation for the semi-finals, third placed play-off and the final.

The Private League chairman can delete a Private League by removing all the teams from it.

To do this, select a team in the drop down box on the Private League's own page. Then hit the 'Remove' button. Repeat this until all the teams have been removed and this will delete the Private League.

Transfers can be made at any time and if a player is in your team at the scheduled kick-off time of their next match he will be eligible to score you points.

In addition, you do not lose the points a player has won for your team when you make a transfer.

This means that you can take a player out of your team after their game has started and bring in another who is about to play.

However, make sure that the transfer is made before the scheduled kick-off time of the incoming player's match.

Yes. Points will be awarded for the third/fourth placed play-off between Uruguay and Germany.