Your Squad

In a nutshell

Your squad holds up to 30 players across four positions, each carrying a Rating and a Form score. Blend ability, age and depth across the pitch to build a team that wins.

Player Stats

Your squad can hold up to 30 players across four positions: Goalkeepers, Defenders, Midfielders, and Forwards. Each player has two key stats:

Rating (1-20)

A player's ability. Higher rated players perform better in matches. It moves up or down on each player report (every 18 competitive games), driven by their growth and form over that stretch.

Form (1-20)

How well a player is performing right now. Form changes after every match based on performance and minutes played. A player's effective match strength combines their Rating with a Form bonus.

Squad Age

Peak years. Players in the 25-29 age range are at their peak with the best stamina and full match strength.

The young. Young players grow faster but tire more quickly.

The old. Older players are strong now but will decline and fatigue faster.

A player's age affects their match performance, stamina, and development potential. Building a balanced squad across age groups is key.

Age	Phase	Stamina	Growth Rate
15-17	Academy	Poor	Fastest
18-20	Prospect	Below average	Very fast
21-23	Developing	Developing	Fast
24	Near peak	Good	Normal
25-29	Peak	Best	Normal
30-32	Declining	Declining	Slow
33+	Veteran	Low	Minimal

Stamina shows approximate energy at 90 minutes in a normal match (no Gegenpress). Growth rate is per player.

Choosing Your Starting XI

Having more players in a position strengthens that area. For example, a 5-man defence is harder to break down than a 3-man defence. Balance your team based on your tactical approach.

Squad Rating

The Squad Rating you see on the Squad page header, the Team Overview card and the Rankings page is a single number that estimates the overall strength of your whole squad. It is computed across every player on your books:

Sum of rating. Counted across every player. Picking up a 14 rated forward to replace a 10 rated one lifts the total. Deeper squads also carry more weight.

Form adjustment. A per-player tweak: players above average form lift the total, players below average drag it down. Keeps form influential without overpowering raw rating.

Positive trait bonus. Premium traits (Legend, Feelings, Fast, Clutch, Intelligent) add more, and every other positive trait adds a little. A squad loaded with good traits beats an equally rated but plain squad, and premium traits tilt the balance further.

Negative trait penalty. Premium liabilities (Injury Prone, Inconsistent) cost more, and every other negative trait costs a little. Clubs with clean squads edge out equally rated ones carrying baggage.

Reading the number

Typical mature squads land around 250 to 320. Above 320 is exceptional, below 250 means you are below the average top flight squad. Squad Rating is separate from Avg Rating, which is the simple per-player average and is a quick read on how strong your typical player is rather than how strong the whole squad is.

Injuries & Suspensions

Match injuries. Players can get injured during matches, especially against teams playing with Rough aggression. Anything worse than a knock forces a substitution with the best available bench player of the same position type. If no subs remain, the team plays on short-handed.

Severity sets the layoff. Injuries come in tiers, each with a longer expected return:

Knock

Shaken off. The player stays on the pitch, no time on the sidelines.

Minor & moderate

A few days up to a couple of weeks out. The bread-and-butter injuries.

Serious & severe

Several weeks out, and the worst knocks can end a player's season.

Recovery

The Medical Wing shows the tier, the expected return and progress. A physio (Staff page) brings players back sooner.

Red cards trigger a match suspension. The suspension comes in two lengths:

Straight red

Sent off directly. 2 match ban.

Second yellow

Two yellows in the same match. 1 match ban.

Serving a ban. Suspensions count down by competitive matches played (league + cup), not calendar days. Each time your club plays a competitive fixture, the suspended player's remaining count ticks down by one, even if you didn't select them. Friendlies do not count toward serving a ban.

Spotting it. A small red square appears next to suspended players on the Squad page, in the scouting view, and on the player profile page, along with the exact number of matches remaining before they're available again.

Injury Prone

The Injury Prone trait does not make a player get hurt more often. It skews the injuries they do pick up toward the worse tiers, so their layoffs tend to be longer.

What to do

Spread your players across age groups so you always have peak-age starters while younger ones grow into them, and keep depth in every position.