National Teams & Qualifiers
National teams live in the same world as your club. They play on the same days, call up the same players, and force decisions about your own roster.
The world structure
Every country has one senior national team. The continents play their own championships (Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia & Oceania), while the strongest countries contest the World Championship through a qualifying campaign.
Tournament days
A championship fits into ten days at the start of a season: group stage, then knockouts.
Qualifier windows
Qualifiers are played in separate windows mid-season — one round every five days.
The campaign
One qualifying cycle spans two seasons, and the senior championships return every second season — other events fill the gap.
National-team competition is not a separate game — it is part of your season. What your club achieves and what your country achieves both live in the same history.
Call-ups: what the club loses
A national team picks its squad from players all over the world — including your leaders. That day a called-up player plays for his country and cannot play for your club: there is no double duty in one day.
This is a deliberate trade-off: the stronger your roster, the more likely you will lose several key players on a window day. Depth is not a luxury — it is a requirement.
Almost always release
An AI club releases a player without negotiation — except when the move would leave it unable to field a workable roster.
Your call
A human club may refuse to release its player. Today a refusal carries no direct sanction — it only weakens the country’s squad for that window.
Squad and tournament
For a tournament the country keeps a twelve-man squad. The national manager builds it to his own taste: a collection of stars does not always play better than a balanced twelve.
Before the tournament the squad is locked — no changes mid-championship. Afterwards the players return to their clubs with those games and their mark on season statistics.
National-team results and statistics stay in the world history: champions, top scorers, and each country’s road through qualifying.
How to become a national manager
National teams look for a manager among human players, and invitations arrive in your Inbox. A country keeps only one live offer at a time with a clear validity window; decline and that country will not approach you again that season.
Managing a nation is separate from your club: rosters, budgets and club finances do not apply here — you work only with the country’s twelve best. Both roles can be held at once.
If a country has no human manager yet, the system runs the team. An invitation can arrive from anywhere — and then the decision is yours.