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Official game rules

Survive every gameweek

Pick carefully, submit on time, and save the strongest teams for when you need them most.

The essentials

Three rules to remember

Pick one team
Choose one team from the current gameweek. That team must win its match to keep you in the league.
Never use a team twice
Once you select a team, it is unavailable to you for every later gameweek in that league.
Win and survive
A win takes you into the next gameweek. A draw or a loss eliminates you immediately.

The hard deadline

Thursday at 00:00

Your pick must be submitted before 00:00 on Thursday, using Europe/Lisbon time. This means the gameweek locks at the very start of Thursday—not Thursday night.

You may change your team before the deadline, provided its match has not started. At 00:00, all submitted picks are locked. If you have not submitted a pick, you are eliminated from the league.

Game flow

From joining to winning

  1. 1

    Join before the league starts

    Join an open public league, use an invite for a private league, or create your own. Once the owner starts the league, no more players can join.

  2. 2

    Make your gameweek pick

    Select one eligible team that you have not used before. You can follow your saved picks and used teams from the league dashboard.

  3. 3

    Wait for the result

    If your selected team wins, you survive. If it draws or loses, you are eliminated. Postponed matches do not automatically eliminate you; abandoned or cancelled matches are held for review.

  4. 4

    Keep going

    Survivors repeat the process with a different team in the next gameweek. When only one player remains, that player wins the league.

Finals tiebreaker

When both finalists lose

If exactly two players reach the deciding gameweek and both are eliminated, the winner is the player whose previously selected teams scored the most total goalsacross their selected matches.

Example

Player A's earlier selections scored 10 goals in total. Player B's scored 3. If both lose the final gameweek, Player A wins.

The deciding gameweek's goals are not included. If the previous goal totals are equal, both players are declared joint winners.

Ready to test your picks?

Join an open league or create one for your friends.

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