• Geston
• 2026-03-21

New Schedule

As you’ve probably noticed, the first-round match of the national cup will be played this coming Monday. This is not a mistake - the change is due to adjustments to the schedule, which take effect starting with the season that’s just beginning. But let’s get to the point.

National Cup matches, previously played on Fridays, will be played four days earlier - on Mondays - starting with Season 77. The first-round match thus falls on the third day of the new season, breaking up the previous monotony of up to two weeks of friendly matches. After being eliminated from the national cup, it will be possible to schedule friendly matches, just as it has worked until now.

Remember to set your lineup for the upcoming cup match. There’s not much time left!

The International Cup takes the place of the Friday slot. In addition to the change in the day for international cup matches, another significant change is taking effect - these matches will be played in official format. As a result, players will receive training points for matches played in the cup, but they will also be at risk of injury. The match itself will also generate matchday revenue.

Fans will now expect lower ticket prices, which will result in a decrease in match-day revenue for official competitions. The new optimal expected ticket price will be approximately 20% lower than the previous one.

A minor change will also affect Saturday’s national team matches. Like friendly matches, World Cup qualifiers and finals will also follow an arcade format - meaning players will not receive a training bonus, but they will also not be at risk of injury.

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Other changes

For as long as Sokker has existed, you may have encountered the inconvenience of losing your training data when your PLUS subscription ended. From now on, this data will be hidden and stored in the database for a certain period of time, so that when you reactivate your subscription, your training history will be fully restored.

Friendly match results will no longer affect ranking points. Additionally, discussions are underway regarding the possibility of reducing or completely removing the impact of friendly matches on fan sentiment related to recent match results. However, we emphasize that the final form of this change - or even whether it will definitely take place - is not yet 100% certain.

Work is underway on new views related to all competitions. Expect a new competition hub, refreshed pages with league tables, cup competitions, national team matches, and much, much more.

Regards
Sokker Team

• kryminator
• 2026-02-25

Another NT coach decided to resign from playing game during season, so new elections has been called. Season is close to end, but still some work to do for the new Türkiye coach. Elections will last till Sunday, 1.03 20:00 server time.

Link to voting

• kryminator
• 2026-02-10

Poland U21 coach norbert1987 recently resigned from the game entirely, so the coach position of that national team is free and, hence, a new elections has been called. They have just started and will end on Friday, 13.02 19:00 server time.

Link to voting.

• Geston
• 2025-12-03

Season #75 is slowly coming to an end. Ahead of us is the next one, #76, whose opening falls on a special time of the year – the holiday. The season itself will also be special, because you, dear managers, will gain the opportunity to compete in brand-new competitions for the first time.

International Cup

The new competition will replace the current Champions Cup, which only a few could enter. This change is significant, because in the refreshed format everyone will be able to take part. The entire structure will be divided into multiple levels to ensure there is space for every team. Within a single level, there may be several parallel tournaments, depending on the tier. At the top tier there will be one tournament, at the second tier two parallel tournaments, at the third tier four, and so on.

Each tournament will include 128 teams from different countries, split into 32 groups of 4. The group stage will use a home-and-away format, guaranteeing each team 6 exciting matches during the first six weeks of the season. After the group stage, the knockout phase begins. The top two teams from each group (64 teams total) will advance. The next six rounds, without return legs, will determine who will ultimately lift the cup.



The excitement does not end there, because within the competition you will fight not only for victory. You must avoid relegation or secure promotion to a higher tier of international play. Reaching the eighth round as one of the final sixteen teams guarantees promotion. Finishing last in the group results in relegation.
Exceptions to these rules may occur if teams lose their owners during the competition and become bot-controlled. Such teams will be relegated first, giving active teams a chance to avoid demotion despite poor results.

The first season will be played as a test in an arcade format, although promotions and relegations will still take place. Your players will not receive training, you will not risk injuries, and you will not earn ticket income. After this test season, International Cup fixtures will become fully official matches with all their pros and cons.

For more details, visit the dedicated topics on the forum:
– Sokker International (en)

Club Magazine

Do you have a journalist’s soul? Do you enjoy immersing yourself in the role and sharing your club’s story? After a long break, the fully functional Club Magazine is returning. Integrated with the press office and the club’s new homepage, it enables clear and polished content publishing just like in the old days.

This feature is available to users who own SokkerPLUS.