• Jack Daniels [del]
• 2006-01-17

We have changed the system for assigning new teams. From now on, new users will be assigned the teams with the most points in the lowest available division. As a result, leagues will fill up more slowly than before as users will be spread out throughout them. This will allow active players to have a bigger chance than before to get promoted at the end of the season.

• Mikaell [del]
• 2006-01-15

There is now a new option available on transfers. If the buyer does not bring the player in and the seller does not send the player away, it will be possible to cancel the transfer. To do this, if both individuals wait one week after the bidding has finished, the transfer will be cancelled automatically, and both users will have to pay 10% of the final bidding price to do this.

• forestman [del]
• 2005-12-14

Sokker has continued to grow, with over 16,000 users from all around the world now managing teams!

Therefore we are pleased to announce new countries. Please welcome Belarus, Bosna i Hercegovina & Venezuela to the Sokker community, bringing the number of countries in the game to 45!

We have also expanded many leagues to allow room for growth over the coming season.

• forestman [del]
• 2005-12-13

From next season the changes previously mentioned regarding supporter mood & numbers joining and leaving fan-clubs will be fully implemented.

Additionally the formula that regulates the influence of winning or losing on supporters mood is also to be tweaked.

The main changes are that it will account more for the strength of the rival team than before. Also league qualification games will have a greater impact on mood than other official matches.

• Jack Daniels [del]
• 2005-12-06

Next season World Cup qualifications will begin (with the season after being World Cup group phase and finals).

All teams will play in the qualification stage - there will be 7 groups for the 42 NT teams (there will always be 5-6 teams per group). Groups will be drawn with the help of ranking points (top 1-7 teams for first place in one of 7 groups, 8-14 for second,... and so on). The match schedule will be irregular in the qualification phase so teams may play friendlies in free weeks.

World Cup - group and final phase:
32 teams will qualify for the world cup, which will be decided by:
1. Place in qualification group
2. Points
3. Goal difference
4. Goals scored
5. Wins
6. Ranking points (at the time groups were drawn).

There will be 8 world cup groups. Groups will be drawn based on the finishing position in the qualifying stage.

Qualification will be drawn one day before the league fixtures (one week before the new season). World cup groups next season will be a week later.

In 1-2 weeks there will be a Qualification / World Cup subpage in the world menu.

• Jack Daniels [del]
• 2005-12-02

New information about conditional changes, as there are new orders that you can which are:

- when you set 'first from the bench' it means that the player will be substituted only if the substitute has the same position order (different from original version)
- you are able to specify the player to call up from the bench
- possibility of swapping players' positions (read below)
- condition 'player has yellow card'
- condition 'red card or no player' (sensible only for swapping players' positions)
- condition 'player is slightly injured'

Special information about swapping players positions:
- you can't swap a goalkeeper with an outfielder
- players don't change their position while swapping, for example: ATT even swapped with DEF will still get ATT training and will play like ATT - rarely passing etc.
- you have to select the number and player from the first team to make the 'swap' (it will be executed even if position with that number is empty, but only if given player is on the field)

Please, if you don't want 'surprises' set your orders very carefully or even better check it first in friendly games.

• Jack Daniels [del]
• 2005-11-23

The feature that allows users to specify the exact player that comes off the bench is disabled at the moment. The substitute player comes from the bench from the given position (DEF, MID, ATT, GK) - just as explained in the first news.

In the next few weeks we plan to:
- enable the possibility of specifying the player to call up from the bench
- add the possibility of swapping players' positions (probably)
- add a condition 'if yellow card...'
- add a condition 'if red card...' (only if swapping players' positions is introduced)

Any improvements to the conditional changes should be finished before the start of the new season.

• Jack Daniels [del]
• 2005-11-20

It is planned to allow managers to make conditional changes within match orders. This feature will allow users to indicate the time (minute), position (number) and substitution conditions (for example: if we are leading 2:0 then.. etc.).

If the set condition is met, the substitution will be activated at the next break in play (ball out of play, corner or foul). In the substitution, the first player from the reserved list of the correct order type (GK, DEF, MID or ATT) will enter the pitch.

The match orders screen will be updated in the next few days to accomodate this change.

Additionally, the match orders will also allow managers to set a player to take corners and freekicks.

Important! This will have the following impact to the game (and training):
- training will depend on the total time on the pitch for each player during the week
- official games give you a little bit more training than a friendly match
- a player will get almost full training if he plays one full game in week
- national matches are treated equally as other games (for now only as friendly)
- players do not get training in extra time (they are too tired)


The game engine has been significantly modified, therefore we ask everyone to report all the bugs that you come across.

• Max [del]
• 2005-11-13

We have introduced a change to the current transfer system. From now on, you will receive 5% of the final sale price of players that originated from your junior squad, as long as they are aged 23 or under. This includes any junior that you have sold in the past.

The transfer tax of 4% that applies to all players, will remain unchanged. As a result, the club selling the junior (ie the club who bought the junior, not the club the junior came from) on will receive 91% of the money instead of the 96% they would have done in the past.

This will take effect from Monday, 21.11.05

• Max [del]
• 2005-11-10

We are searching for a new logo for sokker to implement it on the homepage. To ensure high quality of submitted logos, please ensure they meet the following criteria:

1. The logo should be in flash (.swf format) or another 2D vector graphics program format (EPS, Adobe Ilustrator, Corel Draw, etc.), fully vectorized (without bitmaps).

2. It must fit (visually) to the actual site design.


Please send your creative logos to admins@sokker.org and we will decide if your logo is the best :)

The deadline for logo submissions will be December the 10th, 12:00 sokker time.

If your logo has been chosen to represent sokker in and outside the game, your prize will be a year's membership of Plus!

We are looking forward to seeing your creative and superb sokker logos! Can't wait!