• Geston
• 2025-09-28

For many seasons, unconfirmed theories about the height and weight of players have been circulating among users of the Sokker community. Among the many disputes, the prevailing belief was that these parameters had not been implemented in the match engine, but had only been included in the rules of the game alongside unfulfilled announcements.

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Excerpt from the rules (revised):

4. The player - part about height and weight

Height
A taller player has a better chance of winning a header.

Weight
If a player's weight is too low in relation to their height, they have insufficient muscle mass. Similarly, if a player's weight is too high in relation to their height, they are overweight. In both cases, deviating from the optimal BMI has a negative impact on player performance:
- acceleration - players with an optimal BMI have the best start to the ball - however, the maximum speed remains unchanged and depends on the player's pace
- fatigue - players with an optimal BMI tire more slowly - the further the BMI deviates from the optimal value, the faster the player tires

BMI (body mass index) is the ratio of weight to height calculated using the formula:
BMI = weight / (height*height)

The ideal BMI for a player in Sokker is 23.75.

The weight and height of players are noticeable in 3D matches. Players clearly differ in height, and heavier players are larger than lighter ones.
The weight of a player will change depending on training, matches played and injury, although this has not been implemented yet.

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We are publishing this information to clearly and definitively state that the height and weight of players were implemented into the engine many years ago and are used as described in the rules.

• kryminator
• 2025-09-26

Due to lack of candidates for the Singapore national team coaching position in the recent elections, a new elections has been called. They have just started and will end on Friday, 3.10 18:00 server time.

Link to voting.

• kryminator
• 2025-08-17

Some time ago, we modified the method of how the player sales tax is calculated. The goal of this change was to limit short-term player sales. Currently, the base tax is 8% of the sale value, to which a second component depending on the time player spent at the club, is added.

This change affected not only those trading in players but also a broader group of users. Our goal was not to restrict trading itself, so we decided to modify the current formula.

The base tax remains unchanged at 8% of the total player sale price. The second component, based on the player's time spent at the club, will be charged not on the entire sale price, but solely on the profit from the sale of the player.

This means that if you sell a player for an amount equal to or less than the amount for which they were bought, you will only pay 8% of the base tax - regardless of how quickly the transaction occurs.

The correction is effective from 16.08.2025.



— The Sokker Team

• Geston
• 2025-08-05

As you may have noticed, after restoring the game, videos of past matches were not available. Your team logos and user photos were also unavailable.
Transfer of match video files is ongoing and will be available again in the near future. However, due to an outage, the image files, are, sadly, gone.

To set a team logo or user photo, you must visit the Office, select the Media tab, and then select Images.

We are sorry, but we can only apologize for the inconvenience.
—The Sokker Team

• struś
• 2025-08-03

We’re happy to announce that Sokker.org is now back online – the game has been restored on our new cloud-based server and is fully operational. Thank you for your patience and understanding during the recent technical issues.



To address the disruption, all game events have been shifted by one week, ensuring the calendar remains in line with the original schedule. League matches will resume on Wednesday, just as originally planned.

All transfers that were scheduled to end on Wednesday or later have been canceled. Any fees related to those transfers will be refunded over the coming days.

The server failure accelerated our move to the cloud, and we are now taking the opportunity to test and fine-tune the new environment. We encourage you to play arcade matches to help us optimize performance further.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience – the issue was caused by a failure on the data center’s side and was not related to ongoing game development.

As compensation, every user will receive 7 days of Plus, which will be activated shortly.


—The Sokker Team

• kryminator
• 2025-07-02

Due to recent ban of Shqipëria U21 coach, the national team has been left without guidance, so a new elections has been called. They ends on 11.07 (next Friday).

Link to voting.

• Donaldo
• 2025-02-11

Since time immemorial, the Sokker community has been complaining of the fact that when a team loses its owner, the development of many promising players has been severely hindered. In the past, we tried to address this issue by giving administrators additional tasks, but there was no doubt that this solution was far from optimal.

Last weekend, we began testing the automatic transferlisting of u21 national team players from bot teams. This weekend, you can expect the full implementation of this feature.
We believe this long-awaited functionality will positively impact many aspects of the game.

We have divided the players into two age groups: U21 and seniors, applying different criteria for each group to determine whether a player is eligible to be listed on the transfer market.

Players under 21:
- will be listed on the transfer market every Saturday, regardless of the season week,
- only if they are either, currently called up to the national team OR having played at least one match for the country.

Senior players:
- will be listed on Saturdays but only during weeks 1, 7, and 13 of each season (to ensure fair competition at the league level),
- only if they have played at least one match for the national team, as recorded in the stats.

The timing of players being listed on the transfer market depends on the country of origin and corresponds to the default time for arcade matches in that country. Players from the same country will be listed with five-minute intervals. If a players does not find a new team, he will remain on their current bot team and will not be listed again in subsequent date.

We recognize that the initial operation of this system might result in a substantial number of players being listed. Therefore, during the upcoming weekend, senior players will be listed with an age restriction of up to 30 years (inclusive). Over time, this process should stabilize, ensuring a steady but moderate influx of players.

* Please note: This weekend listing of u21 players will be stopped, to avoid having too many players on the Transfer List.

• kryminator
• 2024-12-29

Following the discovery of irregularities in the recent elections for coach of national team of Cymru, a new elections has been called. They are shorter so the newly elected coach can try his hand on Saturday.

Link to voting.

• struś
• 2024-12-07

This morning, the elections for national team coaches have begun! For the first time, they will be held in a new format, which should better suit the shorter season and game schedule.
Here are the details:
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NEW ELECTION FORMAT

• The elections start during the morning update on the last Saturday of the season and last a total of 8 days until the evening of the next Sunday
• Users will still have two almost full weekends and the entire week between them to cast their votes, which seems like enough time for the electoral campaign and making decisions.
• Thanks to shortening the voting period and quicker selection of new coaches, they will gain one additional friendly match before the official matches, during the World Cup qualification year.
• We have also introduced clear rules regarding eligibility to participate and vote in the elections. Only users who have been playing for over 13 weeks can participate and vote.
• Anyone with a longer-than-specified tenure can run for the position of head coach for any senior or U21 national team and vote in the senior and U21 elections in their own country.

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Soon, the elected coaches will gain a new important role.

We are pleased to inform you that we are approaching the end of the work on the function of automatically placing national team players on the transfer list if their club team becomes a bot.
The principle will be simple, but dependent on the player’s age.

Specifically, players called up by the coach to the national team:
• 21 years old and younger will be placed on the transfer list every Saturday during the season at different times adjusted to the time zones of their home countries.
• Older players will be placed on the transfer list only on Saturdays during the off-season break and on the Saturday before the 11th league round (so that transfers happen between league rounds).
This is to prevent situations where a strong bot team would play against some opponents and forfeit others, which could significantly affect the table standings.

Thanks to these changes, new coaches will have an even greater impact on the entire player base of country they lead- choose wisely!

We wish everyone a satisfying and fair electoral campaign and much success with the national teams!

• struś
• 2024-11-29

Some of you had some concerns about using debit card for your subscription, I wanted to make it clear that the Sokker service does not take possession of, save or process your card details at any stage. The entire process is the exclusive responsibility of the external service provider, the Tpay service.
You can read the detailed terms and conditions as well as the privacy policy on the website of this provider or use the suggested links when starting your subscription.

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I also wanted to remind you, on this occasion, that the subscription promotion is slowly coming to an end, according to the original announcement it will last until the end of November.

Please see the table for details:



If you decide to join as a subscriber before the end of November this year (the date of your first card transaction counts) you will receive the special price and a guarantee to keep it for up to another 12 months.
The special price is PLN 8.20 or € 2.10 / month.
From the beginning of December, when the promotion ends, the regular price will be PLN 14.90 or € 3.80.

How the promotional subscription will work:
- if you have an active PLUS - when you add your credit card, the first payment will be charged and the previously purchased plus will be ‘moved forward one month’. Further payments will not be charged until "old PLUS" expires, and then the promotional price will be maintained until 12 months have passed since the first payment
- if you do not have an active PLUS - the matter is very simple, the first promotional payment will be charged when the card is added, and the promotion will continue for the next 12 months.

Cancellation of subscription:
- You can unsubscribe at any time.
- in this case, you will keep PLUS until the end of the prepaid period, after which it will be switched off.
- if you take advantage of the promotion, subsequently cancel and return to the subscription, the promotional price will no longer applies.