Player Career Simulation
Player careers are now simulated beyond their time at your academy and continue until retirement. The Archive has been expanded to make it possible to follow the careers of former academy players.
Highlights
Player careers are now simulated until retirement
Former academy players now have simulated market values throughout their careers
The Archive now displays the careers of former academy players
The Archive now highlights some of the highest-valued academy alumni
Added a History tab to the Player Window with previous season statistics, awards, and injuries
Players leaving the academy at age 20 now search for a club instead of immediately retiring
Players joining through Trial Days are now correctly shown as Trial Day players
Transfer clubs have also been expanded to support the new career simulation.
Transfer clubs are now separated into active and inactive clubs
Active clubs are used for transfer requests, market demands, and player career simulation
Inactive clubs are used exclusively for player career simulation
Added 10 new active clubs
Added 221 inactive clubs across all countries in the default database
Editor Support
Active transfer clubs require a logo
Inactive transfer clubs do not require a logo
Development States
The Youth Camp development-phase system has been expanded to academy players. Academy players can now move through different development periods depending on their age, personality, and current situation.
Highlights
Added Breakthrough, Improving, Stagnating, and Regressing development states to academy players
Development states directly affect training progress
Players can experience slower development or attribute regression
Regressing players now lose a small amount of Current Ability when attributes decline
Player age and personality influence development-state chances
Added development-state icons and explanations to Player Details, Player Hub, and Training
Improved Training Day feedback with development-state-based indicators
A new Medical Centre has also been added. The Medical Centre reduces the chance of Stagnation and Regression and also lowers the risk of training injuries.
Injuries
Players can now suffer injuries during both matches and training sessions.
Highlights
Added injuries during match simulation
Added injuries during training sessions
An Inbox message is sent when a signed player suffers an injury
Injuries can now affect ongoing transfers
Smaller injuries can delay a transfer
Serious injuries can cause a transfer to be cancelled
Players who have a match on a Training Day will miss that training session
The Medical Centre passively reduces training injury risk
Added the Physio staff role to further reduce training injury risk
Finance Overhaul
A dedicated Finance page has been introduced to provide a clearer overview of the academy's financial situation.
Highlights
Added Overview, Transactions, Bank, and History tabs
Added financial charts and forecasts
Improved presentation of income, expenses, wages, upkeep, and scouting costs
Player contract offers now show their financial impact
Staff contract offers now show their financial impact
Improved Finance navigation and tab presentation
Customizable Dashboard
The Home page has been renamed to Dashboard. The upper section of the Dashboard can now be customized with widgets.
Available Widgets
1-month Cash Forecast
6-month Cash Forecast
1-year Cash Forecast
Monthly Profit/Loss
Market Demands
Transfer Requests
Most Improved Players
Player Promises
Signable Youth Camp Players
Widgets can be added and rearranged to create a Dashboard focused on the information most important to your academy.
Auto Focus
Auto Focus settings can now be customized using:
Player positions
Watchlist status
Starter preference
Reorderable scouting priorities
Matches can also now be automatically attended. Automatically attended matches are simulated and players are focused according to the configured Auto Focus settings. A new option has also been added when simulating to a future date to prevent certain events from interrupting the simulation.
Player Concerns & Homesickness
New player events have been added to make academy players react more to their situation.
Player Concerns
Players can now raise concerns about:
Wages
Academy quality
Development
Education
Players signed from another country can also become homesick. Homesickness affects development and morale, and managers can choose to send affected players on vacation to help them recover.
Transfers & Negotiations
Transfer management has been expanded with additional control over academy players and improved negotiation information.
Highlights
Players can now be Transfer Listed
Players can be marked as Not for Sale
An automatic acceptance value can be configured for incoming offers
Clubs can sign a pre-contract with academy players who have six months or less remaining on their contract
Players cannot be proposed to clubs during their first six months at the academy
Transfer negotiations now separately display the club's initial offer and later counter-offers
Rejected counter-offers from the academy are now shown in the negotiation window
Counter-offers can now be sent when negotiating with all interested clubs
Added a combined Inbox message when multiple transfers are completed at the same time
Difficulty Modes
Four difficulty modes have been added. Existing save games are automatically migrated to Normal difficulty.
Season Summary
A new summary is now displayed at the end of each season. The Season Summary includes information such as:
Academy progress
Financial results
Most improved players
Other important season highlights
Staff & Academy Management
Several new staff roles and academy-management options have been added.
New Staff Roles
Sports Psychologist – can be assigned to the Sports Psychology Centre
Physio – reduces training injury risk
Staff Manager – increases the number of staff members that can be hired
The Operations Centre now provides Staff Manager slots based on its level. Maximum academy player slots have also been increased for academies above Level 3.
Manager Progression
The Profile Attributes section has been redesigned. Manager attributes now display milestones and the benefits unlocked when reaching each milestone.
League Structure & Editor Support
League configuration has been expanded for custom databases.
Highlights
Added support for leagues with 10–24 teams
Added double round-robin formats
Added triple round-robin formats
Added quadruple round-robin formats
Round-robin format is selected based on league size
Improved scheduling for short, long, and odd-sized leagues
Promotion places can now be configured
Relegation places can now be configured
Academy Customization
A Crest Creator has been added. Created academy crests are displayed in the sidebar next to the academy name.
Improvements
This update also includes numerous gameplay, scouting, transfer, match, management, and quality-of-life improvements:
All available players can now be analyzed together from the Player Hub
Market values are now shown in compact format throughout the game
Added Overall to the Youth Camp player list
Youth Camp filters now support minimum Ability, Potential, and Overall
Increased maximum Youth Camp map zoom to make smaller countries easier to select
Match ratings for focused players are now displayed in the focused-player section of the Match Window
Match Window and Match Preview now include a toggle for switching to the classic list view
Improved match starter selection logic
Adjusted Goalkeeper Overall calculation
Reduced the number of matches ending with extremely large score differences
Adjusted morale behavior to prevent teams from entering repeated negative morale loops after losses
Improved player search so regular letters also match accented variants
Searching directly with special characters still returns precise matches
More custom grades can now be created through Profile Settings
Training Focus can now be opened directly through its badge
Watchlist interest messages can now be disabled in Profile Settings
Date format can now be changed in Settings
Added forward and backward navigation for pages and tabs
Talent Window sorting now places already-attended matches at the bottom
Closing a match attended through the Talent Window now returns to the Talent Window
Added a warning when negotiating with specialized staff if the required facility has not been built
Added a custom tooltip system
Added additional explanations to Help Mode
Added 4 new achievements
Various UI adjustments and improvements
Fixes
This update also includes several bug fixes and gameplay corrections, including:
Installments were not correctly affecting negotiation mood, allowing unrealistic transfer offers to be accepted
Increased the maximum transfer fee in negotiations to eight digits
Fixed the +5% negotiation option exceeding the allowed transfer-value limit
Pressing Enter in some windows could trigger actions twice, including Market Value Analysis
Selected text inside some input fields was incorrectly highlighted
Grades were not translated correctly in some areas
Trial Day players were not always displayed correctly after joining the academy
Various interface, translation, and gameplay issues
