Be a Soccer Manager Guide: Starting your club
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OverviewBe a Soccer Manager lets you build a football club from scratch and fight your way to the top of the leagues. You set up your club, collect players from card packs, pick your formation, and watch every match play out live in your own stadium. This guide covers everything from your first setup through training, the market, friendly matches, and climbing the league table.
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Starting your club
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When you launch the game for the first time, it walks you straight into club creation before anything else. Your name, logo, colors, and kit are what represent you on the pitch and against other managers.
- Name your club.
- Choose a logo, a color scheme, and a kit design to lock in your club's look.
- Open your first card packs this is how you build a starting squad to take into matches.
- Set your formation decide how your eleven players will line up on the field.
- Pick your starting eleven choose which players from your squad will actually play.
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Watching and understanding matches
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You watch the action unfold in your stadium after you have made your pre-match decisions. The game highlights key moments so you can see exactly what is going right or wrong.
- Big chances are shown in slow motion.
- Goals trigger a replay.
- Matches run live against real clubs from every server, not just bots.
- Winning a match earns you both money and fans, both of which matter for climbing the leagues.
Ways to collect players
TableThere are three distinct routes to adding players to your club, each suited to different situations.
| Card packs | open these to receive a random selection of players ranging from common to legendary rarity. |
| Community Market | buy players directly from other managers or sell ones you no longer need. |
| Secret Black Market | the only place where legendary ICON players are available to sign. |
Training your players
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Collecting players is only the start. Unless you put them through training, their stats stay where they are. Potential is a separate layer on top of stats — unlocking it pushes a player beyond their base ceiling.
- Run training sessions to raise each player's core stats.
- Unlock a player's potential to push them past their standard stat limit.
Climbing the leagues
TipsEvery win feeds two resources — money and fans — and you need both to keep moving up.
- Win matches consistently to build up money and fans.
- Growing your fanbase is what unlocks progress to higher leagues.
Redeem codes
StepThe game has a code entry screen built in. Codes stop working once they expire, and each code can only be used once.
- Open the code entry screen inside the game.
- Type in a valid code.
- Collect your reward after a successful redemption.
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Glossary
Glossary- Formation
- The shape your eleven players take on the pitch.
- Starting eleven
- The eleven players you pick before a match to actually take to the field.
- Rarity
- A grade that shows how rare a player card is, running from common up through legendary.
- Card pack
- A pack you open to receive a random selection of player cards at varying rarities.
- Potential
- A hidden extra capacity in each player that you can unlock to raise them above their base stats.
- Community Market
- The in-game marketplace where managers buy and sell player cards with each other.
- Secret Black Market
- A special in-game location where legendary ICON players can be signed.
Common questions
FAQHow do I create my club?
Club creation happens when you first start the game. You choose your club name, logo, colors, and kit before anything else.
How do I make my players stronger?
Put players through training to raise their stats, then unlock their potential to push them even further.
Where do I watch my matches?
Every match plays out live in your own stadium. The game shows big chances in slow motion and replays every goal.
How do I play against friends?
The game supports friendly matches, so you can challenge a friend's club directly.
Where do I enter a redeem code?
There is a dedicated code entry screen inside the game. Enter your code there, and if it is still valid you will receive the reward.
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