President FC: Football Club Owner · Manual

Team & development

The game and this guide are still in development. Details may change, and your feedback is welcome.

01 Why isn't he playing?

Check in order: injured (return date on Squad) → suspended → low fitness, usually rested → form or the manager's own beliefs
The standing-order picker. Point at anyone in the whole club (youth included) and the manager obeys: start every match, come on late, or rest next game. These orders are free and never strain the relationship.
The matchday override room. Normally the manager picks the team, but here you set tonight's eleven yourself, and the bench is filled in to suit your picks. It only opens on a matchday, before kickoff.

Growth comes from training (capped by the training ground) scaled by age and real minutes
the more a kid actually plays, the faster he grows
around 30 growth stops and it becomes about managing decline
everyone's final wall is his own potential

A kid training beside a clearly better veteran in his position group soaks it up and grows faster
veterans who aren't run into the ground decline much slower. Keeping a legend next to the kids pays twice

Traits genuinely fire on and off the pitch
some only wake when their conditions are met. The profile badge shows active or dormant
point at any badge for the full effect and its terms

Set each player's training focus from his profile. Five options Balanced = grows evenly Fitness = fresher legs, fewer injuries Technical = grows faster, only 2 seats at a time Tactical = reads the game better Sharpness = match rhythm returns sooner after a spell out In packed weeks, order light training: fresher and safer, at the price of slower growth for a while

If fewer than eleven players are fit to play, the game fields trialists to fill the gaps. Not real players: no profile to open, stats kept apart
fix the cause: buy, loan or promote from the academy

The Team Orders page holds standing instructions the manager follows. None of them counts as meddling
«Always starts» and «Late-game sub» share one pool of 2 players
«Rest» has its own 2 and covers one match
he still picks the XI on matchday. The pre-match line-up is his likely team, not a promise
an injured player under orders keeps his slot until you withdraw him

Best XI ranks the squad on raw ability for any formation, ignoring injuries and bans. It's a report, not a team sheet; the line-up is picked on matchday
the strengthen list names the three slots with the biggest gap between starter and backup, each with a search button
the Depth Chart asks the same question with today's injuries and bans counted

Updated Nov 9, 2026