Full Rules & Match Setting

These are the official rules for all eFPL leagues and competitions.  All players are expected to read and follow them. All rules are enforced by the eFPL staff team to ensure fairness and consistency across the league.

👥 1) Squads & Players

• No Big Time, Epics, or Showtime players.

• Only Highlight, Featured, Trending, Standard players are allowed.

🎛️ 2) Managers

• Every player must use Granero or Soucek (all playstyles at 70) as manger 

🧭3) Formations

 Very important   Use only default formations from the in-game list. The shape must remain untouched.

• No custom formations. You can only select from the default list.

• No editing the formation (no dragging or moving players).

• You are allowed to change player roles using Y or Triangle (for example CMF to DMF, CF to SS).

• Sub Tactics are allowed, but the in-game shape must still mirror a default formation, with players kept within their natural positions. 

💡 Pro tip: Save an eFPL tactic with these settings so it is one click to load every match.

🛡️4) Fair Play & Conduct 

• Smart-Assist must be disabled.

• Pass Assist level 3 & 4 Only (Trial. subject to change)

• All fixtures must be completed within the official season dates.

• You must play every opponent at least once before the mid-season deadline.

• Do not exclude players when looking for matches. It’s unsportsmanlike and may lead to a warning or penalty.

• Respect opponents - no time wasting or toxicity.

• If connection quality is poor, pause early and agree to restart.

• Players are encouraged to record or stream matches where possible.

• Screenshots of post-match stats are welcome when posting results.
  
  

Repeated rule breaches or unsportsmanlike behaviour may result in warnings, point deductions, or removal from the league.

📎6) Disputes & Proof

Document as much as possible so any issue can be resolved quickly.

• Take screenshots and short video clips or stream VODs where relevant.

• If you catch a rule break, record or screenshot and report to staff on Discord.

❗7) Season Deadlines

Mid-Season Deadline:
Every Season will have a Mid-Season deadline date. By the mid-season checkpoint, every player should have played at least one match against every opponent. This checkpoint exists to make sure the league table fairly reflects everyone’s progress going into the second half of the season.

• If you are only missing one or two fixtures, there is no issue and no action will be taken.

• Players who are significantly behind schedule, have given no notice, and show no effort to catch up may receive a –1 point deduction for each unplayed first-half fixture, or be removed from the league.
  
  

Getting points back:
These deductions are not permanent.

• For every missed first-half fixture that is later completed, the point will be restored.

• Only first-half fixtures count toward restoring points.

• Second-half fixtures do not remove deductions.
  
  

End-of-Season Deadline:
The end-of-season deadline is final.

• No extensions will be granted.

• Any fixtures still unplayed at the final deadline will be resolved automatically using the rules below.
  
  

This ensures the season finishes fairly and consistently for all players, without disputes or manual decisions.

❗8) End of Season - Unplayed Fixtures 

At the end of every season, any fixtures that have not been played are resolved automatically.  This system exists to avoid disputes and to keep the league fair for active players.

How unplayed matches are handled depends on how active each player has been during the season.

Inactive Player Rule: 

• If a player has completed less than 50% of their league matches by the final deadline, they are considered inactive.

• All of that player’s league results will be voided and recorded as 1–0 losses.

• The player will also be removed from the league.

• If a match was already played and resulted in a loss by more than one goal, the original goal difference will remain to reward the active opponent.

More Active Player Rule:
This applies when both players have completed more than 50% of their matches, but a fixture remains unplayed.

• If one player has played two or more matches than the other, the more active player is awarded a 1–0 win.

• This rewards consistent activity across the season.

Similar Activity: 

• If both players have played the same number of matches, or the difference between them is one match or less, the fixture is recorded as a 1–1 draw.

This prevents players from gaining an advantage by avoiding a fixture.

🏆 9) Cups & Post-Season Competitions 

Final league positions determine qualification for post-season cup competitions, including the Champions Cup, Continental Cup, and Conference Cup.

The Horizon Cup is a separate knockout competition featuring top teams from the Asia–Pacific and Americas regions.

All cups are straight knockout tournaments played after the league season ends and crown their own champions.

❗10) Penalties

• First offence: Warning

• Second offence: points deduction

• Third Offence: removal from the league

• Inactive for 10+ days with no notice = withdrawn.

• Withdraw from the league, your results become 1–0 losses (both withdrawn = 0–0).

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