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What’s new in Fakenine, the free online football manager game: everything we add and improve, newest first.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
More realistic keepers and long shots
How many shots a keeper stops now depends only on his own skills: reflexes, composure and positioning (before, his shooting or pace also counted). And long shots depend on distance: inside the box finishing rules, and from further out long shots count more and more, so players who are good at it are keener to try from range.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
Sort the market by columns
In the market, tap a column header (rating, age, pace, value, what he asks for…) to sort, and again to reverse it. On mobile, use «Sort by». Rating and attributes are sorted by what your scout sees, not by the real values.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
Zone-based positions on the tactics board
In Tactics, each position plays whatever the zone where you drop it calls for: a striker moved out wide plays as a winger, a full-back pushed up as a winger too, and a centre-back in front of the defence as a holding midfielder. Positions move much more freely, the label changes as you drag, and each player performs according to how well he fits the new position. Substitutions too: a sub who comes on out of position performs worse, just like a starter.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
Fakenine leaves beta
The beta is over: Fakenine is now the official version. Managers who were already here keep their club and squad exactly as they are, and wear the founder badge, which the first 20 managers in each country will also get. The first official season kicks off with the league on Sundays and the cups on Wednesdays.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
More fans at the ground and stadiums worth expanding
Many more fans now come to matches (an average club already fills about two thirds of its stadium) and expanding is cheaper: €1,800 per seat, €1,000 per standing place, and lower upkeep. A full stand pays for itself in about 10 seasons in a newborn league and about 6 once the league moves up a level. And in Finances, the season budget: what you will earn and spend over a whole season, with the gate at the prices you have set. In Works you can see how full your stadium gets and in how many seasons each expansion pays for itself.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
Your league’s press
After every matchday, each league’s press writes up what happened on its own: thrashings, upsets, comebacks, hat-tricks, a new leader, who climbs into promotion or drops into relegation, and streaks. Every league and every club has its own news page, the club page shows the latest about it and, if the press talks about your team, Antonio tells you in the office. Fakenine news has its own news section.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
A clearer menu, especially on mobile
At the bottom, the five sections are always visible (Office, Team, Match, Market and Club), with nothing hidden. Each section opens its own page listing all its screens with a short explanation and the key facts: your next opponent, your position, your cash… Inside each screen, «‹ Team» takes you back to its section, and your account is in your photo at the top. The league and cups are now under Match and the forums under Club.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
More realistic matches
Defenders now follow the forwards who run into their zone, the better team keeps the ball more and patiently looks for the gap, and computer-controlled teams plan each match around their opponent: they sit deep and counter against a stronger side and go for it against a weaker one. In the viewers, players accelerate gradually after receiving and the ball no longer jumps from one spot to another.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
The TV camera (Premium)
Matches like on TV: inside the home team’s 3D stadium, with its crowd, floodlights and the weather on the day, and a broadcast camera that follows the play and moves closer near the box. The players move with motion capture from real people: they run, dribble, shoot and head the ball, the keeper dives towards the shot and the scorer celebrates.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
Achievements for everyone
20 achievements with bronze, silver or gold medals: first win, thrashings, streaks, promotions, titles, your first academy graduate, a big stadium… They show on the club page and Antonio tells you when you unlock one.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
More Premium (no pay-to-win)
Highlights of every match in the viewer, the book of every season, your stadium your way (seats, pitch and stand names), nicknames for your players and the Premium badge. Nicknames: 1 without Premium, 4 with it.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
Summer tournaments
A Premium manager hosts a preseason tournament and invites whoever they like: two groups of four and a final, with friendly rules. The winner keeps it in their cabinet.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
The Super Cup, in the winter break
The Super Cup (Federation Cup winner against the Ball Cup winner) is now played on the league-free Sunday of the winter break.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
Premium and a 31-day free trial
A Premium page with everything included and a pausable 31-day free trial. Premium never gives an advantage on the pitch.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
The trophy cabinet
Every club has a cabinet with the leagues and cups it has won, its promotions and finals; in 3D if its manager is Premium.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
National and international cups
League on Sundays and cups on Wednesdays: Ball Cup and Federation Cup in every country, Star Cup and Gold Cup between countries with a league phase, and the Big Cup of winners, with extra time and penalties.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
International transfer market
Sign players in any country, with foreign players needing time to settle, and youngsters who also come from abroad.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
Friendlies and calendar
A season calendar by weeks and friendlies against any club in the world on your free dates. Antonio arranges them if you ask.
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October 2026 · Fakenine
The beta opens
Fakenine opens its doors at www.fakenine.com: anyone can take a club in the lowest division for free, give it a name, colours and a stadium, and start competing.
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August 2025 · Fakenine
Fakenine begins
The idea for Fakenine was born in 2023: a free online football manager with the soul of the classics. In August 2025 it starts taking shape: the engine that simulates every match second by second, the viewer, the economy, the market and the academy, all the way to the beta.
