Players

New players will constantly be added to the player database by our researchers, and they will only be added if they have played at least 450 minutes of competitive football (however, players may be added at our discretion). A player will not be added to the game if he appears in a friendly match, reserve game or similar.

If you are a Gold Member and participate within the elite Gold Championships then you are fully aware how the tough the transfer market is in comparison to the standard setups. Therefore it is no surprise that when a young up-and-coming player is added to the database that there is a massive scramble for his signature, and sometimes the transfer fee involved could be well into seven figures.

The SM Researchers have started to review Section 3 of 12 of the Main Leagues and are currently reviewing the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság, the Polish Ekstraklasa, and Romanian Liga 1.

For information on what can influence a rating please visit the relevant section within the online help.

The SM Researchers have started to review Section 3 of 12 of the Main Leagues and are currently reviewing the Bosnian Premier League, the Croatian Prva HNL, the Serbian Superliga, the Slovenian 1. SNL, and the Macedonian Prva Liga.

For information on what can influence a rating please visit the relevant section within the online help.

The UEFA U-19 Championship 2008 tournament was held in the Czech Republic this year, and it was contested between 14th to 26th July, 2008. Germany lifted the UEFA U-19 Championship trophy after beating Italy 3-1, and in doing so claimed their first ever title.

The SM Researchers are still carrying out maintenance on the SM Database over the next few weeks prior to starting the Main Leagues schedule (which should start on ‘Section 3: Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia & Macedonia’).

For those of you who read World Soccer (which is an English language football magazine) then the name Andrea Russotto will be know to you. This is because World Soccer named him in their list of ‘Top 50 of the worlds best players under the age of 21‘ calling him “the nearest thing Italy have to Roberto Baggio”.

It seems like a lot of the players I mention within this section are from Spain and that is in part to La Selección dominating the U-19 European Championships, and also the fact that the Spanish have arguably some of the best youth systems in the world.

The SM Researchers are still carrying out maintenance on the SM Database over the next few weeks prior to starting the Main Leagues schedule (which should start on ‘Section 3: Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia & Macedonia’).

The SM Researchers are now carrying out maintenance on the SM Database over the next few weeks prior to starting the Main Leagues schedule (which should start on ‘Section 3: Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia & Macedonia’).Please Note: We will announce nearer the time when the SM Researchers will start to review the Main Leagues schedule so please try and refrain from contacting SM Support in relation to this.