Hello dear Goal! fans!

Today we are releasing the next update here on Steam. You can find the list of changes below. Previous savegames remain compatible.

We wish you lots of fun with the update!

Your Anstoss Team

[h3]General[/h3]

• The matchday overview is now only displayed after the last league match.
  
• It is now possible to extend contracts for your own players earlier.
  
• Player profile button for free transfer offers added.
  
• Adjusted costs for stadium and building expansion.
  
• Player negotiations: Display main position now as abbreviation.
  
• Incomplete line-up: Another back button implemented in the co-trainer popup.
  
• Strength system can now be changed at any time in the options.
  
• Small improvements in the user interface.
  

• Livematch: Added a table for league matches.
  
• New graphics for region scouting (network).
  
• Additional performance optimisations.
  

• The matchday statistics are now correct.
  
• Salary for former players in the account statement after changing clubs.
  
• Account balance reset to 0 after contract extension.
  
• Blocker in Livematch Day fixed.
  
• Standing areas in the stadium extension are now correctly available.
  
• Season ticket sales now work correctly.
  
• Employee contracts now have the correct duration after renewal.
  
• Mail: National Cup draw now shows correct opponent.
  
• Training statistics work correctly again from season 2.
  
• Market values for U23 and youth players are now correct after signing a licence player contract.
  

[h3]General[/h3]
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[h3]New[/h3]
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[h3]Bugfix[/h3]

• Transfer - search: the filter only interested does not work correctly.
  
• Loaned players could be signed for free despite a valid contract.
  
• Contract periods for players & employees not always calculated correctly.
  

Hello dear Goal fans!

Today we release the next update here on Steam.

Among other things, standard situations have now found their way into the live match, you will be dismissed if you lead the club to ruin or you have to vacate the chair prematurely in the real manager career if you are unsuccessful. Furthermore, you can now also sign players on a free transfer for the next season. In addition, significantly fewer players now end up on the transfer market and the AI clubs try to keep their top players. The list of changes is much longer, you can find it in the news below.

Important: Previous savegames remain compatible. However, some of the adjustments to the transfer and contract system will only take effect from the next transfer period.

We wish you a great weekend!

Your Anstoss Team

[h3]General[/h3]

• partly too long club names in transfer screens replaced by short names
  
• goalkeepers now wear gloves in 3D scenes
  
• table sorting is now correctly maintained
  
• extra time and penalty shootout now correctly marked in the match report
  
• adaptation of various texts (German and English)
  
• some injury events now have design images
  
• display of name in various screens changed from SURNAME, FIRST NAME to FIRST NAME SURNAME
  
• added ingame date to savegames
  
• 13 strength system: Strength information in tables now has decimal places
  
• shortened too long text in the result of the livematch
  
• fewer (top) players end up on the transfer market
  
• transfer demands based on contract term
  
• signing of own junior players now possible regardless of team strength
  
• added more tooltips for the negotiate button
  

• loaned player now marked in squad list
  
• missing standard situations like corner kicks and free kicks in live match
  
• 3D match scenes for corner kicks and free kicks
  
• more jersey patterns implemented
  
• revised group tables international competitions
  
• tooltips skills of the players on the pitch
  
• it is now possible to be dismissed if the club goes bankrupt
  
• real manager career: early dismissal if the club is unsuccessful
  
• clubs now have an existing staff when they are taken over
  
• players now can be signed for next season
  
• AI makes offers to the user for transferring a player for free
  
• AI clubs are now more likely to extend the contracts of expiring players
  
• squad overview now represents future changes
  

• correct squad values in the club selection screen
  
• player loan option now correctly tied to contract term
  
• loaned players now always return correctly to the club of origin
  
• no salary calculated for new players & no higher salary after contract extensions
  
• overwriting autosave slots via autosave was not performed correctly
  
• real manager career: blocker fixed after offers from clubs from lower leagues
  
• suspended players remain in the lineup on matchday
  
• sponsors now pay agreed rewards correctly
  
• wrong stadium capacity in manager offers from clubs
  
• AI clubs no longer sell all goalkeepers
  
• correct player rewards in the season end screen
  
• squad screen: wrong squad for season selection filter
  
• end of season screen: list of player leavings empty
  
• loaned players can be transferred or released on transfermarkt
  
• minor fixes for scout assignments
  
• fixed bug with sponsor negotiation after club change at the end of the season
  
• game cannot be saved after changing club at the end of the season
  
• note for substituted players with too little playing time
  
• ratio of ball possession to chances not always correct
  
• victory forecast not correct
  
• training units not displayed correctly in the weekly schedule
  
• training statistics without existing CoTrainer broken
  
• eleven of the year: partly wrong players chosen
  
• incorrect land allocation on world map
  
• network scouting: Drag&Drop not possible per whole scout line
  
• manager experience points not saved correctly
  
• fixed erroneous tooltips in the training screen
  
• player profile: positions IV and CDM swapped on pitch
  
• fixed problems with filters of the transfer market when switching screens
  
• contract extension of players not saved/loaded correctly
  
• livematchday: no results for international competitions
  
• livematchday: only results of own competitions and countries
  
• livematchday: Blocker fixed when the bench is not full
  
• blocker if more than 11 field players were set up fixed
  

• Fixed blocker on matchday if AI opponents have too few kickers in their squad.
  
• Fixed blocker when cancelling transfer negotiations via X-button.
  

Hello dear Goal fans!

We have another regular update for you, which brings along some exciting new content. The AI will now occasionally substitute kickers and try to buy kickers from you as well.

Furthermore, there are significant changes in the financial system and related systems like market value calculation. However, this means that the previous save games are no longer compatible. We tried to avoid this under all circumstances, but ultimately, it was unfortunately unavoidable, and we apologise for that.

You can now have friendlies either away or at home at the start of the season or on non-game days.

Additionally, there are a plethora of adjustments and bug fixes.

[h3]General[/h3]

• Real Manager Career: Contracts can now expire.
  
• Real Manager Career: Club can fire manager.
  
• Real Manager Career: Manager can cancel contract preemptively.
  
• Real Manager Career: X in club offers now closes offer, does not remove from available negotiations.
  
• Real Manager Career: At the start of a game, you can only get offers from third league clubs.
  
• Loan interests are now paid monthly.
  
• Main sponsor rates are balanced.
  
• All sponsors now pay yearly.
  
• Recalculation of kicker market values.
  
• Transfer prices for kickers adjusted based on market value and remaining contract years.
  
• Exit clause and release on relegation clauses adjusted based on market value.
  
• Now rounding values in negotiation screens.
  
• Adjusted initial salary demand in buy kicker negotiation.
  
• Adjusted initial salary demand for kicker contract extensions.
  
• Adjusted starting capital of clubs based on prestige and league.
  
• Adjusted scouting cost.
  
• Calendar design was adjusted.
  
• Cup statistics were improved.
  
• Name pool for personnel & generated kickers (male & female).
  
• Existing formations revised.
  
• Balancing calculation real strength.
  
• Optimising AI Freshness.
  
• Adjustment of contract terms (sponsor, employee, manager, player contracts).
  
• Ball line removed in 3D game scenes.
  
• Minor UI adjustments.
  

• Missing personnel such as Co-Trainer or sales manager now also has an impact.
  
• Added maintenance costs for stadium and infrastructure.
  
• Finance details are separated by months and show previous seasons.
  
• At the end of one season 20% income tax on club profits will be due.
  
• Opponents substitute kickers.
  
• Co-Trainer substitutes kickers.
  
• Added neighbour positions for kickers.
  
• AI makes offers for user kickers who are not on the transfer list.
  
• Friendly matches.
  

• Loan interest rates fixed.
  
• Adjusted transfer market filter options for kicker without contract: Kicker with contract is the new standard setting.
  
• Fixed youth budget bug in league 3.
  
• Stadium blocks, stadium dropdowns and build durations show up correctly.
  
• Corrected incorrect texts in the stadium environment.
  
• Scouting order: wrong position TW scouted.
  
• Contractless kicker available twice on the transfer market.
  
• Scouting: free scouts watch players twice.
  

Hello Goal! fans!

today there is a small hotfix update. The changes also work with existing savegames.

[h3]General [/h3]

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• Fixed a bug that prevented older save games from being loaded correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game hangs because of clubs with no kickers.
  

Hello Goal! fans!

today there is a small bugfix update. The changes also work with existing savegames.

[h3]General [/h3]

• Conference cup added (currently without prize money & prize money popups).
  
• Change to the kicker up & down logic and UI
  
• Adjustment of the AI kicker up & down logic
  
• Adjustment of the real strength calculation (motivation, condition & freshness have now more influence on the ES)
  
• Balancing match calculation
  

• New tooltip for kicker negotiation if kickers don't want to negotiate
  

• Fixed a bug that prevented all kickers from being displayed on the transfer market.
  
• Display of correct player portraits in tooltips during match and contracts
  
• Season selection in the kicker data sheet has been fixed
  
• Some display errors in the match statistics have been fixed
  
• Duration of contracts was corrected (employees & kicker)
  
• Double staff after contract extension was corrected
  
• Loaned kickers return to their clubs now
  
• In the lineup screen, kicker glyphs have the correct size again when dragged & dropped
  

Hello Goal! fans!

today there is a small bugfix update to last week's update. The changes also work with existing savegames.

[h3]General [/h3]
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[h3]New [/h3]
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[h3]Bugfix [/h3]

• Substitution screen now counts correctly when kicker on field, bench and lists interact with each other
  
• Substitution screen now does not allow more than 5 substitutions
  
• Substitution screen: Kickers with yellow-red or red card remain on Field and can'b be substituted with bench anymore
  
• Kicker with 2 yellow cards in same game now correctly get a yellow-red card and are dismissed
  

Hello friends of lawn chess!

Today we present to you the European League, an adjustable auto-save function as well as balancing updates and some fixes!

Unfortunately, this update is not compatible with previous save games due to the integrations and changes made. We apologise for the inconvenience.

PS: You can hire club staff at game start.

[h3]General[/h3]

• Faulty statistics views have been eliminated
  
• Match calculation was adjusted
  
• Added prize money popups, notifications, and payments of prize money for the European League
  
• The quotes in the loading screen have been extended
  
• Adjustment to the training of the AI clubs
  
• Adjustment to the effect of condition on freshness
  
• Opposing teams now always field with their best line-up
  
• Adaptation of the rating system
  
• Weekly routine at the highest speed has been improved
  
• Kickers receive less strength during the half-year revaluation
  

• Line-up screen has new design for kicker glyphs with tooltips and a kicker table with coloured light-dark lines
  
• Extension of kicker comparison tooltip in the line-up screen
  
• Europa League is now available
  
• Jerseys now show the player number
  
• Jersey Designer UI is adapted
  
• Jersey patterns are now displayed in the game
  
• Kicker stats are now saved
  
• Kicker league stats are now displayed per season
  
• Automatic saves with adjustable interval via options, can also be deactivated
  

• Jersey colours match in the different displays
  
• Youth kicker data sheet now shows the correct youth group
  
• Scouting reports are displayed again
  
• Bug that changes the line-up after an interactive matchday has been fixed
  
• In the interactive matchday substitution screen the individual formations are displayed correctly
  
• Fix for goalkeeper position after changing individual lineup in interactive matchday substitution screen
  
• The draw of matches for the National Cup are now preserved after loading
  
• Fixed bug where opposing teams have too few kickers
  
• Fixed a bug that affected the market value in the 2nd and 3rd league at the start of the match
  
• Fixed a bug that, after placing a goalkeeper in the line-up manually, caused the assistant coach not to register that goalkeeper correctly before a match.
  
• Fixed incorrectly displayed stats in the league table on the main screen after loading.
  
• Fixed a bug where formations are not displayed correctly after interactive match days
  
• Fixed a bug where two kickers could sit on the same bench spot
  
• If no upcoming opponent has been determined yet, this will now be displayed accordingly in the comparison in the Team/Training/Short-term section
  
• Monthly youth budget, upgrade tendency, mentors, youth formation, region coverage of the scout network, scout reports and performance data of THE players are now saved and displayed correctly
  
• Kickers can now lose strength again due to their age during the six-month revaluation period
  
• Fixed a bug where the defending Conference League champion could be the defending champion in the Champions Cup or European League competition at the same time
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the interactive match day to be skipped when the match announcement screen was disabled in settings
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Next" button could not be activated after an interactive matchday if the match announcement screen was disabled in the settings.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the up and down scoring screen to give positive values instead of negative values
  
• Fixed a bug in the calculation for penalty shootouts
  
• Fixed a bug in the new match calculation
  
• Fixed a bug that caused AI clubs to have too few kickers after several seasons because they sold too many kickers on the transfer market
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the assistant coach to not count injured players in the club as unavailable players for a match.
  
• Fixed a bug where players could not be allocated new assignments when a slot was free.
  
• Fixed a bug where the player had to pay the transfer fee if he extended a contract.
  
• Fixed a bug where too few clubs were relegated from the third league.
  
• Fixed a bug where scouts were shown in the network window without name and picture.
  

Hello Goal! fans!

today there is a small hotfix update to last week's update. The changes also work with existing savegames.

[h3]General [/h3]
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[h3]New [/h3]
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[h3]Bugfix [/h3]

• Additional fix for U23 kickers who moved to the professional squad due to a bug.
  
• Youth teams age groups bug removed.
  

Hello Goal fans!

Today we have a small bugfix bringing these changes:

[h3]General [/h3]
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[h3]New [/h3]
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[h3]Bugfix [/h3]

• Distributed team tasks are now saved and loaded correctly
  
• If hundreds of U23 kickers were added to the professional team because of a bug, they will be removed
  
• When contracts of U23 kickers expire, these U23 kickers are correctly removed from the club
  
• Expired kicker contracts are no longer automatically renewed
  
• The end of the U23 contracts is set to the correct date now
  
• Filter settings of squads, transfer, transfer search and scout screens are now persistent
  

Hello Goal! fans!

Today we have an update for you that fixes the last listed Known Issues and other subsequent bugs.

[h3]New[/h3]

• New icon for foreign leagues
  

• Errors occurred when saving / loading individual lineups, which prevented the creation and loading of individual lineups
  
• During a live match, changes to the individual line-up could bring kickers onto the pitch and bench who were not in the line-up before the start of the match
  
• Due to changes to an individual line-up, other line-ups were partially reset
  
• Despite a full line-up, it was possible that the co-trainer was called in before matches to complete the line-up
  
• With the help of the co-trainer directly before a live match day, saving / loading could be blocked
  
• At the end of the season, on 30 June, not all phases of the day's play were fully executed
  
• Incomplete day phase at the end of the season (30 June) left kickers without a contract at their clubs and led to blockers on saving
  
• Incomplete daily phase at the end of the season (30 June) led to skipped financial calculations
  
• Incomplete day phase at the end of the season (30 June) resulted in sponsorship contracts with 0 years remaining, allowing for exploits
  
• After signing a formerly club-less kicker, a blocker occurred in the jersey number pop-up
  
• Fixed blocker where kickers were sometimes not correctly removed from the team at the end of their career
  
• Kickers who end their careers can no longer be traded, prolonged or dismissed via the kicker data viewFixed blocker where some retired kickers were not properly removed from the lineup.
  

Hello Goal! fans!

Today we have a hotfix that fixes blockers. Known Issues from the last regular update are still being worked on.

[h3]Bugfix[/h3]

• Fixed blocker where some retired kickers were not properly removed from the lineup.

• New contracts with previous sponsors are displayed with a duration of 0 years. We are working on a fix for this.
  
• The weekly schedule continues to run in the background, although not all events have been displayed yet. This causes events from the beginning of the week to be displayed at the end of the week. We are working on a fix for this.
  

Hello Goal! fans!

Today we have a patch that, among other things, ages players and fixes some bugs. In addition, we have taken your feedback to heart and made a few changes in this regard.

[h3]General[/h3]

• VAR sensitivity adjusted
  
• More balanced standard training plans
  
• Show kicker-strength with one decimal place in the up/down-ratings
  
• Show kicker strength with one decimal place in the player data sheet
  
• Coloured highlighting of strength changes in the kicker up/down rating
  

• Kickers now age
  
• As kickers age, the likelihood of career end (retirement) increases
  
• Birthdays of the kickers are now in the player data sheet
  
• Extended transfer period information
  

• Fixed bug in champions cup group stage window where winners and losers were not marked correctly
  
• Fixed bug in Livematch: Kicker suspensions count down correctly
  
• Fixed automatic contract renewal of kickers from non-player clubs
  
• Localisation error in the finance view fixed
  
• Strength calculation of the kicker upgrade/depreciation in the 13-strength system fixed
  
• Background in the screen "Eleven of the day" adjusted
  
• Livematch: Buttons close themselves again when the mouse pointer moves away
  
• Winter transfer information fixed
  
• Age calculation (deviation due to leap years) fixed
  
• View "Eleven of the day" (after loading a match on matchday) fixed
  
• Fixed incorrect calculation of talent value after transfer of 17-year-old kickers
  
• Fixed a bug that caused a blocker when buying a player.
  

• New contracts with previous sponsors are displayed with a duration of 0 years. We are working on a fix for this.
  
• The weekly schedule continues to run in the background, although not all events have been displayed yet. This causes events from the beginning of the week to be displayed at the end of the week. We are working on a fix for this.
  

[h3]Content update to version 0.18.34.154 brings "Meisterpokal" as well as further improvements and bug fixes [/h3]

Hello, football fans!
The European competitions are entering the hot phase.

And from now on you can also try to stir up Europe with your teams in Anstoss.
With the "Meisterpokal" there is now a new international tournament in which you can not only fight for honour, but also for enormous profit.
In order to have the best possible overview not only there, but especially in the European competition, a new tournament tree view has also been added.

However, due to the greatly improved structure of the database required for this, it is no longer possible to continue using previous saves from this point on. We apologise for this, but at the same time we have used this opportunity to lay the foundation for further competitions in the background, so that future changes here should not result in any further save game incompatibilities.

Other important content in this major content update includes optimisations to card suspensions, improvements to the co-trainer functions and numerous bug fixes.

For details see the complete list below.

[h3]General[/h3]

• Revision of the save/load functions for tournaments.
  
• Tournament localization updated.
  
• TV money is calculated based on the share of the total number of matches played by the national association.
  
• Champions Cup & National Cup buttons for the two first preliminary round added.
  
• Interactive matchday will be cancelled if less than 7 players of a team are on the pitch after red/yellow/red cards.
  

• Statistics screen has a new cup graphic for the winner in National Cup and Champions Cup.
  
• Statistics screen has a new graphic if winner is not yet determined in National Cup and Champions Cup.
  
• Statistics screen has a new highlight for selected competition stage.
  
• Confirmation Popup if continuing without selecting a winter training camp.
  
• Clubs from non-playable countries participating in the Champions Cup have received their own crests.
  
• TV money for participating in Champions Cup is paid after the tournament.
  
• Prize money and popups for National Cup and Champions Cup.
  
• Inbox notifications for prize money and TV money for Champions Cup participation.
  
• Added the champions cup as a playable competition.
  
• Yellow, yellow-red and red cards of the kickers are saved and loaded.
  
• Red and yellow-red cards cause suspensions, affected kickers are displayed in red with an extra icon.
  
• Suspended kickers are not selectable before the match day and are removed from the line-up and team bench.
  
• Statistics Competition tree view for National Cup and Champions Cup added in statistics.
  
• Added blue marker for teams with wildcard in stats screen.
  
• Players who have been substituted cannot be subbed back in.
  
• Substituted players are marked in the substitution screen.
  
• Info pop-up for yellow suspension.
  
• Statistics view now shows a message if the draw of the national cup tournament has not taken place yet.
  

• Missing subtitle for the prize money popup 2nd round National Cup added.
  
• Fixed performance issues in transfer market.
  
• Selection for winter training camp restored, appears after level up screen.
  
• Inbox messages for arrival & departure from training camp restored.
  
• Updated English localization for training camp.
  
• Fixed hover state of next button on the main screen.
  
• Fixed localization of statistics screen of the Champions Cup.
  
• Fixed localization of statistics screen of the National Cup.
  
• Fixed bug where competitions were initialized wrong on second season.
  
• Fixed localization of wrong titles in titles of match result screen and match announcement view.
  
• Rounding error in match report after calculation of tackles and possession fixed.
  
• Fixed a blocker after league match tied 0:0.
  
• Fixed a bug in the calculation of automatic match days that affected the kicker's ratings.
  
• Fixed an error in the calculation of the kicker of the match.
  
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the wrong strength system in strength displays (100/13).
  
• Fixed a bug that occurred when the bank statement details should be displayed.
  
• Fixed a bug where the wrong competition was displayed in the match preparation and match result window.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Match Summary / Team Comparison screen where the value for possession was assigned for Tackle Rate.
  
• Fixed a bug in the stats screen where the wrong team was marked as the winner.
  
• Fixed a bug in the stats screen where the rounds were not displayed correctly.
  
• Fixed a bug in the stats screen where points and wins were not displayed in the group stage.
  
• Restored functionality of the co-trainer.
  
• Corrected distribution of red cards.
  
• Fixed a bug in Master Cup where sometimes the defeated team in a match would advance to the next round.
  
• Co-coach generated a new optimal line-up instead of just padding the line-up.
  
• Co-coach popup before match day did not appear despite suspended kickers being taken off the bench.
  
• Fixed a bug in Master Cup stats where teams with wildcards were incorrectly connected.
  
• Fixed a bug in Master Cup stats where the wrong number of rounds was displayed in upcoming matches.
  
• Fixed a bug in Master Cup stats where not all group stage winners were marked correctly.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Kicker data sheet when displaying multiple suspensions.
  
• Fixed blocker when checking for suspensions at season change.
  
• The table entries in the substitution screen were scrollable by mistake.
  
• Co-coach no longer asks again if he has already filled up the line-up.
  
• Cards received are correctly deleted at season change, but suspensions still apply.
  
• National Cup quests in the club view should now work correctly.
  
• The National Cup statistics view now correctly displays the round.
  
• The statistics view now correctly shows the winners of the tournaments.
  
• Added missing localisation in the club view.
  
• Co-coach: Missing goalkeeper bug fixed.
  
• Champions Cup & National Cup statistics screen: Behaviour during scrolling corrected.
  
• Champions Cup & National Cup statistics screen: Winner tab highlight adjusted.
  
• Champions Cup & National Cup Statistics Screen: Buttons localisation adjusted.
  
• Adjusted functionality for buttons: "Next", "Office", "Matchday", "To the Match".
  
• After loading scores, the order of the clubs in the leagues has been corrected.
  
• Fixed animation of the account balance display.
  
• Fixed an injury substitution error in the interactive matchday. interactive matchday.
  

Hello Goal! fans!

Today we are releasing a hotfix , which among other things fixes an undue blocker which occured sometimes after league matches.

[h3]Bugfix[/h3]

• Fixed a rounding error in the match report after calculating the tackling percentage and ball possession.
  
• Fixed a blocker after a league match resulting in a 0:0 draw.
  
• Fixed a bug in automatic match calculation grading the kickers.
  
• Fixed the kicker of the match calculation in the match report.
  
• Fixed an issue that sometimes resulted in an erroneously displayed strength system (100/13).
  
• Fixed a bug that occurred when accessing the details of the bank statement in Finances.
  

Hallo Goal! fans!

Among other things, the weekly update brings changes to the freshness of the kickers to the game!

[h3] Allgemein [/h3]

• Increased resolution of Loading-screen Pallino
  
• Reworked match engine, freshness has bigger influence on the matches
  
• Adjusted card probabilities for matches
  
• Reworked automatic match calculation
  
• Reworked AI club freshness calculations
  

• Added translated texts (EN) for countries and leagues in game preparation
  

• Fixed overwriting of kicker traits on start of new season
  
• Fixed bug during halftime speech, when team captain is injured
  

Hello Goal! fans!

The weekly update adds a few screens and design adjustments.

We have also added a user feedback form between seasons on a trial basis to make it easier for you to share your feedback with us.

[h3]General[/h3]

• Design adjustments for "Next Opponent" display
  
• Design adjustments for Season End screen
  

• Added translated texts (EN) for matchday events
  
• Implemented a popup for user feedback that appears after the season end screen
  
• New loading screen
  
• Game preparation was redesigned and implemented based on your feedback
  
• New manager profile images
  
• Added country descriptions
  
• Added league descriptions
  

Hello Goal! fans!

The weekly update eliminates a few blockers.

[h3]General[/h3]
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[h3]New[/h3]
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[h3]Bugfix[/h3]

• Fixed the Levelup Popup bug when clicking on Kickers resulted in additional level ups / level downs in values.
  
• Fixed an issue inside the Season End Screen that resulted in a blocker.
  
• Fixed an issue that resulted in a blocker if a saved training plan was missing or corrupted.
  
• Fixed an issue that sometimes resulted in a blocker at the start of the 3rd season.
  

Hello Goal! fans!

A small, but important weekly update today.

[h3]General[/h3]
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[h3]New[/h3]
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[h3]Bugfix[/h3]

• Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash when saving/loading during relegation matches.
  
• Fixed a blocker during the extra time in the National Cup.
  
• UI-Fixes in 'PreseasonOverview'.
  
• Corrections made to the texts for training events.
  

Hello Goal! fans!

The weekly update is ready.

[h3]General[/h3]

• Adjusted sponsors offer values for leagues 2 and 3.
  

• Added translated texts (EN) for training events.
  

• Team rankings within the office overview were not updated regularly.
  
• Changed informal language to formal language in texts.
  
• Fixed failing save process after dragging scouts in network view.
  
• Fixed miscounted matches in league match summary.
  

Hello Goal! fans!

Another update for this week.

[h3]General[/h3]
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[h3]New[/h3]

• Permitted characters for memory states extended by '-'. '_' and ':'.
  
• Added English translations for player events.
  
• Added event illustrations for player events.
  

• Fixed bugs in the GUI in the "Save", "Load" and "Exit" sections.
  
• Fixed a bug where the weekly display in the training planner was incorrect.
  
• Fixed a bug in the display of the strength of injured players in the medical section.
  
• Fixed a bug in the opponent analysis that occurred after a non-interactive matchday.
  
• Fixed incorrect ratings for kickers after match days.
  
• Fixed a bug where the wrong players were displayed after an automatic match.
  
• Fixed a bug where a negative number is displayed for the next matchday.
  
• Fixed a bug where the wrong week is displayed in the office.
  
• Fixed a bug with the sliders in the Training/U23 section.
  
• Fixed a few errors in the German texts for player events.
  
• Corrected red marker for the next opponent within the league in the office overview.
  

Hello Goal! fans!

A new year has begun, and we already got a new update for you.

Probably the most important item in the list is the new league system. A small note about this:

The schedule of league and cup matches is now based on more realistic regulations and considers official match days and off times, among other things.

The combination of the revised calendar system and system for competitions provide the basis for both the future international tournaments, the friendly matches and also for the career as national coach in the contest for the world championship title.

[h3]General[/h3]

• Improved UX in training camp season preparation selection screen.
  
• Improved UX in scouting network screen.
  

• 35+ New training events! With a certain probability, these can get triggered during training.
  
• 25+ New kicker events! With a certain probability, these can get triggered daily.
  
• New League system that adds more variety to the league schedule.
  

• Training injuries now stop showing up during matches.
  
• Kicker fan reputation saves correctly now.
  
• Solved blocker when making contracts with youth kickers.
  
• Fan attendance fixed in stadium view.
  

Hello Goal!-Fans!

Goal! is available on the Steam Winter Sale with a 22% discount for the game!

We wish you all wonderful holidays and a happy new year!

Hello Goal! Fans!

Today we' re updating the Live Branch to a new version!

The changes are:

[h3]General[/h3]

• In some cases the ill-favoured presentation of quoted texts with single words after line breaks was reworked.
  
• Improved readability of texts especially in low resolutions.
  
• Improved viewer number calculation for match days.
  
• Adjusted viewers count for away matches.
  

• Quotes in the loading screen have been broadened.
  
• Added Training Camp events. Those appear with a certain probability if the player has booked a Training Camp during Season Preparation.
  
• Notification popups will now appear if a Kicker got injured, healed or has been sent to build-up.
  

• Fixed minor bug moving empty slots on line-up screen.
  
• Fixed bug that changed selected formation.
  
• National Cup Drawing small bugfix.
  
• Fixed bug where the game crash when going back to main menu.
  
• Immediately after changing the language, the quote text in the appearing loading screen was displayed once in the previous language.
  
• Revised texts for VAR in German and English.
  
• Fixed issue with negative Viewer Count.
  

Hello Goal! Fans!

Today we' re updating the Live Branch to a new version!

The changes are:

[h3]General[/h3]
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[h3]New[/h3]

• System implemented to update old game saves to new version.
  

• In-game inbox de/serialiser contained a bug that could cause a blocker when opening messages of a certain type.
  
• Fixed player positions of default lineups.
  
• Fixed minor design issues in the National Cup competition draw screen (colour of home and away match).
  

Hello Goal Fans!

The Live Branch gets another version today!

These are the changes:

[h3] General [/h3]

• Adjusted market worth for 2nd and 3rd leagues.
  

• New look for filters in Transfer > Squad, Transfer market and Search views.
  
• VAR situations added for goals/chances of Textmode.
  

• Fixed an issue where it was impossible to purchase kickers if the User didn't have enough kickers in their squad.
  
• Contract End filter in Transfer now gets updated properly (Yearly).
  

Hello Goal Fans!

The Live Branch receives a new version today, which changes a few things!


[h3]General[/h3]

• Adjustment of the market values of the clubs in the 1st leagues.
  

• Fixed a bug in which expired sponsorship contracts could be renegotiated indefinitely.
  
• Fixed a bug in which sometimes the second season could not be started.
  

Hello Goal! Fans

Today we have updated the live Branch to a new version, which again fixes some bugs!

[h3]General[/h3]

• Initial offers of clubs in the Real Manager Career revised (now weaker clubs are offered).
  
• Error message to rare error enhanced (extended the logfile).
  
• Adjustment of market values with new market value formula (first iteration).
  
• Adjustment of player salaries with new salary formula (first iteration).
  

• Removed option to load outdated savegames.
  

• Fixed a bug where in an old save state the game would hang at the end of the season.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented an old save from being loaded.
  
• Fixed a bug where a new season could not be started due to youth players.
  
• Fixed a bug where sponsors were lost when overwriting savegames.
  
• Fixed a bug where cancelled sponsorships could be renegotiated multiple times.
  
• Fixed a bug where youth players were not assigned a club.
  
• Fixed a bug where negotiation appointments with players disappeared after loading.
  
• Fixed a bug where you could re-set a negotiation appointment with a player after loading, resulting in a blocker.
  
• Squad cap (35 players) is now correctly respected for professional, U23 and youth negotiations.
  
• Fixed a bug where the game would block if the player did not participate in a National Cup.
  
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused very poor performance during transfer periods in the weekly schedule.
  
• Youth players were sometimes not loading correctly when loading a score.
  
• After dismissing a player, it was no longer possible to save.
  
• Fixed a minor localisation bug.
  
• Fixed a bug where the creation date of negotiations was not loaded.
  

Hello Goal fans!

Again, we have an update for you that fixes some bugs! The savegames of the last version are compatible with this update.

At the moment we are working on the next update, one of the topics will be the sponsors.

Please note that the branch "last_version" will not be updated.

See you soon!


[h3]General[/h3]
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[h3]New[/h3]
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[h3]Bugfix[/h3]

• A blocker that occurred when opening the mail "Reminder: Expiring loan" has now been fixed.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Italian Cup where a match was taking place even though the player team was not supposed to join until a later round.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Private Life section where the buy buttons of expensive assets did not work.
  
• Fixed functionality in the Private Life section when scrolling over assets.
  
• Fixed the determination of the number of cards in the automatic match calculation.
  
• Fixed bug in message inbox: Disabled incorrect function of buy option button on borrowed kickers to maintain game flow.
  
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Hello Goal fans!

We have a new update for you, which fixes some bugs! The savegames of the previous version are compatible with this update.

Work continues at a high pace, the next update, presumably this week, will take these points into account:

• Exception and blocker on save game load (mentoring youth).
  
• Mail: Loan purchase option - pull this and click on CONTINUE => Blocker.
  
• Real manager career -> offers should only come from lower league clubs
  
• Market values version_01 -> revised formulas for market value calculation (players)
  

• Highlighting of the players' club during the cup draw.
  
• Highlighting the player pairing in the cup draw result.
  
• Next button in draw window now jumps to results first before closing the draw completely.
  
• Text in loading screens is now more readable.
  

• Players in the squad are now marked if they have been placed on the transfer market (squad list).
  

• Fixed a bug in the savescreen that occurred when moving through the menu in a certain order.
  
• Fixed bug that prevented saving twice in a row.
  
• Fixed bug in the loading process that set wrong dates for the national cup competition.
  
• Fixed bug in the transfer market that occurred at the end of the transfer period in the third season.
  
• Fixed a bug in saving/loading the relegation matches of the third Italian league.
  
• Adjusted overlapping rows in some tables in the matchday view.
  

Hello Goal! fans!

Another small update for the weekend!

[h3]But before we get to the notes, something important:[/h3]

We will provide a second branch of the game throughout the Early Access. It is called last_version.

What is this, you ask? The principle is really simple: there are two branches of the game. One, the live version, is always available and will be updated in intervals with the latest game version.

The other branch is in a kind of a retrospect state, unless updated. Update intervals may be longer here, so you can play the game without having to start new games every few days/weeks. We will announce when "last_version" version is updated.

Both branches have their own saves and carrying a save from last_version to the public build may break it or may not be possible at all (read below).

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[h3] How do I take part on this branch? [/h3]

One or the other of you probably haven't done this yet, so we have a little guide:

Prerequisite:

You must have Goal! in your library.

The procedure

• Open your game library.
  
• Click on Goal! with the right mouse button.
  
  
  
  
• Open properties.
  
  
  
  
• Select the tab "BETAS".
  
• Enter this password below the dropdown in the field: clubmanagerlastversion.
  

• Press CHECK CODE
  
• Use the dropdown menu and select "last_version".
  
• Press Close.
  
• Steam should now download this version of the game.
  

• Strong foot now comes from the database.
  
• Kickers can now only transfer once per transfer period (Can still be put on the transfer market though).
  
• Added more quotes and their creators to the loading screens.
  

• After the last update, when loading older scores, the kickers' portraits were set to a uniform default value. This was unintentional and has been fixed.
  
• Fixed bugs in localisation of tooltips in weekly schedule.
  

Hello!

Today our second update hopefully fixes some of the issues that have been bothering you. Many thanks for your support with savegames, logs and bug descriptions. Please feel free to keep handing these in if things are not working out for you.

We continue to work on further updates and talk to you soon!

[h2]Update Notes[/h2]

[h3]General[/h3]

• Placeholder texts for ranks, seats, roofs, and security replaced with localised short descriptions.
  
• Bar chart for board confidence adjusted in weekly schedule screen.
  
• Added support for special designs to portrait generator.
  
• Negotiable Kickers on transfer market now are calculated from the average of the 18 top Kickers in Club + tolerance value.
  

• Tooltips added to the weekly schedule screen.
  
• A kicker from Hamburg now has a special design.
  
• Results of relegation matches are now logged to make troubleshooting easier.
  
• Transfer: Fine kickers are only negotiable if the average strength of the player's own club does not deviate too far from the player's strength.
  
• Transfer: Search tab has new option to hide non-negotiable kickers.
  

• Savegames in the "Load Game" screen are now sorted in chronological descending order.
  
• Adjusted the calculation of the average strength.
  
• Saving the national cups sometimes broke - starting with the second season.
  
• Fixed a bug where during the second leg of a relegation match it was not verified whether a penalty shootout was still necessary after extra time.
  
• Fixed a bug in the French league pairings where results of player matches were not shown in the statistics.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused relegation matches outside the player nation not to be calculated.
  
• Fixed a bug in the end-of-season screen where player bonuses were not displayed correctly.
  
• Fixed a bug where the transfer market remained empty when the own club was on relegation position.
  
• Fixed a bug where saving failed, no saves were created / overwriting of existing saves was not possible.
  
• Fixed a bug where the end-of-season screen was completely empty in certain cases and led to a blocker because the NEXT button had no function.
  
• Updated localized texts for 'commitment' in match day screen.
  

Hello!

We at 2tainment have been busy and here is the first update for you.
Of course, we are still working hard on further updates.

We'll be talking again soon!

[h2]Update Notes[/h2]

[h3]General[/h3]

• Removed "Close" button from the Save popup.
  
• Contract duration for offered sponsor contracts adjusted.
  
• Shorter loading time at game start.
  
• Increased the minimum number of Kickers in the Player Squad from 15 to 18.
  
• Fixed bugs that occasionally produced corrupt saves. Unfortunately, these saves can no longer be loaded and used. (Were sorry for the inconvenience).
  

• Fixed a bug in the team view for the U23 that showed all U23 players with German flags.
  
• The list with the youth players can now be sorted.
  
• Fixed a blocker where game would hang when loading a save created just before the last match of a season.
  
• Fixed an issue where the resume button in the start menu did not load the last save game.
  
• Fixed an incorrectly active save button in the save screen when the save name text box was empty.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Player was able to dismiss his entire squad.
  
• Fixed an issue resulting in negative dismissal cost values.
  
• Fixed incorrect displayed templates during Season End Screen.
  
• Fixed an issue where the remaining duration of Kicker contracts was calculated incorrectly.
  
• Fixed an issue where some buttons in the Kicker Data where enabled/disabled/named incorrectly.
  
• Fixed an issue resulting in an incorrectly displayed kicker list in the squad view after toggling the lent kicker toggle.
  
• Fixed an issue due to which the info text at the bottom of the Transfer > Squad View would not update correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue due to which the info text at the bottom of the Transfer > Squad View would display the wrong remaining duration during an open transfer window.
  
• Fixed Season End Blocker.
  
• Fixed a problem loading crests.
  

Hi friends of the discreet tackle and the magnificent strike.

The time has finally come for you to go to your job in your favourite football club. There you must fulfil no lesser task than to take your club to glory and honour. No matter what.

Goal offers you:

• Football presidents who will make unfulfillable desires in latent craving for status.
  
• Sponsors who would rather pay too little than too much.
  
• Spoiled hairdresser clients who are called football stars by the fans.
  
• At least 34 Rogue-like levels per season with valuable points as loot for the so-called league table.
  
• Exciting adventures in the locker room, where you can give your squad the hairdryer treatment.
  
• Indulge extensively in the materialism that comes with employment.
  

Hello football fans,

you can see it on the new roadmap: There will changes regarding the further development direction for the rest of this year as well as for 2023.



The absolute priority for us is that the game is performant, stable and fun to play with the content already available at the start of the Early Access phase.
This premise was also responsible for the release delay. Our main focus was sending an entertaining as well as functional game onto the competitive pitch.

The three weeks of additional development time have helped GOAL! in every possible way. It is more polished, it is more stable, and it is even more fun to play. However, the three weeks spent on improving and bugfixing are now missing in the schedule to add more features and content.
Also, with the launch into Early Access, we are expecting a huge amount of player feedback. In turn, we have to channel, filter and sort this before we start working on requests, bug fixes and further balancing or optimization issues. As a result, we are running out of time for the content and feature additions we had planned for this year.

When we add a new feature, we want it to fit seamlessly and not feel like a hastily tacked on appendix. It should work as smoothly and bug-free as possible.

That's why we've decided to dedicate the post-launch phase of Early Access almost entirely to community feedback as well as optimizations, balancing and bug-fixing of the existing content. In the background, the feature additions are already being prepared, but we don't want to rush anything, yet release everything as quickly as possible, but also as well-functioning as possible. We'd rather take a little longer to develop, but with a decent result.

We will keep you informed about the progress in the next weeks and months and wish you a lot of fun with GOAL! The Club Manager.

The teams of
2tainment and Toplitz Productions

Hello football fans!

Just a few more days - and then Goal! The Club Manager will be released in Early Access.

We want to say thank you ahead of time. For all your patience and the support we felt over the last few weeks.

It was a rocky road. And in the case of the short notice release delay it was very painful.
But we also know, how long you've been patiently waiting, to feel and play the re-imagining of one the Germany's most prolific franchises.

We could spend more days and weeks on fixing bugs, adding more features, testing those features, fixing bugs etc.

But we don't want you to wait any longer.
At the same time we feel and hope, that the current feature set will entertain you for dozens of hours, while you are trying to prepare your team for the tasks ahead and try to put your club on a financially sound foundation.

This is, why now seems to be the right moment in time, to let you all in. We are looking forward to your feedback. This is extremely important and vital to us, in order to align our next development steps with you, to honor your wishes and to see, how we can connect them with our vision of a modern football management game.

With absolute certainty, you will find the occasional bug and probably pixels who seem odd. A lot of what you'll discover we probably know already and are working on it. Some of what you might discover, could be a first. But regardless of new or already reported, we'll try to fix as many bugs as fast as possible.

But we will also add new features and more content.
For Early Access start there are national teams or international cup competition missing, for example. Those will be delivered as soon as possible, while we continue to update the roadmap.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the world of Goal! The Club Manager in two days!!

The teams from
2tainment and Toplitz Productions

Hello everyone!

More time needed to deliver best possible gaming experience release postponed to November 2nd

Its the same every year. The season opener is scheduled, and fans begin to make their way to the stadium in anticipation of their teams first match. They grab their seats in a sold-out stadium, nervous for kick-off. Instead of the whistle being blown and the roar of the crowd rolling out, the turnstiles are closed, and kick-off has been canceled. Its time to return home.

The kick-off of GOAL! The Club Manager cant quite begin. Developer 2tainment and publisher Toplitz Productions have to announce the release of the football management sim has to be postponed on short notice. Unexpected problems have arisen in the final testing phase, which make the originally planned release on 13 October impossible. Instead, the game will now be released on 2 November 2022.

In a joint statement, 2tainment and Toplitz Productions address the fans: "We have worked tirelessly for you over the past days and nights, improving features and fixing bugs. Unfortunately, a blocker has crept in that we are not able to solve in time. Thus, we have decided to postpone the release by a few weeks to give you the best possible experience."

Hello football fans,

you might have noticed that there have been slight changes in the feature list for GOAL! The Club Manager.

There is nothing to worry about, though. With the Early Access release date closing in, we just wanted the features to be as accurate as possible. To achieve that we added a sidenote if that feature will be available during the Early Access phase, wherever applicable.

But everything that we set out to include either in Early Access or further down the road, is still planned and all the major features that didn't make it into the game at launch will be shown in a roadmap that we will release together with the game on October 13.

We are looking forward to seeing you in GOAL! The Club Manager and being a part of a very vivid community.

Talk soon!

The 2tainment and Toplitz Productions teams

"The show must go on".

Smiling broadly, you get out of the car that has just taken you to the car park of your new sports venue. You lift your sunglasses and look out at the masses of people expecting you to be the new saviour for their club. Just twelve people are standing there.

You hurry past a 7-year-old fan in a baseball cap and scarf, signing his autograph pad with three crosses. Let's see if it's worth perfecting your signature some other time.
You are nimbly taken to the club boss's office, where they expect nothing less from you than to win the championship. You correctly set fifteen signatures this time and the adventure begins. That is exactly what you came for!

Yes, dear friend of cultivated chessboard tactics and admirer of false 9s and swapping wingmen, soon the time will come. Then it will be up to you to prevent the storming of the pitch with subsequent public tarring and feathering and instead collect golden trophies for the display case!

But first you must watch this video!

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Let's go!

Hello fans,
We had an away match with . See what they have to say ( Article in German).

Hello football fans,

We are tremendously happy to welcome you here!.

You are exactly in the right place to get the latest news about the GOAL! development status and much more.

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And we are eager to receive your feedback. Your opinion matters!.
Because Anstoss 2022 is made by fans. For fans like you. And with fans like you!

Leave us a comment and don't forget to add GOAL! The Club Manager to your wishlist so you don't miss anything!

We leave you today with a quote from David Pleat: "A game is not won until it is lost.
And right he is.

Stay tuned!

2tainment and Toplitz Productions