0.4.1 Development Update: German Career Leagues and the European Championship

The game is still in preparation for release. This development update covers changes in build 0.4.1.

German club career

• Improved the transition from the German second division to the top division. Clubs that earn promotion enter an 18-team season with 34 home-and-away league matches.
• Improved calendar progression when other competitions remain unfinished at the end of the season. The German Cup and existing Champions League, UEFA Cup and Cup Winners' Cup continue across seasons.
• Clubs relegated to a regional league can keep playing and compete for promotion. Promotion playoffs are rescheduled when qualifying deciders are delayed.

Contracts and retention assessment

If your contract expires before you meet the usual renewal requirements, you can now request a retention assessment. Complete eight daily training sessions after applying to earn an offer for a development contract at 75% of your previous monthly salary. Acceptance is your choice. Pay begins on the day you accept; there is no back pay for the period without a contract.

Matches and the 1996 European Championship

• In newly started German matches, club strength now affects the attributes of other players and goalkeepers on the pitch.
• Added a separate 1996 national-team European Championship simulation: 16 teams, four groups and 31 finals matches, progressing with the game calendar.
• Browse group tables, fixtures, knockout results and player rankings for goals, assists, appearances, minutes played and goalkeeper clean sheets.

Current scope

Club competition settings currently cover the 1994/95, 1995/96 and 1996/97 seasons. German clubs and players are fictional, and results are generated in-game.

The European Championship currently covers the 1996 finals as a world event, without qualifiers or in-person spectating. Playing for a German club does not make the Chinese protagonist eligible for a European national team. Completely tied groups currently use a fixed draw saved with your game at the final tiebreak stage; historical coefficient rules are not reproduced.

Existing saves retain their match and progression history, and older matches already in progress keep their original state. Later seasons, transfers and complete leagues in more countries still need further development.