***************************************************************************************************** General Rules ***************************************************************************************************** 1.0 Joining 2.0 Appeals & Protests 3.0 Managers 3.1 Sacking 3.2 Absence 4.0 Competitions 4.1 League 4.2 Domestic Cup 4.3 UEFC Champions League 4.4 UEFC Cup 4.5 UEFC U21 Club Championship 4.6 Super Cup 4.7 All Star Game 4.8 Youth League 4.9 Aging and retirement 5.0 Conduct 6.0 Terms ***************************************************************************************************** 1.0 Joining To join just fill in the application form on this site. Requirements 1. Knowledge of football/soccer. 2. Computer and internet access 3. Winzip or anything to unzip .zip files. 4. Playing in UEFC will take approximately 30 minutes a week for a normal manager and maybe 1 - 2 hrs for a dedicated one. ***************************************************************************************************** 2.0 Appeals & Protests Appeals/Protests can be sent to your league commissioner. The UEFC will try to come to a fair solution. Please also beware in the running of the game mistakes happen and we will usually try and compensate you somehow. ***************************************************************************************************** 3.0 Managers - Managers can only manage one team withhin the UEFC Managers caught managing two different teams will be completely banned from the UEFC - Not getting enough credit points will not automatically trigger the sacking of a manager. The commissioner will take other things into account. eg. available replacement, job started in middle of season, etc. The commissioner may also seek opinion of fellow board members. You will be given a rough idea of where you must finish to retain your job eg. Sack < 20 - 30 < Stay. Anywhere between 20 & 30 is 50/50. Below 20 is about 90% chance of sack and above 30 is 100% stay. - Managers must submit sheets for all UEEFC games. Managers who miss 3 sheets in a row for will be sacked and managers who miss a sheet for the 8th time in one season. - Manager Certificates will be awarded aas managers get more accomplishments. Platinum Certificate : >= 400 credit Gold Certificate : 300 - 399 credit Silver Certificate : 200 - 299 credit Bronze Certificate : 100 - 199 credit Standard Certificate : 0 - 99 credit 3.1 Sacking Managers sacked for improper conduct or failing to fulfil duties will not be reassigned. Managers sacked for poor results will be reassigned at another club. Losing a job because of poor results is part of the fun of the league and managers who get sacked for poor results shouldn't feel bad. 3.2 Absence Managers who will be away for games must notify their commissioner. They can leave team instructions or request for a caretaker manager to be appointed. ***************************************************************************************************** 4.0 Competitions 4.1 League - UEFC leagues have 12 teams in each divvison. Each team plays every other team twice - home and away. - Primary Division Credit : Win = 3; Tiee = 1; Lose = 0 - Secondary division Credit : win = 2; ttie = 1; lose = 0 4.2 Domestic Cup Competition - 4 randomly selected teams get auto quaalification in to next round. Other 8 teams play a game against one other team. The 4 winners join the other 4 in the next round and its straight knockout from then onwards. All rounds are played over one leg. - Credit : W = 1, T = 0; L = 0 / Final ggame : W = 2 4.3 UEFC Champions League (UCL) - 16 teams - 4 groups. Each team plays oother teams home and away. The top team in each group qualify to the 1/4 finals. - Suspensions from league carry over to UCL games and vice versa. - Qualification: Top 4 in each league. - Credit : Win = 5; Tie = 2; Lose = 0 4.4 UEFC Cup (UC) - 16 teams - knock-out all the way. Everry round is 2 leg except final which is played at pre-determined venue. - Suspensions from league carry over to UC games and vice versa. - Qualification - 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th in each league. - Credit : Win = 5; Tie = 2; Lose = 0 4.5 UEFC U21 Club Championship (UUCC) - Top team in the youth league from eachh league enter the semi finals of this competition. Played over two legs - home and away - Winners advance to 1 leg final at pre--determined venue. 4.6 Super Cup - Game between winner of CL and winner oof UC at home of CL winner. Game played at beginning of next season 4.7 All-star game - Best player from every league over thee ended season are chosen and coached by the manager of the league winners. - 2 round knockout tournament. All gamess over one leg. 4.8 Youth League - Every club has a youth team. - Youth teams play in the youth league. Youth league is seperate from senior one so a division 2 team can have a division 1 youth team. - Youth players will get weekly ABs meanning they'll improve faster even if they don't play. - Youth players can be promoted to senioor status anytime before the season starts. - Skill cap for youth league is 12. Age cap is 21 - Tip: When a youth player moves up he wwill not like it very much if you sent him back down. 4.9 Aging and Retirement - Players retire at age 37. ***************************************************************************************************** 5.0 Conduct Managers are expected to treat other the way they want to be treated and min others rights to privacy. Managers must refrain from petty squabbles, not including minor trash talkin and joking around. Please show respect for authority to keep the league in order. The decision of the commissioner is final and if you have a problem please contact him privately. We do not appreciate people accusing other managers on mailing list, especially board members who take time off to run this game for free.. for you. ***************************************************************************************************** 6.0 Terms EOS - End of Season - Period after end of last important games. PreS - Pre Season - Few weeks before season when fixtures have been released. Usually begins after Super Cup. OffS - Offseason - Anytime when season is not in full swing. UCL - UEFC Champions League UC - UEFC Cup *****************************************************************************************************