This is the TM "Getting started" page. This page is like a FAQ. Here you can find the answers to some of the most basic questions you might have about TM.

No, matches are played automatically. You just set your lineup

Matches are played according to the following schedule:
13.00: Asia and Australia
18.00: Africa and Middle East
18.30: Scandinavia
19.30: Europe (except France, Spain and Portugal)
21.30: France, Spain and Portugal
22.00: UK, Ireland
23.30: South America
23.55: Middle and North America.

There are 3 weekly league matches in TM. They are played on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. If your team is in the national cup you play cup matches on Monday. In the late stages of the cup tournament matches are played both Mondays and Thursdays.

No. You cannot do anything to influence the match as it is being played. Your job is to choose the line-up and tactics of your team, not to make in-game substitutions.

There is a link to all your recent matches at the clubhouse. Click the small TV to the right of each played game to go to the "live" match viewer.

Trophy Manager bases its match generation on the players' individual abilities, not some bulked skill totals. This means that your players will use the skills required in each specific match situation, and that more able players won't make less able players play better. In Trophy Manager your team is no stronger than its weakest link.

Whenever a league is created all the matches up until the time of creation are simply counted as if they had ended 0-0.

Click [SET] and wait for a small football pitch to appear in order to position players in your line-up.

Trophy Manager has a function called the automatic assistant coach. The automatic assistant coach is your assistant, and he makes decisions regarding your line-up when you are not around to do so. In other words you wont be left trailing in your league with 9 players in your line-up, if you don't log into TM more than twice a week - The assistant assures that you can lower your level of activity without being hit too hard.

Whenever your team suffers from bans and injuries and you do not log in, the assistant will help you refill your line-up with somewhat able players. The assistant is eaqually likely to choose players with a high value and players with key skills - most of the time he just makes darn bad decisions...

On Monday you play national cup matches if you are still in the tournament. On Tuesday your players get the weekly training update and receive their skill changes for the week. Wednesday sees you play a league match. On Thursday your economy is summed up and updated for the week. On Friday you play another league match. On Saturday you can promote a player or players from your youth set-up. Internationals are scheduled to take place on Saturdays when they are implemented. Finally on Sunday you play yet another league match.

Trophy Manager is based on the idea that an online football manager game can have more than one games per week. We felt that Hattrick was going too slow, and have started out with three games a week. This may seem a bit much, but we have also made an automatic assistant coach, who will refill your line-up with able players if you fail to login three times a week.

We want everyone, including people who haven't got loads of time, to be able to experience TM, and that is why we are always trying to make the game as convenient for "casual" players as we possibly can. The relatively short TM season (12 weeks) has also got advantages - if you are having a bad season it won't be as long before you can start anew...

When nobody logs in for 12 weeks in a row the team has its status set to 'inactive', which means that it will be deleted at the end of the season.

Players are trained automatically every Tuesday. We wanted to make a training simulation that is detailled but at the same time still easy to use, so we opted for a weekly training summary, performed on Tuesdays.

No, players who are injured on Tuesday do not receive any skill points from training.

You can hire coaches in the 'Economy' menu under 'Hire Staff'.

No, players who do not play train just as much as players who get to play in matches. The only thing your players gain from participating in league and cup matches is routine.

Players who gain a skill level in training receive a small green arrow besides their skill. Player who lose a skill level receive a small red arrow accordingly.

It is very tempting to buy players from the transfer list very soon after you start playing TM. However it is difficult to distinguish the good players from the bad when you have little experience with Trophy Manager. We recommend that you ask questions at the TM Forum and follow the transfer market without buying any players for a while until you know which system your team will be playing, and where the weak spots of your team are.

It very simple to delete your TM account. If you do nothing for 12 weeks your team will be shifted to "inactive" status and will be deleted during the following season break.

There are two places to look for help in Trophy Manager. If you want to read more about the game go to the TM Manual. If you have specific questions about the game, you can ask them at the TM Forum.