Congratulations with your brand new club and welcome to Trophy Manager. At last it has become your turn to put together the next Dream Team, the next Galacticos and conquer the international football world. Apply your football philosophy, deploy wise, thought-through tactics and lead your team towards the stars!
This is the HEAVY edition of the TM Manual. Here you will find the answers to most of your questions when you start playing, and it is here you can expand your knowledge on TM when you have become a more experienced manager. Don't come looking for short simple answers in the HEAVY manual though, if you jsut want a quick introduction the TM Manual Light edition should fulfill your needs. the HEAVY edition gives the thorough answers. The light edition is meant to be read as a whole while the HEAVY edition is closer to a reference text or TM dictionary.
Remember to read the rules of Trophy Manager before digging into the game. The rules state the absolute don'ts of TM, and if you break the rules you can find yourself the owner of a deleted club - not a lot of fun eh? So read the rules, they are there so that everyone can play the game and have fun :)
We encourage everyone playing TM to chech out the TM Forum. The forum is a good place to ask silly questions, discuss tactics and at the same time the only place you can make your voice heard on the development of the game. Trophy Manager is your game too, and the forum is the place where we would love to hear all your wild, silly and/or good ideas!
Last, but not least, it is important that you keep yourself updated on what is going down in TM. Important news for you and your club are announced at the TM front page (before you log in), and at the news page found by choosing 'Clubhouse' and then 'News' from the menu. Remember to check the news page every now and then.
In Trophy Manager you take total control of a football club. An ever-confident and enthusiastic board has selected you as the manager who's going to make the most of their club's potential. At your disposal you have got a squad of 25 eager players, found by choosing 'Squad' from the menu, and a heap of cash, found by clicking 'Economy' in the menu. now it is up to you to decide the tactics, finde and hire the perfect coaching staff, train your players best as you can and expand the club's infrestructure. All to get as close as you can to promotion, championships and, possibly, the Champions Cup!
Your club is automatically entered into two tournaments in Trophy Manager: The league and the national cup. In your league you compete with seventeen other clubs for a trophy, honor, glory and promotion to the next division level. In the national cup all the clubs of your country compete in a gigantic cup competition. Every round is played using normal cup rules: If the game ends in a draw it will continue into extra time, and if no decisive result has been reached, penalties. League matches are played on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, while cup matches are played on Mondays and Thursdays.
When you receive your Trophy Manager team it is automatically entered into a league. Every league consists of 18 teams who clash both home and away in a two round round robin. After all 34 rounds have been played the top two teams are secured promotion, and, most times, four teams will be relegated. If two teams are square on points after 34 games, the deciding factor will be: 1) Goals balance (Goals for minus goals against) 2) Who has scored the most goals. If neither of these two factors can decide which team is the best, the final standings (and therefore promotion and relegation) will be decided randomly.
The national cup is a knock-out tournament, where every losing team in every round is knocked out of the tournament. If the game is still tied after ninety minutes of play, the game will be decided in extra time, and if the game is still tied: Penalties. The gate receipts from cup matches are divided evenly amongst the home and away team. Cup matches will often attract larger crowds than league matches.
Apart from the official games played in the league and cup tournamants, you can arrange friendlies on available tuesdays and thursdays. If you want to challenge another team, simply go to the clubhouse of the club you want to challenge and click 'Challenge'. Then choose the date you want the game to be played on, and wait for your opponent to accept or decline. Friendlies is an excellent opportunity to test your team and try out new players and tactics. They are also nice opportunities to crush your the teams of your friends... No income is generated from friendlies, in return players don't receive injuries or bans from friendlies.
In TM you find your way around by using the menu at the top of the screen. When you point your mouse at one of the icon a sub-menu will appear. Below you can find a few words explaining some of the sub-menu choices: the clubhouse, search and inbox. The menu has the following buttons and sub-menu choices:
The 'clubhouse' is the home of your club inside TM. This is where you shape the identity of your club. At your clubhouse you can write a club history, view your press announcements, design your team kit and lots more. The sub-menu to the clubhouse button consists of 'Press', your press announcements, 'Inbox', your personal TM Mail, 'FITA License', the TM manager education which, in addition to valuable knowledge, gives you cool cash when you graduate, and 'Search', where you can search for clubs and players inside TM.
The 'Squad' menu is the squad and tactics menu. In the sub-menu you'll find the following choices: 'Line-up', which is where you choose your match line-up, 'Tactics' where you can adjust your formation and tactics, 'Saved Line-ups', where you can save your favourite line-ups, 'Teamstats', which gives you the stats of your entire squad in one page, and finally 'Youth Development', your youth player factory.
In the training menu you can plan the training of your players. 'Training Programme' is where you assign training schedules to your training teams. At the 'Set Players'-page you can assign players to your training teams, and at 'Set Coaches' you assign your coaches, if you hav any, to your training teams.
If you choose the 'Tournaments' menu you have access to your league standings. The sub-menu contains bot 'Fixtures', a page that lists all of your matches this season, 'Statistics', which is the individual player statistics of your league, 'Cup', where you can browse the National Cup of the season, and finally 'Virtual League' where you can create comparative leagues and chat with your friends.
If you click the transfer button you will be sent to the transfer list. The sub-menu contains 'Shortlist', your own personal favourite players list with ten entries, 'Your Bids', an overview page with all your current transfer activities, and 'Transfer History', which is a list of all your past transfer activity.
The 'Economy' menu contains your 'Finance Report', the key tool for controlling the economy of your club, two budgets - 'Player Wages' and 'Maintenance' - and finally the 'Hire Staff' page, where you can find and hire new coaching staff.
By choosing 'Stadium' from the menu you can reach the pages dedicated to the stadium and facilities. The 'Stadium'-page is a summary of your entire facility-infrastructure. It is through the 'Stadium' page that you can expand your stadium. The sub-menu contains three different kinds of facilities: 'Facilities', which is your training ground, medical facilities, youth development and more, 'Food and Merch.(-andise)', facilities which sell food and beverages or fan memorabilia, and finally 'Pitch'-facilities, which are facilities designed to improve and take care of the grass on your home ground.
Trophy Manager isn't a game like most games, because we wanna get in touch with YOU! If you have got any brilliant ideas for new features, suggestions or other feedback, we'd love to hear from you on the TM Forum. When you receive your TM club you also receive a profile in our forum - just use the exact same login and password for the forum as for the game. Forum is also a good place to ask for help and guidance.
1. Getting Started
- Tournaments
- The Menu
2. Clubhouse
- Inbox
3. The Players
- Choosing a Line-up
- Player Statistics
- Player Skills
4. Tactics
- Set Pieces and the Captaincy
- Saved Teams
5. Player Positions
6. Team Formations
7. The Match
- The Match Report
- Player Ratings
- Possession
8. Youth Development
9. The Transfer List
- Buying a Player
- Selling a Player
10. Training
- Players
- Keepers
- Short Summary
11. Staff
12. Economy
- Income
- Expenses
- Balance and Cash
13. Stadium
- Facilities
- Food and Merchandise
- Pitch
