Syndicate

A football prediction tournament.

How it works

  • Each manager is assigned a club by the admin.
  • Every round, predict the outcome (1 / X / 2) of 12 real-world football matches before the deadline.
  • A season-long double round-robin schedule pairs you against a different manager each round. Your picks on those same 12 games are compared head-to-head: differing picks score a goal for whoever matches the actual result; a missed prediction is an automatic goal for your opponent on that game.
  • The resulting scoreline feeds two separate tables: a club table (3/1/0 points, standard league scoring) and a manager ranking (2/1/-1 points) that follows you even if you change teams.
  • Playoffs are two-legged, aggregate-score knockouts — how they're bracketed depends on the season: in smaller seasons, the top 4 in each group face off for the GrandMaster title; in larger, 32-manager seasons, the field splits by regular-season rank into a GrandMaster bracket (top half) and a Consolation Champion bracket (bottom half), each running its own Round of 16 → Quarterfinal → Semifinal → Final.
  • If a two-legged tie is still level on aggregate goals after both legs, whoever has the better all-time prediction accuracy advances.
  • Team transfers can only be requested in the gap between seasons.

A Mostly Harmless Notice

This website exists for the amusement of people who enjoy being wrong about football in a structured, competitive format. No predictions made here should be mistaken for expertise, insight, or a sound basis for anything at all — including, but not limited to, actual bets, actual arguments with actual friends, or actual life choices. The management accepts no responsibility for bruised egos, ruined dinner parties, or the crushing realization that your team's manager (you) has been relegated by a spreadsheet. Points, titles, and glory are entirely imaginary and non-transferable to the real world, where, we're told, things still have consequences.

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