UEFA Champions League Fantasy Football 2023/24

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Hello everyone and welcome to UEFA Champions League Fantasy Football 2023/24.

If you haven’t played before then don’t worry, it’s fairly simple and we shall walk you through the basics below.

To the main business at hand. What we will do here is;

1. Cover the basics.
2. Provide FF247 league details with codes and links.
3. Detail the fixtures along with deadlines.

1. The basics
The Rules
As far as the rules go, you can access them here via – THIS LINK but let us give you a quick rundown of what they are.

The main crux of the game at this stage though is the subtle difference between ‘Match Days’ and ‘GW’s’. CL is split into a Tuesday and a Wednesday format within the same GW. For Captains as well as Manual Subs you treat Tuesday as phase 1 of the GW and Wednesday as phase 2. And you can make changes to both inbetween these. That’s what we meant in the intro by it being a bit hands on / interactive.

• • SCORING
    The scoring itself is pretty much as per FPL. The only real differences that we would notice is that there are no bonus points and we will not get an assist if our player wins a penalty that is scored, but the player will get 2 points for winning said penalty no matter if it results in a goal or not. A player also gets a point for every 3 ‘ball recoveries’ too.This season they have however introduced 3 points for the ‘Player of the Match’. There is no indication as to how this is awarded other than that is done so by ‘UEFA’s technical observer’. Which presumably means that he or she will observe who is in their own fantasy team first and act accordingly.

• • FORMAT
    The format is a bit like the World Cup fantasy. For those who aren’t familiar with this it basically means a tad more planning as you can sub players in before they have played to replace those that already have. A quick example would be to pick a Man United guy, let’s call him Paul, for arguments sake. And maybe a Liverpool guy, let’s call him Sadio. Given as Paul plays on Day 1 you can put him in your X1 and see how he does, whilst placing Sadio on your bench. If you like what you see from Paul then you can leave him in the team. If he has a stinker (likely) then you can simply activate manual subs and bring Sadio in to replace him for his later game. Simples, really. Don’t pick Paul :no:

• • MANUAL SUBS / AUTO SUBS
    If you activate a manual sub then your right to auto subs (as per FPL) disappears. You have the option to do either. Manual subs is your best bet we feel as you control who comes in and you get 4 more shots at getting it right, basically.

• • CAPTAIN
    The Captain Armband works in much the same way as fantasy world cup and not FPL. You may change your captain after each match day (if he was not sent off) with a player from your squad whose team is yet to play.

• • TRANSFERS
    Before the game begins: UNLIMITED
    Matchday 1–6: 2 per matchday
    Between matchday 6 and round of 16 1st leg: Unlimited
    Before round of 16 2nd leg: 3 transfers
    Before quarter-final 1st leg: 5 transfers
    Before quarter-final 2nd leg: 3 transfers
    Before semi-final 1st leg: 5 transfers
    Before semi-final 2nd leg: 3 transfers
    Before final: 5 transfersSo basically it’s like FPL in terms of being able to carry 1 transfer over. However once we reach the knockout stage we will not have the option of carrying a free transfer with us: you don’t use it, you lose it.

• • Deadlines
    Deadlines are subject to change and will be at the time of kick-off of the first match of the matchday. So unlike FPL you do get to see the line-ups in advance and adjust accordingly. Just be aware that all 6 GW’s in the group stages now kick off with two early games so the deadline each time is 5.55pm UK time. Which also means you get to see the team sheets for four teams, not the full lot as in previous (and better!) seasons.

• • CHIPS?
    There are a couple;

Wildcard
You get 1 regular wildcard and you can play it anytime you like prior to the start of a round. It acts the same way it does in FPL.

Limitless Wildcard
This is a different type of wildcard here, one that many will find very appealing. It is very similar to the “Free Hit” chip we have in FPL. However, there is one major difference… “The Limitless Wildcard enables the user to create a team without any budget restrictions and affords them unlimited transfers for one matchday.” So for one matchday you can afford whatever team you like. You do still have to meet the criteria for players from one team and formations and all that, but there is no budget, so spend away. Once the matchday is over, just like the free hit chip, our teams revert back.

The Game Itself
You can access the game here – Fantasy Champions League

2. The FF247 Leagues

• • Our Public FF247 league code is 52GH8IA703
    This one is the usual open air league that all and sundry are welcome to join.
    Click here for the auto-join link.

• FF247 Regs League – The main one!

The purpose of this one is that it is for folk who are on the FF247 forum regularly and taking part in the regular FF247 CL chat. Please don’t try to join if you aren’t. We will know, and we will boot you out.

IF YOU WERE IN THIS LAST SEASON YOU SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY ADDED BACK IN…. should…

IF NOT THEN PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW –

Please email us on contact@fantasyfootball247.co.uk if you want the code for this one.

You must include your FF247 username and your CL team name in the email or we will simply ignore it.

STANDINGS

3. MD5 Fixtures

Groups

So that’s the basics, in as much of a small nutshell as we could manage, without boring the pants off you. If you have any further questions or queries or if there are any clarifications you need then as always please feel to ask below.

Please feel free to post any RMT’s on the issue or indeed as ever, especially as we’ve slightly interrupte FPL for this, just carrying on talking about that!

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