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So, you’ve started playing Footium. You’re going to make it to the very top? But what does it actually take to win Division 1, and net a cool $9000+ dollars of Ethereum in the process? Well, let’s take a look.

The Team

The Team in question is Cheackippleigh, who took home the Season 2, Division 1 title on 60 points. 7 Points clear of their nearest rivals, and going unbeaten for the entire run. These invincibles laid down a marker and are following it up with a great start to life in Season 3.

The Formation

Perhaps one of the most interesting parts of this run, is how often Cheackippleigh changed formation.

In total, they made use of 6 different formations across the season. Here’s the breakdown:

• 4-3-3H: 6 times (27.3%)
• 4-1-4-1: 4 times (18.2%)
• 4-2-3-1: 6 times (27.3%)
• 5-2-3: 3 times (13.6%)
• 4-5-1DM: 2 times (9.1%)
• 4-4-2H: 1 time (4.6%)

Preferring to experiment more with slightly less favourable formations for the squad against weaker opponents.

How often do you ‘set and forget’ your team and formation? Maybe adapting to your opponents is key to success.

The Players

Understandably, the team is great. But it goes beyond that. Who to play when, how to rotate properly, and when to rest players.

The lowest rated starting 11 had an average rating of 51.2 (ratings based on the position they are played in).

The highest rated starting 11 had an average rating of 78.2.

The average rating of a player in a starting 11 was 68.3 across the entire season. For context, the highest rated player in my D7 team is rated 51!

The highest rated player was a 94 rated CF.

The lowest rated player was rated 11, playing out of position in some match day squads.

Rarity Breakdown:

• 4.5% of Starting Players were ‘Common’
• 20.7% of Starting Players were ‘Silver’
• 56.6% of Starting Players were ‘Gold’
• 12.4% of Starting Players were ‘Rare’
• 5.8% of Starting Players were ‘Legendary’

What a team.

Tactics & Tidbits

There are some further lessons in how Cheackippleigh lined up throughout the season, that are interesting to share.

• They made live substitutions in every single match without fail.
• They were not afraid to play players slightly out of position, and did so on multiple occassions.
• Squad energy was highly prioritised, with the squad fit and healthy going into every game.
• Against Zombie Teams, they could rotate massively due to ‘reserve’ players being so poor.
• They used their Legendary Players sparingly, saving them for important matches.

The Ultimate Team

The best squad they played was on Match 11, a 3-2 victory against Sand Grack. Sand Grack eventually finished 4th in Division 1.

Here is how the team lined up against Sand Grack.

Squad Value

Whilst it’s impossible to know the true value of the squad, it’s fun to speculate! We also don’t have an accurate picture on last season’s squad, but can look at where they are now with the Season 3 Squad.

Goalkeepers:

• Michel Blanc – 71 GK – Gold – Never Sold
• Anthony Adegoke – 85 GK – Rare – Last Sale 0.4 ETH

Defenders:

• Carlos Martinez – 67 RB – Silver – Never Sold
• Erich Klein – 82 RB – Rare – Last Sale 0.29 ETH
• Nama Horikawa – 76 LB – Rare – Last Sale 0.2 ETH
• Akira Hagi – 70 LB – Gold – Never Sold
• Joachim Moller – 74 CB – Gold – Never Sold
• Oscar Molina – 30 CB – Common – Never Sold
• Roy Green – 66 CB – Silver – Never Sold
• Robert Silva – 77 CB – Rare – Last Sale 0.45 ETH
• Raphael Girard – 72 CB – Gold – Never Sold
• Hector Peralta – 73 CB – Gold – Never Sold

Midfielders:

• Kazuo Tanaka – 72 DM – Gold – Never Sold
• Jamie Akhtar – 80 DM – Rare – Never Sold
• Gustavo Sanchez – 72 RM – Gold – For Sale 0.95 ETH
• Barry Davis – 88 RM – Legendary – Last Sale 0.888 ETH
• Hesham Hussien – 83 LM – Rare – Last Sale 0.4 ETH
• John Rodriguez – 61 CM – Silver – Never Sold
• Nestor Pereira – 71 CM – Gold – Never Sold
• Miguel Pereira – 32 CM – Common – Last Sale 0.0015 ETH
• Luis Ferreira – 76 CM – Legendary – Last Sale 1.8 ETH
• Massimo Fiorini – 71 CM – Gold – Never Sold
• Julien Renault – 73 RW – Gold – Never Sold
• Matthew Wright – 77 LW – Rare – Never Sold
• Shi Seto – 31 LW – Common – Never Sold
• Ahmed Taha – 71 AM – Gold – Never Sold
• Fernando Figueroa – 81 AM – Rare – Last Sale 0.375 ETH

Forwards:

• Wonsik Cha – 94 CF – Legendary – Last Sale 2.1 ETH
• Daniel Gomez – 75 Rated CF – Gold – Never Sold

Transfer Fees Paid = 6.9045 ETH, approximately $23,500

On the rest of the players, some may be academy, some may have come from the club, and some may be from giveaways. Some are close to retirement, so that must be factored in.

You could assume a lot of the players were priced into the cost of the club, which is unknown. Looking at last sales for D1 clubs gives us an average of 0.45 ETH.

Player floors (non retired) at the moment are:

• Common – 0.0008 ETH
• Bronze – 0.0025 ETH
• Silver – 0.025 ETH
• Gold – 0.13 ETH
• Rare – 0.22 ETH
• Legendary – Unknown, circa 1 ETH.

So even if you were very lucky and got everything at floor, you’d be looking at further costs of:

• 0.0016 ETH for 2 Commons
• 0.075 ETH for 3 Silvers
• 1.56 ETH for 3 Golds
• 0.44 ETH for 2 Rares

Giving a further total of 2.0766 ETH, but the true value is likely much higher.

This gives us an estimated squad value of circa 8.9811 ETH based on transfer fees and floor prices. This is currently $30,630.

So What Does It Take?

If you really want to win Division 1, you’ve got a long way to go!

You’ll need a great squad, fantastic tactics, live substitutions, good rotation and a little bit of star quality.

But we believe in you! Maybe we’ll see you in D1 soon.

Thanks for reading.