Bid for players at other clubs in your country. A better scout shows you more about them before you bid. New in 1.10: • Bids for other clubs' players: during a transfer window, tap a club in the League table, choose a player and make an offer. The club accepts, tells you its price or says no. • A player will move down one division to join you, but not two. • Four scout levels: the better your scout, the more exactly you see other clubs' players, and the longer his shortlist on the Club screen. • A club that sells you a starter can be weaker until it signs a player as good as him. • You can now see the full squad of every club in your country's leagues. This update started as an idea a player sent us. Thanks for playing — send us yours from the Feedback card on the Finance screen.

Choose how your club starts. Every season now comes with goals from the board. New in 1.9: • Four ways to start a new club: Classic, Fallen giant (a big old ground and an expensive, ageing squad), Debt-ridden (little cash and a debt repaid every matchday) or Rich project (a wealthy owner and a young, cheap squad). Each one is labelled with how hard it is. • Board objectives: at the start of each season the board sets two or three goals based on your squad — a league finish, cup matches to win and a money target. The Club screen shows how you're doing, and every goal you meet pays a bonus at the end of the season. • Offers for your best players: during a transfer window, clubs from the league above can bid for one of your three best players. Accept to sell for the fee, or refuse to keep them. • Match reminders: you can now turn them on after your first match. They also tell you when a club has bid for one of your players or when you are behind on a board goal, and a third reminder comes a week after you leave. Turn them off any time in Settings. • A new Feedback card on the Finance screen, to send us an idea for the next update or rate the game. Thanks for playing — tell us what you'd like to see next.

Never miss a big match. New in 1.8: optional match reminders. Say yes to "Want a heads-up?" and FC Architect sends a notification when your club has something to play for: a cup match ready to play, a promotion race, the last matches of the season, a transfer window about to shut. Each reminder names your club's next move. At most two, and only while you're away. Turn them off any time in Settings. Also in this update: • A level cup tie now says so at full time: when the deciding leg ends all square, the scoreboard tells you penalties will settle it. • Your season, told back to you: where you finished, where it takes you next, and how far you went in the cup. • Smaller fixes and polish. Thanks for playing. More to come.

The cups are here. New in 1.7: all seven national cups. The FA Cup, DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia, Coupe de France, Copa del Rey, Taça de Portugal and KNVB Beker, each to its real format: who enters in which round, who hosts, one leg or two, extra time or straight to penalties. Rounds fall between league matchdays. Your tie is the next match: play it live or simulate it, and the rest of the competition plays out around you. Real prize money per round, a line in the bell when the draw is made, and a trophy in the honours when you win it. A cup run costs you. A cup tie tires the squad and risks injuries like any other match, and a red card costs the next one. Four new Game Center achievements: a cup tie won, a giant-killing, a final, the trophy. Also in this update: • Now in Portuguese and Dutch: the whole game, every screen. Club names, player names and real competitions stay in their original form, the way football is written the world over. Thanks for playing. More to come.

Pick your XI on the pitch. New in 1.6: match prep is now a pitch. Your starters stand where they play, from the keeper on his line to the strikers, with the bench in a tray below. Tap a player, then tap who he swaps with. The shape is read off your team: swap a forward for a fifth midfielder and 4-3-3 becomes 4-4-2. Your XI is remembered between matches, and simulated matchdays field the team you built. Three new formations. 3-4-3, 5-2-3 and 5-4-1 join the five classics, and the tactics guide explains all eight. Match kit. A new card shows the strip you'll wear. Away from home you choose your away or third kit, with a warning if it's too close to the hosts' colours. Two new nations. Portugal and the Netherlands join England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France: seven real pyramids, real clubs, real promotion rules. Tap a nation on the map to see what the climb involves before you commit. Real club colours. Opponents now wear their real home colours in the live match. Also in this update: • Now in German: the whole game, every screen. • 26 new player portraits, 76 in all. Club names, player names and real competitions stay in their original form, the way football is written the world over. Thanks for playing. More to come.

A living transfer market and faces for your squad. New in 1.5: the transfer market refreshes every window. Each summer and January brings a fresh crop of players: different names, ages, ratings and prices, so the market evolves alongside your career. No more seeing the same list year after year. Player headshots. Every player in your squad now has a photorealistic portrait, matched to their nationality and age. A Brazilian looks Brazilian; a veteran looks like a veteran. Fifty unique faces, each with your club’s colours on the ring. Also in this update: • The kit card on the Club dashboard is fixed — no more clipped shorts on iPad, and the kit and unlock cards now sit at the same height with the illustrations filling the space. Club names, player names and real competitions stay in their original form, the way football is written the world over. Thanks for playing. More to come.

Design your club's kit. New in 1.4: a full kit designer. Build your home, away and third strips. Pick a pattern (solid, stripes, hoops, halves or a sash), set your shirt, accent and shorts colours, and add your crest to the shirt. You design them when you found your club, right after your crest. Your kits come to life on the pitch. Your squad wears them in their player photos, and in live matches your team runs out in the right strip for the fixture — home at home, and your away or third kit on the road when it would clash with the host. Also in this update: • Your first season is still completely free, and the option to keep your career going is now easier to find, right from your club dashboard. • A cleaner club-creation screen and a sharper club badge on every kit. Club names, player names and real competitions stay in their original form, the way football is written the world over. Thanks for playing. More to come.

FC Architect now speaks your language. The whole game — every screen, every menu, the live match, the transfer window and all 30 career milestones — is now fully playable in French, Italian and Spanish. Your device language is picked up automatically. Club names, player names and real competitions stay in their original form, the way football is written the world over. Thanks for playing. More to come.

View your achievements right inside the app. A new Achievements screen on the Club dashboard shows all 30 career milestones — what you've earned and what's still to chase — plus your progress toward founding a club in all five of Europe's leagues. A good run fills the ground. Strong recent form now lifts your attendance and gate receipts; a slump thins the crowd. Saving now confirms with a checkmark, so you always know it's done. Plus smaller fixes and polish.

What's New in 1.2 Game Center, deeper management, and a smarter match engine. Game Center. 30 achievements and two leaderboards. Win your first match, go a season unbeaten, climb to the top flight, lift the title, build a fortress of a stadium. Race the world to the top flight in the fewest seasons, and see how your debut season stacks up. Your tactics matter everywhere. Simulated matches now play out with the same formation, mentality and tackling you set on the team sheet, not a generic best eleven. Whether you watch or fast-forward, the plan is the plan. Form, morale and fatigue are real. An in-form player earns his place; a flat one loses it. Run the same eleven into the ground and injuries follow, so your assistant rotates a tired regular for a fresh one automatically. Red cards now carry a one-match ban. Know what you're taking on. The league picker now tells you what each nation asks of you, from the approachable to the properly hardcore. Plus the stability fix from 1.1.1, and a batch of smaller polish.

A small stability update. • Fixed a crash that could end an Italian career at the summer rollover, when promotions and play-offs shuffled clubs between divisions. • Careers already affected are repaired automatically: the next rollover now completes instead of crashing. • Fixed divisions occasionally showing 19 clubs instead of 20 in the league pyramid browser. Thanks for playing. A LOT MORE is on the way very soon!

What's New in 1.1 Watch the match come to life, plus a living world and a batch of fixes from your feedback. The match, on the pitch. Live matches now play out with all 22 players moving as a team in your chosen shape, the ball at the feet of whoever's on it. Your formation and mentality change how they play. Go all-out and your back line pours forward; sit deep and they stay compact. Goals are struck from the box, and set pieces are the real thing: a corner is announced, players take up their positions, the ball is swung in, then it's a goal or it isn't. Free kicks build a wall; penalties clear the box for one taker against the keeper. The pyramid is alive. The divisions above and below you now play their own seasons alongside yours, and clubs move between them year to year. Win promotion and you'll face the sides that came up with you. Browse up or down at any time to see live tables across your whole country, in all five leagues. New tactics room. "Scouting & tactics" pairs the opponent report with a swipeable guide to all five formations: diagrams, strengths and weaknesses, and real-world examples, with the best shape for this week's opponent highlighted. Your choice sticks for match prep. Keep your best players. Re-sign anyone running down their contract before they leave on a free, see a summary of who left each summer, and tap straight to the players about to walk. Fixes from your matches: Away goals are now recorded under the correct team in the full-time box score. Yellow cards and chances now show up in the match feed and the full-time recap; no more matches that look eventless. The ball is coloured for whoever's on it and changes hands through the game. At full time the pitch clears to give the match stats room. Team colours are now taken from the club crest. The player profile is fleshed out with a hometown, career appearances, and attribute ratings (pace, tackling, passing and more). Plus a batch of smaller polish and readability fixes.