Champions 2020

About this board game

Champions 2020 is a two-player stadium soccer simulation with an approximate play time of 60 minutes. Take the role of a coach, choose your starting lineup, and guide your team through a detailed match shaped by passing, positioning, shots, fouls, and saves.

The game uses the same main mechanisms as StreetSoccer, but expands the action from a small square with five players per side to a larger stadium field. You select 11 starters, including a goalie, defenders, midfielders, and forwards, while the remaining players begin in the dugout as possible substitutes after warming up.

Professional players bring more skill to the field, creating opportunities for spectacular plays. Players can try to hit passing balls, potentially producing throw-ins, corner kicks, or goalie kicks. Skilled teammates can also anticipate passes, making positioning an important part of your game plan.

• Manage a complete starting lineup of 11 players.
• Use passing, anticipation, positioning, and shots to create opportunities.
• Resolve goalkeeper saves according to shot speed and distance.
• Handle fouls, free kicks, penalty kicks, cards, and injuries.

The goalie’s positioning affects the chance of making a save, which also depends on the shot’s speed and the distance to the ball. A shot may rebound, while the best result is a clean catch in the goalkeeper’s hands.

Control is never guaranteed: players can cause fouls, or “schwalbes,” leading to free kicks, penalty kicks, yellow or red cards, and injuries. For tournament play, Champions 2020 adds extra time, penalty kicks, cards, injuries, and statistics to complete its soccer simulation.