The extremely anticipated new Fantasy EFL – the EFL’s first 72-club fantasy soccer product – is now reside.
Fantasy EFL, in partnership with Genius Sports activities, will characteristic gamers from all three divisions of the EFL (Championship, League One and League Two), with gamers from 72 gamers accessible when creating their first group forward of a match. There are almost 2,000 gamers from EFL golf equipment to select from.
Former Wycombe striker Adebayo Akinfenwa mentioned: “Many followers have known as for a fantasy soccer recreation within the EFL and now it is right here. Choose a group from the Championship to League One can be a problem.
“As we have seen with different video games, fantasy soccer will get extra folks extra , excited and knowledgeable about what occurs on the sector throughout a season.
“The beauty of Fantasy EFL is that whether or not you’re an off-the-cuff fan or a die-hard fan, there’s one thing for everybody.”
How does the sport work?
The sport’s hybrid format requires customers to select from seven gamers throughout three divisions, in addition to two golf equipment, to earn additional factors every recreation week. Coaches can select a seven-man lineup from quite a lot of formations, together with 1-2-2-2, 1-2-3-1 and 1-3-2-1.
Sport weeks run from Thursday to Wednesday, with managers capable of choose a brand new group every recreation week and there aren’t any restrictions on participant transfers every week. Gamers will also be substituted instantly earlier than the sport begins.
A captain will be nominated for double factors, and a vice-captain will be nominated for every recreation. The “Supreme Captain” chip may even be accessible twice per season, permitting managers to earn double factors on their group’s highest-scoring participant.
There is no such thing as a restrict to the variety of occasions a supervisor can choose a participant, however a supervisor can solely choose the identical EFL membership a most of 5 occasions per season.
For gamers, scoring can be in keeping with conventional fantasy soccer mechanics (as seen in video games like Fantasy Premier League).
This distinctive tackle fantasy soccer, together with additional factors for the supervisor’s chosen EFL membership in every recreation, will give customers new alternatives to attain factors and transfer up the general public rankings every week.
How do you compete with your pals?
Managers can take part in personal leagues with pals or compete towards different managers in public leagues Fantasy English Group. Membership leagues can be accessible to all 72 EFL golf equipment, and international leagues can be robotically entered as soon as members register.
Prizes together with EFL Membership Season Tickets, Fantasy EFL merchandise and prizes from EFL companions can be found to win all through the season (phrases and situations apply).
Prize cash can be awarded month-to-month all through the season to the participant with the best total rating within the main public leagues, whereas the winners of the 72 particular person membership leagues on the finish of the season will win tickets to their nominated membership for the 2025/26 season.
Fantasy EFL is accessible on-line and is now accessible at no cost as a brand new app for iOS and Android customers Now. Register at fantasy.efl.com.
What number of of my group’s video games can be reside on Sky?
Each League One and Alliance 2 The group will no less than be broadcast reside on Sky 20 occasions subsequent season.
Every of the 24 championship The membership will no less than be proven reside on Sky twenty 4 Second-rate.
The place will I am going to look at my group?
The sport can be broadcast reside Present Sky Sports activities channels or in model new Sky Sports activities+ (Extra beneath!)
It will successfully exchange the home streaming choices supplied by the EFL through iFollow and membership streaming providers.
Wait, what’s Sky Sports activities+?
Sky Sports activities+, which launches this August, can be built-in into sky televisionStreaming providers Now and Sky Sports activities App – This yr, Sky Sports activities prospects can watch greater than 50% of reside sports activities occasions at no cost.
Sky Sports activities+ can broadcast as much as 100 reside occasions by way of concurrent streaming, making it simpler for followers to seek out and watch their groups.
Which video games can be broadcast reside on Sky?
Ten EFL matches are proven reside each weekend, together with three Championship video games, two League One and two League Two matches, all reside on Saturdays at 12:30pm.
All EFL opening weekend, closing day and midweek matches can be proven reside, as will all video games on financial institution holidays together with Easter, Boxing Day and New Yr’s Day.
League One and League Two matches throughout worldwide breaks may even be broadcast reside.
For the primary time ever, followers may even have the ability to watch each match within the Carabao Cup and Bristol Road Automotive Cup.