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Football isn’t confined to one region or one country—it’s the
world’s sport. There are talented players across the globe,
and now you can help these talented athletes gain interna-
tional fame. Hire players from all over the world and create
an international club!

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COMPONENTS
New Tactic cards
Shuffle the new Tactic cards into the Tactic card deck.
New Player cards
Remove the regular Player cards (cards that are not
Youngsters / Veterans) from the base game. Prepare
the International Market by dividing the Player cards
from this expansion into 5 decks, according to the
Scout tokens4
Rulebook1
COMPONENTS
Setup
Flight
markers
36
Player cards with
unique abilities45
2
BEFORE THE MATCH
HOT TEMPERED
1
-1
hire
Sousa
Place on this card 1
for each Jersey
marker in his Section
without corresponding
Player card.
america
2
BEFORE THE MATCH
HOT TEMPERED
1
-1
hire
Sousa
Place on this card 1
for each Jersey
marker in his Section
without corresponding
Player card.
america
2
BEFORE THE MATCH
HOT TEMPERED
1
-1
hire
Sousa
Place on this card 1
for each Jersey
marker in his Section
without corresponding
Player card.
america
2
BEFORE THE MATCH
HOT TEMPERED
1
-1
hire
Sousa
Place on this card 1
for each Jersey
marker in his Section
without corresponding
Player card.
america
AMERICAS
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
ASIA
8
BONUS
BORN LEADER
2
hire
-2
Nkosi
You may immedia-
tely hire any Player
from the display for
a regular price.
africa
8
BONUS
BORN LEADER
2
hire
-2
Nkosi
You may immedia-
tely hire any Player
from the display for
a regular price.
africa
8
BONUS
BORN LEADER
2
hire
-2
Nkosi
You may immedia-
tely hire any Player
from the display for
a regular price.
africa
3
AFTER THE REVEALING
THE OPPONENT CARD
SMART FEINT
1
hire
-3
Górski
If there is no in
corresponding Sec-
tion, score a goal
and move to an
adjacent Section.
east
europe
EASTERN EU
ROPE
3
AFTER THE REVEALING
THE OPPONENT CARD
SMART FEINT
1
hire
-3
Górski
If there is no in
corresponding Sec-
tion, score a goal
and move to an
adjacent Section.
east
europe
3
AFTER THE REVEALING
THE OPPONENT CARD
SMART FEINT
1
hire
-3
Górski
If there is no in
corresponding Sec-
tion, score a goal
and move to an
adjacent Section.
east
europe
3
AFTER THE REVEALING
THE OPPONENT CARD
SMART FEINT
1
hire
-3
Górski
If there is no in
corresponding Sec-
tion, score a goal
and move to an
adjacent Section.
east
europe
6
BEFORE THE MATCH
FANS FAVORITE
0
hire
-2
Walsh
Gain equal
to the .
west
europe
WESTERN EUROPE
3-4-3
Decrease the
Opponent
Goalkeeper
Strength by 1.
TA005TA005
total football
4-3-3
Score a goal for
each Section you
haven’t lose a goal
(max. 2).
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gegenpressing

Tactic
cards
5
6
BEFORE THE MATCH
FANS FAVORITE
0
hire
-2
Walsh
Gain equal
to the .
west
europe
6
BEFORE THE MATCH
FANS FAVORITE
0
hire
-2
Walsh
Gain equal
to the .
west
europe
6
BEFORE THE MATCH
FANS FAVORITE
0
hire
-2
Walsh
Gain equal
to the .
west
europe
2
BEFORE THE MATCH
B ODYCHE CK
2
-1
hire
Ibrahim
If he is played
on a left Wing,
gain .
africa
AFRICA
region depicted on their left side (Americas, Africa, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia). Shuffle each of these decks separately and place them faceup in the Transfer Area, as shown below. Keep the Veter-
an cards in a separate deck as usual and place the Youngster cards as the 6th deck (Home).
Beginning with the First player, each player places
their Scout token above any of these decks (each
deck may have multiple Scout tokens above it).
Each player receives 4 Flight markers
.
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
HOME

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HIRING PLAYERS
Production
On Monday, after Production, you may gain a by
discarding a or . You may do this as many
times as you want, but may never discard a to
gain or .
When Hiring Players, you may only Hire the Player
from the top of the deck where your Scout marker is.
If you want to Hire a Player from the top of a deck
that does not have your Scout marker, you must first
move your Scout marker to the appropriate deck by
Hiring Players
Example: Your Scout marker is above Africa and
you want to buy the top card from Asia. In order
to do this, you must move your Scout marker and
pay 3 .
Some card effects allow you to discard all Player
cards from the Transfer Area or Hire any card from
it. When these effects happen, each is resolved with
only the 6 topmost cards
2
BEFORE THE MATCH
HOT TEMPERED
1
-1
hire
Sousa
Place on this card 1
for each Jersey
marker in his Section
without corresponding
Player card.
america
2
BEFORE THE MATCH
HOT TEMPERED
1
-1
hire
Sousa
Place on this card 1
for each Jersey
marker in his Section
without corresponding
Player card.
america
2
BEFORE THE MATCH
HOT TEMPERED
1
-1
hire
Sousa
Place on this card 1
for each Jersey
marker in his Section
without corresponding
Player card.
america
8
BONUS
HOT TEMPERED
3
-1
hire
Luna
-1
america
AMERICAS
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
ASIA
8
BONUS
BORN LEADER
2
hire
-2
Nkosi
You may immedia-
tely hire any Player
from the display for
a regular price.
africa
8
BONUS
BORN LEADER
2
hire
-2
Nkosi
You may immedia-
tely hire any Player
from the display for
a regular price.
africa
8
BONUS
BORN LEADER
2
hire
-2
Nkosi
You may immedia-
tely hire any Player
from the display for
a regular price.
africa
4
BEFORE THE MATCH
FAST FEET
0
hire
-2
Kovalenko
You may spend up to
3 to place on this
card 2 for each
Resource spend.
east
europe
EASTERN EU
ROPE
3
AFTER THE REVEALING
THE OPPONENT CARD
SMART FEINT
1
hire
-3
Górski
If there is no in
corresponding Sec-
tion, score a goal
and move to an
adjacent Section.
east
europe
3
AFTER THE REVEALING
THE OPPONENT CARD
SMART FEINT
1
hire
-3
Górski
If there is no in
corresponding Sec-
tion, score a goal
and move to an
adjacent Section.
east
europe
3
AFTER THE REVEALING
THE OPPONENT CARD
SMART FEINT
1
hire
-3
Górski
If there is no in
corresponding Sec-
tion, score a goal
and move to an
adjacent Section.
east
europe
17
BONUS
B ODYCHE CK
3
hire
-2
Romeiro
+2
west
europe
WESTERN EUROPE
6
BEFORE THE MATCH
FANS FAVORITE
0
hire
-2
Walsh
Gain equal
to the .
west
europe
6
BEFORE THE MATCH
FANS FAVORITE
0
hire
-2
Walsh
Gain equal
to the .
west
europe
6
BEFORE THE MATCH
FANS FAVORITE
0
hire
-2
Walsh
Gain equal
to the .
west
europe
9
B ODYCHE CK
4
hire
-2
Sarr
This Player
needs 2 to
be assigned to
a match.
africa
AFRICA
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
3
BEFORE THE MATCH
SCHWALBE
2
hire
-3
Takahashi
Place 2 on
2 other Player
cards in his
Section.
asia
HOME
paying 1 for each deck you move. Moving the
Scout marker is not a separate action, but is includ-
ed as part of the Hire a Player action.
Note: Americas and Home are treated as
adjacent, and moving from one to the other
costs only 1
.
When Selling or discarding Player cards, return their cards back to the bottom of the corresponding deck—there is no Player card discard pile.
Selling and discarding

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GAME DESIGN: Thomas Jansen
GAME DEVELOPMENT: Jan Maurycy, Ignacy Trzewiczek
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Mateusz Kopacz, Rafał Szyma
COVER ARTWORK: Hanna Kuik
ARTWORK: Hanna Kuik, Maciej Simiński
RULEBOOK: Jan Maurycy
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Grzegorz Polewka, Damian Mazur
PROJECT MANAGER:
Marek Dąbrowski
ENGLISH EDITOR: Tyler Brown
The authors thank the testers and proofreaders for their help
in developing the game.
Special thanks to: Joanna Kijanka, Kuba Jarosz, Joanna
Wareluk, Chevee, Kajtek, Alicja Święcicka, Szymon, Jędrzej,
Karol, Dorsz, GDM, Janik, Filip, Wojtek, Sławek, Karol and all
other who helped with playtesting this product.
Dear Customer, our games are assembled with the greatest
care. However, if your copy lacks anything, we apologize.
Please, let us know through the Customer Service form on our
website: portalgames.pl/en/customer-service
Portal Games Sp. z o.o.
ul. H. Sienkiewicza 13, 44-190 Knurów, Poland.
© 2022 PORTAL GAMES Sp. z o.o.
All rights reserved.
You may combine this expansion with all other
expansions. All components from this expansion
have the printed icon:
, in order to easily distin-
guish them.
At the end of the game you gain an additional 8 
if you have Players from all 6 different decks.
At the end of the Week, discard the top card from
each deck without a Scout marker.
End of the Week
End of the game
International Players expansion and other expansions
Variants
You may shuffle all regular Player cards from the
base game with the Player cards from this expan- sion to create a bigger Player deck and use the rules for Hiring Players from the base game. You may also create the 6 decks of cards using all regular Player cards from the base game and expansions, and use rules from this expansion for Hiring Players.
When playing with the Unexpected Events expan-
sion, the effects of the Reputation board do not
apply to the Player cards.
VARIANTS

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