FootballDream Fantasy XI is a free, skill-based salary-cap game. For any match you pick a squad of 11 players inside a 100-credit budget, choose a captain and vice-captain, and save before kickoff. Once the match is played your team scores from real match statistics. This guide covers every rule and the complete points system.
The core rules
- Pick exactly 11 players for a single match.
- Stay within a 100-credit budget — every player has a price.
- Role minimums: 1 goalkeeper, at least 3 defenders, at least 3 midfielders, and at least 1 forward.
- Exactly 1 goalkeeper is allowed (no more).
- Maximum 8 players from any single team.
- Choose one captain (2× points) and one vice-captain (1.5× points).
- Your team locks at the match kickoff time — no edits after that.
How the budget works
Each player has a credit price, roughly between 6.0 and 12.5, based on their position and form. Star strikers and proven goalscorers cost the most; rotation and squad players cost least. The art of the game is balancing premium picks against budget enablers so you can field a strong, legal XI without breaking 100 credits. Use the Auto-fill button for a quick legal starting point, then tweak.
Captain and vice-captain
Your captain scores double (2×) their match points; the vice-captain scores 1.5× their points. Both multipliers always apply — the vice is a second armband, not a fallback for a captain who does not play. Captaincy is the single biggest swing in the game, and the captain and vice-captain must be two different players. This is a Fantasy XI rule: our whole-gameweek game, Gameweek Fantasy, has one 2× captain and no vice-captain, because there you can move the armband right up to each player’s own kickoff.
The points system
Fantasy XI uses exactly the same scoring as FootballDream Player Draft, so your knowledge carries across both games.
Playing time
- Played 1 to 59 minutes +1. Substitutes who come off the bench score this too.
- Played 60 minutes or more +2. Stoppage time counts; extra time does not, because every statistic is measured over normal time only.
Attacking points
- Goal — Forward +4, Midfielder +5, Defender +6, Goalkeeper +10. Goals are worth more the further back the scorer plays, because they are rarer.
- Assist +3 (any position). The final pass or touch before a goal.
- Shot on target +1, for every shot that forces a save or goes in.
- Key pass +1, for every pass that creates a shot for a team-mate. If that shot is scored it becomes an assist instead, and the larger assist reward applies.
Defensive points
- Clean sheet — Goalkeeper or Defender +4, Midfielder +1. Requires at least 60 minutes played, and is judged on goals conceded while that player was on the pitch, so a defender substituted at 0-0 after 60 minutes keeps the clean sheet even if the team concedes later.
- Goalkeeper save bonus — +1 for every 3 saves, counted in complete groups of three.
- Penalty save +5, for a penalty saved during normal play.
- Goalkeeper shots faced — +1 for every 4 shots faced, rewarding a keeper under sustained pressure.
- Defensive contributions +2 — awarded once when a defender reaches 7, or a midfielder or forward reaches 6, clearances, blocked shots, interceptions and tackles won added together. Goalkeepers are excluded, because their work is already rewarded through saves.
Duels
- Fouls won +1 for every 3, counted in complete groups of three.
- Fouls committed −1 for every 3, so an occasional foul costs nothing.
Negative points
- Goals conceded — −1 for every 2 conceded, goalkeepers and defenders only, and only for goals conceded while that player was on the pitch.
- Yellow card −1, red card −3. A red card is applied in addition to any yellow already shown in the same match.
- Own goal −2.
- Missed penalty −2, for a penalty saved or missed during normal play. Shoot-out penalties are never counted.
When does scoring happen?
After the match finishes, FootballDream pulls real per-player statistics and scores every Fantasy XI automatically. Your captain and vice-captain multipliers are applied, and the per-match Fantasy leaderboard updates so you can see exactly where you finished.