🏆 Leagues

• What is a league?

  A league is a tournament season where teams compete over a defined period. Each league has its own match format, season dates, registration deadline

• Who can create and manage a league?

  Any logged-in user can create a league. Three access levels: Creator: full control (settings, managers, teams, partners, archiving). Only the Creator adds

• How to create a league?

  Any signed-in user can create a league alone: no approval, subscription or support needed. Go to your profile and tap Create League. Set name, description

• What rules and checks apply in a league?

  Playbox checks these rules in a league: Teams apply only until the registration deadline and before the schedule is generated. League staff can still edit

• How do applications and rosters work in a league?

  A team gets into a league in one of two ways: it applies, or the league organizer invites it. Friends can't sign up one by one: they need a permanent team

• How do I add or remove players in a team's season roster?

  Only players in a team's season roster for this league, and not suspended, can be put into a league match. That is why you can pick only some of your

• How to manage league partners?

  Partners are brand/company cards showcasing sponsors. Managed by Creators and Managers. Add partner: name, logo, photo. Description optional (max 300

• How does the prize pool work?

  Creators and Managers can set prize amounts for specific placements (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.). Default: Undefined. Once the league starts, prize pool is

• Disciplinary Cards and how do they work?

  Disciplinary cards (yellow/red) are issued during league events only. They track fair play and automatically trigger suspensions. --- For Players Card

• How do I cancel a disciplinary card issued by mistake?

  Open the match, go to the Disciplinary Cards page and delete the card from the Issued in this match list. The list shows every card of that match with the

• How do I lift or shorten a player's suspension?

  Open the league, go to Disciplinary Cards in the league admin menu and use the Suspensions section. Each row shows the player, the reason for the

• How are draws resolved in league playoffs?

  In a league's playoff (knockout) stage, a drawn match is decided by the stage's tiebreak rule instead of ending level. You can choose Extra Time, Penalty

• How do I show my league in Explore (or keep it as a draft)?

  You control this with the Show in Explore toggle in the league form. When it's on, your league appears in Explore (the app's discovery section) while

• Why don't I see any leagues in Explore?

  Explore shows leagues whose host city falls within your search radius, the same way games are filtered, and if there are no leagues near you the Leagues

• How do I favourite a league and where do my favourites appear?

  Tap the heart button on a league to save it as a favourite, and your favourited leagues then show up on your Home page for quick access. This gives you a

• How does yellow-card carryover and suspension work across matchdays?

  A direct red card means a 1-match suspension by default. Two yellows in one match (1 match) and reaching the yellow-card limit (default 4) also suspend

• How do I add fantasy or predictions to my league?

  Open your league, tap Activities in the organizer menu, and pick what to add. Fantasy lets players build a squad of real league footballers every week and

• How do I remove fantasy or predictions from my league?

  Open Activities in your league, tap the activity, and use Remove activity at the bottom of its settings. Removing takes it off the league page for

• How does a league season end?

  A season ends when you finish it, not when its end date arrives. The end date you set when creating the league is only a plan: it drives the league card

• How do I record a technical defeat when a team does not show up?

  Only league Creators and Managers can do it, referees cannot. Open the match in the Match Room, tap the "..." menu and choose Technical defeat. Pick the

• How do I start the second stage of my league?

  Open your league and use Start second stage. It is an explicit three step action: preview, start, and reset if you need to undo. The preview shows a

• How do I edit the tournament bracket?

  Open the bracket from your league page or from the tournament lobby and use Edit bracket. Drag the handle on a row or tap a side of a pair, then pick a

• How do I edit my league's rules?

  Open your league and go to Rules. The rules have their own screen now and save straight away, so you no longer walk through the whole league form and press

• Why are my league's rules locked?

  A stage locks its own rules the moment it starts, because by then those rules are already written into its matches. The regulation is copied into every

• How do teams pay the league fee, and can I withdraw it from Playbox?

  League team fees are paid in cash only: the league registration checkout offers no card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or Playbox Wallet. The organizer collects

• My league managers say they have no match controls. Why?

  A league Manager is attached automatically as a match manager to every upcoming and live league match, so Managers can start matches, keep score, set

• Can I move a player from one team to another inside a league?

  Yes, but there is no transfer button. Do it in three steps: Remove him from team A's season roster (League, Participants, team A, Remove). He must be a

• How do I generate the league schedule?

  The league Creator or a Manager taps "Generate Schedule" on the league's games list. The button shows while the league has no schedule yet. It builds a

• How are teams ordered in the league table when they have equal points?

  The table order is fixed and can't be configured: points first, then fewer games played, then goal difference, then goals scored. Head-to-head results are

• A team wants to leave the league after the deadline. What do I do in the app?

  A team can withdraw its registration only until the sign-up deadline. After that the app refuses, so removing the team needs support: Telegram

• How do I start the next season with the same teams?

  First close the current one with "Finish season". There is no copy or "next season" button: create a new league for the new season. Teams are permanent, so