The Finance page

"Finance" is the club's bank statement. There are no forecasts or formulas here, only what has already happened: how much came in, how much went out and what for.

Period

At the top of the page is the period switch: "7 days", "30 days", "90 days" and "All time". Both the numbers and the chart depend on it. The default is one week — that is how long it takes the club to go through a full cycle of income and costs.

Four numbers

Current balance
What it showshow much money the club has now
Income
What it showseverything that came in during the period
Expenses
What it showseverything that went out during the period
Net result
What it showsincome minus expenses; next to it, by how many percent the balance changed since the start of the period

A negative net result is not always bad: if you have just bought a player or upgraded a building, that is an investment. It is bad when the minus repeats week after week without big purchases.

Balance chart

"Balance dynamics" shows how the balance changed during the period. The line is green if the balance at the end is higher than at the start and red if it is lower. If there are too few transactions in the period, there is no chart — pick a longer period.

Transaction log

Each transaction is a row: what it is, the amount and when. The "All / Income / Expenses" filter separates money in from money out, and the buttons at the bottom page through the log. The most common names:

Match
What it istickets for a home cup match
Match reward
What it ispayment for a match result
Prize money
What it iscup prizes and rewards for completed goals
Sponsor
What it isthe weekly sponsor and merchandise payment
Transfer (in) / Transfer (out)
What it isselling a player / buying a player
Fee
What it isthe market commission taken from the seller
Staff hiring
What it isa staff contract
Infrastructure
What it isbuilding upgrades, weekly maintenance, renaming the stadium
Stadium
What it isexpanding the stands
Training, Booster, Scouting
What it isextra training, instant player recovery, trait research
Cup entry fee
What it isentering a paid cup
Cosmetics & identity
What it ispurchases in the shop with club money

Butcer transactions are not shown here: butcer belongs to the manager, not the club, and has its own log on the "Magic Butcer" page.

Every Monday

Once a week, on Monday at 00:00 UTC, the game runs the weekly cycle: the sponsor and merchandise pay out, building maintenance is charged and free training tokens from the training base are added. That is why there are several rows at once in the log on Monday — this is normal.

How to find where the money went

  1. Set the period to "30 days" and the filter to "Expenses".
  2. Look at which rows repeat. One-off large amounts are purchases; repeating ones are regular costs.
  3. Compare Monday's "Infrastructure" rows (maintenance) with "Sponsor": if maintenance is catching up with the sponsor, stop building until income grows.
  4. Switch to "Income": if there are hardly any "Match" rows, the club rarely plays home cup matches — and they are the main source of ticket income.

Where income and costs come from in general — see Club economy.

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