FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions about MyChamp

General Questions

What is this site?

Is the site free?

Will you charge me in the future?

Will the site disappear in the future?

What guarantees do you offer?

All users are provided a free data export tool in XML format. This means you can always painlessly stop using the site, take your accumulated data, and leave.
To request a data export, email support@mychamp.ru. All information is exported for all tournaments and teams where you are a participant or administrator.

The site performs daily data backups.

What is mychamp.ru's interest?

MyChamp and football are our hobby and passion! Our goal is to turn the site into a global football service. Our commercial interest is site monetization through advertising and paid services. We are extremely interested in the growth of tournaments using mychamp.ru. Their success drives our goal, so we will do everything possible to help them grow.

Can you customize the site at my request?

Yes. If something is missing from the site and you need it, you can fund the development. We will estimate the cost; if the price works for you, we will hire an external developer who will complete the task under our joint supervision.
Subsequently, the feature will be available to all users for free.
Contact us: support@mychamp.ru or by phone +7-926-562-3836 Sergey.

We are also willing to do free development at your request. In that case, the speed of implementation will depend directly on how useful it is for the site.

Registration

Forgot password

Click the forgot password? link on the site's main page. Enter the email address used during registration and click «Reset». The system will send a link to that email address which you can follow to set a new password for your account.
If you have also forgotten your email password, write to us at support@mychamp.ru — we will link your account to a new email address.

Registration confirmation email not received, or the link is broken

Write to support@mychamp.ru from the email address used during registration, asking us to activate your account manually. We recommend using: yandex.ru, mail.ru, or gmail.com.

How to register a team?

After logging in, click «Teams» in the top navigation, then «Create yours». Fill in the required fields (*).
The «City» field is filled by selecting from a dropdown. If your city is not listed, email support@mychamp.ru and we will add it.

After registering, you need to add players to the squad and submit a roster to a tournament.

How to register a tournament?

After logging in, click «Tournaments», then «Create yours». Fill in the required fields.
The «City» field is filled by selecting from a dropdown. If your city is not listed, email support@mychamp.ru.
The «Phone» field — enter a valid phone number. All registered tournaments go through a mandatory verification call to this number. The «Tournament type» — League or Cup.

What does the yellow notice mean: «Your tournament/club has not been approved by the administrator»?

This means your tournament/team has not yet been activated by the site administration (spam protection). An unactivated team cannot add real players to its squad or submit tournament applications, but can build a squad from prototype players. An unactivated tournament is invisible to everyone except its administrator.

Who can register tournaments?

Anyone. Any user who wants to track data for a tournament not yet in the system — for example, to record their team's statistics — can do so.

Who can register teams?

Anyone who is associated with the team they are registering.

I want to delete my account

Write to support@mychamp.ru from the email used to log in, requesting account deletion. Please also include your phone number.

Player (User)

How to join a team squad?

Go to «Teams › find an existing one», find the team you play for, and click «I am a player of this team» under the team logo, then click «Save». Once the team administrator approves your request, you will be added to the squad.

How to leave a team squad?

The team administrator must first remove you from all current tournament rosters.

Go to «Me» in the top-left corner of the screen. At the bottom, on the green bar, click «Edit» to the right of «Playing experience».
Then click «Remove» under the corresponding team. This removes you from the squad and records your departure date in your playing history.
Clicking «Remove» again in the same place will erase the record of you ever playing for that team.

Data Privacy

A user's contact details are only visible to teammates. Passwords are stored encrypted and cannot be read or recovered even by site administrators.

Player Profile tab

Contains the user's main information. Contact details are visible ONLY to your teammates. Playing experience — a list of teams the user has played for or currently plays for.

By selecting " create a team search ad " from the dropdown menu ▾ below your photo, you can create a looking-for-team ad.

Below the user's photo, stars display the user's current rating (average across all games of all seasons for all teams). These ratings are given by teammates based on match results.

Screenshots:

Player Statistics tab

Shows the player's statistics in matches where attendance was recorded: Goals, Assists, Yellow and Red cards, Goals Conceded.

In the "premium user account", this tab additionally shows the column for Team Rating of the player per game.

Player Messages tab

From here you can send a private message to any user on the site. All your correspondence is stored here.
You can also send a message by clicking «Send message» below a user's photo when viewing their profile.

By default the site shows only the 10 most recent conversations. To see more, add ?dialogslimit=100 to the end of the browser address bar and the system will show your last 100 conversations.

How to add a photo without half your face being cropped?

Upload a photo sized 170×170 px.

How to change your position in a team

Click «Me» in the top navigation. At the bottom of the page, click «Edit» to the right of «Playing experience». Under the team where you want to change position, click «Edit». Select a new position and save.

Creating a looking-for-team ad

Create a looking-for-team ad by clicking «Create ad» in the Players section, or by clicking " create a team search ad " in your profile.
Your ad will appear in the Players section and in your profile.
You will be able to accept or decline invitations, communicate with team representatives in comments or privately, track the number of responses and views, edit and close the ad.
You can have at most one open looking-for-team ad at a time. New ads can only be created every 5 days. There is no limit on the number of responses.

In the Teams section you can respond to open ads from teams looking for players or sign up for training.
After 3 responses to ads that resulted in a team invitation, the system will ask you to activate a premium account.

We strongly recommend adding your real photo to your profile. Players with photos receive invitations 5× more often.

Email subscription settings

In "Edit my information › Settings" you can subscribe/unsubscribe from the following MyChamp.ru email notifications:
— Receive attendance reminder emails. If enabled and you haven't marked your status in the Sobirator, the system will email you 4 and 1 day before the game.
— Receive new comment emails. When you comment on a post, you automatically subscribe to notifications for new comments on that post.
— Receive team tournament invitation emails. Only visible to team admins. Disabled by default.

You contacted developers looking for a team

The mychamp.ru development team does not recruit players, invite players to games or training sessions, and does not run tournaments!
If you are looking for a new team or want to respond to an ad, you need to register on the site and read the section Creating a looking-for-team ad.

Team (for team administrators)

Team registration

How to add a real player to the squad?

Method 1:

On the team's «Squad» tab, find the link «Send invitation link to a real person», click it, copy the generated invitation link, and send it to your players:
- In the team's messenger chat to everyone at once, if there are few/no blue players;
- In private messages to each black player in the squad. If the invited user is already in the squad and joins under a new email, you will end up with 2 records for the same player.
Team captains can merge duplicate player records when one is a prototype and the other is a real player. A captain cannot merge statistics for two real people.

Method 2:

Find the player, go to their profile, click the dropdown arrow icon below the player's photo, and select «Invite to team». The player will receive an email and a notification where they can accept or decline. If the user accepts, they will be added to the squad.
You can cancel a sent invitation on the team's «Squad» tab.

How to add a prototype player to the squad?

Go to «Teams», click on your team name, select the «Squad» tab, and click «Add player to team». Enter the player's name and click «Save».

see also Prototype player, How to add a real player?

How to register a team for a tournament?

Find a tournament that is recruiting teams, go to it, and click «Submit application» under the tournament logo. Select the players from the squad that you want to register and click «Submit». Once the tournament administrator reviews the application, it will appear in the tournament's «Rosters» tab.

I don't see the «Submit application» link

Either your team has not yet been approved by the site administrator, or the tournament's application period has ended.

A prototype team appears instead of my team in the tournament roster

Method 1:
You are the captain. Register on the site. Contact the tournament admin by phone/email and ask them to appoint you as admin of the prototype team.

Method 2:
Create a team.
Click «Submit application» under the tournament logo and wait for the tournament admin's approval.
If the application period has closed, go to the «Rosters» tab and click «Is this your club?» next to your prototype team's name (the real team and prototype names must match exactly), then click «Send request».

Two records for the same player in my squad

If one is a real player and the other is a prototype player, click the ⋮ icon to the right of the prototype player on the «Squad» tab, then select «Merge» from the dropdown menu. In the new window, select the matching real player's name from the dropdown. All prototype data will be transferred to the real player.
If there are two prototypes, delete the one not registered in a tournament (the system won't let you delete the registered one).

How to add/remove a player from the tournament roster?

Condition for editing: the «Profile» tab of the tournament must have the setting «Transfer window › open» and you must be a team admin.
Go to the «Rosters» tab and click on your team name. The player lists will open — Registered and Unregistered players. The ⋮ kebab icon to the right of each player opens a menu for adding/removing from the roster. The tournament administrator will receive a corresponding request; once approved, the changes take effect.

The tournament roster is built from the team's SQUAD. Some squad members may be registered for the tournament and others not.

How to add/change a player's photo?

A player can change their own photo at http://mychamp.ru/users/edit, or the team administrator can do it via: Squad tab › click «Edit» to the right of «Playing» › click «Edit» under the player.
If both the player and team admin have uploaded a photo, the most recent one will be used in the tournament roster.

If all open seasons the player is registered in have «roster editing — prohibited», neither the player nor the team admin can change the photo or name. If at least one is open — they can.

How to grant another user team admin rights?

Method 1: Go to your team page, click «Edit» to the right of the team name. Click «Edit» to the right of the «Owner» field, then click «Appoint another». Enter the future administrator's last name, then select them from the dropdown. Only registered users can be administrators.

Method 2: The person who wants to become team admin should log in, go to the team page, and click «Become team admin» under the club logo. Then wait for confirmation from an existing admin. If the team already has three admins, this link won't appear.

How to remove a player from the squad?

On the «Squad» tab click «Edit», then click «Remove» under the player you want to remove. Before removing, the player must be removed from all rosters in current tournaments.

Team withdrew from the tournament — how to delete the application?

No action is required from the team's side. Removing the team from the participants list can only be done by the tournament administrator.

Team Profile tab

Contains the team's main information for opponents and tournaments. The «Contacts» field is visible to all registered users.

By clicking «You can indicate you are looking for a player or an opponent», you can create a looking-for-player, training invitation, or friendly match ad.

Squad tab

Shows all current players in the team. From here you can add and remove players.

Stars to the right of a player's name display the player's current all-time rating on MyChamp. These ratings are assigned by teammates based on match results.

When submitting a tournament application, players from the SQUAD are selected for inclusion in the tournament ROSTER.

Team Statistics tab

Shows player statistics per tournament: Games played, Goals, Assists, Goals+Assists, Yellow and Red cards, Goals Conceded, Man of the Match count.

The "team premium account" additionally shows the Team Rating column per season, and an «All tournaments» option for all-time and year-by-year stats.

Team News tab

Shows news posted by the team administrator and players. These news items automatically appear in the global news feed for all real players in the squad. Other users can only see them on this tab or by subscribing to the team's news.
News marked with « show to team members only » is visible only to real players in the squad.
Clicking «hide» makes the news visible only to the team administrator. Clicking «publish» makes it available to other users again.

Tournaments tab

Shows the team's 3 upcoming and most recent games for the selected tournament, as well as the list of registered players.

Calendar tab

Team admins have a «Create match» link above the calendar, allowing them to track the schedule and statistics for any games (including practice games) without managing the full tournament.

If you want to track the tournament standings, create a tournament via the «Tournaments» link in the top navigation.

Deleting a team from the site

Method 1: If the team has not played any games. Go to team editing (click «Edit» to the right of the team name) and find the «Delete» link at the bottom.

Method 2: Email support@mychamp.ru from the team admin's email, requesting deletion. Include the club name.

Method 3: Appoint «MyChamp Admin» user as team admin and remove yourself as owner.

My team's tournament is not on the site

If your team plays in an amateur tournament not on mychamp.ru and you want to track your players' statistics, you can create that tournament on our site and only record stats for your team (just enter the scores for other teams).
A tournament can have up to 3 administrators.
Over time, if your opponents also want to join on mychamp.ru, you can grant them access to manage their own team stats.

If you only want to track your football team's statistics, use the «Create match» link on the team's Calendar tab. This link is only available to team admins.

Creating a looking-for-player, training, or friendly match ad

Create a looking-for-player, training invitation, or friendly match ad by clicking New ad in the news feed or «create ad» in the Teams section.
Your ad will appear in the Teams section and on the team profile.
You will be able to accept or decline requests, communicate in comments or privately, track responses and views, and edit or close the ad.
You can have at most one open ad per unique type (looking for player, inviting to training, inviting to friendly). That is, a team can have up to three simultaneous ads. Teams with a premium account have no such restrictions. New ads can be created no more than once every three days.

Friendly matches between teams

Teams can invite each other to friendly matches and track statistics. A team admin creates a friendly match ad, the opposing team's admin responds, and the ad author confirms the request.
The system automatically creates a game, attendance collector, and sends email notifications to all participants.
After the match, both team admins can enter statistics by clicking «Edit» under the score.

If your team has a premium account, the admin/captain can also click «Invite to a friendly» under the opposing team's logo, and the opponent's captain can accept.

Tournament (for tournament administrators)

Tournament registration

see How to register a tournament?

Managing tournament seasons

If the tournament has more than 1 season, clicking the dashed link under the tournament name (e.g. September 2015 — June 2016) shows statistics for past editions. Example

For tournament administrators:
When all tournament games are complete, all statistics have been entered, and the tournament end date is in the past, you will see an «End season» link on a yellow background. Clicking it saves your tournament's statistics for the completed season and lets you open a new one.
Clicking «Start new season» creates a new tournament season.

If you forgot to enter something in the last closed season, click «Resume season». This is only possible before a new season is opened. After making corrections, close the season again.

If you don't see «End season» under the tournament name, fill in the remaining game scores (or delete the games), refresh the page, then click «End season».

You can delete a tournament before adding any games by clicking «delete» under the tournament name.

Recruiting teams

Creating a prototype team

If a tournament team is not registered on the site, you can create a prototype. On the «Rosters» tab, click «Create prototype team», enter the team name, and click «Create».
The system will immediately ask you to enter the roster: click «Edit» to the right of «Registered players», enter a player's name, and click «Add». A prototype team can be replaced with a real team at any time.

Replacing a prototype team with a real team

Method 1:
The easiest way is to ask the team captain to register on the site, then appoint them as admin of the prototype team. The prototype will then become a real team.

Method 2:
Go to team editing, navigate to «Admins», appoint and remove any person as team admin, for example the user «Mychamp Admin».

Old method:
Go to the «Rosters» tab.

1. If there are two identical teams (a prototype and a real one), click «Replace» in edit mode and specify the real club name.
2. If the team itself submitted a replacement request, a message will appear for the tournament admin: «-- Team name -- is claiming this club». Verify it is genuinely the right team (always call the captain), then click «Accept».

In both cases the prototype team's data will be transferred to the real team.

Tournament settings: General

«Technical result goals» — enter 5 if the regulations prescribe a 0:5 technical defeat score.
«Number of rounds» — how many times two teams play each other (2 = home and away).

Tournament settings: Bracket setup

If the tournament type is a Cup, go to «Bracket» in the tournament settings (or «Stages» on the «Tournament › Games» tab). Click «Add stage». Specify the stage type: group stage or knockout.

Example: 2 groups of 4 teams, top 2 from each group advance, then knockout.
Group composition is determined by the matches added on the «Games» tab.

The system supports virtual matchups like: 1st place Group A vs 4th place Group B, or Winner Semi-final 1 vs Winner Semi-final 2.
Stages can only be reordered by adding/deleting a stage.
Editing stages after games have been played is not allowed.
Four groups is one group stage (name it accordingly) with 4 groups, not four stages. Group names are auto-assigned: A, B, C, etc.

Tournament settings: Stadiums

To be able to specify where games will be played, add all stadiums to the tournament first. Go to tournament editing, click «Stadiums», and select «Add stadium». Enter a short stadium name and address (or nearest building address if the stadium has no address). The system will automatically pin it on the map.
The stadium list is visible in the tournament profile.
If there are multiple stadiums, you must also specify the stadium when adding a game to the schedule.

Tournament settings: Referees

To specify who referees a game and allow match participants to rate the officiating, add referees to the tournament.
Go to tournament editing, click «Referees». If the referee has been created before, click «Add referee», start entering the last name, and SELECT the referee from the dropdown. This allows the system to track the referee's officiating statistics across all games.
If no one shows up in the dropdown, enter the referee's full name in the «Name» field.
Save the data.

Only the person who created the referee can edit the photo and name. «Foreign» referees are marked with an eye icon.
Photos are added/changed in referee edit mode.

A referee can only be deleted from the system by their creator, provided they have not been assigned to any match. You can remove a referee from your tournament season at any time.

The referee list is visible in the tournament profile.
If there are multiple referees, specify the match referee when adding a game.

Referee ratings, if there are votes, will be displayed in the game below the statistics.

Tournament settings: Statistics

«Table sorting rules» — defines how teams are ranked in the standings. Any rule can be dragged up or down to increase/decrease its priority.
Changing the rules does not immediately re-sort the table, as it is cached. To update the table, add (and optionally delete) a new game with a score.

How goals and assists are tracked — this setting defines the visual input form for game data, hiding unused fields.

Tournament settings: Collaborative editing

The system allows not only tournament admins but also team admins to enter game data for their own clubs. This significantly reduces time spent by the tournament admin and allows teams to maintain 100% accurate data at the level of detail they choose.
«Only me» — only the tournament admin can enter data.
«Captains» — both the tournament admin and team admins can enter data (for their own teams). Data entered by team admins appears in grey and can be confirmed, overridden, or cancelled by the tournament admin at any time.
When a team admin enters a game score, the system sends notifications to the tournament admin and the opposing team's admin.

The «Game score» setting allows teams to enter/change a score if it hasn't been entered yet or has only been entered by one team. A score confirmed by both teams (or entered by the tournament admin) is considered final and is not shown in grey.
Only the tournament admin can correct a final score.
«Attendance» — allows teams to mark which players attended the game.
«Top scorers» — allows teams to enter their scorers, own goals, and goalkeepers.
«Cards» — allows teams to enter cards received.

By default, team captains can enter everything. These settings can be changed by the tournament admin.

Tournament profile: Accepting new teams

Applications open — teams see a «Submit application» link under the tournament logo. Set this before the tournament begins to allow teams to apply.
Applications closed — removes the «Submit application» link. Set this before the first game is played.

Tournament profile: Transfer window

Tournament profile: Documents

Rosters tab

A user without a team can create one here, or request to join one of the teams already registered.

Teams can also add/remove players on this tab.
After adding/removing a player, the tournament admin must confirm the change. Only after confirmation does the change take effect. The player's registration date is the date the tournament admin approved the request.

The tournament admin can remove any player from any roster at any time.

Rosters: Confirmed applications

Shows the list of teams (see real team and prototype team) and players registered for the tournament. Click on a team under «Confirmed applications» to see its registered players.

To view the full season player registry, click the «Confirmed applications» link on the green bar. Photos and ages are only visible to tournament admins and premium users.

Rosters: Pending applications

When a real team submits an application to join the tournament, the tournament admin sees the team name with «Accept» and «Decline» buttons on the «Rosters» tab. «Accept» — the team is added to the tournament participants list. «Decline» — the team is denied participation (spam protection). «View roster» — see the list of players the team wants to register.

Rosters: Roster changes

If roster editing is permitted, teams can add/remove players. To approve a roster change, click «Approve» next to the player's name. To deny, click «Decline».

Rosters: Transfers

Condition: the tournament «Profile» tab must have «Transfer window › open» and you must be the tournament admin.
Go to the «Rosters» tab and click the team the player currently plays for. The player lists will open. Hover over a player to see icons including green and red arrows. Click this icon and select the team to transfer the player to. On transfer, the player is removed from team 1's roster and added to team 2's squad and roster.
Team admins are notified of all roster changes via notifications (bell icon) and on the Rosters tab.

Games tab

Shows all past and upcoming tournament games.
To add a game, click «Add game», enter the date, time, and opponents. The game is added to the round/stage/group from which the button was clicked.

Game results can only be entered for games that have passed on the schedule.
To enter a result, open the game in edit mode and click «Enter data».

To reschedule a game to a new date, click «Edit».
To postpone a game to an indefinite date, click «Postpone».
To postpone to an indefinite time, set the start time to 00:00.

To write a game preview or comment on an upcoming game, click «— : —» before the game starts.

Tournament Table tab

Shows the current standings.
The table can be sorted by clicking a column header. Hold SHIFT to sort by multiple columns simultaneously.

By default, the system ranks teams by points, then goals scored, then goal difference. Priorities can be changed in tournament settings.
In case of a tie in points, the system first builds a mini-table for those teams using head-to-head results, then fills in the rest.

A cross-table is shown below the standings if the tournament has 24 or fewer teams.

You can embed the tournament table on your website using our widgets.

Tournament Statistics tab

Shows the top scorers list, cards list, and goalkeepers list (position — goalkeeper, games in goal, and goals conceded average). If none of these analytics are tracked, the tab is not shown.

Goalkeeper statistics algorithm: only for players with the goalkeeper position, only for goalkeepers who played more than 2 games. Average goals per game = goals conceded / games in goal (enter 0 for a clean sheet).

You can embed the top scorers/cards table on your website using our widgets.

Tournament News tab

Shows news posted by the tournament administrator. These news items automatically appear in the global news feed for all real players of teams registered in the tournament. Other users can only see them here or by subscribing to the tournament's news. Clicking «hide» makes the news visible only to the tournament administrator. Clicking «publish» makes it available again.

Tournament Disqualifications tab

This tab is only shown when disqualification rules are enabled in the tournament settings (a yellow or red card threshold is set). Configure it under «Edit tournament → Statistics»: for example, «3 yellow cards — 1 game suspension» means the system will suggest suspending a player once they accumulate 3 yellows.

What you see on the tab:
Recommended for disqualification — visible to the tournament administrator only. The system automatically checks the most recent played game of each team: if a player received a card in that game and their total card count of that type for the season is a multiple of the threshold, they appear in the recommended list. The administrator clicks «disqualify» to confirm the suspension.

Disqualification table — lists all active and completed disqualifications for the season. Each entry shows: player, team, reason, start date — end date, and a counter «X / Y» (games already served / total games assigned). A disqualification closes automatically once the club has played the required number of matches.

Adding a disqualification manually: click the «Disqualify player» button, choose a player, enter the reason, start date, and number of games. You can also mark the disqualification as conditional — it appears in the table with a «C» note and is taken into account on the next offence.

Note: the system only recommends players who received a card in their team's most recent game. If a player reached the card threshold in an earlier match, they will not appear in recommendations until they receive another card.

How to remove a team that withdrew mid-competition?

On the «Rosters» tab in edit mode, click «delete». The system will offer several options:
«Delete and void all results» — all team data is removed from the tournament (player statistics, roster, games, standings are recalculated).
Example: team played 3 of 38 rounds and withdrew.

«Apply technical defeats to remaining matches» — all opponents receive a technical win with the score specified in tournament settings.
Example: team left 5 rounds before the end, no point filling the slot.

«Delete while preserving statistics» — the team is removed from the roster and standings but game/statistics data remains visible.
Example: team left mid-tournament, replaced by a new team with the same number of points. Statistics for remaining teams are kept, and the new team starts fresh.

To add points to the new team, email support@mychamp.ru requesting the adjustment. Create two separate tournaments — one with tournament type Cup, and one with type League. Ending a league season and then starting a new season with cup type is incorrect.

Adding/deducting points from a team

Go to the «Table» tab and click «Edit» to the right of «Tournament standings», then click «Edit» again under the points to be changed. Enter the number of points to add/deduct and a comment explaining why.
Modified team points will be shown as a link; clicking it shows the unmodified total, the adjustment amount, and the reason.

Addition example: one team replaced another and was given the predecessor's points.
Deduction example: result of a serious disciplinary violation.

How to register a multi-division tournament?

Register each division (league) as a separate tournament.
Include links to other divisions in the tournament description if needed.

Auto-generating the football schedule

The site can generate a football schedule for all tournament types — leagues and cups. To generate games, the tournament admin must add teams to the «Rosters» tab and click «generate round (stage) games» on the «Games» tab for the corresponding round/stage.

League:

• Recommended: generate all games for one full round at once.
• The generator considers all existing games in the tournament. You can top up a round's games. This is useful if, for example, you want to schedule the top teams' matches for the end.
• The system alternates home/away so each team plays an equal number of home and away games.
• For the 2nd and subsequent rounds, time and stadium logic is based on the previous round.
• If clicking «generate round games» does nothing, try again — the system may use a different algorithm on the next attempt.
• The last 2 rounds won't generate — what to do? The previous rounds were likely generated in a way that makes the last rounds impossible. Find the 3 ungenerated games from the cross-table, delete all games from the last 3 generated rounds, manually add those 3 games, then click «Generate games» — the system will fill in the rest.

Cup:

• Schedule is generated per stage and per group.
• Group stage. Set the number of groups in the stage settings before generating.
  • Clicking «generate stage games» adds teams to groups and creates games. If a group already has games, only the remaining ones are created. If «Number of rounds» > 1, return legs are also generated.
  • If the number of teams is odd, one team will be dropped.
• Knockout stage:
  • If there is no previous stage, pairs are generated from teams on the «Rosters» tab.
  • If the previous stage was knockout and all games are played, the current stage generates pairs from the winners of the previous stage.
  • If the previous stage was knockout but games are not yet played, the current stage generates pairs like «Winner of game 1 — Winner of game 4».
  • If the previous stage was a group stage and all games are played, real winners replace virtual placeholders like «1st place Group A».
  • If the previous stage was a group stage and not all games are played, virtual pairs are generated: «1st Group A vs Nth Group B».
  • If some games are already set on the current stage, the generator only creates the remaining ones.
  • The algorithm respects the «Number of rounds» setting and existing games.

Search

Finding a player

After logging in, click «Players» in the top navigation, enter the person's last name, and click «Find». The «In my city» filter limits results to users in the same city as you. Some users enter their names using Latin letters.

Finding a team

In the «Teams» section, click "find an existing one".
Select a city and the first letter of the team name. Some teams prefix their name with FC, AFC, etc.

Finding a tournament

After logging in, click «Tournaments» and select your city.
— Recruiting — tournaments currently accepting new teams.
— Active — tournaments currently in progress.
— Completed — seasons that have already finished.

News

News displayed when you log in

This page shows all news the user is subscribed to.
Each user is automatically subscribed to news from their team and the tournaments their team participates in.
You can subscribe to news from other tournaments and teams by clicking «Subscribe to news» under the tournament/team logo.
Click a news headline to open the full post.
Any news item can be shared with friends on social networks using the Share link.

Adding news

On the main page, any user can post news visible only to their teammates.
News visible to everyone is added on the «News» tab.

How to unsubscribe from news?

To unsubscribe from a manual subscription, click «Unsubscribe» under the tournament/team logo.
Automatic subscriptions cannot be cancelled.

Commenting on news

To comment, click «Comment» under a post, write your comment, and click «Add». Each new comment moves the post to the top of the news feed. You can include a link in a comment — it must start with http.
Users can delete their own comments. Tournament admins (for tournament news) and team admins (for team news) can also delete comments.
Comments cannot be edited.
Comments on private news are only visible to team members.
If a post has more than 4 comments, they are collapsed. By default the first and last comments are shown; click «expand comments» to see the full discussion.

To subscribe to comments on an interesting post, open the post and click «subscribe to new comments», or simply leave a comment. To stop receiving email notifications, go to http://mychamp.ru/users/edit and uncheck the corresponding option.

News tab

The News tab is present in all tournaments and teams. Tournament and team admins can add, delete, and edit news on their respective tabs.
News on this tab is visible to all users.
For players, news from the tournaments and clubs they participate in automatically appears in the main news feed. All other news requires a subscription.

Adding a photo to a post

Click the image button (tooltip: insert/edit image) to open a dialog. In the «Image URL» field, enter the photo URL. If the image is cropped by the system, set the first Dimensions field to 600 and leave the second (height) blank. Click «Insert».
To insert a photo from your computer, upload it to a free hosting service like http://radikal.ru (resized to 600×auto), then use the image URL.

Adding a video to a post or game

We support video and live streams from: YouTube, RuTube, Vimeo, Video@Mail.ru, VKontakte, Ivideon and Twitch.tv.
Videos can be added to both posts and game descriptions, either via direct link or iframe.
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