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Tournament Squad Planner v4 · Manual Lineup Editing

Fair playing time · ability-balanced lineups · half-time subs · edit any game by hand

🏆 Tournament Structure
🎯 Starting Formation (outfield players)

Sets how many of each position start each game. Subs will always swap like-for-like to keep your shape.

👥 Squad
GK is never substituted
Set each player's position and ability rating (1–10), then choose who plays GK if needed. Tap a player's 7 number to mark them as a Core Player — their number turns blue. Core players get more time and are last in the queue for a full game off.
No saved data
🏁 Starting Lineup — Game 1

Tap a player to add them to the starting 6. Green = starting · grey = bench. The rotation algorithm takes over from Game 2.

📋 Game Plans
📊 Player Stats
Player Position Rating Periods played Periods resting Playing time
⚙️ How the rotation works
Starting lineup

You pick who starts Game 1. From Game 2 onwards the app chooses automatically, always picking the players who have had the least time on the pitch, following your formation shape where possible.

Substitutions

All subs happen at half-time. Once a player comes off they stay off for the rest of that game. The app decides who comes off and on to keep playing time as even as possible across the squad, swapping like-for-like positions where it can.

Fairness

The app works out who sits out the whole game across all games before building any lineup, working through the squad so everyone gets a rest before anyone gets a second one. Within each game, players with less time are picked to start and come on first.

Manual Lineup Editing (v4)

Switch to Manual mode using the toggle in the action bar. Each game card gets an Edit button — click it to swap players in and out of the starting lineup. The stats table updates live. Toggle back to Auto at any time to compare. "Reset to Auto" wipes all your manual changes.

Ability Ratings

Each player has an ability rating from 1 to 10. The total ability on the pitch is shown for each half in every game card — so you can see at a glance how balanced the games are. Equal playing time is still the engine; use the Reshuffle button to explore different arrangements if you want the ability totals more even across games.

Core Players

Tap a player's number in the squad list to mark them as a Core Player — their number turns blue. Core players are always the last to be given a full game off. Within the same group, non-core players sit out first. This is only visible in setup and won't show on the printed schedule.

Goalkeeper

A dedicated goalkeeper plays every game and is not part of the rotation. Their time is shown in the stats table but doesn't affect anyone else's share.