Deep Simulation Mechanics
Players, coaches, tactics, match state and context interact as part of one simulation.
DIFFERENT ERAS. SAME PASSION.
Football Across Every Era.
Simulated From the Inside Out.
Epoch XI is a historical football simulation built around deep player, coaching, tactical and match mechanics — where outcomes emerge from football logic rather than scripted shortcuts.
Help shape Epoch XI before release.
Join the beta for early access opportunities, development updates and testing invitations.
ABOUT EPOCH XI
Football is a system, not a set of numbers.
Epoch XI is a historical football simulation built to preserve the relationships that make the sport work: individual behaviour, coaching ideas, tactical structure, match state and the context of the era. Rather than reducing football to a single overall rating or a sequence of scripted events, Epoch XI is designed to let outcomes emerge from those interacting systems.
Football Across Eras
Compare players, teams and tactical ideas across generations while preserving historical context.
Outcomes That Emerge
Results are driven by interacting football systems rather than predetermined narratives.
More Than Ratings
Player behaviour, tactical roles, coaching influence and match situations matter beyond a simple overall number.
Great moments aren't scripted. Epoch XI models the conditions that let them happen for football reasons.
Most football sims
tell you what happened.
Epoch XI simulates
why it happens.
THE GAME
Build your club. Draft the squad. Appoint the Manager. Then shape what comes next.
Your Epoch XI career begins with a club of your own. Draft 30 players from a historical pool of 5,600+ and appoint a Manager from a pool of 240+. That club — its squad, Manager, results, transfers and history — becomes your persistent identity across the competitions you enter.
Draft 30 Players
Build a balanced 30-player roster from a historical pool of 5,600+ players. This is the squad your club takes into competition and evolves over time.
Appoint Your Manager
Choose from a historical pool of 240+ Managers and appoint the one whose approach fits what you are trying to build. The appointment shapes how the squad is organized and used.
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Compete as One Club
Take your club into quick matches, leagues and tournaments. The squad and Manager can evolve, but the club and its history remain yours.
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Evolve Your Club
Place players on the transfer list when you want to make changes, then bring in replacements according to who is available. Managers can be fired and replaced when results or fit demand a different direction. Each decision reshapes the club without resetting its history.
WAYS TO PLAY
Different competitions. One evolving club.
Every format tests your club from a different angle — from a single match to a full league season or major tournament.
Quick Match
Put your club straight into a single fixture — ideal for testing a lineup, a tactical idea or a historical matchup.
4-Team Mini Tournament
A compact round-robin competition where every match matters and there is little time to recover from a poor start.
20-Team League
A full league campaign that tests consistency, squad depth, rotation and adaptation across a season.
32-Team Tournament
A group-and-knockout competition where surviving the group stage gives way to elimination football.
Build Club → Draft → Appoint → Compete → Evaluate → Transfer → Retain or Fire the Manager → Compete Again
FOOTBALL ACROSS ERAS
Different eras. One shared football world.
Epoch XI preserves the historical identity of players and Managers — their tendencies, roles, coaching ideas and tactical context — then lets them coexist inside the same simulation. A Shankly-led club can include Messi. A Mourinho-led side can be built around Pelé. The eras are not isolated; their differences are what make those matchups meaningful.
Built at Historical Scale
5,600+Players
240+Managers
More Than a Century
of Football History
of Football History
Historically Informed
Profiles
Profiles
Deep Tactical, Behavioural
& Match Systems
& Match Systems
Historically Informed Profiles
Players and Managers retain historically informed identities even when selected into clubs alongside figures from other generations.
Tactical Evolution
Tactical ideas from different periods meet inside the same simulation rather than being normalized into one modern style.
One Shared World
Build clubs from players and Managers who never shared the same real-world era, then discover how those identities interact.
TECHNOLOGY
Under the Hood
Epoch XI is powered by FUSE, the simulation framework developed to model the interactions between players, coaches, tactics, historical context and match mechanics.
Explore the Technology →
Connected Systems
FUSE provides the framework for player, coaching, tactical and match systems to influence one another instead of being resolved as isolated checks.
Context Matters
The framework is designed to account for football context rather than assuming every player, role or era operates under identical conditions.
Epoch XI First
FUSE is the engine beneath the experience; Epoch XI remains the game. The technology exists to support the football, not overshadow it.
NEWS & DEVELOPMENT
Follow Epoch XI as it takes shape.
Epoch XI is in active development. Follow our social channels for progress reports, feature spotlights, historical research and beta milestones as the project moves toward wider testing. To be considered for beta participation, use the signup form below.
Development Updates
Changes to game systems, competition formats, interface design and the work required to move from prototype to playable release.
Historical Research
How players, Managers, tactics and eras are being researched, modeled and reconciled inside the simulation.
Beta & Community
Testing windows, beta invitations, community milestones and the feedback that helps shape what comes next.
Beta participation and testing invitations are managed through the signup form below.
Join the Epoch XI Beta
Be among the first to experience football across every era.