🧬 Academy Campus upgrades

Your Academy Campus develops future players for your club.

Every club has eight academy buildings. Each building has its own level from Level 0 to Level 5. Upgrades are paid in FC and persist across seasons.

Use academy upgrades to improve the type, quality and control of your future intakes.

The eight buildings

Training Pitches: improves the minimum current rating of academy prospects
Academy Office: improves the minimum potential of normal prospects
Performance Centre: guarantees a minimum stamina level
Changing Rooms: guarantees a minimum leadership level
Accommodation Block: controls how many prospects arrive in your intake
Scouting Office: lets you ask scouts for positions and areas of the pitch
Talent ID Department: improves rare prospect chance and the rare cap
International Scouting Network: lets you target continents and countries

Training Pitches

Cost group: Core impact.

Training Pitches raise the floor of your prospects' current rating. Your division still sets the overall rating band, but stronger Training Pitches stop weaker prospects arriving at the bottom of that band.

Benefits by level:

Level 0: 2 lower than your division's normal minimum
Level 1: 1 lower than your division's normal minimum
Level 2: your division's normal range
Level 3: 1 higher than your division's normal minimum
Level 4: 2 higher than your division's normal minimum
Level 5: 3 higher than your division's normal minimum

Example: if your division normally produces prospects from 50 to 55 rating, Level 5 Training Pitches lift the floor to 53. The top stays 55.

Academy Office

Cost group: Core impact.

The Academy Office raises the minimum potential of normal prospects. It does not affect rare prospects.

Benefits by level:

Level 0: normal prospects arrive with 15 to 25 potential
Level 1: 16 to 25 potential
Level 2: 17 to 25 potential
Level 3: 18 to 25 potential
Level 4: 19 to 25 potential
Level 5: 20 to 25 potential

At Level 5, every normal prospect in your intake has at least 20 potential.

Performance Centre

Cost group: Squad control.

The Performance Centre guarantees a minimum stamina level for every prospect. This is a floor, not a boost. It removes low-stamina prospects from your intake range.

Benefits by level:

Level 0: no minimum applied
Level 1: minimum 60 stamina
Level 2: minimum 65 stamina
Level 3: minimum 69 stamina
Level 4: minimum 72 stamina
Level 5: minimum 75 stamina

High-stamina players handle match load better and are easier to manage across a season.

Changing Rooms

Cost group: Club identity.

Changing Rooms guarantee a minimum leadership level for every prospect. This is a floor, not a boost.

Benefits by level:

Level 0: no minimum applied
Level 1: minimum 65 leadership
Level 2: minimum 70 leadership
Level 3: minimum 75 leadership
Level 4: minimum 80 leadership
Level 5: minimum 85 leadership

This is the building for clubs that want future captains coming through their own academy.

Accommodation Block

Cost group: Core impact.

The Accommodation Block controls how many prospects arrive in your intake.

Benefits by level:

Level 0: 4 prospects
Level 1: 5 prospects
Level 2: 7 prospects
Level 3: 8 prospects
Level 4: 9 prospects
Level 5: 10 prospects

More prospects means more chances to find a player worth signing, developing or selling.

Scouting Office

Cost group: Squad control.

The Scouting Office lets you tell your scouts what type of player you need.

Benefits by level:

Level 0: no instructions, you take what comes
Level 1: one prospect from a chosen area of the pitch, defence, midfield or attack
Level 2: two prospects from chosen areas, narrowed to central, wide or goalkeeper
Level 3: two prospects in exact positions of your choosing
Level 4: three prospects in exact positions
Level 5: four prospects in exact positions

If your squad needs a centre-back, this is the building that lets you ask for one.

Talent ID Department

Cost group: Squad control.

The Talent ID Department changes rare prospect generation. It improves your rare chance and controls the maximum number of rares that can appear in one intake.

Benefits by level:

Level 0: no chance of a rare, maximum 0 rares
Level 1: a quarter below your division's normal rare chance, maximum 1 rare
Level 2: your division's normal rare chance, maximum 1 rare
Level 3: half as likely again, maximum 1 rare
Level 4: twice as likely, maximum 2 rares
Level 5: three times as likely, maximum 3 rares

Example: if your division's normal rare chance is 10%, Level 3 makes it 15%, Level 4 makes it 20%, and Level 5 makes it 30%.

International Scouting Network

Cost group: Club identity.

The International Scouting Network lets you influence where your prospects come from.

Benefits by level:

Level 0: no instructions, you take what comes
Level 1: one prospect from a continent of your choosing
Level 2: two prospects from a continent of your choosing
Level 3: two prospects from specific countries
Level 4: three prospects from specific countries
Level 5: four prospects from specific countries

Use this if you want a club identity built around certain nations or regions.

Upgrade costs

Facilities sit in three cost groups.

Core impact buildings:

Accommodation Block
Academy Office
Training Pitches

Squad control buildings:

Talent ID Department
Scouting Office
Performance Centre

Club identity buildings:

International Scouting Network
Changing Rooms

Cost by upgrade:

Level 0 to 1

Club identity: 5,000 FC
Squad control: 10,000 FC
Core impact: 15,000 FC

Level 1 to 2

Club identity: 20,000 FC
Squad control: 35,000 FC
Core impact: 47,250 FC

Level 2 to 3

Club identity: 90,000 FC
Squad control: 150,000 FC
Core impact: 202,500 FC

Level 3 to 4

Club identity: 480,000 FC
Squad control: 800,000 FC
Core impact: 1,080,000 FC

Level 4 to 5

Club identity: 2,400,000 FC
Squad control: 4,000,000 FC
Core impact: 5,400,000 FC

Maintenance

Level 0 and Level 1 buildings never need maintenance
Level 2 and above buildings can need maintenance
Each eligible building has a 20% chance of needing maintenance each season
A maximum of 6 academy buildings can need maintenance at once
Maintenance costs 40% of the upgrade cost into that level
If maintenance is not paid before season rollover, the building drops one level

How to choose upgrades

Want better current ability? Upgrade Training Pitches
Want better long-term development? Upgrade Academy Office
Want fitter players? Upgrade Performance Centre
Want captains? Upgrade Changing Rooms
Want more prospects? Upgrade Accommodation Block
Want position control? Upgrade Scouting Office
Want rares? Upgrade Talent ID Department
Want nationality control? Upgrade International Scouting Network

Updated on: 21/08/2026

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