Stadiums

Overview

Every Footium club has a stadium. It's your home ground for league matches and, from Season 17, you can upgrade it to increase capacity and improve home match performance.

Stadium Structure

Your stadium has four stands:

• Long Side East and Long Side West - the two stands along the length of the pitch
• Short Side North and Short Side South - the two stands behind each goal

Each stand has a size and a material. Size determines capacity and has a gameplay impact. Material is purely cosmetic.

Stand Sizes

There are five stand sizes, from Extra Small (XS) up to Extra Large (XL). Long stands hold more fans than Short stands at every tier:

Your total stadium capacity is the sum of all four stands. A brand new club usually starts with all XS stands, giving a starting capacity of 1,500. A fully maxed-out stadium (XL on every stand) reaches 70,000.

Materials

Each stand has a material which affects the visual style of the stand. There are six materials: Wood, Brick, Stone, Metal, Dark Metal and Post-Modern. Not every material is available at every size - larger stands unlock access to higher-tier materials:

When you upgrade a stand's size, you can also change its material for free as part of that upgrade. Each stand's material is chosen independently, so you can mix and match.

Capacity Bands

Your total stadium capacity determines which performance band you're in for home matches. This system has similarities to how Chemistry affects your team, but stadium impact is restricted to the bands. Your Capacity band multiplier stacks with your Chemistry multiplier - both are applied to your base team strength in home matches.

Most clubs will start in the Terrible or Bad bands with their default XS stadiums. Reaching Perfect requires a seriously large stadium - think multiple L and XL stands. It's a long-term goal, not something you'll hit in your first few seasons.

The exact multiplier values for each band are not published. The range is deliberately tight - home advantage is lower than the equivalent Chemistry band impact as only one team can receive that advantage each game. A big stadium helps, but it won't carry a weak squad on its own.

Upgrading Your Stadium

Stadium upgrades are done one stand at a time. Pick the stand you want to improve, choose the material you want it built in, pay the FC cost and it upgrades instantly. Each upgrade moves the stand up one size tier (e.g. XS → S, or M → L).

Long stands cost more than Short stands for the same size upgrade, since they add more capacity. However, Long stands are slightly cheaper per seat, so they offer better value if you're trying to maximise capacity efficiently.

The cost curve is steep at the top end. Moving a stand from L to XL is a major investment, while the early upgrades (XS → S) are quite affordable. Your first upgrades should feel achievable, while maxing out your stadium is a long-term ambition spanning many seasons.

Stand Naming

Stand naming is planned for a future update - you'll be able to name your stands after retired players. More details on this soon.

Stadium Maintenance

Bigger stadiums earn more and provide a stronger home advantage, but they also come with maintenance responsibilities.

At the start of each season, every stand above XS has a chance of needing repairs. Think of it like a FFL ground inspection. XS stands are maintenance-free and will never degrade, so there's no risk at the bottom tier.

If a stand needs work, you'll be notified and you have the entire season to pay the maintenance cost. If you don't sort it out by the end of the season, that stand drops down one size tier (e.g. an L stand that isn't maintained falls to M).

Maintenance costs are currently 40% of the upgrade cost for that stand's current tier. They're designed to be meaningful enough that you need to plan for them, but not so expensive that upgrading feels punishing.

As the system is new, maintenance and degradation won't kick in for Season 17. We want managers to have time to understand the system and start earning FC before maintenance becomes a factor.

Updated on: 20/03/2026