International Football

During a season players will have the opportunity to play at International level in the Einnek World Cup. Players who are not quite at the level to play full internationals are able to gain experience in ‘B’ fixtures.

The Einnek World Cup is contested by 20 countries. These nations are drawn into five groups of 4 teams playing each other once. The winners of each group, plus the three best second placed sides then proceed to a knock-out phase which eventually culminates in the end of season World Cup Final.

International fixtures are played following a league or cup turn. Players who play in internationals matches will not miss any club fixtures, but could pick up injuries on international duty and will still have the injury when they return to their club.

All international selections are made using the International Rating (IR) system, with the highest rated players earning selection. There are some criteria which would see a player deemed illegible for international selection:

• Players with negative form. This includes the captain, who will not be selected, but will retain the captaincy for the next game if that next game is in the current season.
• Players who were not selected, when eligable in the starting eleven or on the substitute’s bench for their club’s last fixture.
• Any player currently serving a suspension.
• Players whose fitness level is below 5.
• Any player who was sin binned twice in their countries previous international fixture.

All players who play in any international fixture at whatever level receive an automatic pay rise relative to their skill level.