Definitive Illegal Formation Rules

[Duskrazor]

I ran this formation last season:

aml amc amr
mc mc mc
dl dc dc dr


I figured out it was illegal when my opponent of far less quality was leading possession 80/20, so i threw a striker in there real quick and won.

[Razz]

Something is definitely screwy...

EDIT:
After filing a bug report, I looked a little closer.
His keeper, O. Badda is a ST

Kemi, can you check the actual position of the player who was at GK in that game?

[Raykco]

I'd like to use a formation that most teams (club and country), used for over fifty years until the mid 1970's, but this game deems it to be an illegal formation. It was 2-3-2-2-1. there were Left Back & Right Back (DL & DR), Left Half, Centre Half & Right Half (DML, DMC & DMR). Inside Left & Inside Right, (MC & MC), Left Wing & Right Wing (AML & AMR), Centre Forward (ST).

But it is illegal because there are only 2 defenders.

[Razz]

Kemi, can you check the actual position of the player who was at GK in that game?

[Razz]

Now that i can do some testing again, I set up with a 3-5-1-1 to test the midfielder/opposite field requirements some more

I'll do some more testing over the next couple days, but this seems to confirm the requirement of at least 4 players on the opponents side of the pitch.




Need testing: (with flankers)
3-3-1-0-3
3-3-0-1-3
5-1-1-0-3
5-1-0-1-3

[Kyroshill]

::bump::

[July Fourth]

Sticky!!

[suiram1]

Question

5-3N-1-1 is this legal or illegal formation?

[Ro Edu]

Question

5-3N-1-1 is this legal or illegal formation?

-----st-------
----amc------
-mc-mc-mc---
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dl-dc-dc-dc-dr <=== i say it is !


Illegal formation is when you use 2 or more players on wrong position *
* with only 1 player on a wrong position is giving a low penalty as i know

[hullabaloo]

Illegal formation is when you use 2 or more players on wrong position *
* with only 1 player on a wrong position is giving a low penalty as i know

i often play a 4-5-1V but since i have no players on my team that can play naturally as AMR and AML, i use my MR and ML in those AMR/AML positions. I thus have two players out of position. I have had no problems with that.
I have also had a right back injured once so i used a centreback on the right --> 3 players out of position.

I had no problems whatsoever and it was like normal for me possession wise