# Footballers / Player Shares

Football.fun features top-tier players from Europe’s five elite leagues (Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1).

In Football.fun, **shares are your in-game stake in a player for tournament eligibility and rewards**. Your edge comes from:

* picking the right players,
* timing your squad decisions,
* and showing up consistently across tournaments.

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The target goal is to be around 200 - 250 footballers on the platform.
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Player pool

* Maximum Shares: 25,000,000 shares per player
  * Initial pool per player started with 1.6M shares + 20K gold
* Shares are tradable via the in-game marketplace
* When you buy shares, they start with **4 contracts** (used for tournament eligibility)