How to play

How to play

1. PERSONALISE YOUR SHIELD AND YOUR COLOURS

1. PERSONALISE YOUR SHIELD AND YOUR COLOURS

You'll be able to customize your badge, choosing its shape, form and pattern. Make sure your badge strikes fear into the heart of your opponents! Improve your ranking and become an outstanding ADRENALYN XL™ player to move up a level. Levelling up unlocks more options for changing the colour and shape of your badge. Also, the ELO system will be mapped to 20 ranking levels. You start at level 20, aiming to reach level 1. Every month, ELO levels are reset to level 20, but the best level you've reached is stored in your profile. Try to match your top level again!

2. LEAGUES RANKING FOR CLASSIC MODE

2. LEAGUES RANKING FOR CLASSIC MODE

Adrenalyn XL has a game ranking system based on hierarchical league levels where users are compared by their XP. You can gather XP by playing competitive matches against other users.

There are leagues in 5 levels:

  • Serie A-drenalyn: with a unique group 20 users. This is the élite of the Adrenalyn online game.
  • First Division: three groups with 20 users each (60 users)
  • Second Division: nine groups with 20 users each (180 users)
  • Third Division: twenty-seven groups with 20 users each (540 users)
  • Amateurs: a unique group with all other users.

At the 15th and the end of each month, Panini will freeze the rankings inside each league and group to determine which users will move to an upper league and which users are relegated down to a lower league.

Leagues are calculated every 2 weeks as per the following schema:

  • Serie A-drenalyn: The lowest 3 users descend to the First Division.
  • First Division: The highest user of each league ascends to the Serie A-drenalyn (3 users). The lowest 3 users of each league descend to the Second Division (9 users).
  • Second Division: The highest user of each league ascend to the First Division (9 users). The lowest 3 users of each league descend to the Third Division (27 users)
  • Third Division: The highest user of each league ascend to the Second Division (27 users). The lowest 3 users of each league descend to the Amateurs (81 users)
  • Amateurs: The highest 81 users ascend to the Third Division

After the leagues are calculated everyone’s XP is reset, but your best placement will be stored in your profile.

During the initial 2 weeks of the season (from December 15st to December 31st 2022) all users are placed in the Amateurs division. After two weeks, the highest 800 users will form the initial division.

Important: during a 2 weeks session, users can challenge users of any league and group. Of course, in case a user with a higher XP will challenge a user with a lower XP, the points he will gain in case of win are quite low, and, at the same time, the opposite is true.

3. HEAD TO HEAD MODE, XP and LEVEL RANKING

3. HEAD TO HEAD MODE, XP and LEVEL RANKING

In the HEAD TO HEAD MODE you start at level 20 and aim to reach level 1. You can gather XP by playing competitive matches against other users. All users are ranked by their XP in a global level ranking. Every two weeks the XP and levels are reset, but the best level you have reached is stored in your profile. Try to match your top level again!

4. ACTIVATE THE CARD

4. ACTIVATE THE CARD

Enter the code on the back of your trading card to add it to your virtual collection. You can also enter the code to earn COINS, which you can use to activate special virtual cards and improve your team and your chances of winning.

Every 30 activated codes, you will also receive a Standard Digital Pack and 2 training cards.

Create your squad

5. CREATE YOUR SQUAD

Before starting an ADRENALYN XL™ match, you have to put your squad together. You need 16 players – 11 of which will make up your first team and 5 subs. Each team must have a goalkeeper and a maximum of five players for each position.

Put together your strongest team using your cards. Adapt your team and playing system to your winning game plan. Plus, to help you pick the best players, you can order extra cards according to their position, their club, and their scores in attack or defence. There's also the 'virtual trainer' button, which will help you to put together your squad.

6. CHOOSE YOUR GAME SYSTEM

6. CHOOSE YOUR GAME SYSTEM

After selecting your players, you have to decide on a formation (eg 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 3-5-2). Choose the best system for your players. If you have lots of good defenders, use a more defensive system, but if you have excellent forwards, adopt a more offensive system.

7. LOBBY

7. LOBBY

The lobby is the online ADRENALYN XL™ players’ meeting point where you can challenge an available user within your level range chosen by the system. All available users in the matchmaking-area can be marked as friends and challenged for a friendly match as well.

8. TRAIN AGAINST THE COMPUTER

8. TRAIN AGAINST THE COMPUTER

Need to train but don't have anyone to play against? You can play a friendly against the computer, with five difficulty levels. The final two levels are so tough that if you win, not only will it improve your team, but you're also unlikely to lose against a real-life opponent!

9. START THE GAME

9. START THE GAME

The player chosen by the computer to start the match selects one of their cards and decides whether to attack or to defend, or chooses the control value of their card. In turn, their opponent selects one of their cards and uses it in defence, midfield (control) or attack. If the first player attacks, their opponent has to defend themselves, or vice versa. If you play a control rating, the opposing player must also call out their control rating.

The players compare the chosen values of the selected cards. The card with the highest value scores a goal and begins the next battle. Cards chosen for this challenge cannot be selected again during the match and are placed outside the lobby.

If both numbers are the same, it goes to a tiebreaker between the total value (adding attack, control and defence) of each card. If the total value ends in a draw too, the two cards are ignored and no player wins the match. If the whole match ends in a draw, the team with less card sum wins. Just like in a real match, substitutes can snatch a win for you in the last moments, but you have to use them effectively! You have to choose your substitutes when you have the ball possession before selecting a card. The card which is replaced is discarded.

10. MARKET

10. MARKET

In the 'market' section you can:

  • redeem the COINS won during matches and tournaments, or gained by activating cards, completing the virtual binder (some items can be redeemed only after 30 product code activations);
  • buy special digital cards that will give you a better chance of winning your next match;
  • get virtual packs with the cards of the collection;
  • buy exclusive Online Challenger and Online Stars cards.

11. COMBO

Pick some COMBO player cards to play alongside each other to earn you extra points. Dazzle your opponent with a combo-attack or combo-defence and create your best line-up!

ID TYPE NAME ID TYPE NAME BONUS
11 Paulo Díaz (River Plate) Team Mate 12 Emanuel Mammana (River Plate) Team Mate 4D
14 Nicolás De La Cruz (River Plate) Team Mate 140 Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Team Mate 3C
29 Brandon Mechele (Club Brugge KV) Team Mate 30 Bjorn Meijer (Club Brugge KV) Team Mate 2D
34 Andreas Skov Olsen (Club Brugge KV) Team Mate 123 Christian Eriksen (Manchester United) Team Mate 2C
38 Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge KV) Captain 109 Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) Fans' Favourite 4C
47 Júnior Alonso (Clube Atlético Mineiro) Team Mate 48 Guilherme Arana (Clube Atlético Mineiro) Team Mate 3D
53 Ademir (Clube Atlético Mineiro) Team Mate 54 Keno (Clube Atlético Mineiro) Team Mate 1A
67 Thiago Silva (Chelsea FC) Team Mate 317 Bremer (Juventus) Team Mate 2D
69 Jorginho (Chelsea FC) Team Mate 73 N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea FC) Fans' Favourite 4C
70 Mateo Kovačić (Chelsea FC) Team Mate 301 Marcelo Brozović (FC Internazionale Milano) Team Mate 4C
72 Raheem Sterling (Chelsea FC) Team Mate 142 Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Team Mate 4A
83 Trent Alexander-Arnold (Chelsea FC) Team Mate 103 Kyle Walker (Manchester City) Team Mate 4D
84 Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool FC) Team Mate 245 Matthijs de Ligt (FC Bayern München) Team Mate 5D
85 Fabinho (Liverpool FC) Team Mate 86 Thiago (Liverpool FC) Team Mate 3C
90 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) Team Mate 250 Sadio Mané (FC Bayern München) Team Mate 5A
104 Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) Team Mate 134 Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) Magician 4C
106 Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) Team Mate 111 Phil Foden (Manchester City) Fans' Favourite 2A
120 Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United) Team Mate 139 Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Team Mate
121 Raphaël Varane (Manchester United) Team Mate 175 Jules Koundé (FC Barcelona) Team Mate 3D
124 Antony (Manchester United) Team Mate 126 Jadon Sancho (Manchester United) Team Mate 2A
143 Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Team Mate 147 Heung-min Son (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Fans' Favourite 1A
157 Axel Witsel (Atlético de Madrid) Team Mate 158 Yannick Carrasco (Atlético de Madrid) Team Mate 3C
160 Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) Team Mate 177 Ousmane Dembélé (FC Barcelona) Team Mate 4A
176 Gavi (FC Barcelona) Team Mate 182 Sergio Busquets (FC Barcelona) Captain 3C
179 Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona) Team Mate 323 Arkadiusz Milik (Juventus) Team Mate 5A
196 Eden Hazard (Real Madrid C.F.) Team Mate 305 Romelu Lukaku (FC Internazionale Milano) Team Mate 3A
197 Rodrygo (Real Madrid C.F.) Team Mate 198 Vinícius Jr (Real Madrid C.F.) Team Mate 2A
199 Toni Kroos (Real Madrid C.F.) Fans' Favourite 201 Luka Modrić (Real Madrid C.F.) Fans' Favourite 3C
214 Mattéo Guendouzi (Olympique de Marseille) Team Mate 215 Jordan Veretout (Olympique de Marseille) Team Mate 3A
216 Cengiz Ünder (Olympique de Marseille) Team Mate 302 Hakan Çalhanoğlu (FC Internazionale Milano) Team Mate 1C
230 Sergio Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain) Team Mate 264 Marcelo (Olympiacos FC) Team Mate 2D
231 Renato Sanches (Paris Saint-Germain) Team Mate 232 Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain) Team Mate 3C
234 Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) Team Mate 237 Neymar Jr (Paris Saint-Germain) Fans' Favourite 5A
246 Lucas Hernández (FC Bayern München) Team Mate 335 Theo Hernández (AC Milan) Team Mate 5D
247 Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern München) Team Mate 249 Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) Team Mate 2C
268 James Rodríguez (Olympiacos FC) Team Mate 273 Mathieu Valbuena (Olympiacos FC) Fans' Favourite 5C
281 Szilveszter Hangya (Mol Fehérvár FC) Team Mate 282 Kasper Larsen (Mol Fehérvár FC) Team Mate 3D
287 Szabolcs Schön (Mol Fehérvár FC) Team Mate 288 Funsho Bamgboye (Mol Fehérvár FC) Team Mate 2A
303 Joaquín Correa (FC Internazionale Milano) Team Mate 306 Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) Team Mate 2A
319 Filip Kostić (Juventus) Team Mate 324 Dušan Vlahović (Juventus) Team Mate 1A
320 Manuel Locatelli (Juventus) Team Mate 321 Paul Pogba (Juventus) Team Mate 2C
333 Dušan Vlahović (Juventus) Dominator 362 Dušan Tadić (AFC Ajax) Captain 2A
338 Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) Team Mate 345 Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) Fans' Favourite 4C
340 Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) Team Mate 341 Rafael Leão (AC Milan) Team Mate 3A
357 Steven Berghuis (AFC Ajax) Team Mate 358 Mohammed Kudus (AFC Ajax) Team Mate 2C
371 Barry Douglas (KKS Lech Poznań) Team Mate 372 Joel Pereira (KKS Lech Poznań) Team Mate 4D
376 Michał Skóraś (KKS Lech Poznań) Team Mate 377 Kristoffer Velde (KKS Lech Poznań) Team Mate 2A
390 Pedro Porro (Sporting CP) Team Mate 391 Matheus Reis (Sporting CP) Team Mate 2D
396 Francisco Trincão (Sporting CP) Team Mate 399 Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP) Fans' Favourite 3A
12. TOURNAMENTS

12. TOURNAMENTS

The tournament section lets you challenge more than one team, just like in a real competition. Tournament ranking is set again to zero at the end of every tournament period. Try to be the best every time and climb the charts until you get to be the number one! The points you can win depend upon the number of participants in each tournament.

So don't be afraid to take a few risks and show everyone that you're the best at playing ADRENALYN XL™!

The points table is as follows:

Number of users

 Points for each position      

100000000
2-310000000
4-1021000000
11-2532100000
26-5053210000
51-80107532100
81-1002010753210
101-999925151075321
13. SAGA MODE

13. SAGA MODE

The SAGA Adrenalyn XL™ is one of the most interesting section of the online game. You can try your skills challenges the Adrenalyn XL™ teams in more than 20 different levels throughout the Europe.

Complete the SAGA, be the best Adrenalyn XL™ player!

The first level is available for any user. To unlock the entire game mode, users have to enter at least 30 unique codes.

14. HOW TO GET COINS

14. HOW TO GET COINS

There are several ways to earn coins:

  • Win matches
  • Burn cards code
  • Complete a section of your virtual binder
  • Complete your daily tasks
  • Complete the survey
  • Level up
  • Buy them for real money
  • Find a special card and activate it!

15. SPECIAL CARDS

BONUS CARDS

BONUS CARD

You can use these cards to increase the scores of your player cards during a challenge. There are digital bonus card that you can pick during a game to strengthen the value of your card, but you have to use them carefully since you will only be allowed to use three bonus card during the same match.

LUCKY CARDS

LUCKY CARDS

These cards are similar to the bonus cards, but the effective value can vary depending on the pack you've activated. In a MEDIUM RISK pack, you'll probably find a really positive BONUS.

The LUCKY CARDS, as the name suggests, are random, giving the game a bit of uncertainty but also making it much more exciting…

TRAINING CARDS

TRAINING CARDS

These are used to train your cards to raise their points. You can get one of these cards every 30 activated codes.

You can put it in the Training Room for 1 hour together with a player card of any player. At the end of the training, the player card will raise its points. While the training is underway, that card cannot be used in matches. There are Attack, Game Control and Defense Training Cards and they can add up to 2 points for each value.

PENALTY CARD

PENALTY CARD

This card can be used to cause a penalty in a certain match situation. When this happens, the rival player chooses a shooter and shoots the penalty.

If you stop it, you collect the point in that match; if you don’t, the other player wins it.

STADIUM CARD

STADIUM CARD

In real football matches, home advantage is one of the most important factors for a team to win. You can use the STADIUM CARD in a similar way.

These exclusive digital cards will add points (+1 defense value, +1 midfield value, +1 attack value) to each player associated to the team of the stadium that you have in your line-up. Use the power of your stadium!