FIFA Club World Cup Fantasy 2025 captain rule

While Club World Cup Fantasy has been a vast improvement on the shambles that was the 2022 World Cup Fantasy game, FIFA have still dropped a few clangers this summer.

The Matchday 1 deadline passing an hour earlier than expected was an inglorious start.

And the wording for the captaincy rule has caused a few heads to be scratched.

The How to Play says the following…

FIFA Club World Cup Fantasy: Best Matchday 1 captains 1

…while the FAQs said this:

FIFA Club World Cup Fantasy: Best Matchday 1 captains

So, was it just “once more” or “unlimited”? No one really knew for certain but now, it seems, we have the answer: the latter.

Multiple users have reported that they have been able to change captain for the third time before the Paris Saint-Germain v Atletico Madrid game.

As seen below 👇🏻https://t.co/XskZlv2ydn

— Tom Hadley FPL (@FPL_TomHadley) June 15, 2025

Oh my God, I just changed my captain from Kane to Alex Teller, then from Telles to another player. It really works! The captain change is unlimited 🤣🤣#CWCFantasy

— FPL Nightingale (@NightingaleFPL) June 15, 2025

No but I captained messi then I captained kane and again now I have doue as my captain so I guess you have unlimited chances to change your captain?🤷‍♂️

— IceCold FPL 🧊 💥 (@IceCold_FPL) June 15, 2025

We’re looking at unlimited captains, then, giving Fantasy managers multiple bites of the cherry to get their armband selection right. You have to pick your new captain before their game kicks off, of course.

It also means that the Maximum Captain chip has limited use in the group stages, as you could have 10+ stabs at bagging a captaincy haul simply by changing every game.

That chip, or ‘Booster’ as FIFA call it, seems to be better utilised in the tournament’s end rounds, when you will only get one (final) or two (semi-finals) shots at nailing a big captain return.

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Charlie Price

1 year, 1 month ago

Thanks for clarifying this Neale. But you would have thought that someone at FIFA Towers would think that using the phrase “once more” might cause some confusion.

Multiple captaincy opportunities dilute the power of choosing the right captain. So thumbs down from me.

Also, the drop-down menu has vanished on the ‘My Team’ page which makes the game less user friendly.

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Are you going to find out about when the game will "lockup" "pens down" on future gamedays.

Alexander Sørloth needs to be a bad guy in a new Reacher series

have you seen cyan

Does anyone know how many players there are in club world cup fantasy?

Also, any idea, what an average score is?

This game is over-complicated for no reason, but also so basic in some areas at the same time.

Oh, just read this article. This game is beyond stupid man. Fifa are actual idiots.

Why have they made what could be such a simple game, so boring, and so complex.

The average person does not have time to be constantly logging in and checking on fifa fantasy to switch players and captains.

They have designed a game which is basically useless for anyone who has a life, and tailored the game to benefit try hards who spend 90% of their day constantly tracking this garbage tournament.

CoracAld2831

1 year, 1 month ago
This is what it basically was in WC Fantasy 2022 also.
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  1 year, 1 month ago
  No it was one captain per day. Now you can change before every match.
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  1. CoracAld2831
    
    1 year, 1 month ago
    Nope... the same thing. Unlimited captaincy changes.
    
    "You can change your captain an unlimited amount of times, as long as the new selected captain is yet to play in the current matchday.
    
    Once your captain has played in the matchday, you are able to change your captain once more for another player who is yet to play."
    
    https://www.nevermanagealone.com/2022/11/12/23447165/nma-fifa-worldcup-2022-how-to-play-wildcard-limitless-bench-strategy-tactics
    
    But then they also edited the rules mid game cause of the confusing wording.
    
    "Do you set captains in World Cup Fantasy 2022?
    For each matchday, you must select a captain who will score double points for your team.
    
    Set your captain by clicking on the ‘Captain’ icon available in the players’ profile.
    
    The rules were ambiguous over how many times your captain could be changed, however the rules have now been updated.
    
    "You are able to change your captain an unlimited number of times between unlocked players – but after your captain is locked (after his team has played), you will have one chance to change it to an unlocked player. This must be before their game begins though."
    
    https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fifa-world-cup-fantasy-2022-launched-how-to-play-guide
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    1. CoracAld2831
      
      1 year, 1 month ago
      Much better explained on here:
      
      https://allaboutfpl.com/2022/11/beginners-guide-to-2022-world-cup-fantasy-rules-strategy-tips/
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