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Season IX • Rules Centre
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A cleaner guide to FPL DYM scoring, qualification, promotion, One Shot and competition tie-breakers.
Head-to-head matches
League-phase teams
Player per Gameweek
01General FPL DYM scoring+
Official FPL Gameweek points are the starting point for FPL DYM competition scoring. For Head-to-Head competitions, transfer-hit cost is deducted to produce the manager's net score.
02DPL, DCL & DBL+
DPL & DCL format
Twenty managers compete in DPL and twenty in DCL. Each manager plays the other 19 managers twice, once home and once away, for 38 matches.
DPL & DCL ranking
- League points
- Overall points difference
- Overall points scored
- Head-to-head league points among tied teams
- Head-to-head points difference
- Head-to-head points scored
- Earlier Season 9 registration date
- Smaller FPL ID
Promotion & relegation
Bottom three DPL managers are relegated to DCL and three DCL managers are promoted. Bottom three DCL managers are relegated to DBL and three DBL managers are promoted. DBL is the entry division and may contain a larger field.
03FUCL+
Qualification
The defending FUCL title holder completes the 36-team field where applicable.
League phase
Each team plays eight different opponents in one 36-team league table.
- Top 8 qualify directly to the Round of 16
- 9th–24th enter the two-legged play-off
- 25th–36th are eliminated
League-phase ranking
- League points
- Points difference
- Points scored
- Earlier Season 9 registration
- Smaller FPL ID
Knockout tie-breakers
For two-legged ties: aggregate score → higher away-leg score → higher league-stage finish → earlier Season 9 registration → smaller FPL ID.
For the GW38 Final: final score → higher league-stage finish → earlier registration → smaller FPL ID.
04Olympic League+
Eight groups of four teams play six group matches, home and away. The top two teams in each group qualify for the Round of 16.
Group-stage ranking
- Head-to-head points
- Head-to-head points difference
- Head-to-head away points scored
- Overall points difference
- Overall points scored
- Earlier Season 9 registration
- Smaller FPL ID
Knockout tie-breakers
Round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals: aggregate score → higher away-leg score → higher group-stage finish → earlier registration → smaller FPL ID.
GW38 Final: final score → higher group-stage finish → earlier registration → smaller FPL ID.
05Classic Leagues+
DYM Hub League and League of Legends follow official FPL Classic league scoring and standings. FPL DYM presents the official league position and supporting analytics without applying H2H net-point calculations to the Classic table.
06DYM One Shot+
- Pick one FPL player every Gameweek before the official FPL deadline.
- Your One Shot score is that player's official FPL Gameweek points.
- Each player can be used only once by a manager during the season.
- No pick = 0 points.
- Negative player scores count.
- Double Gameweek points are combined; a blank or no appearance scores 0 and the player is still used.
- Selections can be changed before the deadline.
Weekly winner tie-break
- Highest One Shot points
- Earliest final selection timestamp
- Earlier Season 9 registration date
- Smaller FPL ID
The highest cumulative One Shot score after GW38 becomes the DYM One Shot Champion.
07Weekly Premier League Predictions+
- Every available Premier League match prediction locks independently at kickoff.
- An exact match score awards 5 points.
- A correct home-win, draw or away-win outcome without the exact score awards 2 points.
- Exact-score and outcome points are not combined for the same match.
- Weekly and season leaderboards are calculated automatically from completed match results. Tables remain provisional while matches are unresolved.
- Big Matches between two of Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham award 10 points for the exact score or 4 for the correct outcome. This applies to every Gameweek, including earlier ones.
- Leaderboard ties are ordered by points, exact-score credits (2 for a Big Match), number of completed picks, then lowest weighted goal error (Big Match error counts twice). Identical records share the same rank.
- Postponed predictions remain pending, cancelled matches award no points, and corrected official results trigger automatic recalculation.
- One entry is allowed per FPL DYM account. Multiple-account participation is prohibited.
Weekly Predictions is free to play. It has no stake, entry fee or guaranteed cash prize.
08Registration & administration+
- Replacement plan: Managers who do not renew before the registration deadline may be replaced.
- Multiple teams: Participants may register more than one team, including teams for family members, friends and colleagues.
- Registration tie-break: Earlier Season 9 registration ranks higher; if the date is identical, the smaller FPL ID ranks higher.
- Administration: FPL DYM may amend registration and league-administration criteria where circumstances beyond reasonable control require it.