A friendly is a match arranged directly between two clubs, outside any league or cup. It is the most sociable feature on the platform — and the fastest way to get a match without waiting for a fixture.
Sending a challenge
A friendly request has four parts, and all four are checked before it sends:
What a challenge needs
- OpponentRequiredSearch for and choose the club you want to play.
- FeeRequiredMinimum 1 LONIDA. There is no free friendly — a challenge always carries a stake.
- Proposed dateRequiredMust be in the future, and not before 7 September 2026, the platform's official kickoff date.
- ReasonRequiredWhy you would like to arrange it. Required, like transfer and loan requests.
Two date rules, not one
A proposed date has to clear both checks. It must be in the future relative to now, and it must fall on or after 7 September 2026. A date next week that sits before the platform kickoff is still refused, which is the usual cause of a rejected challenge.
Answering a challenge
Challenges from other clubs arrive in the same tab, and you accept or decline them. An accepted friendly becomes a scheduled match and appears alongside your other fixtures, so it will show in your upcoming matches on the dashboard.
Say why you are challenging
The reason field is read by a real manager deciding whether to give up an evening. "Testing a new formation, happy to play whenever suits you" is answered far more often than a bare request.