About Top 100


Welcome to Top 100! This page provides an overview of our custom Soccer Manager game world.

What is Top 100?

Top 100 is a custom Soccer Manager game world featuring 100 teams from across the globe. These are the top one hundred teams from Europe and South America. The game world is divided into 5 divisions, each containing 20 teams. It is known as one of the toughest game worlds to succeed in due to the high level of activity and skill among its managers.

Our History

The Top 100 game world was created by Frank Hirst in 2015. Ownership transitioned to David Marsden in 2019 during Season 9, then to Stephen Beddows from Season 16, before returning to David in 2023. August 2025 marked Top 100’s 10th anniversary. We created a new game world Top 100 Regen to celebrate and act as a gateway for new managers into Top 100.

League Structure & Progression

The league structure consists of 5 divisions of 20 teams.

  • At the end of each season, 4 teams are promoted and 4 teams are relegated from each division.
  • Sackings affect the bottom 2 clubs in each division, increasing to the bottom 3 from Season 10.
  • Sackings can be conditional; managers who have achieved back-to-back promotions, joined mid-season, or managed a significantly weaker side may be offered their job back.
  • If not offered their original job, sacked managers may be offered a lower league club.
  • Managers deemed inactive (on the newsfeed, blog, social media, or unresponsive to messages/offers) may not be offered any job back.
  • Getting a bigger club depends on factors including success with your current team, activity on the newsfeed/blog, transfer activity, and not receiving reprimands.

Key Features & Rules

Top 100 aims for fun, realism, and competitiveness through various features and regulations.

Competitions:

We run the following competitions:

  • Top 100 Divisions 1-5
  • Top 100 Cup
  • Top 100 Shield
  • Top 100 World Club Cup & Shield using friendly fixtures
  • Top 100 Youth Cup & Shield using friendly fixtures

Manager Contracts:

Introduced in Season 3 and formally regulated from Season 15, manager contracts set objectives for clubs. While voted to be hidden from the general public, they add realism and competitiveness. Managers who are unsuccessful in meeting contract targets are expected to resign and seek a new job. Contracts were scrapped at the end of Season 19, and there are no plans to bring them back at the moment.

Transfer Rules:

Transfer rules and sanctions are in place to ensure fair play.

  • There is a strict squad cap of 50 players maximum at any time, including loan players. Going over this cap results in a transfer ban.
  • Cancelling accepted or agreed deals is not allowed and incurs a transfer ban, though there is a 5-minute grace period for genuine mistakes.
  • Bidding on new players added to the database must be cash only, with all bids public and no bids higher than one million; bidding higher results in a transfer ban.
  • You cannot re-purchase a player within 52 weeks if they were sold with concerns by the original selling manager. (Note: Player concerns rule was on hold from S22).
  • Pre-agreed transfers can still be completed even if one or both managers are under a transfer ban.
  • Ownership of a player remains with their current club until the transfer is completed through the SM system.
  • Objections to illegal transfers should use the SM system. Objections regarding Top 100 rules should be sent via Private Message to David Marsden, not posted publicly on the News Feed. Potential rule breaches can be reported to the Admin Team (Bojan, Gyan, Hugo, Chris) privately with evidence (“screenshots”). Third Party Ownership (TPO) and Loan Transfers designed to remove concerns are banned.

Manager & Player Awards:

End-of-season awards celebrate performance.

  • A Manager of the Year award is given for each division, voted for by managers (upto 1 vote per division).

Top 120 Feeder Game World:

UPDATE: FROM AUGUST 2025, TOP 120 CEASED AS OUR FEEDER GAME WORLD. To manage the waiting list for Top 100, the Top 120 was introduced. This add-on game world allows prospective managers to prove their skills and gain consideration for openings in Top 100. Sacked Top 100 managers may also manage in Top 120 as a route back into the main game world.

Community

Top 100 thrives on an active community connected through the in-game newsfeed, this blog, Facebook group, WhatsApp group chat, Discord server.

Support Us

You can help support the running of the smtop100.blog website by making a £1 contribution towards the annual costs of the domain name (£22.92) and WordPress hosting (£36.00), totalling £58.92 per year.