Sorare.com | My First Prize Winning Team !

almost 2 years ago

I got more serious about playing the Sorare.com NFT Fantasy Football Game this new football season and will be keeping track of my personal activity in this series of posts...

Fun Game + Rewards

For the first time since I started playing this game, I finished inside of the payout spots in my main league. I continue to very much enjoy Sorare in general as a game aside from the Play2Earn aspect of it as the prizes themselves which can be won barely are worth it and there is no real prospect to 'getting rich' from this game. Buying players cheap and selling them for more later down the line by far has way more earning potential and is also quite fun.

Game Week 331 Results

For the first time so far I managed to finish well inside the payout zone in my main Europe Challenger League. I was quite fortunate how this one played out as my main goalkeeper Ilic was injured and his replacement in the cup was 30-year-old Tom Vandenberghe who Kortrijk recently acquired from Deinze. I managed to pick him up for 3.75€ and he played his first match in the 1st league now scoring 84 points being man of the match against Genk keeping a clean sheet with some much-needed saves. I did go ahead a week later selling him for 14€ assuming Ilic will be back in goal after new year. Vadis Odidja also really helped me with a total of 111 points as I have a big bonus and put him as my captain. I didn't have a main striker that was sure to start so I put Gueye in the team who only came in 10 minutes before the end of the match, Hotic also didn't perform at his best but Mata is back and should be quite good going forward.

Historical Results

Game Week	Points	Rank	Entries	Places	Needed	Gap
Week 18	334.45	236th	3667	385	317.56	-16.89
Week 17	157.47	6465th	7434	1250	323.7	175.23
Week 16	171.00	7760th	9184	1250	325.71	154.71
Week 15	116.58	8186th	8696	1250	325.06	208.48
Week 14	163.47	7759th	9095	1250	319.40	155.93
Week 13	183.93	1211th	2506	385	296.32	112.39
Week 12	239.57	4396th	8556	1225	319.00	79.43
Week 11	207.84	5978th	9072	1225	317.17	109.33
Week 10	247.49	4718th	9230	1200	327.37	79.88
Week 09	163.75	7588th	9006	1165	325.76	162.01
Week 08	256.69	3815th	9361	1110	342.78	86.09
Week 07	280.77	3524th	9104	1110	343.53	62.76
Week 06	246.43	4990th	9789	1030	341.67	95.24
Week 05	228.35	3792th	8004	890	323.01	94.66
Week 04	288.48	3762th	9681	850	366.5	78.02
Week 03	261.09	3945th	9156	850	340.02	78.93
Week 02	261.82	1781th	5545	550	328.48	66.66
Week 01	246.41	2186th	4963	400	354.34	107.93

Limited Card Reward

I guess you need some luck on the card that you get especially when it's a Tier 3 card which are considered to be the worst players. The card I earned was Innes Cameron who is a 21-year-old forward from Scottish Kilmarnock. I could dump it on the market where it only goes for around 2€ but instead I'm just keeping it in my collection hoping for the price to peak at some point in time to possibly take profit. In the meantime I will try to get his % up to a higher level by entering him probably in some training teams. It also never hurts to have a lot of cards which gives me options in case I need them.

New Player Purchases

I did buy quite a few extra players for different reasons, some I intend to use in my teams short-term especially with the new competition that will give 5€ payouts to teams that score 250 points or more. Others with an eye on my future U23 teams and some just as cheap cards looking to sell at a higher price in the future.

I picked up 2 copies of Ortwin De Wolf who is a 25-year-old 2nd goalkeeper of Antwerp. I see him as too good of a goalkeeper to be on the bench and I would be surprised if at some point in time he doesn't become 1st goalkeeper somewhere. Similar with Habib Gueye who used to be top striker for Kortrijk but now has fallen back to being a substitute. Cisse Sandra is a young talen from Club Brugge who is next in line to be a player that plays on a regular basis. I managed to pick him up for 6.76€. I did pay quite a bit for Bart Verbruggen who has been knocking on the door as the 2nd goalkeeper for Anderlecht and they also see him as the future. I did play last week as the 1st goalkeeper was injured and put up a good performance. Finally, I also picked up a copy of Mathieu Maertens who used to be a lot more expensive a couple months ago while he was a hot topic. It's just an overall solid player that is sure of his place and nearly always does well similar to Odidja, Hotic, and other midfielders that are key to their team. He once was said to be the replacement of Vanaken in Club Brugge so there is also room for him to go to a better team. I also Bought Tom Vandenberghe for 3.75€ and already sold him a week later for 14€

Owned Cards & Values

(last Price update 29/12/2022)

Position	Team	Player	Age	Bonus %	Buy Price	Price Now
Goalkeeper	Kortrijk	Marko Ilic	24	+5.0%	124.05€	30.95€
Goalkeeper	Anderlecht	Verbruggen	20	+5.0%	63.01€	78.68€
Goalkeeper	Antwerp	De Wolf	25	+4.5%	22.46€	6.64€
Goalkeeper	Cercle	Bruzzese	33	+10.5%	7.40€	1.35€
Goalkeeper	Eupen	Roufosse	21	+7.5%	4.63€	2.36€
Defender	Anderlecht	Zeno Debast	19	+5.5%	116.77€	37.93€
Defender	Standard	Gilles Dewaele	26	+5.0%	3.65€	1.01€
Defender	Club Brugge	Clinton Mata	29	+5.5%	18.59€	8.22€
Defender	Stvv	Bocat	23	+7.0%	4.36€	6.75€
Defender	Mechelen	Lucas Bijker	29	+4.5%	0€	1.24€
Midfielder	OHL	Mathieu Maertens	27	+5.0%	9.66€	9.57€
Midfielder	Cercle	Dino Hotic	27	+8.5%	52.48€	12.04€
Midfielder	Brugge	Cisse Sandra	19	+6.0%	6.76€	9.12€
Midfielder	Union	Senne Lynen	23	+5.0%	15.65€	7.77€
Midfielder	Antwerp	Nainggolan	34	+4.5%	10.53€	4.28€
Midfielder	AA Gent	Vadis Odidja	33	+9.5.0%	2.38€	5.18€
Midfielder	AA Gent	Vadis Odidja	33	+5.5%	14.60€	5.18€
Midfielder	AA Gent	Marreh	26	+4.0%	3.91€	0.68€
Midfieler	OH Leuven	Vlietinck	24	+9.0%	3.69€	0.56€
Midfielder	Antwerp	Vermeeren	17	+7.5%	7.30€	41.98€
Forward	Club Brugge	Yaremchuk	26	+11.0%	58.22€	26.56€
Forward	AA Gent	Lemajic	28	+4.5%	12.37€	1.13€
Forward	Mechelen	Malede	22	+4.0%	7.5€	2.48€
Forward	Kortrijk	Habib Gueye	22	+4.0%	30.98€	2.59€
Forward	Sint-Truiden	Koita	24	+5.0%	15.86€	3.15€
Total	-	19 Players	-	-	616.81€	302.22€

Players Outside Belgian League

Position	Team	Player	Age	Bonus %	Buy Price	Price Now
Defender	Cerezo OSaka	Yamanaka	29	+3.5%	0€	0.79€
Midfieler	Jeonbuk	Bae Jae-k	21	+8.0%	0€	0.56€
Forward	Kilmarnock	Cameron	22	+5.0%	0€	2.03€
Forward	Zaragoza	Makhtar Gueye	25	+4.0%	13.62€	1.24€
Forward	Vamenciennes	Noubissi	25	+9.5%	7.28€	4.84€
Forward	Dusseldorf	Ampomah	26	+2.5%	3.69€	0.56€
-	Unsupported League	2 Players	-	-	0€	1.24€

Short-Mid-Term Trading Purchases

Position	Team	Player	Age	Bonus %	Buy Price	Price Now
Goalkeeper	Antwerp	De Wolf	25	+7.0%	4.74€	6.64€
Goalkeeper	Antwerp	De Wolf	25	+7.0%	4.67€	6.64€
Forward	Kortrijk	Habib Gueye	23	+7.5%	8.64€	2.59€
Forward	Kortrijk	Habib Gueye	23	+7.0%	3.36€	2.59€
Forward	Kortrijk	Habib Gueye	23	+7.0%	3.48€	2.59€
Forward	Oostende	Mahktar Gueye	25	+3.5%	8.45€	1.24€
Forward	Vamenciennes	Noubissi	25	+8.5%	3.87€	4.84€
Forward	AA Gent	Lemajic	29	+8.5%	2.19€	1.13€
Forward	AA Gent	Lemajic	29	+8.5%	1.07€	1.13€

Finished Trades

Buy	Sell	Player	Buy Price	Sell Price	Profit	%
20/12/2022	27/12/2022	Vandenberghe	3.75€	14.05€	+10.30€	+275%
16/08/2022	01/10/2022	Odidja	2.95€	8.01€	+5.06€	+171%
02/08/2022	10/09/2022	Odidja	2.86€	5.99€	+2.13€	+109%
23/11/2021	15/08/2022	Fall	3.67€	13.19€	+9.52€	+259%

I'm doing the recalculation every month or so as it takes quite some time manually now that I start to own more players.

Total Investment: 655.16€
Total Account Value: 340.28€

Conclusion

Pretty similar to everything in crypto, things are down overall as I started to get into this game at the moment the market was overheated. I continue to buy more cards and so some trades while now also having earned a prize which I believe eventually will get me in the green. I already did pay for some learning lessons that I'm able to take with me now and I just continue to have fun with the game itself each week. Those that are Football fans looking to test their skills, feel free to use my Link to sign up as that will give you a free limited card after having collected your first 5 cards to form a team.