The cup is a knockout tournament where you are matched up with 512 other managers from your country.
 
The cup starts on day 4 (Thursday) in the season and ends with the final being played on Day 12 (Friday).
 
There are 9 rounds in total.
 
Each run only the winner will proceed to the next round. If a match ends in a draw after 90 minutes, then winner will be found by player extra time (2x15 mins) and if a winner still isn't found a penalty shoot out will decide who goes through to the next round.

In the cup only the home team can kick off the match. If the home team does not start the match before 4 PM CET (GMT +1) both manager can start the match. If the match is still not played at midnight CET the match gets autoplayed or the home team will lose 0-3 by forfeit to find a team that progress to the next round draw.