News & Patch Notes
v0.80.2: Improved penalty system, jersey numbers, tons of fixes
Strikers ClubPublished: Jul 14, 2026, 3:59 PM

Strikers Club v0.80.2
NEW
- Reworked penalties, instead of free movement for the penalty taker, a run-up happens after charging and aiming your kick. This gives the goalie certainty about shot *timing* without giving away shot *direction*, resulting in a more realistic score %
- Added the ability to customize your jersey number
- Added intro logo sequence when booting the game
- Added a toggle for the FPS display on the top right, added "FPS" suffix to avoid confusion about what the number means
Improvements
- During advantage, if no one touches the ball at all it's pulled back to a free kick/penalty instead of continuing play
- Improved the goalie anticipate catch to be more consistent
- Greatly improved the purchase flow for items in your appearance menu
- Greatly improved bandwidth usage of the game (without sacrificing accuracy or speed)
- All buttons in the UI have been reworked for consistent interactions
- Several improvements to red cards, you can no longer get around it by swapping positions / rejoining
Cosmetics
- Added slit eyebrows
- Added a leather band ornament plate (wrist slot)
- Added a short trimmed beard, full trimmed beard
- Added goalie gloves "Deflects" and "Sweeper"
- Added open hook earbuds
- Added a nose guard mask
Fixes
- Fixed players being teleported out of the goal box colliding sometimes
- Fixed ball still being "controlled" by the tackled player when they fall
- Fixed suspension bounds disappearing after a free kick happened
- Fixed corners getting marked as failed when a corner kick pulls the ball back
- Fixed benched players accidentally being taken into account during offside checks
- Fixed settings not saving correctly in some scenarios
- Fixed a T-pose while performing a 180 dribble
- Fixed color consistency and applications for several slots and items
- Fixed sock sleeve combo being cut off incorrectly when combined with long pants
- Fixed clipping of socks and joggings with slip-on shoes
- Fixed long cosmetic names breaking purchase modal layouts
- Fixed unlocks accidentally popping up multiple times
- Fixed visibility of several item previews where other items could get in the way
- Fixed some example videos in the tutorial not playing correctly
- Fixed player title colors having an incorrect tint
These changes will be available with the Early Access release on July 17th
