History

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Hattrick was launched in 1997. At that time, Björn Holmér was the sole developer of the game. Its initial launch lasted only seven weeks (or rounds), and all changes to the team were made by submitting a HTML form with the user's username and password, meaning that the user never actually logged in to the interface. The release was re-coded and Version 2.0 was launched. The new release allowed for a total of 680 teams and added a few features still available today, such as the transfer list and a league pyramid (though teams' positions in the series were determined by random selection during the offseason). Season two also saw the first ever international match, between Sverige and Danmark, with Danmark winning 1-2.[6] This match was relatively meaningless, however, since the teams' players were clones of each other. A new version was re-launched the following season, and this release marked the debut of friendly matches and cup matches. The following season, Season 4, also added features such as training types beyond General, Set Pieces, and Stamina, and an expanded set of in-game skill levels.

Season 7, which began in July 1999, marked some real progress in the game. New tactical options were added so that teams could change their formation from the fundamental 4-4-2. Teams could also set their players' individual tactics, such as offensive or defensive. After Season 7, ExtraLives AB was formed and the team began development of Version 5.0. Roughly nine months later, Hattrick V.5 was launched.

Seasons

Date is the first date of the season - the Sunday before round 1 in the series.

Season 1 (1997/08/30)

Hattrick is born.
16 teams in Hattrick.
Two test series are played in 7 rounds.
This is how HT looked like: [1]

Season 2 (1997/11/23)

HT2
After a long break due to re-coding and a move to passagen, a new and dynamic Hattrick wakes up HT2!
Hattrick expands to 680 teams, Allsvenskan, division 1, division 2 and division 3 is created.
The first national team game ever is played. Sweden – Denmark 1-2. The Danish team where a clone of the Swedish player wise.
A new type of transfer system is implemented (before you could bid on any player and if the owner accepted the offer the transfer was made.

Season 3 (1998/04/05)

HT3
Big problems with the servers during the silly season, Hattrick is down a few weeks
Hattrick expands to 1704 teams. Division IV is created with 128 series.
Cup and training games are introduced, Zakrock Rooch are the first cup champions in HT.

Season 4 (1998/07/26)

Special training! (Before the only training schemes where general, stamina and set pieces)
Thanks to the new special training Per Emilsson (57216) in Juveby IF goes throe the roof of the match grading system, and as the first an only player ever he gets the grade “saint” – it was a kind of impossible dummy value HT-Björn used if the impossible should happen.
The week after Per Emilsson where declared a saint the grade system was changed !'s where added after the maximum 5 stars.
The new grading system was; 0, H, HH, HHH, *, **, ***, ****, *****, *****!, *****!! And so on.

Season 5 (1998/11/15)

Season 6 (1999/03/14)

Season 7 (1999/07/03)

HT4
Individual tactics with repositioned players where introduced! (Before you could only play 4-4-2 with “Normal” settings, but on the other hand you could choose between play cowardly/play it safe/optimistic/all out attack as an order before the game)
Extralives where formed in the beginning of 2000 and quickly got pregnant with HT5, which where conceived, with remarkable small complications, about 9 month later. //HT-Björn

Season 9 (2000/02/13)

The community are moved from passagen to Delphi forums.
The first external site with automatic generated statistic is created - HTSCB

Season 10 (2000/06/04)

Hattrick’s classic design is buried. [2]

Season 11

Season 11 marked the launch of Hattrick 5.0, and with it the current graphical interface. Hattrick also added more nations beyond Sverige: Argentina, Deutschland, England, Italia, México (originally as Spain), and USA. Users who had previously played in Sverige and new users alike filled these nations. At this time the game had a capacity of roughly 12,000 users. The launch of Hattrick 5.0 shaped the game as it is today, adding features such as live matches, which replaced the matches that previously occurred during downtime each night, instant transfer processing, 15 different player skill levels including the current peak level 'divine,' and the "stars" system for player performance rating.

New leagues: Argentina, Deutschland, England, Italia, México (originally as Spain), USA.

Season 12

At the beginning of Season 12 teams were placed in the same series as they finished and the promotion/demotion system was established. Hattrick Supporter was launched before Season 13.

Spain was renamed to México;
new leagues: Nederland, Norge.

Season 13

new leagues: Brasil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Danmark, España, Hanguk, India, Ireland, Misr, Nippon, Oceania, Perú, Polska, Portugal, România, Rossiya, Scotland, South Africa, Suomi, Türkiye, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Season 14

Conferences system and Hattrick mobile were added for Season 14.

new leagues: België, Ísland, Malaysia, Österreich, Schweiz, Singapore.

Season 15

Season 15, which began in January 2002, marked the launch of Version 6, the current version of Hattrick. Version 6 added the first official national teams, and with it World Cups and international friendly matches. The first World Cup was held at the end of the season, with Sverige beating England 4-0. The developers also added special events, a concept very familiar to those playing today. Special Events allowed players with special traits (such as Powerful or Head specialist) to perform a certain way in a match, whether by scoring a goal, surprising an opponent, or growing more tired due to the sun. Version 6 did not solve the growing economic problems within the game, however. The developers resorted to giving out 200,000 Euros (or the equivalent in each country's currency) to each team to boost the in-game economy, which had entered the equivalent of a depression.

The first World Cup is played in Nippon and Hanguk;
V. Division in Deutschland.

Season 16

new leagues: Česká republika, Eesti, Hellas, Hrvatska, Indonesia, Latvija, Magyarország, Philippines and Srbija (originally as Srbija i Crna Gora);
The first U-20 World Cup is played.

Season 17

new leagues: Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong.

Season 18

new leagues: Bulgaria, Cymru, Israel, Slovenija (because of an error their first season is called 'season 2');
VI. Division established in España, Nederland and Deutschland.

Season 19

new leagues: Bosna i Hercegovina, Vietnam;
VII. Division in Nederland.

Season 20

Hattrick 6.5 was introduced;
VI. Division established in Italia, Polska and Suomi;
VII. Division in Schweiz.

Season 21

new leagues: Al Maghrib, Bolivia, Ecuador, Føroyar, Nigeria and Paraguay;
IV. Division in Lietuva, Srbija i Crna Gora;
V. Divison in Colombia, Hellas, Ireland, Uruguay;
VI. Division in Chile, France, Israel, Österreich;
VII. Division in Argentina, België, Deutschland and España.
Black Friday happens before round 3. For the first time, the Hattrick universe is restored from a backup.

Season 22

new leagues: Saudi Arabia, Tounes, Costa Rica, Lëtzebuerg, Iran, Republica Dominicana, Cyprus and [[United Ara

External Links

Hattrick Museum