See hat-trick for the generic term meaning

Hattrick is a web-based football management computer game based in Sweden, currently made up of ninety-two national leagues and more than 500,000 managers and their teams from all over the world. It combines management with some good, clean fun, thanks to the worldwide community built around the game.

After a short registration, the user receives a team. Nearly always, the newbie takes over someone's old, defunct team, on the last positions on the league and, with a initial set of players, a weak coach, a small stadium, fanclub, and many other features, the player must try to win the following game. After that, the player starts to manage his or her squad, sell and purchase the players, define a training scheme, and so forth. If the player is successful enough, he or she is granted qualification to a higher league the next four-months-long season.

There is much customization a user can do to his or her own team, such as renaming the arena, changing the training type, or even acquiring a new coach. But, as with any manager game, the player must tell his or her players what position to play, and how to play that position, if he or she wants to be successful.

The game community is one of the most wonderful aspects of Hattrick. Interacting with the other Hattrickers is very enjoyable. Nearly all of the active members in the community are very helpful to newbies, and there is a lot of knowledge to be acquired from these veteran players.

Another great thing about Hattrick is that it is always under development. The game developers are constantly adding new features to the game and enhancing the current ones. They always listen to the users' wishes and, often, those wishes are incorporated into the game in some form or another.

Regarding the number of active users, Hattrick's leading leagues are Sweden, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Argentina and Switzerland, although countries such as Poland, Estonia, Finland, Romania and Germany, among many others, are heading for the top positions. Hattrick offers not only the joy of managing your team and also has National Teams, 2 for each country, an U20 and one without any age restriction. Every season a World Cup is organized, one season for the U20, one for the senior team, and so on. The first country to win an international trophy besides Sweden was Romania. The club of World Cup Winners has very few members until now : Sweden, Romania and Norway.

There are many third party softwares available to help and enhance the user's gaming experience, such as match viewers and team administrators.

External links

Hattrick: http://www.hattrick.org/

Administration Tools
Hattrick Assistant Manager: http://www.lokesoftware.dk/osr/hattrick/ham/
Hattrick Coach Professional: http://www.h-c-p.net/
Hattrick Forever: http://www.hattrickforever.com
Hattrick Organizer: http://www.hattrickorganizer.de
HattrickPoli: http://www.hattrickpoli.com/
Mactrick (for Macs): http://www.x-sync.co.uk/mactrick/
BLUE: http://grilledbirds.glys.com/blue/
Mattricks: http://www.lysator.liu.se/mattricks/index.en.html

Match Viewers
Criollo Viewer (match viewer): http://www.criolloviewer.com.ar/

News & Reference
Hattrick Zine Argentina: http://www.htzine.com.ar
Hattrick International Community & Tools: http://www.htforums.org
Hattrick Community UK: http://www.hattrickboozer.com
Hattrick REPORTER Newspaper: http://hattrick.rolitoral.ro
Hattrick.tk (Spanish): http://www.hattrick.tk
Spanish Wiki: http://wiki.hattrick.tk

Match Statistics
Hatstats: http://www.hatstats.info

Forums
Romanian Official Hattrick Forum: http://hattrick.computergames.ro
Spanish Forum: http://foro.hattrick.tk

Community Tools
HT-Arena (Free service to build and host Hattrick team´s website): http://www.ht-arena.com

Sources

• Hattrick Official Website
• OMGN Review