Panka is here: the fantasy game where you field your own teammates.
“If you don’t run, you’re on the bench.”
The words every locker room fears the most have become an app. Fantasy sports are no longer played just on the sofa: with Panka, you play based on your own real matches, fielding yourself and your teammates.
Before kick-off, you pick your fantasy lineup: if your choices get a good rating from the gaffer and bring in bonuses, you climb the leaderboard.
Download Panka from the App Store or Google Play, get the group code from whoever set it up — or set it up yourself, if you’re first in the squad — and you’re in. You and your teammates each get a credit value based on your position and what you’ve shown on the pitch. Don’t take it personally if the striker is worth more than you!
Before the match, choose who to field. You have a credit budget and you can’t afford everyone, so plan your strategy. You can even leave empty slots to afford the most expensive players, while tactical modifiers reward your bravest picks.
This is where the tension kicks in. Post-match, the player ratings drop: either the coach enters them, or the whole squad votes anonymously. The better your picks play, the higher your score. The app handles all the maths with goals and team modifiers to update the leaderboard.
There is no single way of being in a team. Whether you are a bunch of mates at 5-a-side or a league squad with a coach, Panka adapts to your locker room.
Zero hassle for your usual match with mates. Split into two sides, pick your fantasy lineups, play, rate each other post-match, and let Panka crown the winner.
The fantasy game for Sunday league and 7-a-side players. Pick which teammates to field before the match, wait for the gaffer’s ratings, and take the top spot in the leaderboard.
Whether you play for your main team, the office tournament, or Tuesday night mates. Join each group with a code, with separate ratings and tables for each.
Call up the squad, run your lineup trials before kick-off, and hand out post-match ratings. Plus, track attendance, membership fees and medicals without drowning in paperwork.
When you install the app, we ask how you play. Your answer configures everything on its own.
Panka is for everyone, whether you play in a serious league or meet up on Tuesday nights for a game with friends. The level doesn’t matter: if there’s a team, there’s a fantasy game to play in the locker room.
Right now we only support football, but we’re already working on bringing in other team sports.
The one matchday I bench myself, I score a 30-yard screamer. Football is a funny game, and Panka is even funnier.
We put a post-match pint on it every single matchday. One more reason to leave everything out there!
Our squad was already obsessed with fantasy sports, but the beauty of Panka is that you play it on your own pitch.
Panka is ready to spark arguments at your pub, but we’re building new features for the seasons to come. Here’s what’s landing soon — and what already has:
Create your digital caricature in-app to make your card one of a kind.
Auto-generate cards for matchday MVPs, the lineup you fielded, results, or leaderboards ready to post on your socials.
The whole squad can hand out the ratings in an anonymous poll, and the same way you decide together what each of you is worth.
Performance charts and a detailed season history, just like the pros.
A virtual helper built on stats to pick your best possible fantasy lineup every matchday.
Custom trophies, celebration cards, and everything you need to celebrate right in your teammates’ faces.
Yes. You download the app, join your group and start playing. No subscription, no hidden costs. Except the round of drinks you’ll owe the winner.
Download Panka from the App Store or Google Play. From there you either set up your team’s group and pass the code around, or you join with the code your teammates have already sent you. It’s free, and ten minutes is enough to play your first matchday. If nobody in the squad has downloaded it yet, it’s on you to make the first move: whoever creates the group sets the rules.
If you play basketball, volleyball, rugby or anything else and want to try it, write to us. Right now we’re tuned for football, but we’re already working on covering other team sports — and we need teams up for anything to test the new versions!
It depends on how you want to play! You can have the coach (or a team admin) enter the ratings, or enable Poll mode so the whole squad can vote 100% anonymously. Either way, once the ratings are in, anything can happen in the locker room!
At the start the credits are set by whoever creates the team: a value each, based on position and on what everyone has shown on the pitch. From there you change them whenever you like: the coach (or an admin) tweaks them from the player’s card, or you open a cost poll and the whole squad votes: the average becomes the new price. And if your price drops, the next match is there to push it back up.
How many friends do you usually play fantasy football with? Exactly. The more of you there are, the more fun it gets, but there’s no minimum to start (we suggest at least 5 of you). And if someone in the team can’t be bothered to download the app, no problem: an admin can add the whole roster anyway, so you can field even those who haven’t signed up yet.
Just like classic fantasy football: meet certain criteria (say, a particular formation or a high goalkeeper rating) and you unlock bonus points added to your score. Modifiers are there to reward tactics, but they’re not mandatory: you can decide together whether to use them, how to customise them, or to ignore them entirely and keep things classic. Your locker room, your rules.
Yes. Panka doesn’t share data with third parties. Your team’s info, ratings and leaderboards are private and only accessible to the members invited with the team code.
The app is on the stores now, but if you’d rather start with someone helping you out, write to us: we’ll set the group up together.
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