We’ve started 2019 with a bit of a new project as we look to turn La Liga knowledge into cash on Football Index. Scroll down for our starting £500 portfolio and also a football index code, which will allow you to get started in what is initially a risk-free setting. It is though also worth reading up and truly understanding the platform before you start making larger investments and this page should help with that.

What is Football Index?

Football Index has been described as a mixture of fantasy football and sports betting. While there is some truth to that, we prefer the description that you will find on the site itself. Football Index is essentially ‘the football stockmarket’, at least in the countries where they have a licence to operate. Currently you can use the platform in the UK, Ireland, Sweden and Canada but we anticipate many more countries will be added to that list soon.

Football Index Player List

Instead of betting on the outcome of matches, you are investing in players with a wide range to choose from. Almost every player in Europe’s top five leagues can be found with 2940 in total at the time of writing and more coming soon via Football Index’s IPO’s (Initial Player Offerings). Essentially you buy shares AKA ‘futures’ in players in the belief that their value will rise with time, hopefully enabling you to sell them on for a profit.

Is it really Gambling or Investing?

There is still an extent of gambling and risk, as there is with any form of investment but unlike regular football bets, you cannot really lose your stake unless the player retires and is withdrawn from the platform altogether (or you fail to sell your shares within the maximum 3 year time-frame). Their value may be increase or decrease with time but almost every player on the game has increased in value over the past two years, due to more and more people investing in the market as a whole. …

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