Pick historic sides
Choose any World Cup squad from 1930 to 2022. Current-year teams are off the table — history only.
Every World Cup1930–2022◆ Cross-Era Sim
Replay every
World Cup ever
played.
Across every era.
Pick any legendary side from 1930 to 2022, run a single-game sim or build a full tournament bracket, and make your predictions. Powered by real historical squad data — MicroLeague never simulates current-year teams.
- Matches simmed
- 273K
- World Cups
- 1930–2022
- Model edge
- 71.4%
Cross-EraEstadio Azteca90′ + ET
BRA · '70
Brazil
3vs2
ARG · '86
Argentina
Sim #1970 · 273K simsxG — BRA 2.4 · ARG 1.9
Cross-era ticker
▸ BRA '70 edge ESP '10 on penalties. ▸ USA '30 stun NED '74. ▸ MAR '86 repeat their group-topping run.
▶① Two ways to play
One match, or the whole bracket
Run a single-game sim
One match on real historical data. Extra time and penalties resolved, full box score in seconds.
Or build a bracket
Seed a full knockout tournament of classic sides and sim it round by round to a champion.
Make your predictions
Call results before kickoff. Nail your picks across sims and brackets and earn $MLC.
▶② Cross-era matchups
Matchups history never let happen
Legendary sides from different decades, finally on the same pitch — the ties the community runs on repeat.
FIFA World Cup
Cross-era
1970 Brazil
1986 Argentina
Pelé's Seleção against Maradona's Albiceleste. The two greatest sides, sixteen years apart.
FIFA World Cup
Cross-era
1998 France
2010 Spain
Zidane's world champions meet tiki-taka Spain — two eras of total midfield control.
FIFA World Cup
Cross-era
1974 Netherlands
1982 Italy
Total Football against catenaccio. The two great tactical revolutions, head to head.
▶③ Simulated brackets
Run a whole tournament of legends
Group of Legends · Standings
Matchday 3 · Final
| # | Nation | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina '86 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| 2 | France '98 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | Morocco '86 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Japan '02 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -9 | 1 |
Knockout Bracket · Right Half
BRA2
CRO1
NED0
POR2
BRA1
POR1
4–2 pens
Final
🇧🇷 Brazil '70 to lift it
23.8% likeliest
④ Predict & Earn
Predict the bracket. Earn $MLC.
Build a tournament of historic sides, then lock your group winners, knockout upsets, and champion before kickoff. Every correct prediction pays out in $MLC — and the deeper an underdog runs, the bigger your reward.
- Prize pool
- 200K $MLC
- Entries
- 12,863
- Format
- Bracket
BRA '70
+650
ARG '86
+700
FRA '98
+750
ESP '10
+800
POR '66
+1200
USA '30
+2500
▶⑤ Kickoff
Run your first sim.
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