Premier League 2025-26

Pick your squad.
Own the weekend.

Bafana Fantasy brings Premier League fantasy football to South Africa. Build your XI, rack up points every matchweek, and climb the leaderboard — pay with your mobile carrier, no card required.

GW 35 Current matchweek
10 Fixtures this round
534 Tracked players
Active managers
The product

Every feature on the roadmap

Each card shows what we're building and where it stands. Check back — the board updates as we ship.

Fantasy League

Building

The core game. Build a squad, earn points every gameweek, compete globally.

  • Pick 15 players within budget
  • Max 3 players per club
  • Standard FPL scoring rules
  • Global leaderboard

Live PL Data

Building

Real fixtures, line-ups, and player stats straight from the official data feed.

  • Fixtures & results
  • Per-player match stats
  • Injury & suspension alerts
  • Current matchweek detection

Carrier Billing

Planned

Pay through your phone bill or airtime — MTN, Vodacom, Cell C, Telkom.

  • Header Enrichment sign-up
  • PIN fallback flow
  • Daily & weekly plans
  • Self-service unsubscribe

Score Predictor

Planned

Guess exact scores each matchweek — perfect picks mean bonus fantasy points.

  • Pre-match prediction window
  • Weekly predictor leaderboard
  • Streak bonuses

Football Trivia

Planned

Daily questions, quick rounds, extra points on top of your fantasy total.

  • Daily 5-question rounds
  • Streak multiplier
  • Global & friends leaderboards

News Feed

Planned

Curated Premier League news plus updates on the players in your squad.

  • Personalized to your XI
  • Injury & transfer headlines
  • Push notifications
How it works

Three steps to your first gameweek

Sign up with your phone number, build your squad, watch the points roll in.

Subscribe

Activate Bafana Fantasy from any MTN, Vodacom, Cell C or Telkom line. Charged to your airtime or bill — no card, no bank.

Build your XI

Pick 15 Premier League players within your budget. Max 3 per club. Choose your captain. Switch formation anytime before kick-off.

Score & climb

Every goal, assist, clean sheet and card counts. Points update after each match. Climb the public leaderboard and chase weekly prizes.

Roadmap

Shipping in phases

Proof of concept first, then we harden and scale. Current status below — this page updates as we go.

API & data exploration

Map API-Football endpoints, validate Premier League coverage, document scoring fields.

Done

Data model & sync

MongoDB collections, ingestion scripts, indexes for leaderboard queries.

Up next

Scoring & team builder

FPL-rule scoring engine, squad validation, gameweek point calculation.

Planned

Leaderboard & launch

Pre-computed rankings, MVAS billing, public beta on bafanafantasy.com.

Planned
Under the hood

Built with a lean stack

No framework bolted on for show — just PHP, MongoDB, and a reliable data feed.

PHP 8Backend & scoring
MongoDBSquads & scores
API-FootballPL data feed
HostingerProduction host
MVASCarrier billing