History
The first major version of the game was based on the top division of Italian football, the Serie A, and was released in Japan in 2002. The teams included were those that participated in the competition during the previous footballing year; the player data being based on performances during that 2001–02 season. An updated version of the game was released in 2003 with gameplay fixes/adjustments also added 32 black/white and 13 foil player cards.
With the success of the game, Sega went on to produce a second major version of the game, again devoted to Serie A, that was released in 2003. The teams and players included were those that participated in the 2002–03 season. As with the 2001–02 version the 2002–03 version was also updated several months later to include gameplay updates and additional players consisting of 32 black/white and 43 foil player cards. The 2002–03 season version of WCCF was the first version that was released outside of Asia by being made available in Italy.
After a brief hiatus, Sega's next major new version of the game was released in late 2005. This time, the game was not dedicated to Serie A and instead was based on the top divisions of four countries in Europe: the English Premier League, Dutch Eredivisie, Spanish La Liga, and Italian Serie A. The teams included in this European Clubs version of the game was based the 2004–05 season and Sega started distributing the game more widely outside of Asia; the countries included the Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Spain, the UAE and the UK.
The successful expansion of the game was followed by a sequel to the European Clubs version in late 2006. This time, the game included teams from six countries in Europe: England, France (Ligue 1), Germany (Bundesliga), Netherlands, Italy, and Spain, with footballer data based on performances from the 2005–06 season.
The game has further expanded to span two continents (Europe and South America) in the Intercontinental Clubs 2006–07 version released in 2008 but the it ceased to be distributed outside of Asia.
The game has subsequently been updated to 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10 versions.
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