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title: "Collect Challenges and Events"
description: "How events are announced, how Collect Challenges and coins work, and how event rewards are given"
url: https://support.goalunited.org/en/articles/226-collect-challenges-and-events
collection: "Event & Support Guides"
updated: 2026-11-10
language: en
alternates: [it, de, es, tr, fr, pl]
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# Collect Challenges and Events

How events are announced, how Collect Challenges and coins work, and how event rewards are given

## When do events start?

Exact event dates aren’t published far in advance, because they can change until shortly before launch. Events usually start in the second week of the month. Each event is announced in the game, usually the evening before it starts, and on our [Discord](https://discord.gg/goalunited-official-411480128007307306). Teaser emails are only sent for some events, and they can end up in your spam folder.

## How Collect Challenges work

-   During a Collect Challenge, you earn event coins by completing tasks in the game.
    
-   Open the Collect Challenge window with the **Collect Challenge** button on the left, or by clicking your coin balance. Click **How to collect coins** to see every task that gives coins.
    
-   The window shows three paths (“ways”) with rewards and the number of coins each reward costs. There is no total displayed, so add up the coins for the rewards you aim.
    
-   Click **Ranking** on the right to see the club ranking.
    
-   Coins belong to one club. Coins earned in one club can’t be used in another, and leftover coins can’t be moved to another club or carried over to the next event.
    

## Event phases and deadlines

1.  **Collection phase:** you earn coins through tasks and videos on the event page. When it ends, you can’t watch event videos anymore.
    
2.  **Coin exchange:** for a short time afterwards, you can still exchange GU STARS for coins, which count for the final Collect ranking.
    
3.  **Reward phase:** you can still redeem your coins for rewards on the paths until the final deadline
    

The in-game announcement gives the exact deadlines for each phase. The counter in the Collect Challenge window also shows the time left.

## Task details

-   **Moving a player:** the player must actually change position on the field, for example, a striker moved back within the attacking sector. Swapping two players without changing their positions doesn’t count as a move
    
-   **Goal Wall cards:** during the event, there is a daily limit on cards that give coins. The counters under **How to collect coins** show the limit and how many you have used that day.
    

## Rewards

-   **Replacement rewards:** if a reward can’t be applied to your club, for example because you already own something that doesn’t stack, you get a replacement reward instead. That’s why paths can look different between clubs.
    
-   **Chance rewards:** For Chance packs, the chances for each potential card are mentioned in the Pack description. More expensive packs can have better chances for certain cards, but a specific card is not guaranteed unless the pack says so.
    
-   **Survey rewards** are paid out after the survey ends.
    
-   If a reward is missing, see Missing Rewards: What to Do.
    

## Special buildings and limited offers

-   Special buildings that have already been released in the game can be offered again in the future; however, the dates are not announced upfront. They appear from time to time as limited offers, in events, or in the shop
    
-   Some special buildings can be bought directly in the stadium with GU STARS, and some decorations that used to be event-only can now be bought at any time.
    
-   Once you claim a special building video offer by watching ads or paying with GU STARS, its icon disappears. Check your building inventory or the building queue. The building is set up automatically in the stadium complex if there is a free Decoration spot; otherwise, it will be added to your inventory
    
-   To catch offers, check the card shop, the **Upgrades** tab in your stadium, the offer banner in the main menu, the news on the loading screen and in System News, your in-game messages, the News & Updates page, and Discord.