A soccer group in Cyprus gained towards its rivals after it allowed followers to make use of blockchain know-how and fan tokens to vote on its match lineup and formation, taking fan engagement to a brand new stage. 

Apollon FC, utilizing fan token platform Socios.com, gained in a pleasant match towards rivals Aris Limassol, Socios stated in a post. Apollon gained six objectives to zero. 

With Socios, followers of Apollon who purchased its fan token APL had the chance to vote in a sequence of polls. These decided the group’s formation on the pitch and to pick its attacking gamers. The followers selected a 4-2-3-1 formation, which means the followers wished 4 gamers on protection, two defending midfielders, three attacking midfielders, and one striker. Three of the 4 gamers voted on by followers scored objectives through the match. 

Socios.com CEO Alexandre Dreyfus known as the day historic and expressed his delight within the stage of interplay from each followers and officers at Apollon FC:

“At the moment Socios.com & Apollon FC made historical past. The pleasant match towards Aris Limassol was the primary match ever to be powered by blockchain, with followers selecting the formation and the gamers. I’m so proud to have delivered this stage of fan engagement for our companions Apollon FC, and for the followers to have voted for the successful formation.”

In response to Socios, APL rose 13% through the match.

And it appears Apollon will proceed to let followers dictate sure points of the group. Apollon head coach Soforonis Avgousti stated:

“As a membership, we wish to have a reference to our followers and symbolize them in one of the simplest ways doable…we’ll give our followers the prospect to assist me and the remainder of the group with the choice and hopefully, they’ll respect the truth that we worth their opinion.”

Socios has partnerships with many soccer golf equipment world wide, together with massively well-liked ones similar to Barcelona, ​​Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus. The Barcelona fan token BAR even bought out in lower than two hours. Socios additionally launched the Socios.com Visa debit card to permit customers to earn fan token-powered rewards and different advantages from their chosen soccer membership.