If you’ve just booted up eFootball OC for the first time, you’re probably hyped to jump into matches with your real-life squad instead of grinding solo against randoms. But the game’s social menu is surprisingly hidden for a title that pushes co-op and crossplay so heavily, and it’s easy to spend 20 minutes clicking around every tab with no luck. If you’re trying to figure out how to add friends on eFootball OC, you’re far from the only player stuck navigating the slightly clunky interface. I’ve helped dozens of my own friends sort this out over the past few months, so I’ve put together all the steps, fixes, and tips you need to get your crew connected fast.
Step-by-Step Process to Add Friends on eFootball OC for Any Platform
The good news is that the core process for adding friends works the same no matter if you’re on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, or mobile. The only platform-specific differences are optional shortcuts to sync your existing platform friends list, which we’ll cover after the core steps. Follow this universal process first, and you’ll be able to add anyone across any supported device:
- Open the eFootball OC main menu by pressing the pause/menu button on your controller or tapping the menu icon on mobile. Make sure you’re not in an active match or queue, or the social tab will be locked.
- Navigate to the Social tab, which is marked with a small person icon on the far right of the top menu bar. It’s easy to miss if you’re only looking for text labels, so keep an eye out for the icon.
- Select “Add Friend” from the left sidebar of the Social menu. You’ll see three options here: send request via eFootball ID, sync platform friends, or search for recent teammates.
- Enter your friend’s exact eFootball ID or platform gamertag in the search bar. If you’re adding someone on the same platform, their gamertag will pop up automatically, but for crossplay, you’ll need their unique eFootball ID specifically.
- Hit send and wait for them to accept the request. You’ll get a pop-up notification when they accept, and they’ll show up in your active friends list immediately after.
One critical detail most players miss is that eFootball IDs are case-sensitive. If your friend’s ID is “SoccerKing123” and you type “soccerking123”, the search will come up empty every time. I’ve wasted so much time on this mistake myself, so double-check the capitalization before you hit send. If you don’t want to type in IDs, you can also sync your existing PSN, Xbox Live, Steam, or Apple Game Center friends list from the same Add Friend menu, and send requests to anyone who already plays eFootball OC with one click.
Fixing Common Friend Request Errors on eFootball OC
Even if you follow all the steps perfectly, you might run into errors that stop your friend request from sending or showing up. These issues are almost always tied to settings, not bugs, so you can fix them in a minute or two once you know what to look for.
The most common error is the “user not found” message when you type in an ID you know is correct. 9 times out of 10, this happens because crossplay is disabled on either your account or your friend’s account. You can check this by going to the Settings menu, selecting Gameplay, then scrolling down to Crossplay and making sure it’s toggled on. If crossplay is off, you won’t be able to find or add anyone on a different platform, and sometimes even same-platform players if your privacy settings are extra strict.
Another common issue is requests disappearing without a response. This usually means the person you’re trying to add has their friend request privacy set to “Friends of Friends Only” or “No One”. Ask them to adjust this setting in the Social tab’s Privacy menu, or have them send you a request instead if they don’t want to change their settings long-term. I ran into this last month when I tried to add my little cousin to our co-op squad, and he had his settings locked to only accept requests from his school friends. We spent 15 minutes troubleshooting before he realized what he had set.
If you get a “friend limit reached” error, that means you’ve hit the maximum 100 friend cap on your account. You’ll need to remove a few inactive friends you haven’t played with in months to make space for new ones. It’s a good habit to clean out your list every few months anyway, to cut down on spam and notifications from people you don’t play with anymore.
What to Do After Adding Friends on eFootball OC
Adding your friends is just the first step to unlocking the best parts of eFootball OC. Once you have them on your list, you can do way more than just send quick messages between matches.
First, you can invite them to co-op matches, which let you team up with up to 3 friends to play against other squads online. Co-op has its own ranked ladder and exclusive rewards, so it’s a great way to earn in-game currency and rare player cards while having fun with people you know. You can create a dedicated squad group for your regular playgroup too, which lets you save your team setup and invite everyone with one click instead of sending individual invites every time you log on. I have a group for my high school friends, and it cuts down our pre-match setup time from 10 minutes to 30 seconds.
You can also create custom private lobbies for friendly tournaments, scrims, or even just casual matches where you can mess around with weird formations and off-meta players. I host a monthly 8-team tournament with my friends list, and we even put small gift card prizes up for the winner to make it more fun. You don’t need any special permissions to create a private lobby, and you can set it to only allow people on your friends list to join so randoms don’t crash your games.
One underrated feature is the ability to view your friends’ match history and player collections, so you can copy their best team builds or see what tactics they’re using to climb the ranked ladder. I’ve picked up so many good formation ideas from checking my friend’s profile after he beat me 3-0 in a friendly scrim last week.
Best Practices for Managing Your eFootball OC Friends List
Once you start adding people from co-op matches, tournaments, and real life, your friends list can get messy fast. A few small habits will make it way easier to keep track of the people you actually play with, and avoid toxic players or spam.
Only accept friend requests from people you know or have played positive matches with. It’s tempting to accept every request that pops up after a good win, but a lot of people send requests just to spam you with club invites or toxic messages if you lose a match later. I only accept requests from people I’ve played at least 2 co-op matches with, or people my existing friends vouch for, and it’s cut down my spam notifications by 90%.
You can also adjust your friend request notification settings to only alert you when you get a request from someone who has mutual friends with you. That way, random people you played against once can’t flood your notifications, but your real life friends can still send you requests without issue. You can find this setting in the Social tab’s Privacy menu, right under the request acceptance settings.
Take 5 minutes every couple of months to go through your friends list and remove anyone you haven’t played with in 6 months or more. Not only does this free up space for new teammates, it also makes it faster to find the people you actually play with when you’re setting up a match. I usually do this right before each new season drops, when I’m already adjusting my team and settings anyway.
If you have a lot of friends, you can sort them into custom groups like “Co-op Squad”, “Friendly Scrim Opponents”, or “Club Teammates” to make them even easier to find. The game lets you create up to 10 custom groups, so you can organize your list however works best for your playstyle.
At the end of the day, navigating the social features of eFootball OC doesn’t have to be a headache if you know where to look. Once you know how to add friends on eFootball OC, you can unlock way more of the game’s fun, low-pressure content, from casual co-op matches to private tournaments with your favorite people to play with. Don’t let the clunky menu stop you from connecting with your squad – follow the steps above, fix any small setting issues that pop up, and you’ll be playing together in no time. I’ve spent dozens of weekends playing 10+ matches straight with my friends once we sorted out our friends lists, and it’s made the game way more enjoyable than grinding solo ranked ever was.