How to add leagues when starting a new game?
You can decide what leagues you want your save game to start with. To do so, go to the start screen and click ‘Start a new game’ -> ‘Career’ -> ‘Advanced Setup’ -> ‘Add/Remove Leagues’ to add additional leagues.
You can run multiple nations and leagues in any save game. The number of nations and leagues you will be able to handle will depend on how powerful your PC/Mac is.
In addition to the existing leagues in Football Manager, you can create your own nation and league via the Pre-Game Editor. If not, you can download community-created nations and leagues, too.
How to add or remove leagues in a save game?
During a save, you have the option to ‘Add/Remove Leagues’. To do so, navigate to ‘Options’ (the FM logo in the top right corner) and click ‘Add/Remove Leagues’.
Leagues are added/removed on the given league update day of that nation, which varies for all nations in game. Generally, it will be between the end of a given season and the start of the next one. Upon the league being activated, a large group of newgens will be created to account for the lack of players in said leagues when they were inactive.
In addition, when creating a save or adding leagues, you will have the option to select ‘View Only’ instead of ‘Playable’. ‘View Only’ means that you will be unable to play in that league. But the rules of a league will remain functioning, such as being able to view matches/results but without the active players being generated for the league in order to keep database size lower. You can change a ‘View Only’ league to ‘Playable’ with the above method.
Which leagues are playable in Football Manager?
You can see the full list of available Nations/Leagues below:
Regions
Africa
South Africa: South African Premier Soccer League, South African National First Division Championship
Asia
Australia: Isuzu UTE A-League
China: Chinese Super League, Chinese National First Division
Hong Kong (China PR): Hong Kong Premier
India: Indian National Football League
Indonesia: Indonesian League One, Indonesian League Two
Japan: Meiji Yasuda Insurance Ltd J1 League, Meiji Yasuda Insurance Ltd J2 League, Meiji Yasuda Insurance Ltd J3 League
Malaysia: Malaysian Super League, Malaysian Division Three
Singapore: Singaporean Premier League
South Korea: Hana 1Q K LEAGUE 1, Hana 1Q K LEAGUE 2
Europe
Austria: Austrian Premier Division, Austrian First Division,
Belarus: Belarusian Highest League, Belarusian First League
Belgium: Jupiler Pro League, Belgian Challenger Pro League, Belgian First National Division
Bulgaria: Bulgarian First League, Bulgarian Second League
Croatia: Croatian First League, Croatian Second League
Czech Republic: Czech First Division, Czech Second Division
Denmark: 3F Superliga, NordicBet Liga, 2. Division, 3, Division
England: English Premier Division, Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One, Sky Bet League Two, Vanarama National League, Vanarama Nation League North/South
Finland: Finnish Premier League, First Division
France: Ligue 1 Uber Eats, Ligue 2 BKT, French National
Germany: Bundesliga, Bundesliga 2, 3. Liga
Gibraltar: Gib Football League
Greece: Greek Super League 1, Greek Super League 2
Hungary: Hungarian Division I, Hungarian Division II
Iceland: Icelandic Premier Division, Icelandic First Division
Ireland: Irish Premier Division, Irish First Division
Israel: Israeli Premier League, Israeli National League
Italy: Italian Serie A, Italian Serie B, Italian Serie C
Latvia: Optibet Virsliga
Netherlands: Eredivisie, Keuken Kampioen Divisie
N.Ireland: Danske Bank Premiership, Lough41 Championship, Lough41 Premier Intermediate League
Norway: Norwegian Premier Division, Norwegian First Division, Norwegian Second Division
Poland: PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa, Polish First Division
Portugal: Portuguese Premier League, Portuguese Second League, Portuguese Third Division, Portugal Championship
Romania: Romanian First League, Romanian Second League
Russia: Russian Premier League, Russian First Division
Scotland: cinch Premiership, cinch Championship, cinch League 1, cinch League 2
Serbia: Serbian SuperLeague, Serbian First League
Slovakia: Slovak First Division, Slovak Second Division
Slovenia: Slovenian First League, Slovenian Second League
Spain: Spanish First Division, Spanish Second Division, Spanish Federation First Division, Spanish Federation Second Division
Sweden: Swedish Premier Division, Swedish First Division Elite, Swedish First Division, Swedish Second Division
Switzerland: Swiss Super League, Swiss Challenge League
Turkey: Turkish Super League, Turkish 1. League, Turkish 2. League
Ukraine: Ukrainian Premier League, Ukrainian First League
Wales: JD Cymru Premier, JD Cymru North/South
North America:
Canada: Canadian Premier League
Mexico: Mexican First Division, Mexican Expansion League
U.S.A: Major League Soccer
South America
Argentina: Argentine Premier Division, Argentine Second Division
Brazil: Brazilian National First Division, Brazilian National Second Division, Brazilian National Third Division
Chile: Chilean First Division, Chilean First Division B
Colombia: Colombian First Division, Colombian Second Division
Peru: Peruvian First Division
Uruguay: Uruguayan First Division, Uruguayan Second Professional Division