Brazil Tier 3

League Guide & Facts

• The third tier of Brazilian Football

• 20 teams

• 2 regional groups of 10 (first stage)

• Teams play each other twice (18 games)

• 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw

Promotion

• Top four of each group qualify for second stage (two groups of four)

• Top two teams from these groups are promoted to Serie B

• The two group winners play a two legged final to determine overall winner

Relegation

• Four teams relegated (bottom two of first stage groups)

Other

• League is sorted by 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) draw. 

• 12 subs named, maximum 3 used

• The match squad must have no more than 5 foreign players.

• Syria and Haiti treated as non foreign

• The match squad cannot have more than zero players on youth contracts.

Tour The Americas

• Argentina

• Uruguay

• Chile

• Peru

• Columbia

Plus

• Mexico

• USA

Optional (historic and transfer links)

• Spain

• Portugal

*As always this is only a suggestion, the leagues listed are in order of importance, feel free to run as many or as little leagues as you think your system can handle.  The setup above gives a nice regional feel.  

It is advisable however to run as many top tier leagues of major nations as you can to keep the continental club competitions competitive