Slovakia Tier 2
2. Liga
League Guide & Facts
The second tier of Slovakian Football
16 teams
Teams play each other twice (30 games)
Promotion
Winner of league promoted
Second Place qualifies for promotion play-offs against team from league above
Relegation
Bottom 4 relegated to unplayable regional leagues
Other
The match squad must have no more than 5 non-EU players.
The match squad must have at least 1 domestic under-21 player. (Born after 17/07/2000)
There must be at least 1 under-21 Slovak player in the starting eleven (Born after 17/07/2000)
Slovan Bratislava B and Zilina B are reserve teams and cannot be promoted or managed
Location Of Clubs
Suggested* Additional Nations To Load
All Bordering Countries
*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
Media Prediction, Board Expectations and Title Odds
*Your odds and board expectations may vary slightly from save to save
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Club Culture
*Teams not listed have no specific club culture
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Facilities
Facilities Explained
Training Facilities
The better the training facilities the more chance (already visible) players will develop.
Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -
Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art
Youth Facilities
The training facilities available for Juniors (only).
Does NOT apply to visible players already at the club. All visible players currently at the club use Training Facilities regardless of age.
In theory the better these facilities the greater your players will be developed on the day of intake. But there are a lot of factors at play.
Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -
Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art
Junior Coaching
The quality and quantity of unseen youth coaches that affects the quality of players in your youth intake
Junior coaching is ranked as follows from worst to best -
Basic
Fairly Basic
Average
Adequate
Good
Excellent
Exceptional
Youth Recruitment
This determines how large a pool of players your team can recruit from. It is the size of your recruitment network. It increases your chances of getting the best young players from your area, nation and beyond.
Some clubs of course will have no youth recruitment at all, which means no youth intakes.
Recruitment is ranked as follows from worst to best -
Limited
Basic
Fairly Basic
Average
Adequate
Good
Excellent
Exceptional
Banská Bystrica
Bardejov
Dubnica
FC Kosice
Humenne
Komarno
Namestovo
Petržalka
Podbrezová
Puchov
Rohoznik
Šamorín
Skalica
Slovan Bratislava U21
*Unmanageable