The second tier of Chilean Football
17 teams
Teams play each other twice (32 games)
3 points for a win, 1 for a draw
Winner of league promoted automatically
2nd to 5th qualify for playoff semi final.
Winner of play off final promoted
Bottom two sides are relegated
The match squad must have at least 2 under-21 players. (Born after 1/1/2001)
Domestic Under-21 players are automatically eligible to play in all matches.
Maximum of 7 foreign players
Maximum of 5 foreign over-21 players (Born before 1/1/2001)
Total minutes played by Under-21 players must be at least equal to 70% of the time played by the team in this stage. (32 × 90 minutes) (Born after 1/1/2001) Teams will be deducted 6 points and fined $21,767 if they fail to meet this threshold.
Plus maybe
Optional (historic and transfer links)
*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
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
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
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
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