Colombia Tier 2

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All data based on a start date of 26/12/2022 using the Your World preset.

League Guide & Facts

The second tier of Colombian Football
There are separate opening and closing tournaments which both use the following 3 phase system:-

16 teams play each other once (15 games)
Top 8 teams qualify for next round where they are split into 2 groups of 4 playing each other twice (6 games)
The winners of each group meets in a 2 legged final to decide the champion of that tournament

The two champions of each tournament meet in a grand promotion final at the end of the season to decide the overall champion

Promotion

2 teams promoted
Grand Final Champion is promoted
Grand Final Runner up plays the team with the best overall record across the entire year (other than the grand final champion) for the second promotion spot

Relegation

No relegation

Other

Maximum 4 foreign players
No more than 3 foreign players in the starting 11
Minimum of 5 Under-22 Players (Born after 1/1/2001)
Maximum squad size of 30 players

Location of Clubs

Suggested* Additional Nations To Load

Tour The Americas

Plus

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

Media Prediction, Expectations and Title Odds*

*Your odds and board expectations may vary slightly

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Club Culture

Supporters

Board

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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 -