All data based on a start date of 10/07/2023 using the Your World preset.
The second tier of Greek Football
2 groups of 12 teams
Teams play each other twice (22 games)
Top 5 in each group qualify for Championship Group
Top team in the group is promoted
Bottom team automatically relegated
6th - 11th Qualify for Relegation Group
Bottom 3 of group relegated making a total of 4 teams relegated overall
Olympiacos B, PAOK B, AEK B and Panathinaikos B cannot be promoted and are unmanageable in-game.
Teams entering the Championship and Relegation groups carry forward all stats as well as 50% of their points earned up to that point
There must be no more than 8 foreign players in the playing 11.
There must be no more than 5 non-EU players in the playing 11.
Youth contract players are not allowed to play
*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
*Teams not listed have no specific club culture
*Teams not listed have no specific club culture
*Teams not listed have no specific club culture
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