Ireland Tier 2

SSE Airtricity League First Division 2023 (FM24)

All data based on a start date of 09/01/2023 using the Your World preset.

League Guide & Facts

The second tier of Irish Football
10 teams play each other four times (36 games)

Promotion

Winner promoted automatically
2nd - 5th qualify for promotion play offs
Winner of playoffs plays 9th place in division above to determine promotion

Relegation

No relegation

Location Of Teams

Suggested* Additional Nations To Load

British Isles Journeyman

*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 from save to save

Football Manager 2024- SSE Airtricity League First Division

Club Culture

Supporters

Board

No specific board culture except Athlone Town who require you to Develop Players Using The Clubs Youth System

Football Manager 2024- Irish SSE Airtricity League First Division

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 -