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For those who wish to create custom nations to play in Europe I have once again created a file to do so As previously this is done by moving Kazakhstan over to Asia to free up a place in the UEFA International Competitions. A full explanation can be found in the FM22 version UPDATE - Unfortunatly this does not work for the 23.3 update, the Asian world cup qualifiers are less flexible and although they do not crash they cannot acomodate another team Attached are 2 files, one using Ireland (Pre-1922) and one for C.I.S. as these appear to be the most poular when creating new nations Only run one of these at a time or it will create conflicts Custom Nation in Europe (IRL).fmfCustom Nation in Europe (CIS).fmf

I didn't notice the 2nd division cup until I'd loaded it up in game. Change the individual group rules from having 4 teams to a min of 4 and max of 5

Seems to be a bug, I've changed a nation name, every time I test it it reverts to the original. Once loaded in game the change is applied correctly.

See the attached version as an example, im not sure how you want this to work so here a guess TMC Qatar Stars League (SHA).fmf 2022-23 QNB Stars League - 12 Teams, 2 Relegated, 1 to PO Qatargas League - 8 Teams, 1 Promoted, 1 to PO QNB Cup 2 groups of 6 2023-24 QNB Stars League - 11 Teams, 2 Relegated, 1 to PO Qatargas League - 9 Teams, 1 Promoted, 1 to PO QNB Cup 1 group of 6 1 of 5 2024-25 QNB Stars League - 10 Teams, 1 Relegated, 1 to PO Qatargas League - 10 Teams, 1 Promoted, 1 to PO QNB Cup 2 Groups of 5 (didnt notice the 2nd division cup when I did this, sorry)

You need to use the Promotion/Relegation Tab if you set it to -1, it will allow you to relegate 1 more team than you promote You will need to set the League parameters to allow for the change in league size

Same as before it appears. We'll it would be, SI have barely touched the international part of the game, competitions have not been updated to current or future formats, the bug tracker is full of reports, it's just been a copy and paste.

I have no idea what was causing that to happen but i got it to work by changing back to Basic and then back to Advanced rules SSL (v5.1.4) Fix Cup (SHA).fmf I would check it through as this may have broken something else

Here you go, ive done the basics, but you need to flesh it out 1123821223_AzzuriaRepublic1407xxx (SHA).fmf U19 - to create a structure of relegation and promotion you need to crete a seperate pyramid for the teams (you will need to move the teams to the division you want) U19 Cup - copied from the main cup, dates will need sorting out Cup with group stage - Easiest thing to do is create in basic rules and convert to advanced, you will need to sort out the dates you wish this to be played Supercup appears to work OK

The promotion playoff final for the U19 Azadegan league is not being completed in time for the season update date, therefore the U19 Pro League is trying to run the following season with 1 less teams, and the game is just pulling a random first team to fill the gap The season update date is set for 14th of June With the final being scheduled for the same date As you are using the basic rules the playoff dates are being scheduled for you. So either move the season update day forwards a few days, or move the End date for the League back a few days Also random bit of advice as i was looking around. for the break periods you have it set as this This will run the break from the Wednesday closest to the 1st of Jan to the Monday closest to the 31st, if you get rid of the week day it will always run 1st to the 31st Same applied to transfer windows Sorry, just being nosy, check you discipline rules, you will regret the yellow card bans of 2 4,6, no idea why this is the default but this has been the downfall of many a custom league, half the players banned after a few games

I have done this in the distant past (FM16 I think) and I moved the entirety of Northern Ireland to the Republic, and replaced Northern Ireland with the Isle of Man. The IoM league structure is currently only 24 teams in 2 leagues with a Reserves, U19, and couple of cups,

Version using CIS instead of Ireland (Pre-1922) Europe Additional Nation 22.4 (CIS).fmf

No problem, always try my best to help, especially with the new nation issue, when you spend time on your own custom nation you just want it to fit in seemlessly.

ive done the same thing and get the same error with Germany

The issue is with the Euros, they will only work if there are exactly 55 teams in Europe, I think you can add them back, but leave them in Asia and the will only play in the Nations league, not the Euros or the European WC Qualifiers. But then their will be clashes in their schedules are they are playing in 2 continents This version does as you suggest Kazakhstan are back in the Nations League but are still in Asia, i think if they would have qualified for the Third round in the Asian World cup qual;ifying there would be fixture clashesExtra Nation in Europe 21.4 + KAZ.fmf (iuf you test the file in the editor it will come up with an error, but it still works) Europe is definatly the most common Continent people want to add Nations to but one of the worst and its down to the fact that the 3 compeitions are coded completelky differently Nations league is easy to edit, and the way it is set up can accomodate 1 more team in its current format, and 8 more if you add 2 more groups to League D replavce the relegation playoff with striaght relegation in Group C The world cup Qualifies are set to take the 55 bset teams in Europe (excluding any hosts), as there are 55 Natiosn is Europe that isnt an issue, but if you add a nation sme one will miss out The Euro Qualifiers are the pain, they are hard coded, and you can break them without doing anything. They will only work if there are exactly 55 nations in Europe, any more or any less and they just dont take part. So the only way to do it is to rebuild them, an d that is a big task because of the way they are linked to teh Nations League But on the flip side the Uefa Club Competitions just adapt to accomodate clubs from another nation, its all just annoying how differently it all works Conversly Asia can accomodate additional nations with ease, as they only have one qual;ifying competition for both the AFC Championship and the world cup that simplifies matters, but the qualification has a preliminary round, and thet just expands to accomodate additional teams. Though it may break the Solidaity Cup, I've never been to concerned. But once again the club competition work the opposite way, and clubs from additional nations dont get added.

run the attached file with your Costaloupe file and it should work just as you want, though not sure about the U-19 as not all nations take part Extra Nation in Europe 21.4.fmf

I did the one for FM22, ill look into one for FM21 later today

From what I can see you have the cross group set up correctly, but past experience I have had with cross group play always results in requiring more dates than it should.

USA to Europe.fmf simply run this file along with the one you attached, no edits are required to that file make this work (but see below) The file attached does as previous described, the USA has been moved to Europe and takes part in UEFA international and club competitions and no longer takes part in CONCACAF Internationals There are currently 2 issues that i cannot resolve The USA is still a posible invitee to the Copa America, which takes place at the same time as the Euros so can cause a clash, I havent worked out how to resolve this yet, as the pool for the invited teams appears to be hidden American clubs still take part in the CONCACAF Champions league as well as UEFA competitions, and this involves trying to edit the MLS something that is terrifying

What I'm doing is moving Kazakhstan to Asia, moving USA to Europe and tweaking Concacaf to account for 1 less nation. But the further I get the more issues that will need resolving, I suspect the Concacaf Champions League may be a real stumbling block. The purpose of doing it this way is that the edited USA database will work as it is, you should not need to make any changes to the Nations in that at all.

Do not worry about the ECQ it is hard coded, as long as Europe has exactly 54 teams' doesn't matter who they are, it will run just fine. WCQ and the Nations League registered teams do need updating though

It will not be assembled as just swapping the Nations, all comps need checking and teams updating. There's at least 2 other threads on this sort of thing going on, I'm trying to help adding the USA to Europe in the following thread Adding a nation to Europe is relatively simple, proving you remove one at the same time. But changing Concacaf is Turing out to very a lot trickier

Ive had a quick go at making a file to swap the USA with Kazakhstan, most of it works, but there is an error with the Gold Cup and I cannot work out why, i'll try and sort it out, or just remove it There is no need to merge the files, just run it alongside the custom USA database file, though I cannot guarantee which teams it will pull for the UEFA club competitions

This has been discussed many times before, you cannot simply just add a Nation to Europe (other continents do work though) if you add a new country to europe the following will work They will get added to Club Competions (Champiosn League, Europa, etc.) They will get added to world cup qualifiers (worst nation in Europe will miss out, sorry San Marino) They will get added to the U21 Championship The following will not work They will not take part in the Nations league, though this is an easy fix if you understand how to to access and edit international competitions (required Advanced Editor) They will take part in the first U19, but no more due to format changes and the Big one, they will not take part in the European Championship Qualifiers, the competition is hard coded and connot be edited, it is set up for a fixed number of teams and adding a team to Europe will break it. Therefore the qualifiers must be rebuilt from scratch, and bare in mind qualification for the finals is also linked to the Nations League so that all needs checking So the method most often used is to swap out a country (Kazakstan is ofen a favorite) if this is done the only edit that is required is to replace the swapped out country in the Nations League and world cup qualifying and its good to go, explantion of what ive done previously below

That's no problem always willing to help. The 130 cap can be very annoying as it only applies to the game start. What ends up happening if you have clubs with developed youth facilities the first youth intake will exceed this, in mine the teams end up with youth players 150+ dominating the first team squads. Only option is to manual create the players, a mammoth task.

Use the file in the link below, this will add Ireland (pre-1922) to international competitions by moving Kazakhstan to Asia. Run this as well as your file it will add your custom nation.