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jps42 · 06-07-2006, 07:54 AM

you should buy FM 2006, it'd make you an expert on relegation!

Seriously though, your normal major league (Italy, Germany, England, Spain) will have 3 or 4 divisions. Lets take Italy as a normal example (other than the politics of promotion and relegation of course, lol) Serie A is like the Majors, and there are 20 teams. Then Serie B (like AAA), Serie C1A and C1B (like AA), Serie C2A, C2B, C2C (like A), and Serie D (like rookie ball)

The bottom 4 teams in Serie A get demoted at the end of the season to Serie B. The top 4 from Serie B go to Serie A, bottom 4 go to Serie C1A and C1B (two each). After that it gets a little more complicated. The top two from C1A and C2A each go to Serie B. The bottom three each from C1A and C1B go to Serie C2 (a, b, and c). The top 6 from C2 (2 from each C2A, C2B, and C2C go to Serie C1 (a and b), and the bottom 9 from C2 (3 each division), go to Serie D. Serie D is split into 9 regional divisions. The winner in each division goes up to Serie C2.

Its basically sort of the same in all the major divisions, with less splitting up or more splitting up of lower divisions in the other countries. In the end, each country has its own version of 4 or 5 leagues from the big leagues down to small regional teams and promotion/relegation throughout.

I hope this helps!

06-07-2006, 07:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
jps42 Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 13	you should buy FM 2006, it'd make you an expert on relegation! Seriously though, your normal major league (Italy, Germany, England, Spain) will have 3 or 4 divisions. Lets take Italy as a normal example (other than the politics of promotion and relegation of course, lol) Serie A is like the Majors, and there are 20 teams. Then Serie B (like AAA), Serie C1A and C1B (like AA), Serie C2A, C2B, C2C (like A), and Serie D (like rookie ball) The bottom 4 teams in Serie A get demoted at the end of the season to Serie B. The top 4 from Serie B go to Serie A, bottom 4 go to Serie C1A and C1B (two each). After that it gets a little more complicated. The top two from C1A and C2A each go to Serie B. The bottom three each from C1A and C1B go to Serie C2 (a, b, and c). The top 6 from C2 (2 from each C2A, C2B, and C2C go to Serie C1 (a and b), and the bottom 9 from C2 (3 each division), go to Serie D. Serie D is split into 9 regional divisions. The winner in each division goes up to Serie C2. Its basically sort of the same in all the major divisions, with less splitting up or more splitting up of lower divisions in the other countries. In the end, each country has its own version of 4 or 5 leagues from the big leagues down to small regional teams and promotion/relegation throughout. I hope this helps!