Hong Kong Tier 1
BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League
League Guide & Facts
The top tier of Hong Kong Football
8 teams play each other twice (14 games)
League then splits into top 4 and bottom 4 who then play each other each other once more to make it 17 games
Continental Qualification
1st place qualifies for AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
2nd place qualifies for AFC Cup preliminary round 2
Relegation
Bottom club is relegated
Other
Maximum of 7 foreign players in squad (two of which have to be Asian/Chinese)
Maximum of 4 foreign players in starting 11
Club Locations
Suggested* Additional Nations To Load
Asian 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, Board Expectations and Title Odds
*Your odds and board expectations may vary slightly from save to save
*There is currently an issue with Media Predictions showing incorrectly in the game so teams are listed by Title Odds.
Club Culture
The only teams that require any particular club culture are:
Rangers
Develop Players Using The Clubs Youth System
Sign Players From Domestic Lower Leagues
HKFC
Develop Players Using The Clubs Youth System
Sign Players From Domestic Lower Leagues
Sign English Players
Stadium & 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 -
Limited
Basic
Fairly Basic
Average
Adequate
Good
Excellent
Exceptional