India Tier 1

Hero I-League

League Guide & Facts

The top tier of Indian Football
13 teams play each other twice (24 matches)

Continental Qualification

1st place qualifies for 2022 AFC Cup

Relegation

Bottom team is relegated
Arrows cannot be relegated

Other

The match squad must have at least 2 under-22 players (Born after 26/09/2000)
There must be at least 1 under-22 player in the playing 11 (Born after 26/09/2000)

Squad Registration

Maximum of 4 foreign players
Maximum of 3 foreign players (not including Asian players)
Maximum of six players allowed on loan in a season

Location Of Teams

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/Supporter Expectations and Title Odds

*Your odds and board expectations may vary slightly from save to save

Live League Table

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Board Culture

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Supporter Culture

Aizawal want players to be developed through the clubs youth system
Kerala FC want the team to play entertaining football

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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 -