Russia Tier 2
National League
League Guide & Facts
The second tier of Russian football
22 teams
Teams play each other twice (42 games)
Promotion
Top 2 teams automatically promoted
3rd and 4th placed teams qualify for promotion playoffs
Reserve teams of top flight clubs ineligible for promotion (FK Krasnodar-2 & Spartak Moscow 2, Both can be managed)
Relegation
Bottom 6 teams relegated
Other
The match squad must have no more than 4 foreign players (5 allowed in squad).
There must be at least 1 Russian under-22 player in the playing 11. (Born after 31/12/1998)
1 extra Russian under-22 substitution is allowed once all other substitutions have been used. (Born after 31/12/1998)
Belarus treated as non foreign
Yenisey have a transfer ban until 02/02/2021
Chertanovo cannot sign any players (transfer policy)
Location Of Clubs
Suggested* Additional Nations To Load
Ex Soviet/Eastern Bloc 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