Introduction
« We are deeply relieved and encouraged by the court's decision to rule against the monopoly practices of FIFA and UEFA. This landmark judgment reinforces our commitment to a fair and open football. We are delighted that our story can begin really soon, sooner than you can imagine. »
Adam Wang, World Football CEO, Madrid, 27/05/2024
In this alternate universe, May 27th is the most important turning point in the game's history. World Football made a sensational entrance onto the world stage by winning its case against the monopoly of the main football federations.
Their purpose ? Broaden football out of the dozen of European-only Superclubs so every continent has a chance to have its football dynasty.
Their proposal ? The "Franchise Football", a new wealthy and redistributing system composed of hundreds of brand new powerful franchises located in the biggest cities around the globe.
Clubs from the old-system (also called "Club Football") still compete in completely devaluated tournaments though. They are now doomed to become formation centers for almighty institutions. This gap will certainly never fill back.
Dystopia or utopia ? At least, football finally really tends to become what it has claimed for decades: The World's Game
World Football organization
The world is now divided in 16 zones and 4 Continents: Africa, Americas, Asia/Oceania and Europe. Zones contains 32 franchises each, splitted in a first and a second division of 16: the First and Challenger Series. Besides first teams, secondary competition systems have been organized concerning Reserve and U21 teams.
Continents have their own cups called "The Masters" with thrilling knockout match-ups.
"The Worlds" is the most prestigious competition in this new football landscape. This yearly cup gathers 32 among the best franchises worldwide to play a hosted tournament in May, at the end of the WF regular season.
Awards have been redesigned so they are more uniformized between competitions, countries and continents.
There is at least one franchise in 157 countries. Each franchise is affiliated with at least 4 clubs from their country. These affiliations never end and allow players to move freely between franchise and affiliated.
How to play
To install the database and configuration file, please unpack WorldFootball.zip in your FM 24 folder (in most cases C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2024)
A graphics pack including logos and backgrounds for every teams and every competitions is available for download:
Mediafire link
To install the graphics pack, please unpack WorldFootball-gfx.zip in your FM 24 "graphics" folder (in most cases C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2024\graphics)
This database is compatible with two databases included in the download (editor data folder).
- Fictional players removes every person in the database. Everyone will be generated by the game. You will find more easily new countries on top of rankings. Do not forget to enable "Use fake players and staff" to play with this file.
- Global Draft removes every existing player contracts. Be the first to sign the free agents you want for your team.
For configuration, the file includes three game setup files according to three different game modes, in the folder game_setup.
You can load one by clicking here in the save creation screen :
Franchise squads has to be built from scratch allowing new scenarios for each save, great teams and legends you encounter are only part of your story.
Support
This is my first modding project on Football Manager: feel free to give feedbacks, suggestions and report bugs for upcoming versions !
Join the Discord server of the project !
If you had a good time playing it, you can donate here 🙂
https://paypal.me/ELRAGADOR
Special thanks to Joe Dugroselier 😀
Changelog
v1.4
- Franchise changes in North America (Minneapolis Loons, New England Forest)
- Franchise changes in India (Kerala Tuskers, new-look Madras Defenders)
- Some logo remakes
- Better regen players
- With Fictional Players DB, better free staff members pool
- Salary cap increased by 50%
- Little fixes (names, stadiums...)
v1.3
- New Cypriot franchise : Afroditi Lefkosia
- Polish franchises revamp
- Added fictional managers to franchises from the beginning
- Checked and fixed affiliate clubs
- Changes in Series registration rules
- No more 21yo player quota
- Impossibility to register Youth Contracts
- Minimal wage to be registered set at 2300€ per week
- Salary Cap introduced for more equity between franchises
- Various fixes of reported bugs
v1.2
- Series schedules do not overlap with international breaks anymore
- Youth Rating set to 160 for all nations
- Scouting packages set to worldwide for all franchises
- Enhanced fictional player generation
v1.1
- Stats of franchise facilities are not maxed out anymore
- Mid-season break in January for AFCON and AFC Asian Cup
- Stronger affiliations between franchises and existing clubs
- The quota of 8 foreign players in registration will only be activated from 2030
- More active teams on transfer market in first years
- Enhanced fictional player generation
- Added Game Setup files for easier save configuration
v1.0 : Original release
Comments
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t27
Im enjoying holidaying this the thing I'm noticing is some clubs are not hiring managers but it looks great and I can't wait to play im letting it get to July 2028 in August 2025 great work
ELRAGADOR
Yes, it seems that the AI put some time before having a consistent team and staff. Simulating 5 or more years before starting the career can help, thank you !
t27
Thanks it looks good in 2026 Sudan made the world cup knock out rounds I took over wellington in 2026 i can't wait to play
RandomUser3948563
looks very sick !! will certainly try it some day 🙂
meyass
Been playing this for half a season now. This is honestly so fun! The foreigner limit is kinda killing me cause I'm playing a Al-Nusur in Syria, which has like 3 good players. Maybe the challengers league should have foreigner limits, but not the firsts? Just a thought. Otherwise, this is amazing.
ELRAGADOR
Thank you for these nice comments ! I take all your feedbacks for next iterations 😀
meyass
Finished my first season in the middle east challenger league. So so so so fun. A few more things:
1. Why are so many teams from Iran? Wouldn't it make more sense for every country to have like 1-3 franchises? That way you can sorta balance out the international teams too. World's game, baby.
2. Love love love the way the Masters and the Qualifiers was implemented. It feels so realistic. 10/10.
3. Why are all the clubs so insanely rich? A challenger team shouldn't have 1 billion in the bank, and the chance to outbid teams in the Firsts. Considering that the AI is horrible at organizing transfers, maybe make money a teensy bit more natural? Also, why do all the franchises start with insane facilities? I get the appeal of the DB being more football oriented, and it is a ton of fun, but I figure some more difficulty would do it a world of favours.
4. I love the way the leagues are set up, but maybe some sub-franchises should have their own leagues that lead to the Challenger Series? Like the Syrian League's winner goes up to the Challenger series and the lowest one in the Challenger table gets relegated?
This feels so fun, but I can see this being the best alt. reality db with a few more adjustments. Thank you for this, it was a blast.
harrytmm
How many players are there supposed to be in the whole database?
What happens when a team qualifies for the Worlds through the qualifiers and their domestic league
ELRAGADOR
Teams have no player or staff in database. So game generates new ones if you check “Add player to playable teams”
If a team is already qualified through qualifiers, the spot goes to the next placed in First Series rankings.
r.stones
Love the concept but is there any way to boost AI transfer activity with Draft mode? I simmed 5 years but some teams have not got any players in their squad at all
ELRAGADOR
Yeah, i'm looking for a solution too. Maybe by playing with board objectives.
For now, staff are generated at start so some teams get a board that wants to spend a lot while some others are less ambitious.
Do you have some sort of Discord server to contribute to this project? Would love to help!
ELRAGADOR
Good idea ! I have to learn how to set a clean Discord server up first 😉
I'm currently working on a new version based on first reports
r.stones
It is actually not that hard and someone could help you with this.
Looking forward to new version, didn't start a full save yet anyway
Ironbucket
Great database! I have been trying to set up something like this for years, but this is a clever way to do it with feeder teams and a fun concept overall. A quick tip that might help with getting the AI to actually sign players in the first season- if you go under finances and set remaining payroll budget(Per Year) to not be 0, the AI seems to be a bit more active and seem to spend as much of that as possible. Setting that to 100 Million or so should do the trick
r.stones
Didn't help me sadly. Some teams have full squads and some are empty as my wallet
ELRAGADOR
I'm working on this issue and i've seen some improvement in my last tests, v1.1 is coming soon !
t27
Nice can't wait
r.stones
Any info on progress? Also could we have a discord server for easier communication?
ELRAGADOR
Hello, everyone
A NEW VERSION IS OUT ! Links from the post are up to date
Changelog
v1.1
I am working on the Discord server too 🙂
Quíntis Lobato
I guess people are eager to discuss which other mods are compatible with your work in the coming discord channel.
ELRAGADOR
There is now a Discord server for the project !
https://discord.gg/bufdewGJnc
ELRAGADOR
V1.2 IS OUT ! Mainly bug fixes and edits from the Discord server's feedbacks 😉
Changelog
ELRAGADOR
V1.3 IS OUT !
Changelog
rafa1801
can i get the day 1 save file?
LucaDF27
Can you give a full guide as to how to install this database for a Mac? I can't seem to get it to work
ELRAGADOR
V1.4 IS OUT !
Changelog
Andrew Stratford
Where can I get v1.4 from please? The version I downloaded from this page seems one of the old ones. Cheers 🙂
ELRAGADOR
This is the same link that I update for each release 😉
Candybear
Hey, i'm pretty sure it's not updated, it says last update in March, and after downloading, Minneapolis Loons / Afroditi is not found in game. So I assume it is the 1.1 version being downloaded.