Updated UEFA Alliance League, UEFA Unity League & UEFA Super Cup Files

Hi Everyone,

This a follow up to my recent UEFA Alliance League and new UEFA Super Cup competitions. I have now added a 5th tournament called the UEFA Unity League. These run side by side with the other 3 competitions but do not interfere in any way. They still however accumulate coefficient points and use the same Swiss format of 36 teams, but due to the limitations of the pre-game editor which is pretty bad this year I could not create a 9-16 knockout round, so the top 16 teams qualify to the immediate knockout rounds.

The other limitations from the pre-game editor were that after creating the competitions from scratch, the awards did not work. I tried everything over a period of time but with no joy. I finally found out that the pre-game editor does not like UEFA competitions created outside of the database. So, I had to use two competitions that were extinct to get the awards to work. So, the UEFA Cup Winners Cup was changed to the UEFA Alliance League and The UEFA Royal League to the UEFA Unity League. However, again another limitation with the pre-game editor was changing the names didn’t happen in-game and you will have to change the names with the in-game editor or FMRTE. These files are set up from 2026 [With real results incorporated], so if you start from 2025 you might get duplicated teams in different competitions.

UEFA Alliance League – 36 teams, 6 matches each team, teams picked from the top 40 coefficient ranking countries. The top 8 nations get 2 places [e.g. Premier League – Brentford & Chelsea] as the best teams outside of European qualification and the same for all other nations. The rest of the coefficients get 1 place. No teams are used from the other 3 European competitions. Swiss format>Round of 16>Quarter Finals>Semi Finals>

UEFA Alliance League – 36 teams, 6 matches each team, teams picked from the top 40 coefficient ranking countries. The top 8 nations get 2 places [e.g. Premier League – Fulham & Newcastle] as the best teams outside of European qualification and the same for all other nations. The rest of the coefficients get 1 place. No teams are used from the other 3 European competitions.

I have managed to set up a rolling coefficient system so at present I used the coefficients from 2026 but in 5 years Türkiye could overtake The Netherlands [Only 3 points currently], which would mean Türkiye’s entrants would raise to two and The Netherlands would drop to one.

I have set up 5 awards for each competition, Young Player of the Competition, Golden Ball, Golden Glove, Dream Team and Best Player.

The finals are set up as follows, first Final UEFA Unity League, early May, then The UEFA Alliance League Final, then the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League and finally the UEFA Champions League.

Both competitions mirror the UEFA Conference League in terms of reputation, prize money, rankings and coefficient points. The fixtures also follow the same dates, so on a Thursday there will be 3 competitions in action. This gives teams that would not normally qualify for Europe in the usual way get a small taste of European competition.

The final venues are set in smaller Countries and slightly smaller stadiums, so, Wales, Austria, Scotland, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria etc.

Creating these two new competitions gave me a brand-new outlook on the UEFA Super Cup. There will now be 5 teams instead of 2 but will use similar dates as in real life. The winners of the UEFA Alliance League and UEFA Unity League will now be added. Please see as follows.

UEFA Super Cup – Playoff round – UEFA Alliance League Winner v UEFA Unity League Winner, Semi-Finals, UEFA Champions League Winner v Playoff round winner, UEFA Europa League Winner v UEFA Conference League Winner. Both winning teams play in the final. The host nations are similar to real life.

This has been a very challenging file to create and there are a lot pitfalls with the pre-game editor. You can’t even test rules within the editor, you have to view in game. This file has been set up for FM27 but can be used in FM26 should you use the real results and tables file. I haven’t really tested for 2025 start but could work OK.

On the release of FM27 should the editor be fixed, I will update and release when possible. It should be a lot easier with the database updated with the correct European Winners and qualifiers etc.

I have created trophy pics with the file for you to download but if you use different files from Me you might have to re-name the pics and update the config file. I have also added screenshots for you to look at.

If you have any questions or would like some improvements please get in touch. Also, if you have any way to fix problems I have encountered, please let me know and I can change.

I hope you enjoy the file.