FM14 Scouting Regions Guide. This guide will tell you which region each country is in when playing Football Manager 2014 and recommend which regions you should scout based on their Youth Rating. Youth Rating is a hidden attribute assigned to all nations in Football Manager 2014, which when combined with other factors such as Game Importance and the quality of Clubs Youth Facilities, defines which countries with produce the best Newgens (new players created by the game, also sometimes called "Regens").

Name Best Nations Top 3 Youth Rating Average Youth Rating Bottom 3 Youth Rating
South America (South)
5 nations
437 123 273
Western Europe
6 nations
417 75 36
Central Europe
10 nations
376 88 156
North America
4 nations
339 86 191
Western Africa
16 nations
336 60 72
North Africa
6 nations
325 87 202
Southern Europe
8 nations
320 73 131
Middle East
14 nations
318 77 156
North Eastern Europe
7 nations
306 69 121
South America (North)
8 nations
303 65 90
East Asia
10 nations
297 44 12
UK and Ireland
5 nations
296 88 230
South Eastern Europe
7 nations
292 72 148
Northern Europe
6 nations
261 74 184
Eastern Europe
5 nations
257 74 186
Central Africa
8 nations
245 45 50
Southern Africa
14 nations
234 41 42
South East Asia
11 nations
201 34 18
Oceania
15 nations
197 27 9
Central America
7 nations
192 45 74
South Asia
8 nations
173 32 33
Caribbean
27 nations
167 22 4
Eastern Africa
13 nations
162 26 21
Central Asia
5 nations
139 38 90

Below you'll find a complete list of every nation and their corresponding region in Football Manager 2014. If you send your scout to any of the regions listed here they'll take their time scouting all the countries in that region rather than just one country.

Eastern Europe


North Africa

Algeria (102)
Egypt (138)
Libya (46)
Sudan (74)

North Eastern Europe

Russia (148)

Northern Europe


South America (North)

Peru (97)

South America (South)

Brazil (185)
Chile (93)

South Eastern Europe

Turkey (124)

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