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#882482 Full Australian A-league Pyramid.
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By Finn Horsley 27 May 2026 - 08:26 AM UTC 

cant figure out how to add this into the game, added it to editor data but still doesn't appear as a league. Could you please go more in depth on how to add it?

 

Hi Mate

 

No Worries, the file needs to go into FM26's editor data folder.

 

Ive attached a screenshot of the file paths.

 

it needs to be in this folder. if youve put into the FM26 Editor folder you wont find it

#881901 Full Australian Pyramid,
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By malletgerbil 21 May 2026 - 03:59 AM UTC 

Yeah fair enough haha, player databases are a whole different rabbit hole. Even just doing one NPL squad properly takes ages once you start adding attributes, histories and contracts 😅 Still, the league structure alone adds so much immersion already.

 

Yeah adding my own sunday team was painfully enough so im like cbf doing any more hahaha

#881354 Full Australian Pyramid,
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By Oliver Stoppini 14 May 2026 - 12:25 PM UTC 

This is bloody epic mate, I am based in mid coast nsw, great job with the coastal premier league. Do you know if there is a player data base update to go with this load, one that updates and adds more local/lower league players? i just have the general FM 24 data base upload which is good but for example there are only 1 or 2 real players in the coastal premier league. 

thanks mate, unfortunately Player updates aren't really my thing aha, I tried it once for my local team got bored after the first couple of players lol

#881065 Australian Football Pyramid Expanded - Custom FM26 Database
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By ADJ1980 13 May 2026 - 12:55 PM UTC 

Fixed your name mate. I decended into madness a bit at times with this, but it is very stable. And if you have greater local knowledge of stuff outside of Victoria happy to incorporate anything I haven't so far. I just had to bite the bullet somewhere and put it up as I could keep tinkering forever. 

 

Ha all good mate.

 

Yeah I think I got to that point where i was making small changes and just constantly looking to make changes and I hadn't played an actual game in forever.

 

I'm just happy I could of helped and some enjoyed what I created 🙂

#881062 Australian Football Pyramid Expanded - Custom FM26 Database
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Yeah mad! I may actually have to play fm26 to see how it works out.

 

Also don't wanna be that guy but its *Wray 😉 lol

#879689 A Complete Australian Pyramid.
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By Ben Masters 27 April 2026 - 23:47 PM UTC 

thats not worked. i only have 1 file changing australian stuff (as far as i know). for context its the falsobohemio files that i have that i assume are causing the issue

It could be. I know my file works with the sortitout updates but I've never tried it with any others.

 

The only fix I can think of is only selecting my data base and no others.

 

 

#879682 A Complete Australian Pyramid.
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By Ben Masters 27 April 2026 - 21:03 PM UTC 

i cant select australia when setting up the game, says its locked. i have other league databases which must be casuing some sort of conflict somewhere. how could i fix this?

 

If you have 2 data bases that have customised australian stuff you'll have to uncheck one.

 

Or if you have a new zealand one that may need unchecked.

 

 

#877580 A Complete Australian Pyramid.
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By ADJ1980 07 April 2026 - 11:09 AM UTC 

Cheers mate, I had gone on manager holiday to 2031 to just see how everything was tracking. I did a Sunbury united save in FM24 which had promotion/relegation and got them to an Aussie super power, and 3 asian champs leagues, but sides going all over the shop lower down the pyramid (Brisbane Roar, Gold Coast, Adelaide etc ending up in Vic Premier league after being relegated for example), looks like your game avoids those pitfalls! So great work. Have you removed salary caps and those types of things?

 

Yeah, it took a while to realise why that would always happen.

 

Perth teams winding up in Melbourne etc would drive me mental. I Ended up realising that I had to Sort every Aus Team into their specific Regions E.G Victorian clubs being region specific to the Victorian Leagues and so on, (hence why the data base has so many Changes.) I've add a photoshoot of the regional section that needs to be completed for all 700-800 clubs lol

 

I did remove the salary caps because I can Never build a squad within them! lol and with the extra TV money I've given clubs it opens up a to a few bigger signings (I have kept the foreigner limit but increased it to 5+1 Asian.)

 

Funny thing is I make this Data Base in FM24 and then I convert it over to FM26 for the upload ( i play FM24 still just can't get into fm26 really) only because I find there's still bugs in the FM26 editor and I can just work around the conversion (I just need to change how many teams are in each comp as they change between games for some divisions)

 

My First version i posted is much the same, but the A-League starts off with 17 teams and PRO/REL whereas this one I tried to give some realism with the Expansion teams and adding PRO/REL Later on.

 

Anyway, enjoy it 🙂 

#877555 A Complete Australian Pyramid.
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By ADJ1980 07 April 2026 - 09:07 AM UTC 

Good work on this one, just one question, does it ever get to the point once 20 sides in the a-league you have relegation from the a-league itself?

 

Hi Mate

 

Yes it does the Season Starting 2032 will be the 1st season with PRO/REL (I did it like so to give the new clubs a chance to sign players and become competitive a little before they face off against relegation etc.)

 

I've attached screenshots just to show the rules are active 🙂

#877466 A Complete Australian Pyramid.
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By James Molyneux 06 April 2026 - 11:32 AM UTC 

Thank you. Looking at doing my save with Hoppers Crossing, never done Australia before so should be a fun one. 

 

Yeah Sweet should be fun.

 

Ive just Uploaded an Update as i found some teams were jumping into the wrong leagues etc.

 

Should be ace now

#877414 A Complete Australian Pyramid.
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By James Molyneux 05 April 2026 - 20:50 PM UTC 

With the A-League is it possible to just have the 12 clubs as of the 25-26 season please as some reason it has 16 clubs in this database

 

Hi Mate.

 

I've just updated the file.

 

A league starts at 12 teams and expands every season until 2029 and promotion relegation becomes active from 2031.

 

 

#876961 A Complete Australian Pyramid.
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By Azrael 02 April 2026 - 10:00 AM UTC 

Is this an update to your former Australian pyramid files?

 

nah more like ive rebuilt it to include more leagues and a=league expansion to happen as if in real life and pro/rel to not be instant and to come eventually

 

#876945 A Complete Australian Pyramid.
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By felix höhne 01 April 2026 - 15:56 PM UTC 

no, is blocked 

 

Hi mate

 

Try now. I've reuploaded the DB so that may fix it.

 

I've re verified it all as well and just tested it on my end and its allowed me to go through and select a team etc

#876914 A Complete Australian Pyramid.
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Ok no worries ill look into it when I get back home from work

#876803 A Complete Australian Pyramid.
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By felix höhne 01 April 2026 - 12:26 PM UTC 

file is blocked in-game setup where i can choose the leaques….is lockedand grey-out

 

Hi mate

 

I just tested mine and its ok.

 

do you have any other databases selected as well?

 

although since the new fm update its been odd..

#876802 A Complete Australian Pyramid.
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By felix höhne 01 April 2026 - 12:26 PM UTC 

file is blocked in-game setup where i can choose the leaques….is lockedand grey-out

 

Hi mate

 

I just tested mine and its ok.

 

do you have any other databases selected as well?

 

although since the new fm update its been odd..

#874543 Full Australian A-league Pyramid.
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By Jackson Curcija 16 March 2026 - 10:01 AM UTC 

Hey mate,

 

Any chance the teams in the lower State Leagues will get a squad update with players currently playing at those clubs? 

 

Cheers. 

 

Hey Mate

 

I probably won't, but I'm sure someone might.

 

#874528 Full Australian A-league Pyramid.
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By mikey710 16 March 2026 - 09:20 AM UTC 

@JamesWray how do we install this 

 

HI Mate

 

once downloaded you just need to add it to the editor data folder in FM26 and than once in there when you start a new game select this database

 

#874522 Full Australian A-league Pyramid.
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By TipToppy 16 March 2026 - 07:29 AM UTC 

Nice one, I can see the SI Update will work.  

 

I tried to play at NSW League One level, there is a bit of a glitch (this happened a few years ago with a similar database).  Because you have aligned all the seasons for the Pro-Rel, if you start the season in July 2025 for late pre-season, more than half your team have contracts expiring on 30 September 2025.  So there is a massive spill of players five weeks into the season.

 

Yeah all the contracts would need redoing as the NPL season runs march to September, to avoid this you would need change their contract end dates, something i cbf doing haha.

 

anyway enjoy

#874473 Full Australian A-league Pyramid.
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By TipToppy 15 March 2026 - 19:08 PM UTC 

This is epic.  Did you edit all the teams yourself, or use the official SI database update?  Is there a way to contribute with transfer updates and the like?

 

 

Hi mate.

 

I edited all clubs and comps so they should follow there regional paths up and down the ladder.

 

Sort it outs transfer update is compatible with this data base so you can use it to get the latest squad updates (I play this on fm24 and use the transfer updates ) 

 

 

#872476 Full Australian Pyramid,
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By RASTAPASTA87 04 March 2026 - 07:29 AM UTC 

Can you only add the 12 or 13 teams in the first division and add western united and auckland fc to the top division 

 

Hi Mate.

 

Ive uploaded a version with the Current 12 Aleague Clubs and Western United.