France Football Pyramid to level 13

Created for the first time on FM23, the FRMO Update gives you the possibility to control more than 3400 real French clubs, within a new pyramid structure of French football. It replaces until further notice , our R1MO and R3MO Updates, the French Updates being among the best known in the Football Manager community .

Description

• About 100 hours of work on the editor.
• Data recovery work started in August 2022.
• Configuration of the update started in November 2022.
• First version released on January 6, 2023.
• Update tested without bugs in the editor until 2050.

Data

• NO PLAYERS HAVE BEEN CREATED OR MODIFIED.
• 415655 database changes.
• 3410 French clubs present.
• 163 championships on 13 levels. (3410 playable teams).
• 33 U19 championships on 9 levels. (3410 playable teams).
• French Cup.
• Champions Trophy.
• Gambardella Cup.
• 13 regional cups.
• All the cities of Metropolitan France (34,838) present in the database with real coordinates.
• All clubs created:
  Respect the colors given on the FFF website.
  Have jerseys that respect these colors.
  Have a reserve team and an U19 team.
• All districts have at least 20 clubs represented in the database.
• All the clubs playing from Ligue 1 to Regional 3 in the real 2022/2023 season are present.
• The allocation of clubs within the new structure has been made based on their actual rankings as of November 8, 2022 (FM23 release date).
• In order to have a certain regional equality in the high divisions, all the regional leagues are represented by 26 clubs (8 for Corsica), from Ligue 1 (D1) to National 4 (D8) and 64 clubs (31 for Corsica ) from Regional 1 (D9) to Regional 4 (D12).

IMPORTANT: If you don't have a powerful PC, the game may slow down considerably if you select Departmental. If this is the case, we advise you to select Regional 4 at the start of the game.

Championships

• Ligue 1, Ligue 2, Ligue 3, Ligue 4: 16 teams per league. (2 ascents/2 descents).
• Ligue 4/National 1 play-offs: The 4 National 1 champions meet (1 vs 4/2 vs 3) in a round-trip match. The two winners go up to Ligue 4.
• National 1, National 2, National 3, National 4: 4 groups of 16 teams per championship. (2 ascents/2 descents).
• National 4/Regional 1 play-offs: The Regional 1 champions meet the worst team in their region in National 4 in a round trip match. The winner goes up or stays in National 4.
• Regional 1, Regional 2, Regional 3, Regional 4: 13 groups of 16 teams per championship. (except in Corsica, with 8 clubs and 7 clubs in Regional 4). (2 ascents/2 descents and 1 ascent/1 descent for Corsica).
• Regional 4/Departmental play-offs: Each district champion in the region meets once on neutral ground. The first 2 of each region go up to Regional 4.
• Departmental: Number of variable teams. Variable groups, then final phase cup format to define the champion.

League rules

• Maximum 99 registered players.
• Maximum 10 loaned players per season (arrivals).
• L1/L4: Maximum 4 non-EU players – Minimum 2 club-trained players (3 years between 0 and 21).
• N1/N4: Maximum 3 non-EU players – Minimum 1 player trained at the club (3 years between 0 and 21 years old).
• R1/R4: Maximum 2 non-EU players.
• DEP: Maximum 1 non-EU player.

Cups

• All clubs participate in the Coupe de France.
• All regions have a Regional Cup which opposes all the clubs of Regional 1, Regional 2, Regional 3, Regional 4 and Departmental of the region.
• The Regional Cup finals are played on neutral ground, in a random stadium in the region.
• The Trophée des Champions takes place on neutral ground, in a random stadium in Metropolitan France.

U19 teams

• Ligue 1 U19, Ligue 2 U19, Ligue 3 U19, Ligue 4 U19: 16 teams per league. (2 ascents/2 descents).
• Ligue 4 U19/National 1 U19 play-offs: The 4 National 1 U19 champions meet (1 vs 4/2 vs 3) in a round-trip match. The two winners go up to Ligue 4 U19.
• National 1 U19, National 2 U19, National 3 U19, National 4 U19: 4 groups of 16 teams per championship. (2 ascents/2 descents).
• National 4 U19/Regional U19 play-offs: The Regional U19 champions meet the worst team in their region in National 4 U19. The winner goes up or stays in National 4 U19.
• Regional U19: Number of teams varies. Variable groups, then final phase cup format to define the champion.
• All U19 teams participate in the Gambardella Cup.

Recommended options when creating the game

First, don't forget to activate the 'Update France New Structure #FRMO (level 13)' database when configuring your career.

We therefore advise you to check the boxes corresponding to the list below, and leave the others unchecked:

• First, add players to playable teams (so you don't have any “greyed out” players).
• Then deactivate the first transfer window (optional: make the immersion more realistic).
• Regarding the box “Prevent taking control of teams with a manager already in place. This is to be checked only for realism, otherwise it risks blocking your entry.
• Finally, prevent the use of the game editor (optional: avoid any temptation).

• Then we recommend playing with an extended database.
• Finally, we can only urge you to add an extended database with all players of French nationality and all French divisions.

• Last point, play the game and put yourself at the lowest in qualification and coaching experience, or at least check the 2 boxes depending on the club selected.