The division tree

The number of league levels can differ from one country to another, but the basic structure is always the same. For instance, the Italian series system looks like this:

1 Division I (Serie A)
4 Division II (II.1, II.2, II.3, II.4)
16 Division III (III.1, III.2, etc. to III.16)
64 Division IV (IV.1, IV.2, etc. to IV.64)
256 Division V (V.1, V.2, etc. to V.256)
1024 Division VI (VI.1, VI.2, etc. to VI.1024)
1024 Division VII (VII.1, VII.2, etc. to VII.1024)
2048 Division VIII (VIII.1, VIII.2, etc. to VIII.2048)
2048 Division IX (IX.1, IX.2, etc. to IX.2048)
4096 Division X (X.1, X.2, etc. to X.4096)
4096 Division XI (XI.1, XI.2, etc. to XI.4096)

Please note that beginning with league level VI, the series size doubles at every second level.

Promotion, relegation and qualifiers

If you win your series you will either advance directly to a higher division, or play a qualifier to promote. In divisions II-VI the series winners with the most points promote directly, the other winners have to qualify. In lower divisions all winners promote directly. In odd-numbered divisions (VII, IX etc) also the runner-ups promote directly.

Series winners who have to qualify will face a team who finished 5th or 6th in the division above. Out of the series winners that must play a qualification game, the ones with the best records meet the worst 6th place teams, and the ones with the weakest record are pitched against the best 5th place teams. The team from the higher division plays at home. If the series winner wins, the two teams swap places in the league system. If the higher division team wins, they stay in their respective series.

If you end up in place 7 or 8 you will be relegated to the division below (except for the lowest division). The demoted team with the best record (the best team out of those finishing in place 7) will swap series with the promoted team that has the strongest record. The demoted team with the worst record swaps places with the weakest team that has gained promotion.

Bot demotion

At the end of each season all bot teams in division VI and lower will demote to the lowest possible division. The only exception to this is at the very top of division VI, where any bot team that wins the series will either promote or play a qualifier as normal. Bot teams in division V or above are treated in the same way as human owned teams in terms of promotion and relegation.

As these bot teams are demoted, additional teams will be promoted from the lower divisions and take their place. These teams are selected by ranking, with the highest ranked teams receiving the additional promotion slots. Should you feel your team is unable to cope in a higher division, it is possible to decline these slots (unless you are already in the lowest division in your league). Bot teams are always ranked 0, and as such will never receive this sort of promotion.

League position and ranking

The final standings are determined by, in order of importance, points, goal difference and goals scored. This in turn determines your ranking, which is used to decide who meets who in qualifiers and cup games. The ranking is based on, in order of importance: series level, place in the series, points, goal difference and goals scored. For both ranking and league position: if all of these things are equal a coin toss decides.

Prize money

If you finish first, second, third or in fourth place you will get some prize money. How much you get depends on your place and in which division you play:

Series Level	1	2	3	4
Division I	850 000 £	330 000 £	250 000 £	125 333 £
Division II	366 667 £	240 000 £	180 000 £	90 000 £
Division III	250 000 £	160 000 £	120 000 £	60 000 £
Division IV	160 000 £	100 000 £	80 000 £	40 000 £
Division V	100 000 £	60 000 £	50 000 £	25 333 £
Division VI	60 000 £	40 000 £	30 000 £	15 333 £
Other divisions	40 000 £	30 000 £	20 000 £	10 000 £

There is also a 6 667 £ bonus paid for having the top scorer in a series. The money is paid out after the last league match of the season. If two players tie for this award, both current owners of the players will receive the award; however, if two of your own players tie, then you only receive one prize.

Promotion bonus

If you promote to a higher division you get a promotion bonus on top of the prize money. Moreover, promotion will also boost your fan club: you get a 10% increase in fans (similarly, if you demote you will lose 10% of your fans). If you promote "for free" you only get the fan club boost though.

Series Level	Auto-Promoted series winners	Auto-promoted runner-ups	Promoted after qualifier
Division I	-	-	-
Division II	253 333 £	-	80 000 £
Division III	173 333 £	-	53 333 £
Division IV	113 333 £	-	33 333 £
Division V	66 667 £	-	20 000 £
Division VI	40 000 £	-	13 333 £
VII	26 667 £	6 667 £	-
VIII	26 667 £	-	-
IX	26 667 £	6 667 £	-
X	26 667 £	-	-
XI	26 667 £	6 667 £	-