The series system

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.

League position and ranking

Which league position you get is determined by, in order of importance, league points, goal difference and goals scored. The league position in turn decides your ranking, which is used to determine 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 supporter club; you get 10% more supporters (similarly, if you demote you will lose 10% of your supporters).

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 £	-