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FM 2023 England Lower Leagues to Level 20

Unlock England lower leagues down to level 20 with the biggest English database for Football Manager 2023. Created by Dan.

By Updated on Sep 15, 2023   88016 views   14 comments
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Football Manager 2023 League Updates - FM 2023 England Lower Leagues to Level 20
This is the biggest English database available for Football Manager 2023. Dan is back for another installment of his England database.

You can manage a club 20 leagues down the English football pyramid. By the time you reach Premier League (assuming you can win consecutive promotions every year), most of the real players you know would likely be retired and you'd be playing in a fantastic football world filled with newgens.

This England Level 20 database for FM23 includes real structure and rules, as well as all the cups.
It's finally complete down to level 20. A Gargantuan task that took 10 months of hard work!

Released: 25 November 2022
Updated: 9 September 2023



English Playable Leagues after enabling the database

  1. Premier League
  2. Championship
  3. League 1
  4. League 2
  5. Conference Premier
    • Conference North
    • Conference South

    • Isthmian Premier
    • Southern League South Division
    • Southern League Central Division
    • Northern Premier

    • Isthmian Division 1 North
    • Isthmian Division 1 South East
    • Isthmian Division 1 South Central
    • Southern League Division 1 Central
    • Southern League Division 1 South
    • Northern Premier Division 1 East
    • Northern Premier Division 1 West

    • Combined Counties League Premier
    • Eastern Counties League Premier
    • Essex Senior League
    • Hellenic League Premier
    • Midland Football League Premier
    • Northern Counties East League Premier
    • Northern League Division One
    • North West Counties League Premier
    • Spartan South Midlands League Premier
    • Southern Combination League Premier Division
    • Southern Counties East League Premier
    • United Counties League Premier
    • Wessex League Premier
    • Western League Premier

    • Combined Counties League Division One
    • Eastern Counties League Division One North
    • Eastern Counties League Division One South
    • East Midlands Counties League
    • Hellenic League Division One East
    • Hellenic League Division One West
    • Midland Football League Division One
    • Northern Counties East League Division One
    • Northern League Division Two
    • North West Counties League Division One North
    • North West Counties League Division One South
    • South West Peninsula League Premier Division
    • Spartan South Midlands League Division One
    • Southern Combination League Division One
    • Southern Counties East League Division One
    • United Counties League Division One
    • Wessex League Division One
    • Western League Division One
    • West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division

    • Anglian Combination Premier Division
    • Bedfordshire County League Premier Division
    • Cambridgeshire County League Premier Division
    • Central Midlands League Premier Division North
    • Central Midlands League Premier Division South
    • Cheshire League Premier Division
    • Devon Football League North & East Division
    • Devon Football League South & West Division
    • Dorset Premier League
    • Essex & Suffolk Border League Premier Division
    • Essex Olympian League Premier Division
    • Gloucestershire County League
    • Hampshire Premier League Senior Division
    • Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division
    • Humber Premier League Premier Division
    • Kent County League Premier Division
    • Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division
    • Lincolnshire League
    • Liverpool Premier League Premier Division
    • Manchester League Premier Division
    • Middlesex County League Premier Division
    • Midland Football League Division Two
    • Mid Sussex League Premier Division
    • North Riding League Premier Division
    • Northamptonshire Combination League Premier Division
    • Northern Alliance Premier Division
    • Nottinghamshire Senior League Senior Division
    • Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division
    • Peterborough & District League Premier Division
    • Salop Leisure Football League Premier Division
    • Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division
    • Somerset County League Premier Division
    • Southern Combination League Division Two
    • Spartan South Midlands League Division Two
    • St. Piran League East Division
    • St. Piran League West Division
    • Staffordshire Country Senior League Premier Division
    • Suffolk & Ipswich League Senior Division
    • Surrey Elite Intermediate League
    • Thames Valley Premier League Premier Division
    • Wearside League First Division
    • West Cheshire League Division One
    • West Lancashire League Premier Division
    • West Midlands (Regional) League Division One
    • West Yorkshire League Premier Division
    • Wiltshire Senior League Premier Division
    • York League Premier Division
    • Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division

    • Anglian Combination Division One
    • Aylesbury & District League Premier Division
    • Bedfordshire County League Division One 'A'
    • Bedfordshire County League Division One 'B'
    • Birmingham & District League Premier Division
    • Boston & District League Premier Division
    • Brighton, Worthing & District League Division One
    • Bristol Premier Combination Premier Division
    • Bristol & Suburban League Premier Division One
    • Cambridgeshire County League Senior A Division
    • Central Midlands League Division One Central
    • Central Midlands League Division One North
    • Central Midlands League Division One South
    • Cheshire League Division One
    • Cornwall Combination League
    • Crook & District League Division One
    • Cumberland County League Premier Division
    • Devon & Exeter League Premier Division East
    • Devon & Exeter League Premier Division West
    • Dorset League Senior Division
    • East Berkshire League Premier Division
    • East Cornwall Leahue Premier Division
    • East Lincolnshire Football Combination Division One
    • East Sussex League Premier Division
    • Essex & Suffolk Border League Division One
    • Essex Olympian League Senior Division One
    • Essex Alliance League Senior Division
    • Gloucester Northern Senior League Division One
    • Hampshire Premier League Division One
    • Herefordshire FA County League Premier Division
    • Hertfordshire Senior County League Division One
    • Humber Premier League Division One
    • Kent County League Division One Central & East
    • Kent County League Division One West
    • Leicestershire Senior League Division One
    • Liverpool Premier League Division One
    • Manchester League Division One
    • Mid Sussex League Championship
    • Middlesex County League Division One Central & East
    • Middlesex County League Division One North & West
    • Middlesex County League Division One South & West
    • Midland League Division Three
    • North Berks League Division One
    • North Bucks League Premier Division
    • North Devon League Premier Division
    • North Riding League Division One
    • Northamptonshire Combination League Division One
    • Northern Alliance Division One
    • Nottinghamshire Senior League Division One
    • Oxfordshire SXenior League Division One
    • Peterborough & District League Division One
    • Plymouth & West Devon League Premier Division
    • Scunthorpe & District League Division One
    • Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One
    • Shropshire County League Division One
    • Somerset County League Division One
    • South Devon Football League Premier Division
    • Staffordshire County Senior League Division One
    • Suffolk & Ipswich League Division One
    • Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) Premier Division
    • Surrey South Eastern Combination Intermediate Division One
    • Swindon & District League Premier Division
    • Thames Valley Premier League Division One
    • Trowbridge & District League Division One
    • Wearside League Second Division
    • West Cheshire League Division Two
    • West Lancashire League Division One
    • West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two
    • West Sussex League Premier Division
    • West Yorkshire League Division One
    • York League Division One
    • Yorkshire Amateur League Premier Division

    • ...

    • ...

    • ...

    • ...

    • ...

    • ...

    • ...

    • ...









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How to unlock England Level 20 in FM 2023

  1. Move the downloaded E23 - England to Level 20.fmf file to:
    \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2023\editor data\
    Create folder "editor data" if it doesn't exist already.

  2. Open Football Manager 2023 and start a new career, In the top right of the screen, under "Database", make sure this file is selected.

  3. It's highly recommended to disable "Do not Add Key Staff" and enable "Add Players to Playable Teams" in advanced options, otherwise the vast majority of teams will have greyed out players. Please note that this slows down the game speed and if left unticked the game runs faster, however there are fewer players to pick from in-game.
  4. It's also recommended to load all players from England using the Advanced... Database Size options.

Known Issues

Due to a bug within the pre-game editor, this file cannot be verified in Advanced Rules, because of this all regional play-offs will be played at neutral stadiums rather than home stadiums.

Despite his best efforts there will be some strange club movements into leagues not in their region, unfortunately the game itself isn't clever enough to stop this.

Credits

This database is created by Dan and I'm sharing it here with his kind permission.
You can follow Dan on Twitter.

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Discussion: FM 2023 England Lower Leagues to Level 20

14 comments have been posted so far.

  • ivanlim90's avatar
    Any custom leagues added, are not compatible with custom files that update the promotion/relegation places, so if you want to play with this database, will have to deactivate those (Eg: pr0's data update, FMInside Data Update)
  • nick118118's avatar
    not working error "retest the rules in the editor and try a new game again with verified rules max teams for comp#1(15) conflicts with minimum number of teams from this competition required 16 ? any help would b gr8
  • Chillumu's avatar
    For those of you facing the maximum teams issue, it's because of the TheNotoriousPr0 file on 23-24 relegations promotions and EU places, deselect that file when creating a save and you should be good.
  • LHSmith's avatar
    same error here too,does not work at all, so no good too me !!!
  • Joe.Bry's avatar
    Hi, I keep getting this error message for England when trying to start a new FM23 save - is the new transfer & data update by TheNotoriousPr0 not compatible with this, please?

    Require maximum of 22 teams for Isthmian league premier division, found 23
    Require maximum of 22 teams for Southern League Premier Central, found 23
    Require maximum of 22 teams for Southern League Premier South, found only 21
    Require minimum of 20 teams for Northern League Premier Division One West, found only 19
  • Brutalmagic's avatar
    Maxmium amount of teams error is what I have when loading the file.
  • garmigdy79's avatar
    Have problem with working in some leauge have problem.
    1
  • muadh's avatar
    maxium amount of teams error?
    2
  • RyanPayne31's avatar
    Hey, does this work with the most recent winter update? Thank you!
  • thepallidknight's avatar
    Hey, any chance this file could have messed up injury timetables? Trying to discern which new file might have made some things a bit wonky, I'm getting thigh strains, gashed shins, and twisted ankles taking players out for 1-2 months
  • booom0's avatar
    Are you plannig add more lower leagues?
  • Cizzu's avatar
    The Scouting Budget of teams in the lower leagues is absolutely unrealistic..
  • Elec7roniX's avatar
    In the editor data file, "Premier League" is still named "Premier Division", I don't know if this is intended but in any case, it looks like the Real Names Licence Fix by TheNotoriousPr0 doesn't overwrite it.

    I fixed it for myself by simply going to the editor, renaming the competition and saving the editor data. Wanted to let you know this if you'd like to update the file.
  • moussjul's avatar
    As usual, huge work invested in this database. For sure, Dan is passionate and highly committed to build, year after year, a solid database for the FM community...
    Great job Dan. "Félicitations" from Belgium.
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