Graphics Pack Update
The DB is already 100% stable and feature complete; and I'm already in my 3rd season.
I've created 24 new competition logos for the following divisions:
All primary Super League divisions
B Leagues
Premier League 2 (Top B League)
U19 Divisions
U19 Premier League
UEFA Reserve League
UEFA Youth League
I created these logos so I don't have to look at the boring old FM generated logos.
Some of these logos are only shown at the end of the season when the promotions/relegations are announced.
NOTE: There were already 43 competition logos for all the main divisions, this just adds logos for the reserve/B-team and U19 teams as well!
Anyone already with a save game can just replace their 'graphics/WSL' folder with the new files.
You will need to 'clear cache' and 'reload skin' for the new logos to show.
Enjoy!
End of update announcement ...
Introduction
Building on 3 years of experience (ESL17, WSL18, WSL19), with over 23,000 downloads and Steam subscriptions, welcome to the next evolution of the World Super League.
After 1 year of planning; 4 months of work (most of my free time) and over 1,000 hours of testing; this is the most ambitious FM super league I've ever created and probably the most challenging (and rewarding) FM experience you'll ever have!
What is this?
WSL is a 'Super League' that replaces all the leagues in England, with a custom league structure where clubs from all over the world play together. There are custom leagues, cups, awards and graphics (custom league logos and backgrounds). The top 500+ clubs from around the world are included, as well as all 160+ playable clubs from England. All clubs compete in one of several UEFA Leagues; and they all have a B-team and U19 team.
This is also the highest quality and most advanced Super League mod available; written by a software developer, who actually plays it for 1000+ hours each year!
Goals for this edition:
- Create a much more challenging but rewarding Premier League.
- There should be a lot more clubs fighting for promotion into the Premier League.
- More divisions below the Premier League also provides very good quality loan clubs for wonderkids to develop.
- Replace boring league names like `Division 4e` with interesting league names from around the world.
- Create an independant U19 and Reserve/B-team system (requested).
Features
- 828 clubs.
- 69 countries.
- 9 Divisions.
- 340 Awards.
- 50,405 DB Changes.
- Completely new league structure with regional 'themed' leagues and groups.
- The top 500+ clubs in the world are included.
- All 160+ playable clubs from England are included.
- All clubs still play in England.
- No Brexit, and no work permits.
- No changes to the default international competitions.
- All clubs keep their 'based nation', so youth players will come from their original country.
- Custom graphics; backgrounds, logos and trophies.
- Used the editor in Advanced mode, using many advanced rules and features.
- All clubs have a B-team (U23) and U19 team with their own leagues and cups.
- B-team and U19 leagues have independent promotion/relegation systems.
- 3 of 7 subs.
- League transfer windows between 9 June to 31 August and 1~31 January.
- U21 players don't need to be registered.
- U19 & B-teams don't require registration.
- All clubs play in one of the UEFA leagues which is their continental cup.
- Perfect schedules.
- Highest quality with lots of testing and balancing.
- Created by a software developer with a very high attention to detail.
League Structure
The league structure is designed to provide the maximum challenge and competition for the Premier League clubs. 88 clubs play in the Super League 1 divisions; Bundesliga, LaLiga, Ligue 1 and Serie A with 22 clubs each and a relegation/promotion playoff to get into the Premier League. This provides a very unique and difficult but rewarding challenge. However, it also allows Premier League clubs to find very good quality loan clubs for their wonderkids. You'll need a virtually perfect season to get into the Premier League.
But it's a privilege, not a right!
The lowest 4 leagues (SL5~SL8) are filled with lower league clubs from England. They are there for guys like me who want to start from the bottom and play LLM (lower league management). When you get into the Premier League, you can also remove the bottom 4 leagues (SL5~SL8) because they don't really offer much advantage or challenge to the Premier League clubs. Removing the bottom 4 leagues will also help to speed up processing.
*Regional Leagues and Groups
As you can see from the new league structure this year, the league consists of various regional 'themed' leagues in a single league structure.
For example; the Bundesliga division will have mostly German clubs, but it will also include clubs from other countries.
The idea behind this is just to give the 'feeling' that leagues from around the world joined together. Each league has a different theme, color, background etc.
However, all clubs still play in England!
Note: This is not the full list of clubs!
Premier League
Super League 1
Bundesliga
LaLiga
Ligue 1
Serie A
Super League 2
Brasileirao
Bundesliga 2
Championship
LaLiga 2
Ligue 2
Serie B
Note:
- The screenshots above only show 252 clubs of 828 clubs! (30%)
- Screenshots of ALL leagues and clubs can be found on the Steam page!
- The league names do not restrict clubs from those countries, they are just there for 'theming'. For example; Celtic, Everton, Aston Villa, Olympiakos and Sporting all play in LaLiga; with 7 Spanish clubs at that level.
Skin used: https://www.fmscout.com/a-dark-polish-fm20-skin.html
Face pack used: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/style/1/cut-out-player-faces
Logo pack used: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/style/13/tcm-logos-megapack
Competition logos are based on Footbe Logos 2019-20
UEFA Leagues & FA Cups
Also includes:
- UEFA Reserve League (U23 / B-teams)
- UEFA Youth League (U19)
Countries & Clubs Included
| Country | Clubs | Top Clubs | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Algeria | 4 | ES Sétifienne ... |
 | Argentina | 35 | Boca Juniors River Plate Racing Club Independiente San Lorenzo Club Atlético Lanús Estudiantes Rosario Central Newell's Old Boys ... |
 | Australia | 4 | Melbourne Victory Sydney FC Melbourne City Western Sydney Wanderers |
 | Austria | 9 | Red Bull Salzburg LASK Linz Rapid Wien Austria Wien ... |
 | Azerbaijan | 1 | Qarabağ FK |
 | Belarus | 1 | BATE Borisov |
 | Belgium | 16 | RSC Anderlecht Club Brugge KRC Genk Standard Liège KAA Gent ... |
 | Bolivia | 1 | Club Bolívar |
 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3 | FK Sarajevo Zrinjski Mostar Željezničar Sarajevo |
 | Brazil | 40 | Flamengo Palmeiras Corinthians Grêmio Santos Internacional São Paulo Athletico Paranaense Atlético Mineiro Botafogo ... |
 | Bulgaria | 8 | Ludogorets Razgrad Levski Sofia CSKA-Sofia Botev Plovdiv ... |
 | Cameroon | 1 | Coton Sport |
 | Canada | 3 | Toronto FC Montreal Impact Vancouver Whitecaps |
 | Chile | 5 | Colo-Colo Universidad de Chile Universidad Católica ... |
 | China | 7 | Guangzhou Evergrande Shanghai SIPG Shandong Luneng ... |
 | Colombia | 9 | Atlético Nacional Independiente Santa Fe Deportivo Cali ... |
 | Costa Rica | 2 | Saprissa Alajuelense |
 | Croatia | 5 | Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split HNK Rijeka NK Osijek NK Lokomotiva Zagreb |
 | Cyprus | 3 | APOEL Apollon Limassol AEK Larnacas |
 | Czech Republic | 11 | Slavia Praha Viktoria Plzeň Sparta Praha ... |
 | Denmark | 10 | FC København FC Midtjylland Brøndby IF Aalborg Boldspilklub ... |
 | DR Congo | 1 | TP Mazembe |
 | Ecuador | 5 | Liga de Quito Club Sport Emelec Barcelona SC ... |
 | Egypt | 5 | Al-Ahly Sporting Club Zamalek Sporting Club Pyramids FC ... |
 | England | 171 | Man City Liverpool Chelsea Man Utd Tottenham Arsenal Leicester Everton Wolves All 160 playable clubs in England |
 | Finland | 2 | HJK SJK |
 | France | 41 | Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) Olympique Lyonnais (OL) AS Monaco Olympique Marseille (OM) Lille OSC Stade Rennais OGC Nice AS Saint-Étienne Bordeaux ... |
 | Germany | 43 | Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Schalke 04 Bayer Leverkusen Borussia M'gladbach VfL Wolfsburg Eintracht Frankfurt RB Leipzig ... |
 | Ghana | 2 | Hearts of Oak Asante Kotoko |
 | Greece | 7 | PAOK Olympiakos AEK Athens Panathinaikos ... |
 | Holland / Netherlands | 18 | AFC Ajax PSV Eindhoven Feyenoord Rotterdam AZ Alkmaar SBV Vitesse FC Utrecht sc Heerenveen ... |
 | Honduras | 1 | CD Olimpia |
 | Hungary | 6 | Ferencvárosi Torna Club Videoton FC Újpest FC Budapest Honvéd ... |
 | Iceland | 2 | Valur Reykjavík Knattspyrnudeild KR |
 | Iran | 3 | Persepolis Tehran Esteghlal Tehran Sepahan Isfahan |
 | Ireland | 3 | Dundalk FC Cork City FC Shamrock Rovers FC |
 | Israel | 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Be'er Sheva Maccabi Haifa Beitar Jerusalem ... |
 | Italy | 42 | Juventus Inter Milan AC Milan Napoli Roma Lazio Fiorentina Atalanta Torino Sampdoria Genoa ... |
 | Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) | 1 | ASEC Mimosas |
 | Japan | 7 | Kashima Antlers Kawasaki Frontale FC Tokyo Urawa Red Diamonds ... |
 | Kazakhstan | 1 | Futbol Klub Astana |
 | Mexico | 18 | Club América Deportivo Guadalajara Cruz Azul Pumas de la UNAM ... |
 | Morocco | 2 | Wydad Athletic Club Raja Club Athletic |
 | Nigeria | 3 | Enugu Rangers Sunshine Stars Enyimba |
 | Norway | 7 | Rosenborg BK Molde FK SK Brann ... |
 | Paraguay | 5 | Club Olimpia Club Libertad Club Cerro Porteño ... |
 | Peru | 8 | Club Alianza Lima Sporting Cristal Universitario de Deportes ... |
 | Poland | 7 | Legia Warszawa Lech Poznań Lechia Gdańsk ... |
 | Portugal | 17 | FC Porto SL Benfica Sporting CP SC Braga Vitória Sport Clube Rio Ave CS Marítimo ... |
 | Qatar | 2 | Al-Duhail Sports Club Al-Sadd Sports Club |
 | Romania | 8 | Fotbal Club FCSB (Steaua București) CFR Cluj CS Craiova Astra Giurgiu ... |
 | Russia | 16 | Zenit Saint Petersburg Krasnodar PFC CSKA Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow ... |
 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club Al-Ittihad Al-Nassr ... |
 | Scotland | 24 | Celtic Rangers Aberdeen Hearts Hibernian Motherwell Kilmarnock ... |
 | Serbia | 5 | Red Star Belgrade FK Partizan FK Vojvodina ... |
 | Slovakia | 5 | Slovan Bratislava MŠK Żilina Dunajská Streda ... |
 | Slovenia | 3 | NK Maribor Olimpija Lublana NK Domżale |
 | South Africa | 7 | Mamelodi Sundowns Orlando Pirates Cape Town City Kaizer Chiefs ... |
 | South Korea | 7 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Ulsan Hyundai FC Seoul Daegu FC ... |
 | Spain | 50 | Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Sevilla Valencia Athletic Club Villarreal Real Sociedad ... |
 | Sweden | 7 | Malmö FF AIK Hammarby IF Djurgårdens IF ... |
 | Switzerland | 10 | FC Basel Young Boys FC de Sion Zürich Luzern ... |
 | Tunisia | 3 | ES Tunis ES Sahel Club Africain |
 | Turkey | 20 | Galatasaray Beşiktaş Fenerbahçe Trabzonspor ... |
 | U.A.E. | 3 | Shabab Al-Ahli Al-Ain Al-Jazira |
 | U.S.A. | 23 | LA Galaxy New York City Seattle Sounders LAFC New York Red Bulls ... |
 | Ukraine | 7 | Shakhtar Dynamo Kyiv Zorya Vorskla ... |
 | Uruguay | 7 | Nacional Peñarol Defensor Sporting Danubio ... |
 | Wales | 5 | Swansea Cardiff Newport County Wrexham Colwyn Bay |
| Total | 828 |
Your feedback:
- I would like to thank Darthfurion for this amazing database. The save I'm doing with this database is one of the most fun saves I've ever done. I created an account just to comment this haha, again thank you very much!
- liamvdv - You are the best, i could speak for everyone who is using your WSL we all love you
- tounsi27 - any ideas on fm20 release by far favourite db of fm19 cant wait to start the next
- Deancross69 - Thanks very much for the enormous effort you put into this project. It is easily the best "world league" structure I've seen.
- Legba - I sank hundreds of hours onto the FM19 version of this edit, I can't wait to get started on FM20!
- ArkAngel (Steam) - This is my fav extension to FM by far!
Thanks and keep up with your great work!
- Fresh Cake - thanks Dartfurion for your hard work in developing this for all the fans, your work is truly appreciated!
- tomydino - Thank you very much for your hard work. It's not easy to make something like this.
- Dennis05 - I very appreciate your hardwork very much.
Thank alot for good hard challenge Super League.
- awopratee - "Your custom leagues are the best save I have ever played in all my years playing fm."
- Delboy1983 - "Tried some custom leagues for the 19, but after a couple o seasons they became dull and boring. I've played yours on 18 and it was on another level. Can't wait for this and appreciate your effort in deliver it 100% and making this year a lot better. Oh my."
- halloween - "really looking forward to your release! Good work so far! :)"
- boreman - "i cant wait for the 2019 version"
- Koeleyoek11 - "Can't wait for this update!"
- az - "This was my favorite database/scenario. Really looking forward to it."
- 8oh8aaron - "Hi world super league is brilliant thanks for making it available to all."
How challenging is this mod?
Pep Guardiola won the FA Cup, finished 3rd in the Premier League, runner-up in the UEFA Champions League, entered the European Hall of Fame, gets Manager of the Month and still gets fired.
This mod can be absolutely brutal! But it's also extremely rewarding, all the pain and suffering will be worth the victory and the glory!
Why do I create the WSL
I create this mod for myself every year, because I don't play the base game, it's just not challenging (or balanced) enough for me.
So I create something that I will play for 1000+ hours every year, and I share it here for others to enjoy.
For me to invest 1000+ hours of my precious free time, I require something exceptional to keep me entertained.
Therefore, this db/mod is made with the highest level of passion, love and care; and I hope others will agree and enjoy playing it as much as I do!
Recommended & Compatible mods
* Requires FM 20.4
It might work on older versions, but I haven't tested it on older versions.
Warning: Long startup time
Please note that there is a long intial load time to setup the leagues.
But after setup, it will be faster to process.
Steam Workshop vs. Direct Download
The Steam Workshop allows you to 'subscribe' to the mod, and get regular real-time updates to the main .fmt file.
However, the Steam Workshop doesn't include all the additional graphics; competition logos and background images I've created.
For the best gameplay experience, I suggest you subscribe to the Steam Workshop file to get regular updates to the .fmt file,
but then download the additional .zip file here and extract the graphics into the /graphics/WSL folder !
NOTE: The Direct Download also includes the latest .fmt file for your convenience.
Updates
Please check this page every few days for any further updates!
How to Install WSL FM20
Extract files:
Copy the file: `World Super League FM20 v1.0.fmf` to:
C:\Users\[__USERNAME__]\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2020\editor data
NOTE: .fmf files must be placed directly in the `editor data` folder without sub-folders in `editor data` folder!
Copy the `graphics` folder to:
C:\Users\[__USERNAME__]\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2020\graphics
The custom graphics are compatible with other logo and background packs! Just make sure my pack is under /graphics/WSL/
Start new career game, select `World Super League FM20 v1.0` from the `Database` Drop down box on top right, then click `Advanced Setup` and select England (Super League 8 should be selected by default).
NB NB NB: Please disable all other custom leagues and database changes in the `Database` Drop down box! This mod has been heavily edited and tested, so other custom databases might break it!
Other nations are NOT necessary, ALL the clubs you need are inside England.
It's normal to see all the other countries are disabled!
If the custom graphics don't show, check the file paths again and then go to `Preferences -> `Reset` (bottom left) -> click `Clear Cache` ... then click `Reload Skin` on the bottom. This can be done anytime during or after starting a new game!
Donations
If you love my work, then please consider a small donation.
https://www.paypal.me/therselman
https://streamlabs.com/darthfurion
Final thoughts
This mod has taken hundreds of hours of my free time, so I really hope you appreciate the effort and my attention to detail!
Please leave a comment if you enjoyed it! I like seeing feedback, it motivates me to keep doing this!
Good luck, I hope you enjoy the challenge and may the football gods be with you on your journey to world domination!
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Discussion: World Super League (WSL) - FM20 Edition
93 comments have been posted so far.
Ive renamed my premier league to World Super League
is there any chance you could make me a World Super League background picture please
3 of 7 subs (same as England)
(Except super cups and friendlies I believe)
Please read the release notes above.
In EL4 the teams that qualify from the group stage to the round of 32 doesn't enter the competition.
Instead It's the 1-4th place from EL3 that enter this round.
1-4th place in EL2 enter both the round of 32 in EL2 and EL3.
This bug prevents any team from EL4 to advance past the group stage.
The updates look very positive. What was good is now even better.
Please unselect other mods before starting your game!
Some mods are ok, like adding new players and managers, like `legends` mods.
But mods that add new leagues, especially changes to England or European competitions will break my mod!
You are welcome! And thanks for all the valuable suggestions! We all benefit from them!
Enjoy the game everyone!
Glad to hear that, and looking forward to it. Will make the UEL a lot more competitive.
I'd still very much dig it, because it would allow for squad rotation, but then again, I'm a bit special here and you're probably right.
The other arguments seem reasonable enough and I accept them. Thank you for your work and for the constant improvements.
I would give it a few more seasons, I wouldn't worry about it now. I've checked seasons in 2020 and the records do they look strange, but I also checked a simulation in 2024 and they look normal. Give it a few season. You can also try simulating a few seasons if you are worried. But I can't do anything about the competition records.
https://gyazo.com/34021fa137a27aa101df9dfc2eff2761
The records screen is messed up too:
https://gyazo.com/5d51c68e52c00c159f5b4264b3002449
This will be difficult with the current league structure. The way the leagues are designed (number of clubs and league structure) was designed to support the UEFA UCL comp. For example, the PL has 20 clubs. The SL1 has 88 clubs, which play one round of qualifiers, leaving 44 clubs. 44+20=64 clubs enter the CL group stage. Last year there were 80 clubs in the group stage (after qualifiers), so they played 8 games each. To get 80 clubs, I would need 16 extra clubs, but the league structure doesn't easily provide a way for me to get 16 clubs without affecting the Europa League qualifiers etc. The Europa League takes the 144 SL2 clubs, 144 / 2 = 72 / 2 = 36 + 44 (losers from CL qualifiers) = 80 clubs. It's not easy to get 16 extra clubs from that!
I could probably create a League Cup with the PL and SL1 clubs.
88 SL1 clubs play a qualifier round, like the CL qualifiers. Leaving 44 clubs. 44 + 20 PL clubs = 64 clubs then go through knockout. That would be an additional 6 matches. However, it would significantly affect the fixture congestion of the PL clubs. And I don't know how much real value it will bring, like many real clubs complain about the Carabao cup. I think it would be too much.
The weaker teams should do better in the CL group stage. There are 32 places and only 20 PL teams. I've also seen them come 3rd in the group stage, but they should have played harder and better, they have no excuse for coming 3rd!
For me, the issue is not necesarily giving the weaker teams more matches to play, but giving the strongest teams that want to contest all major competitions; the best opportunity to field their strongest players. Playing anything over 60 matches a season is really challenging. I've just run a simulation where Man City won the PL, and made it to the CL and FA Cup finals. They played 60 matches. This rarely happened in last years version (where a single club made it to both the FA Cup and CL finals). I do suppose that it's more realistic to overload the schedule, however, the AI is not intelligent enough to prioritize competitions. So what happens is they just burn out their players before the finals, making it even easier to win.
I've run many simulations on this, and I don't think it can be fixed. I notice that there are many loans in the beginning, then they seem to reduce significantly over time. It might be because of the B team and U19 teams, the clubs now maintain a much larger squad size. But over time, the lower tier teams also have more money, so they don't rely on loan players as much because they can just buy the players they need.
I will probably do this later with an update to this years version.
PS: I'm currently running a simulation where I've reset the PL money to the same as the base game, and significantly reduced all the money in lower leagues. Then I also removed the additional income and debt of all clubs. I want to see what the affect of less money will have on the entire league structure. Also, the player wages and transfer amounts are reset. I want to see what conclusions I can derive from this experiment. So far, it's actually looking far more interesting and promising. Fewer transfers, but the transfers that happen are much more significan. I think the clubs are being much more careful with their money.
- I miss third-placed UCL Group Stage teams entering the Europa League knockout stages. I think it would be fair for them to fight for some silverware. Otherwise, they end their european campaigns too soon.
- Overall, the Premier League teams (specially the weaker ones) play too few games per season (45-50, with March being often empty). This is due to their league being smaller and the fact they enter both cups at a later stage. I would consider three solutions for this:
a) Sending third-placed UCL Group Stage teams into UEL knockout rounds (see above) so they can still fight for some silverware.
b) Creating a second UCL Group Stage so that most Premier League teams play at least 12 continental games per season.
c) Making bigger UCL groups so that each team plays 8 games instead of the current 6.
I have also considered creating a second cup (League Cup), but it would collapse the schedule of low-tier teams.
Otherwise, I have also noticed a much lower amount of loans being made by the AI than last year, although to be fair this problem is also present in the official database (don't know why).
Hope this is helpful.
The issue reported by user `newtestleper` has been fixed. It's a minor text issue, not critical but can be annoying.
Actually, it's caused by a bug in the official FM editor when you duplicate some items, some things don't get duplicated properly (in this case the short name of the "Team of the Week" award, even though it's visible in the editor, it doesn' pull through to the game).
Anyway, it's fixed now. It's not a critical issue, just display text for the "Team of the Week" awards.
You'll need to start a new game with the new .fmt file to use the hotfix; or if you can live with it, then there's no need to restart, it's just text!
If you've subscribed to the WSL file on Steam, then you'll need to completely restart FM for it to download the new version.
The only issue I have encountered is that it feels a bit overwhelming the fact that every player has a value so high even if he is playing in Super League 4. I find values too high, for example the whole Norrkoping squad have values around 20 or 30 million in the first season and if you want to buy any of their players you have to pay 40 million for a player who is playing in the fifth tier.
Otherwise, congratulations!
https://imgur.com/uWscDaX
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it.
Actually, it was your comments and suggestions about the reserve and youth teams from last year that inspired me to create them!
So thanks for that and hope you like it!
Again, thanks for the donation, I'm happy you enjoy my work!
Your work with the Reserve and Youth Leagues seems astounding and adds another whole dimension to the mod. I also like the facelift to the main leagues and the new promotion/relegation system.
I've already sent a €10 donation to you. Take is as a small sign of gratitude and admiration! Good work must be encouraged.