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AFC Leagues for FM24 by MasterIgor v24.13 (with Coefficients)

Leagues and cups in real formats for all member federations of the AFC (Asia). (for Official 24.3.0 Database only)

By Updated on Mar 28, 2025   115008 views   255 comments
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Football Manager 2024 League Updates - AFC Leagues for FM24 by MasterIgor v24.13 (with Coefficients)
Hello everyone,

here is the league pack for all nations/federations in Asia. It also includes the continental competitions for the 2024 format with coefficients.

! for Official 24.3.0 Update Database only !
Creating the world is a very time consuming task, and I do not have the time to support and test all databases. So I am going with the latest version only. The bright side is that it is for free. Tips are more than welcome though :-)

This file contains leagues and cups in real formats for all member federations of the AFC.

please see the readme.html for details.

Changelog:
v24.13
- Contintental Cups: fixed qualification to Shopee Cup
- Hong Kong (HKG): Premier league transitions from 11 to 9 to 10 teams in the first 3 seasons. U23s are no longer in the league from 2024 onwards. Also fixed qualification to AFC Cups
- Thailand (THA): fixed relegation from Thai 3 League and promotion from lower leagues
v24.12
- Singapore (SGP): fixed mistake in foreigner rules
- UAE: adjusted foreigner rules for lower leagues (5 instead of 2)
v24.11
- Refactored every nation.
- Continental Cups: fixed registrations and match rules. Winners of ACL2 and ACGL qualify for the ACLE and ACL2 of the following year.
- Afghanistan (AFG): adjusted to 2024 schedule
- Australia (AUS): refactored Australian Cup (added preliminaries and playoff round), added federation cups, extended formats for NPL
- Bangladesh (BAN): added tier 2 and u18 league, updated foreigner rules, extended format for Federation Cup
- Bahrain (BHR): refactored
- Bhutan (BHU): refactored Premier League + qualifiers to new schedule. League is played first, then qualifiers are played to determine who plays in league next year. Non-Qualifiers are relegated. Updated foreigner rules.
- Brunei (BRU): updated foreigner rules
- Cambodia (CAM): extended format for C-League. Updated foreigner rules.
- China (CHN): League 2 extends in 2025 from 20 to 24 teams. Two B Teams are added in 2024 and 2025 (from clubs who won the U21 league)
- Guam (GUM): corrected 2024 format
- Hong Kong (HKG): updated 2024 formats
- Indonesia (IDN): updated foreigner rules and corrected 2024 formats
- India (IND): refactored, updated schedules and corrected qualification to AFC Cups
- Iran (IRN): updated schedules, foreigner rules and formats
- Iraq (IRQ): corrected formats for both tiers, modified schedule to finish before AFC Cups start
- Jordan (JOR): updated formats for 2025 onwards, corrected format for Shield Cup, added prize money for leagues
- Japan (JPN): corrected formats
- Kyrgyzstan (KGZ): refactored and corrected formats
- South Korea (KOR): added promotion/relegation from 2026 onwards, corrected formats, updated foreigner rules
- Saudia Arabia (KSA): refactored and updated foreigner rules for 2024 onwards
- Kuwait (KUW): added tier 2, corrected Super Cup, updated foreigner rules
- Laos (LAO): updated to new schedule (Sep->May), updated foreigner rules
- Lebanon (LBN): refactored
- Macau (MAC): refactored
- Malaysia (MAS): updated to 2024 schedule (May->April) and updated 2024 formats and foreigner rules
- Maldives (MDV): refactored, added prize money to Dhivehi League
- Mongolia (MNG): added tier 2, updated foreigner rules, extended Mongolian Cup
- N. Mariana Islands (MNP): corrected format and schedule (now using Spring and Autumn Seasons)
- Myanmar (MYA): changed schedule (Jul->Jun) to 2024 format and updated foreigner rules
- Nepal (NEP): changed schedule (Jul->Jun) and updated foreigner rules
- Oman (OMA): added league cup
- Pakistan (PAK): changed schedule to end in May, updated foreigner rules
- Philippines (PHI): corrected formats of league and cup
- Palestine (PLE): refactored, corrected Gaza First League
- North Korea (PRK): added Torch Cup, fixed transfer windows and registration
- Qatar (QAT): adjusted schedules of cups, updated foreigner rules, corrected formats of some cups
- Singapore (SGP): adjusted foreigner rules, refactored cup to use all 9 premier league teams
- Sri Lanka (SRI): refactored
- Thailand (THA): updated formats for 2024 onwards, refactored league 3 and league 3 cup
- Tajikistan (TJK): added formats for 2024 onwards and adjusted cups for more teams because of that
- Turkmenistan (TKM): added format for 2024 onwards (4 rounds instead of 3), corrected foreigner rules (none allowed)
- Timor Leste (TLS): refactored
- Chinese Taipei (TPE): updated foreigner rules, corrected schedule of 2nd tier
- United Arab Emirates (UAE): refactored
- Uzbekistan (UZB): added format for 2024 Birinchi League. Updated Cup for more teams
- Vietnam (VIE): updated formats and adjusted schedules to finish before AFC Cups start. Updated foreigner rules, updated prize money for Cup
- Yemen (YEM): updated format and schedule
v24.10
- Philippines (PHI): now correct (new) teams are promoted to the league in 2024
v24.9
- Continental Cups: National Cup Winners now qualify for 2nd slot of their nation
- Continental Cups: removed foreigner restrictions for 2024 onwards
- Continental Cups: added ASEAN Club Championship (Shopee Cup) from 2024 onwards
- Continental Cups: registration for ACL2 should be fixed
- Indonesia (IDN): added Liga 2 format for 2024 onwards (transitions from 4 to 3 groups)
- Indonesia (IDN): updated foreigner rules
- Myanmar (MYA): added MNL League Cup
v24.8
- added continental cup formats with coefficients: AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions League 2 and AFC Challenge League
- Australia (AUS): A-League increases to 13 teams in 2024 (Auckland FC is added)
- Iraq (IRQ): fixed qualification for continental cup (1 year offset)
- Laos (LAO): fixed qualification for continental cup (1 year offset)
- Korea DPR (PRK): refactored schedule because it broke continental qualification. new schedule is feb -> oct
- Philippines (PHI): added format for 2024 with 8 more teams
- Singapore (SGP): fixed season windows, contract dates
- Yemen (YEM): fixed qualification for continental cup
v24.7
- Singapore (SGP): fixed registration, transfer windows and schedule. All schedules changed to Aug->May to reflect real life from 2024 onwards
v24.6
- GUM, HKG, IND, IRQ, KSA, LAO, QAT: optimizations of youth/reserve teams for better squads (by DaveIncid)
- Singapore (SGP): added format and foreigner rules for 2024 onwards. Competition also changes schedule to may-may for 2024 and aug-may in 2025. Teams play eachother 4 times instead of 3 times and 9 foreigners allowed (5 + 1 AFC + 3 U21).
v24.5
- All Nations: Update to Database 24.3.0
- All Nations: Fixed registration issue causing teams to register only youth players (happened for competitions with groups/subcompetitions such as China D2)
- All Nations: minor improvements (from things I learned while doing other league packs)
- Guam (GUM): format for 2024 added: transitions from 5 teams in 2023 to 15 teams in 2024
- India (IND): first step of Vision 2047 - in 2026 the top 3 tiers will have expanded to 14,14 and 12 teams
- Saudi Arabia (KSA): added prize money for tier 2 and 3
- many minor adjustments
v24.4
- corrected Vietnam qualification for AFC Cups - had to delay the qualification until VLeague1 was finished
v24.3
- corrected Vietnam V-League 1: number of rounds changed from 1 to 2
- corrected dates for Vietnam National Cup: it now starts in November as it is supposed to
- used real life teams for India I-League 2 by adding promoted teams from I-League 3: Sporting Goa, Dempo and Sporting Bengaluru
v24.2
- changed match rules for Indonesia Liga 1 to: 5 + 1 ASEAN
- added Indian I-League 2
- changed Indian Youth reserve league from U18 to U21
v24.1
- included Macau and Northern Mariana Islands, since they are also AFC Members.

I wish you a lot of success in your managerial adventures in Asia.

Master Igor.

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Discussion: AFC Leagues for FM24 by MasterIgor v24.13 (with Coefficients)

255 comments have been posted so far.

  • MasterIgor's avatar
    I am looking into these registration issues.
    (actually I have done a major update for practically all AFC nations and tomorrow I start with the in-game testing)
    2
  • Wumchan's avatar


    For reference, this is what it looks like before a game.
  • Wumchan's avatar
    Same issue as tyt5295 here, the registration is 'broken', it still lets you play AFC Elite but the registration and all is weird, basically tells you all your players are unregistered and they are only registered when entering the match, however as soon as the match is done they are no longer registered.
    1
  • tyt5295's avatar
    I played for Japanese team and qualified for the AFC Champions League Elite.
    I encounter a bug all players became unregistered.
    It happens when perform a save and load.
    1
  • MasterIgor's avatar
    @CommunistLord878: spots can be earned and lost through performance in the 3 continental AFC competitions over a 5 year period (the champions league elite, champions league 2 and challenge league)

    @kurovski: I am careful, but I think just AFC.fmf will be enough. However, if some national competitions are not simulated, then it could be that always the same teams from those nations compete in the AFC competitions. For a full experience it is better to use all nation files or at least those nation files which are not in the default game. You don't need to load the leagues because just using the file will mean that the leagues get simulated winners - if I am correct.
    1
  • kurovski's avatar
    I have one question:
    For the Continental File, do I need to load the individual files for it to work or just AFC.fmf will do the trick?
  • Communistlord878's avatar
    Hi, i was just wondering if it was possible to earn more spots in regional competitions with this database through performance?
  • Jvmx31's avatar
    @MasterIgor Wow! thank you, bro! looking forward to your update and very appreciate to your work too! enjoy your holiday!
  • MasterIgor's avatar
    Some answers:
    @JorgenB, I will take a look at the history and the years, I dont think I made it like that on purpose.
    @jvmx31: I didnt know that at the time when I made the rules. It can be done in an update, maybe in january I have time.
    @thespp: do you have a savegame thar I can investigate? I can also have a look in january.
  • Thespp's avatar
    @MasterIgor,I coached a team from Japan that won the cup and qualified for the AFC Champions League Elite . But just the day before the match, it shows that all my players are not registered.
  • Jvmx31's avatar
    @MasterIgor in your AFC file, why the ACL2 winner does not involved in the ACL Elite? neither qualify direct to group stage nor through preliminary round. Is it mean to be like that? I've checked to wiki and afc site, the ACL2 winner is eligible to join ACL Elite
  • Jvmx31's avatar
    @JorgenB you said that you combine MasterIgor's AFC and SGP file. the thing is I can't find the SGP file. Could you share me the link to it? Since, I am trying to build nation save in SGP
  • JorgenB's avatar
    Another question. The AFC CL Elite uses one-year numbering (2030, 3031, 3032, etc) while the other two use two-year numbering (2030/2031; 2031/2032; 2032/2033, etc) Is this right?
  • JorgenB's avatar
    @MasterIgor Thanks for your fast reply!

    1. Good to know what is the use of the AFC Continental Competitions.
    2. Great!
    3. I have found a few that do work with perfectly along your AFC files without any problems as far as I could see, so that is very nice. The ones that I found for Africa seem to be more tricky, as most of them mess up the CAF Champions League and Confederations Cup.
    4. Great!

    Thanks for explaining everything!

    At the moment I use your AFC file and SGP file for my setup. As far as I could see, this also fixes the Singapore bug, so that is very nice.
  • MasterIgor's avatar
    @JorgenB:
    1) yes there is an AFC Continental Competitions. I created that, but this is not a real competition. I use it to create the team lists for the other 3 AFC competitions and determine who qualifies for which cup. It is a Helper of some sort.
    2) It is safe to combine my files with Nations that I didn't do. However, these nations will not send teams to continental cups if you use my continental files.
    3) I cannot be 100% sure that the continental cups (Arab CL, etc..) will work with my files, because depending on how it is done, it could be picking wrong teams or screw up coefficients. But it might as well work too. My suggestion is to try it out and let it run 10 years on vacation and see if it looks ok for you.
    4) Yes there are qualifications slots for the AFC Challenge League. It uses the real system (I posted it in the readme.html). However, it is not possible to edit the page in the game where it shows qualifications (or I did not find how to do it), so please ignore that page.

    and thank you for your feedback :)
  • JorgenB's avatar
    @MasterIgor A few questions, if I may:

    I saw that there was a placeholder competition named "AFC Continental Competitions". Is that just a remnant of the editing work?

    I would like to do a longterm save winning as many domestic top level competitions and domestic cups as there possibly are. Is it safe to combine your work with editor files that add Wallis & Futuna, St Pierre & MIquelon; Greenland etc, for example?

    I would also like to win as many as possible regional/minor Champions Leagues, like the the Arab Champions League; AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League; ASEAN, CAFA, CECAFA etc. Can I combine those safely with your work?

    Am I right to assume that there are qualifications slots for the AFC Challenge Cup, but the game does not show them?

    Thanks for your answers and your hard work. It is very much appreciated.
  • MasterIgor's avatar
    @minhraus: sorry I didn't find your registration issue. Is that with Vietnam or with the continental cups? Registration sometimes really is a pain, it is something I want to investigate if I can improve it in the future.
  • MasterIgor's avatar
    @AJJ7: I tried all my rule files on a fresh installation of FM24 today. All files load and are working. Please check if you have the correct database and if there could be other files (from other people) that could interfere.
  • minhraus's avatar
    @MasterIgor i found a way to fix the Vietnam file to fix the qualification places, but there still a problem with the registration as i stated before, i cant find a clue why all player became unregistered before some matches and i have to holiday these matches.
  • AJJ7's avatar
    No Solution for the error messages?? how can i fix it ??
  • satoshikairyu's avatar
    In ACLE, there is a possibility that the 7th league match (2 Feb in my save) takes place before the winter registration (13 Feb in my save).
  • AJJ7's avatar
    AFC, AFG, AUS, BAN, BHU, BRU, CAM, CHN, GUM, HKG, IDN, IND, IRN, IRQ.fmf . All these files are afected.
  • AJJ7's avatar
    Issues with AFC files, between AFC and Iraq are invalid, xml error, failed to find a default database to use. Please make sure your installation is not corrupt, and other error messages
  • themodelcitizen's avatar
    That's brilliant. I asked about Auckland because MLS really does not like being edited like that and I wondered if A-League was the same. I tried to add San Diego (joining next year) but as soon as you touch the schedule and try to verify, the editor crashes. Someone had some luck using an older version of the competition rules but I feel like that's gonna break something else
  • MasterIgor's avatar
    @minhraus: I suspect the picking of qualified teams happens before the Vietnam league is over. There isn't much that can be done about that other than moving the Vietnam end date. I have noted it down for the eventual future.

    @modelcitizen: Should not interfere with salary settings or contract types. But let me know if you do see mistakes.
    I was able to get coefficients using for ACL competitions but that took a while to get it right. Coefficients in FM are not easy to edit - as you probably know.

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