I managed a brazilian team in Fm12, and basicly there are two leagues almost, you have the whatever divison you are in from tier 1 to tier 3 or something. Then you have thestate championships, (with the state championships for 80% of the games unless your in the lower bracket of teams in tier 3 you can demolish 80% of teams below you in the state). I personally found it difficult to retain momentum from division to division.
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