Football Manager rule files for OFC v24.3

In this package, you will find rule files for OFC Member Nations.

I did my best to use realistic formats for all the leagues that are included. The rule files contain:

• real divisions and cups with real formats from 2023
• teams from the 2023 season
• all nations have transfer windows, registration periods, tv dates, match rules, prize money - when I was able to find this in my online research

Compatibility

• FM Database 24.3.0 (only)

License

Football Manager rule files for OFC v24.3 by MasterIgor is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

The rule files are free, but every tip will greatly improve my motivation to provide updates and other federations, because I spent a great deal of free time researching and editing. So if you really enjoy the rule files, then every small contribution is greatly appreciated. Support Me.

Installation Guide

Copy the .fmf files for the nations you want into the folder "<My Documents>\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2024\editor data\". The folder can be different if you have changed it in the FM24 preferences. The leagues should then appear the next time you start a new game in FM24 and chose advanced setup. Make sure you have the checkbox "add players to playable teams" checked. This is recommended, otherwise you may end up with a lot of greyed-out players.

Testing

all rules files have been tested by me in the editor and the game as well.
of course, it is always possible that there are issues and mistakes in the rule files. If you find an issue, you can contact me by E-Mail.

Available rule files:

File	Federation	added/changed competitions	comments
ASA.fmf	American Samoa	[1] FFAS National League
COK.fmf	Cook Islands	[1] Cook Islands Round Cup [Cup] Cook Islands Cup
FIJ.fmf	Fiji	[1] Fiji Premier League [Cup] Battle of the Giants [Cup] FA Cup [Cup] Interdistrict Championship [Cup] Champions vs Champions
KIR.fmf	Kiribati	[1] Kiribati National Championship	Note, Kiribati teams do not qualify for the OFC Champions League (unless you use one of my OFC_ALL files)
NCL.fmf	New Caledonia	[1] New Caledonia Super Ligue [Cup] Coupe de Nouvelle Calédonie
NZL.fmf	New Zealand	[1] National League   [1.1] Northern League   [1.2] Central League   [1.3] Southern League [2] Federation Leagues - Tier 1   [2.1] NRFL Championship   [2.2] Capital Premier League   [2.3] Central Federation League   [2.4] Mainland Premiership   [2.5] Southern Premiership [Cup] Chatham Cup [Cup] Central Federation Cup [Cup] English Cup [Cup] Charity Cup	I have removed the 3rd tier because I can not guarantee it will work. The reason is that theoretically, a league could get depleted if all teams promote to a higher division. There are not enough teams, B teams, etc. to fill up the gap. After thinking about this for a long time, I decided to cut off the 3rd tier and I refactored New Zealand into 1 reliable file.
PNG.fmf	Papua New Guinea	[1] Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
SAM.fmf	(Western) Samoa	[1] Upolu Premier League
SLB.fmf	Solomon Islands	[1] Solomon Islands S-League
TAH.fmf	Tahiti	[1] Tahiti Ligue 1 [Cup] Coupe du Polynésie [Cup] Trophée des Champions
TGA.fmf	Tonga	[1] Tongan Major League
TUV.fmf	Tuvalu	[1] Tuvaluan A-Division [Cup] Independence Cup	Note, Tuvaluan teams do not qualify for the OFC Champions League (unless you use one of my OFC_ALL files)
VAN.fmf	Vanuatu	[1] VFF National Soccer League   [1.1] Port Vila Premier Division	2 teams qualify to the OFC Champions League from the VFF National Soccer League I have only implemented the Port Vila Premier Division, since I could not find data for the other 7 federations I had to create dummy leagues for those other 7 federations so that continental qualifying works correctly. They appear as disabled in the game
OFC.fmf OFC_ALL.fmf OFC_NoCoefficients.fmf OFC_ALL_NoCoefficients.fmf	Oceania Football Confederation	[Cup] OFC Champions League	(!) Please use only 1 file for OFC Champions league. OFC.fmf : OFC Champions League implemented in 2023 format using coefficients. AFter 3 years (from 2026 onwards), the ranking based on coefficients will be used so that there are no big shifts right after the game starts. OFC_ALL.fmf : OFC Champions League implemented in 2023 format using coefficients and including teams from Tuvalu and Kiribati. AFter 3 years (from 2026 onwards), the ranking based on coefficients will be used so that there are no big shifts right after the game starts. OFC_NoCoefficients.fmf : OFC Champions League implemented in 2023 format. No coefficients are used, the nation ranking is static. OFC_ALL_NoCoefficients.fmf : OFC Champions League implemented in 2023 format including teams from Tuvalu and Kiribati. No Coefficients are used, the nation ranking is static.

Coefficients

I added coefficients for the OFC Champions League. Unfortunately, the coefficients cannot be viewed in the game. I was unable to activate that page, which is there for e.g. Europe. So, Because it is invisible it is totally intransparent what the rankings for the countries are.
The coefficienta are averages based on the number of teams in continental competitions (e.g. if New Zealand has 2 teams in the competition then the points gained by those teams is divided by 2) Basically, nations get points for each team from that country:

• 2p for each match win
• 1p for each match draw (a game that goes to penalties is concidered a draw)

• 3p for all teams that start in the Qualifying Round (5p if you use the file which also adds Tuvalu and Kiribati)
• 4p for 1st place in Group Stage
• 2p for 2nd place in Group Stage
• 1p for reaching the Final

Changelog