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Wakandan Football League System (Fictional)

Hi, and welcome to my first ever FM Editor project; where I aim to bring Marvel’s fictional African nation of Wakanda to the world of Football Manager. I, personally, find myself fascinated by the idea of Wakanda as a theoretical nation-state. A never conquered land from a traditionally perceived backwater of the world, whose policy of isolationism throughout the ages found it barely even noticed by the world’s great powers suddenly opens themselves up and immediately finds itself among the wealthiest, most technologically advanced, and most powerful nations on Earth. It would be a massive shift in the established worldwide political status quo. And in this project, I imagine a world where Wakanda turns their sights on the beautiful game and creates a similar shift in the world of football.

My goals for this database are as follows:

1. Do not make Wakanda over-powered. I'm imagining that the ultimate goal of a save in this database would be to lead Wakanda to a World Cup title, which I'd like to make at least somewhat challenging.

2. Create as realistic as possible a football league system for a nation with the abilities of Wakanda.

3. Flesh-out the world by being true to the source material. I want most everything in Wakanda to in some way reference the source material from Marvel Comics. The clubs, the people, the awards; everything that I put in, I want to have a reason for.

And 4. Make it as good as I possibly can. There are aspects of this (graphics and logos) that I won't be able to really get to the level of quality that I would like, but I want everything I can do to be done well.

In this Database, I have:

Created the nation of Wakanda, replacing Sudan in the database (apologies to any Sudanese)

Set up 2 professional divisions in Wakanda, each composed of 18 teams

Created 38 football clubs, each with some reference to the vast lore provided by Marvel Comics

And created over 100 Wakandan players and staff scattered among the clubs, each named after a Wakandan character from the comics or movie

When playing this database for yourself, I highly recommend:
Adding Players to Playable Clubs (I was not going to create every single player for every single club so I am relying on the game to help populate the squads in the early going.)
Loading players from other African Nations. Ghana, Nigeria, etc. (That being said, the game doesn’t fill out the squads as much as I would like, so the early seasons can be challenging in terms of filling out a roster. Having more African players to sign will help alleviate that somewhat)

Rules and Things to be aware of:
Premier League clubs are limited to 7 foreign players in the squad and only five in the playing 11. Wakandans are not the most xenophilic folks in the world. (I actual would ideally have this number lower, but it was proving frustrating in the early seasons to have enough players with the heavier restrictions)
Wakandan Challenge League Clubs are limited to 5 foreign players in general.
The top 2 places in the Premier League of Wakanda qualify for the African Champions League. 3rd place and the winner of the Vibranium Cup qualify for the African Confederations Cup unless the cup winner has already qualified for the Champions League.
There are 2 Automatic Promotion/Relegation spots between the two leagues and there is a Promotion/Relegation Playoff between 16th in the Premier League and 3rd in the Challenge League (think basically Germany)


Here's a link to the post I made on the FM forums for the database, in which you can find background information on each of the clubs in Wakanda https://community.sigames.com/topic/456501-fm19-done-wakanda-football-league-system-fictional/

And as of 12/7/18 You can also find the custom graphics pack I made for the clubs of Wakanda.
Or, as of 12/21/18 You can find an actually well done and gorgeous graphics pack done by SI Forums user, Mr Meeseeks. Guy’s an absolute legend

Anyway, here’s my Wakandan Database, I hope you all enjoy playing it and feel free to provide any feedback you may have. I’d love to know your thoughts on how it turned out. Have fun guys!

P.s. I would like to extend a massive amount of thanks to the creators at Marvel Comics who have given me such a rich world to pull from. Specifically, Jack Kirby and Stan Lee (RIP to both of them) for creating the Black Panther character. As well as Don McGregor ("Panther's Rage" Jungle Action #6-24, 1973), Christopher Priest (Black Panther vol. 3 #1-62, 1998), Reginald Hudlin (Black Panther vol. 4 #1-38, 2005 | Black Panther vol. 5 #1-7, 2008), and Ta-Nehisi Coates (Black Panther vol. 6 #1-18,166-172, 2016) They were all very important and influential in my research and creation of the project.