u/ComfortableDisk5743

Yesterday I posted my FC26 Super League pyramid idea and got a lot of feedback on club placements, so I ended up rebuilding the whole thing.

Previous post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/FifaCareers/s/FFAAmzQxKx

One thing to mention before people ask about certain clubs:

This setup is not based on history, trophies or reputation.

I arranged the divisions mostly using current Sofifa squad ratings/overall team strength to make Career Mode more balanced and competitive.

So stuff like:

Paris FC being in League Two

Tottenham and Roma in the top division

Ajax lower than expected

Olympiacos above some bigger historic clubs

…is intentional.

The idea is to make every division difficult instead of creating a “football heritage” ranking.

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Premier League

PSG

Barcelona

Real Madrid

Arsenal

Liverpool

Manchester City

Bayern Munich

Inter

Atletico Madrid

Aston Villa

Chelsea

Newcastle United

Borussia Dortmund

AC Milan

Napoli

Manchester United

Tottenham

Juventus

Roma

Galatasaray

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Championship

Athletic Club

Crystal Palace

Nottingham Forest

Bayer Leverkusen

Atalanta

RB Leipzig

Real Betis

Marseille

Villarreal

Sporting

Everton

Brighton

Lazio

Monaco

Fenerbahce

Brentford

Fulham

Bournemouth

Real Sociedad

Benfica

Porto

West Ham

Frankfurt

Al Hilal

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League One

Stuttgart

Lens

Lyon

Sunderland

Osasuna

Rayo Vallecano

Girona

PSV

Leeds United

Olympiacos

Fiorentina

Hoffenheim

Lille

Rennes

Wolfsburg

Bologna

Celta Vigo

Mallorca

Valencia

Como

Al Nassr

Burnley

Red Star Belgrade

AEK Athens

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League Two

Gladbach

Freiburg

Werder Bremen

Union Berlin

Torino

Getafe

Besiktas

Nice

Strasbourg

Celtic

Wolves

Mainz

Espanyol

Paris FC

Sevilla

Ajax

Feyenoord

Boca Juniors

Hamburger SV

River Plate

PAOK

Club Brugge

Rangers

Inter Miami

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One thing I noticed while testing this setup is that European competitions actually become less exciting after a while.

Since the English pyramid itself is so stacked, league matches start feeling bigger than UCL nights.

You end up getting ridiculous storylines every season like:

PSG vs Bayern on the final matchday deciding the Premier League title

Sporting, Benfica and Porto battling for promotion from the Championship

Boca Juniors vs River Plate happening in League Two

Rangers vs Celtic becoming a 4th division rivalry

Ajax trying to escape League Two while West Ham fight relegation in the Championship

Leeds or Sunderland randomly pushing for European spots after promotion

Napoli away at Newcastle on a rainy Saturday somehow feeling bigger than a UCL night

That’s honestly what makes this setup fun for me. The domestic pyramid becomes so competitive that league games and English cup competitions start feeling more important than Europe itself.

Because of that, the domestic cups become the main events:

FA Cup

Carabao Cup

EFL Trophy

I almost started treating the UCL like a random continental side tournament while the domestic competitions became the real trophies to win.

Honestly this has been way more fun than a normal Career Mode save so far.

Curious what club you would pick for this:

take a giant and try to dominate?

or start lower down and grind through the pyramid?

Since FC27 is still a few months away, I’m planning to turn the entire English football pyramid into a massive European/world Super League save.

The exact divisions will probably change based on current squad ratings and overall balance, so ignore the placements in the image for now. The goal is basically to create four stacked divisions where every season feels chaotic:

giant clubs fighting for promotion/relegation

brutal domestic cup competitions

European qualification spots becoming unpredictable

League Two still feeling competitive and relevant

I tried to include a mix of:

elite clubs

fallen giants

historic clubs

strong mid-tier teams

Argentina, MLS and Saudi clubs

clubs with authentic stadiums/licensed presentation

Still looking for ideas to improve it:

teams I missed

clubs that deserve higher/lower placement

fun rules/challenges

ways to make the save even more chaotic

Would love suggestions before I finalize the pyramid.

I got bored of normal Career Mode saves where you get promoted quickly, sign a few wonderkids and dominate everything within a few seasons.

So I started a completely different save.

I picked Huddersfield Town, moved them to League Two, and decided to keep them in the lower divisions for as long as possible while trying to qualify for Europe through domestic cups.

One of the main reasons I chose Huddersfield is because they have an authentic stadium in game — John Smith’s Stadium — and I loved the idea of eventually hearing the Champions League anthem there while still technically being a lower-league club.

The funniest part of the save is imagining:

> a Champions League knockout game on Tuesday night

followed by

a rainy League Two away match three days later.

The craziest part is the schedule. If you go deep in every competition, the season can realistically reach anywhere between 70 to 85 matches depending on the European competition, which completely changes how you build the squad.

Instead of building one overpowered XI, I built two balanced rotating teams because fixture congestion becomes ridiculous once cup runs and European matches start stacking together. It honestly changed the way Career Mode feels because fatigue, injuries and squad depth suddenly matter more than just ratings.

I also avoided going full fantasy with transfers. The only major unrealistic signings I allowed myself were:

Kobbie Mainoo

Eli Junior Kroupi

Nico O’Reilly

Everything else is built around realistic squad depth, versatile players and rotation.

Honestly this has been the most immersive save I’ve played in years because it feels less like collecting superstars and more like trying to run an actual football club through complete chaos.

Has anyone else tried a Career Mode save where the challenge is survival and squad management instead of just getting promoted as fast as possible?