Novas Ligas Activadas FM27 (New Leagues Activated) is a set of eight editor files that open up competitions the game leaves locked. As a result, you can now manage in Ecuador, Qatar, Venezuela, Bolivia and Paraguay. On top of that, there are two versions of the Brasil Ultimate Update, one for men’s football and one for women’s, plus a file for Portuguese women’s football. They all come from Ibarra.
It is worth knowing straight away what these files do. In practice, they only switch the leagues on and make them playable. In other words, they do not include the real competition rules, so the formats and squad rules do not follow what happens in each country.
What Novas Ligas Activadas adds
First of all, there is one .fmf file per country, and all of them are very small. The Ecuador, Qatar, Venezuela, Bolivia and Paraguay files are for men’s football. None of these five countries is playable in FM27 out of the box, so this is where the big news is.
As for Brazil, the game already ships with Série A, B and C. That is why the men’s Brasil Ultimate Update switches on more Brazilian football and is the largest file in the pack, at 37 KB. The women’s version, on the other hand, opens up the Brazilian women’s league, which is also missing from the game’s playable leagues.
Finally, the FMPT Feminino Não Oficial file switches on the Portuguese women’s league. It is not playable in FM27 either, so it is a good pick if you want to manage a Portuguese side in women’s football.
The eight files in the pack (Image: FMPortugal)
What they leave out
As mentioned, the files do not carry the real competition rules. Instead, the leagues run on the generic rules the editor gives them. So the number of teams, promotion and relegation and the format of each competition may not match the real thing.
Likewise, the same goes for squad rules and the foreign player limit. If you insist on playing with everything as it is in real life, you are better off waiting for a more complete file. But if you just want to manage in one of these countries, they do the job perfectly well.
What the files do and what they lack (Image: FMPortugal)
Who it is for
Above all, it is for anyone who wants a different save, away from the usual leagues. For example, you could take a Paraguayan club to the Libertadores, or try to turn Qatar into an Asian powerhouse. Before you choose, check the list of FM27 playable and licensed leagues to see what the game already opens.
Even so, there is one thing to watch out for. The falsobohemio leagues megapack also has files for Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. So, for each country, use only one of the two. Otherwise, both files change the same leagues and may clash.
Download Novas Ligas Activadas FM27
Since the files are separate, you can download only the countries you are interested in. Also, all the files are on MediaFire.
Download – Ecuador Qatar Venezuela Bolivia Paraguay Brazil men Brazil women Portugal women
- First, download the
.fmffiles for the countries you want. - Next, copy them to
Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 27\editor data. If the folder does not exist, create it. - Then open FM27 and start a new career.
- Finally, under Database, tick the files and add those countries to the loaded nations.
Things to keep in mind
Editor files only work in new careers. In other words, they change nothing in a save you already have going. Also, every country you load makes the game a little slower, so pick only the ones you will actually use. To uninstall, just delete the file from the editor data folder.
Files created by Ibarra. FMPortugal only points to where you can download them — all credit goes to the author.
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