New Countries and a 5th Division

Hello Managers! 👋

As I hinted last update, the focus this off-season was on growing the game world rather than a big feature drop. Season 26 brings a batch of brand new countries and a deeper pyramid for four of our biggest nations. Here's the rundown 👇

🌍 Eight New Countries

Eight countries join the game, each with a full four-division league system, clubs named after real towns and cities, and home-grown player pools with the correct nationalities and faces:

• Algeria
• Chile
• Colombia
• Israel
• Saudi Arabia
• Switzerland
• Ukraine
• Uruguay

They're open now for new and old managers, more nations to fly the flag for, more local talent to scout, and more currencies flowing through the transfer market. If you've been thinking about a second club or a fresh start, there are plenty of new dugouts waiting.

🪜 A 5th Division for Italy, England, Romania & Brazil

Four of our most popular countries get an extra tier at the foot of the pyramid:

• Italy, England, Romania and Brazil now run a brand new Division 5 — 16 series and a few hundred fresh clubs each.
• More tiers means more room for new managers to grab a club in these countries.
• One thing to note: as with Spain's 5th division, Division 5 clubs don't play the domestic cup — the cup's preliminary round stays at Division 4.

🏆 Continental Slots — One Season to Settle In

A heads-up for managers in the new countries:

• For their first season, the eight new countries play domestically only — no Champions League or Continental Cup slots just yet.
• From the following season they'll receive their continental slots and join the Champions League and Continental Cup like everyone else.

As always, report any bugs in the forum or on Discord.

Cheers! 💙⚽

Very nice... so good to see the game growing.

Very good upgrade, thanks

Good job!

More room for new managers, amazing!

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Israeli teams play in European competitions to ensure continuity and consistent security standards. Other anomalies concern "border" countries (for example, Turkey) that compete in Europe despite not being entirely within it geographically. Since KOB is a game, there are no geopolitical security issues. Therefore, I ask the game's boss to place Israel in Asia, like Turkey, and the same should be done for Ukraine, given that Russia was placed in Asia. Either all in Europe or NONE. Thank you.

@nicmo I have a question about international club competitions:

Are you going to reduce the number of spots for current countries to make room for new ones, or do you plan to expand the competition to increase the total number of spots?

Stoneisland

Israeli teams play in European competitions to ensure continuity and consistent security standards. Other anomalies concern "border" countries (for example, Turkey) that compete in Europe despite not being entirely within it geographically. Since KOB is a game, there are no geopolitical security issues. Therefore, I ask the game's boss to place Israel in Asia, like Turkey, and the same should be done for Ukraine, given that Russia was placed in Asia. Either all in Europe or NONE. Thank you.

@Stoneisland, if we talk only geographical, Ukraine is fully on Europe, politically also, not sure why to place in Asia? My opinion Africa should have more countries, currently there are only 4, + 1 new that is coming

Would've been nice to have a New Zealand league, or even combining it with Australia.

Agree with more african countries

agree with New Zeeland as extra country