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Football Manager Scouting Regions & Nations Youth Rating

Written by Espen on November 14, 2017
Last Updated November 18, 2019

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Football Manager scouting regions & level of youth ranking for FM18

Football Manager 2018 Average Level of Newgen Quality Production For All The Scouting regions

For every club focusing on youth development, the pool of new talents found through scouting is as important as nurturing your current youth players. While the annual youth intake might give you some great youth prospects for free, their level of quality often comes down to your determination on improving the scouting knowledge, the training facilities of your managing club and other facilities more involved with the youth academy, as discussed in our guide about how to get better newgens from your annual youth intake in Football Manager. On the other hand, there are also some hidden factors for deciding, or increasing the probability, of gaining a future Football Manager wonderkid.

Now we will merge basic information with in-depth knowledge by handing you the Football Manager scouting regions with level of youth rating, which will be important when setting up scouting assignments and further increase the clubs world knowledge, featuring each nations youth rating and game importance. This article will be of highly importance when scouting for newgens as it literally determines the order of worthy nations to scout.

Our list of scouting regions, youth rating and game importance will show you each nations average level of quality newgen production. This means that there is more chances of spotting the best newgens in your save in a nation higher up on the list – with a better youth rating and more important game importance than in a lower one. We have sorted this list according to the most important scouting regions and their nations.

Updated for Football Manager 2018

READ MORE | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2019 NEWGEN DATES – DATE OF ANNUAL YOUTH INTAKE

Football Manager Scouting Regions Filtered by Level of Youth Rating

Content Index
  • Central Europe
  • South America East
  • UK & Ireland
  • South America West
  • South Europe
  • Eastern Europe
  • Scandinavia
  • North America
  • North Africa
  • Western Africa
  • East Asia
  • Middle East
  • Central Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • Southeast Asia
  • South Asia
  • Central America
  • Caribbean
  • Oceania
  • East Africa
  • Central Asia

Here is the list of all nations with their respective potential of producing the best newgens in Football Manager 2018. All nations are sorted by regions according to our priority ranking found in previously published scouting guide; Scouting Network and how to increase scouting knowledge.

Our list of Football Manager Scouting regions and nations youth rating will give you an extra tool to decide which nations or regions in Football Manager that are worthy to prioritize by further setting up scouting assignments according to which nation that produce the best and most quality newgens in average.

Youth Rating – What Is It?

Youth Rating influences how likely specific nations can produce an average amount of quality newgens; the average number of newgens who can become world class players or players with higher reputation in the future. A nation with better youth rating will over time produce newgens with higher standard than a nation with lower level. But it is not a definite matter that the nation will constantly produce the best newgens, as this is also tied to club reputation, club’s youth facilities and a bit of luck.

READ MORE | RANKING: Best Youth Academy Clubs in Football Manager

The number of quality newgens coming through from one nation with superb youth rating will therefore increase the probability for you to find better newgens quicker than in a nation with low youth rating.

What that means is that the chances of youth in Brazil becoming worldwide names are much higher than in South Africa for example. The Football Manager Youth Rating is a static attribute found within the official editor.

Game Importance – What Does It Mean?

Game importance is tied to the nations youth rating as it’s also a factor for discovering quality newgens. Game Importance is based on the economy, how it affects the people in the country, or how important football is in that country. Obviously it’s hugely important to England, compared to Wales where the national sport is Rugby. Nations with high number of population, high game importance and high youth rating will produce a higher average number of quality newgens, with good amount of reputation and at last an higher level of current and potential ability. But this last factor is also determined by each clubs training facility, junior coaching and youth facilities.

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Here is our list of the nations of the different scouting regions which overall produces the best newgens over time.

In each of the different scouting regions below, the nations are sorted from best to worst according to their youth rating. If nations have same amount of stars, the better one will still be above the worse one.


Scouting Region – Central Europe

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
GermanyVery Important
ItalyVery Important
FranceVery Important
SpainVery Important
HollandVery Important
PortugalVery Important
BelgiumVery Important
SwitzerlandImportant
AustriaVery Important
LiechtensteinCompletely Useless
AndorraCompletely Useless
LuxembourgCompletely Useless
San MarinoCompletely Useless

Scouting Region – South America East

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
BrazilVery Important
ArgentinaVery Important
UruguayVery Important
ParaguayVery Important
GuyanaUnimportant
SurinamImportant
French GuianaCompletely Useless

Scouting Region – UK & Ireland

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
EnglandVery Important
ScotlandVery Important
IrelandImportant
Northern IrelandImportant
WalesImportant
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Scouting Region – South America West

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
ColombiaVery Important
PeruVery Important
EcuadorVery Important
ChileVery Important
VenezuelaImportant
BoliviaVery Important

Scouting Region – South Europe

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
TurkeyVery Important
GreeceVery Important
CyprusVery Important
MaltaCompletely Useless
GibraltarImportant

Scouting Region – Eastern Europe

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
RussiaImportant
SerbiaVery Important
CroatiaVery Important
UkraineImportant
PolandImportant
Czech Rep.Important
RomaniaVery Important
SlovakiaImportant
SloveniaImportant
Bosnia & HerzegovinaVery Important
BulgariaVery Important
HungaryVery Important
GeorgiaVery Important
AlbaniaVery Important
FYR MacedoniaImportant
LatviaImportant
BelarusImportant
EstoniaImportant
MontenegroImportant
LithuaniaImportant
MoldovaUnimportant
AzerbeijanUnimportant
ArmeniaImportant
KosovoImportant

Scouting Region – Scandinavia

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
DenmarkVery Important
SwedenVery Important
NorwayVery Important
FinlandImportant
IcelandImportant
Faroe IslandsCompletely Useless

Scouting Region – North America

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
MexicoVery Important
U.S.A.Unimportant
CanadaUnimportant
St. Pierre & MiquelonUnimportant

Scouting Region – North Africa

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
EgyptVery Important
AlgeriaVery Important
MoroccoVery Important
TunisiaVery Important
SudanVery Important
LibyaVery Important

Scouting Region – Western Africa

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
NigeriaVery Important
Ivory CoastVery Important
GhanaVery Important
SenegalVery Important
MaliVery Important
Burkina FasoVery Important
GuineaVery Important
TogoVery Important
BeninVery Important
GambiaImportant
Cape VerdeUnimportant
LiberiaImportant
NigerImportant
Sierra LeoneVery Important
MauritaniaImportant
Guinea-BissauUnimportant

Scouting Region – East Asia

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
JapanVery Important
South KoreaImportant
North KoreaUnimportant
ChinaVery Important
Hong KongCompletely Useless
MongoliaCompletely Useless
Chinese TaipeiCompletely Useless
GuamCompletely Useless
Macau (China PR)Completely Useless
Northern MarianaCompletely Useless

Scouting Region – Middle East

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
JordanUnimportant
IraqUnimportant
IranVery Important
Saudi ArabiaUnimportant
SyriaUnimportant
BahrainCompletely Useless
IsraelImportant
KuwaitUnimportant
OmanCompletely Useless
LebanonCompletely Useless
U.A.E.Completely Useless
YemenCompletely Useless
PalestineUnimportant
QatarCompletely Useless

Scouting Region – Central Africa

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
DR CongoVery Important
CameroonVery Important
GabonVery Important
CongoVery Important
Equatorial GuineaCompletely Useless
ChadCompletely Useless
Central African RepublicUnimportant
Sao Tome & PrincipeCompletely Useless

Scouting Region – Southern Africa

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
South AfricaVery Important
AngolaVery Important
MozambiqueVery Important
ZambiaVery Important
MalawiImportant
ZimbabweVery Important
BotswanaUnimportant
NamibiaUnimportant
MadagascarCompletely Useless
LesothoUnimportant
MauritiusCompletely Useless
SeychellesCompletely Useless
SwazilandCompletely Useless
ComorosUnimportant

Scouting Region – Southeast Asia

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
AustraliaImportant
ThailandImportant
VietnamUnimportant
IndonesiaImportant
MyanmarUnimportant
MalaysiaUnimportant
SingaporeCompletely Useless
PhilippinesCompletely Useless
CambodiaCompletely Useless
LaosCompletely Useless
BruneiCompletely Useless
East TimorUnimportant

Scouting Region – South Asia

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
IndiaUnimportant
MaldivesCompletely Useless
PakistanCompletely Useless
BangladeshCompletely Useless
AfghanistanUnimportant
Sri LankaCompletely Useless
NepalCompletely Useless
BhutanUnimportant
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Scouting Region – Central America

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
HondurasImportant
Costa RicaVery Important
GuatemalaImportant
El SalvadoreVery Important
PanamaCompletely Useless
NicaraguaCompletely Useless
BelizeCompletely Useless

Scouting Region – Caribbean

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
JamaicaVery Important
Trinidad & TobagoImportant
CubaUnimportant
HaitiVery Important
GuadeloupeImportant
St. VincentImportant
BarbadosCompletely Useless
MartiniqueImportant
BermudaUnimportant
St Kitts & NevisUnimportant
St. LuciaCompletely Useless
GrenadaUnimportant
CuracaoCompletely Useless
Puerto RicoUnimportant
Antigua & BarbudaImportant
Cayman IslandsImportant
Dominican RepublicUnimportant
Sint MaartenCompletely Useless
BahamasCompletely Useless
St MartinCompletely Useless
DominicaImportant
Turks & CaicosUnimportant
British Virgin IslandsUnimportant
AnguillaUnimportant
ArubaCompletely Useless
US Virgin IslandsCompletely Useless
MontserratUnimportant
BonaireImportant

Scouting Region – Oceania

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
New ZealandUnimportant
Solomon IslandsUnimportant
TahitiUnimportant
FijiUnimportant
Papua New GuineaUnimportant
VanuatuCompletely Useless
New CaledoniaCompletely Useless
SamoaCompletely Useless
Cook IslandsCompletely Useless
TongaCompletely Useless
American SamoaCompletely Useless
TuvaluCompletely Useless
Wallis & FutunaUnimportant
KiribatiCompletely Useless
MicronesiaCompletely Useless

Scouting Region – East Africa

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
UgandaVery Important
TanzaniaVery Important
EthiopiaCompletely Useless
KenyaImportant
RwandaImportant
BurundiUnimportant
SomaliaUnimportant
EritreaCompletely Useless
South SudanVery Important
ZanzibarImportant
MayotteUnimportant
ReunionCompletely Useless
DjiboutiCompletely Useless

Scouting Region – Central Asia

NationLevel of Youth RatingGame Importance
UzbekistanImportant
KazakhstanUnimportant
TajikistanUnimportant
TurkmenistanUnimportant
KyrgyzstanUnimportant

Original content written by Espen. Researched by Jorge Teixeira aka @Kworey for Football Manager 2017 and published 23.11.2016

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Written by Espen

Owner of Passion4FM since 2012. Football Manager content creator with a special love for tactics, wonderkids and player development. Also passionate about cooking and running. FC Barcelona and Tottenham supporter for over 20 years.
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