SESL
From Olmec Jaguar
This is a specific page for the SESL league of OLMEC.
Each manager coaches a Scottish soccer club. A season is divided into "sessions".
Each manager submits lineup order instructions online for each sessions, and the commissioner ('Commish') then resolves the matches using the OLMEC software which determines the scores and the effects of the sessions on each manager's club.
Currently in Season 20
| SESL Season 20 |
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| Founded |
| January 1999 |
| Number of Teams |
| 48 |
| Divisions |
| 1st Division 2nd Division 3rd Division |
| Cups |
| CECIL Cup, SESL Cup |
| Title Holders |
| CECIL Cup: East Fife (20) |
| League: Dundee UTD (20) |
| SESL Cup: Dunfermline Athletic(20) |
Contents |
Officers
| Duties: | Officer | Email Address | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commissioner: | Mark Creasey | SESL at ukonline dot co dot uk | |
| Press Officer | Phil McIntosh | beagle at kvmo dot net | |
| Trade Dispute Committee | See below | ||
| Player Value Coordinator | Graham McDermott | gpmcd at bcs dot org |
Officer Duties
- The 'Commish' is responsible for running the league matches and the league as a whole.
- Commish has right to reverse very poor trades.
- Please read Benign Dictatorship for more on Commish.
- Phil McIntosh will award Participation Bonus based on Press Releases posted on the Blog and Journal, 50k is the maximum award for Participation Bonus.
- Phil has outlined the Press Guidelines for Season 20
- A 'Trade Dispute Committee' will deal with any trade disputes reported e.g., another manager feels an agreed trade was too one-sided.
- Consists Steve Turner, David Blair & Graham McDermott
- A ‘Player Value Panel’ – lead by Graham McDermott - consisting of at least 3 managers may also be asked to pass judgement on any unfair trades and suggest a fair add-on to even the trade up e.g. a couple of CP to be sent to other team.
Where a newbie manager has been taken advantage off, then the Commissioner can demand a trade is reversed.
Website
During Season 16/17 almost all functions of the game have been automated on the SESL website.
Orders are submitted online, trades are completed online, and interaction with other managers is possible on the blog, journal and match comments.
It is possible to communicate with other managers by email or IM. This is commonly done for trade discussions, as well as banter.
SESL Forum
There is also a forum for SESL. On the forum, there is more informal discussions, as well as non-game discussions about real life matters. Proposals for rule changes are also posted here, but will usually be linked from the journal. Informal polls by managers are often put on the forum, as well as end of season Manager of the Season voting.
If a manager is seriously under-achieving with a team that should be going for glory, then that teams CHAIRMAN (Commissioner) may give him a warning and expect things to improve. This is normally done on the forum as a bit of fun (initially) to gee up a de-motivated manager.
Roll of Champions
| Season | League | League Div 2 | League Div 3 | CECIL Cup | SESL Cup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | |
| 1 | HIB | Michael Fant | LIV | John Milligan | ABE | Ross Hayworth | ||||
| 2 | HEA | Robin Dewar | BRE | Anders Nisula | AYR | Dan Black | ||||
| 3 | HIB | Michael Fant | QP | James White | ALB | Alon Atie | ABE | Ross Hayworth | ||
| 4 | HIB | Michael Fant | ALB | Alon Atie | BEL (DEV) | Adrian Nicholas | CLB | Allan Sellers | ||
| 5 | ALB | Alon Atie | COW | Terry Bray | EDI | Richard Mosher | MON | Christian Chung | ||
| 6 | BEL (DEV) | Adrian Nicholas | EDI | Richard Mosher | FAL | Nick Tippins | ALB | Alon Atie | ||
| 7 | BEL (DEV) | Adrian Nicholas | DEE | Mark Wilkinson | AYR | John Moore | ALB | Alon Atie | ||
| 8 | BEL (DEV) | Adrian Nicholas | HEA | Bruce Allen | ROS | Robin Dewar | COW | Terry Bray | ||
| 9 | CEL | Mark Findlay | DUM | Martin Fallon | BER | Steve Wright | DEE | Philip Ross | ||
| 10 | CEL | Mark Findlay | KIL | Todd Teis | AI | Kevin Hull | RAN | James White | ||
| 11 | RAN | James White | BUC | Sergio Bono | FAL | Jamie McIntosh | ABE | Ross Hayworth | ||
| 12 | RAN | James White | DFA | Michael Suwandi | RR | James Tucker | ABE | Ross Hayworth | ||
| 13 | CEL | Mark Findlay | RR | James Tucker | GM | Andrew MacKie | DFA | Michael Suwandi | ||
| 14 | RAN | James White | PET | Ciril Detecnik | ALB | Andy Turfitt | FAL | Nick Tippins | CEL | Bill Nichol |
| 15 | INV | Steve Turner | AYR | Neil Lukins | GRE | Mark Findlay | INV | Steve Turner | HIB | Peter Babcock |
| 16 | CEL | Bill Nichol | PT | Brian O’Farrell | QP | Alistair Nicholl | RAN | James White | HIB | Peter Babcock |
| 17 | RAN | James White | QOS | Stephen Othen | SM | Jackie Hanley | DUU | Mark Boland | PET | Ciril Detecnik |
| 18 | HEA | Stewart Gordon | SM | Jackie Hanley | GM | Craig McPhereson | STJ | Yoav Haberman | DFA | Fran Morillo |
| 19 | HEA | Stewart Gordon | GM | Graeme Scott | DEV | Steve Turner | EF | Óli Sigurjónsson | LIV | Adrian Nicholas |
| 20 | DUU | Mark Boland | BEL | Steve Turner | COW | Alan Bishop | EF | Óli Sigurjónsson | DFA | Fran Morillo |
The Structure of a Season
SESL has Cup competitions and the League. The season starts with the CECIL Cup and ends with the Promotion/Relegation Playoffs. The commish will publish the fixture schedule at the beginning of the season.
Session
Each manager submits lineup order instructions online for each session, and the commissioner then resolves the matches using the OLMEC software which determines the scores and the effects of the session on each manager's club.
A session consists of
Normally there are two sessions in a week, alternating between Cup sessions midweek on Wednesday and League sessions on a Saturday.
- Before Mid-Season Ageing (MSA) CECIL Cup games are played on Wednesday.
- The first sessions after MSA are the group stages of the SESL Cup
- SESL Cup group stages are done at a faster rate to encourage particapation and not drag out the season.
- 5 games in 8 days, with a session every second day.
League
The League consists of 3 Divisions (Div) of 16 teams playing the other teams in their division twice (once at home and once away).
The Champions are the team that finishes with the most points at the end of the 30 game league campaign in Div 1. With Division winners being the team top of their respective divisions.
1st Division
- All 1st Division game revenues will give each team an extra 25k per game.
- Exempt from CECIL Cup Qualifier Round.
- Apprentices cost 400k.
- At the end of each regular season
- 13th to 16th relegated to Div 2.
- 11th and 12th into relegation Playoffs.
2nd Division
- Must compete in the CECIL Cup Qualifier Round.
- Apprentices cost 300k.
- At the end of each regular season
3rd Division
- Must compete in the CECIL Cup Qualifier Round.
- Apprentices cost 200k.
- At the end of each regular season
- 1st to 4th promoted to Div 2.
- 5th and 6th into promotion Playoffs.
Standings
Clubs are ranked in the League Divisions and the SESL Cup Group primarily by the number of points (Pts) they earn. Clubs earn 3 Pts per win and 1 Pt per draw. Clubs with equal Pts shall have that tie broken using the following criteria (in order):
- Goal Differential
- Total Goals Scored
- Head To Head Record
- Most Goals Scored in Head To Head Play
- Games Won
- Goals scored @ home
- Home matches Won
- Leading Goal scorer
- Flip of a coin
Playoffs
- Playoffs to encourage more meaningful games towards end of a season.
- These are One-off games at neutral venue.
- Note: No EL boost before the playoffs
| Div1 11th | will play | Div2 6th |
| Div1 12th | will play | Div2 5th |
| Div2 11th | will play | Div3 6th |
| Div2 12th | will play | Div3 5th |
Wooden Spoon
At the end of each regular season – the manager whose team has finished bottom of Division 3 will automatically retire and be replaced by a waiting list manager. However, if the bottom Division 3 manager has shown sufficient effort during the season (despite their unfortunate lowly league position), then the manager may be given a further season to improve his team. If the Chairman sacks the bottom team manager, he will be placed at the top of the waiting list and invited to re-join SESL as soon as a team becomes available – this is at the discretion of the Commissioner.
The Cups
The two Cups in SESL are the CECIL Cup and the SESL Cup
- Each team is guaranteed at least two games in the CECIL Cup.
- Each team is guaranteed at least five games in the SESL Cup
- Note: No EL boost for knocked out teams not playing
CECIL Cup
CECIL Cup (stands for Commish Early Campaign Inter League Cup).
It is a knock out cup, played over 2 legs, home and away. Until the final, which is a one off game at a neutral ground.
Advancement in the cup
- The team with the superior aggregate score (combined) over the two legs.
- In the event of a tied aggregate score, away goals count double.
- If the tie is still level, then a penalty shoot out will be required.
Round Structure
The CECIL Cup starts with a Qualifying Round.
This will consist of Div 2 and Div 3 teams having a 2 leg match, with the winner going into the draw with the Div 1 teams.
Starting season 20, Qualifying Round pairings are completely random, with a live draw in a online chat room.
From Round of 32 to the Final, the pairings follow a tree with known opponents along the way.
| Round | Match Ups | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 32 | Team 1 v Team 2 | Team 3 v Team 4 | Team 5 v Team 6 | Team 7 v Team 8 | Team 9 v Team 10 | Team 11 v Team 12 | Team 13 v Team 14 | Team 15 v Team 16 | Team 17 v Team 18 | Team 19 v Team 20 | Team 21 v Team 22 | Team 23 v Team 24 | Team 25 v Team 26 | Team 27 v Team 28 | Team 29 v Team 30 | Team 31 v Team 32 |
| Sweet 16 | Team 1 v Team 4 | Team 5 v Team 8 | Team 9 v Team 12 | Team 13 v Team 16 | Team 17 v Team 20 | Team 21 v Team 24 | Team 25 v Team 28 | Team 29 v Team 32 | ||||||||
| Quarter-Finals | Team 1 v Team 8 | Team 9 v Team 16 | Team 17 v Team 24 | Team 25 v Team 32 | ||||||||||||
| Semi-Finals | Team 1 v Team 16 | Team 17 v Team 32 | ||||||||||||||
| Final | Team 1 v Team 32 | |||||||||||||||
SESL Cup
Takes place in the second half of the season, with the Group Stages being the first sessions after MSA.
Group Stages
- Consists of 8 groups (A – H) of 6 teams randomly drawn, with a live draw in a online chat room.
- Each team plays one game against the other teams in their group.
- Games in these groups are now played at Neutral venue.
- SESL Cup group stages are fast fire 5 games in 8 days, with a session every second day.
- The top FOUR teams in each group qualify for the last-32 knockout stages played Midweek
- With the knock out rounds using the below table that seeds the group winners.
Knockout stages
| Round | Match Ups | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 32 | A1 v C4 | E3 v G2 | A3 v C2 | E1 v G4 | A2 v C3 | E4 v G1 | E2 v G3 | A4 v C1 | B1 v D4 | F3 v H2 | B3 v D2 | F1 v H4 | B2 v D3 | F4 v H1 | F2 v H3 | B4 v D1 |
| Sweet 16 | A1 v G2 | C2 v E1 | A2 v G1 | E2 v C1 | B1 v H2 | D2 v F1 | B2 v H1 | F2 v D1 | ||||||||
| Quarter-Finals | A1 v E1 | G1 v C1 | B1 v F1 | H1 v D1 | ||||||||||||
| Semi-Finals | A1 v C1 | B1 v D1 | ||||||||||||||
| Final | A1 v B1 | |||||||||||||||
Season 20
Here are the details of Season 20
Bosmans
Background
In 1995 a Belgian player, [Jean-Marc Bosman], challenged his employment rights saying he ought to be allowed to move freely to another club at the end of his contract. The European Court of Civil Rights upheld his complaint and this had a major impact on real life European football. Players were to be treated like any other worker who could move to a new employer without a transfer fee. European football is now flooded at the end of a season by hundreds of players looking to join a new club for free.
SESL Background
The Commish implemented Bosman Players into SESL to replace both Trialist Player and a pre-season draft. The main reasons are that new managers often got confused between trialists and apprentices, plus many managers wished to re-name their trialist to that of their favourite real life player. This can now happen with Bosman Players who are named at the time of joining their new team at the start of a season.
Player Allocation
The pre-season Bosman Player allocation occurs just before the start of the current season.
- Bosman Player are free of charge and may be either GK, SW, DF, MF, WG, or FW.
- Each team gets one Bosman Player (always age 1) based on each team's finishing position during the previous season.
- The Skill Level is established by taking league position finish and adding 5 SL.
- The minimum Bosman Player Skill Level is 6, and the maximum 16 SL.
This means all teams finishing 11th to 16th place get the same SL of Player and prevents teams in the relegation zone just giving up towards the end of a season just to get a higher SL Bosman Player.
- These players are allowed to be traded without playing 10 games, unlike other player acquisitions.
Awards
Manager of the Season
Each Division will have Manager of the season, as voted by all the managers in the forum.
- 2TP or +2 OTF
Golden Boot
Golden Boot
- 300k
Silver Boot
- 200k
Bronze Boot
- 100k
Golden Gloves
Golden Gloves
- 200k
Silver Gloves
- 100k
Bronze Gloves
- 50k
Other Awards
Most Man of the Match awards
- 100k or +1 OTF
Rookie Hotshot
- 200k
- Age 0 only
Golden Oldie Hotshot
- 100k
- Age 5+ only
Worst Shooter
- 50k
Fair Play Team Award
- 100k or +1 OTF

