0 a football club from a low division that provides training and experience for young players, with an agreement that successful players can leave to join a club in a higher division
Alverca, then its feeder club, in the second division.
Having a feeder club in wealthy countries, where football is gaining a gradually better reputation, has also proved to be very beneficial.
In turn the parent club gains scouting knowledge for the area that the feeder club is in if it is in another country than that club.
Clubs should be at the centre of a network of feeder clubs.
Players from feeder clubs are allowed to play under dual registration for additional development benefit.
Reserve teams play in the same league pyramid as their feeder clubs, but, like in most other leagues, can't be promoted to the same division.
Club-based teams returned to regional leagues, and became feeder clubs for the regional franchises.
Also, an option to edit the feeder clubs is not available.
