We can't put off and scare away people who decide to be competitive right from the get go.
If you want to be competitive from the start, playing against bots is the way to go. Starting in Div IV might be the case in like a handful of countries, the majority of countries would feature like DIV I-III for beginners, where you need a whole year (real time) to just close up to the established teams.
There is no glory and fun in losing almost every game for a couple of seasons. Maybe give people who want to get their ass whooped at a higher level a bigger stadium and a roster of semi-useful players to start with.
Größter Knecht aller Zeiten aka His Excellency aka President for Life aka Field Marshal Al Hadji aka Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas aka aka Conqueror of the Buzzerbeater Empire in Europe in General and Austria in Particular