[FM10] Persma Manado: Indonesian Minnows to World Champions and Beyond!

Persma Hall of Fame

'For those who have demonstrated the ability to carry Persma Manado to new and greater heights, winning individual accolades while with the club, and showing loyalty to the club. Only a select few will be inducted to this prestigious hall, and only those who have retired from their playing career are eligible for the Hall of Fame.'

Persma Roll of Honour

'For those who are consistent year in and year out, and have guided the club to greater things and have spent a minimum of 5 years at the club. These players have achieved individual accomplishments along with winning medals for the club. These players can be eligible for the Hall of Fame if they reach the standards to become a Hall of Famer once they retire.'

Persma All-time Statistical Leaders

Games Played:

[font=Courier New]Rank Player          Games
1st  Luis Hendrawan    213
2nd  Yance Setiawan    190
3rd  Arif Warobay      184
4th  Hadi Kasim        183
5th  Rudy Imron        180
6th  M. Darwis         160
7th  Ricky Mandacan    159
8th  Mario Castillo    157
9th  Firman Mandagi    144
10th Mochammad Kusuma  129
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Goals:

[font=Courier New]Rank Player          Goals
1st  Yance Setiawan     83
2nd  Firman Mandagi     65
3rd  Adi Wirahadi       32
4th  Mario Castillo     27
5th  Arif Warobay       21
6th  Luis Hendrawan     20
7th  M. Darwis          12
8th  Ricky Mandacan     11
9th  Serge N'Diefi       9
10th Maulana Handoyo     8
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Assists:

[font=Courier New]Rank Player        Assists
[/font][font=Courier New]1st  Yance Setiawan     64[/font]
[font=Courier New]2nd  Firman Mandagi     56[/font]
[font=Courier New]3rd  Luis Hendrawan     46[/font]
[font=Courier New]4th  Arif Warobay       45[/font][font=Courier New]
5th  Ricky Mandacan     32[/font]
[font=Courier New]6th  Mario Castillo     29
7th  Rudy Imron         13
8th  Nelson Lopez       10
9th  Muhammad Mulyadi    9
10th Cristiano Acuna     8
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Persma Manado

Indonesia

First Division (Group A)

2010-2011

Media Prediction: 1st

Finishing Position: First Phase - 1st, Second Phase - 1st, Final - Runner-up

Indonesian Cup: lost in 2nd Round to Persipura 6-1 aggregate

Squad

Squad 1

Squad 2

The squad didn't have a lot of players, so I had to sign most of them. One thing they did have though was an abundance of goalkeepers...

Transfers

Transfers

I didn't sign Imron and Stradilin, but Imron did turn out to be pretty useful to the club. I utilized a lot of loans from my parent club, and will probably do the same next year to minimize costs...

Finances

Finances

Partly helped by the money making cup matches...

Key Players

M. Darwis

Nono Sri Hartono

Adi Wirahadi

Club Information

Overview

Facilities

Affiliates

Goals for 2011-2012

• survive
  
• improve finances
  

[font=Courier New]Year       Division         Position    Indonesian Cup   Other
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4185332&postcount=161"]2010-2011[/url]  First Division        1st         2nd Round     N/A
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Persma Manado

Indonesia

Premier Division (Group A)

2011-2012

Media Prediction: 9th

Finishing Position: First Phase - 4th

Indonesian Cup: lost in 4th Round

Squad

Squad 1

Squad 2

Transfers

Transfers

I revamped the squad to survive the Premier Division, and also signed my first foreigner.

Future Transfers

I have this good prospect signed for next year.

Finances

Finances

A big profit thanks to a long cup run, end of season award money, and a nice investment by the new chairman. He says he will consider replacing me, but I believe I can stay from the performance I've shown.

Key Players

GK - Dedi Heryanto

DR - Imam Suprapto

DC - M. Darwis

DC/DM/MC - Rudy Imron

MC - Arif Warobay

ST - Yance Setiawan

Club Information

Affiliations

Overview

Facilities

Goals for 2012-2013

• promotion push
  
• find a young striker
  
• continue to make money
  

[font=Courier New]Year       Division         Position    Indonesian Cup   Other
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4185332&postcount=161"]2010-2011[/url]  First Division        1st         2nd Round     N/A
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4195615&postcount=209"]2011-2012[/url]  Premier Division      4th         4th Round     N/A
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Persma Manado

Indonesia

Premier Division (Group A)

2012-2013

Media Prediction: 8th

Finishing Position: First Stage - Winners, Second Stage - Winners Final - Runner-up

Indonesian Cup: Lost in Quarter-final

Squad

Squad 1

Squad 2

Transfers

Transfers

Future Transfer: Hendra Ridwan

Finances

Finances

Made a big loss, due to a big increase in Player Bonuses and no money spinning cup matches this time...

Key Players

GK - Dedi Heryanto

DC - M. Darwis

DL/DC - Luis Hendrawan

MC - Arif Warobay

MC - Marios Castillo

ST - Firman Mandagi

ST - Yance Setiawan

Club Information

Overview

Facilities

Affiliations

Goals for 2013-2014

• survive the Super League
  
• make profit
  
• offseason signing list: strengthen my midfield, a good GK to push Heryanto, and a starting right back
  

[font=Courier New]Year       Division         1st Stage 2nd Stage    Indonesian Cup   Other
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4185332&postcount=161"]2010-2011[/url]  First Division        1st        1st         2nd Round     N/A
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4195615&postcount=209"]2011-2012[/url]  Premier Division      4th        N/A         4th Round     N/A
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4222681&postcount=272"]2012-2013[/url]  Premier Division      1st        1st     Quarter Final     N/A
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Persma Manado

Indonesia

Super League

2013-2014

Media Prediction: 18th

Finishing Position: 1st

Indonesian Cup: 3rd Place

It was a fantastic season, both in league play and in the cup. We basically led the league after a third of the season, and never looked back. We started off the season well, with a win over a top Super League team Persipura (a very good team IRL), and we started with 6 consecutive wins. The media were doubting our abilities to say on top, but we proved them wrong. We held on all season, and despite a poor stretch of form near the end of the season, we got enough points to clinch the title with 3 games remaining.

Squad

Squad 1

Squad 2

Transfers

Transfers

My first transfer in the Super League, which was to get GK Imran Iskandar, paid immediate dividends at the club, replacing my old GK. Hendra Ridwan is now my 3rd striker (5 goals, 3 assists, 6.77 rating). Rahmad Suwondo was my main midfield backup (0g, 3a, 6.76). Djoko Saputro (1g, 1a, 6.91) is a young left back with a good future at the club.

Finances

Finances

Key Players

My Starting XI:

GK - Imran Iskandar

DR - M. Darwis

DC - Mochammad Kusuma

DC - Hadi Kasim

DL - Luis Hendrawan

DM - Rudy Imron

MC - Arif Warobay

MC - Mario Castillo

MC - Ricky Mandacan

ST - Firman Mandagi

ST - Yance Setiawan

Club Information

Overview

Facilities

Affiliations

Awards

Manager of the Year

Player of the Year

Team of the Year

Young Player of the Year

Goals for 2014-2015

• retain the title
  
• compete in the Asian Champions League
  
• some midfield depth wouldn't hurt for next year
  
• need a backup goalkeeper
  

[font=Courier New]Year       Division         1st Stage 2nd Stage    Indonesian Cup     ACL
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4185332&postcount=161"]2010-2011[/url]  First Division        1st        1st         2nd Round     N/A
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4195615&postcount=209"]2011-2012[/url]  Premier Division      4th        N/A         4th Round     N/A
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4222681&postcount=272"]2012-2013[/url]  Premier Division      1st        1st     Quarter Final     N/A
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4243215&postcount=295"]2013-2014[/url]  Super League          1st        N/A         3rd Place     N/A
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Persma Manado

Indonesia

Super League

2014-2015

Media Prediction: 4th

Finishing Position: 1st

Indonesian Cup: Lost in 4th Round

Asian Champions League:

When the groups were announced, I was already pleased with just participating in the competition and hopefully not losing every game by 5 goals. Urawa Reds are always a tough team, as well as Pohang. I played in China long enough to know that Guangzhou should be a team where I can get a point or two, since they're not at the level of Shandong, Shenhua or Beijing.

Here is the game by game scores of the 6 group matches:

Game 1 - Persma 2-1 Urawa Reds - we were deemed to have absolutely no chance of winning, but I was surprised to win in the end.

Game 2 - Pohang 3-0 Persma - back to reality in our trip to South Korea...

Game 3 - Guangzhou 0-3 Persma - a shocker. We embarrass Guangzhou in China...

Game 4 - Urawa Reds 0-0 Persma - we surely have to lose...but we draw the Japanese side in front of nearly 50,000 spectators!

Game 5 - Persma 4-0 Pohang - we lost in Korea 3-0. We surely can't win against the Korean side at home right? No, we actually win 4-0...

Game 6 - Persma 2-0 Guangzhou - we haven't clinched the group yet, so a good result against Guangzhou will give us first place. And we win again.

Final Group Stage Standings

We are tied with Urawa Reds for points, but the first tie-breaker is goal difference, and so we finish 1st in the group and have a home game in the Second Round, against Japanese side S-Pulse.

2nd Round: Persma 2-0 S-Pulse - we took an early lead and we never gave it up!

Our next opponent in the Quarter-Final is unknown, we will probably know when the league resets in a few days.

South East Asian Club Championship:

Just realized that I'm also in this competition. We're in group B with the Filipino Army team and QAF FC of Brunei. We should win this competition...

Squad

Squad 1

Squad 2

Transfers

Transfers

IN:

Fabiano

Frans Suhendra

Nelson Lopez

Serge N'Diefi

Finances

Finances

I have no idea why I spent US$700k more on ground maintenance this year than last year...

Key Players

GK - Imran Iskandar

DR - Hadi Kasim

DC - Fabiano

DC - Mochammad Kusuma

DL - Luis Hendrawan

DM - Rudy Imron

MC - Arif Warobay

MC - Mario Castillo

MC - Ricky Mandacan

ST - Firman Mandagi

ST - Yance Setiawan

Club Information

Overview

Facilities

No point doing Affiliations because there seems to be a bug in this save where I can't get a feeder club for some reason...

Awards

Super League Player of the Year - Yance Setiawan - 1st place

Super League Young Player of the Year - Yance Setiawan (1st), Ricky Mandacan (2nd)

Super League Top Goalscorer - Yance Setiawan - 2nd place

Indonesian Cup Top Goalscorer - Firman Mandagi - 3rd place

Manager of the Year - Me - 1st place

Super League Team of the Year - Yance Setiawan

Goals for 2015-2016

• retain the title
  
• be competitive the rest of the ACL campaign
  
• win the South East Asian Club Championship
  

[font=Courier New]Year       Division         1st Stage 2nd Stage    Indonesian Cup    
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4185332&postcount=161"]2010-2011[/url]  First Division        1st        1st         2nd Round     
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4195615&postcount=209"]2011-2012[/url]  Premier Division      4th        N/A         4th Round     
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4222681&postcount=272"]2012-2013[/url]  Premier Division      1st        1st     Quarter Final     
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4243215&postcount=295"]2013-2014[/url]  Super League          1st        N/A         3rd Place
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4276964&postcount=332"]2014-2015[/url]  Super League          1st        N/A         4th Round    
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Asian Champions League

[font=Courier New]Year       Group Stage    2nd Round    Quarter-Final     Semi-Final   Final
2014-2015          [/font][font=Courier New][url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015ACLGroupStage.png"]1st[/url]      [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015ACLGame7-PersmavS-Pulse.png"]Winners[/url][/font][font=Courier New]             [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015ACL-Zob-AhanvPersma.png"]Lost[/url]            TBD     TBD [/font]

South East Asian Club Championship

[font=Courier New]Year     Group Stage  Quarter-Final   Semi-Final  3rd Place Playoff  Final
2015         [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015SEACCGroupStage.png"]Winners[/url]           [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015SEACCDaNangvPersma.png"]Lost[/url]          N/A                N/A    N/A
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Persma Manado

Indonesia

Super League

2015-2016

Media Prediction: 3rd

Finishing Position: 1st

Indonesian Cup: Winners Final

Asian Champions League:

Our group this year was a bit harder than last year, as we were in a group with Japanese side Frontale, S. Korean outfit Uslan, and a very tough Chinese opponent in Shandong. Here are all the games:

Game 1: Persma 3-0 Ulsan

Game 2: Frontale 2-0 Persma

Game 3: Shandong 0-0 Persma

Game 4: Ulsan 1-0 Persma

Game 5: Persma 2-2 Frontale

Game 6: Persma 2-0 Shandong

After 6 games, this left in 2nd in Group F, which meant we advanced but would have a tough road leg in the Second Round. Our opponents were South Korean side Seongnam,, where we won on penalties. Our Quarter-final opponent is unknown.

The journey to the Champions League title is here.

The Club World Championship journey is here

Squad

Squad

Transfers

Transfers

Future Transfer:

Zulkarnain Jamaludin

Finances

Finances

Another million in ground maintenance ate up most of my profit, but I hope my finances will be better next year. See below.

Key Players

GK - Exequiel Ledesma

DR - Muhammad Mulyadi

DC - Maulana Handoyo

DC - Mochammad Kusuma

DL - Luis Hendrawan

DM - Rudy Imron

MC - Arif Warobay

MC - Rahmad Suwondo

MC - Ricky Mandacan

ST - Firman Mandagi

ST - Yance Setiawan

Club Information

Overview

Facilities - yes, the pitch condition is terrible. The board have promised it will get relaid though. Hopefully I still won't be having to pay $1 million in ground maintenance lol.

No point doing Affiliations because there seems to be a bug in this save where I can't get a feeder club for some reason...

Awards

Super League Team of the Year

Super League Top Goalscorer

Super League Young Player of the Year

My Profile

Goals for 2016-2017

• retain the title and the Indonesian Cup
  
• be competitive the rest of the ACL campaign
  
• hope that the Indonesian manager gets sacked/retires so I can get his job!
  

[font=Courier New]Year       Division         1st Stage 2nd Stage    Indonesian Cup    
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4185332&postcount=161"]2010-2011[/url]  First Division        1st        1st         2nd Round     
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4195615&postcount=209"]2011-2012[/url]  Premier Division      4th        N/A         4th Round     
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4222681&postcount=272"]2012-2013[/url]  Premier Division      1st        1st     Quarter Final     
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4243215&postcount=295"]2013-2014[/url]  Super League          1st        N/A         3rd Place
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4276964&postcount=332"]2014-2015[/url]  Super League          1st        N/A         4th Round
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4350723&postcount=437"]2015-2016[/url]  Super League          1st        N/A           Winners    
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Asian Champions League

[font=Courier New]Year       Group Stage  2nd Round  Quarter-Final  Semi-Final   Final
2014-2015          [/font][font=Courier New][url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015ACLGroupStage.png"]1st[/url]    [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015ACLGame7-PersmavS-Pulse.png"]Winners[/url][/font][font=Courier New]           [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015ACL-Zob-AhanvPersma.png"]Lost[/url]         N/A     N/A
2015-2016          [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016ACLGroupF.png"]2nd[/url]    [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016ACLGame7-SeongnamvPersma.png"]Winners[/url]        [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016ACLGame9-PersmavAl-IttihadKSA.png"]Winners[/url]     [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016ACLGame11-PersmavPersepolis.png"]Winners[/url] [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016ACLGame12-PersmavSeoul.png"]Winners[/url][/font]

South East Asian Club Championship

[font=Courier New]Year     Group Stage  Quarter-Final   Semi-Final  3rd Place Playoff  Final
2015         [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015SEACCGroupStage.png"]Winners[/url]           [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015SEACCDaNangvPersma.png"]Lost[/url]          N/A                N/A    N/A
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Club World Championship

[font=Courier New]Year    1st Round    2nd Round     Semi-Final     Final     Other
2016          N/A      [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016CWCRound2-PersmavNewYork.png"]Winners[/url]        [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016CWCSemi-Final-PersmavSevilla.png"]Winners[/url]   [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016CWCFinal-PersmavSoPaulo.png"]Winners[/url]       N/A
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Persma Manado

Indonesia

Super League

2016-2017

Media Prediction: 2nd

Finishing Position: 1st

Indonesian Cup: Winners Final

Asian Champions League:

Game 1 - Persma 1-1 S-Pulse

Game 2 - Jeonbuk 2-1 Persma

Game 3 - Liaoning 0-2 Persma

Game 4 - S-Pulse 1-1 Persma

Game 5 - Persma 4-0 Jeanbuk

Game 6 - Persma 5-0 Liaoning

A solid 6 games meant that we finished top of our group. In the 2nd Round, we face JEF United of Japan, but it was a disappointment as we lost on penalties.

Squad

Squad 1

Squad 2

Transfers

Transfers

Finances

Finances

Key Players

GK - Exequiel Ledesma

DR - Muhammad Mulyadi

DC - Maulana Handoyo

DC - Mochammad Kusuma

DL - Andri Abdullah

DM - Rudy Imron

MC - Arif Warobay

MC - Cristian Acuna

MC - Serge N'Diefi

ST - Firman Mandagi

ST - Yance Setiawan

Club Information

Overview - Legend status

Facilities

Awards

Club Honours

2017 Asian Young Player of the Year

2017 Asian All-Star XI

Indonesian Cup MVP

Indonesian Cup Top Goalscorer

Super League Manager of the Year

Super League Player of the Year

Super League Team of the Year

Super League Top Goalscorer

Super League Young Player of the Year

Goals for 2017-2018

• resign key players
  
• retain the title and the Indonesian Cup
  
• do better in the ACL
  
• become Indonesia manager
  
• become a Continental Club
  

[font=Courier New]Year       Division         1st Stage 2nd Stage    Indonesian Cup    
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4185332&postcount=161"]2010-2011[/url]  First Division        1st        1st         2nd Round     
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4195615&postcount=209"]2011-2012[/url]  Premier Division      4th        N/A         4th Round     
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4222681&postcount=272"]2012-2013[/url]  Premier Division      1st        1st     Quarter Final     
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4243215&postcount=295"]2013-2014[/url]  Super League          1st        N/A         3rd Place
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4276964&postcount=332"]2014-2015[/url]  Super League          1st        N/A         4th Round[u]
[u][url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4369003&postcount=465"]2015-2016[/url][/u][/u]  Super League          1st        N/A           Winners
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4380410&postcount=475"]2016-2017[/url]  Super League          1st        N/A           Winners    
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Asian Champions League

[font=Courier New]Year       Group Stage  2nd Round  Quarter-Final  Semi-Final   Final
2014-2015          [/font][font=Courier New][url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015ACLGroupStage.png"]1st[/url]    [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015ACLGame7-PersmavS-Pulse.png"]Winners[/url][/font][font=Courier New]           [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015ACL-Zob-AhanvPersma.png"]Lost[/url]         N/A     N/A
2015-2016          [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016ACLGroupF.png"]2nd[/url]    [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016ACLGame7-SeongnamvPersma.png"]Winners[/url]        [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016ACLGame9-PersmavAl-IttihadKSA.png"]Winners[/url]     [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016ACLGame11-PersmavPersepolis.png"]Winners[/url] [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016ACLGame12-PersmavSeoul.png"]Winners[/url][/font]
[font=Courier New]2016-2017          [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2017ACLGroupStage.png"]1st[/url][/font][font=Courier New]       [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2017ACLGame7-PersmavJEFUtd.png"]Lost[/url][/font][font=Courier New]            N/A         N/A     N/A
2017-2018
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South East Asian Club Championship

[font=Courier New]Year     Group Stage  Quarter-Final   Semi-Final  3rd Place Playoff  Final
2015         [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015SEACCGroupStage.png"]Winners[/url]           [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2015SEACCDaNangvPersma.png"]Lost[/url]          N/A                N/A    N/A
2017         
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Club World Championship

[font=Courier New]Year    1st Round    2nd Round     Semi-Final     Final     Other
2016          N/A      [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016CWCRound2-PersmavNewYork.png"]Winners[/url]        [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016CWCSemi-Final-PersmavSevilla.png"]Winners[/url]   [url="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll131/rancer890/FM10%20Asian%20Challenge/2016CWCFinal-PersmavSoPaulo.png"]Winners[/url]       N/A
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Nice one, but not being familiar with your challenge, why only the one league?

(Though that's probably just me wanting to run many leagues )

Nice one, but not being familiar with your challenge, why only the one league?

(Though that's probably just me wanting to run many leagues)

It's challenge rules. You can only load one league.

It's like all the other small club to big club challenges in the CSE forum, where you're only allowed to load one league.

Now that I have achieved in becoming the best club in the world at one time, I have some new goals...that sound impossible but I already did the near impossible so I don't mind if it takes me a while to achieve it.

Some of them include:

• Persma making the top 100 richest clubs (still US$25 million or so behind 100th, we're best in Indonesia with estimated value of US$19 million)
  
• become Continental club (this is definitely achievable)
  
• perfect season (we were close last year)
  

I have a few other goals as well...one of them is trying to find an Indonesian Smylie.

That explains it. I've never been in CSE.

Persma 2017 Summer Update

Over the summer, Persma participated in 2 friendly tournaments with the top European clubs.

European Tour League

In a mini league with three of the Big Four English clubs, we managed to secure 2 draws (Chelsea and Liverpool) and 1 loss (Manchester United). The Liverpool result was fantastic considering we were down 3-1 around 80th minute, but goals from Yance Setiawan and a 93rd minute penalty gave us a draw.

Standings

Persma 3-3 Liverpool

Europe-Asia Cup

The cup competition with Real Madrid, Inter, and Juventus. We were drawn with Real Madrid, and prompty lost 3-0. Juve lost to Inter so we would face Juve in the Third Place Playoff, where we narrowly lost on penalties.

Tree

Persma 1-1 Juventus

That's it for now. Need to sleep lol. Later, there will be more updates on the ASEAN (South East Asian Cup) Tournament, and some transfer news too.

The tournaments are fun, but the best part is raking in $5 million from those two friendly tournaments.

Did you organize these tournaments yourself?

If so, nice job convincing some of the big powers to attend.

Did you organize these tournaments yourself?

If so, nice job convincing some of the big powers to attend.

Yes I do organize them myself. I did this because I was going into debt, my wage budget was getting slashed, and I wouldn't be able to sign my key players if I went into the red again.

It's actually not that hard. This is my second year organizing these tournaments with European clubs. I arranged them last year.

This was the 'big' tournament from last year. As you can see, I defeated Gremio and Chelsea. I like challenging my club against European powers because of the money and I can actually beat them.

The fee is usually $110k (it's greyed out) but if you arrange a league with 3 quality opponents you can get $5 to $6 million while only paying out $330k. Nice profit. You should try it out sometime.

I usually leave friendly-scheduling to my assistant.

i will try it...

2017 ASEAN Championship

Group Stage

This tournament for South East Asian clubs is usually quite easy for the Indonesian sides, and it was definitely a cakewalk for me. These are the elimination rounds of the tournament, and we defeated Selangor of Malaysia in the final

The awards haul:

Goalkeeper of the Tournament

Player of the Tournament

Top Goalscorer

Summer Transfers

Transfers

It was a summer where I left some loyal players go and my starting goalkeeper leave for Mexican club Cruz Azul for $1.7 million and 50% of future transfer fee clause and a friendly. It was a tough decision, but expecting to bleed a bloody load of money this year from being eliminated from the Champions League, I really needed it. Luiz Mendez is a young Argentine GK who is not as good as Ledesma but is good enough for the Indonesian Super League. I have a few free foreigner spots so I signed Mendez, Mamadi Cisse, and Hector Rebola.

League

Standings

Doing well, but pity we gave up 2 goals and lost a game already this season. So much for the perfect season.

Very impressive rancer! Only 7 years to complete your challenge, well, part of it. Now onto the international part of it. I'm also impressed with the scalps you captured on your way to claiming the ACL. Not an easy route for you.

Very impressive rancer! Only 7 years to complete your challenge, well, part of it. Now onto the international part of it. I'm also impressed with the scalps you captured on your way to claiming the ACL. Not an easy route for you.

The sad thing is I didn't noice Benny Dollo, the Indonesian manager retired, and they replaced him with someone else (and I can say I'm way better than him) without me knowing.

They're already qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Spain, so hoping that they lose and maybe I can apply for the job...

With an Indonesian club, you're always the underdog since you're in a group with a Japanese, Korean, Chinese, or Australian club. I don't find the Japanese or Chinese clubs that intimidating tbh, but I haven't done well against the Koreans.

Congrats again on taking Persma to the top (despite those international call-ups). Shame about the national job - where you subscribed to the Idonesian teams news feed? I guess you'll have to hope they flop in the next set of qualifiers.

The sad thing is I didn't noice Benny Dollo, the Indonesian manager retired, and they replaced him with someone else (and I can say I'm way better than him) without me knowing.

They're already qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Spain, so hoping that they lose and maybe I can apply for the job...

With an Indonesian club, you're always the underdog since you're in a group with a Japanese, Korean, Chinese, or Australian club. I don't find the Japanese or Chinese clubs that intimidating tbh, but I haven't done well against the Koreans.

Why dont you just add a new manager and then retire him ?

Congrats again on taking Persma to the top (despite those international call-ups). Shame about the national job - where you subscribed to the Idonesian teams news feed? I guess you'll have to hope they flop in the next set of qualifiers.

Yes I was to Indonesia 'Events' and 'Jobs'. I should have checked after the AFC Qualifiers were done, which was basically the only time in my challenge which I failed to do so after an International competition.

And MeLikeFM, I can do that, but I'll have to resign from Persma and simulate 5 years, from my own challenge rules , which I don't want to do...

The Indonesian squad is all home grown too, and not a single player is based outside of the country. In my previous attempt with China, half the squad played in Europe.

2018 World Cup in Spain

The groups:

Group A: Sweden (28th), Tunisia (40th), Australia (32nd), Germany (2nd)

Group B: Turkey (17th), Japan (31st), Ivory Coast (15th), Argentina (5th)

Group C: South Korea (39th), Peru (24th), Netherlands (3rd), Croatia (14th)

Group D: Spain (4th), Israel (18th), Costa Rica (53rd), Chile (27th)

Group E: Serbia (19th), Mexico (11th), Cameroon (13th), Brazil (8th)

Group F: Saudi Arabia (34th), Uruguay (12th), England (7th), Portugal (9th)

Group G: Mali (35th), Ukraine (20th), Indonesia (26th), Italy (1st)

Group H: Romania (22nd), United States (29th), France (6th), Ghana (36th)

I'll give an update on the World Cup when the time comes, with specific emphasis on Indonesia. I'm only on January 1st, 2018 now so you can start predicting now.

The groups seem predictable, although it'll be tough to predict who's advancing after Brazil in Group E. I do think Indonesia will be tough though, and they have a good chance of advancing. I think in terms of the other Asian clubs, Australia have a good chance of advancing, but Japan, South Korea, and the Saudis will have a bit more trouble.

My predictions:

Group A: Germany, Australia

Group B: Argentina, Ivory Coast

Group C: Netherlands, Croatia

Group D: Spain, Chile

Group E: Brazil, Mexico

Group F: Portugal, England

Group G: Italy, Indonesia

Group H: France, United States