Gundo's FM15 European Adventure Challenge™

England          185 
Spain            180 
Germany          172  
Italy            170 
France           155
Portugal         145 
Russia           143 
Turkey           135 
Netherlands      134
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Ukraine          130 
Greece           128  
Belgium          122 [/b][b]
Romania          118[/b][i] 
[b]Scotland        117[/b][/i][b][b]
Denmark          115[/b][/b] [b]
Switzerland      114[/b][b] 
Austria          112[/b][b][b] 
Czech Republic   112[/b][/b]  [b][i]
Israel           111[/i][/b][b] 
Poland           109[/b] 
[b]Serbia           108
[/b][b][b]Croatia          106
[/b][/b][b][b]Bulgaria         106[/b][/b][b][b] 
Slovakia         106[/b][/b][b]  
Norway           105[/b]  [b][b]
Belarus          104[/b][/b][b][b] 
Sweden           102[/b][/b][b]  
Slovenia         99  
Hungary          98
[/b][b]Iceland          95[/b] 
[b]Finland          90[/b]  [b]
Ireland          90 
N. Ireland       72[/b]  
[b]Wales            58[/b]    

• Load a game with all the available divisions within the nation you have selected; only one nation is allowed.
  

• You are free to use a Large, Medium or Small a database.
  

• You are free to load players from Top Clubs (Europe or All Continents - This increases the challenge at Continental Level).
  

• You are free to load Players Based in Your Nation Only.
  

• You are also free to load current international players from each continent if you choose.
  

• NO other additional customising is allowed.
  

• Attribute masking should be enabled.
  
  

• Add yourself as an unemployed Manager (hol_man); the personal details are not important at all.
  

• Then go on holiday until the new seasons teams are generated, each country will be different, so be sure to check the table below. An example: Norway's is 13th January. (Hint - saving the day before on 12th January for Norway, should give you a better choice of teams by being able to quit and reloading the game). A list of rough dates for your relevant nation will be listed below.
  

• Then retire your original manager profile.
  

• Add a new manager, the person details are up to you but 'past experience' must be set as 'Sunday League Footballer' when available. Coaching badges must be set to 'None', but he coaching attributes are completely up to you.
  

• I understand that choosing your nationality may have an effect later on, but I trust people will be sensible with this, I would expect people to use their own nationalities/second nationalities.
  

• Take over one of the newly promoted clubs to the lowest playable division within your selected nation. If you are not sure about which clubs have been promoted simply check the nation overview screen and check the promoted teams to the bottom division in the 'season summary' section.
  

• It is completely up to you which club you choose, although please appreciate that some clubs may be easier to manage than others. example; Some clubs will have a full squad of players and staff, while others won't. Also some will have higher reputations than others making it easier to sign players ect. So choose wisely. The nation you've chosen to manage in will affect difficulty too.
  

• It is now up to you to manage your chosen club to their domestic title and to win the UEFA Champions League.
  

• You are not permitted to move between clubs unless you are sacked; whereby then you can either take over a newly promoted club to the lowest playable division next time the reset date comes round or simply quit your current save and start over.
  

• Any form of international management is not allowed, until you have completed the challenge.
  

• There are no restrictions on assigning feeder/parent clubs.
  

• You can only sign players that you are able to scout or trial at the club first, so in short the player must have the 'Get scout report' button on his profile screen. The one exception to this is when you ask a current squad member to recommend a new signing, It is then ok to sign him as the player who recommended him knows of him anyway.If an agent offers you a player, it is ok to sign the player.
  

• No external utilities such as FMScout.
  
  

• Player naming is allowed. (This is a warning for those of you who do not wish to see this)
  

• Discussion on tactics is allowed. (This is another warning for those of you who do not wish to see this)
  

• Screenshots for anything in-game are encouraged, as are youtube clips of matches ect. I will advise you to put video clips as links only though and not as a direct click and play type.This will keep the thread fairly clutter free and make browsing it quicker.
  

• When you join the challenge, could you post a screenshot of your managers Personal Screen (it's the screen that shows your starting rep., dob ect.) on the date you take control at your new club.
  

• Progress of your club should be documented using this thread. We want to hear the story of your club all the way through (success or failure). So please keep us updated, even if you are doing really badly.
  

• At the end of every season, could everyone post some kind of season review, including the minimum of a screenshot of the league table. If you give this a title in bold it makes it a bit easier for others to pick out.
  
  
• Use of save game editors is strictly banned, whatever the reason. Ticking that box at the start should see to this.
  

Hall Of Fame courtesy of johnnyquest409.

Currently on holiday in Switzerland been looking forward to this one

Was great to have the time to finally get it posted up. I'll be back with an attempt once the full release is out.

Long time player of this challenge albeit under a different user name. I think I may dive in here.

I can confirm the reset date for Switzerland is the 20th of June

Looking forward to attempting this challenge after full release

Thanks for the reset date confirmation people.

And it is up and running!

Good luck to all the challengers out there. I will ply my trade in Denmark this year, but not until the full version is up and running and a few patches is out.

I'll probably be waiting like Taunton and a few others for a number of reasons, 1 I need a new laptop, 2 I usually do a season as Man utd to get used to the game and 3 i'd like to have a go at finishing the challenge in the 14 thread and as that's in Wales it could take a while

As a long term member of the Big Euro nation I'm thinking of trying a small nation as well this year. I can't decide where I want to end up yet, but for some reason a Scandinavian country, maybe Iceland, really appeals.

Reset date in Czech Republic is still 30th June.

Reset date in Bulgaria is 1st July may want to save on 30th June.

I'll play in Israel, is a country where I've never played before.

Going to try this one in the Czech Republic.

I'll be joining in as soon as the official release is out. Will be playing in Sweden, hopefully as the manager for the local team from my hometown.

Update: that team was promoted last season, so should already be in that division at the start of the game.

Oh well, I'll guess I'll go for a team from the city I currently live in.

I'll be going back to my nordic roots and seeing what Norway has in store for me!

Can confirm that Serbia's reset date is still 10th July.

I'll be going back to my nordic roots and seeing what Norway has in store for me!

Any clubs in mind cookie? I'm gonna put my all into getting this thing completed this year.

Can confirm that Serbia's reset date is still 10th July.

Cheers.

Can confirm that Denmarks reset date is 30th of june as last year.

Will Xamax appear in the Swiss reset league? I hope so.

Will Xamax appear in the Swiss reset league? I hope so.

Yes they do, it took me several reloads to get them to come up but I eventually did and have started a game with them.

Here we go!

I was happy to see Västra Frölunda take the step up to the 2nd Division WG of the Swedish league system. They are a classic team who has seen much better days, and are now bouncing back and forth between the 2nd and 3rd regionals. They are also based just a few kilometers from my home, so it's easy to identify with them.

Here's my manager profile and information.

I haven't had time to do much more than just fire up the game and holiday to reset date (which I can confirm to be Dec 15th), but I will get going with the challenge soon.

There isn't a relegation spot in the Netherlands this year. Do we have to pick the team that finished in last position in the first season?

There isn't a relegation spot in the Netherlands this year. Do we have to pick the team that finished in last position in the first season?

It's upto you guys, what do you think?I think I've said in the past it would render a nation unplayable, but I'm open to suggests.

After a bit of deliberation i've decided Slovenia is the place for me to start my first FM 15 save. I'd already made my mind up that Ilirija were the club I wanted to take charge of after looking at the sides in the 3rd tier that would be eligible after the reset mostly because they are Slovenia's oldest club. Haven't made any signings as of yet as i'm waiting for adverts in the job center to be answered We're 13th in the finances list and with the chairman wanting to leave hopefully we will get luck and have a bit more cash pumped in.

Gundo I can also confirm the reset date for Slovenia is again 1st July

It's upto you guys, what do you think?I think I've said in the past it would render a nation unplayable, but I'm open to suggests.

I agree with you, Gundo. Isn't that why you removed Ireland?

And good luck in Slovenia, Dexter!

I agree with you, Gundo. Isn't that why you removed Ireland?And good luck in Slovenia, Dexter!

Yeah true. I do hope promotions are re-introduced in the Netherlands again soon.

I'd keep it as available, but it's up to you, Gundo.

Reset date for Croatia is still 20th of June.

Going to give this a try in Belgium...

KFCO Beerschot-Wilrijk (Beerschot from here on out) has a lineage starting in 1899 as Beerschot on the outskirts of Antwerp. They reached the top division in 1989 and played in the UEFA Cup twice. Beerschot merged with Germinal Ekeren in 1999 and had more success, winning a Belgian Cup but ran into financial difficulties which led to bankruptcy in 2013. They subsequently merged with KFCO Wilrijk and played in the Provincial leagues for a season before being promoted after my 2014/2015 holiday.

We should have a good potential fanbase in Antwerp although we are the second team behind Royal Antwerp. Good sized (12,296 seat) stadium in Olympisch Stadion. We're pegged at 20-1, right in the middle but the best odds are only 8-1 so we should have a chance. We start out with an affiliation set up with AA Gent so that should help.

I've asked here to hopefully get an answer about promotion from the Topklasse

Not a great season by any means but considering I jumped straight in to the challenge without testing any tactics i'm happy we at least did enough to stay up. Not being able to afford an assistant manager also didn't help our cause but i'm hoping now we've survived the season we can attract one this year.

My aim for the coming season is to try and improve the tactic and hopefully climb a bit higher, finances are good and we are lucky to be a side that doesn't lose much money each month (the finances actually improved after that screenshot and it is now just over £415k) so hopefully in a few seasons time we can really improve the squad.

ND Ilirija Ljubljana

Transfers - Table - Cup - Urtelj - Finances

Not a great season by any means but considering I jumped straight in to the challenge without testing any tactics i'm happy we at least did enough to stay up. Not being able to afford an assistant manager also didn't help our cause but i'm hoping now we've survived the season we can attract one this year.

My aim for the coming season is to try and improve the tactic and hopefully climb a bit higher, finances are good and we are lucky to be a side that doesn't lose much money each month (the finances actually improved after that screenshot and it is now just over £415k) so hopefully in a few seasons time we can really improve the squad.

Not that bad. You will probably improve next season.

I can honestly say I haven't heard of one single team in that division ever.

Cheers Taunton. Tbh I wouldn't have heard of most of them if it wasn't for the fact this is my 3rd attempt at the challenge in Slovenia or had a save as Olimpija Ljubljana on FM 12

I do like saves in Slovenia as it takes a lot to overcome Maribor let alone do much in Europe so it keeps it interesting. Thankfully survival helped attract a better standard of players so we are 3rd (point off 2nd and 6 off top) with 9 games to go. I am really flying through this at the moment as i'm on a new laptop at last and also got some time off work sick so it's taking about 5 hours or so to do a season whereas previously i'd be lucky to do even a season in this challenge in a day

I've asked here to hopefully get an answer about promotion from the Topklasse

Super, maybe one of the researchers can shed some light on the situation.

The promotion was unexpected but pretty much deserved despite the scare in the 2nd leg of the playoff as our form was superb all season long. The 14 goals from Sesak certainly helped and it was a big improvement of the 4 our leading scorer managed last season The defence had also tightened considerably which was good to see after the previous year.

As always with promotion there is something that pops up that causes expense and for us it was a terrace conversion, the club also turned pro which was at least some good news.

Even with the ability to scout all over Europe now with the promotion and 20 trails being offered afters from agents it's been a case of either players not being good enough or we can't offer enough wages (£400 is the max) so there has only been 2 signings so far as we go in to the eve of our first top flight game.

Season	    League		   Position	   Slovenian Cup
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2015/16     Second League          7th		   Qualifying Round
2016/17     Second League          2nd             First Round

First time trying this challenge so looking forward getting involved. Good luck to everyone taking part!.. Romania is the chosen destination for my journey. I can confirm that the league reset date is 1st July rather than 30th June.

C.F Millenium Giarmata

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The main thing that stands out about the club is the mighty 300 seater stadium! , already looking forward to the expansion of the ground and how it will appear in this years game.

I can confirm that Slovakia's reset date is 29 June

Just waiting on one of the clubs I've chosen to lead to pop up before updating...

Hungary's reset date is still 20th June

Going to give this a try in Belgium...

KFCO Beerschot-Wilrijk

Theo Bleesz

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Club History

KFCO Beerschot-Wilrijk (Beerschot from here on out) has a lineage starting in 1899 as Beerschot on the outskirts of Antwerp. They reached the top division in 1989 and played in the UEFA Cup twice. Beerschot merged with Germinal Ekeren in 1999 and had more success, winning a Belgian Cup but ran into financial difficulties which led to bankruptcy in 2013. They subsequently merged with KFCO Wilrijk and played in the Provincial leagues for a season before being promoted after my 2014/2015 holiday.

We should have a good potential fanbase in Antwerp although we are the second team behind Royal Antwerp. Good sized (12,296 seat) stadium in Olympisch Stadion. We're pegged at 20-1, right in the middle but the best odds are only 8-1 so we should have a chance. We start out with an affiliation set up with AA Gent so that should help.

I hate Beerschot in real life, but good luck with the challenge.

BTW, isn't the correct logo. Is the old logo.

It went right to the final game to secure survival but we just about about managed it. There were lots of tough times during the season but for the majority of it we managed to stay around 8th with a high of 6th when we had a decent run just before the winter break which in all honesty was probably the biggest reason we stayed up. A few of the trials offered out eventually seen us get a pair of gems in Javier Silva and Careca who took a while to settle in but started showing their potential in the later stages of the season.

We have been given a £14k a week wage budget for this season which is a massive increase on the £4k of last year so i'm hoping we can avoid a lot of the rejections we had by players like last year due to the £400 a week limit, but obviously I won't be offering silly money out either as we need to establish ourselves in this division for a while yet.

I've convinced the board to improve coach and assistant manager wages so I can finally add a few more in the coaching roles and hopefully finally get an assistant manager as this has been one of my biggest frustrations over the last 3 seasons. We can attract an ass man but when they want £1k or over and I can only pay £300 there is nothing I can do and I feel not having one will eventually come back to bite me. In fact so far on FM15 this is my biggest complaint, along with the fact if you keep it open after the initial few applicants it seems you get no more and have to take the ad down and then put it back up But even now it doesn't seem enough to hire even an average one.

We had one 4* come through our youth intake, i'm not entirely convinced but he's been improving month by month so he might be worth keeping an eye on. The youth coaching went up to average over the summer so hopefully it won't be too long before some good products start to come through on a regular basis.

Aim for the season is again to stay up, the squad has been improved with 4/5 new players as i've been typing so hopefully that will make survival a bit easier.

Season	    League		   Position	   Slovenian Cup
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2015/16     Second League          7th		   Qualifying Round
2016/17     Second League          2nd             First Round
2017/18     PrvaLiga               7th             First Round

Neuchâtel Xamax - 2015/16 - Season 1

Have flown through a couple of seasons as have had some time off of work. Will provide brief updates of the seasons I have done and will add more depth as I catch up.

Manager Profile

Table - finished in at 7th fairly comfortably.

Cup - a run to the third round including knocking out a super league team.

Season      Competition        Position   Swiss Cup
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2015/16     Challenge League   7th        3rd Round   

I hate Beerschot in real life, but good luck with the challenge.

BTW, isn't the correct logo. Is the old logo.

Yeah, wasn't quite sure about the logo, was hoping this one was current as I liked it. Oh well, I'll get it changed, thank you for the heads up.

Super, maybe one of the researchers can shed some light on the situation.

Answer to the Dutch question is here

What does everyone think then? The only solution really is play as the bottom side or exclude the Dutch league from the challenge, but obviously if you're allowed to be the bottom Dutch side then it would also mean bringing back the LOI with the same rule. I know with Scotland in the big Euro they allowed you to play as the bottom side.

My game won't load Going to try and get UTA Arad in Romania and possibly do a youth only challenge

Sorry to hear that Dexter. I think I will allow bottom finishing club only from Ireland and The Netherlands to be played.

Sorry to hear that Dexter. I think I will allow bottom finishing club only from Ireland and The Netherlands to be played.

It's a pain because we were 5th with 7 games to go when I saved last night

Just found out the Big Euro Challenge has taken Ireland over btw so guess that's out of the question now

After much deliberating between Partizan Minsk and a Greek side i've decided to go for Aris, the side I wanted was MGS Panserraikos but they were in the same division as Aris and with Aris' rep being so much higher I got bored tbh as it was only them whoever came up

Sorry to be off-topic, but why isn't Scotland allowed?

Sorry to be off-topic, but why isn't Scotland allowed?

No promotions or relegations from the bottom tier.

Ah ok, you still have Netherlands listed as available. Never done a Euro challenge before but going to give this a go