Dragan My Feet Through The Balkans Part II: Bosnia & Herzegovina

[shaunvamos]

 

 

 

Well, that's Europe over for the year, we really have to get back to winning the league.

[shaunvamos]

2026/27 Mid Season Update

 

 

We've taken advantage of not going as far as I would've liked in Europe, and had an undefeated first half of the year. We are dominating teams, but Sarajevo are far too close for my liking, despite them making the Europa League groups. 

 

 

National Team

 

 

 

 

I didn't really expect anything more against the 2nd and 3rd ranked teams in the world, we didn't even score!

 

 

 

2026 World Cup

 

 

 

A 48 team World Cup!

 

Second Round

 

 

 

 

So many matches! Belgium and Italy exit earlier than expected, but they did get a horror draw.

 

 

Round of 16

 

 

Massive shakeups here, with France, England, Brazil and Colombia all being eliminated by teams they were expected to beat. Norway look very strong.

 

 

Last 8

 

The Norwegian dream was crushed by Germany, as was Paraguay's. Austria upset Spain, but in the end Portugal win their first World Cup!

[torsportsfan]

Very cool. My GF's Serbian so I'm thinking of starting up a game with her hometown's local club (FK Sloboda in Novi Kozarci).

Inspiration that I can guide this team to success.  Would you have any tips? I'm also looking to boost the Serbian league and national team.

Will be following!

[Sheriff7]

I don't know if i like a 48 teams WC but seeing Canada,Jamaica and Uzbekistan reaching knockout rounds is very good.

[shaunvamos]

On 14/12/2018 at 15:58, torsportsfan said:

Very cool. My GF's Serbian so I'm thinking of starting up a game with her hometown's local club (FK Sloboda in Novi Kozarci).

Inspiration that I can guide this team to success.  Would you have any tips? I'm also looking to boost the Serbian league and national team.

Will be following!

Oh nice one! It's always cool to have a personal connection to a save before you start it, in my opinion it helps me to keep going with it. 

If you're doing a youth only challenge the only real tips I can give you are to improve the junior coaching and youth recruitment as quickly as possible (preferably the junior coaching) as that increases the intake day current ability which is vital for youth saves especially if you start with a lower league team. Also play to your teams strengths formation wise, try and get your best XI on the field where possible, although I usually make sure I have 2 CBs and at least 2 central midfielders.

 

in terms of boosting the Serbian league and national team, I don't think you'd have to worry much, as Serbia generally produce some quality players from their big clubs like Partizan, Red Star and Vojvodina among others.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Sheriff7 said:

I don't know if i like a 48 teams WC but seeing Canada,Jamaica and Uzbekistan reaching knockout rounds is very good.

Yeah it's definitely an odd sight, it certainly makes the posts take longer because more screenshots 😀

[Fikintiki]

great save. thanks for sharing w ith us

[shaunvamos]

2027 Youth Intake

 

 

We are getting really lucky with these intakes, another 5* prospect.

 

 

He looks class already, and he has a whole lot of development to go. I'm looking forward to making some money off him.

 

 

We have had a decent keeper come in every year for the last 3, so I don't know how he will fare.

[shaunvamos]

2026/27 Season Review

 

 

We got it back, but we did our best to lose it, falling to defeat in a third of our games after the break. We really need to push on now, hopefully back to European group football.

 

Transfers

 

 

About 150 loans and selling off a player we didn't need.

 

 

Stats Leaders/Best XI

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Players

 

Solid as ever.

 

 

 

 

Other News

 

 

 

 

Bosnian Clubs in Europe

 

FK Sarajevo

 

Zrinjski

 

Velez Mostar

 

 

 

Progress

 

 

 

 

[shaunvamos]

 

Should be simple.

[shaunvamos]

 

 

 

Routine.

 

 

We lost to them last year on away goals. We have a stronger team than last year I feel, so hopefully we can get revenge.

[shaunvamos]

 

 

 

Revenge is a dish best served in Poland.

 

 

 

A tough task. They're European mainstays and are consistently in the knockout stages of the Europa League.

[shaunvamos]

 

 

 

A massive effort by the boys, in perhaps our biggest win to date!

 

 

Ludogorets stand in front of us for a spot in the Champions League. They are probably around the same quality as CSKA, although they have more real players because the league is playable. 

Fun fact: the manager of Ludogorets is Yaya Toure and the first player I ever sold is still playing there!

[shaunvamos]

 

 

Ludogorets were a class above, they never really gave us a chance. But at least we are back in the Europa groups!

 

 

 

There's a wide spread of nationalities in this years edition which is good to see. Our group looks good for our progression, I'm confident we can handle both Zorya and Malmo, but Spurs are probably runaway winners of the group.

[shaunvamos]

2027 End of Year Update

Leading the league into the break, and it is very much a four horse race. Any one of the top 4 can win it, although my money will be on Sarajevo if it doesn't end up being us.

 

 

Europa League

 

 

 

Our most impressive performance in Europe to date, with comfortable wins against Zorya and Malmo and drawing away at Tottenham!

 

 

National Team

 

 

 

 

We had to beat Greece to qualify for the Euros, which we did emphatically at the expense of Belgium! Not expecting much from the Euros, but you never know.

[shaunvamos]

 

A very tough draw for us, but also good to see Sarajevo have progressed to the knockouts too, but they have a much easier draw than us.

[shaunvamos]

January Transfer Update

 

Usually I don't make individual transfer updates, but this window we made two major sales.

 

 

 

 

 

We say goodbye to our two headliners from the 2025 intake, and for very good terms. As is the norm for the rules I set this challenge we have 50% of the next sale and the loan until the end of next season. Hopefully by then the new players will have stepped up in their place.

[shaunvamos]

 

An admirable effort, but Roma are just too good for us at this stage.

[shaunvamos]

2028 Youth Intake

 

A bonus as we get two CMs to hopefully replace Novalic when the time is right.

 

 

 

Hmm, 'promising'.