Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) Welcome to my first full FM20 save, where I will be taking big inspiration from @ManUtd1's Nearly Men saves and @PaulHartman71's European Champions League challenge. The aim is to, starting in China (the highest rep league in Asia) win the Champions League with a team that has never won it before and once I've won the Champions League in China then I'll move on to one of the next 3 highest ranked leagues/ nations, which are Qatar, South Korea & U.A.E. I will be managing as my Asian Persuasion player who is also probably my favourite player ever Tshewang Zangpo at the age he retired which was 35, who will have no coaching badges but will have an international footballer global reputation. EDIT: I am also using/trialling the files located here: Edited November 19, 2019 by Makoto Nakamura 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 Shandong Luneng Taishan is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is the Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium that has a seating capacity of 56,808. Their current majority shareholder is Shandong Electric Power Group Corporation, the biggest supplier of electric energy in Shandong province and itself part of the State Grid Corporation of China.. "Luneng" is the name of Luneng Group, now another subsidiary corporation of State Grid Corporation of China. The last part of the club name derives from Mount Tai. The club's predecessor was called Shandong Provincial team who were founded in April 10, 1956 while the current professional football team was established in December 2, 1993. They were one of the founding members of the first fully professional top tier league in China. Since then they have gone on to win their first ever league title in the 1999 league season. They have continued to win domestic silverware with the 2006, 2008, 2010 league titles, making them one of the most successful Chinese football teams. According to Forbes, Shandong are the 5th most valuable football team in China, with a team value of $126 million, and an estimated revenue of $24 million in 2015. So here we go, only Guangzhou Evergrande and 2nd tier Liaoning F.C. are ineligible in China so I'm taking charge of the team predicted lowest but taking part in the Asian Champions League this season, Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. who are predicted 4th in the league, and possess one Marouane Fellaini! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LUFCspeni Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Asian saves Looking forward to this, another Tshewang Zangpo please! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterjocoski Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Gogo! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Oppa Zangpo Style! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 2019 Pre-Season A solid pre-season and we made the Champions League group stage, on expectation has been met! Is this a rough group? Who knows. Three players with potential brought in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 March 2019 A solid start in the league but a worrying start in the Champions League, maybe it was a difficult group after all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karremansje Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Yes... there he is... Makuto and his new career... Excuse me I meant Tshewang Zangpo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 April 2019 A poor month on the whole with just the one league win, but we have a game in hand and can still easily get up that table, whilst in the Champions League we're only just holding on to 2nd place and a spot in the knockout rounds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 May 2019 Against the odds we've managed to qualify out of our Champions League group with just the one win! In the league we also won 3 away games thanks to two very late goals and an own goal to move us up to 3rd, one point off top spot and still with a game in hand! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 An excellent group of players you say? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 June 2019 A much quieter month but we've hit top of the league! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 July 2019 Unbeaten month and we hold on to the top spot thanks to the draw away to 2nd placed Shanghai! Another young player with potential brought in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 August 2019 We'd gone so long unbeaten and then the defeats pile up, Pelle is doing his best and scored a whopping 13 goals this month! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Tshewang! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 2019 Youth Candidates Not the greatest of intakes to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 September 2019 A point off top with 4 games to go, can we topple Shanghai? Or will Guangzhou carry on their great form right to the end and see them become unlikely winners? We're still in the Champions League after a tense penalty shootout win over South Korean side Jeonbuk and now we face surprise semi-finalists, Thai side Buriram Utd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 This is the 2nd time we've improved the junior coaching and the 1st time we've improved the youth facilities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karremansje Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 29 minutes ago, Makoto Nakamura said: 2019 Youth Candidates Not the greatest of intakes to be honest. They're not looking Chinese : Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 October 2019 We conceded in the 89th minute against Henan who are trying to pull off a great escape and now we need to win at home to Guangzhou R&F in the final game of the season and hope that Shanghai SIPG lose away to 9th placed Jiangsu, Guangzhou Evergrande still have a slight chance to win the league as well though thanks to their superior goal difference but they have to win at home to 4th placed DL Yifang and hope other results go their way. Our first Champions League Final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 What a great first leg! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 Season 1, country 1 complete! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Of course you've already completed the first country 😂😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Excellent start to your career and congrats on the AFC Champions League win with Shandong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 2019 End of Season Review A treble in my first season! Time to move onto pastures new! 2019 Best XI Wang Dalei Li Hailong - Dai Lin - Zhu Chenjie - Zheng Zheng Wang Tong Hao Junmin - Moises Pedro Delgado Wu Xinghan Graziano Pelle Sorry @PaulHartman71, I hope you don't mind me using the trophy cabinet & nations completed designs that you use! Season | Club | Country | League | Pos. | Wage | Avg Att. | Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 | Shandong | China | Ping An CFA Super League | 1st | £12,500 p/w | 41,025 | Champions League, Super League & Chinese FA Cup Winners Trophy Cabinet: Champions League x1 - 2019 (Shandong) Ping An CFA Chinese Super League x1 - 2019 (Shandong) Yanjing Beer Chinese FA Cup x1 - 2019 (Shandong) Nations Completed: 1. China - Shandong 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 And here's the situation in the other leagues loaded. No jobs available at the moment, and Ulsan seems like the most realistic move, I'll also be removing the Chinese league sand adding the Japanese leagues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 36 minutes ago, shaunvamos said: Of course you've already completed the first country 😂😂 One down, still quite a lot to go! 33 minutes ago, B.W.G said: Excellent start to your career and congrats on the AFC Champions League win with Shandong Cheers B.W.G! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 Shabab Al-Ahli were Champions League runners-up back in 2015. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 Shabab Al Ahli Club is a United Arab Emirates professional association football club based in Dubai, that currently plays in the UAE Arabian Gulf League. Al Ahli is one of the most successful clubs in the UAE. Al Ahli Club was established in 1958 in Dubai. Is an Emirati club. and its president is Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Vice President Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and the chairman of the club is Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and deputy chairman is Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. And Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed is also the head of Shabab Al Ahli Football Company. Al Ahli FC has won 7 league titles, a record of 9 UAE's President Cup titles, 4 UAE super Cup titles, 4 UAE League Cup titles and 1 Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup, earning a total of 25 titles, making them the second most successful team in UAE. In the latest ranking by IFFHS, Shabab Al Ahli is the 7th best Asian club and ranked 110 in the world and 4th in Asia. In 2017, the Dubai CSC and Al Shabab merged with Al Ahli FC making Shabab Al Ahli FC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuomo10 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 This is an interesting read so far. Great first season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodesire Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Oh my, one league done already! Pelle really carried you that season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 The pace of the updates in here...I love it YOU GET TO DRINK FROM THE FIRE HOSE!!! (And yes, @Makoto Nakamura, you're the guy with the suspenders...) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 8 hours ago, Cuomo10 said: This is an interesting read so far. Great first season It's only going to get more interesting as we visit increasingly obscure countries! 7 hours ago, rodesire said: Oh my, one league done already! Pelle really carried you that season. Pelle was a beast, which is why I included him in the best xi instead of Roger Guedes. 7 hours ago, ManUtd1 said: The pace of the updates in here...I love it YOU GET TO DRINK FROM THE FIRE HOSE!!! (And yes, @Makoto Nakamura, you're the guy with the suspenders...) And Wednesday is my day off so lots of updates today! I'm the guy in suspenders and all you readers/ followers are the kid on the rocking horse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) February 2020 An unbeaten start to life in the UAE and we're just one point away from our predicted finish of 2nd with a solid start in the Champions League as well, we also have a cup final against Baniyas to prepare for! 3 players leave us. Edited November 20, 2019 by Makoto Nakamura Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 March 2020 Three very close games but we've hit the top of our Champions League group whilst the title battle is really hotting up in the league with just 4 points separating 1st and 6th with 4 games remaining! One more leaves us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 April 2020 Almost a perfect month with goals galore in the league which takes us to 1st with just a game to play but Al-Jazira have a game in hand and we can't discount Baniyas either! We've also guaranteed a last 16 spot in the Champions League! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 We made things difficult with the 1st half sending off, but an easy cup win for us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 We face 11 time Persian Gulf Pro League winners Persepolis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobsled Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 It's nice to see you back in Asia. Already making it look easy. How many nations would you need to do to complete it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITFC_Blue Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 This is exactly the kind of save I have been waiting for. Love it Makoto, KUTGW! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 2019/20 End of Season Review Al-Jazira also won their final game 5-0 but at least we guaranteed ourselves a spot in next seasons Champions League whilst also going through to the Quarter Final of this seasons one! 2019/20 Best XI Kim Seung-Gyu Abdelaziz Husain - Abdulla Salman Al-Hamadi - Hamad Khalid Al-Jneibi - Yousif Jaber Majed Hassan Al-Ahmadi Amer Abdulrahman - Salman Al-Faraj Mbark Boussoufa Leandro Spadacio Ahmed Khalil Season | Club | Country | League | Pos. | Wage | Avg Att. | Achievements --------|----------------|---------|--------------------------|------|-------------|----------|-------------------------------------------------- 2019 | Shandong | China | Ping An CFA Super League | 1st | £12,500 p/w | 41,025 | Champions League, Super League & Chinese FA Cup Winners --------|----------------|---------|--------------------------|------|-------------|----------|---------------------------------------------------- 2019/20 | Shabab Al-Ahli | U.A.E. | Arabian Gulf League | 2nd | £8,500 p/w | 3,932 | U.A.E. President's Cup Winners Trophy Cabinet: Champions League x1 - 2019 (Shandong) Ping An CFA Chinese Super League x1 - 2019 (Shandong) Yanjing Beer Chinese FA Cup x1 - 2019 (Shandong) U.A.E. President's Cup x1 - 2019/20 (Shabab Al-Ahli) Nations Completed: 1. China - Shandong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 12 minutes ago, JonasAjax said: It's nice to see you back in Asia. Already making it look easy. How many nations would you need to do to complete it? I need to win the Champions League with 45 of the 47 Asian countries (Guam and Northern Mariana Islands don't qualify for continental competition) but I've realised I've already gone wrong as I was basing the order on league strength and not on nation coefficients, UAE should have been the 8th league instead, so instead of adding Japan I'll be adding Iran. 1 minute ago, ITFC_Blue said: This is exactly the kind of save I have been waiting for. Love it Makoto, KUTGW! Cheers ITFC Blue! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Xavi's Al-Sadd easily won the Qatari league this year with their late run of form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 We're off to Uzbekistan again! Shandong lost to Buriram. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 2020/21 Pre-Season Not the greatest of pre-seasons. Predicted 2nd but we're aiming to do one better. Just the one in so far, but Al-Ain are taking a shining to our players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 First competition win of the season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 August 2020 Almost a perfect start but at least that's the hardest game of the season done with early on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 September 2020 A perfect month in the league but the top 5 are still only separated by goal difference! We also have one foot in the Champions League Final after a solid 2-0 home win against Saudi side Al-Ittihad! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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