OrientTillIDie Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 What are people's thoughts on this? If I was to start a save in a European league that is quite small and hasn’t really had any success in continental competitions, where should I be looking? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol CityFC1981 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 I always find wales or Northern Ireland fun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grifty Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 I love the Swedish league. There are some relatively 'big' clubs such as Malmo and AIK. You get good youth players, some big grounds so you get get some good money going. Takes a bit to get used to the different season dates though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blah_1123 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 9 minutes ago, Grifty said: I love the Swedish league. There are some relatively 'big' clubs such as Malmo and AIK. You get good youth players, some big grounds so you get get some good money going. Takes a bit to get used to the different season dates though. I am also currently playing in the Swedish leagues and having tons of fun. I started in the 4th tier with Stockholm Internazionale. Strange cup format with a group stage in the middle. Not much money down there so you're on a bit of a timer to get to the second tier unless you draw a big team in the cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley84 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 You should try Slovenia. It's as small as it gets and their only european performances were qualifying for groups of Champion League. The OP said he wanted no continental success, therefore I dont think Sweden qualifies for it. Other notable mentions from the out-of-the-box leagues could be Finland or Bulgaria. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ben Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 If you don't mind adding leagues then these two have been done is astonishing detail with all histories etc added, i'm just having a look around the Maltese one now and there's full squads for every team so you don't have to "add players to playable teams" like you do with most other expansion databases. All the graphical bits and bobs are in there as well so it looks the part too. May start a long term save there myself once i've finished my current one. The Cyprus database is great too, I used it for FM19 as my parents local team. It's also the highest rated league that isn't in the original game Just a couple to think about 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Muttley84 said: The OP said he wanted no continental success, therefore I dont think Sweden qualifies for it. Other notable mentions from the out-of-the-box leagues could be Finland or Bulgaria. Bulgaria had some nasty squad registration rules the last time I loaded it. The Nordic countries are lots of fun, Iceland is also a good challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phd_angel Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Try journeyman, starting unemployed, applying for jobs across a bunch of small leagues (all the ones suggested above). I love the adventure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammayel666 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I had a great save a few FMs back with Viikingit in the Finnish leagues. Chosen almost entirely because of the name The Swiss league is also good fun, particularly as Vaduz - I think they can also now qualify for the Champions League if you win the Europa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmattb28 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Any Nordic league (Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden) for me, all are relatively 'small' European leagues but with enough good to decent sides to make them challenging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Bickle Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Brother Ben said: If you don't mind adding leagues then these two have been done is astonishing detail with all histories etc added, i'm just having a look around the Maltese one now and there's full squads for every team so you don't have to "add players to playable teams" like you do with most other expansion databases. All the graphical bits and bobs are in there as well so it looks the part too. May start a long term save there myself once i've finished my current one. The Cyprus database is great too, I used it for FM19 as my parents local team. It's also the highest rated league that isn't in the original game Just a couple to think about Thank you for the linkage! It is indeed a fun league to play in. Loads of room for growth, possibility of shooting up UEFA coefficients in the first season meaning more European places and you get to manage on a beautiful island I only wish SI would consider it for the full out of box game. Edited May 19, 2020 by Travis Bickle 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karanhsingh Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I had a lot of fun in Austria especially as you have a behemoth on Salzburg to try and take down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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