The FM21 Youth Academy Challenge

[ATW]

Olympiakos Volou - Intake Preview 2021/22

 

[Armeniar]

Disappointing result in the CL, but who knows, it might get us somewhere in the EL. If we could beat Bayern last year in the CL knock outs, Utrecht shouldn't be too much trouble.

[ATW]

Olympiakos Volou - End of Season Update 2021/22

The League

We were expected to end in the relegation zone so I have to be really pleased with the performance of the team, unfortunately the quality between the clubs above me and myself was there to see. 

The Cup

Fell at the first hurdle (4th round) which the board were not happy with

Youth Intake

Players to Watch

Ilir Gjoshi 21a - Greek DMC/MC/AMR - Currently out on loan at Kifisia for the 2022/23 season. 

Dimitris Mystakidis 22a - Greek DMC/MC - Retraining as a centre back, and will probably see some squad action during the season if he does not leave on loan

Elias Vourloumis 22b - MC/DMC/ML - Young midfielder, who I will be hiping can maybe go out on loan.  If not, training with the seniors

[Raffen]

Table | Squad | Finances | Transfers

Survived! Not too much more to say. Struggled to score against better opposition, and likewise struggled defensively for parts of the season. Got some really lucky draws in the FA cup, meeting Non-league opponents all the way to the 3rd round, where we lost 1-2 to Championship side Charlton at home. League mates Cambridge United got to the 4th round, where they lost to Man City at home.

The team performed as expected. Tom Burgess 32a is absolutely vital to the team, but playing as an Anchor his stats tend to look poor. He just signed a 4 year contract, so hoping he stays for the foreseeable future. Darren Kift 35b threatened to leave for a while, but after ensuring our survival he also signed for 4 years. Duncan Trotter 37a however was getting too much interest to sign a new contract, and it was running out this season. When Aston Villa came in with a bid I didn't dare say no, and he was sold for a pittance, but with a sell on clause. Villa managed to get relegated from the Championship though, so unsure how it will go for us financially in the future.

Youth preview | Youth intake

All preview will look good for a few seasons now I reckon, with all the upgrades taking place. The intake on the face of it looks fantastic, and almost all players were retained. Tom French 39a looks fantastic, and will be in the first team squad next season. 

While our finances are a bit more touch and go now with higher expenses, our youth level is in the process of being upgraded to level 3. Former player Jamie Richards 23a was hired as u18's assistant manager! Attendances are still rising. More of the same next season!

 

Edited March 6, 2021 by Raffen

[Brentmeister]

I've failed in Belgium, failed in England, failed in Spain and failed in Portugal. It's about time I failed in South America too, so here we go, diving head first into the madness that is Brazil.

Mirassol Futebol Clube popped up first reload so after changing their badge I jumped in. They have average facilities across the board and 5000 die hard fans turning up to cheer them on every week.

Hopefully the new manager can motivate these players to glory.

See you soon for the first update

 

[darren1983]

This is what I've been up against this season  

[XaW]

12 minutes ago, darren1983 said:

This is what I've been up against this season  

I feel your pain, in a much lower scale!

Take a wild guess on who the two professional teams are...  

[djsterry]

31 minutes ago, darren1983 said:

This is what I've been up against this season  

 I know that feeling

[XaW]

           

Miðvágs Bóltfelag - Season 2026 Review

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

We survived! And that's really the key this season. It was a hard season, but we managed to stay up with a draw on the final day. The difference between the best and the rest is pretty big, but I hope to fight for a higher position next season and take it from there.

In the Løgmanssteypið we lost to KÍ in the 2nd round.

We keep getting small improvements, and the financials are looking better now. And the intake keeps improving as well.

Statistics:

Spoiler

So Vietnam is added to the list.

[JLAB]

45 minutes ago, darren1983 said:

This is what I've been up against this season  

Yeah, I feel your pain. Though I think mine is on a much bigger scale.

Edited March 6, 2021 by JLAB

[djsterry]

 

end of season review 2025/26

 

Against the odds we survive in the Super Lig

 

A very tough season where the team took some big losses

this was a particularly tough period it became a real struggle to win a game

 

Star of the season 

 

I have managed to get a couple of upgrades this year but still far away from where I want to be

 

I'm targeting just to stay in the division again and slowly get facilities upto standard 

 

 

[TheGreatTraveler]

Something to look forward to in what has been a pretty bad season for the club so far...

[Padders]

Season Review 2119/20

A lot better season, finishing 6th, our highest finish for 18 years, but again one bad game results in an awful run that ruin any chance of challenging for top 2 (see the huge drop in league position graph).

Sitting 3rd and couple points off top. 

2-0 up against 17th place Blackburn and conceded two late goals to draw 2-2, prior to that we had won 9 out of 13

This then results to no win in 8 games and drop down the league

Carl Howe is top class with 39 goals in 38 games

 

 

[JLAB]

So I've decided to use my position as the manager at Siena to try and make some negotiations of some affiliate links at the club. I managed to convince the board that we could get two of the affiliates to send academy players to us to gain experience. So I'm hoping that I will be able to gain some Slovenian and Austrian players from my two junior clubs turning up at the club. I tried to do the same for another affiliate club in Portugal in Anadia, but the board claimed that it wasn't worthwhile to do.

Thoughts?

Edited March 6, 2021 by JLAB

[holidaysong]

FC United of Manchester ; season 2038/39

League Table ; Squad ; Starting 11 ; Transfers ; Youth Candidates

My first season back in the Championship and I reached the playoffs, finishing in 5th place. Unfortunately I lost in the semi finals but a very strong season nonetheless.

The main negative was the board selling my only real Championship level defender Aled Keys for €29m but I did kind of need the money considering the expense of maxing out youth and training facilities to state of the art.

Despite my HOYD being Resolute personality I am not getting a lot of good personalities through my youth intakes for the past few years. I might throw the dice when his contract expires and see if I can change for a Professional HOYD. I'll give him one more year though.

[XaW]

            

Miðvágs Bóltfelag - Season 2027 Review

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

Another survival, and that was the key. The players are improving, but I need to work on the facilities now. We also need to work towards going professional. We are semi-pro, but we can still only give non-contracts, so everyone is available for poaching!

In the Løgmanssteypið we lost to B36 in the 2nd round.

A beast of an intake! The improved facilities and the rest really helps. It also highlights how bad my current players are.

Statistics:

Spoiler

Iceland and Kosovo added to the list.

[Deicide]

9 hours ago, XaW said:

Initial thoughts from only a quick look.

Cooper 01D - Not enough speed to play out wide for me, so I'd play him in the middle. Perhaps as a BWM-S?

Tyrer 01L - Also a bit short on pace, but as a fullback he could do good. Nice dribbling, but that poor crossing lets him down.

Jones 01I - Not bad, but pace is once again an issue. Looks more like a full back than a winger to me.

Barrett 01G - A really nice looking goalkeeper. Poor distribution, but as long as you don't tell him to do anything other than staying on his line and save, he should do excellent.

Thanks for your input. I see what you're saying about their poor speed and crossing. How much do attributes normally rise to, like is there a maximum of +5 or something for most attributes? I've seen that you're pretty good at developing your youngsters, have you ever set their training to double intensity? if so does that help them at all or does that just increase the risk of more injuries?

[XaW]

3 minutes ago, Deicide said:

Thanks for your input. I see what you're saying about their poor speed and crossing. How much do attributes normally rise to, like is there a maximum of +5 or something for most attributes? I've seen that you're pretty good at developing your youngsters, have you ever set their training to double intensity? if so does that help them at all or does that just increase the risk of more injuries?

It's not set in stone, it's basically limited by their potential and how well the player reacts to training and matches. I usually set training tot he position they will play, and just toss them into the fray, but carefully. I don't set them to double unless I have specific use for it for any reason.

[Deicide]

Umm yeah, I think I've found a game bug... so were playing an away game in the FA Cup and its 1-1 with 10 minutes to go (both goals, penalty kicks, scored in ET) and I'm expecting to go to penalty shootouts, when suddenly the scoreboard changes to 1-3 but I'm thinking the scoreboard is surely bugged next thing I know the game is over.   So I go back in and look at the highlights and there were supposedly 3 goals scored in ET after the game bug affected the game, 2 from us and a one from them. Also the penalty kick that I saw my player score before the game bug affected the game was supposedly missed by him. And to make things even more weird, the highlights ended with us losing a penalty shootout??? So to recap, we scored more goals, lost in a penalty shootout but the official score is listed as a 1-3 loss after ET that has no mention of a penalty shootout taking place.

Also, the goals that my players supposedly scored after the bug affected the game are not showing up either.

Has anything similar happened to anyone else here? I think I might need to visit the bugs forum.

[djsterry]

had to post this unbelievable result

 

[XaW]

20 minutes ago, Deicide said:

Umm yeah, I think I've found a game bug... so were playing an away game in the FA Cup and its 1-1 with 10 minutes to go (both goals, penalty kicks, scored in ET) and I'm expecting to go to penalty shootouts, when suddenly the scoreboard changes to 1-3 but I'm thinking the scoreboard is surely bugged next thing I know the game is over.   So I go back in and look at the highlights and there were supposedly 3 goals scored in ET after the game bug affected the game, 2 from us and a one from them. Also the penalty kick that I saw my player score before the game bug affected the game was supposedly missed by him. And to make things even more weird, the highlights ended with us losing a penalty shootout??? So to recap, we scored more goals, lost in a penalty shootout but the official score is listed as a 1-3 loss after ET that has no mention of a penalty shootout taking place.

Also, the goals that my players supposedly scored after the bug affected the game are not showing up either.

Has anything similar happened to anyone else here? I think I might need to visit the bugs forum.

Yeah, report it, sounds like match deviation. I've heard about it it in online games, but not in single player. I'm sure SI would like to take a look.

[hyrule_king]

1st year youth intake , he is still improving nicely.

 

[Tilling]

8 hours ago, Brentmeister said:

I've failed in Belgium, failed in England, failed in Spain and failed in Portugal. It's about time I failed in South America too, so here we go, diving head first into the madness that is Brazil.

Mirassol Futebol Clube popped up first reload so after changing their badge I jumped in. They have average facilities across the board and 5000 die hard fans turning up to cheer them on every week.

Hopefully the new manager can motivate these players to glory.

See you soon for the first update

 

Love to see people doing this in South America - excited to see how you get on in Brazil, the amount of games there is wild!

[keeper#1]

Farnborough 2030 Youth Intake

Hello, Stephen Lynch 30D!

Danny Rose has earned a contract extension as my HOYD with this class.

[keeper#1]

Have a debut son!

Four goals in a debut!  He's locked up until 2034.

[vikeologist]

3 hours ago, keeper#1 said:

Have a debut son!

 

 

Four goals in a debut!  He's locked up until 2034.

Is he a literal son?

[djsterry]

9 hours ago, Tilling said:

Love to see people doing this in South America - excited to see how you get on in Brazil, the amount of games there is wild!

Played since championship manager 2 and I don't think I've ever stepped into the madness if the Brazilian league 

[djsterry]

anyone ever had this before ?

[Padders]

19 minutes ago, djsterry said:

anyone ever had this before ?

Yeah had quite a few 

[djsterry]

need to up my game 

 

[Cheez3y]

Sooooo after my national team experiment Im back here.

I decided to start fresh with the new patch and with some unexplored area. Uruguay!

I choose Bella Vista, because they are the only Uruguayan champion, which is not playable from the start. They are playing in the 3rd tier.

Also good to start with an intake.

Edited March 7, 2021 by Cheez3y

[JLAB]

ACN Siena 1904 - 2033/34 Season Review

The end of my first season in Serie A and we have managed to survive, despite going on a run of 9 games without a win towards the end of the season, which wasn't ideal. Sadly for us we had the 2nd worsr defence in the league, but fortunately for us, we were able to take points off some big teams. Wins against Fiorentina, Lazio and Roma to name some, while snatching draws against Inter Milan and AC Milan as well. We showed that we could be a pain in the side of some teams this season, which for me was very ideal and provide me with some hope that despite not having the best of squads that we could fight teams in this league and still provide a really good challenge.

With his 26 league goals, Jack Oliver was one of the main reasons we were able to stay up this season, the club's record goalscorer was on top form again and will be hoping to continue leading the charge for our bid to survive for the years to come.

It also helped that after 4 straight seasons of scoring 20+ goals that he has finally be recognised as a legend of the club.

Allow me to introduce you to my new number 1 goalkeeper, Giuseppe Basilico. Tortoli has been in goal for over 250 games and I had been looking towards this guy as his successor for a couple of seasons now, with his loan spells at Fermana and Catania (getting the latter promoted to Serie B) showing that he is pretty good in goal. When Tortoli conceded 40+ goals in 16 matches, I knew that I needed to make a change and this guy was the key. Ever since he's been starting for us, our defence has looked more assured than before, which for me tells me that I've made the right decision to put him in goal.

In other news, I was busy getting our club to upgrade our facilities as well, our Junior Coaching and Youth Recruitment are now both exceptional, and I've convinced the board to upgrade both the Training Facilities and Youth Facilities not once, but twice. It's just that their second upgrades will be finished after the season has ended, so we're taking advantage of all of the money that the Serie A's TV Revenue is providing us to improve the club's facilities.

[Cheez3y]

 

CA Bella Vista - Youth Intake 2022

Decent start, especially since we only got 15 players.

 

Edited March 7, 2021 by Cheez3y

[XaW]

             

Miðvágs Bóltfelag - Season 2028 Review

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

A very good season this time around. We had a good run, but a small bad patch in the middle of the season stopped us winning it. Eventually, we lost out to the tile on goal difference! We are going into Europe next season, though, so perhaps we can aim for professional status soon!

In the Løgmanssteypið we beat Argja, Víkingur Gøta and Toftir to reach the final, there we lost to B36.

Another strong intake and we keep improving. The improvements to the club really helps out.

Statistics:

Spoiler

No new countries this season.

[XaW]

Argh! KÍ are snatching up my best players! I need to go pro!

[OlivierL]

1 hour ago, XaW said:

Argh! KÍ are snatching up my best players! I need to go pro!

U are losing good players !

[XaW]

2 minutes ago, OlivierL said:

U are losing good players !

I know! Really annoying, but it's all part of the game.

[XaW]

14 minutes ago, OlivierL said:

U are losing good players !

Another one!

[darren1983]

South Shields Season 2031/32 Review - Championship

League - First season after promotion is always about staying up. We did that and it looks a little more comfortable than it felt. We actually opened the season with a 1-0 win over relegated Watford and I thought maybe we'd be good at this level. We then lost 6 in a row without even scoring! It was a brutal period so needed a tactical rethink, we went with 2 DMs and 1 CM instead of our usual 433 with 1 DM, it worked as we started to grind out wins, especially away from home, but we really did sacrifice goals this season (only 44 in 46 games) I think it's useful tactic when needed but maybe I could be a little more aggressive in some games though. After a little spell in the bottom 3 we got out and kept it at arms length for the season, always at least 6 points clear of it so was a very good season in the end.

FA Cup - made it to the 4th round for the first time ever! Got spanked by Man City but the 1m in ticket sales was helpful

League Cup - played backups and prem side Derby far too good for them in the 2nd round

Transfers - mainly loans again as with still no U23 squad players that aren't ready for us but have potential need to be playing somewhere

Squad - very young now. Oldest player is 25 I think. I have a group of players all between 17-20 who, if I can keep hold of them, I think could get us out of this league in 3 or 4 seasons. Just going to be tricky keeping a few of them I fear

Finances - A lot better now, got a nice 4m for league finish and sold a sell on clause for 4m as well. Reason for that is I figured having cash in the bank this summer might help in fending off clubs looking at my key players. We are also getting a new ground but it's in the very early stages of planning so be a while yet (I am a legend at the club though so maybe I'll finally get a ground named after me in FM) also used the extra cash to upgrade youth recruitment for first time in 5 years

Youth Intake - another decent looking one. Personalities are getting worse though so may look to see who is out there but otherwise happy enough. At the point now where players are all PA which I like as means 1st team is looking decent

Artjom Rajaver 32A - Our new Estonian keeper. Like the look of him, needs work on his agility but others solid starting point
Giovanni Remy 32B - Solid looking 15 year old CM, lots of room for improvement
Jonathan Beattie 32C - We don't play with a CAM but with him and another one that is now looking for first team football I might create a formation with one as a back up
Yuji Tanoue 32D - Never had a Japanese player in a youth take before. He also looks like he could be decent. Hope this leads to some cash coming in when he becomes a first teamer and international! 

Career Overview

Season		League		Position	Youth Recruitment	Youth Coaching		Notes & Achievements 

2021/22		VNLN		5th 		Adequate		Adequate		First coaching badge
2022/23		VNLN		2nd 		Adequate		Good			Promoted via playoffs, FA Trophy runners up
2023/24		VNL		16th 		Average			Excellent 		2nd coaching badge
2024/25		VNL		12th 		Average			Excellent		3rd coaching badge
2025/26		VNL		6th 		Average			Excellent		Promotion via playoffs
2026/27		League Two	1st 		Good			Exceptional		Promotion as champions
2027/28		League One	11th 		Good			Exceptional
2028/29		League One	14th 		Good			Exceptional
2029/30		League One	7th 		Good			Exceptional
2030/31		League One	1st 		Good 			Exceptional		Promoted as champions. Completed all coaching badges
2031/32		Cha,pionship	18th 		Excellent		Exceptional

 

[djsterry]

I think ive been promosed a golden generation every year so far

I'm guessing this Is because I have a low reputation and most of my team is youngsters, so its in comparison to that ?

[Tilling]

3 hours ago, djsterry said:

Played since championship manager 2 and I don't think I've ever stepped into the madness if the Brazilian league 

Me too, the schedule seems so gruelling

[karax268]

Antequero C.F 2021/2022 Season report

Table | Schedule part 1 Part 2 |Pos. Graph |Transfers | Finance

 

The League: We survived. We got off to a great start and then everything fell apart. A short burst of form near the end of the season saw us save from the relegation zone.

The Copa del Rey: 1st round away against La liga side Eibar. they went easy on us and only made it 3-0

Top Performer Mauro: 5 goals and 11 assists in 35 games and just shy of a 7.00 rating for the season. The 28 year old was one of the few players in the squad I could depend on. Unfortunately he has made it clear he wants to leave this summer, we'll see if I can hold onto him

Topscorer Ridge Duah-Adusei: 16 goals in 30 games. He lost some time to injury but when he played he was invaluable for the team. Unfortunately he's allready set for a transfer. Next season, if we want to stay up, the new youth additions will have to step up. Speaking off:

 

Not a great intake but decent. Maldonado will slot right into the starting 11. The rest might need some work

[Brentmeister]

Excellent start to life in Brazil. This was my first game 6 days after the players arrived back from holiday and a week into my tenure.

So i'm basically a 4th div team thrown into this mental 16 team state championship league/cup thing before the actual league even starts. It has 6 Prem teams in it and the board expect me to get into the quarter finals!

 

53 year old Dani Alves grabbed himself a hattrick!

Edited March 7, 2021 by Brentmeister

[XaW]

              

Miðvágs Bóltfelag - Season 2029 Review

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

Before the season started, and really throughout, we got fleeced by the other professional teams. They steal my players, and I'm more of less left standing without any possibility to stop it. I'm offering new contracts, but the players will naturally go to a full time contract. So we really need to go professional soon... The season went quite well though, but we were a step or two behind B36 and KÍ all the way. Still, we are qualified for Europe next season as well.

In the Løgmanssteypið we beat EB/Streymur before losing to Toftir in the quarter final.

In the Europa Conference League we started in the 1st qualifying round. We beat Budućnost Podgorica of Montenegro and Leiknir Reykjavík of Iceland before losing to UTA Arad of Romania in the 3rd qualifying round.

We keep getting strong intakes, but for the first time we didn't get everyone with 5 star talent!

Statistics:

Spoiler

Only local lads this time.

[XaW]

FFS!

And the extra annoying thing is that they give them a contract for a few years and the release them and another lower rated team picks them up. So I'm just about matched up against my own youth players at every turn!

[keeper#1]

7 hours ago, vikeologist said:

Is he a literal son?

Sadly no but both Neiland and Lynch are Irish so you never know.

[hyrule_king]

Looking good. The CB looks amazing, will post a better update during my post 5th season review.

 

 

[djsterry]

one of my best players sold to Liverpool, he wasn't interested in signing a new contract so I took the money

I got 6million (including all add ons) and 40% profit of next sale

[djsterry]

1 hour ago, djsterry said:

one of my best players sold to Liverpool, he wasn't interested in signing a new contract so I took the money

I got 6million (including all add ons) and 40% profit of next sale

here come the replacements 

2 or 3 players that will become first teamers at least hopefully

[AlwaysNalah]

Having an interesting season - nice to get a day of FM in - bah work! 

We are struggling to score in the top division, but making plenty of chances, just our putting away is not working. I am considering dropping our only out and out ST Spillar and moving in one of the promosing IF who has decent finishing and composure with room to grow

A fun little aside, I have all players from European continental loaded (77000ish), which led to signing Mart Poom of arsenal fame as a GK coach, since then we have filled up on estonians, since that image, Vittek has been replaced by and Estonian and the B team manager as well, lets see if we get any Estonians in the intake

One thing I have not enjoyed about these Czech/Slovak saves is the 2 week break in the summer and 3 months in the winter, but if after the winter break you go heavy on physical to get the players fit they go mental.

 

8 CCC and still drew, shows we are creating, just need to learn to finish

 

But next game in the cup against a II Division side, all clicked, Quinton is our 4th choice CM, but in the game above he came on for half an hour and created 3 changes so I stuck him in, 2 30 yard screamers and a penalty. We are into the QF, there is 1 non league team still in, and no Slovan, a pretty good chance we could win it if we beat fellow relegation candidates in March