The FM21 Youth Academy Challenge

[XaW]

         

FC Novokuznetsk - Season 2030/31 Review

Table | Squad | Transfers  | Finances

We stayed in Group 1 and had a much better showing that we've ever had at this level. It was still quite far away from fighting for a promotion, but it's still a major improvement. I had quite a big revamp of the squad this season and threw away some of the older players who have not improved as much as I had hoped for and brought in more of the real youngsters, and it seems to have worked out well. Now, we have to establish us as someone who fights a bit higher up the table.

In the Kubok Rossii we beat Sibiryak, Khimik Dzerzhinsk and Volga Uljanovsk to reach the group stage. There we finished 3rd behind Mordoviy and Zvezda Perm and got knocked out.

Youth

The preview looked really good.

Not as good as I had hoped, but still a quite good intake.

Murat Tsygankov 31e is a very good playmaker for this level.

U21s:

They only played friendlies.

U18s:

They finished 2nd in the Russian U18 Division - Moskovskaya oblast Group 9 again and got knocked out.

Statistics:

Spoiler

Finland is now added to the list.

Record Breakers:

Most league apps overall: Mukhamed Kodzokov - 239

Trophy cabinet:

Empty

[steve.rush]

We have had a takeover and the new Owner has placed bids for two players. I have managed to cancel one deal but unable to cancel the other. What is the advice when this happens please?

Edit; He turned the contract down. All is normal

Edited April 10, 2021 by steve.rush

[XaW]

2 minutes ago, steve.rush said:

We have had a takeover and the new Owner has placed bids for two players. I have managed to cancel one deal but unable to cancel the other. What is the advice when this happens please?

Cancel if you can, otherwise, post a screenshot showing that they were bought by the new owner. Also, they are not allowed to play or mentor anyone. Place them in the reserves and sell them asap. They are of course not allowed to play any games at all.

[Flashman\'s School Days]

Wuhan Three Towns - Season Review 2036

Manager Profile - Transfers - Fixtures 1 - Fixtures 2

Asian Champions League - 2nd Round

Our first season in continental competition after last year's cup win.  We started off a little ropey, only picking up a draw away in Thailand despite dominating and then only starting to play when 3-0 down to Jeonbuk, however, we went away to Brisbane and were unlucky to only draw.  This was before three wins to finish off the group, including outplaying both Jeonbuk and Brisbane without conceding, these results ended with us finishing second in the group but qualifying as one of the best group runner's up.  Unfortunately we were rewarded with a draw against a team we had already faced twice in Jeonbuk and despite it being close they fully deserved to go through over the two legs, but I think we can be happy at putting up such a fight against the team that has won the past 4 South Korean titles in a row.  At the end of the season we were named the biggest overachievers in the competition.

China Super League - 14th

As exciting as our Champions League exploits were, it must have impacted our league form having those extra fixtures.  We opened the season with a lovely 1-0 win over Wuhan, extending our winning run over our city rivals, this then turned into 5 losses in a row before another 1-0 win which preceded another 11 losses in a row, with us scoring only 5 goals in 18 games.  I couldn't understand why all of a sudden we had become utterly goal shy and was resigned to relegation but there was a sudden resurgence with a 2-0 win over Shandong and a 5-1 win over Zhejiang.  A loss followed this before we got a first draw of the season against Guangzhou Evergrande with them scoring in the 94th minute before we went away to Beijing (the eventual Asian Champions League winners) and smashed them 4-2.  A few more wins, then a couple of losses including a 3-2 loss to Henan with another stoppage time winner.  With a win in our third to last game we went in just needing to better the results of Chengdu and BJ BSU and in the last game we played Chengdu.  We drew both of these games which was all we needed, although the final game against Chengdu we got our 9th red card of the season and I really feared the worst but we held out.

In the terrible run at the start of the season we were knocked out by second tier Jiangsu in our first game defending the FA Cup.

Squad

Not a great deal to write home about with this squad as most played terribly for the majority of the season.  Gao Sheng 24d won player of the season again and has become a club icon.  Li Weijie 27c scored 19 in all comps, he finished joint top scorer in the league but had played more games than the player that won it but he did win the local top scorer award by being the highest scoring Chinese player in the league which isn't bad considering our low scoring first half of the season.

The newest member of the first team was Su Zheyu 32b who came in and was the best performing outfield player, managing 4 goals and 2 assists.

Youth Intake

Touted as another Golden Generation and where that might be overselling slightly it has produced some decent players but it has especially produced possibly the best player we've ever had through the academy.  We also got a non Chinese player for the first time, we haven't even had a second nationality before this.  I think it'll be the first ever non Chinese player to play for the club and he's Brazilian which means he'll get some game time just because.  He's got my Brazilian assistant manager as his favoured personnel so I assume that is how he has come through.

Finances

The finances look a bit healthier this season although we are still insecure, our sponsorship is still less than half the next team in the league but it is up to £1M a year and we had another small bump in season ticket holders.  The main reason for the healthy finances is selling Li Yajing 32a to Jiangsu for £1.5M with 50% of next sale clause, which then came up as being able to be sold for £1.32M which I felt was too much to pass up as I've lost out on loads of other clauses by not taking the selling option then them ending up leaving on a free.  I also sold 5% clauses for about 8 poached players which didn't come to a lot except for one player who was £133k.

Next Season

I'm aiming for a little less of a relegation scrap this season, just being comfortable and try to keep building the club rep. 

[steve.rush]

2 minutes ago, XaW said:

Cancel if you can, otherwise, post a screenshot showing that they were bought by the new owner. Also, they are not allowed to play or mentor anyone. Place them in the reserves and sell them asap. They are of course not allowed to play any games at all.

Thanks.

All is good. He turned down the contract

[CarlosTTR]

 

Season 9 (2030) - Transfers

League - WOW! I knew my players were developing well but didn't think they had it in them to win the league! We are the first team to win the league other than Flamengo in the past ten years. Flamengo's form dropped after losing the Copa Libertadores final on penalities, picking up just two points from their last 5 games. Half of the challenge down in just under 10 years!

Copa Sudamericana - We did so well, easily topping our group and beating Botafogo in the semi-finals before losing to Internacional 3-1 after extra time in the final. Disappointing as we beat them 2-0 in the league earlier in the season. 

São Paulo State - Quarter-Final

Copa do Brasil - Quarter-Final - Beat Internacional and Flamengo before losing to Clube Athletico Paranaense.

2030 Youth Intake - Potential to be a decent keeper. Training facilities upgraded once and youth facilities twice meaning we now have state-of-the-art youth facilities.

Season 10 (2031) - Transfers

League - Managed to retain our title by 7 points over Flamengo.

Copa Libertadores - Our first time in the South American Champions League where we managed to get to the quarter-finals by topping our group easily, beating Barcelona S.C. from Ecuador in the second round before defeat over two legs to River Plate knocked us out.

São Paulo State - Quarter-Final

Copa do Brasil - Quarter-Final - Beat Internacional before defeat to Flamengo

Supercup - Winners - Beat Corinthians 1-0

2031 Youth Intake - An insane 16-year-old with near perfect deep lying playmaker attributes - going straight into my starting 11! Training facilities also upgraded.

Edited April 10, 2021 by CarlosTTR

[hubwub]

Futebol Clube Barreirense

SEASON ONE - 2021/2022 - Campeonato de Portugal Serie E

LEAGUE TABLE | FIXTURES | SQUAD STATS | COMPETITION OVERVIEW

MANAGER OVERVIEW: CHARACTERISTICS | ATTRIBUTES

CLUB: PROFILE | GENERAL | FACILITIES | HONOURS | FINANCES | CLUB VISION

STAFF: CURRENT| RELEASED (1 | 2)

Campeonato de Portugal Serie E

In the pre-season odds, my team was predicted 27th with an odds of 300-1. It's January 1, 2022 in the game and with the first half over, we have a record of 10 wins and one draw.

This is the first time in this game that I've tried something that was gegenpressing like.

Taça de Portugal Placard

We managed to make a deep run. We went all the way to the fifth round to lose 0-6 to Clube Desportivo da Cova da Piedade. It was also the first game in this season in which I gave disciplinary action for poor performances in the game. Everything below a 6.0 rating, got a 2 week fine. Players with 6.1-6.3 got a 1 week fine. Players with 6.4-6.5 got a 1/2 week fine.

Youth Intake

I'm optimistic but the intake won't solve my problems with needing more strikers. I might have to re-train who I get in the intake.

Why I'm optimistic it's because of my Head of Youth Development, Hugo Venâncio with a Spirited Personality with 11 Determination.

What a Spirited personality entails?

• Professionalism 11-17
• Determination 1-17
• Ambition 1-20
• Pressure 15-20
• Temperament 15-20
• Loyalty 1-20
• Sportsmanship 5-14
• Controversy 1-14

Player Spotlight

Best Player Over 23: Bruninho (My leading scorer)

Best Player(s) Under 23:  Gonçalo Silveira  (GK), Jorge Rolo (DC), Diogo Santos (DL but stuck on an amateur contract), Duarte Dias (DR)

How is my mentoring situation and the personality situation on my team? TOO MANY BALANCED PLAYERS.

The "TOO MANY BALANCED PLAYERS PROBLEM" is not an ideal situation to be at. My Team Leader is at 10 Determination with a Balanced personality with a Media-Friendly handling. It's also interesting that I have a lot of highly influential players with Balanced personality that are like 1-3 determination levels away from rolling into a new personality. A Balanced personality can get a new personality once they hit 15 Determination.

The mentoring situation for my U19s, it's only one big group for those that are filled with my 9-13 Determination players. This left me with three players who have determination that is 5, 4, and 3. I didn't want to stick them with together in a mentoring group because one had a low determination  personality and the two were unambitious. Either, they get better together or fail spectacularly but from previous experiences it didn't end up well.

To end this post, I did get a new contract.

Edited April 10, 2021 by hubwub

[steve.rush]

Sannois SG 2037-2038

Two steps forward, one step back. We found this season more difficult than I expected but we were never really in any danger of the drop.

Disappointingly, we lost to Strasbourg at home in the Ninth Round of the French Cup

Filippos Gavalas 30a was instrumental in getting the goals again with new star Abdelkarim Hassouni 34b impressive with assists and goals.

Mael Renaud 31b, Lenny Compper-Miath 29a and Matteo Lux 26a are amongst the notable mentions again.

After four or five seasons of speculation, the club was finally sold. Not much has changed though and the finances are healthy and the facilities are now at the maximum

Looking forward to next year. I think this season was a just a little bump on our journey. Players appear to want to stay at the club and we have some excellent youngsters coming through.

The target will be to stay away from the bottom places but we certainly have the tools to do better.

Edited April 10, 2021 by steve.rush

[Pukey]

Started well second season, got excited, and now gone back to midtable obscurity  At a point where I don't know if I need to change tactics or if I'm actually doing decent considering we're predicted relegation.

Just something as well I didn't turn off the editor by mistake so have already broken the rules, I'm invested now though so gonna stick with it, but I know this means I won't have officially done the challenge.

[The_Gato_In_Goal]

Marchamalo - Youth Intake - April 2023

Branded as a 'golden generation', I had high hopes for this. Unsure whether it is overall better than last year however. The HOYD did great work once again, directly influencing one Fairly Professional and one Professional talent. Unfortunately, the latter does not have very high PA currently. Overall 1 Resilient, 1 Driven, 1 Professional, 3 Fairly Professional is a good haul.

Spoiler

Spoiler

Pedro (23a) is the pick of the bunch in terms of PA. I like the Resilient personality, although it does not reveal his professionality at all. Will train him as a D (C) since we already have two D (R) from last intake breaking into the first team.

Spoiler

Glad to have Julián Haro (23b) since last intake did not produce any first team quality wingers. 14 acceleration and 11 pace at age 15 is very promising, even if he is only 5'6". Already has the necessary stats to get some playing time at AM (R) and will only develop further with a Fairly Professional personality.

Spoiler

With José Ángel Carrasco (23e) joining the club, we now have at least four potential first team D (C). Driven personality is promising, we'll see if he can break into the first team due to solid physical attributes already.

Spoiler

Yet another D (C) (really can we retrain one as a striker or something), Roberto Ortega (23m) is the first trainee to have a Professional personality. He is too small to break into our first team as a D (C), so he will be either retrained as a D (L) or a BWM (D). Depends what spot is more needed.

[steve.rush]

Youth Preview 2038-2039

Youth Intake 2038-2039

Not the deepest or the most exciting intake but we have a few guys that could make it down the line

 

[steve.rush]

Sannois SG 2038-2039

A comfortable 9th placed finish. Much like the season before, we threatened the European spots a little but finished with our highest points tally and goals scored in Ligue 1 so far

We were hammered by European Champions RC Lens 9-2 away from home in the French Cup Ninth Round 

Filippo Gavalas 30a is becoming a real folk hero. Limited game time due to the Asian Cup, he still banged in 23 goals.

Clement Durand-Guzel 32c contributed the most assists and Abdelkarim Hassouni 34b, Mael Renaud 31b and captain Matteo Lux 26a our most talented group.

Regrettably, World U21 Footballer of the Year Abdelkarim Hassouni 34b, our first wonderkid, will be leaving this summer for Ligue 1 rivals Rennes.

He refused to listen to a new deal and rather than risk losing him next year for nothing, we accepted a £20.5m deal plus add ons.

Despite losing our best player, things are on the up. We are an established Ligue 1 side now and will look to take the next step forward and challenge for a European spot

 

[JLAB]

ACN Siena 1904 - 2038/39 Season Review

The first season that Juventus do not win the Serie A title is the season that we manage to secure European football for the first ever time. Despite the fact that we finished 6 points clear of Sassuolo, it was only on the last day of the season that we confirmed our qualification at the end of the day. Sassuolo lost to Juventus and Inter in their last two games as we managed to win 5 straight games at the end of the season. It's our best ever league finish, and our best ever points finish in Serie A. Here's hoping that we get a nice group in the Europa League next season.

Mattia Malpeli became our star man this season, scoring 12 goals and getting 13 assists over the season in what felt like his breakout season for Siena. The fact that he's only 20 and has room to improve, and time on his side to do so is a wonderful thing. I'm hoping that he will be our first choice right winger for years to come.

John Obot was a player that I had been considering making my number one striker, but another player had forced his way into my plans and made me change my plans. As things stands Obot will be a left winger, but I can shift him over to the Attacking Midfielder role over time if Mangoni (who is seen in the comparison sheet) improves as well and starts to show his potential too. I see Obot being a Shadow striker in the future and I believe he can play that role perfectly.

Carlo Musu is the reason why I haven't made John Obot my number one striker. For 17, he looks amazing and can only get better over time. He got 10 goals this season, but giving time to grow and improve he can get even more, which for me is exciting. I'm going to make a bold claim here. I think that Musu might be able to be better than Landi, which is not a statement I am making lightly at all.

 

We're going to be expanding our stadium for the first time since my arrival and I hope that this is the first of many stadium expansions, unless we decide to get our own stadium made as a result of our current stadium being owned by the council. I hope that we have interesting times ahead, because with our facilities already being fully upgraded, the stadium is the last thing that needs to be upgraded to ensure that we can continue to build up our finances and our firepower.

Edited April 11, 2021 by JLAB

[darren1983]

Season 2037/38 Review - Championship

 

League - Well this turned out OK. Started the season pretty slowly losing 4 of our opening 5 games but a tactical tweak slowly rebuilt us, we struggled for goals for a while as most were coming from corners but we built our form and everyone just started clicking as we rose up the table and got involved in the playoff battle, we stepped up again in the new year (only losing twice I think) as we got ourselves and outside chance of auto promotion in the run in the table at the start of the final day meant we needed to win and hope Watford didn't and one of Portsmouth and West Brom to lose. Watford lost, we won but so did the top 2 (at HT we were 2nd and I was getting excited) in the end we finished 3rd and that meant playoffs. In the playoffs we faced a Palace side we took 4 points from but in the week between the end of the season and the first leg we lost our goalkeeper and main right winger. A tight 1-1 draw away and a 1-0 win at home put us in the final to play a Watford side we did the double over. The final was a busy affair with an early goal from us, an own goal from us and a red card to them all in the opening 5 minutes! We made our extra man count and ended up with a 4-2 win to seal promotion to the money land, sorry I mean Premier League! 

League Cup - Beat team in our league, drew with a prem side then lost on pens

FA Cup - made the 4th round for a change, home draw with Villa before they smashed us away from home

Squad - we finally found a left back after years of looking, some other youngsters really stepped up this season, goals again mainly from one source but had some help with a CB hitting 14! 

Transfers - no ins obviously and the big sale of French (who was having a solid season) to brentford for a club record fee was too good for our board to turn down.

Finances - not great right now but the money we'll get over the next 12 months should set us up for a while

Youth Intake - not a great one with only one player tagged this year

Matthew Davies 38A - I like this guy, coaches think he's a wide player but his lack of pace is an issue for me, thinking mezzala 

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		Championship	18th 		Excellent		Exceptional
2032/33		Championship	8th 		Excellent		Exceptional
2033/34		Championship	7th 		Excellent		Exceptional		Training ground upgrade, Academy up level 3, new ground announced
2034/35		Championship	6th 		Excellent		Exceptional		Lost in playoff semi finals
2035/36		Championship	9th 		Excellent		Exceptional 
2036/37		Championship	11th 		Excellent		Exceptional		Moved into new stadium
2037/38		Championship	3rd 		Excellent		Exceptional		Promotion via playoffs

 

[XaW]

Well done on reaching the PL, @darren1983. Guess your finances are secured forever now!

[darren1983]

2 minutes ago, XaW said:

Well done on reaching the PL, @darren1983. Guess your finances are secured forever now!

You'd hope so!  

Looked at the projection and it looks like 60m by the end of next season, which will mean we can get some proper work done on the training ground and the youth academy to the top level. 

[JLAB]

Oh no! My link with Anadia got terminated, despite the fact they gave me one of the best Portuguese newgens possible in Cláudio Paulino.

Though being given a link with Académica Coimbra made up for it.

Especially when I was able to convince them to add this little clause to the partnership. Happy days.

[steve.rush]

Youth Preview 2039-2040

Youth Intake 2039-2040

Fantastic group. Especially the Centre-Backs.

 

 

[darren1983]

This guy came through in my second youth intake. 530+ games later and we're about to start in the Premier League together (though he's now getting phased out sadly) 

[XaW]

I don't know how many takeovers I'd had so far, but it's a lot!

[XaW]

          

FC Novokuznetsk - Season 2031/32 Review

Table | Squad | Transfers  | Finances

We had another good season and we have started to establish ourselves a bit higher up the table. I have no idea how we are going to improve enough to get promoted, but we keep going and hope.

In the Kubok Rossii we beat Sokol Saratov before losing to Kvant in the 3rd round.

Youth

I think this is probably the best preview I've ever seen!

Not bad, but based on that amazing preview, I'm a bit disappointed.

Sergey Pavlenko 32b is a very good wing back, but I'm going to pull him back to a full back.

U21s:

They only played friendlies.

U18s:

They finished 4th in the Russian U18 Division - Moskovskaya oblast Group 9 and got knocked out.

Statistics:

Spoiler

Kazakhstan added to the list of countries.

Record Breakers:

Most league apps overall: Mukhamed Kodzokov - 256
Youngest player: Denis Tkachenko 32c - 15 years, 100 days

Trophy cabinet:

Empty

[Winski]

BFC Dynamo
End of season review 2026/2027
League table | Competitions overview | Finances | Facilities | Transfers | Youth intake

What. A. Season! In our 5th season in the 2. Bundesliga, we finally became the best team of the league!  We are the CHAMPIONS!!

It was a really, really good season. The whole season long we were one of the best teams of the league, together with Bochum, Kiel and Augsburg. But where Augsburg lost a lot of matches in the lase fase of the season, we kept on winning most of our matches. So with a difference of 7 points we became champion of 2. Bundesliga !! And to realise this with this club is an amazing feeling. The progress of the club is fantastic. When I took over this club there was almost nothing: only 17 players, no youth players, very basic facilities. And look at us now, only six years later: excellent facilities, a fantastic youth team, some really nice talents in our first team. And we are ready for the Bundesliga, oh yes we are! It's going to be a real fight to stay in the Bundesliga next season, but we are ready for it.

Youth intake

The preview was very promising. A lot of greens, and just 3 yellows. But I was a bit dissapointed with the intake itself. Some nice talents for sure, but not where I was hoping for. And with some bad personalities it feels a bit like a dissapointing intake.

These are the best players from this intake. Geissler 27a is rated as the best one of this intake. But with "Low Determination" as his personality, I don't have very high hopes for him to become a first team player. Hopefully some mentoring will change this.
The same with Hoffmann 27b. I really need a good leftback as a backup for Todt 22e, but he need some mentoring as well.

First team
Best player this season was Ibrahim Arim 23a. He is also the most valuable player of the squad. Some very respectful teams were interested in him, but he recently signed a new contract. Stein 25l also had a very good season, and the best player of '26 Intake, Halili 26a, also played a lot of matches and is developing really well in his Libero-role in our strikerless tactic.
I'll show a screenshot of our current firt team players.
GK: Damian Schobert
DCR: Laurit Ramosaj 24j
DC:  Fabian Ott 22a
DCL: Murad Məmmədov 22d
WBR: Benjamin Bretschneider 24a
WBL: Ansgar Todt 22e
MC: Markus Feil
MC: Bilal Koçak 23c
AMC: Philipp Stein 25l
AMC: İbrahim Arım 23a
AMC: Christian Richter-Walke 25d

And these are some of the best youngsters on the bench:
Denis Hajdarević 25a
Emir Halili 26a
Nicolas Pütz 24e
Raimondo Demontis 24g
Vladimir Mihalik 25h
Peter Grassow 24f
Mirza Catic 26c

 

 

 

 

 

[XaW]

34 minutes ago, XaW said:

I don't know how many takeovers I'd had so far, but it's a lot!

So, the takeover went through, and they "want to make a difference"!

So, they've pumped in a massive amount of money? Cleared the debt? New facilities? Something?

Are you kidding me???? 

[steve.rush]

Sannois SG 2039-2040

We were very much in the European mix for most of the season but had some patchy form towards the end and missed out.

I have since had notification that we qualified for the Euro Cup II next year but I'm not sure if that's true or not? 

An easy away victory in the French Cup Ninth Round was followed up by a defeat on penalties away to AS Saint-Etienne in the Tenth Round.

Filippo Gavalas 30a led the once again with the goals with Eric Lefebvre 36b the main provider.

Polish International Slawomir Michor 35d along with Mael Renaud 31b are our best talents.

We say goodbye to Ahmed Al-Thani 24g. 111 caps for Qatar, he was a great servant to the club.

Time to push on. We have an excellent squad of players, finances are healthy and facilities are maxed out.

[Cheez3y]

29 minutes ago, XaW said:

So, the takeover went through, and they "want to make a difference"!

So, they've pumped in a massive amount of money? Cleared the debt? New facilities? Something?

Are you kidding me???? 

The classic 

[hubwub]

@steve.rushWho won Coupe de la Ligue? If the Champion or somebody with already a CL or Europa League spot got it, then you get into EC2 aka UEFA Europa Conference League.

[TheGreatTraveler]

SC Freamunde

Season 14 - 2034/2035

Transfers - Past Positions - Best XI - Finances

Season Summary - 1st - Promoted as Champions!

Ended last year asking for no second season syndrome, got an absolute shocker of a promotion as we won our first title with the club after 14 years. The season began brilliantly, as between the League Cup and the league we won our first 9 games of the season. Things then naturally became more inconsitstent but we were able to remain on top for a while. Eventually Estoril did take over first place but we were never more than 5 points behind them. 

As the season approached its end, we found ourselves 2 points behind Estoril with 3 games to go. Santa Clara still had a chance to catch up to us, being 8 points behind. To add to everything, we played Estoril in the second to last game. Naturally, we lost to relegation threatened Arouca with Estoril drawing and Santa Clara winning. If we lost against Estoril, promotion itself, not just the title, would be in doubt. If we won, we would take first place based on our head-to-head record. And the boys showed up, getting us a 2-0 victory that guranteed promotion before winning our last game to claim the title as well. Could not be prouder of the boys, top-scorers in the league with 72. 

In the League Cup we got eliminated in the group stage after making it through the two preliminary rounds. In the Portuguese Cup we got humuliatingly defeated by Third Division side Beira-Mar in the second round. 

Off the Field

The facilities are rushing towards being in the red so did not make any new investments this season. However, with promotion I expect to finally be able to support our own finances and not depend on big future transfer fees. 

Talking about transfers, we agreed to sell super-star Gustavo Campos - YP10a to Benfica for 8M and a 50% of next fee. Will be heavily missed next season but his contract was expiring in a year and he was not interested in talking about a new deal so I think a record sale will do just as well. 

Lastly, with a first title finally secured I became a Club Icon! Hoping the likely relegation next year doesn't change the fans' opinion of me too much 

Prospects worth Noting 

Gustavo Gomes - YP1k (ST/AML/AMR) - Another season, another mention of our legendary captain. 'Only' managing 15 goals this year, he had his best season in terms of assists with 10. Dreading the day the pace of the 29 year old begins to dissapear. 

Joaquim Sousa - YP9d (ST/AMR/AMC/MR) - With the change in formation to a 4-4-2, Sousa became a starter at last and made the most of it. 26 goals and 5 assists in total, he was also the League's Golden Boot winner with 23, setting a record for the division in the process. Wether he can adapt to the Premier League will be a key indicator of our survival chances next year. 

Roberto Firmino - YP9e (DC) - The reason we were able to go to 4 at the back was him. Playing a stopper in the center of defense, he provided the team with amazing solidity as he became the first defender in atleast 6 or 7 years to earn a 7.0+ average rating.  

Gustavo Campos - YP10a (AMR/MR/AML) - Insane season from the right winger, with 13 goals and 12 assists to his name convincing Benfica to splash the cash on him. Really going to miss his match-changing dribbles next year, but wish him the best (and not just cause I want a juicy future transfer :P )

Jose Fernando Seixas - YP10b (GK) - Got lucky that the previous starting keeper got injured before the first game of the season, but a debut penalty save and all-round great performances earned him the starting spot. With him already at a Premier League level, we'll need him in good form to stand a chance.

Youth Intake

Honestly, pretty dissappointing intake were the 5 tags were me being lenient. Segio Ochsner - YP14a does looks like an incredible attacking full-back. Will look to change HOYD in the summer but if nothing better is out there will stay with the current guy.

Next Season

Fight to stay up although I expect to be absolutely trounced. Struggling to decide if I should stay with my 4-4-2 tactic that got me promoted or change back to the 5-4-1 tactic that gave me solidity two seasons ago. Important questions for the summer. 

[steve.rush]

37 minutes ago, hubwub said:

@steve.rushWho won Coupe de la Ligue? If the Champion or somebody with already a CL or Europa League spot got it, then you get into EC2 aka UEFA Europa Conference League.

Montpellier won the cup. They finished mid table. 

The message came up in my inbox that we qualified but I'm not so sure. Think we just miss out

Edited April 11, 2021 by steve.rush

[Pukey]

Just about to start third season, lower position and less points in second year. Started doing far too much tinkering and think it hurt the performances, just gonna stick with my usual tactic for now especially given the squad is still expecting to fight relegation but I've got to midtable. Couple key players retiring as well so I've not got massively high hopes for this year either.

However, a fortunate cup draw helped with healthy finances as we got to the 3rd round and played Newcastle away, so got to upgrade the junior coaching and youth recruitment again and got a couple of promising players coming through. If they develop exceptionally quickly I might get a bit higher but I think 4th season is more likely.

Season

League

Position

FA Cup

FAT/EFL

Other

Youth Facilities

Training Facilities

Junior Coaching

Youth Recruitment

Goals

Assists

Average Rating

2021-2022

VNL North

13th - 66 points

2nd Rnd

FAT 3rd R

NA

Basic

Basic

Average

Fairly Basic

Luke Benbow 27 (20 league)

Scott McManus 19 (16 league)

William Edjenguele 6.97

2022-2023

VNL North

14th - 60 points

3rd Rnd

FAT 4th R

NA

Basic

Basic

Adequate

Adequate

Luke Benbow 23 (18 league)

Scott McManus 16 (14 league)

Ethan Stewart 7.00

[Morpheus13]

Chengfeng Season 37/38 Review

Table - Squad - U19 Squad - Finances - Transfers

Back to reality this season with barely surviving in the CSL. But its ok, because every season we survive is a good season. In the Cup, it was also back to reality, as we got knocked out in the QF. Our first ever appearance in the Asian Champions League was good. We survived the Group Stage before beeing knocked out in the second round. Our attendance is rising which is good, with 17000 we actually have a nice income every home game. Our Finances are looking very good with nearly 5 Millions in the bank, but that is because we had to sell Wei Zheyu (37A) for 5 Millions. Unfortunately no further clauses. But of course we reinvest that money in the facilities with now great youth facilities and the training facilities to be upgraded.

This years intake was another very good one

 

Zhang Jejun (38A) and Niu Yifan (38C) I am the most exited about

In the first team, we had He Gang (34E), Ruan Jun (36D) and Li Ming (37B) who took major steps forward and became first team regulars.

Hopefully we can survive next season and get better and better intakes, since the facilities becoming better too.

 

[JLAB]

ACN Siena 1904 - 2039/40 Season Preview

So our season preview looks like something that both gives me hope and drives fear into me. We need to be doing well on a consistent basis this season, but if I get a run of fixtures where I take on a lot of the big teams in a row, then I fear that things could go very badly, very quickly. Here's hoping that our first season with European football doesn't cause us to have to worry about a relegation fight.

[The_Gato_In_Goal]

 

Marchamalo - End of Season - June 2023

Last year the board wanted a top half finish, thankfully this year they were content with avoiding a relegation battle. Regardless, we still got partially tied up in that battle. Job security is thin at the moment, but finally the board gave up on the club vision to "sign young players for the first team."

Spoiler

Finished 14th place in the league, six points ahead of relegation. We are really struggling to score goals, so an attacking focused intake next year would go a long way. Although the intakes in Spain are at the end of April, meaning we only have one or two matches left in the season by that point. It is lining up to be another relegation scrap next year, and the board expects me to merely "fight bravely against relegation."

Spoiler

Was able to stabilize finances this year by cutting some of the larger contracts. Can't see us making a profit before a promotion however, as we cannot go much lower in wage expenditure and the youth will get professional deals eventually.

Spoiler

Tough year with no player getting double digit goals, assists, or an average rating over 7.00. However, it means we can't do much worse giving the youth playing time next year. Some of the developing prospects include D (R) Alberto Moso (22a), playmaker Santiago Catalán (22b), and D (C) José Javier Martín (22d)

[ANGL]

This has to be the unfairest match I have ever played

[Pukey]

19 minutes ago, ANGL said:

This has to be the unfairest match I have ever played

Until the other team score and it gets even worse  

[steve.rush]

Youth Preview 2040-2041

Youth Intake 2040-2041

Not the greatest on first inspection. Pleased with the personalities though

[Cheez3y]

Wits University - Youth Intake 2025

Hello Mister Leftback, you came at the right time.

Straight into the first team.

I cant believe it, that I get the much needed LB.

The amount of players with got high flair and technique in South Africa is insane.

We got our first player from the province of KwaZulu.

Intake Map - 2025:

Spoiler

 

Intake Map - All Time:

Spoiler

 

 

 

Edited April 12, 2021 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

After some problems at the start of the season, the team is playing great.

The league title should not be possible, but we are in the semis of the CL.

Tunis is pretty damn tough.

 

Lets see if we can tick off one check mark.

Big part of this is that we got the players to bring out my Lyn TF formation, which got us the UEFA CL title.

 

And one player poached again.

Edited April 12, 2021 by Cheez3y

[Brentmeister]

Lots of good progress in here over the weekend KUTGW

[Brentmeister]

At last!

 

[steve.rush]

Sannois 2040-2041

Fantastic year for us. Things were a little shaky around the new year but our form in the closing weeks was outstanding. Europe here we come!

A comfortable win in the French Cup Ninth Round was followed up by a thumping from Paris SG 5-1.

Filippo Gavalas 30a is gradually getting phased out but still top scored with 12. Ibrahima Diallo 32h was excellent in the midfield.

Slawomir Michor 35d, Alain Meunier 32d, and Mael Renaud 31b are our best players.

Things are looking good. I think we are ready for Europe. Slowly buy surely, we are getting there.

[steve.rush]

5 minutes ago, Brentmeister said:

At last!

 

I see you and raise you! 

 

[Brentmeister]

19 minutes ago, steve.rush said:

I see you and raise you! 

 

Holy crap 94 goals conceded in 22 games

Unbeaten in the last 3 though....

Edited April 12, 2021 by Brentmeister

[steve.rush]

32 minutes ago, Brentmeister said:

Holy crap 94 goals conceded in 22 games

Unbeaten in the last 3 though....

We're a very attacking team. Live by the sword, die by the sword. 

RC Lens are tycoon owned and competed with PSG for years and even won a couple of Champions League titles. But they dropped off this year by a long way. 

[Pukey]

Golden generation but they're all rubbish by sounds of it  

https://imgur.com/7VoaHKy

Hopefully it not mentioning CBs or STs means I'll have at least one half decent one of each, they're the two positions I need more depth and quality.

[XaW]

           

FC Novokuznetsk - Season 2032/33 Review

Table | Squad | Transfers  | Finances

A much improved season, and finally we were part of the top of the league. We were still a fair bit behind the top 2 teams though, as Chertanovo and Textilschik Ivanovo bolted away from the start and left the rest of us in the dust. It turned out we were left to fight for the 3rd place against Zelenograd. Eventually, we beat them and claimed the 3rd place as our own. I hope this is a sign we are improving, and hopefully we can get promoted soon, we've been here a long time now!

In the Kubok Rossii we beat Sokol Saratov before losing to Kvant in the 3rd round.

Youth

A good preview this season as well.

What is this? This is a really bad intake. Golden generation.... yeah right!

The Russian-Turkmenistani striker is the best of the bad bunch, mostly because of a good personality.

U21s:

They only played friendlies.

U18s:

They won in the Russian U18 Division - Moskovskaya oblast Group 9 and qualified. In the Group stage they finished 3rd and got knocked out.

Statistics:

Spoiler

Bad quality intake, but good for new countries! Added Moldova, Turkmenistan and Nigeria to the list.

Record Breakers:

Most league goals in a season: Sergey Nesterenko 28h - 29
Most clean sheets in a season: Alexey Kiselev 30g - 9
Most league apps overall: Lorenzo Coppo 22d - 259
Fastest goal: Vitaly Safin 28d - 13 seconds

Trophy cabinet:

Empty

[hubwub]

Futebol Clube Barreirense

SEASON ONE - 2021/2022 - Campeonato de Portugal Serie E

LEAGUE TABLE | PLAYOFFS| FIXTURES | SQUAD STATS | COMPETITION OVERVIEW

MANAGER OVERVIEW: CHARACTERISTICS | ATTRIBUTES

CLUB: PROFILE | GENERAL | FACILITIES | HONOURS | FINANCES | CLUB VISION

PLAYERS: TRANSFERS | RELEASED

STAFF: CURRENT

Campeonato de Portugal Serie E

We were predicted to finish 27th. I think with that prediction nobody thought that we'd win and make it to playoffs. I thought the run through playoffs was brutal. We were just trying to eke by. The second half of the season was just injuries galore. I lost my first choice GK, LB, and striker. Highlights of the playoff run was getting one of new regens score to send us to the semifinal. The semifinal we were evenly matched with Gondomar SC.  The final we shot more on goal but nothing was hitting. The better team won to be honest. At least, we got into Terceira Liga through playoffs.

Bruninho won top goalscorer of the league with 23 goals. Cami placed third for most assists in the league with 11.

Youth Intake

This is the part of this update I am most excited about. In my previous update, I shared what my HOYD thought of this youth intake. I think he delivered in the best way possible.

This is sorted by potential -> determination -> ability.  Just so you understand how I also nicknamed my players for this youth intake.

The personality spread of our youth intake. It's pretty good.  We didn't get any bad media handling to be paired with these personalities which is an added bonus.

Fairly Professional - 3
Fairly Determined - 2
Unambitious - 2
Balanced - 2
Fickle - 2
Spirited - 1
Low Determination - 1
Professional - 1
Ambitious - 1
Fairly Ambitious - 1

The first thing I did was add them in mentoring groups by determination. In total, there are 7 mentoring groups that have all my U19 players. None of them have been promoted to first team just yet. They have played first team games in the first season. You can see that some don't really have influence, that's okay. I want all of my players to be in one cohesive social group by the time they get to my first team. It helps in the long run. I've already gotten a player learn a player trait from one of the other players in their mentoring group (Added bonus).

The development of my youth intake will be dependent on how fast I can get their determination to go up. I think determination is key to development. What will happen to these players' personalities if determination increases?

Fairly Professional / Reserved  -> Resolute / Reserved  (Personality change when they get to 15 Determination)
Fairly Professional / Level-headed -> Resolute / Level-headed  (Personality change when they get to 15 Determination)
Fairly Determined / Media-friendly -> Driven / Media-friendly (Personality change when they get to 18 Determination)
Unambitious / Unflappable -> Determined / Unflappable (Personality change when they get to 18 Determination)
Unambitious / Media-friendly -> Determined / Media-friendly (Personality change when they get to 18 Determination)
Spirited / Unflappable -> Determined / Unflappable (Personality change when they get to 18 Determination)
Balanced / Media-friendly -> Fairly Determined / Media-friendly (Personality change when they get to 15 Determination)
Low Determination / Level-headed -> Balanced / Level-headed (Personality change when they get to 6 Determination)
Fickle / Media-friendly -> Driven / Media-friendly (Personality change when they get to 18 Determination)
Professional / Level-headed -> It's already great.
Ambitious / Media-friendly -> Driven / Media-friendly (Personality change when they get to 18 Determination)
Fairly Ambitious / Level-headed -> Ambitious / Level-headed (Personality change when they get to 15 Determination)

This is without factoring in increases in other hidden attributes which could also affect personality change in a player. For example, a Professional personality if they can get their Professional hidden attribute at 20, then they are a Model Professional which is one of the best personalities in the game. I'm still trying to figure out how I can influence the other hidden attributes through fining, mentoring, and training.

The other hidden attributes that determine player personality and media-handling.

• Ambition
• Professionalism
• Pressure
• Sportsmanship
• Temperamental
• Loyalty
• Controversy

The perceived best player from this youth intake based on my HOYD's ability.

Eduardo has gotten game time after youth intake day. His current development so far.

I forgot to add my U19s team did win their league. My youth intake players did start playing in the U19s league with 4 games left to the season. They did pretty well.

 

 

Edited April 12, 2021 by hubwub

[Deicide]

Is anyone else having trouble conceding goals on offensive goal kicks? No matter what I change, long kicks, distribute to playmaker, distribute to cbs/fbs, we always lose the ball and the opposition scores on the counter with just 3-4 passes. This even happens when we're playing defensive/cautious and I've told my GK to take fewer risks when passing the ball. Its  gets so frustrating.

[JLAB]

You know, I think I might have been drawn in the group of death in the Europa League. I had been hoping for a kinder draw than this.

Good thing that the board only wants me to be competitive in the Europa League this season, right?

[The_Gato_In_Goal]

Marchamalo - Youth Intake - April 2024

This intake seemingly answered all of my prayers about needing attacking players; it even provided multiple with CA high enough to start from day 1. The HOYD is absolutely incredible, directly influencing two Professional talents. In total, we got 2 Professional and 3 Fairly Professional.

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Spoiler

Carlos Alberto (24a) will start immediately. His CA and PA are the clear strengths since he unfortunately has an Unambitious personality and stands at a measly 5'5". We need strikers badly though, so I'm happy to get one through.

Spoiler

Exciting to get a Malian in Abdoulaye Bagayoko (24b). A Fairly Professional personality is encouraging as are his above average attributes. Will rotate him in the AM (C) position.

Spoiler

The HOYD singled out Abel Limón (24c) as the one to watch. Given AM (L) is the sole position we have yet to produce a quality potential youth in, I will take him despite being even shorter than Carlos Alberto (24a)! A Fairly Professional personality does not hurt his case either.

Spoiler

We are stacked in the center of midfield at the moment, but I will always take the moment to show a prospect like José Angel Arribas (24e) with high PA and a Professional personality.

 

Spoiler

 

Another Professional personality and high PA youth, but Owen Bowden (24g) is Gibraltarian as well. Only downside is his extreme lack of pace for a winger, may have to be retrained as a DLF (S).

[vikeologist]

Vikeologist's 24th Folkestone Intake Report (and 20th Intake Review)

Missed the intake by a couple of days, so this screenshot is the best I can filtering out the non-intake.

It’s not too bad. I got what I (again) most needed, a new central defender.

The personalities are good as well. Only going to offer contracts to 7 of them. I don’t really see any 3 star potential kids making it, but I’ll keep them on trial for the moment to see if any of them do anything to change my mind.

 

Jack Hercules 24a – I’m probably going to throw him straight into the first team. Not starting every match necessarily, but we do need a second central defender. Last year’s Alan Bradley 23a prospect is also a central defender, but he has not played well when slotted in.

Bradley is a bit short, and despite his surname, Jack is only 2cm taller at 181. However he starts with a good personality, so hopefully he will develop better than Bradley, though it would be hard to improve less.

 

YP20 Review

Andrew Horgan 20a – A goalie who developed really well from 2 seasons out on loan, and who I sold for £3 million at the start of the season, because I didn’t think I’d be able to offer him a contract or squad status he’d accept, because my starting goalie was really good. In the end I sold my starting goalie as well, and with my 3^rd best goalie on loan, I’m starting my 4^th stringer, but that’s a story for the end of the season.

Momodou Ceesay 20b – A central defender I released on a free.

Kenechukwu Okpala 20c – A winger who’s still with us, but it’s not going to happen for him. Will doubtless find a place in a much lower level.

Ellis Wiltshire 20d- Broke up the strike partnership of Morgan and Collett that had existed for years, and seemed as though he’d become fantastic, but this season has been disappointing, and he seems to have reached the limit of his potential.