The FM21 Youth Academy Challenge

[The_Gato_In_Goal]

Marchamalo - Youth Intake - April 2027

This is now a third poor intake in a row despite it being a "golden generation". At least the HOYD influenced some positive personalities and we have some non-Spanish players, but it's tough not having any players with 5 star PA (or even 4 star) for yet another season.

Spoiler

Spoiler

Santiago García (27b) should develop into a first team player eventually with a Professional personality. Well-round, if below average, now, but has the potential to grow.

Spoiler

More excited that we got a Chinese prospect in Zeng Tao (27c), but he also has potential to be a backup in the future with a decent Fairly Professional personality and some PA.

[XaW]

Umm.... PSG???? I mean, he is a good striker for me, but not quite PSG quality, I'd say.

[JLAB]

4 minutes ago, XaW said:

Umm.... PSG???? I mean, he is a good striker for me, but not quite PSG quality, I'd say.

He must have some pretty impressive potential for PSG to want him.

[XaW]

3 minutes ago, JLAB said:

He must have some pretty impressive potential for PSG to want him.

Indeed, and he is very good for my side. My problem is that his contract is up at the end of the season, and he refuses to talk about a new one... So he might go wherever he wants soon enough...

[XaW]

        

Follo FK - Season 2029 Review

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

A much improved season and we were never in contention for relegation. I hope this is a sign for continued improvement, but I see one major issue going forward. Our best striker, John Elstad Bekken 27b, is out of contract in a month or so, and he has so far refused to talk about a new one. I keep trying, but if we lose him, we are in a right mess. I can only hope he comes around, but if he were to leave we will take a giant step backwards.

In Norgesmesterskapet we beat Levanger, Grorud, Stjørdals-Blink and Strømsgodset before losing to Viking in the quarter final.

Youth

A better preview than we've had in a few years.

A pretty good intake this season as well.

Christian Eliassen 29c is a very talented goalkeeper, and if I didn't already have two good ones he would be part of the main squad.

2nd team:

They only played friendlies this season.

U19s:

They won the U19 Championship Oslo this season, but lost to Åsane in the playoff for promotion and have to spend at least another season in the regionals.

In the Norwegian U19 Cup they beat Randaberg, Fram Larvik, Skeid, and Sogndal before losing to Start in the quarter final.

Statistics:

Spoiler

England added to the list this season.

Record Breakers:

Most assists in a season: Adrian Størk Jacobsen 23c - 16
Most league goals overall: Ernest Rzepecki - 182
Oldest goalscorer: Ernest Rzepecki - 31 years, 255 days

Trophy cabinet:

OBOS-Ligaen 1 - (2027)
PostNord-ligaen Avdeling 2 - 1 (2022)

Norwegian U19 Championship Oslo (U19s) - 3 (2022, 2024, 2029)

[JLAB]

Looking for some opinions for my Head of Youth Development Options. We play a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-4-2 formation.

Stevie Hammell is my current Head of Youth Development and has been with me for almost 20 years, but I think that his reputation lets him down a little bit. I've found two people who I think can replace him.

The first option is Fidel Jiménez from Spain, he's currently at Alavés, he's got the same personality as Hammell, but has better coaching attributes and has the better reputation, but he is slightly worse at Working with Youngsters and slightly worse at judging player potential.

The last person is Simone Calvano, who has a perfectionist personality and has a better reputation, but is worst at judging player ability and potential. He's also much younger than the other two options.

There are some other Head of Youth Developments who have better reputation, but their personalities are not as good, so I think myself wondering who I should go for.

[keeper#1]

Farnborough 2038 Offseason Update

I usually don't do offseason posts but with the move to the Premier League....there has been a lot of activity.

Takeover Successful

As owner of Huddersfield, he oversaw a rebuilding effort which saw the consolidate for six years in League One before a promotion to the Championship.  His time at Huddersfield ended when a tycoon took over the club.  Good for them but not good for the rest of the league.

He reduced the debt from 14 million to 6.75 million pounds.

Club Infrastructure

Cherrywood Lane does not meet the minimum standards for the Premier League so we needed a place to play.  AFC Wimbledon allowed us to rent their place for the season.

With the money that Dean Hoyle pumped into the club during the takeover, we used it to upgrade our facilities even further.

We added a new affiliate club.  Hartlepool joins Bohemian in Ireland as clubs where we can send players on loan.

2038 World Cup

Group Stage

Surprises: Honduras, Scotland, Finland and Cameroon

Disappoints: South Korea, Mexico, the African qualifiers (6 nations failed to advance to the knockout rounds)

Second Round

Croatia upsets Italy is the biggest upset in the second round while Holland going out on penalties to Argentina was an unexpected battle of heavyweights.

3rd Round to Final

The USA upset Colombia in the Round of 16 and then Brazil in the quarterfinals before losing to Denmark in the semifinals.  Denmark needed penalties to knockout Iceland before upsetting Belgium.  In the other half of the draw, The Czech Republic beat Spain to prevent a big Germany-Spain semifinals.  Germany needed extra time to beat both The Czech Republic and Denmark to claim back-to-back World Cups.

Winners: Germany

Runners-up: Denmark

3rd place: Czech Republic

Player of the Tournament

Juventus Adam Kurz netted 10 goals in seven games to win the Player of the Tournament as well as The Golden Boot.

Best Young Player

Pat Eckersley becomes the third English player to win the Best Young Player and the second player from Liverpool to claim the award.  Not looking forward to facing this left winger twice this season.

[OlivierL]

1 hour ago, JLAB said:

Looking for some opinions for my Head of Youth Development Options. We play a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-4-2 formation.

Stevie Hammell is my current Head of Youth Development and has been with me for almost 20 years, but I think that his reputation lets him down a little bit. I've found two people who I think can replace him.

The first option is Fidel Jiménez from Spain, he's currently at Alavés, he's got the same personality as Hammell, but has better coaching attributes and has the better reputation, but he is slightly worse at Working with Youngsters and slightly worse at judging player potential.

The last person is Simone Calvano, who has a perfectionist personality and has a better reputation, but is worst at judging player ability and potential. He's also much younger than the other two options. Perfectionist and 17 for determination is really good. That '12' for Jud Ca and '13' for Jud PA isn't an issue .

 

There are some other Head of Youth Developments who have better reputation, but their personalities are not as good, so I think myself wondering who I should go for.

I would pick Calvone with the best personality and highest determination. Second place for Hammell

What do they have as media handling style  ?

[JLAB]

3 minutes ago, OlivierL said:

I would pick Calvone with the best personality and highest determination. Second place for Hammell

What do they have as media handling style  ?

Hammell has Reserved

Jiménez has Plays Mind Games, Level-Headed

Calvano has Level-Headed

[OlivierL]

1 minute ago, JLAB said:

Hammell has Reserved

Jiménez has Plays Mind Games, Level-Headed

Calvano has Level-Headed

Calvano for the win  i believe it is more important to have a hoyd with a big influence on their starting personality and determination . Maybe he'll make a few mistakes into judging players but getting a lot of youngsters with good personalities to develop is very important.  Off course u also need other youth staff with good personalities. 

[Proffa]

How does the reputation work with HoYDs? Is bigger just better? 

[JLAB]

Yeah, the bigger reputation, the more the players are likely to attracted to the club. Much like how the higher the manager's reputation and the club's reputation is more likely to attract a player to your club as well.

[Vlach]

Youth Intake 2023

 

 

 

Allegedly a golden generation... I am missing good central defenders and midfielders. Also a bit too many "unambitious" for my taste. But we will see.

I will sign them all - got enough space in our system for them for now, and we are way below the wage budget.

 

First 3:

Jake O'Reilly 23a

Biggest prospect, I am not happy with his physical attributes an especially his personality

Spoiler

 

Neil Bailie 23b

Could become a nice winger, but his vision and Flair are disappointing

Spoiler

 

Ryan Burgess 23c

Again physically seems to be a bit weak.

Spoiler

 

[Cheez3y]

I think I found my new journey.

There were I like to manage the most...Eastern Europe.

Also Oilc and Manzukic played there, which are 2 of my favorite Bayern players from the past decade.

[JLAB]

ACN Siena 1904 - 2041/42 Youth Intake

Our latest youth intake came in and there was a decent number of players that could potentially be good.

Daniele Iafrate is the first of the players that excited me. Can play as a striker and as a winger too. If he can develop then he can be exciting.

We've been needing a goalkeeper for a while now, with our three main keepers being 30, 28 and 25 respectively. If Castelluzzo can reach his potential, then I will be delighted.

Lorenzo Russo being able to play on both wings is useful, his crossing doesn't fill me with much confidence though.

Our affiliate link with Vejle BK allowed us to get Anders Jensen from the Faroes Islands. He looks like he has some potential.

Gianvito Messina is an exciting player who could do a lot if he improves some of his attributes. He can be a playmaker, which for our side is very useful.

[DazRTaylor]

Youth Candidates

Season 2022

Miðvágs Bóltfelag

The preview was absolutely dreadful so my hopes were not high:

The intake itself was superb and every single player will be offered a contract.

[DazRTaylor]

End of Season Review

Season 2022

Miðvágs Bóltfelag

Season Summary

An excellent season where we secured promotion to the third tier.

Season Details

League Table - We won our group relatively comfortably.

League Fixtures - With just one league defeat, the season was exceptional.

Promotion Playoff Group - By winning all four games, we topped the Promotion Playoff Group with ease.

Promotion Playoff Group Fixtures - It doesn't get much better than four wins from four matches.

Løgmanssteypið - We again made it through to the second round before we were hammered away to second tier outfit TB.

Pre Season Friendlies - It was another strong showing in pre season, where we lost just three of our twelve games.

Squad - After such a strong youth intake, the quality of the squad has risen dramatically.

Squad Dynamics - Much better than last season.

Transfers In - None.

Transfers Out - None.

Youth Candidates - Despite a poor preview, the intake was excellent, with right winger Rasmus Hansen YP22I25 looking particularly good.

Finances - We are in the red as we have started losing money.

Key Players

Hanus Árason - Playing on the right wing, he was ok, though not as productive as last season.

Janus Djurhuus - Playing in defensive midfield, he had a fine campaign.

Aron Magnusson YP21D4 - The central defender has proven to be the most consistent performer from last season's youth intake.

Kristoffur Jacobsen - A fine season from the centre back.

Morten Dinesen YP21A1 - Already the best player at the club, the midfielder took a while to find his feet but is now an exceptional player for us.

Next Season

A top half finish would be lovely.

Personal Coaching Data

Season    Reputation           Qualifications     Att   Def   Fit   GkD   GkH   GkS   Tac   Tec   Men   WWY   Ada   Det   PlK   YoK   LoD   MaM   Mot
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At start  Minimal   (0.25*)    None                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     4     1     1     1     4     1     1     1
2021      Minimal = (0.25*) =  National B ↑↑        5 ↑   5 ↑   3 ↑   1 =   1 =   1 =   6 ↑   6 ↑   5 ↑   4 =   1 =   5 ↑   5 ↑   6 ↑   6 ↑   6 ↑   6 ↑
2022      Minimal = (0.50*) ↑  National A ↑         7 ↑   7 ↑   4 ↑   1 =   1 =   1 =   7 ↑   7 ↑   7 ↑   4 =   1 =   6 ↑   6 ↑   7 ↑   9 ↑   8 ↑   7 ↑

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
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At Start   Basic                Poor              Basic                 Basic            Limited            Local   (0.50*)
2021       Basic =              Poor =            Basic =               Average ↑        Basic ↑            Local = (0.50*) =
2022       Basic =              Poor =            Basic =               Adequate ↑       Fairly basic ↑     Local = (0.50*) =

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage
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2021         12         8        1        3          25              12                 +13              66.67%
2022         16        11        3        2          39              17                 +22              68.75% ↑

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage     Time At Club
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2021             12         8        1        3          25              12                 +13              66.67%             276 days
2022             28        19        4        5          64              29                 +35              67.86% ↑           660 days

Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
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2022       3. Deild.

Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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1 x 3. Deild (2022)


Cup Competition Victories
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Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                             Position     Løgmanssteypið                    Achievements
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2021              N/a               N/a                    N/a                       3. Deild Group A                      3rd       Second round                      Missed out on promotion group on last day of the season.
2022              N/a               N/a                    N/a                       3. Deild Group A                      1st ↑     Second round =                    Promoted via Promotion Playoff Group.

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                         Cumulative Number of Appearances
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2021       No one                                         0
2022       Aron Magnussen YP21D4                         16

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Goals
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2021       No one                                 0
2022       Heini Christiansen YP22J26             3
           Óli Peterson YP21C3                    3

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Assists
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2021       No one                                  0
2022       Morten Dinesen YP22A1                   2

Record Number of Clean Sheets (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
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2021       No one                                     0
2022       No one                                     0

 

 

 

 

 

[ANGL]

CLUB ESPORTIU EUROPA - FINAL UPDATE

Unfortunately, final update is a disaster: my hard drive has crashed and gone forever, so I've lost the save after 11 seasons. Luckily, I had all the important files from work on the cloud so the vital ones are saved.

So I will have to start again, a couple of questions before it happens:

- Do you people use cloud save from steam or any other service? Had a lot of problems syncing steam cloud in FM20 so stopped using it.

- I am thinking about scotland for a new start, any experiences there? Short seasons are a plus, and maybe some chance for completion as the country reputation isn't the lowest?

[the_hdk]

SVV Scheveningen

 

So my first try at the youth challange. After many reloads I finally got a team I wanted (was either SVV or Haarlem).

Club info:

 

First season update later today.

 

[the_hdk]

 

I'm not gonna bore you guys with my team yet. I will do that after my season ended.

For now first let me introduce you t othe HoYD that I managed to hire that was halfway decent. Minus points being his preffered formation and style and Balanced Personality.

But his skill ware so much better than anything else I could find so I went for him. Former youth player of Willem II and Excelsior, played mostly for amateurs (BVV and Capelle).

Peter de Lange:

 

and our first intake:

 

sounds promising.  The first 3 intakes are gonna be key...If I dont get anything decent where I can build a core team from this is gonna be a short adventure

Next update: full season review.

Edited May 7, 2021 by the_hdk

[XaW]

         

Follo FK - Season 2030 Review

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

The season started quite poor, as we lost out best ever talent (so far) in John Elstad Bekken 27b. He got picked up by Vålerenga, but they loaned him out to a 2nd tier side... Why John?!? You could have become a legend here at Follo! Anyway, we actually had a great season even without him, and finished in a very good 5th place! I think we will go into Europe next season since the league winner, Stabæk, is facing a 2nd tier team in the final later on. So if Stabæk wins that match we are going into the Europa League. I now hope we can stabilise at this level and push on from there.

In Norgesmesterskapet we beat Eik Tønsberg before losing to Lillestrøm in the 2nd round.

Youth

The previews are getting better recently.

Some talented player this intake, even if there are some variable personalities.

The best left back we've had come through for a long while, so he will be part of the main squad.

2nd team:

They only played friendlies this season.

U19s:

They won the U19 Championship Oslo again and went into the promotion playoffs. There they beat Åga in the semi, but lost to Lillestrøm in the final.

In the Norwegian U19 Cup they beat Sunndal, Skeid, Øygarden, Alta, and Bodø/Glimt before losing to Vålerenga in the semi final.

Statistics:

Spoiler

No new countries this season.

Record Breakers:

Most league apps overall: Ernest Rzepecki - 286
Most league goals overall: Ernest Rzepecki - 202
Oldest goalscorer: Ernest Rzepecki - 32 years, 247 days

Trophy cabinet:

OBOS-Ligaen 1 - (2027)
PostNord-ligaen Avdeling 2 - 1 (2022)

Norwegian U19 Championship Oslo (U19s) - 4 (2022, 2024, 2029, 2030)

[the_hdk]

 

Club Intro:

So in the Banner you can see our glorious stadium Houtrust (Rusty Wood?). Named after the area where its located. The stadium (if you can call that a stadium with capacity of 3,500 and only 350 seated spaces) was build in 1910. The club is located and named after the a part of The Hague (Scheveningen) that is famous for its beach, opportunities to get mugged, drunk teenagers and or senior residents who should probably not show their bodies on a beach anymore.

So why Scheveningen? Two way, I live currently only a few Km from the club and reastically if a club would really grow to be able to fight the big 3 (Ajax, PSV & AZ) Sorry Feyenoord fans ;). the club should have some fanbase potential. As the other Hague Club, ADO is plain horrible there is a real potential for growth. So without further ado..(lol., red.)  lets see how my first year went.

 

League:

More Stats: 

Player Stats / Transfers

Not that bad first season. Actually far better than I expected. I even managed to get into the playoffs (thanks to the many Jong teams) but sadly our team is just not good enough to pass them. Tied Roda at home 2-2 but we lost ...quite badly in Kerkrade 0-2. We got slaughtered in away games agansit the Jong teams and Twente.

Our goaly VAN DER MAATEN has been our best player. By far. With an amazing av. rating of 7.31. We will be needing him as our second goaly decided to retire witch leaves us with two regen goalies both under a star. If he leaves before I can train up a decent goaly we are doomed. Further credits to VAN BERKEL, our aged LB who scored some very important penalties and our two strikers VAN DER PUTTEN and A-KUM (who started as a winger but I retrained him during the season). Defense was really solid and I have that thanks to the signs in amateur time. (before I joined). SKOGEN is a norwegian youngster who was released by Feyenoord and KLUITERS was released from AZ. KLUITERS even managed to get two caps at Suriname this season, becoming our first international player. Overal the team is old, many players in their 30s without any decent back-ups. I have 3 seasons tops to get some youth players through that can play in KKD level or we are doomed.

Fun fact. You see Almere City has qualified for EL, How you ask? they won the Dutch CUP! yeah  bizarre. In the cup we lost in the second round against Utrecht 1-5 after defeating Achilles 5-4 in penalties in first round.

History of SVV so far:

Spend alot of monies (1,5mln) on updating training and youth up to basic...and second update underway. also coahcing and Y-rec went up.

Youth intake

 

Really not a bad intake! 4 players with 4,5 stars in potential and two of them with 2 stars in ability (meaning they are on par with my backup players). I signed the top 9 players (Langlet and up) and Njwaga...sucha  weird regen..a South African born with a Portugese second nationality! too awesome to pass up on. ahh yes I alwso sign Nuytinck as we really need goalies. And he's already better than my back-up!

Below the top 4 out of my first intake:

Kruiper (awesome name, meaning crawler!)

 

I think the best of the bunch. will fit my role of BPD quite well..if he improves.

Winter (GoT jokes incoming)

 

A but slow for a wing back. But lets see.

Van der Meulen

 

As I do not use AMC's  I will need to retrain him to MC. Or maybe other  position is better?

Dzafic

Horrible finishing and composure...not that quick. Maybe also better to retrain him?

 

More intake data (as I love that in other updates):

Thats it for first season. Lets see if I can stay up another year

[UnkleTass]

ACN Siena 1904 Season 2038/39 Review

We are back in the big time boys and I couldn't be prouder, this time around we put on a mid season surge and although we stuttered over the line losing the title to one of my former U20s coaches it was still a very successful season. The main catalyst that sparked the run was the top scorer Mari 37D* he is an absolute star and now comfortably the best player in my team. He was mainly on the bench to start the year as I have two similar position players I wanted to split time so as not to wear them out, but as soon as he came in for his half of the year it was sensational. 18 goals in 20 games and 4 assists to boot. WHAT A LAD. Not sure we have enough to stay up next year but if Mari 37D* continues on this pace we will give it a strong showing.

The youth intake has again been decent this year 3 potential 5-Star talents including a goalkeeper which is good as we are coming to the end of Yari Colombini 25B cycle, he's now 29 and yes he has maybe another 5/6 as a Goalkeeper, but hopefully the new kid will be ready at about 20/21 to start. We also picked up a decent 3.5 star RB who can hopefully push on as it is my only area of slight concern

No facilities updates, aware that they will go down at some point when the dreaded 'advancements' come but we will hopefully have the funds to invest when that day comes

No job offers this year

Challenge: Squad League Table Transfers

Key Players: Alessandro Mari 37D* Federico Rosciano 34C Giorgio Cordaro 37A*

Youth Intake: Preview Actual

Manager: Profile Attributes

Jobs:  

Extra: Finances Moments Run In

[Ronaldo Beckham]

Aachen Season 2 Youth Intake

Some more good wingers and a great right back in the making.

Here are some of my top prospects.

Anis Mojovic(YP10) - German Right Back

Samed Bayram(YP11) - German Striker

Burhan Polat(YP12) - German Left Winger

Jan Schulze(YP13) - German Right Winger

Dominik Cichon(YP14) - German Defensive Midfielder

Lars Pawlak(YP15) - German Central Defender

Faith Kara(YP16) - German Striker

 

[vikeologist]

@Vlach Unambitious personalities are ok. There's no real benefit in this challenge to them being unambitious. Fickle probably isn't great though, because that dude is ambitious. He will leave you quicker than Britney left Jason Alexander.

@the_hdk I've got to admit that coaching ability is very low of my priorities for HoYDs, and the balanced personality could be really bad. It's not usually neutral. The balanced label is what SI use for people with terrible personalities that they don't want to sue them. What's his media handling? Because if it's not one that proves that he has 13 or more for professionalism, you should dump his arse. He might have something like 1-5 for professionalism and be an anchor around your neck. 

[JLAB]

ACN Siena 1904 - 2041/42 Season Review

After the highs of getting European football last season, we've come crashing back down to earth with a disappointing end of the season. We could have claimed 8th place in Serie A in the last day of the season, but SPAL beating us meant that we couldn't even do that. With the fact we failed to win our last five games of the season, we were honestly lucky just to have made it to 9th place at all. We threw away a 7th place finish and European Football in the process. A very disappointing end to what had been beforehand a good season.

 

If there is one thing that I am happy about, it is the fact that my current board are more than happy to expand our reach for clubs that can become an affiliate of ours and with Taranto (a side I could have managed in this save) being added to the list just before the end of the season, we are very much expanding just how much we can do going on from here. In fact, with Taranto's addition to the list, we have had 24 different affiliates and clubs from 12 different countries having links with us. It also means that in future Youth Academy Challenge saves that I want to do, I can do at least 8 different countries for where I want to go. It's exciting times ahead of us in that regards.

[XaW]

          

Follo FK - Season 2031 Review

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

Another season were we fight at the top, but are never really in the battle for the title. Brann finished ahead of a group of teams competing for the rest of the European spots, and we are in that group now. In the end we finished in a very good 4th place and qualified for Europe again next season. I did manage to get some great improvements to the club this season and even have both facility upgrades going on at the moment.

In Norgesmesterskapet we beat Elverum, Hønefoss, and Viking before losing to Rosenborg in the 4th round.

We also had our first ever run in Europe this season and it was the Europa Conference League we entered. We beat Gorica of Croatia, Shamrock Rovers of Ireland, and Heereveen of the Netherlands to reach the group stage. Here we drew Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel, Fykir of Iceland, and Malmö FF of Sweden. We had a good showing, but only finished 3rd in the group and got knocked out. Still a great first stint in Europe though!

Youth

Another pretty good preview.

I screwed up and forgot to take a screenshot of the intake, but it was pretty good with several 5 star talents.

The best player was Freddy Aleesami 31b, a very promising midfielder that's great with both feet and has a great personality.

2nd team:

They only played friendlies this season.

U19s:

They won the U19 Championship Oslo again and went into the promotion playoffs. There they beat Start in the semi final and Alta in the final to get promoted to the national tier (finally!).

In the Norwegian U19 Cup they beat Vålerenga, Raufoss, and KFUM Oslo before losing to Lillestrøm in the 4th round.

Statistics:

Spoiler

We added Eritrea this season.

Record Breakers:

None

Trophy cabinet:

OBOS-Ligaen 1 - (2027)
PostNord-ligaen Avdeling 2 - 1 (2022)

Norwegian U19 Championship Oslo (U19s) - 5 (2022, 2024, 2029, 2030, 2031)

[Proffa]

Dorchester Town - Season 27/28

Transfers - League Table

Second season in the Championship, media prediction 11th. From the start it was easy to see that Aston Villa and Norwich would most likely take the two top spots but other than that, it was very even. We were solid 3rd-5th until January when my best striker Max Geddes went crazy and scored 14 goals in 5 league matches. We were 1st for a moment but then he got injured and we eventually finished 3rd with 94 points. So it was play-offs again: I almost ragequit when Bournemouth took a 2-0 lead in play-off semi-final first leg, but then we made an amazing late game comeback. In the final we met Stoke and it was again Max Geddes who won the match for us, 2-0!

Our team relies way too much on quick Geddes, there isn't really anyone else who can consistently score. When he is injured or in a bad form, we are quite mediocre. Our goal in Premier Division is to stay up.

Lost to Leeds, FA Cup 3rd round.

Facilities are now maxed out, I think.

Youth intake preview didn't seem to offer much. The intake had two very good youngsters though, I signed Pablo Rodriguez, Ronan Thompson + 3 other players.

Our stadium (5000 capacity) isn't good enough for Premier League, so we rented Bournemouth's stadium for the upcoming season.

 

Season  Div      Pos     Most l.goals            Most l.assists            TF          YF           JC          YR          Av.Att    Finances        
21/22     VNLS   1st       Emile Ngoy (45)       Daniel Delve (21)       Avg        Basic      Adeq+   Adeq+   468         123 000

22/23     VNL     1st       Emile Ngoy (45)       Daniel Delve (19)       Avg        Basic      Adeq     Adeq      663         20 000

23/24     L2        1st       Emile Ngoy (22)       Jon Scorey (11)           Avg        B.Avg+   Good+  Avg+       1194       342 000

24/25     L1        4th      Max Geddes (20)     Charles Amuzu (11)   Good+  Adeq+    Excel+   Excel+    2344       7 000 000        

25/26     L1        1st       Max Geddes (21)     Jamie Wotton (15)     Excel++ Good++ Excep+  Excep+  2676       5 400 000

26/27     CH       5th      Max Geddes (27)     Toby Snodin (15)      SotA++  Excel++  Excep    Excep    4998       13 200 000

27/28     CH       3rd      Max Geddes (38)     T. Kwiecien (13)         SotA      SotA++   Excep    Excep    4998        57 000 000

28/29     PL        ???

Edited May 8, 2021 by Proffa

[the_hdk]

4 hours ago, vikeologist said:

@Vlach Unambitious personalities are ok. There's no real benefit in this challenge to them being unambitious. Fickle probably isn't great though, because that dude is ambitious. He will leave you quicker than Britney left Jason Alexander.

@the_hdk I've got to admit that coaching ability is very low of my priorities for HoYDs, and the balanced personality could be really bad. It's not usually neutral. The balanced label is what SI use for people with terrible personalities that they don't want to sue them. What's his media handling? Because if it's not one that proves that he has 13 or more for professionalism, you should dump his arse. He might have something like 1-5 for professionalism and be an anchor around your neck. 

good question.  its media friendly. so...that could be anything..its like balanced but for media IIRC. gonna check If I can find anyone better but so far no luck ...only regens...and I do nto like to have randoms in important places.

[vikeologist]

8 minutes ago, the_hdk said:

good question.  its media friendly. so...that could be anything..its like balanced but for media IIRC. gonna check If I can find anyone better but so far no luck ...only regens...and I do nto like to have randoms in important places.

Well. It can't be anything. His personality is somewhere between bad and fudging awful.

It's sometimes just nice to now where you stand with people. Like my goalie is 'Mercenary' Over the years I've fined him so much his determination and work rate are now really high, but he's still mercenary. Mentored by players with fantastic personalities in a team with a fantastic professionalism running throughout it, but 'Shamrock' Larkin would still knife his grannie if he saw 5p on the ground and thought the old dear might have seen it as well, and that's fine. Shamrock and I understand each other. I just had to give him a new contract every 6 months just to edge his minimum release clause up by another 50k. 

Anyway, apologies of you do';t like unsolicited advice, but Balanced / media Friendly is probably so bad for professionalism and pressure that he's sabotaging your team. He could have 14 for both, but it could be 1 for both. 

[XaW]

Just had a BEAST appear! (This joke is really funny for Scandinavians since Bjørn means Bear)

[Cheez3y]

26 minutes ago, XaW said:

Just had a BEAST appear! (This joke is really funny for Scandinavians since Bjørn means Bear)

Holy...

I would use every possible clause for his contract.

And rise his wage every time, I could give him a new contract.

[the_hdk]

1 hour ago, vikeologist said:

Well. It can't be anything. His personality is somewhere between bad and fudging awful.

It's sometimes just nice to now where you stand with people. Like my goalie is 'Mercenary' Over the years I've fined him so much his determination and work rate are now really high, but he's still mercenary. Mentored by players with fantastic personalities in a team with a fantastic professionalism running throughout it, but 'Shamrock' Larkin would still knife his grannie if he saw 5p on the ground and thought the old dear might have seen it as well, and that's fine. Shamrock and I understand each other. I just had to give him a new contract every 6 months just to edge his minimum release clause up by another 50k. 

Anyway, apologies of you do';t like unsolicited advice, but Balanced / media Friendly is probably so bad for professionalism and pressure that he's sabotaging your team. He could have 14 for both, but it could be 1 for both. 

no please all advice is good  more the merrier   i'm on a look out for new HOYD, so far...all I can find  all of them are balanced  personality...my rep as club is just horrible.

[XaW]

5 minutes ago, Cheez3y said:

Holy...

I would use every possible clause for his contract.

And rise his wage every time, I could give him a new contract.

I gave him all clauses I could!

[Cheez3y]

6 minutes ago, XaW said:

I gave him all clauses I could!

Yes! and every couple months try and renew it with just a bit more money.

[XaW]

1 minute ago, Cheez3y said:

Yes! and every couple months try and renew it with just a bit more money.

That's my plan!

[keeper#1]

Gonna take a short break from my Farnborough save.  It's been a long slog to the Premier League and I feel like that's the major accomplishment.  Plus, I want do some stuff outside of England and with scouting.  I'll have an Achievement Hunter thread up in the career part of the forum soon.

[Ronaldo Beckham]

Aachen Season 2 Review

A slightly better season with an 8th place finish which is a bit  better then my 11th place finish last season.

Squad Summary

Another season lacking that man up front to bang the goals in. I had 2 players who were joint top scorers with 7 goals each but that was it. 

I am hoping to get a good striker from my Youth Intake next season.

Transfers

[Proffa]

I might take a break too. I like my current team but we will be in trouble in Premier League...

[JAwtunes]

Widzew Lodz (FM20)

Season 16 (2035-36) - Review

Mateusz Budnik wins FIFA u21 Player of the Year

On the pitch

Starting 11

Domestic: We managed the league and cup double again, but lost the super cup match for the first time in over a decade.

Spoiler

League

Cup

Super cup

Europe: We were strong in our Champions League Group and managed to knock PSG out in the first KO round, but were outclassed by Man Utd in the quarter-final.

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Off the pitch

Youth intake

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Players

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Top Players

 

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2036 intake

 

Award: Budnik 31a won the FIFA Best U21 Men's Player award.

SUMMARY

 

[Vlach]

Season 2 Review

It was a quite awful  season until mid November - lost many, many games, last position in league. In desperation i decided to switch to a 4-3-3 with emphasis on possession. Not that i got great passers in my team, not at all. But i hoped that possession is the best defence when you got bad defenders Thankfully it worked, we slowly crawled out of relegation-zone. After New Years i slowly incorporated some of our 16 year olds into the senior squad - mostly because we already had clear signs of fatigue, and those appearences in the first team hopefully will help their development a bit. I will anyway probably need them sooner or later permanently in the first team - need to get that winter blues under control.

In general my defenders and defensive midfielders are simply not adequate for the league, especially the central ones. The midfield and attack is mediocre at best. The best of our youth of the years 22 & 23 should be able to perform a bit better, if most of them turn out the way they are projected right now. But thats still 2 years or so away. Until then our main focus hast to be "survival" in the National League. And if possible to improve the youth facilities and recruitment system - we are gaining money atm, so that could be possible.

 

 

I plan as well to work on the tactic-side. The 4-3-3 saved us, but we lack the one great striker to score consistently. Regan Linney is good, but not great. Therefor i am planning to try to make the 4-3-3 a bit more attack-minded.

 

Our key players havent changed. Its the same i wrote last season:

Regan Linney - versatile and the only striker consistent at scoring

Luke Griffiths - consistent, good eye for building up the attack.

Dan Lavercomb - A reliant keeper.

 

Finances:

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Squad

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Before I forget: i got an international! One of my youngster is nominated for the Gibraltar U21!

[Colossus]

I have just spent 4 hours reloading the game on the 30th of May so that I might get the team that I wanted. It finally payed off.

 

I will be taking the righs at Arões Sport Club, a Portuguese team that is about 2 miles away from where I was born and live currently. They have played a couple of times in the Portuguese 3rd tier, the most recent one being in 2017/2018. They are now going to be playing on the brand new Portuguese 4th tier, with the addition of the Terceira Liga for the 3rd tier in 2021/2022.

 

[OlivierL]

14 hours ago, XaW said:

Just had a BEAST appear! (This joke is really funny for Scandinavians since Bjørn means Bear)

What a player :o 

[Shankly84]

I’ve got quite a few seasons to update, so apologies in advance if I start to take over the thread a little. 

[DazRTaylor]

Sadly, I have lost my Faroese save.  So back to Andorra.  I finally have an academy!

[DazRTaylor]

Youth Candidates

Season 2024/25

Unió Esportiva Extremenya

So I finally have a youth academy!  My preview was decent enough:

With my intake itself being excellent:

[XaW]

           

Follo FK - Season 2032 Review

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

This was a step back for what I expected. We finished 2 positions lower, and 6 points behind last season. And we also conceded more and scored less. I'm not quite sure why, but I did make some small tactical tweaks throughout the season, so it might have been the reason. Hopefully, we can improve next season and step back into the fight for the European spots.

In Norgesmesterskapet we beat Finnsnes, Molde, Bærum, Ranheim, Strømsgodset, and Sogndal to reach the final. There we beat Sandefjord to take our first ever cup trophy! We had an easy route, but we still did it!

In the Europa Conference League we beat MTK Budapest of Hungary, but lost to FC Ilves of Finland in the 3rd qualifying round. Quite poor from us, really.

Youth

The intakes have been better since I started improving things around the club.

I remembered to take a screenshot this time, and it was a really good intake.

I posted this screenshot of him earlier, and he is a right beast! As I've had him for a while now, I'm starting to suspect he is quite injury prone...

2nd team:

They only played friendlies this season.

U19s:

Last season they got promoted to the National U19 Championship again, and this time they avoided relegation as they finished 10th.

In the Norwegian U19 Cup they beat Fyllingsdalen, Rollon, Sarpsborg, and Oppsal before losing to Vålerenga in the quarter final.

Statistics:

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This season we added Pakistan to our growing list.

Record Breakers:

None

Trophy cabinet:

Norgesmesterskapet 1 - (2032)
OBOS-Ligaen 1 - (2027)
PostNord-ligaen Avdeling 2 - 1 (2022)

Norwegian U19 Championship Oslo (U19s) - 5 (2022, 2024, 2029, 2030, 2031)

[Vlach]

Youth Intake 2024

 

 

Changed my HOYD to someone with a better personalty. Its now "Professional" , and it was before "unambitious". And it showed already in this intake, better personalities now

Generally speaking I am happy that the initial report was wrong. What iI currently need most in the youth system are more central midfielders, and here i got now some. I will sign those with the most promise, and some additional ones with good personality. But could this be a "golden" generation"? I doubt it.

Oh and the one goalkeeper i will sign as well, really never want to end up without any GKs in the youth

 

 

[DazRTaylor]

End of Season Review

Season 2024/25

Unió Esportiva Extremenya

Season Summary

An excellent season that went right to the wire.  Needing a win in the last game, we only managed a goalless draw to finish runners up for the first time.

Season Details

Europa Conference League - We defeated Estonian outfit Flora Tallinn in the first qualifying round before very narrowly losing to Serbian side Rad Beograd in the next round.

League Table - Our highest ever finish of second, so I should be pleased.

League Fixtures 1 & 2 - Consistency was the key, though a win on the final day would of secured the title.

Copa Constitució - Very disappointing as we once again went out at the eighth final stage, losing to Athlètic Club d'Escaldes, from the division below.

Pre Season Friendlies - Another twelve game pre season campaign and again, we only lost twice which was pleasing.

Squad - We finally have some depth.  Now to develop these youngsters.

Squad Dynamics - Excellent as always.

Transfers In - None.

Transfers Out - None.

Youth Candidates - Our first ever intake as I was allowed to develop an academy from scratch.  A decent group of players, with central midfielder Paco Berenguer YP25A1 being good enough to go straight into the starting eleven.

Finances - The European monies have enabled the club to remain in the black.

Key Players

Elie Baud - Our best player had his best top flight season yet for us.

António Silva - A good season though was overshadowed by Carmona.

Daniel Carmona - Playing from central midfield, he hit double figures for both goals and assists.

Ismael Rodríguez - The striker has had a rather prolific season.

Samuel Martínez - It was a campaign where the central defender returned to form.

Next Season

Another title challenge is the aim.

Personal Coaching Data

Season    Reputation           Qualifications     Att   Def   Fit   GkD   GkH   GkS   Tac   Tec   Men   WWY   Ada   Det   PlK   YoK   LoD   MaM   Mot
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At start  Minimal   (0.25*)    None                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     4     1     1     1     4     1     1     1
2021/22   Minimal = (0.50*) ↑  None =               4 ↑   4 ↑   1 =   1 =   1 =   1 =   4 ↑   4 ↑   4 ↑   4 ↑   1 =   4 ↑   4 ↑   5 ↑   4 ↑   4 ↑   4 ↑
2022/23   Minimal = (1.00*) ↑  National A ↑↑↑       7 ↑   7 ↑   3 ↑   1 =   1 =   1 =   7 ↑   7 ↑   7 ↑   4 =   1 =   6 ↑   6 ↑   7 ↑  16 ↑   8 ↑   9 ↑
2023/24   Minimal = (1.00*) =  National A =         8 ↑   8 ↑   3 =   1 =   1 =   1 =   8 ↑   8 ↑   8 ↑   4 =   1 =   7 ↑   7 ↑   8 ↑  20 ↑   9 ↑  10 ↑
2024/25   Minimal = (1.25*) ↑  Continental C ↑     10 ↑  11 ↑   4 ↑   1 =   1 =   1 =  11 ↑  11 ↑  11 ↑   8 ↑   1 =   9 ↑   8 ↑   9 ↑  20 =  11 ↑  14 ↑

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
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At Start   Poor                 Poor              Adequate              None             None               Local   (0.50*)
2021/22    Poor =               Poor =            Adequate =            None =           None =             Local = (0.50*) =
2022/23    Poor =               Poor =            Adequate =            None =           None =             Local = (0.50*) =
2023/24    Poor =               Poor =            Adequate =            None =           None =             Local = (0.50*) =
2024/25    Poor =               Poor =            Adequate =            Average ↑↑↑      Adequate ↑↑↑       Local = (0.50*) =

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22      23        17        3        3          58              23                 +35              73.91%
2022/23      30        14        5       11          59              47                 +12              46.66% ↓
2023/24      30        15        5       10          58              42                 +16              50.00% ↑
2024/25      32        17        8        7          72              48                 +24              53.13% ↑

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage     Time At Club
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22          23        17        3        3          58              23                 +35              73.91%             322 days
2022/23          53        31        8       14         117              70                 +47              58.49% ↓           693 days
2023/24          83        46       13       24         175             112                 +63              55.42% ↓         1,065 days
2024/25         115        63       21       31         247             160                 +87              54.78% ↓         1,429 days

Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
--------------------------
2021/22    Lliga Biosphere

Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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1 x Lliga Biosphere (2021/22)


Cup Competition Victories
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Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                             Position     Copa Constitució                    Achievements
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Lliga Biosphere                       1st              N/a                          Promoted as champions.
2022/23           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Lliga Multisegur Assegurances         3rd ↑     Semi final ↑                        Qualified for the Europa Conference League.
2023/24           N/a               N/a         First qualifying round               Lliga Multisegur Assegurances         3rd =     Eighth final ↓                      Qualified for the Europa Conference League.
2024/25           N/a               N/a         Second qualifying round              Lliga Multisegur Assegurances         2nd ↑     Eighth final =                      Qualified for the Europa Conference League.

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                         Cumulative Number of Appearances
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22    No one                                         0
2022/23    No one                                         0
2023/24    No one                                         0
2024/25    Javier Rodríguez YP25C3                        6

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Goals
---------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22    No one                                 0
2022/23    No one                                 0
2023/24    No one                                 0
2024/25    No one                                 0

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Assists
-----------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22    No one                                  0
2022/23    No one                                  0
2023/24    No one                                  0
2024/25    Paco Berenguer YP25A1                   1

Record Number of Clean Sheets (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
----------------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22    No one                                     0
2022/23    No one                                     0
2023/24    No one                                     0
2024/25    No one                                     0

 

 

 

 

Edited May 9, 2021 by DazRTaylor

[ANGL]

So, starting once again, this time in Scotland!

 

Manager profile:

 

Squad with 18 players, a nice size for the first season

 

Board expects us to reach playoffs in our first season in Scottish League 2, to get to the third round in Scottish Cup and just to be competitive in Betfred Cup.

There we go!