(FM22) The Impossible Challenge

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I've always loved FM, since as far back as I can remember. I've never really wanted to post about my saves on here, mainly due to the fact I don't play like others and probably not like people want to see. 

My idea for a save is to play as quick as possible, leave most stuff to my ass man and staff and basically concentrate on signing players, training players and picking the team, everything else from scouting, to press conferences I just can't be bothered with. Sometimes, dare I say it I even instant result games or watch on commentary only, I like to play quick and I want to get way way way WAY into the future.

Something I've always wanted to do was a stupidly crazy, pretty much impossible challenge and that is to attempt to win every competition possible in game.

 

NATION

COMP

DATE/CLUB

COMP

DATE/CLUB

COMP

DATE/CLUB

COMP

DATE/CLUB

COMP

DATE/CLUB

COMP

DATE/CLUB

COMP

DATE/CLUB

COMP

DATE/CLUB

COMP

DATE/CLUB

COMP

DATE/CLUB

COMP

DATE/CLUB

COMP

DATE/CLUB

ARGENTINA

4

LIGA PROFESSIONAL

PRIMERA NACIONAL

COPA ARGENTINA

SUPERCOPA

AUSTRA

3

BUNDESLIGA

2. LIGA

OFB CUP

AUSTRALIA

2

A LEAGUE

FFA CUP

BELARUS

4

VYSEJSAJA LIHA

PIERSAJA LIHA

KUBAK BIELARUSI (CUP)

SUPIERKUBAK (SC)

BELGIUM

5

JULIPER PRO LEAGUE

PROXIMUS LEAGUE

NATIONALE 1

BELGIAN CUP

SUPERCUP

BRAZIL

6

SERIE A

SERIE B

SERIE C

COPA BRAZIL

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

SUPERCUP

BULGARIA

4

EFBET LEAGUE

VTORA LIGA

KUPA NA BULGARIA

SUPERKUA

CHILE

4

CAMPEONATO AFP

CAMPEONATO JUEGAENLINEA

2/12 VIAL

COPA CHILE

SUPER COPA EASY

CHINA

4

SUPER LEAGUE

JIA LEAGUE

FA CUP

FA SUPER CUP

COLOMBIA

4

LIGA BETPLAY DIMAYOR

TORNEO BETPLAY DIMAYOR

COPA BETPLAY DIMAYOR

SUPERLIGA BETPLAY DIMAYOR

CROATIA

4

PRVA LIGA

DRUGA LIGA

NOGOMETNI KUP

NOGOMETNI SUPERKUP

CZECH REP

3

FORTUNA LIGA

FORTUNA NARODNI LIGA

MOL CUP

DENMARK

5

3F SUPERLIGA

NORDICBET LIGA

2. DIVISION

3. DIVISION

SYDBANK POKALEN (CUP)

ENGLAND

12

PREMIER LGE

CHAMPIONSHIP

LEAGUE ONE

LEAGUE TWO

NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH

NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH

FA CUP

EFL CUP

PAPA JOHNS TROPHY

FA TROPHY

COMMUNITY SHIELD

FINLAND

4

VELKKAUSLIIGA

YKKONEN

SUOMEN CUP

SECOND DIVISION CUP

FRANCE

6

LIGUE 1

LIGUE 2

CHAMPIONNAT NAT.

CHAMPIONNAT NAT 2

COUPE DE FRANCE

TROPHEE DES CHAMPIONS

GERMANY

5

BUNDESLIGA

2 BUNDESLIGA

3 LIGA

DFB POKAL

SUPERCUP

GREECE

3

SUPER LEAGUE

SUPER LEAGUE 2

KYPELLO ELLADOS (CUP)

THE NETHERLANDS

4

EREDIVISE

KAMPIONEN DIVISION

KNVB CUP

JOHAN CRUYFF SCHAAL

HONG KONG

6

1ST DIVISION

FA CUP

SENIOR SHIELD

HK SPALING CUP

COMMUNITY CUP

HK-CANTON CUP

HUNGARY

3

OTP BANK LIGA

MERKANTIL BANL LIGA

MAGYA KUPA

ICELAND

5

PEPSI-DEILDIN

INKASSO-DEILD KARLA

MJOKURBIKARINN (CUP)

MEISTARAKEPPNI (SC)

DEILBADIKAR (CUP)

INDIA

3

HERO I-LEAGUE

FEDERATION CUP

DURAND CUP

INDONESIA

4

LIGA SUPER INDONESIA

DIVISI UTAMA

PIALA INDONESIA (CUP)

COMMUNITY SHIELD

IRELAND

7

AIRTRICITY LEAGUE

AIRTRICITY LEAGUE 1ST DIV

EXTRA-IE FAI CUP

EA SPORTS CUP

MUNSTER SENIOR CUP

LEINSTER SENIOR CUP

IRISH PRESIDENTS CUP

ISRAEL

6

LIGA TEL

LIGA LEUMIT

GVIA HAMEDINA (CUP)

LIGA HA-AL TOT CUP

ALUF HAALUFIM (CUP)

TOTO LEUMIT CUP

ITALY

7

SERIE A

SERIE B

LEGIA PRO

COPPA ITALIA

SUPERCUP

ITALIAN C SUPER CUP

COPPA ITALIA LEAGIA PRO

LATVIA

2

OPTIBET VIRSLIGA

LATVIJAS KAUSS FUTBOLA (CUP)

MALAYSIA

6

LIGA SUPER MALAYSIA

LIGA PERDANA MALAYSIA

PIALA FA MALAYSIA

AHMEAD SHAH CUP

MALAYSIA CHALLENGE CUP

MALAYSIA PRESIDENTS CUP

MEXICO

5

LIGA MX

MEXICAN EXPANSION LEAGUE

COPA MX

CHAMPIONS TROPHY

EXPANSION LEAGUE CHAMPIONS CUP

N IRELAND

9

PREMIERSHIP

CHAMPIONSHIP

CHAMPIONSHIP 2

IRISH CUP

LEAGUE CUP

COUNTY ANTRIM SHIELD

MID ULSTER CUP

STEEL & SONS CUP

INTERMEDIATE CUP

NORWAY

6

ELITESERIEN

OBOS-LIGAEN

POSTNORD AVDELING 1

POSTNORD AVDELING 2

NORSK TIPPING AVDELING

MESTERFINALEN (SC)

BRAATHENS CUP

PERU

2

LIGA 1

COPA BICENTENARIO

POLAND

4

EKSTRAKLASA

FORTUNA 1 LIGA

PUCHAR POLSKI (CUP)

SUPERPUCHAR POLSKI (SC)

PORTUGAL

7

LIGA NOS

LIGA PORTUGAL 2

TERCEIRA LIGA

CAMPEONATO NACIONAL

TACA DE PORTUGAL (CUP)

ALLIANZ CUP

SUPERTACA CANDID (SC)

ROMANIA

5

CASA LIGA 1

LIGA 2

LIGA 3

CUPA ROMANIEI

SUPERCUPA ROMANIEI

RUSSIA

4

RUSSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

KUBOK ROSSII (CUP)

SUPERKUBOK ROSSII (SC)

SCOTLAND

7

PREMIERSHIP

CHAMPIONSHIP

LEAGUE ONE

LEAGUE TWO

SCOTTISH CUP

BETFRED CUP

CHALLENGE CUP

SERBIA

3

SUPERLIGA

PRVA LIGA SRBIJA

KUP SRBIJA (CUP)

SINGAPORE

3

S-LEAGUE

SINGAPORE CUP

CHARITY CUP

SLOVAKIA

3

FORTUNA LIGA

2. LIGA

SLONAFT CUP

SLOVENIA

3

PRVALIGA

2. SLOVENSKA LIGA

POKAL NOGOMETNE (CUP)

SOUTH AFRICA

6

PREMIERSHIP

CHAMPIONSHIP

TELKOM KNOCKOUT

NEDBANK CUP

MTN SUPER 8

BE THE COACH CHALLENGE

SOUTH KOREA

3

KLEAGUE CLASSIC

KLEAGUE CHALLENGE

FA CUP

SPAIN

7

LA LIGA SANTANDER

LALIGA SMARTBANK

PRIMERA DIVISION RFEF

SPANISH FEDERATION LEAGUE

COPA DEL REY

SUPERCOPA ESPANA

COPA REAL FEDERACION

SWEDEN

5

ALLSVENSKAN

SUPERETTAN

DIVISION 1

DIVISION 2

SVENSKA CUPEN

SWITZERLAND

3

SUPER LEAGUE

CHALLENGE LEAGUE

SCHWEIZER CUP

TURKEY

5

SUPER LIG

TFF 1. LIG

SPOR TOTO 2. LIG

ZIRAAT TURKIYE KUPASI

TFF SUPER KUPA

UKRAINE

4

FAVBET LIHA

PERSHA LIHA

KUBOK UKRAINY

SUPER KUBOK

URUGUAY

3

TORNEO URUGUAYO COPA

SEGUNDA DIVISION

SUPERCUP

USA

3

MSL

MLS CUP

US OPEN CUP

WALES

5

JD CYMRU PREMIER

JD CYMRU NORTH

JD CYMRU SOUTH

JD WELSH CUP

NATHANIEL MG CUP

CONTINENTAL

ASIA

2

CHAMPIONS LGE

CONFEDERATIONS CUP

AFRICA

3

CHAMPIONS LGE

CONFEDERATIONS CUP

SUPERCUP

EUROPE

4

CHAMPIONS LGE

EUROPA LGE

EUROPA CONFERENCE

UEFA SUPER CUP

NORTH AMERICA

3

CHAMPIONS LGE

LEAGUES CUP

CAMPEONES CUP

SOUTH AMERICA

3

COPA LIBERATADORES

COPA SUDAMERICANA

RECOPA SUDAMERICANA

WORLD

1

CLUB WORLD CHAMPS

INTERNATIONAL

ASIA

6

ASIAN CUP

SEA CHAMPIONSHIP

WAFF CHAMPIONSHIP

SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP

EAFF E-A CHAMPIONSHIP

SOLIDARITY CUP

AFRICA

2

AFRICAN NATIONS

CHAN

EUROPE

2

EUROPEAN CHAMPS

NATIONS LEAGUE

NORTH AMERICA

3

GOLD CUP

NATIONS LEAGUE

SOUTH AMERICA

1

COPA AMERICA

WORLD

2

WORLD CUP

OLYMPIC GAMES

TOTAL COMPS

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So I spent hours trawling the game and write down every single competition I could play in. I may have missed one of two but I'm sure someone will point that out.

So here is my save, let's see how much of the above I can win.

Now for a few things:

1) I put State Championships for Brazil as a single competition, there were just too many to write down in the spreadsheet.

2) To make it slightly easier I'm going to say if I win promotion from a league that counts as a successful campaign and will mean it gets ticked off the spreadsheet

3) Like I said previously, I play quick so expect regular updates, don't expect tactical analysis or "this is how I do x". This is how I play and I enjoy it, it's only a game after all.

Wish me luck!

Edited December 2, 2021 by fmlunatic

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Reserved for history.

Fernandez Vial - Chile

2022 - CAMPEONATO JUEGAENLINEA (2ND TIER) WINNER

 

Edited December 2, 2021 by fmlunatic

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Please welcome Gary Johnson...

I decided, just to make it even harder, to start as unemployed with no coaching badges and a Sunday league reputation. Now it's time to find a job.

Now clearly no laptop or PC could cope with loading every nation so below is what I've started with.

I've basically loaded every nation from A-E. The plan is, once a nation is complete I'll remove it and add another one to the game.

[Punch]

Good luck, this should be a fun save to follow!

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My First Job - We're off to Chile

Eventually I have a job, it's taken nearly 4 months of applying, being interviewed and then rejected, I have lost count of how many interviews I've had but eventually a job offer has come about.

Yep, I'm off to Chile with Fernandez Vial, they aren't very good but then neither am I.

The 2021 season has just finished and Vial have just scraped survival.

We have what looks like a half decent squad to work with, the worrying thing is the club were actually predicted to end dead last, lots of hard work ahead.

I'll speak more about the players I have once the new season starts and I expect quite a bit of transfer business.

A few more screen of interest below

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2022 Season - Fernández Vial - Pre-Season

As you'd expect I made a lot of signings.

Let's take a run through of my first team squad.

Goalkeepers

Right Backs

Left Backs

Central Defenders

Defensive Midfield

Central Midfield

Right Wing

Left Wing

Strikers

Some really good depth to the squad although we do have a lot of older players in the side. As you can see from how I've separated the players out I'll be going with a 41221 formation, keeping it very basic for now.

The season preview says we will be ending in 13th place. The bottom team goes down with top getting automatic promotion, places 2nd to 5th go into a playoff for that final promotion spot.

I'm hoping we can push that top 5 but it's going to be tough.

But then you look at how our friendlies have gone and it gives me hope!

Some good wins their including victories over Penarol and Estudiantes (LP), both I'd consider way better than us.

Edited November 30, 2021 by fmlunatic

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April 2022

Wow I did not think it would start this well.

After a sloppy couple of draws we have been really good.

Fantastic!

 

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May 2022

The unbeaten start continues, I really did not expect this.

A quick shoutout to Espinoza, the winger had a good month with 4 goals taking his tally to 9 with 6 assists.

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June 2022

A quiet month, we continued our unbeaten league run but fell massively short in the Copa Chile, a home loss to a team in 13th in our league. Really poor.

The league is much more important though and we now sit 5 clear of the rest.

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July 2022

We eventually lost a game but came back well with 7 points from our next 3 matches.

Well on our way to getting that first trophy win. Just need to keep calm now.

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August 2022

Slowly but surely we are bottling it!

At the end of July we were 6 clear of 2nd, we are now 2nd, oh dear!

 

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September 2022

We're back in it after a good run of fixtures.

Luckily for us Temuco, who went top have fallen apart!

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October 2022 - Update

Well that didn't take long.

4 games into October, we've won all 4 and Temuco in 2nd have capitulated.

An amazing turnaround after a mini wobble in July and August.

A great first season and already 1/272 in the challenge!

 

 

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2022 Youth Intake

It looks like an excellent intake.

Mauricio looks a bit tasty!

Esteban is rated highly but looks like he needs some serious work.

In fact I think Araneda looks better than the above.

 

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End of Season Review - 2022

Not bad for a team expected to avoid relegation, a title win in my first season in charge.

Some good wins in the moments to remember.

Fans Player of the season, Top scorer and most assists - Kevin Harbottle

Young Player of the season - Fabian Espinoza

Most Player of the matches - Oscar Hernandez

Lots of records broken

A great season now we have to prepare for the top tier of Chile, it should be tough!

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So this just popped up at the bottom of the league table!

Lucky we were 12 points clear at the top.

This is the rule we broke

Would have been nice to have had some kind of warning and I can't even find out how short we were, can't really even work out what it means! Same rule applied in the next tier up.