The FM23 Youth Academy Challenge

[XaW]

Just now, Kazushi80 said:

Since I dont't think that there will be a fix for the financial problem in belgium, I'll restart the challenge soon. At the moment I am thinking about the country I am doing it in (Poland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Romania, Croatia are on my mind)

One question 

@darren1983 / @XaW

I am thinking about using the great "Increase Realism"-Megapack from Daveincid. Is this a database update which can be used and you just get a note if you complete it (since it's only makes the game harder) or is it forbidden?

Sorry, nothing other than extended databases are allowed.

[Kazushi80]

vor 11 Minuten schrieb XaW:

Sorry, nothing other than extended databases are allowed.

Okay, thanks for your quick answer

[Makoto Nakamura]

2044/45 End of Season Review

Another 7th placed finish. I'm very happy with that with our slightly new look squad.  

Overall Best XI

2043/44 Best XI

Ronnie Guiller (YP21m)

Paul Dunn (YP13e) - Raymond Horner (YP19b) - Jim Fletcher (YP7d) - Connor O'Mahony (YP17c)

Seamus Gilmour (YP20h) - Aidan Gorman (YP15c)

Jamie Hassin (YP17e)                                                         Ciaran Breslin (YP13f)

 

Liam Quinn (YP16f) - Darren Metcalf (YP12f)

Top 10's

 

Trophy Count

[hrmantovani]

3 horas atrás, Kazushi80 disse:

Since I dont't think that there will be a fix for the financial problem in belgium, I'll restart the challenge soon. At the moment I am thinking about the country I am doing it in (Poland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Romania, Croatia are on my mind)

One question 

@darren1983 / @XaW

I am thinking about using the great "Increase Realism"-Megapack from Daveincid. Is this a database update which can be used and you just get a note if you complete it (since it's only makes the game harder) or is it forbidden?

What is the issue with Belgium? I was thinking about starting one with Genk (obviously doesn't fit the challenge)

[Kazushi80]

vor 3 Minuten schrieb hrmantovani:

What is the issue with Belgium? I was thinking about starting one with Genk (obviously doesn't fit the challenge)

The finances are broken:

 

[hrmantovani]

2 minutos atrás, Kazushi80 disse:

The finances are broken:

 

That's a shame... Belgium is a really good country for this challenge

[JAwtunes]

Haven't seen this little beauty for about 4 seasons 

[HenTheChicken]

More of the same, a nice round of 16 in the champions league, that win is coming soon.

 

League Performance

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1st Half

2nd Half

0 LOSSES BABY THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT WE ARE THE GOATS

 

Europe

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Can't say I'm unhappy with round of 16, I mean, we got CRUSHED by Man U, but what do you expect for now really

 

Another legendary run, 5-0 to ajax, 2-0 to antwerp, I mean, look at us go!

Loads of prize money and some good investment, couldn't be happier!

 

The Squad

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I have been raising this man up to be our main CB or LB and he's just playing so well, I love him playing and he's super talented, love to see it.

Alejandro here is another player to watch in my opinion, played in the Welsh Cup Final and he's looking quite good, from this years intake and we're working on his pace right now. I hope to see him grow as a player into something great.

Squad is looking good and we have some decent prospects, lets see how next year goes then.

 

[WhiteCat33]

Spoiler to my season but @jepze I've found the same bug in the database that you have, it looks like the promotion playoffs aren't correctly implemented. It should be a 2-stage playoff with the two Division 1 teams playing each other and then the winner plays the relegation playoff team from the higher division. Unfortunately, it looks like the Serie 1 team just gets to play that second match so even if I beat Young Boys Diekrich I still can't get promoted.

I've looked back a few years in the save and multiple times your situation has happened. Guess we gotta get good and earn that third trophy!

[gb2003]

I loaded about 30 times and don't get a team from my birth city Mersin. Fun fact the team is 1st in the 4th tier in turkey.

I play this year the challenge because I always struggle in the transfermarket when I play other challenges. It takes always so long to get the right players and I don't play further the game. The challenges aren't my main saves and I still play a multiplayer save in fm 21.

 

So this is the perfect challenge for me because I only have the focus on youth.

[WhiteCat33]

A.S. Luxembourgo Porto

Season 4 2026-27: Luxembourg Division 1 - Serie 2 (Tier 3)

Intro & Club | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 |

Matches | Squad | Transfers |Facilities | Finances | Supporters

Competitions:

Cup: 2nd Round defeat this year

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League

Our change to a 4-5-1 this season was extremely successful lead on by our first Club Legend & starting striker #9 André Costa. I seriously don't know how he does it with those attributes but 80 goals in 80 appearances is phenomenal. Flipping the script from last year we set ourselves up for the Promotion Battle, with a fairly easy end of season schedule. While we performed perfectly due to Costa scoring 6 goals in 4 matches, our +25 GD was three shy of Belval and so they got the 2nd place guaranteed promotion slot. Then we lost the impossible playoff (bugged so only the Serie 1 team advances), so we will be back in Serie 1 next season.

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Youth Academy:

Youth Intake Preview

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Youth Intake

Very good intake, even still w/o a HOYD! I’m taking the vast majority of this intake and will be clearing out most of my U19 squad. Will be an expensive season next year, but well worth it. 

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Best Prospects

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Pick is obviously the RB Rui Carlos Taborda, which spells trouble for our club captain and one of 3 remaining OG players:

Bad personality but a FK specialist with good decisions, workrate & teamwork is welcome

My VC and one of the other OG players is my DLP who I don’t really have a quality 2^nd choice for and this tiniest of midfielders (5’ even!) might do the job

And for our LM we get another fast Cape Verde player, but this guy is a penalty specialist which we sorely need! Might need to upgrade those mentals though…

Finally with how poor our striking core is, if this guy has consistency he could easily be in the rotation

 

 

Best XI

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Youth Products Highlights

We are still a part-time club with literal bottom level facilities, so improvements are scarce in these players. The one exception is my GK, which presents us a selection question for next year. Currently Rafael Benchimol 02i is better technically and improving but he's inconsistent and balanced. Pedro Goncalves 03b on the other hand is Spirited, Evasive & Reserved, and Consistent. Not to mention he's set up to become a captain. The two big negatives is he has way worse handling & Reflexes, which won't ever surpass the starter. 

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Really everyone else in the Starting XI at this point easily can be replaced if a better player comes through the intake without me actually debating. 

Staff Hiring

We found a HOYD!! It only took 4 years, and he really isn't the greatest, but he actually has 1* Reputation due to his U21 & Caretaker Coaching experience. Since I still don't have a U21 coach, maybe he can keep increasing that reputation by winning the reserve league. We also found our first AssMan who is an 18-year-old youth-reject from another LUX team. He's fairly professional, which was enough for me.

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Club Infrastructure

We did JR Coaching this Summer which is up to Average now (the notification is still bugged form last year switching the text of Adequate and Average)

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Coaching Badges

Due to our great form the Board let me finish the badge we started over the summer, start and finish our first Continental bad and start the Continental B this season. We are looking good!

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Thoughts

It's actually a good thing to stay in Division 1 a 3rd season as it will let me bring up the new talent we got and actually makes the GK swap a possibility as I wouldn't risk that if we were promoted. Will be a good clean-out under-performing players summer and see how our fresh faces do in the fall. Hopefully I don't murder the cohesion this time...

 

Edited November 18, 2022 by WhiteCat33

[gb2003]

Karşıyaka SK

Season 0 -  Start 2023

Karşıyaka SK is one of the oldest clubs in Turkey and the oldest club in Izmir. Because nobody every finish the challenge with the Turkish League I try my luck.

Media prediction is 15th which is a good start. There is a team from 4th tier which is after promotion 3th in media prediction (in another 3rd tier group) but I thought this is to easy to take this team even they hadn't a manager at the start.

Manager | Transfers | Season Preview | Club Overview | Facilities

Edited November 18, 2022 by gb2003

[the_hdk]

3 minutes ago, gb2003 said:

 

Karşıyaka SK

Season 0 -  Start 2023

Karşıyaka SK is one of the oldest clubs in Turkey and the oldest club in Izmir. Because nobody every finish the challenge with the Turkish League I try my luck.

Media prediction is 15th which is a good start. There is a team from 4th tier which is after promotion 3th in media prediction (in another 3rd tier group) but I thought this is to easy to take this team even they hadn't a manager at the start.

Manager | Transfers | Season Preview | Club Overview | Facilities

Good luck! Im on my 13th season with Kaf Sin Kaf and having a blast. Turkiye has some really awesome intakes. Only minus point is that they do not produce any foreign players.

[gb2003]

vor 17 Minuten schrieb the_hdk:

Good luck! Im on my 13th season with Kaf Sin Kaf and having a blast. Turkiye has some really awesome intakes. Only minus point is that they do not produce any foreign players.

Thanks, I try my best.

[Neo_Geo]

Season Review

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A tougher season than last year.

An injury to my only keeper (after Mitrovic left on a free) ruling him out for 3-4 months meant I had to rely on a Top Talen from Season 3s intake who was still 15, he played 14 games in total but our form definitely slumped as a result.

Matteo Roos (Elite2) left for PSG for a club record fee and at least I've been able top get the training and youth facilities agreed to be upgraded twice in one season as a result. The midfield is definitely poorer without him however two defensive minded midfielders (one a DM the other an MC) from this years intake as Elite talents should hopefully stabilise things in the long run.

Boris Mandli (Elite2) won the European Golden Shoe award with 37 goals in 37 starts in the league amassing 55.50 points in the process (nearest was Lautaro Martinez of Inter who got 48.00 points). He was simply on fire for us and without his goals we'd have been close to the bottom of the league (for spells we were in the relegation group positions). I don't expect to hold onto him much longer as he's already started conversations about playing in a stronger squad, however when I went to talk to him about it he dropped it without any further actions required (but this has now happened twice). With Roos I felt he was going to go in a huff (which based on other people's experiences morale is a big issue in this edition) so I let him go and I think I'll have to do the same for Mandli.

I'm actually shocked Mandli didn't make the NxGn this year but I had 3 other entries (Nuzzi once more, Pereira and Beretta)

The social media element continues to grow and I'm now attracting more families to matchdays.

So on to Season 5 with the approach being the same, attempt to get into the Europa League proper for our financial boost to get further upgrades and try to remain in the Championship Group places after 22 games and anything else is a bonus.

 

[Neo_Geo]

Going to be a hard season 5 for me.

Nuzzi was out of contract, no interest in signing and whilst my facilities are not maxed I need to get funds still so I offered him out for a straight £10m (the asking price he was happy with). Inter and Juve offered it up front and Dortmund with £6m up front £3.6 over 12 months and 30% of profit. He's joined Inter.

In addition to this I have Dortmund nearly triggering Beretta's £5.75m release clause and Chelsea nearly doing the same with Capone's £7m release clause. The season hasn't started and my squad is going to be decimated to the point where I think relegation could be a possibility if I lose these players (the back-ups are no where near yet). This is the first season we are predicted NOT to finish last, second last now at 500-1, so losing Nuzzi is a huge blow but if the others follow suit I'll have lost the best talent in two windows

[Neo_Geo]

Edited November 18, 2022 by Neo_Geo

[the_hdk]

thats rough @Neo_Geo stay strong!

[Neo_Geo]

3 minutes ago, the_hdk said:

thats rough @Neo_Geo stay strong!

Mandli just complained about playing in a stronger squad, I told him about his release fee, he wasn't having that, then told him to pipe down and he's left it there but isn't happy. It only ever ends one way, he's got 2 seasons left so I'm looking at one season left with him tops. This season is absolutely make or break for the save.

 

[The7Striker]

 Chernomorets 1919 Burgas 2024/2025 Season

Finances  Supporters  Transfers  Squad

 

Vtora Liga

Remember me saying it was not going to be an easy season ? Its was a lie! Unbelievable! We got promoted!
The season started with four players retiring and an equal bunch wanted to leave the club due to the lack of depth. To fix that problem I promoted a few youth players with the hope that they could do a good job and what a job they did. Georgi Kazakov was rock solid in CM with 31 apps in the league, along side with the 14 apps, Vladislav Benchev and his 12 goals. Atanasov and Asparuhov also did a good season and that helped us massively.
Finances wise we are okay, despite being in the red a few times. The board pump around 220k and myself being greedy, pushed for my Continental C licence, along side Youth Recruitment and Youth Coaching improvements.
Not all is good news because my training facilities got worse, a little bit.

 

Kupa NA Bulgariya - Another solid run. After beating Sayana, we did another funny thing, this time to other Lokomotiv, Sofia, but we lost against Cherno.

 

Under 19 - Im starting to hate Sozopol. Just 1 point take our dream away to win the U19 Regional Group SE-BS.

 

Youth Intake

Another good intake with a lot of potential. Shame that personalities arent the best ones but nothing remains other than work with it.

 

Next Season:

In the big boys league things are going to be different, so lets fight to avoid relegation.

 

 

 

Edited November 18, 2022 by The7Striker

[Neo_Geo]

Here' they come....

EDIT: Now one of my team leaders has come to me saying I should let him leave......the same team leader that had a go at me for letting Nuzzi go even though he was in his last year of his contract and wouldn't sign another. AI in this department is sorely lacking.

Edited November 18, 2022 by Neo_Geo

[the_hdk]

Kaf Sin Kaf

Season 35/36 (13) - Süper Lig

Players / Transfers

Decent year. Sadly again no treble. We  lost this time the cup final on penalties. . But oveal decent season. Our fifth championship. We dominated the league. We did decent in CL but lost in R16 to Liverpool. Sadly we lost OZCELIK to min fee of 25 mln release clause. ERCAN replaced him despite not being quite ready. KABA was sold as he didn't want to extend his contract and was replaced bu YILDRIM who is shaping out quite nice. His rookie season ended with him being called up for Turkiye and making his debut. GULERYUZ and CINELI also made their debut for Turkiye. Sadly for the EURO 36 only three players made the team (out of initially 7 selected). BAS the star goaly, YALCIN the rock and debutant GULERYUZ.

CL was won by Man Utd in a repeat of the final from last year. This time SCHREUDER won and they ended the Man City winning streak. First regen won the Ballon d'Or. LEBRETON is a product of Paris SG youth. As he couldnt break into the first team at age of 21 he left to RB Lepizig. In the summer he made a transfer to Man City for 132M.

Record sale of OZCELIK. 25mln! to Hannover (GER)

Not the best intake. Only 3 players had the potential above 2 stars. But atleast we get two elites!

VURAL seems like a decent talent. Quite fast and determined. Already priced at above 6.4mln promises  high potential.

 

[Barnsley]

FC United of Manchestaaaaaaaaaaaaaa - The Red Rebels

Season 6 2028-2029.

Was a good season in the end, A tough baffle but with ten games to go we managed to find a streak of wins using 4-2-3-1 which propelled to safety. Had previously been using 5-2-3 and 5-3-2. Had to make a change as I lost my best defender to Wycombe, for 10k - he is now worth £6m and i couldnt do a thing about it he just wouldnt sign a new contract. It is difficult to get contracts sorted in this league, all part time and only minimal terms so alot of youth players do tend to slip on by without being able to do much about it. I really do need to get out of this league.

Youth intake was a bit fun, i got a polish, albanian, guinea, cameroonian and an austrian within my intake in April. nice bit of a miture. not really anyone notable to help the team, 1 or 2 squad fillers who hopefully will improve to use.

Anthony Connor - the manchester born hero he is basically my whole club. He has made the game enjoyable so far for me. but I am not sure now how long i can keep him - he is way too good for this league. his goal scoring record is obscene. 222 goals in 225 games and still only 21.

Progress sheet below, slight improvements constantly - junior coaching and recruitment now exceptional which is great. Stagnated on the facilities however due to finance they just won't upgrade further. But tbh i think i am at a decent enough level to be able to make it work. It has been a long hard 6 seasons to date, alot of work gone in and alot of stress - but also alot of reward. Once we can finally achieve professional status i think things will change alot with development. I Wish i could stop conceding so many goals! but whatever games are fun!

(Not sure how to make the below neater - i only have the free online excel)

[Daddy]

2025/26 Season Review:

Nice improvement for the 3rd season. Some younger players stepping in and really helping move the team forward. Came close to overtaking 2nd a few times but them dropped a few points to stay in third.

Started a bit of a purge this year. Finances are worse than they appear (there was a takeover with a loan), and all these guys were never really going to be more backups.

Youth Intake:

Top heavy intake. No one ready to step in yet, but not far off from pushing for spots most likely. 

2026/27 Season Preview:

I expect to start pushing for promotion this year. Can't say it'll definitely happen but I think we're ready for the next step.

[shaunvamos]

 

 

 

 

 

 

We live to fight another season in the second tier. With the consistent money that we've been getting from the league this season I expect to max out the junior coaching and youth recruitment within the next couple of seasons, and then the focus will turn to facilities. 

 

 

 

Transfers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best XI

 

 

 

Erik Sigil 1D*  -  Lucas Chang-Andersen  -  Per Jensen 3B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Record Breakers

 

 

 

 

Award Winners

 

 

 

 

 

Manager Timeline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Progress

 

 

 

[libbyshuss]

Season Summary

Again we were favourites to go down so to have the season we did have was unbelievable! We took our strong finish to the season before into the new season  and went 7 games unbeaten which set us up nicely. Whereas before it might have kickstarted a plummet down the league we were much stronger this season and picked up good results throughout. A finish with 4 straight wins placed us 5th and into the promotion play-offs!

We got through the preliminary round thanks to home seeding, but then went out to Venezia for the very same reason. I'm not complaining - the aim at the start of the season was survival so to make the play-offs was just a massive bonus.

Can we keep it up next season?

Players

Endri Ejupi 26H - Albanian striker who did really well on loan a couple of seasons ago , so I gave him achance last season. he was crap. I gave him the first 9 games of this season, where we were brilliant and only lost once. He scored zero goals with an average rating of 6.56. Absolute toilet. So I experiemented with more people up fron but by christmas it was clear that nobody was any good. 

Then it hit me. Why even bother with a striker? So I went 4-3-3-0 and after 2 games injuries presented Ejupi with his chance at redemption. He was an absolute revelation as a second striker behind nobody! ended up with 15 goals! my toilet striker!

Manuel Bevilacqua 26B - Midifielder and absolute star of our team. Only two years left on his contract and he's already making noises about leaving. In reality there's no way I can keep him. He's Serie A standard already. Biggest decision of this save so far is going to be when to let the lad go....

Samuele Binda 25A  - Poor old Romagnoli, my star keeper. Knackered his spine last season and put himself out of action for a year. So Binda came in, after an impressive loan spell, was brilliant, won young player of the year, and is now by far my first choice keeper. Romagnoli is now fit and on the bench. It's hard not to feel sorry for the lad. I might cash in on him tbh, for some reason my youth intakes keep throwing up decent keeper prospects.

Youth

A 5 star excellent intake promised! And it came in, but with only 3 elite talents! Gah....

The pick of the bunch:-

He could well be the perfect replacement for Bevilacqua, but will need a couple of years to build up those physicals.

 

Finances

yeah....... so we were losing money, but no more than I ever have done, when we got taken over, with our debts of 6m cleared!

We carried on losing money when I got this message:-

I didn't think things were that bad!

Anyway, this new board seem supportive of me and far happier to throw money at the clubs problems than the board before. Which suits me to be honest!

Career

We'll still be around 20th in the prediction league I'd have thought so survival is again our main priority

Edited November 19, 2022 by libbyshuss

[JAwtunes]

Cardiff Corinthians - Season 2038/39 Review (s17)

Another amazing season domestically and reasonable in Europe.  However, we were awful in our Champions League Group and didn't manage a single point.

Competitions - Domestic

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League

Welsh Cup

Welsh League Cup

Competitions - Europe

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CL Qualification

CL Group

Players

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Top Players

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Top Prospects (exc. those already 'Top Players')

Youth Intake

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Preview

Intake

HoYD

Facilities & Youth Spend

No changes - still unable to request an improvement in Youth Facilities (all others maxed out).  However, at the end of the season the option was available for the first time in ~4 years - probably due to an increase in our reputation.

SUMMARY

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Wales National Team

 

Edited November 19, 2022 by JAwtunes

[JLAB]

Motor Lublin - Season 3 - Winter Break

Heading into the new season, we were considered the favourites to be relegated once again. I knew from last season and the season we had gotten promoted as champions that things could be changed by our tactics if given the chance to do so.

So to try and counter that, we are using the £3M we have in our bank balance to upgrade all of our facilities, and making sure that our training facilities were as good as they once were was important for our progression.

So when I was able to convince the board to do further upgrades to the training facilities, this time for £1.8M, I knew that I had the board backing me big time.

The results though, speaks for themselves. We have enjoyed our best ever start to a season in the Ekstraklasa so far, and things are continuing to get better and better. The only negative I really have is the fact that we were knocked out of the Puchar Polski by Jagiellonia, but other than that, it's good really well.

Then you realise that we're actually also fighting for European football in just our 2nd season in the Ekstraklasa, which is a massive overachievement from what was expected from us. The top two sides are who I expected to be, but everything else? I didn't see this coming.

The board are delighted by my work, and offered me a 2 and a half year deal to keep me at the club. I probably have a job for life right now.

Though the youth intake preview is the most exciting thing of them all. I don't think I've ever seen one look this good, and it was the reason why I'm showing the bigger version of this instead of the smaller version. I had to show it in all of its glory.

JLAB's YAC with Motor Lublin Part 5

[shaunvamos]

 

 

 

2029 Youth Intake

 

 

 

Casper Maxen 6E  -  Christian Steenssøe 6C  -  Aleksander Kwiecien 6G

 

 

Another good one, with the lowest PA player maxing out at 4 stars. Every little bit helps, and this intake is definitely making us better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[shaunvamos]

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were very fortunate to scrape into the Promotion Stage, and then we proceeded to lose all 10 of our games to the tune of 11 GF and 43 GA. But safety was guaranteed and the money will continue to flow in so I wasn't too worried about it at this stage.

 

 

Transfers

 

 

 

 

 

Best XI

 

 

 

Kristian Mosegaard 3G  -  Andreas Bak 5H  -  Per Jensen 3B

 

The youth are starting to infiltrate, and it won't be long before the real players will be pushed out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Record Breakers

 

 

 

 

 

Award Winners

 

 

 

 

 

Manager Timeline

 

 

 

 

 

Progress

 

 

[Sn00gle]

I dont know what to think, it is first time in top tier but basicly I should get around 32 points.

From last 2 months my strikers are doing really bad from 6 out of 8 matches I think we should get at last a 1 point which would put us in 33 points spot with 3 points to go to survival in the league.

Intake prieview looks interesting, however no DL or DR, I hope I can turn one DC into it. Two DM's so thats great as Im playing double VOL. Same for AMC hope to turn into any kind of ST. It will be 3rd intake so I hope for foreign pearl. 

[Nottingham Forest]

Not that it makes much difference but I think the England reset date is 24th June at 6pm.

[Barnsley]

Absolutely capitulated  what do people do when they are winning games, you know FM is going to let them come back but you can't stop it no matter what instructions or mentality switches you do. You can be cruising 2-0 and within 10 mins be 3-2 down. I was 4th at christmas. The 2 games in a row against Alfreton and Kettering were 2-0 up after 65mins and went on to lose. I thought i was on to a winner again by the next games and then after that complete white flag held up. 4th and pushing for promotion, down to 11th - 5 points off playoffs but no sign of any revival in results. I Can't stop the rot  

[Barnsley]

Apologies double post, the next 4 games - all defeats. I genuinely cannot change it again theres nothing i can do, morale meetings/praise criticise/take over training and employ team bonding sessions etc. nothing stops the rot  how can I be flying to christmas change nothing, and completely do this. I was hopeful playoffs were achieveable this time with how i was going my team was flying.  

[grff]

Royale Union Tubize-Braine: 2024/25 Season Review

Two promotions in two seasons at the start of the challenge. We did it the hard way though by having to go through the play-offs to clinch a place in the top flight.

Some really encouraging stats from a good number of the squad. Top scorer was a 17yo newgen who is steadily improving all round.

 

The youth intake for 2025 saw a few promising youngsters coming through. In particluar a keeper and defensive midfield.

 

No transfers out, however, we had a first choice centre back retire before the season started and we've got our first choice keeper leaving on a bosman. I'm hoping our newgen keeper can fill the gap.

I'm expecting the new season to be a tough one as we've probably been promoted too quickly for the standard required. A pre-season game against Charleroi saw us lose 6-1 at home

Season history...

 

Edited November 19, 2022 by grff

[Makoto Nakamura]

Hit the big 1,000!

[XaW]

Alright, I've been trying to hold off the lure of England for a long time, but I can't anymore... So England, I've arrived!

[RandomGuy.]

Starting this with the club who play at my local park.

Letham FC in the Scottish Midlands League (6th tier).

Capacity of 250 (apparently). The pitch is just an astroturf pitch with a fence around it, and the changing rooms are in a portakabin next to a childs play park down a path.

Me and my 10 season ticket holders are expecting a great time.

[Barnsley]

1 hour ago, XaW said:

Alright, I've been trying to hold off the lure of England for a long time, but I can't anymore... So England, I've arrived!

welcome to Hell mate it is tough down here! 

[XaW]

Just now, Barnsley said:

welcome to Hell mate it is tough down here! 

Wouldn't want it any other way!  

[Winski]

I'm not really feeling the Czech-save with Viktoria Zizkov. So I'm going back to Poland! No Garbarnia Krakow this time, but a 'falling giant': Polonia Warszawa. I really like managing in this country, so I'm giving it another go.
 

I made these kits for season 2023/2024. It's the same sponsor as in real life, but the kits are a bit different then the real life version.

[SkiIIs]

Season 5 - 2028 - Expansion League

Opening Stage - Players are really developing now and being noticed by the teams in the First division. We're arguably the best team in the league now on paper and so we spent the majority of the season in first position. A few draws towards the end meant we finished second. We cruised to the final where we met our rivals Correcaminos. Away we drew 1 - 1 where they scored in the 86th minute to draw. We got our revenge at home where Aquino scored a penalty in the 92nd minute to win the Opening stage.

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Closing Stage - we started like a house on fire winning the first 9 games. It gave us a big enough lead over our rivals. The remaining 8 games we only won 3 and went into the finals with a bit of a cloud above us. I was thinking, if we could win the closing stage we could avoid having to play a final and get automatic promotion after winning the opening stage. QF we were matched up with At. San Luis who were relegated from First division last year and were hitting their strides. Up first we were away and gave up a 3 - 1 lead to draw 4 - 4. At home we scored first meaning they needed two goals to knock us out, they scored 3...

 

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At San Luis then knocked out Morelia on league position after drawing 1  - 1 in the two legs, then knocked out UdeG 3 - 2 to get us in the final play off game again whilst my team got a nice couple week rest.  Unfortunately our only recognised GK got injured in our rest pariod!

Final Playoff:

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had to debut our 16yo GK , enough said really.

We sold our first player of note where we managed to keep him for the remainder of the season before he leaves.  He wouldnt resign without asking for a 1m release clause so this offer was above that and also managed to stick in a 50% next sale clause in there as well.

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Our YI preview wasnt the best with only 2 A players but the intake pleasantly surprised me.  Getting really lucky with the personalities with our top prospects two years in a row now.

Figueroa is probably our best prospect, love a resolute determined player.  Has good heading, marking and tackling attributes for a 15yo and lots of 8 and 9 stats that will bolster up quick

Got our second player poached, i think this one could have been a good one:

 

 

 

 

 

[Redknapp_13]

Hapoel Ra'anana Season Review

Season 25/26

Table - Squad - U19 Squad - Transfers - Finances

After a dominant season we go straight to the Top League again. After last years relegation, we have been smashing it this season. Very early it was quite clear that we would fight for promotion again and after a great start, we never looked back. It helped, that Ofek Melika (who we kept on a month to motn contract, but couldnt play him) suddenly was happy again and wanted to sign a new contract, so we have a GK who is actually good again. Might improve our Chances of staying up this time. Muhamed Awadwi was scoring goals for fun. 44 this season. Melika, Awawdi, Sirkis and Bar-On are the non academy players on which we still rely on very regularly.

The best academy players who became regular starters are a few. Barrett 25A, David 24B, Elkaslasy 24A, Avi Ben-Haim 24H are the best of them

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In the Top League we tried some tactics but this season we went back to our successfull simple press with some control and it worked wonderfully

 

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Youth Intake

This years intake was unfortunately not the best, despite upgrades in Coaching and Recruitement. 

Three players stand out with. The two Elite Talents and Goren with a Driven Mentality. Happy to see a DM, since this is a position I would like an upgrade

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Next Season

I hope to be more competitive than the last time we have been to the Top League. Some of the intake players improved quite alot so we should have a better squad with more options. Wouldnt be surprised if we go straight down again.

 

 

Edited November 20, 2022 by Redknapp_13

[Bartrcm]

As I again stopped my save in Belgium due to the financial bug, I started a save in Germany. And I have some unfinished bussiness with the team that I have chosen. I had a youth save with them in FM21 & FM22 and reach in both versions the Bundesliga, but never got into Europe with them. So I hope it goes better this year.

Energie Cottbus - 3.Liga - Season 2023-2024

Predicted: 14th (no picture)

Final position 6th

 

We started the season very good with 2 wins. During the second month we had a bad period with no wins in 6 consecutive games, and we feld down to the 14th position. A small change in fielded players change our luck, and we went on a run of 13 games without a loss. From that moment on we were battling with 6 teams for the promotion places. We stayed in the promotion places almost the rest of the season, but with 4 games to go we again had a bad run with 3 consecutive losses. Before the last game we were in 6th position, but only 2 points behind Hansa Rostock who were second. As Dortmund II and Bayern II can't get promoted we still had a change on getting promoted or getting in to the playoffs. We needed a win and at least 1 team above us had to loose points. We won our game against the already relegated Werder Bremen II. On the other fields it was a roller coaster of emotions. With 5 minutes to go we were promoted as Hansa and Osnabruck were drawing. 2 minutes later Osnabruck scored, and we were down to the play-offs. And in the 93th minute Hansa Rostock also scored, leaving us with nothing. A very unfortunally end of the season, but the only team to blame is ourself. We lost to many games during the season. But overall I'm very hapy with the season, and I hope to get promoted next season.

 

Games 1

Games 2

Games 3

Cup; Didn't enter the cup

 

Transfers: Only 2 outgoing transfers

 

Youth intake: We had an OK preview, and the actual intake was even better than the preview. And most of them have pretty good personalities.I signed 10 youngsters.

Alexandru Rad (YP1a): AMR

Nouhoum Kayetano (YP1b): DC

Robert Kröpfl (YP1c): DR/DC

Daniel Unversucht (YP1d): MR, but will be retrained as I don't play with MR's

Luca Mai (YP1e): MR, but will also be retrained.

 

Finances: we lost around €1.8M, so no upgrades. But the board decided to build a new stadium. We don't have the money and the new stadium will be much smaller than the current one, so I don't understand why. This also happened in FM21 & FM22, so I think this is a bug.

Edited November 20, 2022 by Bartrcm

[benrollo]

Sacked in Belarus! I didn't grab a screenshot because I was sad, but ultimately the board wanted us to avoid relegation despite them and the fans expecting us to lose every single game!

Belarus has beaten me for now, but I shall return. But first - and speaking of returns...

We're back to Serbia! Brodarac only came up once in about 30 sims so I thought I'd try them. They have a tiny ground (500 seats), but do have average facilities so hopefully we can hit the ground running.

[XaW]

So I went down the rabbit hole of kit creation and I created some kits for Marine. Had to give them a Norwegian company logo, of course!  

[The7Striker]

41 minutos atrás, XaW disse:

So I went down the rabbit hole of kit creation and I created some kits for Marine. Had to give them a Norwegian company logo, of course!  

Next season when they sponsor an English team, we know who open the doors  

[XaW]

Just now, The7Striker said:

Next season when they sponsor an English team, we know who open the doors  

I wish I had that kind of backing!  

[Neo_Geo]

So I just had Mandli and Pereira both came to me stating they were going to consider their options at the end of their deals and managed to get both to back down by stating that as a club we have ambitions but we need them to be part of it to achieve those and BOTH of the players said they would stay put as the club is ambitious (Pereira even ditched his agent as a result).

I've now got £22.7m in the bank so I will have a decision to make in the summer regarding Mandli, offer him out to get some money in for him or let him go at the end of his contract for nothing. There is an A grade forward in the youth intake preview so maybe wait and see what they look like (if its obvious they are a wonderkid I think I'd sell Mandli but I doubt I'd ever be that lucky!).

EDIT: Now have £18m in the bank following an agreed training facilities upgrade

What would anyone else do in this situation?

Here's Mandli just now:

Edited November 20, 2022 by Neo_Geo

[Zdnap]

Hello everyone,
I was thinking of startingthe challenge again, but I ended up with a potentially challenge ending problem...
At the start of the season, we had a player, out of contract, but still at the club. I thought nothing of it, he's at the club, I can just extend his contraact from month to month to actual part time right ?
I checked the transfer center, we had nothing ongoing, so nothing to cancel.
And then at the end of the season, the Season Review announces that we had a new arrival.........
I checked the transfer history, and he was signed  on June 14th so season 22/23. But with NO CONTRACT ! How can you sign a player with no contract ?
So the question is : Can I continue my challenge with that player, or is it over ?

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By the way, my newgen are also counted as free transfer on the end of season review timeline, but not in the transfer center, that should be OK right ?

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