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congrats @the_hdk! a bit of a damp squib with my update but here we go anyway

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Sweden - Division 1 (Tier 3)

2026 (season 4)

Season Summary

First season in the third tier! and it was a nice surprise at first as we started really well. But then we had a really dodgy period mid-season and found ourselves pulled into the relegation spots gravity field, which was a bit scary. But just as it started to look really bad we put a few good results togetherĀ  and finished strongly. So a nice safe first season, a few youth players blooded in the first team as well, what more could you ask for?

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Youth

Yet another 4 star preview and another intake full of 4 star potential youths! it's actually a bit silly how many I have now, i might have to do a stocktake and kick a few out. Crazy, really!

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No idea how good any of these will actually be! it's all a bit silly really!

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Finances and Upgrades

They won't let me upgrade my training facilities but the board are more than happy to chuck money at our youth recruitment! Can't complain too much, we're now way above any other club at our level. Hopefully it pays off!

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Career

Still making small strides forward!

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Nicely done @the_hdkĀ - one day I hope to emulate!

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The Table

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We finished 5th in the normal season:

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But in the championship play offs, we had a good run of form. On the final day we would have gone above RB Salzburg if they had dropped points. Unfortunately they won 3-1 away from home. Third is more than acceptable, and qualifies us for the Champions League next season.

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The Team

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Moved Lohse to predominantly the LW spot, and both him and Ortiz got their fair share of goals.

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The Talent

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The Intake

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Another fairly poor intake!

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The Stats

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The Bank

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The Fans

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Big increase in followers, hopefully means better crowds next season, would quite like to move out of this cramped 11.5k stadium or expand itĀ :P

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So Champions league - I assume we'll go into the early qualification rounds. Maybe I can squeeze home a champions league trophy before winning the austrian league? :D

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Congrats @the_hdk

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Winter has come(and gone), so it is time to try this again!Ā  Off to Brazil.Ā  Started the 2023 season so Re-Set date is 3 January 2024

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Brasiliense Futebol ClubeĀ 

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I also have the transfers due in.Ā  A keeper, I will try not to use him, BUT I have only 1 keeper in the squad (a 16 year old fresh face) so I can not be sure that will happen

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Racing Club de France Football 2023/2024 Season

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Championnat National

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I thought it would be fun to revive this fallen giant slowly, it turns out we have some solid players across the squad, some on the wrong side of the 30s, but still.
Despite the slow start, we started to pick up pace and the 3 points to move up the table. It's fun to see such a tight table, it's mental that in the last month we could finish in 5th or be champions. Dijon was the most regular team, so they take the title for 2 points.
Financially we are fine, although we lost a lot of money during the season, I hope that Ligue 2 can help us now that we are turning professional. The only upgrades that I got was my National C and B licence.
A few red flags in the squad. CB and GK are the critical areas that I hope YI can help us with in the near future or things will get a little sticky.

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Coupe de France -Ā Reaching coupe 9th round it's a very good outcome, Valenciennes was to much for us. A word for AS VĆ©nus, a Tahiti club that travel all the way for a big defeat.

U19 Team -Ā  They only played friendlies this season.

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Youth Intake

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Can't really say much about this Youth Intake since we are semi pro. This two look very interest but we will see how they develop.

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OperĆ”rio dos AƧores ā€“ Season 4 (2026/27)

Liga 3 I thought things would get better this season, but instead they got worse. My older playersā€™ attributes dropped off a cliff, and the youngsters were not improving much, so the quality of our first 11 was far below what is required in the league. It took us 11 games to get our first win, and things didnā€™t get much better from there. In the end we went into the relegation playoff, and were deservedly relegated.

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To be honest I am looking forward to playing a division down next season (I did not get sacked), this transition to youngsters is never easy to manage, and doing it in Liga 3 was definitely too much for us. I just hope we donā€™t get relegated again!

Players: All dreadful, but our only remaining original XI player of a decent age, Tiago Oliveira, did ok. A few of the youngsters are starting to develop too, so there is hope.

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Youth intake: Another good one, just look at these personalities! The future is definitely looking bright, as long as we can get there.

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Facilities/finances: Our board decided to splash out on a stadium upgrade (1,496 seats), the main effect of which was to switch our finances to ā€œinsecureā€.

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No transfers of note, but Benfica U19 bid for one of my youngsters while I was holidaying between games, so he might actually be good!


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2023/24   | Campeonato Gr. D      |  5 Ā  |   Ā  n/aĀ  Ā       |  Paulo Bessa (ST)	              | 
2024/25   | Campeonato Gr. D      |  2 Ā  |   Ā  n/aĀ  Ā       |  Pedro Tavares (DC)              | Promoted through playoffs
2025/26   | Liga 3 South          |  8 Ā  |   Ā  n/aĀ  Ā       |  Pedro Tavares (DC)              | 1st in relegation playoff
2026/27   | Liga 3 South          |  9 Ā  |   Ā  n/aĀ  Ā       |  Tiago Oliveira (DR)             | Relegated

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Season    | Ā Coaching  Ā  Ā | Ā Recruitment Ā  Ā  Ā | Training Fac. Ā | Youth Fac. Ā    Ā | Ā Stadium
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2023/24Ā   | Ā Average      |  Above averageĀ  Ā  | Average        | Ā Basic   Ā    Ā   | Ā 800
2024/25Ā   | Ā Average      |  Excellent	  Ā  Ā  | Average        | Ā Basic   Ā    Ā   | Ā 800
2025/26Ā   | Ā Average      |  Excellent	  Ā  Ā  | Below average  | Ā Basic   Ā    Ā   |  1500
2026/27Ā   | Ā Average      |  Excellent	  Ā  Ā  | Below average  | Ā Basic   Ā    Ā   |  2996

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39 minutes ago, dkouv said:

@the_hdkĀ congrats!! Completing with a Polish team is really impressive - are you the first one to do it? (to complete in Poland)

no someone did it with Widzew Lodz (my birthtown club)

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End of Season Review

Season 2028/29

Macclesfield

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Season Summary

A season of disappointment as we dropped in the league and were dreadful in both cup competitions.

Season Details

League Table - We seemed to take a step back this year as we dropped into the bottom half of the table once more.

League Fixtures 1 & 2 - We had far too many winless runs and this cost us any chance of a top half finish.

F. A. Cup - Darlington, who play in the division above, were too good for us on their own patch as we crashed out in the fourth qualifying round.

F. A. Trophy - We went out at the first time of asking, in the second round, as Chester, who ended up going up by winning the playoffs, proved too strong as we went down at home.

Friendlies - We had the now regular mixed bag of results during pre season.

Squad - We are improving, I just wish the players had some sort of consistency.

Squad Dynamics - Despite our struggles this season, this is surprisingly good.

Transfers In - None.

Transfers Out - Quite a few youngsters were allowed to depart on loan to gain some experience.

Youth Candidates - Norwegian central defender Lars C. Eliassen YP29C52 is regarded the best prospect out of a decent intake.

Finances - We are still in the black though we did lose money once again this season.

Key Players

James Berry - Our left winger regained some of his old form as he proved to once again to be our best player.

Zion Dixon - Our main striker is continuing to play ok though his goal returns are diminishing.

Harry Freedman - The versatile Scotsman enjoyed one of his best campaigns with the club.

Harry Petterson - The midfielder proved to be a valuable player for us this season.

Alistair Wolfenden YP28D37 - The best player to come through our academy to date, the striker is being trained for a central midfield position, a role he is fulfilling with some aplomb.

Next Season

I would love to get back into the top half of the table.

Personal Contract

Season     Contract Start Date     Contract Expiry Date     Pre Tax Wage     Post Tax Wage
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At start          25 June 2025             30 June 2026         Ā£650 p/w          Ā£500 p/w
2025/26          31 March 2026             30 June 2027         Ā£700 p/w ā†‘        Ā£550 p/w ā†‘
2026/27      29 September 2026             30 June 2028         Ā£750 p/w ā†‘        Ā£575 p/w ā†‘
2027/28       28 November 2027             30 June 2029         Ā£800 p/w ā†‘        Ā£625 p/w ā†‘
2028/29          30 March 2029             30 June 2030         Ā£850 p/w ā†‘        Ā£650 p/w ā†‘

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
2025/26    Minimal = (1.00*) ā†‘   National B    ā†‘ā†‘     6 ā†‘   6 ā†‘   3 ā†‘   1 =   2 ā†‘   1 =   6 ā†‘   6 ā†‘   5 ā†‘   4 =   1 =   5 ā†‘   5 ā†‘   6 ā†‘  11 ā†‘   6 ā†‘   6 ā†‘
2026/27    Minimal = (1.00*) =   Continental C ā†‘ā†‘     8 ā†‘   8 ā†‘   4 ā†‘   1 =   2 =   2 ā†‘   8 ā†‘   9 ā†‘   8 ā†‘   4 =   1 =   6 ā†‘   6 ā†‘   7 ā†‘  16 ā†‘   8 ā†‘   8 ā†‘
2027/28    Minimal = (1.50*) ā†‘   Continental B  ā†‘    10 ā†‘  10 ā†‘   5 ā†‘   1 =   2 =   3 ā†‘   9 ā†‘  10 ā†‘   9 ā†‘   8 ā†‘   1 =   8 ā†‘   8 ā†‘   9 ā†‘  20 ā†‘  10 ā†‘   9 ā†‘
2028/29    Minimal = (1.50*) =   Continental A  ā†‘    10 =  11 ā†‘   6 ā†‘   1 =   2 =   3 =  11 ā†‘  11 ā†‘  10 ā†‘   8 =   1 =   9 ā†‘   9 ā†‘  10 ā†‘  20 ā†‘  11 ā†‘  11 ā†‘

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Youth Level  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
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At Start   Below Average        Below Average          4       Basic                 Fairly Basic     Basic              Local   (1.00*)
2025/26    Below Average =      Below Average =        4 =     Basic =               Good         ā†‘ā†‘ā†‘ Above Average ā†‘ā†‘ā†‘  Local = (1.00*) =
2026/27    Below Average =      Below Average =        4 =     Basic =               Exceptional   ā†‘ā†‘ Excellent      ā†‘ā†‘  Local = (1.00*) =
2027/28    Below Average =      Adequate      ā†‘        4 =     Basic =               Exceptional    = Excellent       =  Local = (1.00*) =
2028/29    Below Average =      Adequate      =        4 =     Basic =               Exceptional    = Excellent       =  Local = (1.00*) =

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage
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2025/26      51        20       15       16          89              66                 +23              39.22%
2026/27      51        19        9       23          77              86                  -9              37.25% ā†“
2027/28      55        24       12       19         106              93                 +13              43.64% ā†‘
2028/29      51        17       12       22          82              88                  -6              33.33% ā†“

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage     Time At Club
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2025/26          51        20       15       16          89              66                 +23              39.22%             311 days
2026/27         102        39       24       39         166             152                 +14              38.24% ā†“           676 days
2027/28         157        63       36       58         272             245                 +27              40.13% ā†‘         1,039 days
2028/29         208        80       48       80         354             333                 +21              38.46% ā†“         1,403 days

Transfer Sale Record

Date               Player                    Position               Club Sold To                 Country                   Transfer Fee
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Trophy Haul

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Trophy Cabinet

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Cup Competition Victories
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Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                             Position     F.A. Cup                    League Cup        Achievements
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2025/26           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North       10th       Third Qualifying Round          N/a           Safe in mid table.  F. A. Trophy second round.
2026/27           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North       16th ā†“     Third Qualifying Round  =       N/a           A poor season.  F. A. Trophy fourth round.
2027/28           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North       11th ā†‘     First Round             ā†‘       N/a           A better campaign.  F. A. Trophy fifth round.
2028/29           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North       16th ā†“     Fourth Qualifying Round ā†“       N/a           We took a step back this year.  F. A. Trophy second round.

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
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2025/26    No one                                    0
2026/27    Robert Evans YP27B18                      8
2027/28    Ian Wagstaff YP27D20                     60
2028/29    Ian Wagstaff YP27D20                    110

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                          Cumulative Number of Goals
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2025/26    No one                                        0
2026/27    Robert Evans YP27B18                          2
2027/28    Sean Bell YP27A17                             6
2028/29    Sean Bell YP27A17                            12

Record Number of AssistsĀ (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                        Cumulative Number of Assists
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2025/26    No one                                      0
2026/27    Scott Hughes YP26N14                        2
2027/28    Mark Rice YP27P32                           3
           Sean Bell YP27A17                           3
2028/29    Alistair Wolfenden YP28D37                 11

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

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
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2025/26    No one                                     0
2026/27    Ian Wagstaff YP27D20                       1
2027/28    Ian Wagstaff YP27D20                      13
2028/29    Ian Wagstaff YP27D20                      20

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Well thats my run in Scotland over, not because I was sacked but because I stupidly cleared up a lot of my saves and somehow managed to forget that my East Kilbride save hadn't been moved to the "Active Saves" folder and I ended up deleting itĀ :seagull:Ā I prefix my youth academy challenge saves with "YAC - " so they are grouped together meaning I didn't spot East Kilbride in a list of about 15 youth academy saves which itself was with about 20 other saves for various bits and pieces I had started up. Still got my failed Vitkovice attempt in the Active Saves thoughĀ :lol:

Never mind, despite doing well enough in Scotland it there just wasn't any real interest in it (completed league, know the leagues and teams well and no feeling of the unknown)

Will jump back in the saddle soon (currently holidaying in Austria and Hungary - the new team day differs by about 8 days so its a good fit for running these in parallel)

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Ilkeston Town - Season 2 - Vanarama National League North - 4th

Transfers -- Squad -- League

On the transfers out front, as I had anticipated Jadel Musahnu left this summer (just before league reset so missing from transfer screenshot). We did get Ā£10.5k compensation for him, but it did leave us way down quality wise at centre back.

Our second season started off reasonably well we were unbeaten in our opening 7 games, but we were lacking quite a lot on the goal front. Remaye Campbell having an awful start to the year. Following that we were quite patchy, we looked fairly strong but then just went on losing streaks where we looked awful 4-0 loss, 5-1 loss both just around wins and draws.

The second half of the season however, we did pick up some consistency, in fact, we had the joint best record for the second half of the league as we started to score a few more goals and cut out the heavy defeats we had been on the end of. In the end we ended up with more points than we had last season to secure a playoff position. Our 4th placed position you could argue was deserved as it aligned completely with the xG table. Our second season successively in the playoffs ended at the same stage though. This time we conceded a 90+4 equaliser in the playoffs before losing our on penalties, a poor end to an otherwise great season.

Youth Intake

We had managed to upgrade on youth recruitment and junior coaching this season and our youth intake on the whole was more impressive than last season.

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Conor Miller 2 ā€“ Miller went straight into the first team as a squad player but in truth he is not far from being a regular starter. We had confirmed our playoff place quite early so he was going to get some starts but picked up an injury. He looks very well rounded though so whilst he will start off as a back up midfielder, I probably expect that by the end of next season he will be first choice.

Zack Overson 2 ā€“ Overson is in similar vein to Miller, he comes into the first team as a back up but should look to force himself to be first choice by the end of next season. He has some work to do physically, but for a left back at this level his technicals look like he could be a very strong fullback for us.

Albert Cotton 2 ā€“ Cotton lacks in pace, but he does look to be a pretty decent option up front. I will be hoping he gets faster but he will be now back up in the strikers position next season. Unlike the two above, I donā€™t really expect him to claim the first choice spot for his own nect season.

Overview

In the off season, the board of their own volition increased our youth level, to level 4. This meant we got an under 18s team which was helpful and allowed us to move players there who were better suited.

I thought the loss of Musahnu would be key in preventing us repeating last season and reaching the playoffs, but we got there regardless. Next season Iā€™ve got to aim for the same again, I am not anticipating any of our best players to leave which means our squad will be at least as strong as this year.

Key Players

Charlie Wakefield ā€“ We had a tough time in the summer trying to retain him, but eventually he agreed to stay on and had a great season for us. 11 assists in the league was a large contributor to our great season yet again.

Montel Gibson ā€“ Whilst Campbell was incredibly inconsistent (6.74 rating despite 25 league goals) Gibson played consistently well on the left wing. Arguably I should be playing him as striker but he contributed well with 17 goals and 9 assists.

Josh Wells ā€“ Picking up the mantle as our best defender Wells had a good season for us. Consistent throughout the season alongside a rookie centre back partner in Browne 1.

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2 hours ago, Neo_Geo said:

Well thats my run in Scotland over, not because I was sacked but because I stupidly cleared up a lot of my saves and somehow managed to forget that my East Kilbride save hadn't been moved to the "Active Saves" folder and I ended up deleting itĀ :seagull:Ā I prefix my youth academy challenge saves with "YAC - " so they are grouped together meaning I didn't spot East Kilbride in a list of about 15 youth academy saves which itself was with about 20 other saves for various bits and pieces I had started up. Still got my failed Vitkovice attempt in the Active Saves thoughĀ :lol:

Never mind, despite doing well enough in Scotland it there just wasn't any real interest in it (completed league, know the leagues and teams well and no feeling of the unknown)

Will jump back in the saddle soon (currently holidaying in Austria and Hungary - the new team day differs by about 8 days so its a good fit for running these in parallel)

Yeah, I understand what you mean. Iā€™m also interested in an uncompleted country. I started a save in Germany (BFC Dynamo Berlin) as I really want to complete the challenge in Germany with a team from East Germany. But as Germany is already completed, I also started a save in Hungary. For the third time in FM23. This time withĀ Debereceni EAC. I really like both saves, but I still havenā€™t decided which save Iā€™m going for.Ā 

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Going to start a new one...as mentioned before wanted to start in Egypt. Using Dave's pack. Club is NOGOOM. Called the stars of the future...so very fitting for a youth only game.

so starting there with Nogoom club from Cairo. I like the wiki page;Ā 

"Nogoom El Mostakbal club has become one of the leading youth development clubs in Egypt and continues to assert its mission to bring new talents to Egyptian football. "

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Manager is a fake name. Used Malek as a show of respect to one of better actors in last few years, Rami Malek.

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12 minutes ago, DrJones said:

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After a long break from FM I've finally got some inspiration. We are heading to Serbia since no one have completed the challenge there. I mean, how hard could it be?

I thought that someone completed the challenge in Serbia, although I donā€™t see a mention in the Hall of Fame.

EDIT: Found it; it was @ludak who completed the challenge with OFK Beograd earlier this year. @darren1983 maybe you could add Ludak to the Hall of Fame?

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10 minutes ago, Winski said:

I thought that someone completed the challenge in Serbia, although I donā€™t see a mention in the Hall of Fame.

EDIT: Found it; it was @ludak who completed the challenge with OFK Beograd earlier this year. @darren1983 maybe you could add Ludak to the Hall of Fame?

Ah ok! It doesn't matter that much though, it's a different team at least!

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2 hours ago, Winski said:

I thought that someone completed the challenge in Serbia, although I donā€™t see a mention in the Hall of Fame.

EDIT: Found it; it was @ludak who completed the challenge with OFK Beograd earlier this year. @darren1983 maybe you could add Ludak to the Hall of Fame?

Yeah if someone links me to the post where it was completed I'll add it.Ā 

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OperĆ”rio dos AƧores ā€“ Season 5 (2027/28)

Campeonato de Portugal Group D Wow, what a tough season. I truly hope we have reached the bottom of this challenge, I donā€™t really fancy many more seasons like the last two.

We continued our relegation form at the start of the season, and, in October, sat bottom of the league where 5/14 teams get relegated. But then the youngsters started being less dreadful, and we picked up a few close wins, then some more, and eventually we secured safety with 2 games to spare!

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Players: Almost all youngsters now, and one of them (the one Benfica tried to buy last year), Juvenal Catojo 03a, seems a real talent. He got 11 assists in 26 games from attacking midfield this season.

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Youth intake: Not as good as the last two, but better than Iā€™m used to in this division, it will take a while for these to develop though.

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Facilities/finances: Insecure finances, wage budget cuts, all that stuffā€¦

Transfers Quite a few Ā£0 bids from Div 1 & 2 teams for our players during the last summer, of course this just unsettled the players and didnā€™t do much else. And the great HOYD I got last year was gone (poached) after 3 months.


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2023/24   | Campeonato Gr. D      |  5 Ā  |   Ā  n/aĀ  Ā       |  Paulo Bessa (ST)	              | 
2024/25   | Campeonato Gr. D      |  2 Ā  |   Ā  n/aĀ  Ā       |  Pedro Tavares (DC)              | Promoted through playoffs
2025/26   | Liga 3 South          |  8 Ā  |   Ā  n/aĀ  Ā       |  Pedro Tavares (DC)              | 1st in relegation playoff
2026/27   | Liga 3 South          |  9 Ā  |   Ā  n/aĀ  Ā       |  Tiago Oliveira (DR)             | Relegated
2027/28   | Campeonato Gr. D      |  6 Ā  |   Ā  n/aĀ  Ā       |  Juvenal Catojo 03a (AMC)	      | 

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2023/24Ā   | Ā Average      |  Above averageĀ  Ā  | Average        | Ā Basic   Ā    Ā   | Ā 800
2024/25Ā   | Ā Average      |  Excellent	  Ā  Ā  | Average        | Ā Basic   Ā    Ā   | Ā 800
2025/26Ā   | Ā Average      |  Excellent	  Ā  Ā  | Below average  | Ā Basic   Ā    Ā   |  1500
2026/27Ā   | Ā Average      |  Excellent	  Ā  Ā  | Below average  | Ā Basic   Ā    Ā   |  2996
2027/28Ā   | Ā Average      |  Excellent	  Ā  Ā  | Below average  | Ā Basic   Ā    Ā   |  2996

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Ā Ā Ā So I think I found an Austrian club I am happy with as it has a good backstory.Ā 

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Salzburger AK 1914

Founded in 1914 Salzburger AK are the oldest club in Salzburg and before the second world war were the most successful team in Salzburg. They have won the Austrian First Division once in 1985 but after being relegated from the second division in 1988 they have never made it back up........until now! The challenge remains the same but we also want to become the top club in Salzburg once more. Our fierce rivals are the original SV Austria Salzburg and given they formed after the original club renamed to Red Bull Salzburg,w so I think we will inherit the rivalry with them as well (even if the game doesn't have this at the moment).

StadiumĀ Sportzentrum Mitte - Sportunion
BuiltĀ 1921
CapacityĀ 3000
Season Ticket HoldersĀ 436
MM Groundhopping: SAK 1914 - Austria Salzburg

Training FacilitiesĀ GOOD
Youth FacilitiesĀ GOOD
Junior CoachingĀ ADEQUATE
Youth RecruitmentĀ AVERAGE

BalanceĀ Ā£427,952

Squad
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24 players with a very healthy blend of personalities and apart from DC and DL there are a good number of players in each position.

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Let's go!

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South Shields F.C. - Wikipedia

Premier League

2043/44 (season 21)

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Season Summary

WE DID IT! The challenge is over. We won the league on the last day of the season!

The league was very close. With one game left, we were number 2, two points behind Aston Villa. However, Aston Villa and Man City were facing each other in the last game, while we played a later relegated Stoke team.

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Villa and City draw their game! And as we won our game we also won the Premier League!

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As we won the Champions League last season and only needed to win the league in order to complete the challenge I played my rotational and reserve players in the Champions League this season.

We did okay in the league phase and ended up number 11. But we lost in the first knock-out round to Rennes.

We also won the Carabao Cup and UEFA Super Cup.

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Carle played well with 29 goals. He scored all his goals in the league this season.

Smith also played very well from the midfield with 5 goals and 13 assists.

Breakspeare did well in the goal.

Both Savas and Jankovic had their breakthrough on the first team.

Patrick Walters will retire after this season. He is a real South Shields legend who has played, scored, and assisted at every level since he was in my youth intake in Vanarama League North. He has played 629 league games. He was a regular starter from 15 years old to around 30. He now also managed to win both the Champions League and Premier League.

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I think I will show you a few of the best players of my League winning team

Smith was not on the GOAL50 list. However, he is the 3rd-best player in the world according to another award.

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Carle was awarded the best U21 player in the world. He also won the best player and best young player in England. He was also the league topscorer for the third season in a row.

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A few other important players are Breakspeare, Pinkerton and Howourth

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I only had one player on the NXGN list this season. Savas was moved from my youth team to my first team midseason and played regularly in the second half of the season.

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The youth intake preview looked really great. 5 stars and 5 As.
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The intake was fine with 2 elite talents and a handful top talents.
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Bohea looked most promising.

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No transfers of significance.

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Finances and Upgrades

After the Champions League win last season the club's reputation was raised to five stars. This meant that I was allowed to upgrade the youth facilities!

Before this season the training facilities were downgraded. However, we upgraded them again just after.

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Next season
I am not sure what to do next. I think I have 3 possibilities. Maybe I will try out a normal save, maybe I will try a new YAC-save, or maybe I will just continue playing with this team.

Excellently done!Ā 

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The Table

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A solid 3rd placed finish, so into the Champions League qualifying round next season.

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The Team

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Not too bad.. room for improvement though.

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The Talent

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The Intake

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Quite happy with these three. Most of the others let go. But I did need some midfield reinforcements and another striker, so quite decent.

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The Stats

Apparently overperformed slightly

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The Bank

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The Fans

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We managed to agree a small stadium expansion to 12,500 (from 11,500 - is it worth it board?), and a further upgrade to the Youth facilities. Slow progress but getting there :)

Edit: board have now changed their minds and are adding 5k seats - was only a week ago they decided on a small expansion!Ā 

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Having to shrink size of this font from too many seasons!

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End of Season Review

Season 2023/24

Karaman Futbol KulĆ¼bĆ¼

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Season Summary

Was in the playoff places all season, never really challenged for the championship even when 2nd as leaders had a big gap at that point, and when drop to last playoff place I had a 3 or 4 point gap. Had a good cup run, ended the season by losing in first playoff game.

Season Details

League Table - as I said above ended up getting to playoffs and lost in first round

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Fixtures - We ended up drawing a team in league above us in the cup in the sixth round and getting knocked out

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Squad - Most players got game time

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Squad Dynamics - Pretty decent, took nearly all season for my support to get into green

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Transfers - I sold some of my players, some were backups, one was a player who were really good and wasn't going to be able to keep

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Youth Candidates - Not the greatest, but ok. Top rated was Poyraz Kandemir YP24a

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Finances - Decent but not great

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Key Players

Orhan Nahırcı -Ā 

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Onur KĆ¼Ć§Ć¼k

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Bora Taşdemir

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Ensar Kemaloğlu

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Next Season

Plan next season is to make playoffs again and given my younger players some play time

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   (0.5*)      None                1     1     1     1     1     1     3     3     3     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
2023/24    Minimal   (1.0*)      National B ā†‘ā†‘       6ā†‘    6ā†‘    3ā†‘    1     1     1     7ā†‘    6ā†‘    6ā†‘    1     1     5ā†‘    5ā†‘    5ā†‘    7ā†‘    7ā†‘    6ā†‘

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
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At Start   Below Average        Poor              Average               Fairly basic     Limited            Regional   (1.5*)
2023/24    Below Average        Poor              Average               Average ā†‘        Limited            Regional   (1.5*)

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage
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2023/24    41         19      11        11       54            39                +15                 46.34%

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage     Time At Club
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2023/24        41         19      11        11       54            39                +15                 46.34%             337 days

Transfer Sale Record

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6/7/2023           HĆ¼seyin ErgenƧ            D(C)                   Amed Sportif Faaliyetler     Turkey                    Ā£800
8/9/2023           Umut Dilek                ST(C)                  Ɯmraniyespor                 Turkey                    Ā£20.5K (Ā£46.5K)

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Cup Competition Victories
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Career Overview

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2025/26           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Turkish 2. League Red Group        5th          Sixth Round                 N/a               Lost in playoffs

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

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2023/24    No one                                    0

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

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2023/24    No one                                        0

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

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2023/24    No one                                      0

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

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2023/24    No one                                     0

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