[FM23] Kosovo

[oche balboa]

Great work. enjoying it. 

 

What other leagues are you running? & are there any Foreign players signed by Kosovo teams? 

[WhiteCat33]

6 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I had a crash and lost the above intake. 

That is the worst man, glad at least you had a save point nearby to not lose your season as well. 

48 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I'm not completely sure why I'm not getting the opportunity to upgrade the Youth Facilities, but we will just keep on plugging away and hope it's linked to something like reputation or.... something else that we can't achieve. 

Sorry to say SI modified the hidden requirements for youth facilities to make it much more difficult to upgrade them. Since you are in a minor country it's highly likely you will never get to max them, and may only get to 16 or so till you win the Champions League.  As a reference the only person in the YAC to max his recently was playing in England and it only became available when he won the CL in the 2050s

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, oche balboa said:

Great work. enjoying it. 

What other leagues are you running? & are there any Foreign players signed by Kosovo teams? 

Thanks very much. I'm not running any other leagues at all. Kosovo only. 

Llapi have an Albanian who they paid £3,700 for from an Albanian club. 
Prishtina have an Albanian who they paid £3,400 for from an Albanian club. 
Prishtina have a Finnish player who they signed on a free from Finland. 
Dukagjini Klinë have an Albanian who they signed on a free from Albania. 
Dukagjini Klinë have a Finnish player who they paid £55,000 for from FInland. 
Feronikeli 74 have an Albanian who they signed on a free from Albania. 
Feronikeli 74 have 2 Macedonians who they signed on a free from Macedonian clubs

That's all the non-Kosovan players playing in SuperLeague right now. 
 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, WhiteCat33 said:

That is the worst man, glad at least you had a save point nearby to not lose your season as well. 

I was so fed up with the crash. Not because I lost loads of game-play, (I just lost about a month), but 16 lots of nicknames, 16 lots of contracts, (or release), individual training & PPM's set up for them all. It just takes a while. And then on top of it all when I run the intake again I get a load of rubbish personalities. 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, WhiteCat33 said:

That is the worst man, glad at least you had a save point nearby to not lose your season as well. 

Sorry to say SI modified the hidden requirements for youth facilities to make it much more difficult to upgrade them. Since you are in a minor country it's highly likely you will never get to max them, and may only get to 16 or so till you win the Champions League.  As a reference the only person in the YAC to max his recently was playing in England and it only became available when he won the CL in the 2050s

Yeah, I think that's how it should be to be honest. 

Our Rep is National now. I'm hoping that a Rep pop to Continental and then Worldwide might open some doors with regards to Youth Facilities. 

[WhiteCat33]

26 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I was so fed up with the crash. Not because I lost loads of game-play, (I just lost about a month), but 16 lots of nicknames, 16 lots of contracts, (or release), individual training & PPM's set up for them all. It just takes a while. And then on top of it all when I run the intake again I get a load of rubbish personalities. 

Been there and have had to step away from a save for a few days because of it.

Now I compulsively save immediately when the intake comes in and then again once they have signed contracts and I've configured their trainings and mentoring groups. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Just now, WhiteCat33 said:

Been there and have had to step away from a save for a few days because of it.

Now I compulsively save immediately when the intake comes in and then again once they have signed contracts and I've configured their trainings and mentoring groups. 

I usually do, (religiously), but I was rushing because I was busy and the rest as they say is history. You would think I would have learned by now. 

[WhiteCat33]

6 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I usually do, (religiously), but I was rushing because I was busy and the rest as they say is history. You would think I would have learned by now. 

Yup its always that one time... has your save been particularly unstable?

[Jimbokav1971]

18 minutes ago, WhiteCat33 said:

Yup its always that one time... has your save been particularly unstable?

No. FM23 has been good on the whole actually. This was caused completely by me. If I cast from my laptop it 100% causes an FM crash every time. It's not the 1st time it's happened and you would think I would know by now, but you know how it is, you get sidetracked, you come back and you want to cast something from laptop to TV and then as soon as you press the button you remember FM and boom! it's too late. 

[Jimbokav1971]

End of Season Summary. 

SuperLeague. I'm not sure if it was me losing concentration late in the season, or fatigue kicking in or unhappiness than many of the 1st Team want to leave, or a mixture of all the above, but our form late on, (especially that of the 1st Team), wasn't anywhere near as good as it was earlier in the season. We conceded 12 goals in 36 games, but 9 of those goals came in the last 11 matches, (which also included the drawn game). We conceded just 3 goals in the opening 9 games of the season, and then went 16 SuperLeague games without conceding. 

Kosovan Cup. We were never really troubled in any of these games. 

Champions League. Brilliant campaign. 

U19's. 1 single loss. 

We retained the UEFA Youth League. 

Not sure what this is but it looks like the Super Cup between the winnners of the UEFA Youth League and whatever the South American equivalent is. 

Squad by Appearances. 

(32g) Kadriu 6'1" * wants a new contract but he has 4 years left on his contract so I'm not keen. I'm wondering about the link between unhappiness and drop in form though so I might have to bite the bullet for those who want a new deal and are 1st Team players, (or will be next season). 

Squad by Goals.

(33e) Shumeli * scored a whopping 60 goals in all competitions, and won the Champions League Golden boot in doing so. He hardly scored a league goal in the 1st half of the season because he rarely played in SuperLeague games. 

Squad by Assists. 

(34c) Hidri (Perfect) * started off as a Perfectionist and then dropped to either (F.Pro) or (F.Det) and is now only (Bal). Despite that, I really like him. 

Squad by Avg Rating. 

(33f) Fahrni (KOS)(SUI) * isn't someone I considered a star, but he just seems really consistent, is always available and always scores. He scored 30 of his 35 goals in the SuperLeague and that shows where hos focus was for me. 

Internationals. 

Caps. 

International Caps awarded to Academy products who are no longer at the club. 

Main. 

U21's.

U19's.

U18's.

2 players called up for 2038 World Cup being held in South Africa. 

Hall of Fame. 

Records. 

Awards. 

Finances. 

Edited September 7, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[KristianT]

Brilliant thread and brilliant buildup to domestic dominance. What are your goals now? Do you think you could go on and win a European competition?

[Jimbokav1971]

2 hours ago, KristianT said:

Brilliant thread and brilliant buildup to domestic dominance. What are your goals now? Do you think you could go on and win a European competition?

I've got to be honest with you @KristianTthe biggest barriers to us doing very well either at club or International level are....

1. keeping myself motivated to play while we're trouncing teams for much of the season. 

2. The release of FM24.

3. Me taking of the (KOS) NT but not enjoying it and it killing the save. 

I think that I might be tempted to go really hands off and try a sort of DoF role at club level if I took over the (KOS) NT role. The problem with that is that if I don't develop the players then will they develop here without me? (I'm talking PPM's and individual training and game-time and the like). 

I guess we will see. I'm still engaged with it now, but let's see how I feel next Summer when I sell quite a few current starters. At the moment the 1st Team starters are earning £2.5k-£5k per month and they all seem to want a 10x increase. 

[Edit]

Thanks very much for the kind words by the way @KristianT. Appreciate it and glad you're enjoying it. 

[Edit2]

In terms of whether we could win a European competition I think the answer is possibly. I've won the Europa League and/or the Europa Conference with Welsh and Icelandic clubs before, so I certainly think they're possible with a little luck, but at the same time I think we're a little way away from even getting close in the Champions League. The biggest barrier is probably our rep in terms of by the time the players get good enough to compete at that level, (even if we were able to produce players of the required quality), they would want to move away long before reaching their PA. 

[Edit3]

I'm increasingly finding myself looking at the results of the (KOS) National Team and I wonder what I might be capable of there.......

Edited September 8, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jul 2038. 

GK. 

(32g) Kadriu 6'1" * 1st Team. 
(33h) Jeaneret 6'0"(KOS)(SUI)* (LOAN)
(34g) Pettersson (KOS)(SWE) * (LOAN)
(36b) Shaholli 6'3" * (LOAN)
(35n) Balla * (LOAN)
(38b) Dibra (U19's)
(37p) Bull. (USA)(ENG)(Unamb) (U19's)

DL.

DL1. (33d) Jonuz WBL *
DL2. (31i) Dedja *
(37b) Bogdani (L.Det) (U19's)
(38d) Asani (U19's)
(36e) Panagiotou (CYP) (LOAN)
 

DR.

DR1. (35c) Koch (GER) *
DR2. (31g) Hassoun (ISR) *
(34e) Asllani WBR * (LOAN)
(37d) Troka. (U19's)
(36d) Lakti. (U19's)

DC. For a long time in this save our defence, (especially at centre-half), has been weak, but things are turning around now and we have players playing International football at centre-half which shows how much we have improved. That being said, it is probably the are of the squad in which there is most room for growth in terms of the difference between CA and PA. We only have 1x player better than 3.0 CA, and just about everyone has better PA than that. It's just a matter of picking the right ones and getting them there. 

(32c) Nurmi (KOS)(FIN) 5'11" * is our best centre-half and he only has 2 years on his contract and is wanted by various MLS clubs. Valued at £6.8M-£8M I don't think it makes sense to keep him for the 2nd season and let him leave on a free, so this coming season will probably be his last for us before we let him go. The other thing is of course that his absence opens another slot for a young player to come in and shine. 

With the contracts of (32c) Nurmi (KOS)(FIN) 5'11" *, (33j) Sulejmani 6'5" (Merc) * & (32e) Vlcek (SVK) 6'5" * all expiring in the Summer of 2040, we could be losing 3 players with International caps next Summer. 

DLC1. (34f) Ademi 6'0" (Perfect) *
DC1. (33j) Sulejmani 6'5" (Merc) *
DRC1. (32c) Nurmi (KOS)(FIN) 5'11" *

DLC2. (35b) Pashaj * DC 6'2"
DC2. (31f) Shabani 6'0" *
DRC2. (32e) Vlcek (SVK) 6'5" *

(38e) Jaakkola (KOS)(FIN) * (U19's)
(37c) Pretti (KOS)(SUI) 5'10"* (U19's)
(36g) Hismani 6'0" * (LOAN)
(36k) Magny (KOS)(SUI) * (LOAN)
(37f) Daci (Uamb)+(L.Det)5'11" (LOAN)
(33i) Feicht DC (KOS)(AUT) (LOAN)
(35p) Benko (KOS)(CRO) 6'1" (LOAN)
(38h) Emini 5'10" (U19's)
(33n) Kasemi 5'10" (SELL)

MC.

MLC1. (34d) Xhafa (Res) *
MRC1. (34c) Hidri *

MLC2. (36a) Young (KOS)(ENG)
MRC2. (34j) Memaj (F.Pro) * (recovering from broken leg). (35i) Bala * to cover at the start of the season. 

(31k) Shehi (SELL)
(35i) Bala * (cover)
(35m) Muca (LOAN)
(37e) Blliku (KOS)(ALB) (LOAN)
(36j) Kirkevold (KOS)(NOR) (LOAN)
(38i) Zefi (Perfect) (U19's)
(38j) Qose (Temp) MC (U19's)
(38o) Rexhepi (KOS)(ALB) Unamb (U19's)
(37n) Terenzi (SMR)(ITA) (LOAN)
(37k) Adili. (U19's)
(36o) Miftari. (LOAN)
(37l) Lamert. (KOS)(SUI) (LOAN)
(36i) Karaj. (LOAN)

SC. It's worth remembering here that (33f) Fahrni (KOS)(SUI) *, (who's 21 years old and has 4 Caps for Switzerland), and this is Switzerland who were good enough to not only qualify for the World Cup that's currently taking place in South Africa, but Switzerland who topped Group D, (albeit only ahead of Mali and Costa Rica), only has 3.0 CA and we have no less than 8x strikers who have better PA than he has, and 11 strikers who have better PA than he has CA now. 

SLC1. (33o) Elezi * 21 goals and 15 assists in all competitions last season. 
SC1. (33e) Shumeli * 56 goals and 11 assists in all competitions last season. 2 years left on his contract so I will be using early this season & then am open to offers. 
SRC1. (35a) Siano (ITA) * 23 goals and 20 assists in all competitions last season. On a 3+3 contract. 

SLC2. (38a) Sinani Only came through the intake last season & has only made 1 appearance so far. 
SC2. (33f) Fahrni (KOS)(SUI) * 35 goals and 14 assists in all competitions last season playing on the right for the 2nd Team. 
SRC2. (31h) Capi * 23 goals and 12 assists in all competitions  last season playing on the left for the 1st Team. 

(36h) Puto * (LOAN)
(35f) Sykaj * (LOAN)
(36f) Qehajaj (Temp) (LOAN)
(33c) Mema * (LOAN)
(31j) Lange (GER) * (LOAN)
(34b) Pasha (KOS)(ALB) SC * (LOAN)
(32f) Mehmeti * (LOAN)
(36l) Tozaj SLC (LOAN)
(38c) Cela. (U19's)
(37h) Ajeti. (U19's)
(37g) Mërtiri. (U19's)
(36c) Morina. (SELL)
(38p) Halili. (Unamb) (SELL)

2038 1.

2038 2.

[Jimbokav1971]

Bids for (33e) Shumeli *(Round GK). Jul 2038. 

As mentioned (33e) Shumeli *(Round GK) has 2 years left on his contract so we will be selling by latest next Summer, but he's attracting a fair bit of interest right now. 

My thinking right now is that even if someone came in with £10M for him I would still say no because I just don't want to sell him. Once/if we qualify for the Champions League Group Stage I might be more tempted to sell him this season, but otherwise I will either look to sell him in January or next Summer. 

91 league goals is great, but it's actually 148 goals in all competitions and he's been enormously influential when it comes to our European Qualifying campaign.

[Jimbokav1971]

Facilities. Jul 2038. 

We've now maxed out Training Facilities, Junior Coaching and Youth Recruitment. I think we need to boost our Reputation in order to unlock the next Youth Facilities upgrade. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Intake preview. Dec 2038. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jan Transfer Window. Feb 2039. 

[Edit]

I could have got more money for (32c) Nurmi (KOS)(FIN) 5'11" *, but when you have £79M in the bank and nothing to spend it on, some things are worth more than money. 

Not only did I get him on loan until the end of the season, but we also got him until January next season, (so through our European qualification campaign), 

The 50% sell-on is just silly, but my plan is that if I keep doing this for everyone I can, sooner or later we will hit the jackpot. 

Edited September 9, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Defeat! Mar 2039. 

We played this game on a Sunday and we have a big mid-weak Europan game coming us so the team was the 2nd Team and it was weakened with injuries and suspensions, but they've been plenty good enough to win other games so... well played Drita. 

Edited September 9, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[KristianT]

In Norwegian "drita" means "drunk" so I always have a little laugh when I see that name popping up.

[Jimbokav1971]

3 hours ago, KristianT said:

In Norwegian "drita" means "drunk" so I always have a little laugh when I see that name popping up.

Thanks for that. 

Now I will always be thinking of them as "Drunk Drita" too. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Intake day. Mar 2039. 

I don't have enough evidence to know this for a fact, but I have a sneaking suspicion that whatever the dynamics are between a Youth Intake of a Semi-Pro club with "x" level of facilities and and a Pro club with "x" level of facilities, then the balance isn't right. The level of player we were producing while a Semi-Pro club was significantly better than the level of player we have produced since turning Pro and there just isn't a reason for it. Our facilities have actually increased in level, but the level of player produced has decreased. Of course it could be just random bad luck and a coincidence, but I've encountered this before and I don't think it's a coincidence.

With that in mind I think it's time 

I've got to be honest with you, I',m so hacked off with the low (Det) and low (Amb) from this intake that it's hard to take any pleasure from the 16 and 15 finishing attributes in 2 of the strikers we have signed. 

I'm not signing any of these players. (7 players is a LOT of players to be released). 

This is our current HoYD and we've had him since 2024, (so 15 years), and he's done brilliantly for is in that the players he's produced in the past have been excellent for us, but the players he's produced recently haven't been up to scratch and it's hurting us. I'm going to attempt a mutual termination and if that doesn't work I'm just going to terminate his contract and pay him off, and if that doesn't work I will wait for his contract to expire in the Summer and then release him and sign someone else. 

Edited September 9, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Out with the old and in with the new. Mar 2039.

You saw the old HoYD in the previous post, (but here he is again). 

Allow me to introduce you to the new HoYD. 

[Jimbokav1971]

European Campaign. 2038/39.

 

Champions League. I must admit that I did consider "throwing" the Champions League games to drop into the Europa League, (actually the thought I had was to throw the Champions League game to drop into the Europa League and then throw the Europa League game to drop into the Europa Conference), but I never actually got around to checking what round we had to throw so it never happened. As luck would have it, FC København sorted that out for us. 

Europa League Group Stage. 

Europa League Knockout Rounds. 

You just know we're gonna end up playing in Capi Stadium. 

Edited September 10, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[DaneBramage]

Excellent work. 

5 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

You just know we're gonna end up playing in Capi Stadium. 

Can't really begrudge him it after that semi-final winner.

[Jimbokav1971]

2 hours ago, DaneBramage said:

Excellent work. 

Can't really begrudge him it after that semi-final winner.

That's a really good point actually, and I wonder how much of an impact it made on his "favoured personnel" ranking. 

He's been playing for the 2nd Team this season, (so his SuperLeague numbers are up), but his career stats in all competitions are still rather impressive.

230(48) appearances
153 goals
107 assists
45 POM awards. 

That's not too shabby at all when you remember that he's only 23 years old. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Facilities. May 2039. 

Got to the Final of a European Trophy... What's in it for me? 

Reputation. I'm guessing that our European campaign boosted our reputation and this allowed us to ask for the next level of Youth Facility upgrade. 

It's popped another half star, but we still haven't moved to Continental rep. 

[Edit]

I would like to think that with the new, (and hugely improved), HoYD and this upgrade, our intake quality should surely get a boost next season. That fact that our rep is so high also makes it far more likely that any (KOS) stars will come through here rather than at another (KOS) club, although the big challenge is still (KOS) starlets coming through at big clubs abroad. 

Edited September 10, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

New Ass Man. May 2039. 

I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think I'm correct in saying that the only staff members who I've personally appointed is the old HoYD and the new HoYD, (although it's possible that I didn't even appoint the old HoYD). 

The DoF/someone has just appointed a new Ass Man that I thought worthy of a post. 

[Jimbokav1971]

End of Season Summary. May 2039. 

SuperLeague. We only conceded 13 goals in the league all season, but 2 of them were conceded in the same game against "Drunk Drita", and as a result we lost our 1st game after 4 consecutive unbeaten seasons. I really can't complain though. 

I must admit there is something really satisfying about scoring double-figure goals in a competitive game. 

UEFA Europa League. The difference in quality of the UEFA Europa League in comparison to the UEFA Champions League is big, but there is also no doubting that we played some good teams along the way. We were smashed to bits by injuries at the start of the season and I have no doubt that if we played FC København or HamKam in the Europa league Final we would have dispatched them with ease. I do wonder with our constant development how well we might be capable of doing in the Champions League though. 

The other thing I would say is that whereby we always used to just beat teams by scoring 1, (or usually more than 1), more goal than they did, now we are able to keep it tight when not scoring freely ourselves. The 0-0's against Rapid Vienna & Roma in the Group Stage. The 1-0 away to Lille and of course the 0-0 in the Final.

Kosovan Cup. 

U19's. The U19's did what the Seniors couldn't do and went unbeaten in the league.

Goal-scoring GK's. Yes, this is back!  I just couldn't resist. 

I won't bother to show you all the pens, but here are the free-kicks at least. 

Squad by Appearances. 

Squad by Goals. 

Squad by Assists. 

Squad by Avg Rating. 

Facilities. We're really progressing well here and are due another Youth Facility before the next Youth Intake preview arrives. On top of the new HoYD thinks are looking decent here. 

Of more concern is the new stadium, (location still being looked at), but the longer it takes to be found the better chance there is of a bigger capacity. 

Finances. 

[Rikulec]

What an amazing achievement to win the Europa League, congrats!

[Jimbokav1971]

Board Culture. Jun 2039. 

I know this is only a little thing, but it really bugs me because the importance is quite high at 3 of 4 bars. 

This whole thing just doesn't make sense. 

We've scored loads of goals, but let's see how many we scored from set-pieces. 

We were awarded 16 penalties in 36 league games, (so a pen every 2.25 games). I would also add that if the measure of success here is "looking threatening" from set-pieces, then just being awarded the pen should be good enough even though we only converted 10 of 16 pens in the league. 

Corners see us sit joint top and I really put almost zilch effort into corners because I feel it's too easy to exploit. 

Direct Free-Kicks sees us top again, as our GK smashed in 5 in the league. 

Indirect free-kicks see us also top as our GK manged 10 assists and 9 of them were in the league. 

[Scribe]

Congrats on the Europa League! 

I reckon it's corners you need to work on to make the board happy about set pieces. 

[Jimbokav1971]

European Golden Boot. Jun 2039. 

What I find interesting here is that while (33f) Fahrni (KOS)(SUI) * has won the accolade this season, it has been won twice before by Kosovan club players in this save and both were playing for Ballkani rather than us at the time. 

(33f) Fahrni (KOS)(SUI) * scored 43 goals lin 2038/39 for us.
(29a) Vonmoos (KOS)(SUI) scored 49 goals in 2037/38 for Ballkani.
Beqiri (KOS) * scored 51 goals in 2030/31 for Ballkani before vanishing off the Middle East obscurity.

[Jimbokav1971]

4 minutes ago, Scribe said:

Congrats on the Europa League! 

I reckon it's corners you need to work on to make the board happy about set pieces. 

Thanks very much. 

If we're already joint top though, there doesn't seem to be loads of scope for improvement. Then again, we probably had a million corners so maybe there is. 

[Jimbokav1971]

3 hours ago, Rikulec said:

What an amazing achievement to win the Europa League, congrats!

Thanks very much. 

Quite chuffed actually. Just getting there was a big deal and I thought we were only in the Quarters when we got to the Final. 

[Jimbokav1971]

New contract, (but not for me). Jun 2039. 

The plan initially was (33e) Shumeli * to be sold with 12 months on his contract (ie. now), but with our last 2 intakes being pretty underwhelming, I have changed tact and signed him up to a new long-term contract. My thinking is that we can still sell him, and I don't think a wage of £25k per month is going to be a barrier for a club spending £1M on him, (and indeed his value has risen now as a result). Where the player won't re-sign then I will continue to sell, but where there is reluctance we will still cash in if needed. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Rankings. Jun 2039.

This says that the Kosovan SuperLeague has moved up 3 places to 38th position, but the rankings actually show that it has dropped 6 places from 28th to 34. This is based on Rep which is based on club performances and players, (I think).

We've risen from 37th to 22nd in the European club rankings, (based on club coefficients), and I expect to see another rise next season as the season record that's dropping off is only a 7.00 and the other seasons since then have been 14.00, 16.00, 16,00 & 28.00 last season when we won the Europa League. 

There has been significant progress in the Nation coefficients table, (largely driven by us), and this means that we now enter the Champions League qualification stage at the 3rd Round. It also means that the 2nd team in the league gets a spot in Europa League qualification rather than the Europa Conference. In real terms this is bad for us, (because I love playing those early games), but it's good for the Runners Up in the SuperLeague because although Ballkani are not good enough to make the Group Stage of the Europa Conference via qualifying, entering via the Europa League and then dropping into the Europa Conference should give them an easier route. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Kosovan clubs in Europa Last season. Jun 2039.

Ballkani. This says that they were already in the Europa League last season so no idea what's going on.  Either way they got stuffed by the Poles and then stuffed again by the Italians. They're both tough draws. 

Drita. That's another tough draw. I really must try and loan them a striker before this season's European games kick off. 

Llapi. Actually, I think I need to loan them all a striker. 

It looks like we're not getting much help with regards to coefficient building. 

[BML]

1 hour ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Rankings. Jun 2039.

This says that the Kosovan SuperLeague has moved up 3 places to 38th position, but the rankings actually show that it has dropped 6 places from 28th to 34. This is based on Rep which is based on club performances and players, (I think).

You're looking at Bosnia Jimbo, you're playing in Kosovo mate.

Congratulations on the Europa win, hopefully the lack of qualifying games this season (I assume the winners of Europa still go straight in the CL Group Stage in the new format) prevent any early season injury crisis.

[KristianT]

Congratulations! Is this now turning into a build a nation save?

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, BML said:

You're looking at Bosnia Jimbo, you're playing in Kosovo mate.

Thank you mate. Of course I was! 

I looked and looked and looked some more, but I couldn't make sense of it because I had already highlighted Bosnia. 

Edited September 11, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, BML said:

Congratulations on the Europa win, hopefully the lack of qualifying games this season (I assume the winners of Europa still go straight in the CL Group Stage in the new format) prevent any early season injury crisis.

You know I'm not completely sure about where we enter this years competition and I hadn't given it a seconds thought until I read your post. The truth is I don't know yet. I also don't know if we get a 5th European spot for this season or we just use 1 of the existing 4 slots and it would only become 5 slots if we didn't also qualify for the Champions league via the league. Will update you when I know. 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, KristianT said:

Congratulations! Is this now turning into a build a nation save?

It's sort of looking that way because I find myself looking at the (KOS) NT more and more each season. 

I think I'm going to apply for the job when the current bloke leaves. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2039. 

GK. 

1st Team. (32g) Kadriu 6'1" * scored 22 goals last season, but only 16 of 24 pens, (8 misses). He did also contribute 10 assists. Let's see if he can improve on all that. 
U19's. (38b) Dibra 6'2" (Res)
Loan. (36b) Shaholli 6'3" *
Loan. (33h) Jeaneret 6'0"(KOS)(SUI)*
Loan. (35n) Balla *
Loan. (33h) Jeaneret 6'0"(KOS)(SUI)*
U19's. (37p) Bull. (USA)(ENG)(Unamb)

DL. 

1st Team. (33d) Jonuz WBL *
2nd Team. (31i) Dedja *
(U19's). (37b) Bogdani (L.Det) 5'10"
(U19's). (38d) Asani (Pro)
(36e) Panagiotou (CYP)

DR.

1st Team. (35c) Koch (GER) *
2nd Team. (31g) Hassoun (ISR) *
U19's. (37a) Krasniqi 6'2"
Loan. (34e) Asllani WBR *

DC.

DLC. 1st Team. (34f) Ademi 6'0" (Perfect) *
DC. 1st Team. (31f) Shabani 6'0" *
DRC. 1st Team. (32c) Nurmi (KOS)(FIN) 5'11" * (until loan ends in Jan 2040). To be replaced by (38e) Jaakkola (KOS)(FIN) * in Jan.

DLC. 2nd Team. (35b) Pashaj * DC 6'2"
DC. 2nd Team. (33j) Sulejmani 6'5" (Merc) *
DRC. 2nd Team. (32e) Vlcek (SVK) 6'5" *

Backup. (38e) Jaakkola (KOS)(FIN) *
Loan. (36k) Magny (KOS)(SUI) *
Loan. (37c) Pretti (KOS)(SUI) 5'10"* 
Loan. (36g) Hismani 6'0" *
Sell. (33i) Feicht DC (KOS)(AUT)SELL
U19's. (38h) Emini. 5'10"
Sell. (35l) Thaqi. (Unamb) SELL
Loan. (37f) Daci (Uamb)+(L.Det)5'11"
U19's. (39f) Imeri (Unamb)
 

MC. 

MLC. 1st Team.  (34d) Xhafa (Res) *
MRC. 1st Team. (34c) Hidri *

MLC. 2nd Team. (36a) Young (KOS)(ENG) *
MRC. 2nd Team. (34j) Memaj (F.Pro) *

Sell. (31k) Shehi SELL
Loan. (35m) Muca
Backup. (35i) Bala *
Loan. (36j) Kirkevold (KOS)(NOR)
U19's. (38i) Zefi (Perfect)
Loan. (37e) Blliku (KOS)(ALB)
U19's. (38j) Qose (Temp) MC
U19's. (37k) Adili.
Loan. (37n) Terenzi (SMR)(ITA)
U19's. (38o) Rexhepi (KOS)(ALB) Unamb
U19's. (39k) Strøm (KOS)(NOR)(Unamb)
Sell. (36o) Miftari. SELL
Sell. (36i) Karaj. SELL

SC.

SLC. 1st Team. (33o) Elezi *
SC. 1st Team. (33e) Shumeli *
SRC. 1st Team. (35a) Siano (ITA) *

SLC. 2nd Team. (36h) Puto *
SC. 2nd Team. (33f) Fahrni (KOS)(SUI) *
SRC. 2nd Team. (31h) Capi *

Backup. (38a) Sinani
Loan. (35f) Sykaj *. Scored 8 goals in 10(11) SuperLeague appearances for Drita last season. 
Loan. (36f) Qehajaj (Temp). Scored 3 goals in 8(12) SuperLeague appearances for Gjilani last season. 
Loan. (33c) Mema *
U19's. (39a) Tahiri (F.Det)
Loan. (31j) Lange (GER) *. Scored 13 goals in 36(1) Liga.3 appearances for Darmstadt in Germany. 
U19's. (39o) Ramaj (Fickle)
Loan. (34b) Pasha (KOS)(ALB) SC *
U19's. (39m) Domi (Bal)
Loan. (32f) Mehmeti *
U19's. (39n) Veliu (Unamb)
Loan. (36l) Tozaj SLC
U19's. (39d) Demiri (Res)
Loan. (38c) Cela.
Loan. (37h) Ajeti.
Loan. (37g) Mërtiri.
Sell. (36c) Morina. SELL

2039 1.

2039 2.

[KristianT]

4 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

It's sort of looking that way because I find myself looking at the (KOS) NT more and more each season. 

I think I'm going to apply for the job when the current bloke leaves. 

I'd say you should go for it!

[Jimbokav1971]

UEFA Super Cup. Aug 2039.

We didn't win, but we went toe-to-toe with the winners of the Champions league and we had 2 1st choice players out injured.

Edited September 11, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Goal-scoring GK's. Aug 2039. 

Our GK (32g) Kadriu 6'1" * only started taking free-kicks and pens last season, (he scored 22 goals and 10 assists in all competitions), but he has just missed a penalty, (or seen his penalty saved to be more accurate), in our 5th game of the season. Had he converted it he would have scored in all 5 games this season. 

He's taken 19 shots in these 5 games, (scoring 5 goals), and only conceded the 3 goals that Real Madrid scored past him in the UEFA Super Cup. 

 

[Jimbokav1971]

European Campaign. Aug 2039. 

@BMLrecently asked if we go straight into the Champions League Group stage, (because we're the Europa League Champions), and the answer is that yes we do indeed. This is great because it guarantees us Champions League Group Stage football, but it also means we miss out on the easier qualifying games. 

We're not short of money, so the biggest thing it will do for us is boost our Reputation.

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

3 hours ago, KristianT said:

I'd say you should go for it!

I'm not going to oust the existing Manager, but I will keep an eye out to see what happens to him. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Facilities. Sep 2039. 

It no longer shows that we're looking to build a new stadium, but I must have missed the message, (if there was one), I'm afraid. 

[Jimbokav1971]

New record league appearance holder. Oct 2039.