The FM24 Youth Academy Challenge

XaW · February 20

XaW - UAI Urquiza (Argentina) - Season 2066 (Season 42) - Primera Nacional

First season in Argentina was a good one. We qualified for the promotion playoff, just barely, and we got all the way to the semi final before we lost. Also got a lot of improvements done, so the future intakes will hopefully be better!

Copa Argentina: We didn't compete in it this season.

Around the world

Youth intake:

Trophy cabinet

Continental
CONCACAF Champions League - 2037 (Astros de Colombia)
OFC Champions League - 2042/43 (Markham FC)
CAF Champions League - 2050/51 (Ubuntu Cape Town)
AFC Champions League - 2064/65 (Veertien Mie)

Caribbean Cup x6 - 2031, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037 (Astros de Colombia)
Caribbean Club Shield x9 - 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037 (Astros de Colombia)
CAF Confederation Cup - 2049/50 (Ubuntu Cape Town)
CAF Super Cup - 2050/51 (Ubuntu Cape Town)

Japan
Meiji Yasuda J1 League - 2064 (Veertien Mie)
Meiji Yasuda J2 League - 2059 (Veertien Mie)

Emperor's Cup - 2063 (Veertien Mie)
Fuji Xerox Super Cup - 2064 (Veertien Mie)

South Africa
DSTV Premiership x2 - 2049/50, 2051/52 (Ubuntu Cape Town)
GladAfrica Championship -2046/47 (Ubuntu Cape Town)

Nedbank Cup x2 - 2048/49, 2050/51 (Ubuntu Cape Town)
Telkom Knockout x2 - 2047/48, 2050/51 (Ubuntu Cape Town)
MTN 8 x2 - 2049/50, 2050/51 (Ubuntu Cape Town)

Papua New Guinea
Kumul Petroleum National Soccer League x2 - 2041/42, 2042/43 (Markham FC)
National Ch'ship Group A - 2040/41 (Markham FC)

Curaçao
Liga MCB 1st Division x11 - 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037 (Astros de Colombia)
Curaçao Segundo Division - 2025 (Astros de Colombia)
Curaçao Terser Division - 2024 (Astros de Colombia)

Player statistics:

Most apps for me

Name			Club			Nation		2nd Nation	Time at club	Apps
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Anthony Martina 26a	Astros de Colombia	Curaçao		<N/A>		2026-I left	435
José Rodríguez 24b	Astros de Colombia	Curaçao		Colombia	2024-2037	369
Juan Francisco Scarpeta 28b Astros de Colombia	Colombia	Curaçao		2028-I left	364
Fabián Díaz 28e		Astros de Colombia	Curaçao		Colombia	2028-I left	338
Nicolas González 29c	Astros de Colombia	Curaçao		Colombia	2029-I left	313

Most goals for me

Name			Club			Nation		2nd Nation	Time at club	Apps
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Anthony Martina 26a	Astros de Colombia	Curaçao		<N/A>		2026-I left	414
Estéfano Muriel 30a	Astros de Colombia	Curaçao		Colombia	2030-I left	219
Nicolas González 29c	Astros de Colombia	Curaçao		Colombia	2029-I left	119
Salealo Kamberipa 46b	Ubuntu Cape Town	Namibia		South Africa	2046-I left	96
Dayro Belalcázar 31a	Astros de Colombia	Colombia	Curaçao		2031-I left	90

Most assists for me

Name			Club			Nation		2nd Nation	Time at club	Apps
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Nicolas González 29c	Astros de Colombia	Curaçao		Colombia	2029-I left	136
Estéfano Muriel 30a	Astros de Colombia	Curaçao		Colombia	2030-I left	108
Dayro Belalcázar 31a	Astros de Colombia	Colombia	Curaçao		2031-I left	101
Anthony Martina 26a	Astros de Colombia	Curaçao		<N/A>		2026-I left	76
Pedro González 32c	Astros de Colombia	Chile		<N/A>		2032-I left	69

Supporters:

Summary:

BustaRaymes · February 20

FC Vaajakoski 2039

Finnish Premier Division

A slight improvement bus not as good as we hoped. We were mediocre all season and got in a slump towards the end. The home loss against KuPS in the playoffs says it all.

Squad

We were kind of forced to change formation. There is not enough quantity in midfield, but we do have good wingers and about 4 or 5 good but interchangeable strikers. None of them is a natural goalscorer so we went with a hard working one and a pacey one in the end. We were struggling a lot converting chances. The best should be Byman and he scored a total of 1 goal this season.

Kähkönen continued his development into the next season, growing his rating and attributes nicely.

Heinonen is the experienced rock at the back, but others are coming for his spot. Not sure what to so with this as he never lets us down.

Nyholm burst into the team and seems to be the next big thing to look outside of Finland. He's tied down though and I plan to keep him for a while.

Nykänen was not really on my radar but we needed him and he delivered. Nice fast winger.

Transfers

We needed to put in a lot of players, as Napoli just kept coming for us. Filankembo and Granholm followed Lähderinne, with us getting 50& on a next sale.

Youth intake

Again with the strikers!

Malm and Nordlund both look talented, curious to see how they'll turn out to be.

Korhonen has some potential I think, but he's a boring type of right back.

CJ'43 · February 20

Kavala Football Club / Αθλητικός Όμιλος Καβάλα

Season 16 - 2039/40

Schedule / Squad / Transfers / Finances / Manager

Season Summary: another historic season culminated in our best finish yet. We clinched the top spot in the regular season, though we encountered some struggles in the championship group. Nevertheless, we secured our first-ever Champions League qualification in a thrilling final match against Panathinaikos.

In the Greek Cup, we advanced to the semi-finals but were ultimately defeated by Olympiacos. Our journey began in the Europa League, marking our inaugural participation, but unfortunately, we faced disappointment, exiting the tournament with a 4-0 aggregate loss to Baník Ostrava. Undeterred, we transitioned to the Conference League, reaching the group stage and finishing 10th overall. Subsequently, we qualified for the knockout stages, where we overcame Rakow but were defeated by Twente in the Round of 16.

Following Efthymis Christou's triumph three years ago, Panagiotis Kangelidis emerged as the latest recipient of the European Golden Boy award. Additionally, he earned the distinction of being ranked the second most promising wonderkid in football by NXGN. Dimitris Chatzigiannis was honored as the Talent of the Year in the Super League, while Apostolos Karounis secured third place. Vasilis Kyrialanis, our goalkeeper, clinched the runner-up position in the GK of the Year award, mirroring my own second-place finish in the Manager of the Year category. Furthermore, three of our players—Andreas Niniadis, Nikos Siaperas, and Kostas Magafinis—earned spots in the league's Best XI, with Niniadis also being named the league's top Greek player. Magafinis emerged as our top goalscorer with 17 goals, while Gersi Kuqi proved to be our most consistent performer, boasting an average of 7.13 points per game.

Looking ahead, the board announced plans for the expansion of our stadium, with an investment of approximately 16.5 million euros aimed at increasing its capacity to around 30,000 spectators. Additionally, in response to a recent downgrade, our youth facilities are set to undergo significant improvements, supported by an investment of around 1.2 million euros.

Youth intake: our youth intake showcased several promising players, such as Stefanos Torosidis 40a and Christos Vertopoulos 40b, and a few emerging from our partnerships abroad. Notably, our U19s secured their seventh consecutive league title in a commanding fashion.

Team history:

Manager history:

vikeologist · February 20

Vikeologist's Víkingur 2028 Season Report

I jinxed myself in my last post by saying that Keflavik haven’t even come close to promotion since winning the Icelandic Cup. Guess who went on a late season run of form and beat us in the playoff final.

We were the better side in the final, but we’d probably used up all our luck previously. We really needed promotion. The cup run definitely made my players jaded and affected our league campaign.

Squad

Top Goalscorer – Kristófer Máni Atlason – 25

Went back to my favoured lone striker formation. Not a great tally for Atlason.

Highest Average Rating (minimum 10 matches played) – Jón Árnason 27a – 7.51

Not bad for his first season. My second best attacking midfielder, but at 17 he could improve a lot. His Perfectionist personality could be equally important.

Man of The Match – Jón Árnason 27a – 7

Most Valuable Player– Hlynur Vilhjálmsson 25a

Just one year left on my young central defender’s contract. My worry is that he’ll sign with someone else mid-season, even if we finally achieve promotion.

At the moment, my first team will be unchanged next year, but it’s possible some of the most recent intake may challenge by the time the season proper kicks off.

Youth Intake

Konráð Þórðarson 28a – Looks good. Problem is I don’t use an attacking right winger. Do I use him as a striker, which is his secondary but inferior position, or as a right winger, which he can barely play at the moment. He’s tiny, and my right wing is definitely the weak position in the team because the promising players I’ve used haven’t progressed. I just hope he can learn the position.

Þorvaldur Sigurðsson 28b – A left winger. He’s a little behind my starter, but if he can catch up, there’s a pathway for him.

Haukur Már Sigurþórsson 28c – Another promising goalie. I already have a 5 star prospect who can’t get games, so difficult to see this guy getting opportunities.

Season	Division		Position	Notes										
2024	1			4th		Icelandic Cup Q/F, Playoffs S/F.
2025	1			10th		Survived on last day of the season.
2026	1			4th		League Cup losing finalists. Playoffs S/F
2027	1			4th		Playoff S/F
2028	1			5th		Icelandic Cup. Lost in playoff final.

toshimitzou1 · February 20

FC Jazz Season Review: 2023/24

As first seasons in the YAC go I cannot complain. Predicted to finish 10th, in the relegation zone but in fact finished 4th and made it to the the play-off semi - finals before losing to the strongest team in the competition (AC Oulu - whom actually won the Finnish domestic cup as a lower division team!!!).

Transfer History:

Plans for next season:

As shown in an earlier post I had an excellent youth intake based on our current squad and will look to integrate the best players instantly. I will also have to devise a new tactical approach as our national reputation is greatly increased and we struggled against the lesser teams in the second half of the season.

My plans are going to rely heavily on building around this guy:

Already consistent with high Bravery, (addressing a massive squad issue - all four of my incumbent central midfielders have less than 5 for Bravery! Who recruits these guys?) and naturally fit, I've really got to consider a shape that can get him involved on and off the ball as much as possible. Really like those two native PPM's as well.

I'll post again when I've settled on a tactic and First XI for next season.

Good luck all.

Cardiovascular · February 20

2024/25 - Needham Market

Spoiler

It was a solid enough first season for us in the VNLN as we finished eight points clear of relegation in 19th place. Though we flirted with the relegation places, we were never actually stuck down there aside from a two week period at the midpoint of the season. Towards the end, we picked up some really good results and eventually, we pulled away from the pack to safety. This allowed us to play some of our brand new youth players for the final few games & scope out what we were working with now.

The FA Cup saw us thump Whitley Bay 6-2 before being beaten by Basford from the league below in the Third Qualifying Round. Poor.

The FA Trophy saw us exit at the Fourth Round, losing to Macclesfield after beating Nuneaton by a single goal and then eventual league winners Scunthorpe by three in a somewhat surprising result for us.

Key Players

Spoiler

Nathan Minhas was a star for us, top scoring with a terrific return of 27 goals in 43 appearances. His partner up top, Dontai Stewart, returned a respectable 16 goals & 7 assists to provide some help of his own when Minhas was off for or injured. Callum Page was primarily used as a right winger over the season, he suffered a touch from inconsistency, but when he was on form he showed why he was our best player. 17 assists is another top return.

Youth Intake

Spoiler

Ian Miller and Luke Yeo both look really good mentally, and both are ready for first team football right away almost. Yeo will likely retrain as a DM with Miller taking the CM spot you can see on the tactic above. Ciaren Prudhoe-Lazzari not only has a great name, but he'll replace the outgoing Reece Harris who is retiring at the end of the season. The intake has provided us plenty depth, expecting Popescu, Eloi, Charlie Williams and Andrilius to be up and around the first team next season.

Next Season

Aiming for survival again!

djsterry · February 20

On 06/02/2024 at 19:39, djsterry said:

Karsiyaka 3rd Season Review

We hold on to 1. Division Status with a lot of youth playing first team football

I decided to cull some of the older members of the team and also has a few retirements,

Best performer only just turned 18 with an impressive goal record, too bad he is talking about leaving

Managed to get my star midfielder to sign on for another year, did offer him for sale but no takers

Finished towards the bottom end of the table again, still got a fairly poor side for this level especially in defence, dont seem to be getting any full backs coming through so far, so i have had to resort to training midfielders into defenders

Forgot to take a screen shot of the youth players, it was a supposed excellent take but I only signed 4 or 5 of them, was some terrible personalities and awful stats so I let most go.

star of the intake below and he doesnt look that great to me

got a couple of upgrades, one for junior coaching and one for youth recruitment

Still no coaching badges onto the next year

Not posted the last few seasons, been busy/ on holiday etc

Karsiyaka 7th Season Review

Quite a bit has happened since my last post, I made it to the top division and I have been flirting with relegation every year.

Facilities are vastly improved

Death, Taxes and Porto buying my players

This year I decided not to get too attached to players as an unhappy squad was a feature every year after jan

I sold all my best players with 50% sell on clauses

Aksu I really didn't want to sell as I always struggle with fullbacks but psg came calling and he didn't want to stay.

Isler was my best player and a great goalscorer from the rw

I really expected to struggle as all the sales really weakened my team and left me with about 20 players in total(including youth)

Strangely I had my best season by far, the gulf between the top 5 and the rest is massive.

4 or 5 of my first team were only 16 last year so I really have had to trust the youngsters

standout performers

Overall a very positive season and I'm happy with the high standard of youth players coming through

I think I may struggle with Europe next year as I have a very small squad but thats my choice as I find it easier to manage a small team.

komein svedu · February 20

Season 31 (2054/55)

dkouv · February 20

Congrats @XaW, amazing stuff! Only 2 continents to go now

Sdp9511 · February 20

End of Season Review

Season 2029/30

Le Puy

Season Summary- This was a rollercoaster of a season, we had good spells which helped us not get automatically promoted. We ended up with 15 more points than the last time we were in the 2nd division and ended up 16th in the playoff to stay in the league. After a draw away from home, we won the home game 4-2 to stay up. The money from the 2nd division has allowed us to upgrade our youth recruitment and spend on upgrading the youth facilities which will be finished in September. We have also gotten an affiliate to send some of our youngsters to.

Season Details

Transfers Out- Our old striker left on a free

Youth Candidates - At first it was stated to be a bad intake, but it ended up being a lot better than I had thought. We have two quality center-backs who will be part of the first team next season (as our center-back pairing is aging and we don't have any backup in that position). The best of the lot is Sadiou Diop, who has to improve a bit to become a starter. But by far the best young defender we have.

Key Players

Virgile Piechocki - His amount of playing time has gone down in the last few seasons, but this season he was an extremely effective super-sub scoring 9 goals and assisting 6

Ousmane Tine 3A - Not as effective as last season, but his numbers were still up there with 7 goals and 5 assists

Andreas Kruger 3B - Our top scorer and POTS, he scored 16 in all competitions and ended 5th in the divisional goal-scoring charts. He did massively overperform his XG.

Abdelkader Belhadj 4C - Has been our best player in terms of rating since the age of 16, now he is getting closer to the end of the massive contract I gave him earlier and he is unwilling to renew. So with a lot of interest from top Belgian teams and Ligue 1, we probably have to sell him soon.

Personal Contract

Season     Contract Start Date     Contract Expiry Date     Pre Tax Wage     Post Tax Wage
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At start          20 June 2024             30 June 2025          €1300 p/w         €1100 p/w
2024/25           30 May 2025              30 June 2026          €1300 p/w =       €1100 p/w =
2025/26           15 May 2026              30 June 2028          €1300 p/w =       €800 p/w 
2026/27           15 May 2026              30 June 2028          €1300 p/w =       €800 p/w =
2027/28           31 December 2027         30 June 2030          €900 p/w          €600 p/w 
2028/29           31 December 2027         30 June 2030          €900 p/w          €600 p/w = 
2029/30           7 July 2027              30 June 2032          €1700 p/w ↑       €1000 p/w ↑

Personal Coaching Data

Season     Reputation            Qualifications     Att   Def   Fit   GkD   GkH   GkS   Tac   Tec   Men   StP   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     1    7     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
2024/25    Minimal = (1.00*) ↑   National C       ↑   4 ↑   4 ↑   1 =   1 =   1 =   1 =   3 ↑   5 ↑   3 ↑   1    7 =   1 =   3 ↑   4 ↑   3 ↑   9 ↑↑  4 ↑   3 ↑
2025/26    Minimal = (2.00*) ↑   National A       ↑   8 ↑   8 ↑   3 ↑   1 =   1 =   1 =   8 ↑   8 ↑   8 ↑   3 ↑  9 ↑   1 =   7 ↑   7 ↑   8 ↑   9 =   8 ↑   8 ↑
2026/27    Minimal = (2.50*) ↑   Continental B    ↑   12 ↑  11 ↑  4 ↑   1 =   1 =   1 =   11 ↑  11 ↑  11 ↑  4 ↑  12 ↑  1 =   10 ↑  9 ↑   10 ↑  20 ↑↑ 12 ↑  12 ↑
2027/28    Minimal = (2.50*)     Continental A    ↑   13 ↑  12 ↑  7 ↑   1 =   3 ↑   1 =   12 ↑  12 ↑  12 ↑  5 ↑  12 =  1 =   11 ↑  10 ↑  11 ↑  20 =  13 ↑  13 ↑
2028/29    Nonimal = (3.00*) ↑   Continental Pro  ↑   14 ↑  13 ↑  8 ↑   1 =   3 =   1 =   13 ↑  13 ↑  13 ↑  6 ↑  12 =  1 =   12 ↑  11 ↑  12 ↑  20 =  14 ↑  15 ↑
2029/30    Nonimal = (3.00*)     Continental Pro      15 ↑  13 =  8 =   1 =   3 =   1 =   16 ↑  13 =  15 =  6 =  12 =  1 =   12 =  11 =  12 =  20    15 ↑  15 =

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
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At Start       Basic               Poor               Adequate              Good             Basic              Regional (2.00*)
2024/25        Basic               Poor               Adequate              Good             Basic              Regional (2.00*)
2025/26        Basic               Basic   ↑          Adequate              Average          Fairly basic       Regional (2.00*)
2026/27        Below average  ↑    Basic              Adequate              Average          Average ↑          Regional (2.00*)
2027/28        Adequate       ↑    Below average ↑    Adequate              Average          Average            National (2.00*)
2028/29        Adequate            Below average      Adequate              Average          Average            National (2.00*)
2029/30        Adequate            Below average      Adequate              Adequate ↑       Good ↑↑            National (2.00*)

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage
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2024/25      37        12       12       13          64              62                 -2              32.4%
2025/26      37        20       11       6           69              42                 27              54.0%
2026/27      37        5        10       22          35              67                 -32             13.5%
2027/28      37        16       12       9           62              49                 13              43.2%
2028/29      44        24       12       8           83              51                 32              54.5%
2029/30      40        13       8        19          67              82                 -15             32.5%

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage     Time At Club
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2024/25          37       12       13       12          64              62                 -2               32.0%             328 days 
2025/26          74       32       23       19          133             104                29               43.0%             730 days
2026/27          111      37       33       41          168             171                -3               33.0%             1074 days
2027/28          148      53       45       50          230             220                10               35.0%             1431 days
2028/29          192      77       57       58          313             271                42               40.0%             1816 days
2029/30          232      90       65       77          380             353                27               38.0%             2181 days

Transfer Sale Record

Date               Player                    Position               Club Sold To                 Country                   Transfer Fee
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Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
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Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                             Position     French Cup    
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2024/25           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       French National                      12th       Seventh Round              
2025/26           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       French National                      2nd        Seventh Round
2026/27           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Ligue 2 BKT                          18th       Ninth Round
2027/28           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       French National                      7th        Ninth Round
2028/29           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       French National                      3rd        Quarter finals
2029/30           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Ligue 2 BKT                          16th       Tenth Round

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                  Number of Appearances                     All time         Player              All time Appearances
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2024/25    Gilles Comte                        5                             2023-present       Gilles Comte              159
2025/26    Gilles Comte                        28                            2024-present       Goran Grahovac            105
2026/27    Gilles Comte                        28                            2025-present       Andreas Kruger            104
2027/28    Gilles Comte                        34                            2025-present       Ousmane Tine              103
2028/29    Ousmane Tine                        34                            2026-present       Abdelkader Belhadj        87
2029/30    Olivier Penot                       33                            2026-present       Olivier Penot             47

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                               Number of Goals              All time         Player              All time goals            
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2026/27    Andreas Kruger                             1                      2025-present       Andreas Kruger            30 
2027/28    Andreas Kruger                             6                      2025-present       Ousmane Tine              17         
2028/29    Andreas Kruger                             10                     2024-present       Kevin Toure               6
2029/30    Andreas Kruger                             13                     2024-present       Goran Grahovac            3

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                             Number of Assists            All time         Player              All time assists         
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2025/26    Gilles Comte                               1                      2023-present       Gilles Comte              14
2026/27    Gilles Comte                               1                      2025-present       Ousmane Tine              12   
2027/28    Gilles Comte                               5                      2024-present       Andreas Kruge             9  
2028/29    Ousmane tine                               5                      2025-present       Goran Grahovac            8
2029/30    Gregory Leseur                             4                      2026-present       Abdelkader Belhadj        6

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

Season     Player                           Number of Clean sheets         All time         Player             ALl time clean sheets
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20XX    -                                          0

Edited February 20 by Sdp9511

toshimitzou1 · February 21

Formation of FC Jazz Club 2.

Very good news for player development. I noticed not one of my under 20's played a fixture last year as they are not part of any youth competition.

Out of nowhere the board have offered to form a 2nd team that will compete in the division directly below us!

In the long term this will obviously not be the optimal way to develop players (especially when trying to challenge for CL honours etc.), however, for the immediate crop of players and those coming through in the next 5 - 6 years, this a a great developmental route at a decent level of football.

Moving all U-20 players into 2 - Team and optimising coaches.

Updated: 3 mouse clicks later!!!

Doh. Didn't know the board would spend over £350k on a new stadium for them!!!! What a blow - was £180k in black, now £180k in red.

All my youth training/ coaching license/ youth recruitment/ junior coaching etc. money gone!

LESSON LEARNED: Must read the smallprint.

Edited February 21 by toshimitzou1

SkyjumperTalon · February 21

On 28/11/2023 at 01:26, SkyjumperTalon said:

Lokomotiv Leipzig Season 24-25

An amazing mid-season run helped to keep us afloat. Not the best youth intake, either.

Photos: https://imgbox.com/galleries#/RNkThXmeYx

Lokomotiv Leipzig Season 25-26

After a bit of a hiatus, I'm back! It was a tougher season, with a massive relegation battle in the end. In addition, the club's finances are terrible so I'm worried that we're losing too many key players next season, as the board won't allow me to renew contracts.

Photos: https://imgbox.com/g/K9Ldvjv1Vy

Padders · February 21

Superb @XaW :applause:

Padders · February 21

Season 61 - 2084/85 - SBC

Improved training facilitates again to go back to SOTA

League form was poor, just middle/bottom half all season

Nothing else to report

Padders · February 21

Season 62 - 2085/86 - SBC

Out of absolutely nowhere again, we have gone on won the Sky Bet Championship

We only lost 1 of the last 14 games to make a jump up the table

George Cooper became the clubs all top scorer

Won top scorer, golden glove and manager of the year

Back to the Premier League we go after 6 years getting relegated

Lets hope we can do a better job this time.....................

ajancsiii · February 21

Békéscsaba Előre 1912

Season 2

2025/2026

League table:

We finished in 3rd place in the OTP Bank Liga, so we can play qualifiers to get into the Conference League.

Squad:

Youth intake:

Elite talents:

Transfers:

S2 HOYD:

Thing worth mentioning:

Manager of the year award
First international call up (U19) of the save
Thanks to the board, I can complete the coaching courses one after the other
The facilities are also developing nicely
Unfortunately the two intakes so far were not the best, fortunately the young people of the team who have been here since the beginning are not so bad
"Develop young players through the club's youth system" has been added to the club's culture, hopefully this will make improvements in the facilities even easier

Padders · February 21

Not looking good again in the PL

BustaRaymes · February 21

49 minutes ago, Padders said:

Not looking good again in the PL

Oh man not again. Nice expectations as well man! Board wants you to play 5th gear press AND defensive, supporters want attacking, counter-attacking and entertaining. I mean it's like they want to have something to moan about.

BustaRaymes · February 21

FC Vaajakoski 2040

Finnish Premier Division

Another season of improvement. We're not on par with the likes of HJK and Honka yet, but we can at least put up a fight against them.

But wait, what is that 'UEL' doing there?

We won the cup! Our first silverware at the highest level, after a championship and two First Div League Cups.

Squad

The 4-2-2-2 experiment was over as we were way too unstable. We turned Lehtonen into a backup AML, Miftari and Rinne played as midfielders regularly, and we got through the season in our old, albeit a little more conservative, formation.

Maggi is turning into our new big man. He develops so rapidly and is already asking for a move, but he's on a long contract and I'm keeping him here for at least 2 more years.

Nyholm is already an established player who surprisingly received little to no interest from other clubs.

Nykänen flew under the radar when he was a youth player but has a firm spot in the starting team. Good dribbler, good crosser, and a decent scorer as well.

The striker spot was claimed by Byman. 1 goal last season, 18 goals this season: he grew into a nice allround striker.

Lehtonen provided an excellent backup. Whether on top, as IF or as a targetman when we needed a goal; he delivered perfectly.

Transfers

Youth intake

Another uninteresting one. Rantanen looks decent but needs time, and Naukkarinen looks pretty good but has a bad personality.

Edited February 21 by BustaRaymes

Padders · February 21

28 minutes ago, BustaRaymes said:

Oh man not again. Nice expectations as well man! Board wants you to play 5th gear press AND defensive, supporters want attacking, counter-attacking and entertaining. I mean it's like they want to have something to moan about.

I know, I love the "failed" develop youth players on as well (not showing on this s/s)

I mean I've been playing nothing but youth players for 60 years!!

Padders · February 21

Board meeting now

libbyshuss · February 21

Lyra Lierse - belgium

Pro Jupiler League - 2036/37

League Finish:

Second group phase: 3rd

Croky Cup: runners Up

A frustrating season where we spent most of it in the relegation group spots only to win our last 4 league games to qualify for the second phase. We saved our best performances for the cup getting to the final only to lose to Standard Liege.

Players

Top Scorer: A Vandenheede 30C (32 goals in 44 games)

Player of the Season: A Vandenheede 30C (7.47 AR in 44 games)

Ridiculously good, which is weird cos when you look at his attributes/transfer value he looks really, really average. But he consistently performs at a really high level. I love it!

Wonderkids

Not sure if he'll be a real, proper wonderkid but he does look a really good prospect

Youth

After two really disappointing intakes i could really do with a good one. And i think i got one!

Finances

And my stupid board sold him for 60k with no sell on! Aargh! god, i hate them!

Career

nickoo · February 22

K Diegem Sport

Kicking off my first FM24 youth academy challenge with Diegem in Belgium. Few screenshots to start, will report back after the first season.

Spoiler

chsot68 · February 22

Are loan backs allowed?

BustaRaymes · February 22

42 minutes ago, chsot68 said:

Are loan backs allowed?

No

XaW · February 22

XaW - UAI Urquiza (Argentina) - Season 2067 (Season 43) - Primera Nacional

Squad | Transfers | Finances

Well, this was a good season! We played better, even if we still concede too much. The league was a close call with 6 teams battling for the top spots all season. Eventually we finished 4th, still only 4 points of the top. So we went into the promotion playoff again, and this time we won it and are now promoted into the top tier. I'm unsure how big the difference is, but the goal will still be to stay up. The board love to accept my requests for upgrades, so the youth setup is now maxed, and I only need to focus on the facilities.

Copa Argentina: We didn't compete in it this season.

Around the world

Youth intake: