Crispypaul

Small update - applied for a number of openings after Euro 2028 and England came calling so I am now England manager too. Nations League coming up first before World Cup 2030 qualifying.

Crispypaul VfB Stuttgart 1. Bundesliga 2027/28 League - Table | Fixtures 1 | Fixtures 2 - I went into this season hoping for some gradual improvement. However after a while it looked like we would be challenging for the title, which we managed to secure the title with a game left. We didn't concede a goal for the last 10 games! Cup - Fixtures - comfortable win over lower league opposition but then knocked out in a disappointing home defeat to RB Leipzig Finances - no problems here now Transfers - some frustrations particularly after the £33m from the Mensah sale wasn't reinvested. Andujar and Carrizo were good signings. Squad - much happier with this now. Need to tweak the full backs. Key players - Sebastian Olivera - turning into a very good keeper. Mario Billinger - part of the reason we won the league was our very tight defence, and Billinger was part of that. Sadly his contract runs out in a year and he won't sign a new one so may have to sell Dirk Adlon - the other centre back did even better including winning his first full Germany caps Nicolas Carrizo - needed to improve central midfield and the £5m signing from Estudiantes did that. Hector Andujar - losing Mensah meant we needed another left winger and the £8m Argentine did that Andreas Frischneckt - wonderkid striker from our youth team Finances - the incredible prize money from winning the league boosted these massively, and we managed to clear our debts. Future - I was hoping winning the league title would lead to job offers elsewhere but I was turned down flat by both Liverpool and Man City. So going to stay for now. Euro 2028 has finished so I'm seeing what international jobs are around. On an aside, Brexit was finally cancelled! Domestic Season Team Division Position Notes 2019 Home United S-League 1st Cup, League Cup, AFC Cup winners, National B licence 2020 Deportes Santa Cruz Chilean Primera B 1st Promoted 2021 Deportes Santa Cruz Chilean Primera 3rd Cup Winners, Qualified for Copa Libertadores, Continental B 2022 Deportes Santa Cruz Chilean Primera 1st Cup Winners, Copa Libertadores Knockout, Continental A 2022/23 Pumas Mexican Premier Division 1st Apertura and Clasura Winners, CONCACFA CL winners, Continental Pro 2023/24 Maritzburg Utd South African Premier Division 1st MTN8, Telkom, Nedbank Cup Winners 2024/25 Maritzburg Utd South African Premier Division 1st MTN8, Nedbank Cup, African CL Winners 2025 Ulsan K-League 1 3rd Joined 20th July 2025, KFA Cup Winners 2026 Ulsan K-League 1 1st ACL, KFA Cup Winners 2026/27 VfB Stuttgart 1. Bundesliga 15th 2027/28 VfB Stuttgart 1. Bundesliga 1st International Year Team Achievements 2023/24 Cameroon African Nations Championship winners, AFCON qualifying group stage 2024/25 Cameroon AFCON Runners Up, Resigned 2026/27 Iran Asian Cup Winners Challenge Progress Club 6/10 top domestic leagues (Singapore, Home United, 2019; Chile, Deportes Santa Cruz, 2022; Mexico, Pumas, 2022/23; South Africa, Maritzburg Utd, 2023/24; South Korea, Ulsan, 2026; Germany, VfB Stuttgart, 2027/28) 4/10 domestic cups (Singapore, Home United, 2019; Chile, Deportes Santa Cruz, 2021; South Africa, Maritzburg Utd, 2023/24; South Korea, Ulsan, 2025) 3/5 club continental championships (CONCACAF, Pumas, 2022/23; CAF, Maritzburg Utd, 2024/25; AFC, Ulsan, 2026) 0/1 club world championship International 1/5 continental tournaments (Asia, Iran, 2027) 0/2 world tournaments

Shame about the premature end but looking forward to your next career

I didn't start in Korea but had a spell there and enjoyed it. One of the better Asian leagues IMO - although you do have the military service issues (I lost one of my best players to that...) I also really liked managing in Chile. For South America a relatively straightforward structure and not too many games.

I finally finished my first full season with Stuttgart - will try and post an update tomorrow when I have a free moment when my 4 week old son is asleep

Except 1% of coaches in the men's game are not female. Maybe one for the future but silly and unrealistic at the moment.

Finally found some time whilst my 1 week old son is asleep to post an update

Lyn Norwegian Eliteserien 2021 Season Review League - Table | Fixtures 1 | Fixtures 2 - I came into this season expecting a very tough one, particularly as we were the only semi-pro side in the division. In the end we did very well indeed and ended up in an impressive 4th position. Cup - Fixtures - even better to come as we had a great run in the cup leading to a defeat of Molde in the final, our first Norwegian Cup since 1968. In doing so we also qualified for the 2022/23 Europa League Key players: Transfers - did what I could given our limited budget and semi-pro status Squad Patrik Karoliussen - continued his good form into this season, now one of our key players Erik Waagenaes - I had signed this young centre back, a regen, right at the start of the save and he has matured into a key central defender Havard Asheim - a bit part player last season, the right winger improved and became a first team player this time around Rozhat Shaswari - our top scorer Finances - our league position and cup meant these were much improved - sufficient for us to turn professional at the end of the season. Season League Position Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2019 Norwegian 2nd Division 2nd Promoted 2020 Norwegian 1st Division 1st Champions, Promoted 2021 Norwegian Eliteserien 4th Cup Winners

Nice work getting your first continent ticked off FYI you haven't updated the table for the ACL

Welcome @darren1983 and a good start @Steve Cobble well done in Asia! I managed Sporting in a previous FM and loved it but sadly only need the five major European leagues now so won't be heading that way on this challenge.

Crispypaul VfB Stuttgart 1. Bundesliga 2026/27 League - Table | Fixtures - we were sitting bottom at the half way mark when I joined - a very lucky win in Munich kicked us off but it wasn't until the last game of the season we stayed up. Cup - Fixtures - only played one game, a narrow defeat away to Schalke Finances - a little better once we got the prize money at the end of the season Transfers - money was a little tight but I made a couple of tweaks here Squad - a number of older high earners will be shifted in the summer Key players - Ahmet Yildirim - one of the better performers was the young left back from Mainz Sebastian Olivera - I signed the Uruguyan keeper on a free after his frankly odd release from Racing de Montivideo, and he helped reduce the number of goals conceded. Later capped for Uruguay. Kodjo Mensah - as expected the young winger had a pretty decent season - sadly Bayern Munich met his release clause during close season Mario Billinger - Stuttgart have a pretty decent youth system and this youth product did well in central defence Future - obviously I have to win the German league however Stuttgart are so far behind financially from any of the big boys it might be too difficult. I am going to see out the season until my contract expires anyway. Domestic Season Team Division Position Notes 2019 Home United S-League 1st Cup, League Cup, AFC Cup winners, National B licence 2020 Deportes Santa Cruz Chilean Primera B 1st Promoted 2021 Deportes Santa Cruz Chilean Primera 3rd Cup Winners, Qualified for Copa Libertadores, Continental B 2022 Deportes Santa Cruz Chilean Primera 1st Cup Winners, Copa Libertadores Knockout, Continental A 2022/23 Pumas Mexican Premier Division 1st Apertura and Clasura Winners, CONCACFA CL winners, Continental Pro 2023/24 Maritzburg Utd South African Premier Division 1st MTN8, Telkom, Nedbank Cup Winners 2024/25 Maritzburg Utd South African Premier Division 1st MTN8, Nedbank Cup, African CL Winners 2025 Ulsan K-League 1 3rd Joined 20th July 2025, KFA Cup Winners 2026 Ulsan K-League 1 1st ACL, KFA Cup Winners 2026/27 VfB Stuttgart 1. Bundesliga 15th International Year Team Achievements 2023/24 Cameroon African Nations Championship winners, AFCON qualifying group stage 2024/25 Cameroon AFCON Runners Up, Resigned 2026/27 Iran Asian Cup Winners Challenge Progress Club 5/10 top domestic leagues (Singapore, Home United, 2019; Chile, Deportes Santa Cruz, 2022; Mexico, Pumas, 2022/23; South Africa, Maritzburg Utd, 2023/24; South Korea, Ulsan, 2026) 4/10 domestic cups (Singapore, Home United, 2019; Chile, Deportes Santa Cruz, 2021; South Africa, Maritzburg Utd, 2023/24; South Korea, Ulsan, 2025) 3/5 club continental championships (CONCACAF, Pumas, 2022/23; CAF, Maritzburg Utd, 2024/25; AFC, Ulsan, 2026) 0/1 club world championship International 1/5 continental tournaments (Asia, Iran, 2027) 0/2 world tournaments

Not long after I resigned from Ulsan I looked around and saw the Fiorentina and Stuttgart jobs were open - had interviews with both but it was Stuttgart that offered me the job which I of course accepted I joined when they were in quite a poor state, at the bottom of the table 5 points from safety. I am not sure why as the squad looks to have a lot of good young players (although some non playing higher earners to shift) in particular centre half Mario Billinger and winger Kodjo Mensah Finances are fine too. First game is away at Bayern Munich - obviously a write off so hopefully we can get some wins on the board after that.

Crispypaul Ulsan K-League 1 2026 League - Table | Fixtures 1 | Fixtures 2 - pretty comfortable as we won the title by some distance AFC Champions League - Table | Fixtures - we were drawn into a group of Heibei of China, Cerezo Osaka of Japan and Buriram of Thailand, which we won comfortably. Next up Al-Sadd of Qatar in the quarters whom we dispatched 6-0 on aggregate. Next up Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia, again another comfortable pair of fixtures. We then had Perth Glory in the semis and got past them fairly comfortably. Finally beating Al-Hilal in the final gave us the Champions League. KFA Cup - Fixtures - retained the trophy after a win over Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the final Club World Cup - Fixtures - got to the semi finals until knocked out by Man Utd (eventual winners) although we did win the third place playoff Finances - no problems here Transfers - chopped and changed somewhat. Unfortunately lost my best right winger after the summer transfer window to a Saudi side for his release clause. Squad Key players - Gary McCarter - former Newcastle Jets central midfielder signed on a free after his strange release, became our top performing midfielder Rene - experienced Brazilian left back continued off from last season Lee Young-Ki - another solid midfielder with a couple of caps for South Korea under his belt Jung Do-Hyun - really strong centre back whom I had to fight off a lot of interest over the season Son Heung-Min - the Tottenham legend was released mid-way through 2026 - although I probably paid him too much for the K-League £25k a week is a bargain for this incredibly good forward Marcus Tavernier - the English winger was signed on a season long loan deal from Middlesborough and was comfortably one of the best players in the division As I got the Asian Champions League I needed I resigned at the end of the season. Now looking for a European job. Iran Asian Cup 2027 I joined Iran knowing that the Asian Cup was coming up not long into the new year. Group Stages - Table -| Fixtures - An easy group with Turkmenistan, Kuwait and North Korea which we won comfortably Knockouts - Tree - first up we played near neighbours Syria and stuffed them 5-0. Next up holders and hosts Australia, and a much closer game as we sneaked past 1-0. In the semis we played China who folded to a 4-0 win Final - the final was against Japan - I expected a tough game but we were 3-0 up at half time and grabbed another in the second half to win the trophy. A great performance and we had 6 players in the All Star XI. I resigned not long after. Domestic Season Team Division Position Notes 2019 Home United S-League 1st Cup, League Cup, AFC Cup winners, National B licence 2020 Deportes Santa Cruz Chilean Primera B 1st Promoted 2021 Deportes Santa Cruz Chilean Primera 3rd Cup Winners, Qualified for Copa Libertadores, Continental B 2022 Deportes Santa Cruz Chilean Primera 1st Cup Winners, Copa Libertadores Knockout, Continental A 2022/23 Pumas Mexican Premier Division 1st Apertura and Clasura Winners, CONCACFA CL winners, Continental Pro 2023/24 Maritzburg Utd South African Premier Division 1st MTN8, Telkom, Nedbank Cup Winners 2024/25 Maritzburg Utd South African Premier Division 1st MTN8, Nedbank Cup, African CL Winners 2025 Ulsan K-League 1 3rd Joined 20th July 2025, KFA Cup Winners 2026 Ulsan K-League 1 1st ACL, KFA Cup Winners International Year Team Achievements 2023/24 Cameroon African Nations Championship winners, AFCON qualifying group stage 2024/25 Cameroon AFCON Runners Up, Resigned 2026/27 Iran Asian Cup Winners Challenge Progress Club 5/10 top domestic leagues (Singapore, Home United, 2019; Chile, Deportes Santa Cruz, 2022; Mexico, Pumas, 2022/23; South Africa, Maritzburg Utd, 2023/24; South Korea, Ulsan, 2026) 4/10 domestic cups (Singapore, Home United, 2019; Chile, Deportes Santa Cruz, 2021; South Africa, Maritzburg Utd, 2023/24; South Korea, Ulsan, 2025) 3/5 club continental championships (CONCACAF, Pumas, 2022/23; CAF, Maritzburg Utd, 2024/25; AFC, Ulsan, 2026) 0/1 club world championship International 1/5 continental tournaments (Asia, Iran, 2027) 0/2 world tournaments

I'd suggest staying for a bit to try and win the ACL. Although you'll probably have to compete with Korean and probably Saudi sides.

I'll have that DVD please Sorry to hear about the end but looking forward to your next career