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2051/52
- LAZIO -
COPPA ITALIA
Another final... 4th time lucky?
Feared the worst when it went to pens, even more so when we missed our first two, Inter Kindly messed it right up and I finally land the elusive cup that i've been trying the last 4 season to capture!
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Quite unfortunate to go out to Juve!
SERIE A
Crucial win over Inter at home with two to play was vital.
INTERNATIONAL
- AUSTRALIA -
1st stage WCQ
WHAT'S NEXT
With the final domestic trophy I required now out of the way and completed I am on the hill with 31/32 of the achievements done and Just the AFC Asian cup left to win...The next time this comes around however is not until 2055... so the wait will be fairly long with also a world cup in between which I will need to make sure I don't get sacked at. I have resigned from Lazio and will holiday up to International squad selections and games.
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17 hours ago, vikeologist said:
@berrersCommiserations. I hope you wrote your update after the end of the Asian Cup and that you haven't been sacked. Once you win that last cup, you can go on holiday for much of that next 4 years, although I know some don't like to. Hope you win the Italian Cup next season.
I was insecure as the expectation was to make the final but managed to hold on!
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2050/51
- LAZIO -
After departing Lazio 24 years ago I have returned to hopefully win this last elusive domestic cup in the Coppa Italia
COPPA ITALIA
Yep... Its happened again.. 3rd season in a row a 2-1 defeat in a domestic final, This defeat probably the worst of the lot
3 shots..2 in
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
2nd CL win during the challenge.. i'll be honest I would rather have beaten Torino!
SERIE A
INTERNATIONAL
- AUSTRALIA -
Finally after what has felt like a long long wait this was the season the Asian cup would take place.
AFC ASIAN CUP
Errrr yeah. Defeat to Syria. Free kick and an 88th minute penalty
see you again in 4 years.
WHAT'S NEXT
A walk in the woods with a revolver I think
. In all seriousness I want to try and win the cup with Lazio as the squad is really good and the thought of starting anywhere new with a club now isn't very appealing + 4th time is a charm...surely. Failing to win the Asian cup is now a huge problem with the next one not taking place until 2055. I have no choice but to stay on with the Aussies but will have no hesitation to jump if the South Korea job comes available as they are by some way the strongest Asian nation. Having to wait another 4 seasons for my next pop at it though is very frustrating.
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9 hours ago, vikeologist said:
@berrersIf you look at this link, you can see which nations have 2 cup competitions, like Malaysia or Scotland.
List of association football competitions - Wikipedia
The lists are at the bottom of the page. I know it's not the easiest page to understand. Indonesia looks like a possibility.
Preseason cups, like Malaysia are ideal, because you don;t have to play league matches at the same time. You're just in the cup. I did Malaysia. Of course you might have to play the entire cup, which might be 10 or more matches, but at least each match counts.
Has anybody else found any nay nations with 2 cups. I admit, I'm not sure about Indonesia. It looks like Hong Kong might have 2.
Cheers, going to have one last pop with lazio this season then i'll have a look into an easier method....feel as though the game is trolling me now with these cups
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2049/50
- GALATASARAY -
Another stab at trying to win that last elusive domestic cup after last seasons defeat in the final!
TURKISH CUP
OH JUST
Keeper pushes one in his own net off a header from a free kick!
EUROPE
Motherwell have turned into a scottish super power with a lot of financial backing.
TURKISH SUPER LIG
Solitary defeat to Besiktas away.
INTERNATIONAL
- AUSTRALIA -
WORLD CUP 50' (BRAZIL)
Stuffed 6-1 by the Dutch. Edged past Trinidad & Tobago 1-0.
Completely humbled by the Italians who eventually went onto win the world cup. Great win against the swedes!
Main focus is on next year with Australia and trying to capture the Asian cup.
WHATS NEXT
2 Cup finals and 2 defeats with Galatasaray has been pretty soul destroying especially when it feels like I am close to the finishing line. The league rules with regard to having to play 2 players in the starting eleven who are 21 or under and have to have been trained at the club for 3 years are now going to see me depart Galatasaray and go elsewhere which will most likely be Italy as I never got round to winning the coppa italia during my time with Lazio previously. I'm hoping (praying) that next season will be the last of the challenge and I can win the Asian Cup with Aus and finally land this elusive damn domestic cup.
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2048/49
- GALATASARAY -
30/32 done.... 1 more domestic cup required. Joined mid season in January
Turkish cup
FM'D
... Back again next season
TURKISH SUPER LIG
They were already top when I took over in Jan after the previous manager had left to join Leicester.
INTERNATIONAL
- AUSTRALIA -
Comfortably Qualified for WC Brazil 50'. Well beaten by Korea which is ominous with the 'must win' Asia cup around the corner in 51'
WHAT'S NEXT
In short it'll be back next season to try and win the Turkish cup. I did contemplate leaving to try and win a cup elsewhere but the 2 legged format up until the final gives me a good chance of making the final as we are by far and away the strongest side in the league.
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2047/48
- ADELAIDE UTD -
On 29/32... two domestic cups and an international Asian cup required.. off to Australia (didn't realize they play the domestic cup during the pre season of the following season when I took the job)
AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Adelaide finished the previous season 2nd and qualified for the CL. The campaign started well then injuries and a lack of players took its toll.
FFA CUP
This competition was the main focus of our attention to get the 30th in the bag... During the domestic season I had been waiting for the cup draw ...but it never came and instead started in the pre season of the following season! Fortunately I managed to win it.
A-LEAGUE
One of the easier league campaigns.
INTERNATIONAL
- AUSTRALIA -
World cup qualifying currently going on for WC 50' in Brazil.... roll on the Asian cup in 51'
WHAT NEXT
2 Trophies left to complete the challenge. 1 has to be the Asian Cup and the other has to be a domestic cup. The Asian cup we are now in place with Aus to compete in and bar any disasters at the world cup we should keep our job for that and hopefully (please god I can't do another 4 years) win it! Domestically I will be leaving Adelaide and jumping to a league where I haven't won a domestic cup!
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2046/47
- KAIZER CHIEFS -
Only one real target this season and that was to win the African Champions league!
NEDBANK CUP (FA)
Didn't win this last season so it was good to add it to the cabinet
CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The final CL of the challenge won!
DSTV PREMIERSHIP
It's been a while since I had a proper fm'ing so this was probably overdue. 5pts ahead with 2 games left and was unbeaten all season, lost to Orlando Pirates away (fair enough) and on the final day lost a 26 game unbeaten home record to Maritzburg 2-1
INTERNATIONAL
Didn't manage to get an Asian country before the Asian cup took place (in which South Korea won) but following on from the competitions conclusion the Australia manager was sacked so I applied and was offered the job... It'll be one for the long haul as the next Asian cup isn't until 2051 :\
WHAT'S NEXT
With only 3 trophies left to complete the challenge I just need to tick over before the Asian Cup in 51' somehow and win 2 domestic cups. I will be leaving Kaizer Chiefs as there is nothing left there for me to do or achieve. My most likely destination will be Australia next as there seems to be plenty of jobs coming up there its a relatively short season (25 games) and the domestic cup path only seems to have a few rounds.
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2045/46
- KAIZER CHIEFS -
For the first time in this challenge I took the drastic step of declaring my interest in a job that was already occupied. Having done all I could do at Rangers and resigning the kaizer chiefs job was sitting at insecure so made the step of declaring my interest in the position and within 2 days they sacked their long serving current manager of 8 years and I managed to get in.
TELKOM KNOCKOUT CUP
Managed to tick off this domestic cup as we suffered a first round exit in the other one that would have counted towards it.
CAF CONFEDERATION CUP
The African Europa League equivalent.
DSTV PREMIERSHIP
The main objective for the season was to win the league and qualify for next season's champions league.
INTERNATIONAL
The South Korea job came up as insecure following the failure to get out of their world cup group and despite my attempts to force their hand (by declaring my interest) into sacking the current incumbent they stayed loyal and dismissed my advances... meaning I still can't find an Asian country to manage with the Asian cup on the way this coming season.
WHAT'S NEXT
All Ten leagues have now been completed and I've now qualified for the last champions league that I need so I feel like i'm slowly closing in on completing at least the domestic side of this challenge... getting an Asian national job of any sort is proving problematic and it is now most likely I wont get into a position before the upcoming asian cup in 47 so will most likely need to wait another 3 seasons for the next one to come around!
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2044/45
- RANGERS -
The remit was simple, end Celtics Thirteen year title dominance.
SCOTTISH CUP
A much needed domestic cup ticked off the list. There was a concern at one point when we were one down at ht in the final but it was a pretty easy run.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Thought we had absolutely no chance in this but deservedly went through over the 2 legs
Kept things pretty tight on the road and won all our home games.
Beat my old side Marseille courtesy of a couple of loanee's I took from there :\ Lost to Chelsea at home 2-1 when we should have won and they had more than enough to shut me out at the bridge. A great CL run though with a side not expected to do much in the competition.
SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP
This ended up being very easy. Celtic never really got going and had a poor season (even though I lost to them both times away) . The League was already confirmed by the time they had split the sides into the championship group.
INTERNATIONAL
Still no Asian nation jobs have become available yet and with the next Asian cup not until 2047 it could be sometime before they potentially do.
WHAT'S NEXT
Two more trophies ticked off the list in Scotland in one season which is good and I have done all I can there now so there is no point in hanging around. As it stand there is still no decent African league jobs available so I can either resign and wait till there potentially is or try to go to another country and try to potentially get another domestic cup ticked off. The PSV manager has just left after they won the league which could keep me ticking over until and African prem job becomes available.
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On 23/12/2021 at 12:16, vikeologist said:
Glad to hear about the Asian jobs. When you didn't reply I thought it might have been bad news and you'd trashed your computer and house.
Sorry you misunderstood about the cups. I've added a clarification, but I worry that the opening post already has too much info.
@vikeologist it's ok, feels like I'm doing it properly if I get the main domestic cup
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On 20/12/2021 at 13:28, vikeologist said:
@berrersI guess it's good that you haven't failed with any of the Asian nations yet, so they should all still give you at least one chance.
Out of curiosity, which Asian national jobs are still available to you? (You can tell which ones are still there by looking in job security).
If you added Asian players to the database at the start, you should still have quite a few potential employers.
Hopefully you can also pick up a cup in Scotland. It's another one of those useful nations (also S Africa) with 2 domestic cups, (although as above, only one of them can count towards the challenge).
@vikeologist I remember taking the advice on the sheet and adding them at the start so still have the following available!
I am already out of the league cup as I chucked it... tbh i've done the whole challenge so far thinking it was only the main domestic cup that counted i.e the fa cup equivalent in every country!
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2043/44
- MARSEILLE -
COUPE DE FRANCE
Already ticked the french cup off the list last year so wasn't of any importance. Sochaux manage to go one better than just making last years final.
EUROPA LEAGUE
Completed the sweep of all the European cup competitions during the challenge.. not that it really means much but still good to do.
LIGUE 1
Rennes were 2pts clear going into the final day but met a Lens side fighting for survival ..and they come unstuck, while we despite falling behind at home to Sochaux managed to defeat them comfortable and claim and unlikely title victory... so unlikely at no point of the season were we ever top.
INTERNATIONAL
With no good Asian nations jobs currently available and with the Asian cup the only international trophy I require there was no value in taking any international job
WHAT'S NEXT
With the French cup and league won in consecutive seasons my work in France (and the big 5 leagues) is now done. South Africa was my desired destination to get the african champions league completed.... unfortunately no good jobs came up or were available during the pre season and as I plan to do africa last I still have a loose league (having failed in Belgium) I need to pick up so when the Rangers manager departed to join Real Sociedad and the vacancy came up it was too much to turn away. Celtic have won the league for 13 straight years so it's time to change that.
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2042/43
- MARSEILLE -
COUPE DE FRANCE
A domestic cup in the bag at the first attempt was much needed after a bad showing in collecting domestic cups during this challenge... Psg were kind enough to bow out very early against metz!
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE/EUROPA
Defeat twice to Lazio put pay to any attempt of qualification. A 3rd place finished saw us drop into the Europa where Chelsea made light work of us in the first ko round 3-1 on aggregate.
LIGUE 1
Started off badly and was actually close to the sack early in the season which forced a first change of tactic during the challenge to a 4-2-3-1. Form picked up in the second half but far too late to launch a title charge and we struggled against the stronger sides at home.
INTERNATIONAL
- USA -
Fortunately after leaving Brazil having won the world cup the America job was sitting there available on a gold cup season which I still needed to tick off!
GOLD CUP 43' (USA)
The standard was so low in the group we managed to beat Hondouras 9-0 and they still qualified!
Rode our luck v Mexico and probably deserved to lose but onto the final
Gold cup glory with the last kick of the game!
WHAT'S NEXT
I am pleased to have got up to 23/32 despite it not feeling like a good season with Marseille. The plan is to freshen up the Marseille squad which is ageing and hopefully have a better go at winning the league, though I feel we may still be another season away from potentially achieving that. Internationally there is no need to continue on with the USA after winning the gold cup so we will give them our notice and be on our way to a country in Asia when one comes up so I can try and get my hands on the last international trophy I require in the shape of the Asian Cup ... although the next tournament isn't until 2047!
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2041/42
-STANDARD LIEGE -
BELGIAN CUP
The main enemy put pay to my hopes
EUROPA LEAGUE
Failure to qualify for the CL after going out to Zenit on away goals saw us drop into the Europa
....and we made a quick exit from the europa as well
BELGIAN LEAGUE
Runners up to Anderlecht again.... the tale of my time in Belgium
INTERNATIONAL
BRAZIL
WORLD CUP 42' (RUSSIA)
3-0 Win V Saudi Arabia, poor 1-1 draw against the Ukraine.
Just when I thought we were gone... we came back from the dead.
Last minute of extra time to see off Italy in the quarters!
3rd lot of Extra time to see of a strong Serbia side.... The dutch in the final... 4th time lucky (had lost the previous 3 world cup finals)
Finally won the world cup!
WHAT'S NEXT
The one and a half seasons in Belgium has been time wasted. Two runners up finishes in the league and one in the cup means nothing more has been achieved or ticked off domestically. Having grown impatient waiting for the PSG job to come up in France I have moved to ligue 1 runners up Marseille for the 42/43 season.
Internationally with the copa america & world cup now won with Brazil I have resigned and will be looking for a North American or Asian country to manage to get either the gold cup or asian cup of nations won)
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2040/41
- STANDARD LIEGE -
Having won all I could win in China with Herbei, It was time to move on... although I was targeting a french or African job none came up that were really appealing so a quick check on Standard Liege showed they were well placed in the league and in a cup semi final!
BELGIAN CUP
My Attempts at a quick domestic cup grab...foiled by the strongest side in the country even though we did batter them in the final!
BELGIAN LEAGUE
The league splits after 34 games to a championship & european places mini league
Runner up in both but didn't take over until boxing day during the season... had a good run as well only losing one game...which happened to be the cup final
INTERNATIONAL
- BRAZIL -
Qualification confirmed ahead of the 2042 World Cup.
WHAT'S NEXT
As per the last update, the aim is to get over to France or africa when possible but if no interesting jobs are there I will just stick it out in Belgium until they do and hopefully add a league and cup there!
The 42' World Cup will be my last tournament with Brazil as well...so hopefully 4th time lucky on winning that!
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2040
- HERBEI CHINA FORTUNE -
CHINESE FA CUP
Won the cup in my first season so no new achievement to tick off here but still good to get one over on Guoan who have been a bit of a pain during my time in China.
AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Won our second Champions League in a row with some ease!
CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE
This was the main trophy I was targeting this season and we somewhat luckily managed to capture it on the final day of the season.
Guangzhou went into the last game of the season top of the league due to h2h record against myself but they were pumped 5-0 at Beijing Guoan and we destroyed league whipping boys Lava Spring 6-0 to claim the clubs first super league title.
My second treble of the challenge!
INTERNATIONAL
- BRAZIL -
COPA AMERICA 2040 (BOLIVIA)
After defeats in the previous Copa America and world cup finals, We finally manage to win one!
WHAT'S NEXT
With the Chinese Super League in the bag there is no reason to stay in China any longer so even if I do not find another job I will be resigning pretty much immediately. The target move would be to get to a French or South African club but nothing has come up there yet (currently in December) so it maybe a case of jumping to a club that is still in a domestic cup as a stop gap to try and boost those numbers up where I missed out on the cups in Germany & Italy.
Hit the 20 Milestone! 20/32
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2039
- HERBEI CHINA FORTUNE FC -
Finally managed to get some long overdue solid game time in recently and managed to finish another season, I am committed to completing this challenge before I buy the new game ... fm23 will probably be out by then!
CHINESE FA CUP
A poor defence of our trophy saw us eliminated in the 5th round!
AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Foreign player restrictions (only 3 fgn's allowed in CL squad) made the group trickier than it should have been
After playing Daegu of Korea in the groups we drew them out in the second round. Having won the 1st leg away 4-2 we nearly threw it away at home losing 2-0 with Daegu missing a late pen which would have seen us eliminated. We blitzed the quarters and semi's turning in a great performance away at holders Beijing Guoan winning 5-1.
A Two legged final againsy Al-Sadd of Qatar awaited!
4-2 aggregate win! The damage again was done away from home with a 3-0 win in the second leg.
4/5 of the champions league now won!
CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE
Start to the league campaign was sloppy and I lost too much ground to claw back despite only losing one of the last eighteen games.
Beijing Guoan retain the title
INTERNATIONAL
- BRAZIL -
Beginning of WC 42' (Russia) Qualifying
WHAT'S NEXT
Winning the champions league was the main target when coming to Asia which has now been achieved so I am on the look out for another move but not really in a great rush as the Chinese season finishes in November and there isn't a great deal out there at present.
France is the last of the major leagues I need to win and I only really want to join PSG as I think with anyone else winning Ligue 1 could take some time. Africa is the last champions league I need to complete so as soon as one of Kaizer chiefs, orlando pirates or Sundowns comes up I will throw my hat in the ring.
I will tick over at HCFC until a tempting job comes up as I feel I would win the league if I done another season although the rules do drive you with regard to the restrictions on the amount of domestic players you are allowed to buy over the age of 21 per season.
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2038
- HERBEI CHINA FORTUNE FC -
A month since the last update where I was at Real Madrid and looking to move on.... move on with we did to the riches of the chinese super league!
I joined HCF 14 games into a 30 game season with them sitting in 12th place and in the semi finals of the chinese fa cup.
There was a few humbling defeats as we got used to some of the rules and how to manage to accommodate around 8 foreign players into 5 playing slots but most importantly we won the cup and in doing so qualified for next seasons Asian Champions League which is quite a good result considering how far we were away through qualifying via the league.
Beijin Guoan also won the asian champions league, have the strongest squad along with the most finances so they will be the side to beat it seems.
INTERNATIONAL
- BRAZIL -
The world cup finished in july 38' and there has been no further games since
WHAT'S NEXT
The main goal moving forward is to win the Asian champions league as quickly as possible and although not a top priority also win the Chinese super league. Some of the rules are quite restrictive so this maybe quite challenging.
Knocking off another domestic cup was a good bonus after some struggles with this in other league although it was somewhat fortunate with me picking up the side with them already in the semi's!
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2037/38
- REAL MADRID -
After only managing to come runners up in la liga and win the copa del rey last season the only goal this season was to win the league.
COPA DEL REY
Trophy successfully retained.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Came unstuck against my old side Bayern despite bossing both games!
LA LIGA
Think this might be the best season I have ever had in nearly 30 years of playing cm/fm! Scored 100 gls and only conceded 8 all season.
Sociedad were keeping the pace in the first half of the season so I turned to the dark arts play book and tried to unsettle their main striker by declaring him as a top transfer target and bidding on him. He became disgruntled and Sociedad went to pot badly.
INTERNATIONAL
-BRAZIL-
WORLD CUP 38' (SOUTH AFRICA)
After losing the last 2 world cup finals with England against Spain and Spain against England it was time to get the world cup in the bag.
I didn't feel going in we hadn't the strongest of squads especially up front.
Ireland were easily beaten 4-1 however a 0-0 draw with Algeria was cause for concern.... onto the knockouts
Get ahead and locking up was the name of the game as we surrendered possession and shots against Germany, Spain and Argentina. It was pleasing to avenge the copa america final defeat against Argentina in the semi's. Holders England took Scotland apart 3-0 in the other semi
3 World cup finals lost in a row
No complaints with result.
No international tournaments managed to be ticked off in the last 10 seasons!
WHAT'S NEXT
Winning La Liga on top of last seasons copa del rey means it will be time to move on from Spain.
France is the last of the big 5 leagues I need to win but PSG have only just changed manager midway through last season so I think it will be time to look at going into Asia or Africa. Preferably with one of the rich clubs in the Chinese super league.
Internationally provided I do not get sacked with Brazil I will stay on for the next copa america. There seems a decent crop of younger players coming through so hopefully by the next world cup we should be ready to contend again. Half way there 16/32 done
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2036/37
- REAL MADRID -
The Real Madrid job came available after they had a disappointing 6th place finish the previous season so we moved on from Bayern after one season where we won the League and the champions league.
COPA DEL REY
For some reason the cup final is being played at Sociedad's ground ?
Capitalized on them going down to ten but we were well on top before then. Great win against last years champions
EUROPA LEAGUE
Couldn't break Chelsea down over 2 legs and they won it late on at the Bridge. Sociedad win the whole thing
LA LIGA
After winning my first 17 games in a row I couldn't see anything happening but a comfortable league title win.
Form turned a little after the winter break but to still not win the league on 97pts is pretty harsh. Sociedad went on a incredible run only dropping 2 points in their last 22 games to retain the title! Their main striker also managed to bang in 41 in 35 for the season! see below
INTERNATIONAL
-BRAZIL-
After managing to survive the sack after the copa america final defeat last time out we managed to secure World Cup qualification with 4 games to spare.
WHAT'S NEXT
With the copa del rey secured full focus is on winning the league and toppling Sociedad, though that looks to be a tough task.
The financial situation at Madrid is perilous with the club 150m in the red. No prize money for league position or Champions League money last season on top of a 5.5m p/w wage bill has come home to roost. So there isn't a great deal of money to spend to improve the squad so we may have to hope Sociedad get raided from elsewhere to weaken them as the gap between us and the rest in the league is quite significant.
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2035/36
-BAYERN MUNICH-
The Bayern job came up after Hansi Flick decided to call it a day after 16 seasons and with nothing left to achieve in England I decided to take it.
The remit from the board was pretty simple, win everything you compete in and after they only lost one game in the league the previous season this is probably a fair request.
DFB-POKAL CUP
Full strength side dumped out by Mainz :\
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Shoddy start to the group with a defeat away to Utd and a draw with Sevilla. Recovered well and crucially topped the group
An immediate return to face Everton in the semi's. Leading 3-1 from the home leg we managed to hold on after falling behind and everton missed an 86th minute pen.
Back to back CL finals this time against Hertha Berlin who could only manage a 6th place finish in the Bundesliga
Got off to the worse start possible but turned the screw on Hertha in the second half. Champions league finally in the bag!
BUNDESLIGA
Gladbach were keeping pace prior to the winter break but after that we pulled clear!
INTERNATIONAL
-BRAZIL-
COPA AMERICA 36' (URUGUAY)
5 from 5
Brazil lost the last copa to Argentina in the final!
Never got in the game. Poor display
WHAT'S NEXT
2 More ticks off the list with the Bundesliga & Champions League. Domestic cups are becoming a bit of an issue in this challenge in that I am not winning enough of them but I am also not sure its worth staying another season at Bayern just to try and win the cup so will most likely look to be on the move again with the Madrid and Barcelona jobs being available.
The copa america final defeat with Brazil immediately brought my job security into very insecure with them so I may be lucky to avoid the chop there.
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2034/35
-EVERTON-
3 Seasons in without a domestic trophy with Everton. A fairly sized overhaul took place in the summer as i'd pretty had enough of the lack of success
LEAGUE CUP
Finally a semi final win over Liverpool... Arsenal in the final
Domestic Trophy duck broken!
FA CUP
Liverpool in the final!
More revenge taken on Liverpool!
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Chelsea who finished 6th in the league in the final.
Dominated the whole game, their keeper was MOTM and we lost on pens!
PREMIER LEAGUE
CHAMPIONS !!!
INTERNATIONAL
-BRAZIL-
Nothing really to mention, only 2 friendlies all season. 4-0 win v Iran and 2-2 draw with Italy, got the dates wrong and there was no copa america this summer.
WHAT'S NEXT
Pleased with the domestic treble in the bag with Everton (and another 2 trophies ticked off the list) which should have been a quadruple but for the pens defeat to Chelsea in the CL final.
England is now done and there is nothing domestically to tick off the list so I am looking to move.... However at time of writing there is not currently any decent jobs that are available that would entice me to leave. I also feel the squad I have formed would have a good shot again at going one further and winning the Champions League next season.
World cup qualifying begins next season with Brazil.
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2033/34
EVERTON
WORLD CLUB CUP
This tournament took place (in England) at the end of last season but wasn't included in my review as to be honest I didn't even know I was going to in it or had qualified for it and I am not sure how I did with only 2 seasons of finishing runners up in the premier league and a europa conference trophy to our names since joining the ev.
Managed to get an important win on our arch rivals Liverpool 3-2 to see us progress to the quarters where we swept Boca Jnrs aside 5-1
Final v Guardiola's city
The long wait for the Tenth trophy finally over!.... should set us up well for a big season! :\
LEAGUE CUP
The penalty hoodoo finally broken in the quarters v Arsenal and after a 2-2 Draw at Anfield in the first leg of the semi's we looked like we were all set up to finish them off at goodison ..3-0 defeat and for the second season in a row we go out to Liverpool. Leeds unable to retain the trophy
FA CUP
Yep, another defeat to Liverpool in a semi final as they add the fa cup to the league cup they already won.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
PENALTIES ...AGAIN
won the first leg at home 1-0, squandered around 4-5 great chances in the away leg... City retained the CL ..Guardiola was sacked the following day!
PREMIER LEAGUE
9pts down on last season's total.. just too many draws... Liverpool had a terrible league campaign and missed out on CL which was a small consolation.
INTERNATIONAL
-SPAIN-
World cup qualification easily navigated onto the world cup in China!
So we made the world cup final! 4 years ago in the last final I was England manager and we lost to Spain.
This time I an Englishman was taking my spain side to face Unai Emery's (a Spaniard) England
And of course ...we lost. making that back to back defeats in world cup finals
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Having already won the euro's previously with england there was no point hanging around for 4 years till the next world cup so I resigned from Spain... The Brazil & Argentina jobs were available so with a view to lookin at getting the copa america won at some point I applied for both.
Brazil it is!
WHAT'S NEXT
3 whole seasons now with Everton without a domestic trophy in the cabinet and the frustration is building. I am going to blow up the squad this summer and give it a complete revamp... could go one of 2 ways!
I am fully invested in winning at least the prem with Everton and don't see myself leaving until I have achieved this or been sacked.
The unexpected bonus of winning the world club cup was well received but it should have acted as a spring board for the next season but sadly it didn't.
A second consecutive world cup final defeat was another kick in the teeth.
The targets for the up coming season are either win at least one of the league, fa cup or CL with Everton and the copa america with Brazil!
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see you again in 4 years.
. In all seriousness I want to try and win the cup with Lazio as the squad is really good and the thought of starting anywhere new with a club now isn't very appealing + 4th time is a charm...surely. Failing to win the Asian cup is now a huge problem with the next one not taking place until 2055. I have no choice but to stay on with the Aussies but will have no hesitation to jump if the South Korea job comes available as they are by some way the strongest Asian nation. Having to wait another 4 seasons for my next pop at it though is very frustrating.
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2052/53
- AUSTRALIA -
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
2053/54
With no need to manage a a club and just holidaying on between international squad selections and games....spurs came calling when in 13th after 12 games and I couldn't turn them down.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Managed to steer the ship slightly back in the right direction but it wasn't great. A lot of work to be done in the summer!
FA CUP
This was my only real route of getting back into Europe and we blew it by Leicester trouncing us. Forest were at the time a c'chip side as well
EUROPA LEAGUE
Lost the home leg but won the away leg. We were the best side over the 2 legs. Not a fixture I like to lose!
WORLD CUP 54' (FRANCE)
The only real requirement of this tournament was not to get sacked before next years Asia Cup
1-1 Draw with Serbia who we shoud have beaten bus wasted chance after chance and 4-2 Victory over Barbados.
A tough loss when we thought we had done enough. They switched to a diamond for the last ten and we couldn't cope. Easily the strongest Aussie squad I have had so far though which bodes well for getting my hands on the elusive Asian cup
The hosts beaten in the final.
2054/55
Asia cup season!
LEAGUE CUP
No European football so could afford to go strong in the league cup
FA CUP
All fixtures won by 2 goals or more, no one really gave us a test
PREMIER LEAGUE
Man Utd kept it close until around 8 games to go when they just capitulated and went on a 4 game loosing run. The league was won with 2 games to spare to complete a domestic treble.
INTERNATIONAL
-AUSTRALIA -
This was the season where the Asian cup would take place. The last trophy I needed to complete the Ultimate FM Challenge
AFC ASIAN CUP 55' (JAPAN)
A deserved 2-0 defeat to the host nation gave cause for concern sandwiched in between drubbings of Jordan & Singapore.
Having settled a score with Syria who some how eliminated us 4 years ago in the same competition we faced a strong china side in the semi's in a game we fell behind early in. However we were not to be denied our place in the final and after levelling just before the break we managed to expose china's high line to knock in another 3 to make it 4-1.
South Korea the favorites for the final and who have been the strongest of the Asian nations in game for sometime and have won the last 3 Asian cups.
How I won this game I am not to sure, After the first ten minutes I was contemplating launching the laptop into the wall. My young hot headed centre midfielder decided to go in with a 2 footed lunge after 5 minutes and get sent off to ruin all the tactical plans I had laid out prior to the match.
Following the sending off I spent 5-10 minutes re jigging and settled on a narrow 4-4-1 to keep things as tight as possible with my star left winger Rideout to get fwd and add support when we could counter..... he immediately got injured and had to come off within 3 mins of the re shuffle.
My keeper had to play his part at times but we were never under any real siege or period of wave after wave of attacks as I had feared would happen and we managed to keep Korea largely at bay.
Australia attacks were few and far between with our main outlet up front quite isolated... however... we managed to break the dead lock on the 74th Minute when a free kick was whipped in from the right hand side and caused chaos in the Korea box as the ball was nodded into the danger area with the unfortunate defender turning the ball into his own net when trying to clear.
The final 16 minutes + injury time was real brown pants time and our keeper had to pull off 2 smart stops to keep us in front.. but we held on to capture the Asian cup and the final trophy required to complete THE ULTIMATE FM CHALLENGE! 32/32
WHATS NEXT
I might get round to buying fm22 at some point now!
In all seriousness it may have taken me longer than anyone to complete the challenge on fm21 but I don't really care, very happy to have got it done. It has take me over a year playing it on and off ( plus my first child came along in October).
I nearly came close to quitting once when in china as the rules were just driving me mad but kept with it and glad I did. Having played the game every year cm/fm from 93' I think this has been the challenge that has put me through the mill more than any other.
I would like to thank @vikeologist for his knowledge and help throughout
Challenge Progress
Club
10/10 top domestic leagues
(URU -DEFENSOR SPORTING 2022) (SPA - REAL MADRID 2037/38)
(BRA - SANTOS 2025) (CHINA - HERBEI CHINA FORTUNE 2040)
(ITA - LAZIO 2026/27) (FRA - MARSEILLE 2043/44)
(ENG -EVERTON 2034/35) (SCO - RANGERS 2044/45)
(GER - BAYERN MUNICH 2035/36) (SA - KAIZER CHIEFS 2045/46)
10/10 domestic cups
(URU -DEFENSOR SPORTING 2022) (FRA - MARSEILLE 2042/43)
(USA - MINNESOTA UTD 2029) (SCO - RANGERS 2044/45)
(ENG - EVERTON 2034/35) (SA - KAIZER CHIEFS 2045/46)
(SPA - REAL MADRID 2036/37) (AUS - ADELAIDE UTD 2047/48)
(CHINA - HERBEI CHINA FORTUNE 2038) (ITA - LAZIO 2051/52)
5/5 club continental championships
(COPA LIBERTADORES- 2025 SANTOS)
(CONCACAF -2031 MINNESOTA)
(CHAMPIONS LEAGUE -35/36 BAYERN)
(ASIAN CL 2039 - HEBEI CHINA FORTUNE)
(AFRICAN CL- 2047 KAIZER CHIEFS)
1/1 club world championship
(EVERTON 2033)
International
5/5 continental tournaments
(AFCON 2023 -Nigeria)
(EURO'S 2028-ENGLAND)
(COPA AMERICA 2040 -BRAZIL)
(GOLD CUP 2043- USA)
(ASIAN CUP 2035 - AUSTRALIA)
1/1 world tournaments
(WORLD CUP 2042 - BRAZIL)
Total
32/32