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technically, yeah. I googled and as far as I can see a new version of the team is in tier 5 under a slightly different name but not with this badge/history. So i guess it's a matter of argument whether they're the same team or not. to be honest i was surprised to see them too, but they're in the game so i figured why not. i'll be sacked before too long anyway! edit: on further inspection it looks like they're using the players from Sona Calcio, who are a totally different separate side. I think you might be right, they shouldn't be there at all. There's other fallen giants in Italy like Catania and Livorno, I think i'll go back and start with one of those. Shame, i was enjoying that £9m bank balance! but it shouldn't be.....

ok, so i went back to the random factor like a tractor! and.... and the winner is.... calling mr. holiday man! 9 months later and he presents us with these options Catania were hugely tempting but I always had a soft spot for ChievoVerona and it was really sad when they went bust. Apparently they are kinda back in Italy, and the game seems to think they're valide for promotion to Serie C in 2023! so, here we go.... Really nice starting facilities! Media prediction is a bit scary, given my record so far in FM23. The balance is insane though - £9m!!!!! i can't possibly screw this up, can i? can i????

a little bit of all really! First two years nearly always just in youth team. Even the best I leave there unless I'm desperate. very rarely have i had 16/17 year olds who perform. I tend to send players out on loan at 19/20 if they are nowhere near the first team. every now and then you get a nice surprise, and if nothing else a bit of extra transfer value.

Uruguay - FC Rocha - Season 1! ok so...... I thought only one team was relegated and the team that finished in 11th went into a play off. The rules say so and everything. but.... It's fair to say I'm struggling a little bit this year! Again it was morale that did for me in the end. It was a constant battle to get it out the gutter and by the time I managed it it was too late. Really frutrating but we go again! I'll be back in Uruguay at some stage. I only lasted 1 season but it was quite good fun and the small leagues make it nice and fast edit: I worked it out. The play-off place goes to the team with the lowest average number of points over 2 seasons, which was us. really unlucky! @darren1983 Uruguay resets on January 1st!

have you tried Kitbasher? It's really good fun!

ok, so i'm jumping back in! No random factor shenanigans this time, i'm going back to where i'm most comfortable. South America!!! Uruguay, in fact! they got two playable divisions, with only 12 teams in Division 2 and only one relegation/promotion spot. So there really wasn't any choice after holidaying a year... It'll be tough! look at those starting facilities, and there's no money. And the starting squad has only 13 players! so..... it might be a short challenge again! (i found those kits on google, which is why they look kinda weird. i couldn't be bothered to make any!)

i vote for Design #1 but they're both great!

i think its between the two of us who's been sacked the most already this year!

Well....... this was a bit of a disaster. Fourth season in and this happens We just couldn't get going at all and all my micro-managing of morale made no difference at all. It was just depressingly awful from start to finish. Frustrating thing is we started to make a bit of decent money AND we had the best youth intake by far as well. And I'll never see the fruits of it! Look at this lad! gah! ah well, 3 saves 3 sackings so far! we go again!

oh that's way harsh!! i've just gone a run of 1 win in 16 and still have a job! Better luck next time!

that's so frustrating! i hate it when that happens

so after seeing @Braumiller, @Neo_Geo and @benrollo's awesome work with infographics I'm almost embarrassed to post my lame effort. Suffice to say I shall be stealing more of your ideas in the future! So, survival for a third season! The best two things about this season were:- 1. we avoided a relegation battle! 2. our best two players are graduates of the school of 24! Introducing.... and trouble is, neither of them want to renew their contracts and both want to move to bigger clubs already. I've not made any sales this save yet - I guess one of these will be the first Career Next Season work on that infographic. You guys are putting me to shame here!

Season Summary - Division 2 After narrowly beating the drop last season I decided I needed to micro-manage morale like i've never done before! i was praising left right and centre for all sorts of nonsense, and in the main it worked. We were mid-table for most of the season right up until the final third, where a run of 2 wins and a draw pulled us ever closer to the drop. In the end we finished clear in 11th but with a lower points total than last year! Turns out I need a little bit more than micro-managing morale! Players One problem this year is the number of older, established players deciding they want to explore their options at the end of their contract. We lost our best midfielder last season and are about to lose our first choice striker this season. It means I'm throwing those young players in way quicker than I otherwise would Gabriel da Silva Lima was our hero this year. He was out on loan last year to get himself a work permit but was easily our best player this. It's no coincidence our poor form at the end of the season came while he was out with an injury. Youth Another nice looking preview. I need these! Even better, the actual intake looked like a slight improvement! 4 elites is alright and their personalities are generally ok. But nobody really stands out as a future star, sadly Finances and Upgrades Still not great, still losing money, and still not being given any upgrades. To add insult to injury my training facilities got downgraded too! It's gonna be a slog for a few season yet in Austria Career Can I stay up? I've been favourite to go down both seasons so far and signs point to no!

i used the one at https://www.visme.co/make-infographics/ which is pretty good. I've only just started playing about with it as well, there's loads more in the free version. It was pretty easy to use as well, which was the main thing I was looking for!

yes, happened to me with boulogne in France. Very annoying.

I hope @Braumiller doesn't mind too much but I've shamelessly stolen their idea! I loved that infographic idea! Season Summary So off to Austria! Not an easy challenge with only two divisions as the teams that get promoted have to move from an amatuer/semi-pro league into a professional league, which is alwasy a huge leap. And so it proved, we were out of our depth for much of the season. A terrible run of 11 games without a win left us second from bottom in December and, with one game to play before the winter break, the board called me in to tell me that if I messed that game up then I was toast. the way we'd been playing I was certain the sack was coming. But we got lucky - they got a man sent off after 19 minutes and we won 3-0. After the winter break for some reason our morale was a lot easier to manage and we were able to start putting some results together. We still went into the last game of the season, away to the team bottom of the table, needing at least a draw for safety though. We won 3-1 and managed to stay up for a second season! Youth It's always a bonus getting a good youth intake in the first season. I was hopeful, what with my legacy squad being on the weak side. Preview was ok, but I wasn't too excited by the A grades for wide midfielders and defensive midfiedlers as I don't use them! It's the price you pay for prioritising personality over all else. the intake was pleasing with 6 elite talents The pick of the bunch was Dorde Grbovic 24A, a Serbian right back. He looks really promising with a Driven personality and 18 determination. Lovely stuff! Finances and Upgrades Not brilliant. Unsurprisingly we lost money throughout the season, but not as much as I'd feared. Still, not enough to grant me any upgrades other than my first coaching badge. Career

Ok, I'm back again. This time the random factor like a tractor threw up... There were three options and one really stood out against the others. They're a 100% fan owned club nestled in the Alps: FC Pinzgau Saalfelden Check out their ground! Lovely stuff! But I may not be there for long. Austria only has 2 playable divisions and the second division has a huge range of team abilities. And we are right at the bottom of that range. i apologise in advance if this ends in the sack after 1 season!

Spain Tier 4 Season 2 Season Summary Well........ It started quite well. 2 wins in the first 3! we were scoring for fun, but also leaking goals for fun. But then...... well, we went on a poor run and morale was an absolute disaster. No matter what I did I could not improve it at all. The 4 best players all wanted to leave and announced they would be 'exploring their options' and that had an impact on everyone else, being team leaders. And once morale is down you're pretty doomed..... Final game before the winter break I got this message They gave me a month to sort it out and 'improve confidence'. Well, we only had 2 games due to the winter break! We lost the first, and drew the second 1-1, with the other team getting a 90+2 equaliser as well. And.... These are the results that did for us in the end:- But really? It was the morale in the end So..... two tries and sacked twice so far, and the game proper isn't even out yet? I'll be back with the random factor!

Spain Fourth Tier 2023/24 Season Summary Back in Spain! I'd forgotten how difficult Marbella actually was and all the same problems are still there this time around 1. The squad is too small and too old! 2. The wages are ridiculous. 40k a week for a tier 4 side is obscene! 5 players are earning over 4k a week!!! 3. Finances are a binfire. Losing around £1.4m a season, which is almost Belgium level craziness. Boulogne had something similar and it definitely makes the challenge a little more difficult. Luckily the level of Spanish football down in tier 4 is pretty poor. we were consistently inconsistent and, despite a little wobble around February time, we were never in any danger of either promotion or relegation. So a nice mid-table finish it was. Players Not sure how next season will go. This is our best XI from this season:- Four over 30, five who are leaving at the end of the season and a ridiculous amount of money spent on wages. So next seasons best XI will be very different as I'm planning to have an all youth team within a couple of seasons, just to save on wages more than anything. Youth Which means I really really need decent intakes! I found a decent HoYD with professional personality so was hopeful of a good intake. The preview was ok... But didn't really prepare me for how good the intake was. It was a huge releife seeing this many elite talent, particularly as half of them will be first team players next season! The obvious picks of the bunch is these two:- Not sure what to do with this fella. I don't use DM so do I retrain him or change my tactic to get him in? Either way, he's definitely gonna be a first team player next season! And next season centre back! Nice determination and bravery, little slight on the physicals. but looks a huge talent. Finances and Upgrades No upgrades with the finances the way they are. Even if I get the wage bill right down there's still no way we can return even the slightest smidgen of a profit. It may be I just get fed up with the finances after a while, we'll see how it goes. Career

Ok, so here I go again! I decided to let the random factor decide like a tractor for me so set up a few possibilities (I'm only going to do countries I haven't completed it yet!) so who wins????? I was going to do the same with the choices for maximum random lols but one name stood right out. I have unfinished business with Marbella. I got them all the way to La Liga when with them before only for the board to sack me after one little 10 match winless run. So here we go again! They have amazing starting facilities for a save like this but the financial projection does worry me just a little bit.....

@darren1983 Not sure if Holland is available this year. I simmed up to 2026 with no promotions to that second tier. Unless i've done something wrong....

nah, i've been sacked loads of times! My favourite was in England with Enfield Town. Sacked after 29 games, 28 of which I lost! It's also why i like this challenge so much, cos there's actual jeopardy involved. you're way more likely to get sacked than complete it

Championnat National 2026/27 (season 4) Season Summary Well...... It was all going pretty well! I'd sold my best two youth prospects for the possible riches down the line so was expecting us to not quite be as competitive as we were last season and so it proved. By the start of February we were safely mid-table in 9th. And then this was our run in to the end of the season.... So, yeah, it wasn't a total surprise when we dropped into the relegation spots and not a huge surprise we couldn't get out of it. We were already relegated by the time of the final game, so that win just seemed sarcastic! It was one of those runs we just couldn't get out of, no matter what we did. I'd have been more than happy to go down and try to get back up, as the fourthstage is playable for relegated sides I think. But I never got that chance. SACKED! CHALLENGE OVER!!!! well, that was short and sweet! But I guess that's also why we keep coming back to this challenge; it's genuinely a difficult challenge! I was undone by finances in the end. Losing between 800k-1m a season is never going to help with limited ways of making any money other than selling your best prospects. I shall be back!

2025/26 (Season 3) Championnat national Season Summary Really bizarre season! we started brilliantly, with one defeat in the first 10 to go 3 3rd, one point of top spot. A promotion challenge looked on the cards! only we then went on an 11 game winless run to send us further and further down towards the relegation spots. But then we won. And won again. And again and again and again! In those last 13 games of the season we won 11, drew 1 and lost 1! It was a little too late though and we just missed out on the third place play-off spot but it does show this team is good enough to get promoted. Cup - finally! a cup run! all the way to the tenth round, but sadly no money-spinning ties. Players Stephane Sorin 24B - still the star of the show. 7 goals and 11 assists from 28 starts at AMC this season. He signed a new contract but insisted we improve the training facilities, which i'd love too. only the board won't let me so we'll see what happens there..... Alexandre Labousse 24A - another great season on the right wing. 11 goals, 12 assists, 27 starts, not bad. These two are key for a promotion push, but also key for financial stability ./ Youth So after that brilliant first season intake, and disappointing second season intake, surely I should be in for a great intake this season? Well, the preview was encouraging... 3 grade As and a 5 star intake promised looked good! But the actual intake wasn't quite so exciting.... The only plus point was Diop having a fairly professional personality. They're worth their weight in gold at this level and as good a sign as any that he'll make it as at least a good squad player. Finances and Upgrades Still a total disaster. We just lose soooo much money there's no hope in hell the board will give us any upgrades. I sold one of our best youth prospects for 120k plus 50% to Auxerre in the hope it will pay off relatively soon. Realistically I need to be doing that once a season if I want to get the money I need to spend on improvements. At the end of the season the board announced this:- So now I have to pay off a £3m loan as well! I know it will pay off in the long run but I'm still a bit annoyed the game wouldn't let me play at Boulogne's perfectly fine stadium they already have in Boulogne in real life! It holds 10k, it's fine! But no, they start without a stadium for some reason. It's gonna be a long long slog I think here but that just makes the pay off all the sweeter! if it comes, that is..... Career