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  1. Congrats, @Perre8 You're the first one who complete it in Austria!
  2. Well, this was not what I expected. I became champion of the Fortuna 1. Liga(Tier 2), but almost every player at the club was unhappy. Most of them because they want to play at a higher level. And they are all leaving the club in the summer, because they are not willing to sign a new deal. Also not after we became champions. Then some others are just too old, and their attributes are declining fast. If I was continuing this save, I had to promote almost every youngster from our first intake to the first squad. But the intake was terrible, with lots of crap players. So unfortunately I quit with this save. I just really like the idea of this club (the owner was throwing money at us for fun!), but a squad full of 15 and 16 year old kids, on the highest level of Poland...that's not gonna work. Maybe I'll continue this save, but then as a 'normal save', and not a Youth Only. I'm now back at IFK Malmö, but I'm also looking for a new adventure somewhere else.
  3. Wieczysta Kraków Well, another new save for me. But I couldn't resist it. I enjoyed my save with IFK Malmö, and will probably continue if I'll fail with this one. But I came across this club, and really wanted to try a save with it. First of all: I love managing in Poland. I had a great save in FM22 with Garbarnia Krakow. So I always wanted to come back at some point. On Twitter/X I came across a blogpost from Fuller_FM. He wrote a fantastic prologue about this club, and the start of his save. And I was completely intrigued by the story of this club. I'll quote the story about this club from the blogpost of Chris Fuller_FM: So, the most interesting part for me is about the owner of the club: Wojciech Kwiecien. A rich businessman who puts a lot of money in the club. I immidiately checked the club in Football Manager, and saw that the club has lots of money, for such a small club. So that was what triggered me to try a save with this club. I had to holiday for two seasons to get them promoted to Fortuna 1. Liga. I had to reload many, many times. First to get them promoted to Tier 3, and then lots of times to get them promoted to Tier 2. So I was very happy that the club finally popped up. So here we are! Back in Poland, and also back in Krakow. A funny thing is: I follow Garbarnia Krakow in real life on their socials, because of my save with them a couple of years ago. And last weekend both clubs played against eachother. Wieczysta won the match with 4-0. I saw the result on Twitter/X, and checked the table to see that Wieczysta is topping the table. At that moment I didn't know that I was starting a save with the club, just a couple of days later. I love the club colours: yellow and black. I made some fantasy kits, based on their club colours in FM. The squad is a bit old, but there are some very good players. Jacek Góralski, Michał Trąbka, Christoph Knasmüllner and Simeon Slavchev for example. The Finances are very healthy at the start of the save. So, let the good times roll!
  4. IFK Malmö Season 1 | 2025 Tier 4 |Division 2 Södra Götaland Finances| Transfers| Club Overview | Affiliates| Squad overview |Tactic| Facilities| Manager Profile My first season, and it was a good one. We became champions of Division 2 Södra Götaland, so we are promoted to Tier 3! I had a small squad, with only 18 players to chose from. But some of them were really good this season! My striker Edgar Navassardian for example. He scored 32 goals in 23 matches! And he's only 21 years old, so hopefully he can even improve a bit. And what about midfielder Passi Prudence; he really bossed our midfield with his 199cm tall body. I'm really happy about this season! Youth preview & intake Ouch...this preview is.... not good. But hey, what can I expect with such limited facilities? The intake itself was also not a good one. No Elite players, only 3 Top Talents. But I'm just really happy with 16 extra players at the club. Let's hope that some of them will develop into, at least, squad players. U19's They didn't play any league games this season. Facilities Upgrades Our first upgrades of the save! The facilities at this club are very, very basic. If you compare that to our very big stadium... the contrast cannot be any bigger. So I'm happy with these first upgrades. I think that our next 2 of 3 intakes will still be quite bad, but that's just how it is. Trophy Cabinet 2025: Division 2 Södra Götaland Progress
  5. Oh, and for people who want to try this challenge in Finland: the league structure has changed from Season 2024. There is a complete new league added, so that means that there are now three playable leagues in Finland( instead of 2). So if you want to play in Finland, you'll start a division lower.
  6. IFK Malmö FK Well, here we go again! It's a long time since my last attempt here. I had a great (youth only) journeyman-save since then, but after the Winter Update I got the itch to try a youth only save again. My first FM24-save was with IFK Lidingo in Sweden. I had a great time in Sweden, so I'll give it another go in that country. As the 2024 season almost starts in real life, I holidayed until the start of season 2025. I chose IFK Malmö FK, who relegated in real life in season 2023. Some history about the club, from Wikipedia: So it's the oldest club from Malmö, and even participated on the higest level of Sweden for several seasons. They even played European football, although it's a long time ago. Their home stadium is Malmö Stadium, a very big stadium with a capacity of 26.500(!) (or 27.500, according to FM). Let's go!
  7. Well, that was it. My career at IR is over. I'm devastated, as IR is one of my favorite clubs in FM. Last season went so well. But we lost our best player(Óli Valur Hrólfsson 24b) to Bordeaux. But even more bad was that I started the season without a goalkeeper.... I had three GK's, but I released one of them because he was constantly moaning for playing time, while he was really not good enough to even sit on the bench. So I released him on a free. Only a couple of days later my first GK broke his leg: out for about 7 months. So I had only one GK left: a 17 year old lad from the 2025 intake. And also this guy broke his leg So I didn't have a GK when the season started. I put my tallest player on goal, but it all didn't help. We lost almost every match(some of the results were 12-1, 9-5, 8-0 and 8-2) and we got relegated. They sacked me after the season. I am really, really devastated. I don't know where I will be heading next. Probably a different save then a Youth Only for a while, as I'm done with it for now.
  8. Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur (ÍR) Season 3 | 2026 Tier 1 |Besta deildin Finances| Transfers| Club Overview | Squad overview |Tactic| Facilities| Manager Profile So, season 3 is done, and another good season for us! We finished 6th, and qualified for the Champions Group. I'm not a big fan of such a play-off system, but it is what it is. We only won 1 match in this Group, so we finished last in the group. But hey, overall it was just a very good season. We aren't good enough to really compete with the big teams in this League. Hopefully in the next few years, because we do have some talented youngsters. KA won the League for the 3rd consecutive time. Still no club on Iceland has a professional status yet. In the Icelandic Cup we lost in the Third Round against Breiðablik. Best players Best player this season was by far our most talented player Óli Valur Hrólfsson 24b. He is only 17 years old, but already our most important player. I really don't know for how long I can keep him. Some big Scandinavian clubs were interested in him, and at the moment Blackburn Rovers is scouting him. But I really hope that he will stay for at least one more season. He's got a contract until 2028, so for another 2 seasons. Youth preview & intake Another good intake! The preview wasn't spectaculair, but the intake gave us 7 Elite Talents! Two of them are DC's, a position where I can use some fresh quality. So hopefully these guys will develop into good defenders. U19's Our U19 team won promotion to the highest youth level of Iceland! So I'm very happy with that. Facilities Upgrades Still not possible to upgrade our Training- and Youth Facilities, but thankfully our board was willing to upgrade our Junior Coaching budget and Youth Recruitment. Junior Coaching is now excellent, so hopefully we will get some bigger talents in the next few years. Trophy Cabinet - Progress
  9. Finally you are on the list again, @XaW! Congrats!!
  10. Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur (ÍR) Season 2 | 2025 Tier 1 |Besta deildin Finances| Transfers| Club Overview | Squad overview |Tactic| Facilities| Manager Profile A good first season at the highest level on Iceland! We finished 8th in the League. So we had to play in the Relegation Group. We finished 3rd, and were never in real danger of relegation. So I'm happy with our first season. In the Cup(Bikarkeppni Mjólkurbikar) we had a fantastic campaign! We made it until the Final. Here we faced Keflavík, but they were too strong: 2-0. So we nearly qualified for Europe. That would be way too soon, but I wouldn't complain if we did. So things are going well at the moment! We lost our biggest talent Róbert Elís Hlynsson to IK Sirius. The guy was unhappy, as he wanted to play at a higher level. So I had to sell him for about 50k. Best players Ísak Óli Helgason - Our best player this season. He scored 18 goals. And that's quite surprising, as he was a backup player last season. Bergvin Fannar Helgason - Another good season for him, scoring 14 goals in total. Óli Valur Hrólfsson 24b - Already one of our best players. He's developing into a very good player for us. Guðni Ásgrímsson 24g - Another youth product, and my first choice GK. Youth preview & intake I put my DoF Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson in charge as my HoYD. He gave me a good intake! With 7 Elite Talents I can't complain. And some of them look really talented! U19's My U19 squad became champions of Tier 3 and won promotion to the second Tier! Facilities Upgrades I was able to upgrade the Junior Coaching budget, so I'm very happy with that. But our Training Facilities have been downgraded, and we don't have the funds to upgrade it soon. Trophy Cabinet Progress
  11. Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur (ÍR) Season 1 | 2024 Tier 2 |Lengju deildin Finances| Transfers| Club Overview | Squad overview |Tactic | Facilities| Manager Profile Well, this was unexpected! We got promoted to the highest level on the final day!! I never thought it would be possible in our first season. And only 2 or 3 games before the end of the season we came on a playoff-place. We qualified for promotion playoffs on goal difference. Fylkir, who won the Cup surprisingly, became 6th. We first met Þróttur R., who nearly missed out direct promotion. But we won 0-3 and 1-0! And in the Final we met Afturelding, a match we won with 3-0. So we are promoted to the highest level: Besta deildin! Our Cup run ended in the Third Round, where we lost against KA. Best players Our best players this season were: Bergvin Fannar Helgason, our topscorer with 20 goals. Alexander Kostic, good old Alexander Kostic. He was in my team back in FM17, and he still is. Great player for us, great captain. And also very important with 4 goals and 11 assists. Róbert Elís Hlynsson our very talented youngster! Don't know if he's related to Kristian Hlynsson, who is currently playing a lot of matches for Ajax IRL. But Róbert Elís is a great player for us, and only 17 years old. Aron Daníel Arnalds, a midfielder that I retrained as a DL. Very important for us this season, with 3 goals and 6 assists. Youth preview & intake As posted before, our first preview looked okay. The actual intake was a very good one! Better then expected for sure. Some really talented youngsters! It looks like Óli Valur Hrólfsson 24b will be a star player for us in the near future. U19's They finished 3rd in Group 1 on Tier 3 youth level, with only grey players. The competition was already finished when our youth intake came in. So hopefully next season they will promote to Tier 2. Facility Upgrades I was able to upgrade our Junior Coaching and Youth Recruitment once. Trophy Cabinet Progress
  12. Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur (ÍR) So, I decided to start a new save. I liked my time in Czech Republic, but I feel it’s time to move back to Iceland. A country I just really love managing in. As some of you may know, I had a great time in Iceland back in FM17 with ÍR. It was the first time I tried a youth only save, although I bought academy players back at some point. You can read about it here. We won the Europa League with academy players only. And a couple of years later we won the Champions League, but I decided to buy players after the EL win. I have so many sweet memories of that save. I even remember a lot of player-names. And I feel it’s time to try it again, but now with the official rules of the challenge. In real life the club won promotion to Lengju deildin in 2024. So if I want to try this challenge with ÍR, I have to do it know. So that's why I started this save. I created the kits, based on the in-game club colours. The first look at the squad is that I have 25 players to my disposal, with an average age of 23.47. So it’s quite a young squad. Looking at our current best players, then Ásgeir Börkur Ásgeirsson, Stefán Þór Pálsson, Arnór Gauti Úlfarsson and Alexander Kostic are the most interesing players. I found for almost all our my players their real picture. It looks like we even got some talented youngsters, who can hopefully develop into very good players for us. In particular Róbert Elís Hlynsson, Olsi Tabaku and Bergvin Fannar Helgason. I'm a couple of months into the first season, and just got my first Youth Intake Preview from my HoYD Gunnar Már Guðmundsson.
  13. FK Fotbal Třinec Season 2 | 2025/2026 Tier 1 | FORTUNA:LIGA Finances| Transfers| Club Overview | Squad overview |Tactic| Facilities| Manager Profile What a season!! Our debut season in the highest division of Czech Republic, and it went really, really well. We were never in danger of relegation. In fact, we were VERY close to European football! We finished 4th in the league. After 30 games the league split up in a Champions Group and a Relegation Group. We qualified for the Champions Group, but we lost all of our 5 matches..... The most painful one was against 1. FC Slovácko. We lost 4-6 at home. If we had won that match, we would have qualified for Europe. But it wasn't to be. So hopefully more luck next season! But I'm very happy with the progress of my team. In the MOL Cup we lost in the 4th Round against FC Viktoria Plzeň. Some of our best players this season were topscorer Timofej Barkov(23 goals) and midfielder Filip Zorvan(18 assists). I will also highlight some of our youngsters. Marcel Kalas 25h is progressing really nicely and is my first choice as a DC now. Tomáš Polák 24c is my first choice LB, and he also played some matches for Czech U19. Petr Trefil 25b and Jiří Bernát 24b are knocking on the door for a place on our midfield. And striker Jaroslav Kučera 24d scored 6 goals for us this season. Youth preview & intake The preview showed that we should get an excellent intake. The intake itself was better then expected! HoYD Norbert Nemeth gave us 8 Elite Talents! And some of them look really interesting! Adam Přibyl 26d looks like the best one of this intake, and he already made his debut on the final day of the season. U19’s Didn't play any competition matches. Facility Upgrades I was able to upgrade our Youth Facilities, which is now on a average level. After the season was finished, a news item came into my mailbox about a new stadium! The board wants to move back to Trinec. We don't have money to buy a stadium ourself, so let's see how the board will solve this.... Commercial Summary Trophy Cabinet 2024-2025: FORTUNA:NÁRODNÍ LIGA Supporter Profile Progress
  14. That’s great!! In all those years that I’m playing CM/FM, I never got a son myself. Well, in real life, but not in game
  15. FK Fotbal Třinec Season 1 | 2024/2025 Tier 2 | FORTUNA:NÁRODNÍ LIGA Finances| Transfers| Club Overview | Squad overview |Tactic| Facilities| Manager Profile Disclaimer: I played with two different skins: Rensie Skin, and Tato24. So that's why some screenshots look different. What a fantastic season!! We won the league on the final day, so we are promoted to the highest division in Czech Republic. I really have a great time managing in this country. This season was exciting until the final day. Look at the league table: we’ve got 58 points, Teplice 57 points and Prostějov 56 points. It was really that close, the whole season long. Fantastic! I really enjoyed this season. In the MOL Cup we reached the Third Round, where we lost against first tier club FK Mladá Boleslav. Best players this season were midfielders Lukáš Kania and Ondřej Machuča, and forwards Vanja Vučićević, Osah Bernardinho and Timofej Barkov. Also a big shoutout to two youth players from the 'holiday season intake': Jaroslav Kučera 24d and Tomáš Polák 24c. Both played a lot of matches already this season. Youth preview & intake A very good first preview and intake! Our HoYD Martin Kopřiva gave us a hopeful first intake preview. The intake itself was a good one. We got two Elite Talents, and a lot of Top Talents. Some of them look really talented. U19’s Didn't play any competition matches. Facility Upgrades Unfortunately our Training Facilities were downgraded after our promotion. I'm not able to upgrade, as we don't have enough money at the moment. Also our stadium is too small next season, so we rent Městský Stadion the home of MFK Karviná. Hopefully we can move back to our own stadium, or a new stadium, in the future. We were able to upgrade our Junior Coaching and Youth Recruitment once, so that's a good thing. Commercial Summery Trophy Cabinet 2024-2025: FORTUNA:NÁRODNÍ LIGA Supporters Profile Progress
  16. Nice to hear! So there is a lot of potential in this club. Thanks for letting me know! And for setting the bar high....
  17. FK Fotbal Třinec It's time for a new adventure! This time in Czech Republic. I have a very succesful save in Sweden with IFK Lidingo at the moment, but I wasn't enjoying it anymore. So it was time for someting new and fresh. I decided to go for FK Trinec. I know nothing about the club, but I chose this club because of their nice logo and kits. I tried to make their kits as realistic as possible. There is €1.9M in the bank, which is quite a lot. And the financial projection looks really nice as well. So hopefully it will help me to get some early upgrades! And the board already got "develop players using the club's youth system" as their board culture. Perfect!
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