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FM23 NORDIC CHALLENGE Season 1 - 2023 Undrid FF Our first job was in the Faroese second tier, the 1.deild, and we took on the weakest club in the division Undrid FF. Unfortunately, despite making a number of transfers throughout the season, our quality of players just wasn't up to scratch, with even our best being considered good players for the fourth tier. I think in light of this we still did pretty well. At one point early in the season we were challenging the top 2 clubs for a promotion spot but things really fell off in the back end of the season, where we only won four games from June to October. Losing some of my best players to free transfers early on didn't help. A couple of decent performers this season, we brought in Icelandic striker Enok Eidsson as one of our four non-EU players allowed and he started really well but due to his age has really begun to drop off and will probably be let go over the off-season. Sorin Samuelsen stepped up really well in an often beleaguered defensive unit, and we also got some good contributions out of the versatile Toki Rasmussen. I was ultimately a bit disappointed with the 3 Norwegian youngsters I brought in to try and boost the squad, in Marius Skyer, Silvert Drage and Michael Isaksen, and I might try for a new set of 4 foreign players next season. The board have decided to become semi-professional, which seems like it could be financially devastating for the club but ultimately I'm not going to argue against it. Hopefully it will give me a chance to sign some slightly better players so I can have a crack at promotion next season. Nothing to write home about in the youth intake, no players I'll likely ever use before I leave the club for one reason or another.

It hasn't taken me too long to find my first job. Undrid from the Faroe Islands will be our first stop, they've just been promoted as champions into the Faroese second division, the 1.deild. They're an amateur club which means I can be pretty aggressive on transfers, although it's a two way street as our best player is already being bid on by some rival clubs. Fortunately I don't think promotion will be too difficult considering there's only four clubs fighting for it in the second division, with six reserve teams. We're predicted to finish 10th in the league however so will need to improve the squad. As mentioned before our best player Bjarni Olsen is already being offered deals by other clubs so hopefully we can convince him to stay. David Dam, Danjal Hansen, Sjurour Jensen and Toki Rasmussen all look like being key players for us.

FM23 NORDIC CHALLENGE This is a challenge I've wanted to do for a long time, ever since I saw a similar Yugoslavian Challenge on a now defunct forum nearly a decade ago. The basic goal, is to win the top flight of every Nordic nation and then win the UEFA Champions League with a Nordic club. All the while, I can only play and sign Nordic players. The 6 Nordic nations involved in this challenge are: Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, in alphabetical order. I have downloaded the Faroese leagues, and loaded it to the second tier. Finland and Iceland are also loaded to the second tier, while Denmark, Norway and Sweden have the first three tiers added. I will be starting the save as an unemployed manager with no badges and Sunday League experience, and then taking whichever job I can find. There's no required order for me to finish this challenge, but the likely path I will take is: Faroe Islands --> Iceland --> Finland --> Norway --> Sweden --> Denmark I am leaning towards Denmark being my final location and a Danish club being the one I use to try and win the Champions League due to the fact that its the only nation of the six who play the more 'southern' August to May schedule. The rules are fairly straightforward, I can only sign players whose main nationality is one of these six nations. I don't have to finish it in any particular order and I can get sacked and hired as many times as I like, but to finish the challenge I need to win the top division of each Nordic nation and the UEFA Champions League.

Take 2, in this alternate universe Hugo Montgomery decides against heading to the middle of the Amazon rainforest and will instead join a Danish amateur side who have just been promoted to the fourth tier.

My first attempts ends after 2 seasons. Might go back to my comfort zone in Europe, but I'm not giving up on the challenge!

Amazonas FC 2023 Season Results Brasileiro Série C First stage: 4th | Second stage: 3rd in Group A Amazonas State Championship League stage: 2nd | Playoff: Runners up Copa do Brasil Lost in First Round Copa Verde Lost in Final Transfers Squad Squad Overview Best Eleven (4-1-4-1) Fernando Caixeta; Gabriel Paulino, Lucao, Luis Gustavo, Malcoon; Danilo Bahia; Italo, Eduardo Ramos, Juliano, Rael; Rafael Tavares Youth Intake Jose Rafael (YP01a) | Lorran (YP01b) | Vinicius (YP01c) | Paulo Roberto (YP01d) | Alex Sandro (YP01e) Finance & Facilities Next Season's Expectations History Tournament History Year League State Continental Cups 2022 Serie C, 3rd Amazonas, 2nd Copa Brasil 1R, Copa Verde RU Player History Year Captain Vice Captain Highest Rating Top Goalscorer 2022 Luis Gustavo Juliano Juliano (7.46) Eduardo Ramos (30) Other History Year Balance Capacity Avg Att. STH Facilities 2022 -£27k 11,000 1,906 242 Basic training, basic youth, fairly basic academy, basic recruitment

Connor is probably the best LLM striker I've ever seen mate, like he was put on this Earth to do one thing and one thing only.

I have always wanted to do this challenge and I've always wanted to manage in Brazil, so I thought, why not? After literal hours of reloading to get them I have taken over Manaus-based Amazonas FC who were founded in 2019 and will be competing in the third tier Serie C for the first time. They also compete in the Amazonas State Championship. For anyone not aware, Manaus is a city of 2.1 million in the middle of the Amazon rainforest and is only reachable by plane or boat. Keen to tackle a 60-game season with a squad of 16...

2014/15 PRE-SEASON FC Romania start off with a really strong squad for this level, completely made up of Romanian expats many of whom were playing first or second division Romanian football prior to joining the club. Even the worst player in the squad, Moldovan striker Andrei Simion, is considered a good player for the Isthmian Premier, a full 2 divisions above us. The rest of the squad are considered leading players for that level, so I don't imagine that it will take much to win the league this year. The main issue however will be financial viability. We have a starting balance of just under £2,900 pounds and yet we pay £3,700 a week in wages, so we'll almost immediately be going into the red. A massive part of these early seasons will be trying to keep the club afloat financially but making sure to retain enough talent to keep going up the leagues. With this in mind I've set up as many friendlies to raise funds as I can, and I will be open to any offers for my contracted players. Over the course of this first season, I will be able to get a good idea of the truly essential players I need to keep on for next season and those I can get rid of to save money on the wage bill.

FC ROMANIA I love exclave teams, or teams competing in another country's league system. I've returned to FM and decided to go back to my favourite edition and take over another similar concept, which is expat club FC Romania who at that time were playing in the 9th tier of England. I'll be trying to take FC Romania to the Premier League while retaining that Romanian core identity, signing only players who either have Romanian nationality or can speak Romanian to some extent. This won't lock me into only Romanian nationals while still keeping that identity alive. Club History & Records (from 2014/15 onwards) Season League Lvl Pos Pl W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes 2014/15 Essex Senior 9 - - - - - - - - - Club Records Highest Attendance: Biggest Win: Biggest Defeat: Highest Scoring Game: Highest Transfer Fee Paid: Highest Transfer Fee Received: Player Records Most League Appearances for Club: Most League Goals for Club: Highest Average Rating in a Season: Most Goals in a Season: Most Assists in a Season: Most Goals in a Match: Youngest Player: Youngest Goalscorer: Oldest Player: Oldest Goalscorer: Fastest Goal: Internationals Player Nation Debut Caps Goals Notes Best Eleven Pos Player Career App Gls Notes GK RB CB CB LB RM CM CM LM ST ST