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@Ronaldo BeckhamState championships are a separate competition structure than the pyramid system in Brazil, they're regional competitions at the beginning of the calendar year between clubs from multiple different levels. If the leagues are the same as FM22 and you've got everything loaded from Brazil, you're in one of the Serie A-C leagues. I'm pretty sure your team is Serie C which means you're in a split league with two stages.

I also feel like it's my obligation to show a spoiler of my upcoming Asian Champions League campaign, as it's too funny not to. I beat Antonio Conte's Shanghai Port 5-0 away, dealing with the aging Aaron Mooy and Oscar way more comfortably than I thought we could. Having only played since FM21, it's likely that this is my best match ever.

Madura United FC 2024 Time flies when you're having fun! I last left off with an insane tycoon takeover of a 1.5 star rep Indonesian team that seemed hell-bent to deus ex machina me in the right direction going forward. Since then, the transfer policy has been simple: Outscout, outspend, outwin! I shattered the national transfer fee record by a factor of 5 to sign a regular starter-level player from the bench of DC United, just because there was simply no way I could possibly spend beyond my means. It should go without saying that bringing my team together was a bit like hunting down the Infinity Stones. With all that in mind, how did we do? Not even close. We won the league with five games to spare. We had an absurd goal output, and the only reason we didn't have the best defensive record in the league is because of how often we gave up complacency goals. After putting together the Infinity Stones, we were inevitable. The stars that made this trophy possible were new signings Andi Aziz and Otávio, a striker and center back respectively who plugged our weakest positions with bonafide starpower, and Masril Prima, a stunning creative player who averaged over a goal contribution a game in all competitions. And in the cup, we got ourselves a double! We got a fairly easy draw all the way through, only facing one other ISL team before our final match with Persib Bandung. Persib is the only club that has given us a consistent challenge in the league, and they were the favorites on the other half of the bracket and made it through. The first leg of the final (yes, the final was two legs) coincided with an international break for the Southeast Asian Championship, and both squads ended up losing a few players to international duty. But we came out firing, securing a 2-0 away leg win, then simply preventing Persib from coming back to haul our second trophy of the challenge. A quick shout out is in order for Herry Muliadi, the aforementioned former DC United player who had an inconsistent season, but carried the squad on his shoulders during the semifinals and finals. Without his timely performances, it's quite possible that we go to penalties against Persib and lose out on the cup. A couple more additional housekeeping things: I've started a living document using Google Sheets that'll track my progress, with updates at the end of every session I play. It's currently just got the stuff needed to track the conditions for the challenge, but I hope to add video clips of each trophy win, images of the key players of each team I manage, up-to-date competition standings, and more things that I might think of. I'm having a blast with the challenge so far, and I'd be excited to share as much of the save with this small group of dedicated virtual managers as I can. Also, I think it's worth it to share the file of the Madura United tycoon situation, as it's a really unique and interesting scenario that I hope someone else may have a fun time playing. I saw a dedicated thread for posting such saves, so I'll do it there some time soon.

Wow, it's been super long since I've gotten to this. I'm still actively going for it, and the quoted post here is to add context. Anyway, into the report. Madura United FC 2023 It's been nearly four months since the finish of the last season, so I can't remember all the fine details, but I do remember that the offseason transfer window was a bunch of trialing domestic players and seeing who would stick. That got us a good right back and striker partnership, and our lone available foreign player slot went into a tailormade CM attack guy who predictably balled out. There was plenty of confidence that a trophy or two could come our way if we had fortune. So how did we do? Reasonably well, but not good enough in the league. And ditto for the cup. We definitely had the talent, as we had a strong goalscoring output, a successful defensive unit that profited from our consistent attacking play, and xG for and against numbers that supported the case that we easily could've taken home the title. But unfortunately, it wasn't in the cards. The cup loss was particularly difficult to take, as we outplayed the opposition in the away leg only to draw, then gave up three goals to an opponent that had one off-target shot all game. They naturally went on to win the cup. Aside from that, the save took a 180 near the end of the season. Lowly Madura United had a tycoon takeover. It started as a sequence of inbox items that originally started after the chairman had decided to step down. I didn't think much of it and neglected to screenshot the first few, but that first screenshot was when it started to become a lot more serious. About three in game weeks after the first message, the takeover was completed. Money was no longer a concern. My dumb idiot brain couldn't comprehend it. I think the lowest prestige league I've had a tycoon takeover happen in during a save was the Mexican top flight. Needless to say, it's Indonesian Galactico time. Last thing, I have begun to sporadically stream this run and plan to at least do every trophy live. Not trying to self-promote, but if you see me in the FM22 Twitch category, that's what I'm doing. I'll edit out this part if self-promotion goes against site rules.

RANS Cilegon FC 2021/22 Took longer than expected to get through season; ended up with not a lot of time to play FM. Joined the squad in October, which in Indonesia is the tail end of the season. Second tier promotion playoffs were ongoing and Cilegon missed it, so no choice but to just simulate forward. Other than the excitement of signing a HOYD far better than the quality of our squad, offseason was just free agents and end of contracts, and we ended up with a squad that looked well suited to promotion. So how did we do? Not well. Even with a cup run still alive, there's no keeping your job when your relegation is confirmed. We were sixth or seventh on the xG table, but seemed to never score. An average defensive unit couldn't save us, and almost half the games were 0-1 losses. If it's possible to be FM'ed over an entire season, then this is it. On to the next job. Madura United FC 2022 After a couple weeks of job hunting, the post opened up for two top flight Indonesian teams: Madura United and Bali United. They're both title challengers who were underperforming, but Madura had a cup run going, and therefore a chance at an immediate title. The league title was still mathematically possible for both, but nothing short of winning out was realistically needed. Unfortunately, my leadership didn't start off hot, as the cup dream died immediately and we only took one point from my first two league games. But fortunately, we finished the stretch strong and ended up rising all the way to fourth. With the form at the end of the season and the defensive side of the squad leading the way in goals conceded, there's a lot of hope to knock out a couple of titles early on, and maybe push for a dream Champions League. In all likelihood, though, I'll get the two trophies here and go off to either the K LEAGUE 2 or the Chinese League One.

Here we go! I'm gonna add a couple of added criteria to the mix. First, I'll win domestic league with Wellington Phoenix as they're the only team I can think of in the default database that is geographically within a nation in the OFC, and I'll also win a cup with an Oceanic national team (if there's anything playable). I will not count any additional titles won with either team towards the challenge's goal, I simply want to incorporate Oceania into it somehow. Second, for every continental competition, I will use a team from the lowest available domestic flight to win it; that means that, yes, I plan to win the Champions League with a Vanarama North/South team, and I will do so with every single continent. I'll also try to win as many international cups as possible with teams that aren't the 'top dogs' of a specific continent. It may take a while lol Update: I begin my journey at RANS Cilegon FC, in the Indonesian second league. There's only one continental spot out of Indonesia, and it's for the first playoff round. This club has a transfer policy to not sign non-Indonesian players. The first step is always the hardest.