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Great job! Congrats!

Yeah, I know these kind of matches.... They are really hard to watch. I don't have pics, but I also had in my Hungarian Békéscsaba youth challenge a match against stronger opponent (Fehérvár as I remember) where they scored from their first 4 shots on target within the first 20 mins... (and the 4 goals came from 1 penalty, 2 shots bounced on my defenders and the 4th goal was a one of a lifetime shot from outside the box) I was luckier though, because they were satisfied with that start and it remained 0-4

Wow!!

I forgot to mention additionally two things I was really proud of this season: I almost received the Head Coach of the Season award. Finished second only 39 points behind the champions Ferencváros Head Coach. Our U19 Team won the U19 National League confidently 2 games before the end. We have great talent for the future not only in the first team, but behind them...

So close! Better luck next time 🤞

Békéscsabai Előre FC - Season4 (2027/28) Season results: I was a bit afraid of our first season in the first division and it did not start well with 2 draws and 2 losses (+ no wins in the pre-season friendlies), but then the team woke up with a 9-match unbeaten run and the youngsters started to believe in themselves. We did not stop until the 3rd place for the winter break and even reached the 2nd place with 3 wins after the break. But then we lost a lot of stability in midfield with the injury of Kuzma (I did know that he is a good player, but maybe underestimated his importance and impact) and a 5-match streak without a win dropped us back to 5th place. We made a rhapsodic finish, and still had a chance in the last round for a UEFA Conference League position, but it wasn't to be this time (we should win away against champions Ferencváros and hope for Újpest to lose at home against mid-table team Nyíregyháza). Anyway, I am happy with the 5th place in a season we were expected to be relegated. In cup we weren't really successful, but tbh it wasn't a good draw: Győr was the hardest pick from the second division (promoted by the end of season). Transfers: There were no 'player in' movements, of course. Some of the not used youngsters went on loan, and we managed to sell one of the talents (Ádám Németh from class 2026) who was not in the best 3 in his position and really wanted to leave. It was not the first offer I accepted, but maybe could ask for higher fee for him. Key players: Boldizsár Borbély was our top goalscorer again with 20 total in the season, he also won the league's Top Goalscorer award (with 19 goals in league). This season we had no average ratings above 7.0, the 4 best players who made at least 6.9 were the striker Borbély (20 goals, 1 assist), the right winger Máris (5 goals, 8 assists), the centerback Fazekas (3 goals, 1 assist) and the midfielder Váradi (7 goals, 8 assists). From our home grown players I can highlight Mag (class 2026) again who growth to be my first-choice left-winger, but I found for him a competitor in János Batik (class 2027) who was a great sub in the season finish. I am really proud of the development of centerback Krisztián Katona (class 2026) who had to step in as regular starter when all originated centerbacks left except Fazekas, and he shows a decent performance (6.73 last and 6.69 this season). My striker Zalán Horváth (class 2027) played really good as sub and scored 3 goals. Youth intake: We had a really good preview, especially on defensive front, and it was right... The club received 5 elite talents (it was 6 originally, but Tamás Németh was later re-evaluated as Top talent). However, I am not so happy about the personalities this time. My favorites are Ronald Juhász (GK) and József Boér (DMC) from different reasons: Juhász is a good to have talented keeper, since it seems our current first-choice goalie Czinanó does not want to renew his contract. Our backup, Grünvald (class 2025) was promising occasionally, but I am afraid that he won't be the level we need. Let's see how the season starts... but it is a comforting thought that we have a talent on the bench. In the previous intakes we lacked elite talents for the midfield, so I am happy with Boér. And also, he seems to be the most promising from the current set of new players. Club progress: The first season was a good starting point in Division 1, but I am a little sad about the missed opportunity for the international football. We would need the money for the facilities which I could not upgrade this season. The board expects us to fight against relegation, but I want to target the international spots to inject some finances into the club. But it will be a rough challenge, since 2 of my key players - right wing Máris and keeper Czinanó - will leave by the end of the season. But I have faith in my youngsters...

Békéscsabai Előre FC - Season3 (2026/27) Season results: This time we finally made it to the Division I. We started the season with a fantastic 15 match unbeaten run... we took the lead after 5 games and did not let it go until the very end. The promotion was achieved 3 games before the end and the championship was won 1 match before the last one by beating our main rival Vasas 3-0. Boldizsár Borbély was the top goalscorer in the league and I have received the Head Coach of the Year in Division II. In the cup we were not so successful than last season, lost to Szolnok in the Fourth Round (1/32). Transfers: There were no player movements. Key players: Boldizsár Borbély was our top goalscorer again with 26. But I also have to highlight midfielder Váradi (8 goals, 8 assists and 7.18) and centerback Fazekas (7.03) who also made it to the Team of the Season. From our club-grown players I have to mention the great performance of Ábel Benjámin Mag (Class 2025) with 9 goals, 5 assists and 7.04 average rating who was third in the contest for Young Player of the Year award Youth intake: We had only one Elite player this season, but there are lots of good Top players, especially the defence can be strengthened with Class 2027. I also can't complain about the personalities this time. Club progress: Finally, we made it to the Division I which is a huge step for us. It should give us a nice boost financially. I also was able to get some upgrades during the season, but I am not sure that in the beginning of next season the board will allow too many facility upgrades, since they started a big project to install undersoil heating in the stadium. The club's reputation has grown a bit due to this promotion. One step closer to the final goal, the next one should be to reach the international competitions. However in our first season in Division I my main goal will be to avoid relegation and to familiarize my young players with this level of football. It will be tough, since it seems I will lose some of my better players. Midfielder Máté Tóth's contract expires and he has no intention to extend it, but my first-choice keeper Czinanó and right winger Máris also wants to leave with still 1 year in their contracts: I hope I can keep them.

Békéscsabai Előre FC - Season2 (2025/26) Season results: It was a successful, but at the same time an unbelievably painful season, when the experts thought we will be relegated (15th place prognosed with 151.00 odds) and the board's expectation was to avoid relegation. Despite this we were title and promotion contenders from the start to finally finish 3rd again with 1 point off the promotion and 2 points off the title. We were on top of the table 4 games before the end, but dropped to 3rd position with a defeat away at Kecskemét and our rivals did not let us in the promotion spots after that. In the cup we made a good run into the quarter finals defeating also top team Puskás Akadémia on our way, but then came a dramatic match against later cup winners Nyíregyháza, where we took a 2-0 lead after 30 minutes, but let them come back and finally lost by an epic penalty-shootout with 8-9 (10 pairs of penalties). Transfers: Of course, there were no transfers in, and we set some players for release from the original players (especially the ones who argued about receiving less playing time due to involving youth players). Even made some money from them. Key players: Youth intake: We had our first 2 elite players, both for offense, striker Zalán Horváth and right winger Zsolt Rácz, however I don't really like their personalities. But we also have some top and good talents with great personalities (mainly Fairly Professional and one Perfectionist). Club progress: As mentioned before we were not able to gain promotion for the second time which is not really good for the finances, but the club is in healthy condition. We are not using the full wage budget, so there is room for upgrades and finally I have found the way to convince the board to invest. Our facilities started to grow and develop. Unfortunately we were not getting closer to our goals, but we gained some time to give more experience and playing time to the young talents who will be the foundation of our future success.

Thanks for the advises! And no, I am not going to give up. Just started the new season, and after the first two unlucky matches I am on track with 10 points from 5 matches. Despite low board expectations and season preview (prognosed 15th place from 16 and 151.00 odds) I am starting to believe that instead of avoiding relegation, we can be there in the race for promotion places. The youngsters are not really bad, I am able to use regularly 5-6 of them in the squad, 1-2 as starters (it is also helping me that in Division II there is a rule that I always have to put at least 1 U20 player on the pitch). Yes, the board discussions would be more effective with better determination, but I have chosen the 'Working with Youngsters' and 'Youngster Knowledge' attributes at start. However, my Determination started to grow in the first season, now it is 4. And of course: Congratulations for the unbeaten season and for the first NXGN wonderkid! GG!!!

Békéscsabai Előre FC - 1st Season I complained a lot earlier in this thread when the save was in December 2024, but after that I have made some tactical changes (started the season with a 4-2-4 wing play, but now using two different types of 4-3-3) and produced a fantastic season finish. We started the calendar year 2025 at the 12th place and finished at 3rd with only 2 points behind the 2nd promotion place. In the last round we still had chance to achieve promotion, and won our match, but Honvéd won as well so they remained on 2nd place. This is a great overachievement, since the board wanted us to reach a mid-table finish. However, I have to admit that it was my responsibility making the tactical changes too late in the season... maybe the team would be able to gain promotion to Division I in the first season. In the cup we made it to the Fifth Round with an easy and a penalty-shootout win, but were unlucky in the last 16. Our key players were the midfielder Máté Tóth with 7.10 rating, 7 goals and 5 assists and the striker Roland Vólent with 7.02 rating, 11 goals (top scorer) and 5 assists. But most importantly I really liked how our first youth players joined to the team: centerback Róbert Lakatos (Y25_04) played only the last match of the season as a sub, but was outstanding (7.2) the position DL was our weakness in the whole season and Szilárd Koronczai (Y25_08) debuted early due to injuries without causing any problems (2 match as a sub, 6.80 rating) but my best surprise was the left winger Ábel Benjámin Mag (Y25_06) who played on our 6 last games, 4 times as starter: he was rated 6.77, provided an assist and we won all of those matches During the season we had only outgoing transfers. The board was not really happy with those, although we managed to make some money with the sellings, and the locker room atmosphere is now better without these players. Our first youth intake seemed to be not so great in the preview. But the actual intake was not totally crap: no elite though, but we have a top talent GK and 6 good talent infield players as well. It was not so lucky though, since the GK position was not the one with the greatest needs. The board was pretty annoying in the first part of the season: they did not accept a single one of my requests, but after the winter break they became more flexible. They offered me a new one-year contract for the next season. Also they agreed to upgrade both youth and training facilities: there are ongoing works on the Youth facilities which I believe will be finished in the summer, and the upgrade of the training facilities is scheduled to be finished in October 2025. And I finally could start my studies on National C License. But up-to-date there are no changes in the facilities. The squad believed to be weaker compared to last season, because the board expects us to avoid relegation, but I am confident that the remaining players together with the youngsters will cause nice surpises...

Yeah, just seen your report on your last season. Congrats for the good results! It's nice to see that there is hope for Előre (Champions League participation within 8 years), because this first season feels extremely hard... We started really good, with a 5 match unbeaten run, we were top3, but after that the team started to struggle: We can't have a good run of results Injuries, injuries and injuries... The originated players continuously complain about training One of my better centerbacks wants to leave and poisons the locker-room atmosphere, because I could not sell him yet (maybe he can leave in the winter break, finally there are some interests for him from Serbia) I will be happy to have him leave, but I am afraid there won't be real depth in the season finish One of my better strikers complains that he wants to play as Poacher (which I think is one of the worst roles for a striker) -> another blow to the locker room atmosphere Now, we slipped to the 10th position in Division II (actually it is kinda real, because the original expectation was mid-table) In our last 9 matches we could not win (4 draws and 5 losses) And despite we are in good financial form, the board keeps rejecting my requests: no facility, junior coaching or recruitment upgrades, and they do not allow me to take a single coaching course And now I received the youth intake preview which prognosed to be a crap... Please tell me that you faced similar issues in your first season and still became regular participant in the Champions Leage 5-7 years later

Hi guys, I am new here in the community, but played a lot of FM (and also Championship Manager in the ancient times ). Always wanted to try this Youth Challenge, so now I would like to jump in with Hungary. Picked Bekescsaba (other option would be Ivancsa), because it was a great historical countryside club once, which was able to compete with the dominant Budapest clubs. I want to bring back the old heroic times! I know that Hungary will be tough, so wish me luck.