Eigenschaften: (ENG) characteristics; a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them
DNA: deoxyribonucleicacid; the fundamental and distinctive characteristics or qualities of someone or something, especially when regarded as unchangeable.
die Zukunft ist unsere Energie (GER) Translation: "The Future is Our Energy"
Mission Statement
The football world is changing rapidly. With the money awash in the game, the rich are getting rich and the poor are fighting for the scraps that the bigger clubs have left. We need to break that cycle. At FC Energie Cottbus, we believe in this mantra: We entertain our fans by playing our brand of football, creating the legends of tomorrow. This is achieved asking the following questions:
Why? To entertain our fans by playing our brand of football, creating the legends of tomorrow
How? do we achieve this?
In Which Way? Do the right things often, in valuable regions on the field, under high pressure.
Method
For this FM23 and beyond save, we will delve into the world of analytics, whilst retaining a main focus on a DNA running through the club. We will run, using the Youth Only method. All youth intakes will be subject to the following DNA thresholds:
3.Bundesliga - Work Rate: 10, Pace: 8
2.Bundesliga - Work Rate: 11, Pace: 10, Technique: 10
1.Bundesliga - Work Rate 12, Pace: 11, Technique: 10.
Every youth intake member will signed to a first contract, be it youth or full time. If they haven’t reached the thresholds by the time their first contracts are up, they will be released.
When it comes to selling players, we will add a 50% sell on clause to every transfer out of the club, also, accepting any offers for players over the threshold of the following:
3.Bundesliga - £5m
2.Bundesliga - £15m
1.Bundesliga - £30m or 100% over their value if over £30m
Most importantly, we will be playing this save into FM24 and starting in 2027, as the worst thing about playing FM is the first few seasons.
Final Aim
Our aims are:
To grow the club using our DNA-focused academy
Second is to rise up the leagues to become the best team in East Germany. This requires us to finish as the top ranked East German side for 3 straight seasons.
Finally, to win the UEFA Champions League with at least 6 of the first XI being from our academy.
This is our vision. Welcome, once again, to Eigenschaften.