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Players developed and active in Gibraltar Football League - 2022

3 produced talents in the GFL is a good start.

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10 hours ago, Sheriff7 said:

Morgan was my back up Forward in national team (behind Tj De Bar. De Los Santos is a good back up midfield indeed. Great result against Borac. Also you mention a bug in Gibraltar league in past if i remember correct. What was that?

yes at FM21 (and i think FM20 or 22) the winner of the 'playoff' group with the number 7 - 11 involved gets the same prize money as the champions. and also a lot of brexit issues and no team was registering anybody. With the database from @DaveTheEditor everything seems to go very good.

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Gibraltar National team production - 2022

No contribution from Europa fc yet.

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October 2022

Perfect start with a really impressive win over Lincoln.

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September 2022

We lost our first important domestic game against rivals Lincoln after penalties. We missed our fifth and only penalty.

First Eleven

Already 7 player from Gibraltar in our first eleven. Average age of 26.5 and the average attributes from our first eleven is 46.41.

One of my sheets to get a clear image of the CA of the player(s).

Tactic

I'm using the same tactic as on FM22 and FM23. A 2 striker high pressing tactic.

International

5 players called-up for the senior squad of Gibraltar.

Facilities

We received our first upgrades very fast, thank you board.

 

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August 2022

Transfers

Signed one more player. Had four players on trial but familiar face (previous save in gibraltar) Shaun De Los Santos may remain as backup midfielder.

Staff changes

Signed Pablo Rotchen as assistent manager. 

International

No new names. i will post the profile page of every academy player that receives his first call-up.

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July 2022

Started very good in our Europa Conference League first QF with a win against Bosnia & Herzegovina's Borac . They were much stronger and we had some luck! We gained good money with this first win. In the second round ECL we lost against MFK Ružomberok from Slovakia. They were strong but we managed to get a 0-3 lead in the second leg. They managed to score three times and we are out.

 

Transfers

This are our first transfers in.

Kelvin Morgan is joining us for only 6.25k. he will be one of or two main strikers this season.

Erin Barnett is another payable gibraltarian with already some international experience.

Young prospects like Nicholas Pozo or Carlos Richards or Jaiden Bartolo are not interested in a transfer at the moment.

 

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22 hours ago, Jogo Bonito said:

Good luck with this. The company I work for in Malta has an office in Gibraltar. You should have picked the Maltese BOV Premier League instead 

 

23 hours ago, Perre8 said:

nice and clear goals set, start banging them seasons!

 

8 hours ago, Skywalk3r83 said:

Good luck!

 

6 hours ago, AlfieLucas said:

Goodluck with this. Will enjoy reading it.

 

1 hour ago, Cheez3y said:

Loved your save with St. Joseph. 

Will follow.

Thanks everybody . @Cheez3y i loved that save but stopped too early. Same concept but with an opening to start buying british players in the future (not sure if i will do that);

Started again because of my visit to Gibraltar and because of the topic from @Sheriff7 with Lincoln and the great blog from @TheLutterworthFox .

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Hoyd change 22/23

I won't post about every staff change but this one is really important.

I sacked my current HOYD (he won't talk about a different role at the club) because i found below HOYD.

Good personalty, high JPA and JPP.  A great option for my first season.

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Gibraltar Football League - Homegrown rules

 

I have 8 players that trained in Gibraltar already so this shouldn't be an issue. Most of the above could be first team players.

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I have obviously certain objectives.  As club coach and national coach. To grow the club, the country and individually players from Gibraltar(or academy). 

 

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Certain objectives are split into three phases. I do not define the date of each phase but as soon as I reach the first objective I will mark it on the list and we will work towards the next one.

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I won't try to manager Gibraltar in the first 5/6 seasons, afterwards this is for sure an objective so i can have some more influence.

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Club and Nation Objectives

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Player Objectives

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National coach Objectives

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Football clubs - Tracker - 4/7/22

It is clear which club is dominant in Gibraltar. I will update this every five seasons to see how the teams evolve in gibraltar.

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Europa FC - Gibraltar - Intro

Database| Manager| Profile Club | Club Vision | Facilities | Finances

Europa FC is a professional football club from Gibraltar, that competes in the Gibraltar National League. As with all other clubs in the territory, Europa FC currently shares the Victoria Stadium on Winston Churchill Avenue. Europa FC is also called " the green machine ". The club also operates a women's team which competes in the Gibraltar Women's Football League. The club was founded in 1925 and won the league eight times.  This makes it the fourth most successful team in gibraltar. Lincoln became champions 24 times, Prince of Wales FC (bankrupt) won 19 times, Glacis Utd 17 times.

Europa FC has been Lincoln's biggest challenger for years and it aims to become Gibraltar's biggest club. Whereas Lincoln Red Imps is mainly made up of Gibraltarians, Europa is a club where almost only foreigners play. They have to, as Lincoln has all of Gibraltar's top players under contract.  So this will have to change in the near future.

Facilities

Victoria Stadium (2226 seats) is a multi-purpose stadium in Gibraltar. It is currently used mostly for football matches, but also hosts the annual Gibraltar Music Festival. It is located close to Gibraltar Airport just off Winston Churchill Avenue. It was named after the wife of Gibraltarian philanthropist John Mackintosh.

Despite initial plans to replace the stadium in the 2010s, the Gibraltar Football Association purchased the stadium from the Government of Gibraltar in April 2017 in order to improve and renovate it. The plans to build a new stadium are still ongoing.

All clubs in the Gibraltar Football League play their matches at Victoria Stadium. As such it is also used to host the final of the Rock Cup. Prior to membership of FIFA, it has been used as the Gibraltar national football team's home ground for unofficial internationals.  Following the Gibraltar Football Association's admittance as a full member of UEFA in May 2013, UEFA vetoed Gibraltar using Victoria Stadium as their home ground as it did not meet UEFA standards and as the Government of Gibraltar owned it. which meant that the Gibraltar national football team was obliged to play their "home" matches in UEFA and FIFA qualifying tournaments at Estádio Algarve in Faro, Portugal however they were permitted to play friendly matches there.

Squad

Not a single Gibraltarian in the senior squad comes from our own academy. A lot of work to do to improve that.  I plan to keep the best non-GIBs as long as possible and use them to allow us to grow. In the long run, of course, there will be no more players in the senior squad without Gibraltarees passports.

First season for Sánchez in Gibraltar. He graduated from Sevilla's youth academy but always played at the lower level. A goal-scoring machine for several seasons at that level.

Fourth season for Willy at Europa FC. He should provide the creativity .

Hernandez is our best Gibraltar player in the squad. He comes from rival Lincoln and will have a very important role in the growth of our squad.

Jayce Olivero is the captain right now at Europa FC and is a certainty at the back.

I am reunited with the top talent from my St Joseph's save, Dylan Borge. He banged them in with his eyes closed and hopefully he can repeat this for Europa FC.

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This should become my second major save in Gibraltar. After my save at FM21 with St Joseph's F.C. (Played seven seasons and it ended with the construction of my own stadium).Now it is time to start a new adventure in little Britain in the sun. I plan to carry on this save to FM24.

 

I went to visit gibraltar with my son a few weeks ago and, among other things, saw Gibraltar's national stadium (Victoria stadium) along with quite a few sightseeings on the rock (I will occasionally use my own photos in this topic). This only strengthened my love for gibraltar and my intention to achieve something here. I plan to watch a few more games there in the near future in the European qualifiers and competition.

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Gibraltar (/dʒɪˈbrɔːltər/ jih-BRAWL-tər, Spanish: [xiβɾalˈtaɾ]) is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.[a] It has an area of 6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi) and is bordered to the north by Spain. The landscape is dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar, at the foot of which is a densely populated town area, home to some 32,688 people (2022 estimate), primarily Gibraltarians.

In 1704, Anglo-Dutch forces captured Gibraltar from Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession. The territory was ceded to Great Britain in perpetuity under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. It became an important base for the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars and World War II, as it controlled the narrow entrance and exit to the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar, which is only 14.3 km (8.9 mi) wide. This choke point remains strategically important, with half the world's seaborne trade passing through it.Gibraltar's economy is based largely on tourism, online gambling, financial services, and bunkering. With one of the world's lowest unemployment rates, the largest part of the labor force are resident in Spain and/or non-Gibraltarians, especially in the private sector.

The sovereignty of Gibraltar is a point of contention in Anglo-Spanish relations, as Spain asserts a claim to the territory. Gibraltarians overwhelmingly rejected proposals for Spanish sovereignty in a 1967 referendum, and for shared sovereignty in a 2002 referendum. Nevertheless, Gibraltar maintains close economic and cultural links with Spain, with many Gibraltarians speaking Spanish as well as a local dialect known as Llanito.

Since Brexit, Gibraltar is not a member of the European Union but negotiations are underway to have it participate in the Schengen Agreement to facilitate border movements between Gibraltar and Spain.[19] As of March 2023, talks seem deadlocked.

Gibraltar is a fast short league where you can quickly focus on European qualifications. In the long term, my intention is to become national coach of Gibraltar to achieve certain goals there as well. And I will of course do everything I can to grow other clubs (by buying players from them, with or without sell-through add-ons).

  Rules

This is a build a small nation save with one important rule. Only players of Gibraltar nationality (second nationality is also allowed) may be bought/hired in combination with our own academy graduates. I hope that in time good British players will get gibraltarian passports (transfers from other gibraltar clubs) so I can strengthen the league and national team.  There is a possibility that at some point, I will do other transfers after all, and buy british players myself with the intention of having them play for gibralter over time. But if and when is not clear. 

  History Gibraltarian Football

The Victoria Stadium is located next to the airport.

Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory located on the South of the Iberian Peninsula, is rarely spoken about in the footballing world. With a population of 34,000 contained within 6.7km2, you might not have expected the Rock to have a formal competitive football league.

But with the qualifying stages of the Champions League and Europa League becoming home to many Gibraltarian clubs, and also with plenty of exciting young players representing Gibraltar, it might time we paid more attention to football in Gibraltar.

The Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) was started in 1895 as football began to popularise across the globe during the 19th Century. In 1907, the GFA started the Gibraltar Football League, with the only competition existing before that being the Merchant’s Cup. The league began with eight teams, later expanding to two divisions.

There are currently three domestic senior men’s tournaments in Gibraltar. Since being reformed at the start of the 2019/20 season, there has only been one senior tier in Gibraltar, known as The Gibraltar National League.

Although the reforming of the league came at the unfortunate expense of dissolving a number of clubs, it now makes sense that all football Gibraltar is united in one league. 11 teams competed in the 2021/22 season, with each team facing each other once before the league splitting in half.

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The top half, the Championship Group, compete for the title and a place in the qualifying stages of the Champions League or Europa League, with each of them playing each other twice. The bottom half, the Challenge Group, compete for the Challenge trophy which gives them a bye into the next round of the Rock Cup.

The Rock Cup is Gibraltar’s domestic cup, similar to many other association cup knock-out competitions but with only four rounds.

The final tournament is the Pepe Reyes Cup, contested between the winner of the National League and the Rock Cup.

Gibraltar also run a league for the reserve teams (Intermediate league) of all the sides in the National League. There is also a Women’s league and cup, from which teams can qualify for the Women’s Champions League.

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I'm still playing with Sesvete in Croatia in my 8/9th season. playing real slow but i'm going to continue this till the next FM is out, so i should be able to play a few seasons and try to become stronger in Europe.

I saw a lot of nice posts here with some new HoF entries.

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Season Preview | Competitions | Honours

HLN : Third league title in a row. With almost a record breaking total points (record 92 - Dinamo in 2007).

Europe: Second Champions league adventure. We finished 20th in league phase after a good win against Benfica and Monaco. In the knock out playoff round we were beated heavily by Monaco.

Supersport Hrvatski Kup: We played our 4th final but couldn't win it for the third time. we lost after penalites against Hajduk.

Supersport Superkup: No supercup because we won both cup and league last season.

U19: Our U19 finished 3rd this time.

First XI| Overall Best XI| Transfers| Youth Intake 2030 

Lukanić 25D was our best player with 34 goals and 11 assists. He also won the European golden boy award !

We have our first two Fifa World Cup 2030 call ups for Scremac 24B and Komorski YT

And our first two players in NXGN 2030, second and third place for Strabić 28D and Lihić 27C . Maybe they could become our first wonderkid(s).

Finances & Upgrades

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Second Champions league in a row means our finances got a big boost again.

Again an objective that we tick off.

Nation Watch

Vlak , a former Dinamo youth player is the highest valued player.

Objectives

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Objectives that i want to achieve during this save, not everything is realistic. i also have a small objective list as future Croatian manager.

Next Season

After a first senior international, first players in NXGN and winning the tittle again, I hope to take the next step next season and get a round further in the champions league.  The future stadium expansion is something to look forward to. Still some things to achieve like getting the first wonderkid, becoming number one in Croatia and much more.

Again some players to look out for that I will promote :

Sabolović 29C - Tomašec 28G - Kristić 29B - Tomšić 29G - Barišić 29D

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Great job @the_hdk

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From zero call ups for Croatia, to 5 !

2030 ! 

 

Also very happy with this.

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Sesvete - First senior international - Season 7 - 2030

 

Not for Croatia but for Bosnia & Herzegovina

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Youth Intake Preview

Not our best intake but some players with high PA and some of them have good personalities.

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Vastic 30H could become a first team DC.

Kosović 30E should become our new number one in a few seasons, his height is a problem.

 

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On 03/03/2023 at 01:04, P O\'D said:

We'll still be relying on the lucky chairman takeover.  I've got mind up a bit after the 2nd takeover at Lokeren as this chairman actually values youth.  It is possible just a pain in the butt.  No changes to Belgium in the patch sadly.  Think SI don't know how to fix it honestly.  Its been bugged since last year iirc.

otherwise I don't know if you have seen the recent news showing that huge numbers of teams from 1a and 1B have dark red numbers in Belgian football so it might still be partly realistic . 

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On 02/03/2023 at 17:59, The7Striker said:

Winter Update is out, lets see if they fix Belgium and facilities bugs 

Is the financial bug fixed ?

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Just noticed the appearance of two poached players in 2029

Not bad !
 

 

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Season Preview | Competitions | Honours

HLN : We dit it again, back to back champion! And again Hajduk was our biggest challenger and Dinamo had a setback. Very pleased with this performance and this once again ensures champions league group stage.

Europe: First team in the Champions league and we played against Bayern, Monaco, Napoli, Rangers, Juventus . No big expectations but we won against CSKA-Sofia and Rangers. We did get a beating against Bayern, among others. We finished 27th in the group stage.

Supersport Hrvatski Kup: We played our thid cup final and lost the first two finals . This time we played against Osijek and we won it after a very good game from both teams ! We won all the domestic competitions this season.

Supersport Superkup: We won our first supercup with penalties against Hajduk.

U19: Our U19 won the Hrvatska Juniorska Liga for the first time!

First XI| Overall Best XI| Transfers| Youth Intake 2029 

Komorski YT was our best player with 21 goals and 11 assists !

Finances & Upgrades

Profile Club | Finances | Facilities | Club Vision | Supporters Profile | Affiliated Clubs

Champions league means our finances got a big boost !

Our first foreign partner, team from Slovenia

Nation Watch

Objectives

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Objectives that i want to achieve during this save, not everything is realistic. i also have a small objective list as future Croatian manager.

Next Season

Very pleased with our development and money through the champions league. Next season, I am going to select heavily and say goodbye again to four 'real' players. there are some very big talents waiting to break through.

Strabić 28D - Lihić 27C - Janjiš 27D - Suskovic 26D - Liklin 28B - Tomašec 28G - Stipković 27A - Pandža 25C