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FM19 All-European (Less England) Small Club to Big Club Challenge Introduction Welcome to a new season of the ‘Euro Nation’ Challenge, born out of the recent history of the highly successful Gundo’s Challenge and the Big Euro Nation Challenge that spawned out of it. After a steady start on FM18 hopefully with FM19 we will see a continuation of it's steady start and have another strong season. The premise of the challenge is simple, to start with a previously unplayable club and taking them all the way to a National Title and then on to winning the European Champions League. With a variety of leagues, styles of play, different rules, and many different locations for your clubs there can be a lot of variety throughout the thread, providing a great atmosphere and stories for our users to become immersed in. General Challenge Info Possible Countries · Austria · Belarus · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Czech Republic · Denmark · Finland · France · Germany · Greece · Holland * · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland * · Israel · Italy · N. Ireland · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales * Holiday for two seasons not one. The Rules A) Game Set-up 1) Load One Nation Only (All Available Divisions within your nation) 2) Your choice of Database Size (Large Recommended) 3) NO Edited Databases of any kind 4) Customising Database You can add players to the database up to a limit of 100,000 in total in order to add more depth to your save and also add more difficulty down the line. Suggested Adds Players from Top Clubs/Top Divisions (Europe or All Continents) - This increases the challenge at Continental Level Players Based in your Nation - This can add up to 50% more players to your game Players Based in your Region (Central Europe/East Europe/UK & Ireland) - This can add extra players likely to join your club There will be a file correcting the club/competition names, I will advise use of this. NO other additional customising is allowed. 5) Attribute Masking should be Enabled 6) Disable Ingame Editor (Please do this) 7) Optional Ticks Add Key Staff (This will give you a Scout, Physio & Ass Man by generating them if your club is without) Add Players in Playable Nations (This will ensure all clubs have a minimum number of players, generating them if needed) The extra levels of detail that you can change while in the game are up to you, as they shouldn't make a difference. B) Steps in the Game 1) Add an unemployed manager; you will not use this man to manage your club. I like "Unemployed Man or Holiday Man" 2) Go on holiday until the reset date of your chosen nation (Should take about an hour) TIP - Changing Detail Level to None will make it go faster. (Remember to change it back afterwards) TIP - Saving on the day before this date may give you a better choice of teams by reloading the game then going on holiday for one day, I would strongly recommend trying this. 3) Add a new manager - Use yourself, or a created character to help build a story line a) Personal Details - Your Choice b) Tracksuit vs. Trainer - Your Choice c) Past Experience lowest Possible (Generally Sunday League) d) Coaching Licenses lowest Possible (None) e) Other options are up to you TIP - If you add the language of your country of choice it will make it easier at the beginning TIP - Training now includes you at some level depending on your abilities. 4) Choose to take over any club which has been promoted to the bottom playable league of your nation. TIP - Easiest way in FM17 to see this is on the "Season Review" screen, showing the "Promoted Clubs" TIP - You can confirm your club by checking the Domestic History's page for not being at this level since start of game 5) Retire your unemployed manager. 6) Manage your club to National Title & European Champions League Victory 7) Completing the Challenge. C) Signing of Players 1) You must be able to scout them TIP - You don't actually have to scout them, just be able to TIP - You can check your scouting range on the Scouting page 2) Alternatively (If you can't scout them), you must bring them on a trial first 3) You are able to sign anyone sent to you via Agent Offer TIP - Make sure you screenshot the Agent offer 4) In later versions you can get your DoF to find players, he will bring in players not in Scouting Range, these are also allowed. TIP - Grab a screenshot of your DoF signing them D) Posting 1) Player naming is allowed. (This is a warning for those of you who do not wish to see this) 2) Discussion of tactics is allowed. (This is another warning for those of you who do not wish to see this) Expected Updates We have minimum expectations when it comes to a first up post and also in the end of season updates. The Bold pages are necessary for everyone; the others are some suggestions that will get others interested in your posts and following your club. All other screenshots are welcome and encouraged, but we please ask that the majority are posted as links, because lots of pictures can make the page very slow to load. First Post: Domestic Leagues History (Club) Profile (Manager) Overview (Club) Squad (Club) End of Season Updates: Transfers (Club) - This is so we can see the ins & outs League Table (Competition) Squad (Club) Information (Manager) Profile (Manager) Information (Club) Profile (Players) Progress of your club should be documented using this thread; we want to hear the story of your club all the way through. Please keep us updated, even if you are doing badly. If you title your end of season report in bold this makes it easier to identify. Everyone will be supportive, and really get into your game if you give more detail. E) Other 1. If you are Sacked 1. You can Restart from the beginning or; 2. Continue your game and pick a new club (Under Same Rules) at the end of the next season or; 3. Add another Euro League/Remove Current League, holiday a whole season and continue 1. You can still only have one nation running at a time 2. Once the league becomes active you MUST holiday a full season 3. The club must be one of those unplayable from the beginning 2. No Restrictions on Parent or Feeder Clubs 3. International Management allowed from FM14 forwards (But you cannot start as an International Manager) The use of any external utilities and editors (Such as Genie Scout or FMM) are prohibited. As of FM14 there are also unlockables, these are also prohibited, please don't use them. It would be appreciated if you also ticked the box at the start which prevents the use of the ingame editor. How to Post a Screenshot 1) While in FM, press the 'Prt Sc' button (usually next to F12 on your keyboard). 2) Open an image editing program such as Paint and paste the image 3) Save the file as a JPEG or PNG 4) Upload the image to an image hosting website such as Photobucket or Imageshack 5) Post the direct URL to the image here. Alternatively using ALT + F9 in game saves a screenshot to your user data folder. (You can also edit this in the shortcuts options) The Euro Nation Motivational I would like to thank all of you who choose to participate in this thread this year, and to wish everyone taking on this challenge the best of luck on a long and hard journey to managerial success! I have personally had a number of hugely enjoyable saves over the years, first in Gundos challenge and then latterly in the Big Euro Nation Challenge. The atmosphere and support these threads have historically offered is key in making the thread, and your saves more enjoyable as I can testify to. I and some of the other regulars of these threads are here to help for the new challengers and hope everybody that participates contributes considerably to the thread. There is nothing better than getting immersed not only in your own game but providing the encouragement to other people's attempts too. Remember we are all fighting the same battle - to defeat the AI (and uncover fabulous newgens!) - Therefore it goes without saying that any form of cheating will be severely chastised. Don't do it! I know that it is painful to lose a European Final or to lose the title on the final day (I have been there myself on more than one occasion) but eventual success down the line is all the sweeter for those defeats. Good luck to all the participants – Here’s to a successful (and enjoyable) version!!

Hi. Do I look like Unai Emery? This bodes well, doesn't it? Welcome to my trillionth journeyman career. You know what's the deal: start low, aim to climb the managerial ladder, switch clubs like a mercenary, travel the world, the usual. I'm not planning to do anything outrageously fancy or outside the norm here. This one's special though. Why? Because it's my 10th year of writing careers for the forum, after starting all the way back with FM11. Time flies. Bloody hell. Technical details: As you can tell by the responsibilities thing, I plan to be a very hands-off manager. Can't be arsed with team talks, press conferences and daily training, sorry. I did, however, go back to full fat FM after toying with FM Touch last year.

EDIT: I posted in the wrong place *facepalm* Hi all, I'll try to be brief... I'm trying to improve the standard of the Welsh League & I have spent a fair bit of time improving teams, stadiums, reputations etc.. across three divisions. However, I'm stuck with European coefficients & more specifically "Nation Club Coefficients". I have improved the historical coefficients of all the teams in the league, but Wales is still listed in 50th position in the table. I have wildly exaggerated these ratings too, having 8 or 9 teams sitting in the top 40 European teams just to prove it is having no effect. Wales are still 50th. What am I missing? I've spent hours (days) trawling through the forum & searching through the menus in the Editor for an answer and I'm getting nowhere! Please help, GrunDMC

So I moved hibernian to league two and have worked myself up to the top of the premier league. Last season I finished 4th, but i did not qualify for the champions league or europa league. Is this because I moved the club to a different country or what?

Last year I had a great time managing all over Europe. So much that this year I'm planning to do the same. Loaded nations are the following: Belarus, Hungary, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. I want to try some of these more obscure Eastern Europe nations in which I have never managed in. I'm excluding some nations (Russia, Romania, Greece, Turkey) as I don't want to repeat countries from my last save. The plan is to move freely and win silverware in as many countries as possible. Initially, I only want to manage one club per nation, so let's see how I can do that and win trophies. I'm starting unemployed and without a particular place in mind to begin. Also, I'm playing this save on FMT. Feedback from the community has been positive and I want to maximise my playing time. I restarted the save but this time in full classic mode, as there are some annoying aspects in FMT which I (still) can't cope with for a long term save.

For this challenge you will need to download Claasens Mega Pack of extra playable leagues. You can not choose other add-ons, only these databases are allowed and they are all required. How many leagues you load at any time is still up to you but you will need to start your management career in any of these countries. Crimea, San Marino, Andorra, Kosovo, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta, Luxembourg. Download link for claasens Mega Pack can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ooe42xi... Starting up: Make sure the database add-ons from claasen is activated with no other database add-ons. start a game with as few or many leagues as you want, and change around during game but you must start in any of these counties. Crimea, San Marino, Andorra, Kosovo, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta, Luxembourg. Attribute masking is optional, but in-game editor is not allowed. Start a manager and with no coaching badges (at the start. You can and should obtain them along the way). Sunday League Footballer reputation. No additional languages beyond those generated by your nationality(ies). Any nationality (it doesn't have to be your genuine nationality). 2nd nationality only if you genuinely have a genuine second nationality and you have used your real primary nationality. No use of in-game editor. All other advanced options (e.g. adding players to playable teams) are allowed. You can start with any number of nations loaded but you will need to start your management career in any of these countries. Crimea, San Marino, Andorra, Kosovo, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta, Luxembourg. Any database size, any start date. Requirements: Win as many trophies as you can from the 55 European countries aiming to win the top division in as many countries as you can. You must start your management career in any of these countries. Crimea, San Marino, Andorra, Kosovo, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta, Luxembourg. You get points for winning League's & Cups based on the reputation of the competition, (Example if you win the English FA Cup you will gain 147 points, win the Crimean Premier League and you will get 10 Points) If you gain promotion from a lower League you still get the points for that competition. Spreadsheet can be found here or the full list of countries & competitions are listed below. Fm19 Countries.xlsx Spain 184 England 172 Italy 170 Germany 167 France 158 Russia 156 Portugal 152 Ukraine 147 Belgium 144 Turkey 142 Austria 139 Holland 136 Switzerland 136 Czech Republic 136 Greece 134 Croatia 131 Denmark 131 Israel 126 Cyprus 126 Poland 124 Romania 124 Sweden 123 Bulgaria 122 Azerbaijan 122 Serbia 122 Kazakhstan 121 Scotland 121 Belarus 121 Norway 119 Slovenia 114 Slovakia 110 Moldova 105 Albania 101 Iceland 100 Hungary 100 FYR Macedonia 98 Finland 96 Bosnia & Herzegovina 95 Ireland 95 Estonia 78 Lithuania 77 Georgia 75 Montenegro 75 Armenia 74 Latvia 64 Luxembourg 58 Malta 58 Northern Ireland 57 Wales 55 Faroe Islands 54 Gibraltar 49 Kosovo 49 Andorra 35 San Marino 23 Crimea 10 Albania Albanian Superleague 101 Albanian Cup 80 Albanian !st Category 74 Albanian Super Cup 50 Albanian 2nd Category 34 Andorra Andorran 1st Division 35 Andorran Cup 22 Andorran 2nd Division 18 Andorran Super Cup 9 Armenia Armenian High League 74 Armenian Cup 65 Armenian Super Cup 61 Armenian 1st League 45 Austria Austrian Premier Division 139 Austrian FA Cup 138 Austrian !st Division 111 Austrian Regional Division 75 Austrian Landesligen 36 Austrian Level 5 25 Azerbaijan Azeri Premier League 122 Azeri Cup 110 Azeri Super Cup 99 Azeri 1st League 59 Belarus Belarusian Highest League 121 Belarusian Cup 94 Belarusian Super Cup 94 Belarusian 1st League 81 Belarusian 2nd League 34 Belgium Belgian Pro League A 144 Belgian Cup 139 Belgian Pro League B 96 Belgian 1st Amateur Division 86 Belgian Super Cup 75 Belgian 2nd Amateur Division 61 Belgian 3rd Amateur Division 29 Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnian Premier League 95 Bosnian Cup 77 Bosnian 1st League 61 Republika Srpska Cup 50 Federation Of Bosnia & Herzegovina Cup 50 Bulgaria Bulgarian 1st League 122 Bulgarian Cup 112 Bulgarian Super Cup 91 Bulgarian 2nd League 82 Bulgarian 3rd League 51 Cup Of Bulgarian Amateur Football League 45 Continental Competitions European Champions Cup 200 Club World Championship 170 Eurpean Super Cup 155 EURO Cup 150 Crimea Crimean Premier League 10 Ukranian Reg Cup - Crimea 8 Crimea Super Cup 7 Croatia Croatian 1st League 131 Croatian Cup 119 Croatian 2nd League 99 Croatian 3rd League 76 Croatian Super Cup 73 Cyprus Cypriot 1st Division 126 Cypriot Cup 84 Cypriot 2nd Division 44 Cypriot Super Cup 37 Cypriot 3rd Division 30 Czech Republic Czech 1st Division 136 Czech FA Cup 102 Czech 2nd Division 98 Czech 3rd Division 61 Czech 4th Division 35 Denmark Danish Superliga 131 Danish Cup 113 Nordicbet Liga 90 Danish 2nd Division 57 Denmark's Series 31 England English Premier Division 172 English FA Cup 147 Sky Bet Championship 127 Carabao Cup 108 Sky Bet League 1 101 English Community Shield 94 Sky Bet League 2 81 Checkatrade Trophy 71 Vanarama National League 68 English FA Trophy 49 Vanarama National League North/South 44 English Regional Premier Divisions 35 English Regional 1st Divisions 30 English Southern League Cup 30 Isthmian League Cup 30 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup 30 English FA Vase 25 English County Leagues 20 Estonia Estonian Premier League 78 Estonian Cup 63 Estonian 1st League 51 Estonian Super Cup 42 Estonian 1st B League 32 Faroe Islands Faroese Premier League 54 Faroese Cup 21 Faroese 1st Division 15 Faroese Super Cup 14 Finland Finnish Premier League 96 Finnish 1st Division 77 Finnish Cup 69 Finnish 2nd Division 63 Finnish 2nd Division Cup 53 France Ligue 1 Conforama 158 French Cup 132 Domino's Ligue 2 117 Coupe de la Ligue BKT 112 Trophee des Champions 87 French National 85 French National 2 66 French National 3 54 FYR Macedonia Macedonian 1st League 98 Macedonian Cup 94 Macedonian 2nd League 61 Georgia Georgian National League 75 Davit Kipiani's Cup 65 Gerogian National League 2 62 Georgian Super Cup 52 Liga 3 31 Germany Bundesliga 167 German Cup 139 Bundesliga 2 123 German 3rd Division 93 German Supercup 85 German Regional Division 72 German Lower Division 53 Gibraltar Gibraltarian 1st Division 49 Gibraltarian 2nd Division 37 Gibtelecom Rock Cup 27 Pepe Reyes Cup 6 Gibraltarian Division 2 League Cup 5 Gibraltarian Intermediate League Cup 0 Greece Greek Superleague 134 Greek Cup 124 Greek National B Division 95 Greek National C Division 74 Greek Amateur Cup 27 Holland Eredivisie 136 Dutch Cup 116 Keuken Kampion Divisie 96 Dutch Tweede Divisie 64 Dutch Super Cup 63 Derde Divisie 46 Dutch Hoofdklasse 33 Hungary Hungarian Division 1 100 Hungarian Cup 97 Hungarian Super Cup 76 Hungarian Division 2 72 Hungarian Division 3 50 Iceland Icelandic Premier Division 100 Icelandic Cup 90 Icelandic Champions Cup 75 Icelandic 1st Division 72 Icelandic League Cup A 54 Icelandic 2nd Division 49 Icelandic 3rd Division 41 Icelandic League Cup B 32 Icelandic Lower Division 21 Icelandic League Cup C 20 Ireland Irish Premier Division 95 Irish 1st Division 41 Irish Senior Challenge Cup 38 Irish President's Cup 23 Irish Intermediate Cup 19 Irish League Cup 19 Irish Ulster/Leinster/Munster Senior League Premier Division 9 Irish Leinster Senior Cup 9 Irish Munster Senior Cup 9 Irish Leinster/Munster 1st Division 7 Irish Leinster Senior League 1A/Munster Senior League 2nd Division 5 Israel Israeli Premier League 126 Israeli State Cup 117 Israeli National League 90 Israeli Premier League Toto Cup 70 Israeli Super Cup-Champ of Champions 60 Israeli National League Toto Cup 55 Israeli A League 40 Israeli B League 15 Israeli B League North A Cup 14 Israeli B League North B Cup 14 Israeli B League South A Cup 14 Israeli B League South B Cup 14 Israeli C League 5 Israeli C League Lower Galilee Cup 4 Israeli C League Central Cup 4 Israeli C League Emek Yizre'el Cup 4 Israeli C League Upper Galilee Cup 4 Israeli C League Samaria Cup 4 Israeli C League Sharon Cup 4 Israeli C League South Cup 4 Israeli C League Tel-Aviv Cup 4 Italy Serie A 170 Italian Cup 135 Italian Serie B 120 Italian Super Cup 90 Italian Serie C 80 Italian Serie D 50 Italian Serie C Cup 40 Italian C Super Cup 35 Italian Serie D-Poule Scudetto 35 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Premier League 121 Kazakhstan Cup 110 Kazakhstan 1st League 89 Kazakhstan Super Cup 66 Kosovo Kosovan Superleague 49 Kosovan Cup 44 Kosovan Super Cup 32 Kosovan 1st League 27 Latvia Latvian Higher League 64 Latvian Cup 46 Latvian Winter Cup 43 Latvian 1st League 33 Lithuania Lithuanian Cup 80 Lithuanian A League 77 Lithuanian 1 League 58 Lithuanian Super Cup 56 Luxembourg Luxembourg National Division 58 Luxembourg Cup 27 Luxembourg Promotion Division 13 Luxembourg 1st Division 7 Malta Maltese Premier League 58 Maltese Cup 38 Maltese 1st Division 27 Maltese Super Cup 23 Maltese 2nd Division 15 Maltese Lower Divisions 12 Moldova Moldovan Divizia Nationala 105 Moldovan Cup 80 Moldovan Super Cup 67 Moldovan Divizia A 60 Moldovan Divizia B 23 Montenegro Montenegrin 1st League 75 Montenegrin Cup 58 Montnegrin 2nd League 56 Northern Ireland Danske Bank Premiership 57 Northern Irish Cup 34 Bet Mclean League Cup 32 Northern Irish County Antrim Shield 22 NIFL Charity Shield 22 Northern Irish Mid Ulster Cup 22 Northern Irish North West Cup 17 Bluefin Sport Championship 16 Northern Irish Bob Radcliffe Cup 10 Northern Irish Intermediate Cup 10 Bluefin Sport Premier Intermediate League 10 Northern Irish Steel & Sons Cup 10 Northern Irish Level 4 8 Northern Irish Level 5 6 Northern Irish Level 6 5 Northern Irish Craig Memorial Cup 5 Northern Irish Level 7 4 Norway Norwegian Premier Division 119 Norwegian Cup 115 Norwegian Super Cup 102 Norwegian 1st Division 96 Norwegian 2nd Division 77 Norwegian 3rd Division 53 Norwegian 4th Division 41 Poland LOTTO Ekstraklasa 124 Polish FA Cup 120 Polish 1st Division 91 Polish Super Cup 83 Polish 2nd Division 69 Polish 3rd Division 48 Portugal Portuguese Premier League 152 Taca de Portugal 139 Supertaca 105 Portuguese League Cup 105 Portuguese 2nd League 98 Portugal Championship 86 Portuguese Regional Divisions 47 Romania Romanian 1st League 124 Romanian Cup 115 Romanian Super Cup 100 Romanian 2nd League 86 Romanian 3rd League 60 Russia Russian Premer League 156 Russian Cup 125 Russian Super Cup 110 Russian 1st Division 104 Russian 2nd Division 65 Russian 3rd Division 32 San Marino San Marino League 23 San Marino Cup 21 San Marino Super Cup 16 Scotland Ladbrokes Premiership 121 Scottish Cup 121 Betfred Cup 97 Ladbrokes Championship 82 Ladbokes League 1 62 IRN-Bru Cup 61 Ladbrokes League 2 48 Serbia Serbian SuperLeague 122 Serbian Super Cup 110 Serbian 1st League 101 Serbian 2nd League 58 Slovakia Slovak 1st Division 110 Slovak FA Cup 93 Slovak 2nd Division 73 3 Liga 41 Slovenia Slovenian 1st League 114 Slovenian Cup 104 Slovenian 2nd League 85 Slovenian 3rd League 44 Spain Spanish 1st Division 184 Spanish Cup 145 Spanish 2nd Division 123 Spanish Super Cup 102 Spanish 2nd Division B 77 Spanish 3rd Division 31 Sweden Swedish Premier Division 123 Swedish Cup 105 Swedish 1st Division Elite 98 Swedish 1st Division 68 Swedish 2nd Division 49 Swedish 3rd Division 30 Switzerland Swiss Super League 136 Swiss Cup 135 Swiss Challenge League 97 Swiss Promotion League 69 Swiss 1st League 44 Swiss 2nd League Interregio 20 Turkey Turkish Super League 142 Turkish Cup 125 Turkish 1 League 102 Turkish Super Cup 91 Turkish 2 League 72 Turkish 3 League 42 Turkish Regional Amateur League 37 Ukraine Ukrainian Premier League 147 Ukranian Cup 115 Ukrainian Super Cup 107 Ukrainian 1st League 96 Ukrainan 2nd League 60 Ukrainian Amateur League 48 Wales JD Welsh Premier League 55 JD Welsh Cup 47 Nathaniel MG Cup 26 Welsh 1st Division 21 Cymu Alliance League Cup 18 Welsh Football League Challenge Cup 18 FAW Trophy 13 Welsh 2nd Division 10 Welsh 3rd Division 7

Introduction After years of reading career threads, I've finally decided to make an account and give this a go. My name is NF7 and I'm buzzing to get started on this save. I haven't actually had a long-term game since FM15, but will be changing that with this thread. What will this be? A typical, unoriginal, classic journeyman save. I'll be playing exclusively in Europe, moving where I please, and trying to play the game realistically. Inspiration for my update style will be largely based off my favorite threads by TomTuck and SRL88, as those are the ones that first got me into reading this forum and were fantastic careers. Leagues Loaded England | League Two France | Championnat National Germany | 3. Bundesliga Italy | Lega Pro (Serie C) Spain | Segunda División B Portugal | Liga II Holland | Dutch Tweede Divisie Belgium | Derde Klasse (3rd tier) Poland | I Liga (2nd tier) Hungary | Nemzeti Bojnokság II (2nd tier) I want my first job to be out of the top 5 leagues and hopefully somewhere like Hungary or Poland, where I've never managed before. Meet my manager, Luca Romano, a 33 year-old Italian. I've given myself professional experience at the local level and no coaching badges to start off. I'll be starting at a low level, but not the complete bottom of the barrel. The only language spoken is Italian, but by the end of the career, I'll have hopefully picked up a lot more. Objectives My only real objective is to enjoy the save, anything else is a bonus. I want to make this long-term and hopefully win a lot of silverware, but how it happens just depends on where the game takes it. I'll be making an effort to play defensive, counter-attacking football throughout this career as that's a style I haven't tried much but would like to give it a go. It would be cool to build a team similar to Mourinho's first Chelsea side, which rarely conceded goals and was devastating on the break. I hope you enjoy reading this career! I'm looking forward to getting back into this game and reading some of the newer FM19 threads. Wish me luck!

FM18 All-European (Less England) Small Club to Big Club Challenge Introduction Welcome to a new chapter in the history of the ‘Euro Nation’ Challenge, born out of the recent history of the highly successful Gundo’s Challenge and the Big Euro Nation Challenge that spawned out of it. Originally set up as an alternative to the hugely successful Dafuges Challenge for FM06, Gundos Challenge offered an alternative for people who wanted to play in another European country. The Big Euro Nation Challenge followed for FM08 and, like Gundo’s Challenge, has had some fantastic stories over the years. These threads have always been hugely popular and successful thanks to those who played, and who still take part, in the challenges. Some of the stories are legendary, and hopefully more of these will be born in this, and future, versions of the game. The premise of the challenge is the same, and simple, to start with a previously unplayable club and taking them all the way to a National Title and then on to winning the European Champions League. With a variety of leagues, styles of play, different rules, and many different locations for your clubs there can be a lot of variety throughout the thread, providing a great atmosphere and stories for our users to become immersed in. General Challenge Info Possible Countries Austria Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France - June 20th Germany Greece Holland * Hungary Iceland Ireland * Israel Italy - July 30th N. Ireland - 25th June Norway - January 13th Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain - July 10th Sweden - December 15th Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales * Holiday for two seasons not one. League Reset Dates Austria - 13th June Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Holland * Hungary Iceland Ireland * Israel Italy N. Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales The Rules A) Game Set-up 1) Load One Nation Only (All Available Divisions within your nation) 2) Your choice of Database Size (Large Recommended) 3) NO Edited Databases of any kind 4) Customising Database You can add players to the database up to a limit of 100,000 in total in order to add more depth to your save and also add more difficulty down the line. Suggested Adds Players from Top Clubs/Top Divisions (Europe or All Continents) - This increases the challenge at Continental Level Players Based in your Nation - This can add up to 50% more players to your game Players Based in your Region (Central Europe/East Europe/UK & Ireland) - This can add extra players likely to join your club There will be a file correcting the club/competition names, I will advise use of this. NO other additional customising is allowed. 5) Attribute Masking should be Enabled 6) Disable Ingame Editor (Please do this) 7) Optional Ticks Add Key Staff (This will give you a Scout, Physio & Ass Man by generating them if your club is without) Add Players in Playable Nations (This will ensure all clubs have a minimum number of players, generating them if needed) The extra levels of detail that you can change while in the game are up to you, as they shouldn't make a difference. B) Steps in the Game 1) Add an unemployed manager; you will not use this man to manage your club. I like "Unemployed Man or Holiday Man" 2) Go on holiday until the reset date of your chosen nation (Should take about an hour) TIP - Changing Detail Level to None will make it go faster. (Remember to change it back afterwards) TIP - Saving on the day before this date may give you a better choice of teams by reloading the game then going on holiday for one day, I would strongly recommend trying this. 3) Add a new manager - Use yourself, or a created character to help build a story line a) Personal Details - Your Choice b) Tracksuit vs. Trainer - Your Choice c) Past Experience lowest Possible (Generally Sunday League) d) Coaching Licenses lowest Possible (None) e) Other options are up to you TIP - If you add the language of your country of choice it will make it easier at the beginning TIP - Training now includes you at some level depending on your abilities. 4) Choose to take over any club which has been promoted to the bottom playable league of your nation. TIP - Easiest way in FM17 to see this is on the "Season Review" screen, showing the "Promoted Clubs" TIP - You can confirm your club by checking the Domestic History's page for not being at this level since start of game 5) Retire your unemployed manager. 6) Manage your club to National Title & European Champions League Victory 7) Completing the Challenge. C) Signing of Players 1) You must be able to scout them TIP - You don't actually have to scout them, just be able to TIP - You can check your scouting range on the Scouting page 2) Alternatively (If you can't scout them), you must bring them on a trial first 3) You are able to sign anyone sent to you via Agent Offer TIP - Make sure you screenshot the Agent offer 4) In later versions you can get your DoF to find players, he will bring in players not in Scouting Range, these are also allowed. TIP - Grab a screenshot of your DoF signing them D) Posting 1) Player naming is allowed. (This is a warning for those of you who do not wish to see this) 2) Discussion of tactics is allowed. (This is another warning for those of you who do not wish to see this) Expected Updates We have minimum expectations when it comes to a first up post and also in the end of season updates. The Bold pages are necessary for everyone; the others are some suggestions that will get others interested in your posts and following your club. All other screenshots are welcome and encouraged, but we please ask that the majority are posted as links, because lots of pictures can make the page very slow to load. First Post: Domestic Leagues History (Club) Profile (Manager) Overview (Club) Squad (Club) End of Season Updates: Transfers (Club) - This is so we can see the ins & outs League Table (Competition) Squad (Club) Information (Manager) Profile (Manager) Information (Club) Profile (Players) Progress of your club should be documented using this thread; we want to hear the story of your club all the way through. Please keep us updated, even if you are doing badly. If you title your end of season report in bold this makes it easier to identify. Everyone will be supportive, and really get into your game if you give more detail. E) Other 1. If you are Sacked 1. You can Restart from the beginning or; 2. Continue your game and pick a new club (Under Same Rules) at the end of the next season or; 3. Add another Euro League/Remove Current League, holiday a whole season and continue 1. You can still only have one nation running at a time 2. Once the league becomes active you MUST holiday a full season 3. The club must be one of those unplayable from the beginning 2. No Restrictions on Parent or Feeder Clubs 3. International Management allowed from FM14 forwards (But you cannot start as an International Manager) The use of any external utilities and editors (Such as Genie Scout or FMM) are prohibited. As of FM14 there are also unlockables, these are also prohibited, please don't use them. It would be appreciated if you also ticked the box at the start which prevents the use of the ingame editor. How to Post a Screenshot 1) While in FM, press the 'Prt Sc' button (usually next to F12 on your keyboard). 2) Open an image editing program such as Paint and paste the image 3) Save the file as a JPEG or PNG 4) Upload the image to an image hosting website such as Photobucket or Imageshack 5) Post the direct URL to the image here. Alternatively using ALT + F9 in game saves a screenshot to your user data folder. (You can also edit this in the shortcuts options) The Euro Nation Motivational I would like to thank all of you who choose to participate in this thread this year, and to wish everyone taking on this challenge the best of luck on a long and hard journey to managerial success! I have personally had a number of hugely enjoyable saves over the years, first in Gundos challenge and then latterly in the Big Euro Nation Challenge. The atmosphere and support these threads have historically offered is key in making the thread, and your saves more enjoyable as I can testify to. I and some of the other regulars of these threads are here to help for the new challengers and hope everybody that participates contributes considerably to the thread. There is nothing better than getting immersed not only in your own game but providing the encouragement to other people's attempts too. Remember we are all fighting the same battle - to defeat the AI (and uncover fabulous newgens!) - Therefore it goes without saying that any form of cheating will be severely chastised. Don't do it! I know that it is painful to lose a European Final or to lose the title on the final day (I have been there myself on more than one occasion) but eventual success down the line is all the sweeter for those defeats. Good luck to all the participants – Here’s to a successful (and enjoyable) version!!

My previous attempts (ever) at a journeyman career have failed miserably, but this year I have a feeling that my determination will guide me through a long save that hopefully will be fun to document. The aim is to build a long and successful career at any cost, which means taking whatever job is around the corner and hopefully do well enough to snatch a bigger one after some time. This is the starting setup, I only have some db files to correct names. This is my manager profile. I'm starting as low as possible to reflect what should be a somewhat realistic journeyman career. I plan to do season-end updates, as well as when I take charge in a new club.

Hi all. I'm here to announce my brand new experiment where everyone could participate if they want. What does the experiment hold in? Holiday. A lot. To be precise on what must be done, holiday through the first possible season of your European country of choice except San Marino. Then do it again and again. You'll create a history of a single season, with twists and turns every time you reload. I will keep track in a neat sheet in Excel so you could always take a look and see if any club is the standout champ or always get relegated. Setup Screen -First select the European country you want that someone else is not currently active in. We are excluding San Marino from this experiment for the sole reason that it's the only European league with a significantly different competition structure, having knockouts after a group stage instead of a normal round robin or split league. It's hard to keep track of league position that way, so please pick one of the 54 other leagues. -Only load the top division of said country. Nothing else. -Choose for an advanced player count, select a large database and under the tab, add the country you'll experiment in, and finally tick the 'Players from top division clubs' box for full immersion. -Advanced options are as follows: Adding players to playable teams is crucial for the small countries, where not every team could field a full 11 (or fill the bench for that matter) with no grays. Disabling the first transfer window allows for slightly more consistent results with other people as teams aren't as able to transfer players in or out at the beginning, especially in the big money leagues. -The game start date is the 'Start Of *blank* Season' to keep the transfers even more minimal and gives a swifter experience getting into the nitty gritty of it all. In-Game Setup 1. Add a manager. Totally irrelevant who or what. 2. Make sure the detail level of the top division of your country is set to it's maximum, and everything else to 'None'. 3. Holiday/spacebar to the day before the league starts. 4. Save and exit the game. 5. Backup your save file, give it a name so you could recognize the difference. 6. Re-enter the save. 7. Holiday to the day after the league ends. You can find it under the 'Rules' tab of your competition. 8. Share a picture of the full league table, among other findings you may find interesting to keep the experiment entertaining. 9. Rinse and repeat, remember to specify how many times you have simulated in every post. My Role To make this all worth it, the post below is where all stats will go. Whenever someone updates their season, so will I. What I will write down is the amount of times a club has finished in a surden position, among with a few records including highest/lowest points tally and best/worst goal difference. Rules -Every FM or FMT that can follow these rules with next to no problem is allowed in the case of default leagues. -Only @claassen's Megapack may be used as extra league database. This means that countries only available in the Megapack are only viable options from FM17 onwards. -Please specify whether you are using the Megapack in conjunction with the default leagues or not. Leagues included in it do not have this neccesity. -Only cosmetic changes are allowed otherwise, as long as they allow the league table to be viewed in full at all times. -If one person has already started an experiment in a specific country in a specific FM version, please make sure to pick another one to reduce repetitiveness. -Any suspicion of cheating may mean your part of the experiment has failed and traces will be removed. Feel free to return anytime though if you can keep to the afromentioned! With all that said and done, enjoy the ride and let chaos ensue!

Now that the beta is out the way, time to start with the good stuff. Playing FM over the years, I've always stopped and started new saves for various reasons, never had a save go over three seasons really. I'm sure its a familiar tale with many of you! Well, I've decided this year, I will only allow myself to do one save, lets go beyond the three seasons and see what happens, for better or for worse! I could be sacked 10 times, win a major trophy every year, or something in between. I'm not going to manage in England at all for a change. Time to explore other countries. I will load up; Germany, France, Spain, Holland, Italy, Portugal (I will load three leagues from each country if i'm able to). I will start unemployed with sunday league experience and English nationality. It will be interesting to see how long it will take to get employed and who offer me a job! I have no set rules for this save, other than it will keep going until fm19 comes out. Will I stay with one club or move around? Will I even play this game every week? Who knows, I think this is much of a personal story as well as an FM story. I will update as I go along. I can't promise how long or often these will be, but i'm hoping to have an interesting story nevertheless! So, lets get onto loading the leagues and starting the game......

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I have taken on the challenge of starting a new career managing the Gibraltar National team. I have downloaded the SI Games Gibraltar league files from the Steam Workshop. I will post progress updates here, including YouTube videos. The Setup: The Announcement: Manager Profile: Citizenship: Canadian Reputation: National C Licence Past Playing Experience: Sunday League Player Languages Spoken: English, French, and Spanish Current World Ranking: 205th Goal: To improve the country's football ranking and to improve as a manager.

December 27, 2016 Chapter 1: The dream Looking through the thread of football manager forums, I always think about these wonderful stories that are created until I see a thread by the user of ManUtd1. Looking through his thread it may me, wonder what should I be doing with my life and even though the idea of this thread was only just for Champions League, I wanted to take this one step further and include all European runner up teams, not just the Champions League. Going to my roommate who was sitting at the kitchen table, I said to him “I want to be a real football manager”. He looks at me, confused and wondering what got that into my mind before quietly saying “Have you had too much to drink again because that is the third time this week you have had a stupid idea.” After explaining what my idea came from and how I was going to do it, he only thought of one thing to think of. “There is no way you would do such a thing, for god sake you don’t even have any coaching qualifications so what makes you think that this is a great idea. Especially when there are forty-three clubs that have been close but not winning.” He had a point, but that wouldn’t deter me from doing it and knowing the risks that I had set myself, I replied: “Think of all the money that I could get if I was to become successful in managing clubs plus how hard can it be to manage a football team.” My roommate just shook his head as he is probably thinking that this couldn’t go ahead. Welcome to my new story where with the inspiration of @ManUtd1, I have decided to do the challenge of getting a European title with all of the teams that are on the list which is forty-three of them and it will be one of those saves were it a long journeyman series. Here are the two lists with the clubs and where they do start in this save. So the leagues that I have loaded in are Austria – Top 2 leagues Belgium – Top 2 leagues England – Top 3 leagues France – Top 3 leagues Germany – Top 5 leagues [With the added German pack] Greece – Top League Hungary – Top 2 leagues Italy – Top League Netherlands – Top 2 leagues Poland – Top 2 leagues Portugal – Top 2 leagues Russia – Top 3 leagues Scotland – Top 2 leagues Spain – Top 2 leagues Sweden – Top 2 leagues Ukraine – Top 2 leagues

Hello and welcome to the next installment in my Football Manager career series. I have just taken the plane out of England after abandoning Stourbrigde whom I took from the Conference North to the League One over the course of 13 seasons, in an interrupted Dafuge Challenge. On this next career, I will be embarking on a free journey throughout the world, pursuing one thing: recognition as the most successful Portuguese manager of all time. Evidently, there is just one slight issue that makes this a little daunting. The career of this man, crowned so many times across Portugal, England, Italy and Spain: Inspired by @AK22's legendary career overcoming Alex Ferguson's records, I will be attempting to break past José Mourinho total points in FM's Hall of Fame as the ultimate goal of this career. However, I am not obsessed by trophies and will not just blindly follow whatever gives me more change of success. I just wanna have some fun playing some good football! These are the leagues I have loaded up at the beginning: This is a lot of leagues, hopefully it's not too slow. I do not have any edited leagues loaded up at the beginning, but have a lot of @claassen's Leagues World Pack files active so I can load them up in the future if I wish so! And these are my beginning stats: Right... shall we begin? I've taken a plane to a very specific place for a slightly random, but carefully planned place to kick off a managerial career...

In my FM career I've had many saves, most of them very short-lived might I add and that's my own undoing. I play too fast and get too burnt out but I just can't put the game down, if FM is my addiction (which it is) then at least it's not that bad. I couldn't think of a witty title but much like my final FM16 save located here, this will be a slog through Europe. Another downfall of mine is I set myself a lot of hard/improbable challenges and push to get to where I 'need' to be as quick as I can but this is different, there are no challenges, there are no aims maybe I'll win some silverware and maybe I won't but either way we'll be going on one hell of a journey! 54 countries. A large database. 127 leagues (one more than in FM16 (mainly because I added the Welsh 2nd tier for more variety there)). There's a long time until FM18 so hopefully I can really get into this! I'll be starting unemployed with no badges at the earliest starting point which I think is Finland's at 25/12/2015. I'll be going on holiday mode to try to get rid of as many of the original managerless clubs as I can and after 5 or 6 months I'll start applying for jobs and see where I end up.

My Livorno save was getting to be a little grating trying to compete in Serie A while playing Serie B/C quality players. I also realised my updates should be a little more engaging. After looking at many of the best threads on this board, I decided to go for a European journeyman, as I didn't want to be stuck at a club that I may not enjoy. Here are the leagues I have loaded up. https://gyazo.com/b37ad228acd6fb7e1bf980bffc0fe7b7

Well where to begin, I have always wanted to try a Journeyman save but have neither the skill (I am just not very good at this game) or the patience. So after being inspired by @Makoto Nakamurajourney from Estonia to Luxemburg and onto Portugal and France I am here hoping that writing about my journey will force me to overcome my lack of patience and see this through while also making light of my lack of ability, and hey I may even learn a thing or two along the way. I don't really know why but I have also decided that throughout this journey I am going to stick to 4-4-2 'shape'. So without further ado lets make a start . . . I am sticking to Europe and setting the big four leagues to only the top 2 tiers in each to save them for when (if) I get my rep up I have gone large on the database which should be fine looking at the feedback After applying for and getting interviews for a couple of jobs with no success it was third time lucky (or maybe unlucky) and I was offered the job as manager of . . . Hamarkameratene (literally the Hamar Comrades), often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig. HamKam were most recently promoted to the Norwegian Premier League in 2007. A third-place finish in 1970 is the highest position that the team has held in the Premier League; the club has never progressed beyond the semifinals of the Norwegian Cup, last reaching the semifinals in 1989. Briskeby gressbane has been the home ground of Hamarkameratene since 1936. The construction of a completely modernized stadium began in 2007. Upon completion, expected in 2009, Briskeby will have a capacity of 10.200 spectators, whereas the capacity prior to the modernization was approximately 8000. (The above is from Wiki) Well it is certainly going to be a baptism of fire looking at the table and their results so far this season (and yes that is the bottom 7 places being the relegation zone!) Well that's all for now, time to study the squad and figure out what I have let myself in for

Ok yes i admit the journeyman save is rather over done, however given the facts that A i'm board and B i've never done one before i though, "why not give it a go". So what sets mine apart from the norm? Well admittedly not a whole lot but the fact that i have all levels of competition from 35 different nations in 5 different continents, so it's gone global and i am not restricted to just Europe. yeah you are right that is alot of leagues.... and who is this man that will bring himself inter continental glory? here he is, a not too long out of school 20 year old *cough* should of been 18 *cough* with no badges or prior experience of the pro life ready to set sail on this lifelong journey. As you see i haven't invested in any coaching attributes and flung it all over to mental and pouring the few points i had in adaptability, you don't expect me to learn Hebrew or Arabic on 1 do you? Apart from that not a whole lot unusual about me/him. yes i am a Millwall supporter and yes i've herd all them jokes before. There where less jobs than expected available to me few in Asia, few in Europe and that was really about it, oh almost forgot 1 Brazilian and Columbian job but they told me in the interview my job was easy and involved putting packages in dark places so i thought best not. however there where a number of jobs that stood out to me including South Korean teams Daegu and Incheon both of whom turned my down after interviews than there was a lot of Irish side offering me interviews but i didn't go because i feel i wanted to start away from Europe. then i realized most Asian nations if not all where already a quarter to half way through there seasons at our start which was the English one. several Chinese sides rejected me before this happened... second tier Indonesian side Persatu Tuban, sounds more like head wear than a team but hey ho off to there i go. so off to Indonesia on £110 a week a comfy salary for this part of the world. here's the league table string of recent results we inherited that lead us to be top of our group and knocked out of the national cup. also on the note of us coming here think i should talk about how this league works plus any weird rules, ok here goes. So the 2nd tier is separated into 4 groups the top 2 of each go to a second pair of groups which the top 2 of each get promoted and finally 1st in each fight for overall first and 2nd in each fight for 3rd place. as for rules nothing other than Indonesian only players. doesnt look like a whole lot of building we got to do if this is the results we got, however the squad could potentially be a financial problem. what i meant by the above was the amount of players we have that will probably not get game time because i'm not a huge squad rotator and i like smaller squads. and here's the maiden tactic a counter 4-4-2. ok bad news unfortunately there are gonna be no games this update and its time to round this one off but i will come back after every in game month to evaluate it so next update will be up until the last game of august. and last but not least here's the games i will be doing for next update. but anyways guys thank you so much for reading this and stay tuned for more......

Chapter 1: The confusion I didn’t understand where I was as I woke up on that rainy morning. For starters, I knew I wasn’t on my bed because the sheets weren’t the purple that I had been used to but instead it was white without any dirt on it. Thinking that I might be dreaming, I looked for something to test my theory. But everywhere I looked, there was nothing to test this out. “Ah, I can see that our patient is awake now” the doctor that must have been treating me saying to his fellow doctors. “How are you today?” Trying to be all calm and not showing any confused, I responded: “I am fine now, also when can I leave this place?” “Don’t worry you should be able to leave in about two days” I felt a sense of relief as my confusion started to go up instead of down as I sense the feeling of not being welcome here. I felt like I needed to ask one last question just so I can sense what that feeling was. “Umm, Doctor, can I ask what year is this?” The doctor looks at me, confused for a second before saying his reply, “2014 sir, June 19 to be exact.” That sudden feeling coming to me now, I had somehow while I sleep went back in time three years to the exact date it was today or I think it was before somehow going back in time. OOC: Don't worry all will be explain later.

Inspired by @Makoto Nakamuraand his European Adventure, I am going to do one of my own, though I will only be using the leagues "out of the box" so to speak, with the exception of Gibraltar, which I have added as this is an official SI league update. Game Type - Journeyman. I will be starting unemployed. Rules - I have imposed a few rules and they are as follows: I am not allowed to apply for any job, unless I am unemployed. I must be approached if I am currently managing a club. I do not have to accept a job offer if I do not wish to. I am allowed to resign from my post if I wish. Reputation - Sunday League. Starting Qualifications - None. Editor's Used - Real Competition Names. Huge database added. Leagues Loaded Austria. Belarus. Belgium. Bulgaria. Croatia. Czech Republic. Denmark. England. Finland. France. Germany. Gibraltar. Greece. Hungary. Iceland. Ireland. Israel. Italy. Netherlands. Northern Ireland. Norway. Poland. Portugal. Romania. Russia. Scotland. Serbia. Slovakia. Slovenia. Spain. Sweden. Switzerland. Turkey. Ukraine. Wales. Database Size - Huge. Updates - I only intend to update at the end of each season, together with the youth candidates day. Youth - I love to develop players, so any player I feel has a chance to make the first team will be tagged. YP17a1 for example, would mean Youth Player from 2017. The "a" means he is the best prospect from that intake and the "1" means he is the first youth prospect I have produced in my career. Records - I am a bit of a statto, so will be keeping detailed records during this save which you can see in the next few posts.

So I got tired of my save in Ireland and I needed something else to fuel my obsession. That something is a continuation of a Southampton save that I started as my second ever save. I'll throw up the previous season's standings as I'm in season 4 right now. 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 I will post more details if you guys want them over the coming days but this is all I have time for right now. Buckle up and get ready for the ride where ever it takes us because there's no set goal for this!

Hello and welcome to my newest career thread. My one and only task in this series is to have a season unbeaten in any top flight, therefore learning The Art of Losing because I wouldn't have lost in that season. ---- (Yeah, I know it's quite a stupid idea- let's get started) In this career I will be starting on the 4th of April in 2017, and unemployed, loading leagues in England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy and Spain. ---- Updates will follow...

Hi, I've decided to go for my first actual documentation of a save, and I've chosen to take on the challenge at Sampdoria! Sampdoria were a fantastic team in the 90's, and are very much part of the Football Italia 90's nostalgia wave. They haven't quite hit the heights since winning the title in 1990-91 with a team featuring Vialli and Mancini. They've had some great players over the years, the likes of Gullit, Klinsmann and Platt have all put on the iconic jersey. While we may not be able to recapture the glory years in the 90's, we'll be trying to push Samp as far as they can go. Their history combined with the ridiculous crop of young talent Sampdoria currently have meant this save was always on my to-do list. I'll update this thread quarterly, so expect the next update will be around October-ish game time. It shouldn't take long, and hopefully by then I've got bit of material to work with. Thanks.

Hey, I just wanted to know if anyone knew of teams which had new stadiums being built within the game? I know Tottenham have their new stadium being built by 2018-19 and play at Wembley. Just wanted to see if any other teams had a new stadium being built. Thanks!