AdamFitz Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 FC Vaduz 1932 Club Information: Founded: 1932 Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz Capacity: 7,838 (6,127 seated) Rheinpark Stadion Never have a lot of luck with saves when I try to create my own tactics, but hoping this one will turn out differently. This save is interesting as even though Vaduz play in the Swiss League, they come from Liechtenstein. Objectives: Obviously to go as far with Vaduz as I can, both in Switzerland and Europe. To eventually produce players good enough to be first team regulars and who will help the national team, I won't be placing any transfer restrictions upon myself though. Take charge of Liechtenstein, using my own players as much as possible. Updates will be more comprehensive after the first season as I wanted to play through one season to decide whether I would create a thread or not, so unfortunately I won't be able to provide a league table until the end of the season. [b]Season Club League Position Notes[/b] 2013/14 FC Vaduz Swiss Challenge League 1st Promotion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Season 2013/14 June Fixtures Two main aims of friendlies for me are to make the team familiar with tactics and to raise morale, never expected to win against Hoffenheim but it's all progress. July Fixtures July saw us begin our Europa League campaign, with an easy tie against Prestatyn relatively unscathed. Hacken presented a much tougher task and I was delighted to come through that, just about. We also began our league campaign with a good performance away to Schaffhausen, a game we were expected to win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Good luck with this. Great win over Hacken! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Good luck with this. Great win over Hacken! Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Will it matter that you can't get into the Champion's League with Vaduz? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Season 2013/14 August Fixtures Things began to get busy this month in the league, we continued our unbeaten start with 3 wins and 3 draws. We also came up against Saint-Etienne in the Europa League and with odds stacked against us, we were unsurprisingly knocked out. At the end of August we were in 2nd Place with 15 points. September Fixtures Not many games this month due to the international break but it was a great one for us. The win against Servette took us into 1st Place and at the end of the month with a tally of 24 points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Will it matter that you can't get into the Champion's League with Vaduz? I presumed that the fact that Europa League winners will be given a CL spot from next season would be built into the game. If not, I don't really mind because I hope to focus more upon Liechtenstein in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Season 2013/14 October Fixtures Perfect month again, this brought us to 7 wins in a row, leaving us in 1st Place on 36 points. November Fixtures This month was very disappointing for us. The run of 9 league wins in a row came to an end, and we also saw ourselves get knocked out of the cup, meaning we wouldn't be in the Europa League next season. Terrible team to lose to, terrible for the finances and for the club. We ended the month in 1st Place on 43 points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
am_walters Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Enjoying these updates, mate. Small request, though, could we get screenshots of the league table? Be nice to see what's going on elsewhere in the league, that's all. Otherwise, really well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinoud Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Good luck with Vaduz! Nice challenge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Enjoying these updates, mate.Small request, though, could we get screenshots of the league table? Be nice to see what's going on elsewhere in the league, that's all. Otherwise, really well done. Really sorry about this, explained why I can't do so in the OP for the first season only, hopefully gonna fly through the 2013/14 updates and will give a final league table Good luck with Vaduz! Nice challenge Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Season 2013/14 December Fixtures Perfect form before the 2 month winter break. In a very strong position going into the second half of the season. At this stage we were in 1st Place on 52 points. Winter Friendlies As you can see, we had many friendlies in a short space of time. The only reason for this was because we're in massive debt and it needed some relieving. Every little helps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Well done being on top at the break. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Well done being on top at the break. Thanks Delta Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Season 2013/14 February Fixtures Two good wins, including a home win against rivals Winterthur. Leaves us pulling away from the pack in 1st Place on 58 points. March Fixtures Not the best of months, but most importantly it put us in the position that if we won our next game and other results went our way, we would become champions. We ended March in 1st Place on 66 points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Season 2013/14 April Fixtures The win over Schaffhausen and a slip-up from Lugano saw us take the title with 7 games to spare. After that our performances slowed down a bit but it didn't matter a bit. We ended the month as Champions on 74 points. May Fixtures More draws but at least an unbeaten month. We finished up 24 points ahead of the rest in 1st Place on 80 points. Season overview coming up next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 FC Vaduz Season 2013/14 Media Prediction: 5th Final Position: 1st (Positions Graph) Swiss Challenge League - Winners Was a pretty straightforward year for us in this league, slow start while the team got used to the tactic but when they did we took off away from the rest of the pack. Pretty satisfied with the tactic we used, it seemed to work perfectly against the teams around us. Liechtensteiner Cup - Quarter Final The less said, the better. We should be winning this cup every year and there's no excuses for that. Transfers Not a lot going on here. Got rid of players who didn't fit the tactic we played, The signings of Faye and Turbi in particular proved to be vital. Finances Just terrible, hope TV money from the top division helps but really worried about what budgets I'll get next season. Key Players Haris Handzic - Probably our best player in terms of quality and performance. About a goal every 2 games and 9 assists was a great return. Peter Jehle - Very solid goalkeeper, made loads of vital saves for us. Don't think his average rating is fair from what I watched. César Ledesma Turbi - Very good signing for us. Chipped in with a good number of assists from wing back. Franz Burgmeier - Played on the other side, same amount of assists as Turbi and was my first choice despite having 2 players in the same position rated above him by my staff. Pape Omar Faye - Played in behind Handzic, did what I wanted of him, with an impressive tally of 13 goals Amin Tighazoui - When Faye's form dropped off, he came in and performed brilliantly. Could find himself above Faye next season. Youth Intake Thomas Pagels - Could be a great player in the future, his strength needs work primarily though. Jonas Moller - Again he has potential, hoping to improve his finishing soon. Torsten Muller - Not too sure about him, hopefully he'll develop well enough with a few first team appearances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 FC Vaduz Pre-Season 2014/15 Unfortunately yet again we couldn't focus too much on training tactics and match fitness by choosing suitable opponents because of how bad the finances are. We lost the majority of our friendlies to tougher opponents, but form improved towards the end. Transfers I really would've liked to have done more here but our finances restricted us greatly. I made a huge mistake last season by signing all our youth intake players to boost numbers but they automatically got £400 a week for 5 years, so I decided to let them go. Kalaba is a fantastic signing for us I feel, by far our best player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Congrats on promotion, even though it doesn't look promising that you couldn't strengthen much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Congrats on promotion, even though it doesn't look promising that you couldn't strengthen much. Yeah the finances are in a very bad way...the simple aim is to stay up because our squad is most definitely the worst in the league, and our club value is tiny in comparison to the rest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 FC Vaduz Mid-Season 2014/15 Fixtures Bit of a mixed bag, we got off to a terrible start, but from September to the beginning of November things really began to pick up. The standout game from the period would be the 2-1 loss at home to Thun, 3 minutes added on and we conceded in the 95th, not a nice way to lose, especially to the bottom team. League Table Quite a tight league table, but at least there's a slight gap between us and last place. We need to have a strong start to the second half of the season to try pull away and secure a place in the division as soon as possible. Basel unsurprisingly have already established a large lead. Player of the Update Signed in pre-season, he's by far our best player, not the greatest performances from him but the best of an average bunch. Hoping he kicks on as he becomes more familiar with the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Costly Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Always had a soft spot for Vaduz so best of luck. Kalaba looks like a quality player! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 FC Vaduz Season 2014/15 Swiss Super League Media Prediction: 9th Final Position: 8th (Positions Graph) Swiss Super League - 8th Place Thankfully we succeeded in avoiding relegation which was the main objective, however we only secured this with two games to go. I see this as a good achievement considering the quality of players and our club stature in comparison to the rest of the league. Liechtensteiner Cup - Winners Winning it as we should be, we even came up against our own U21s team in the semi-final which was unusual. Fixtures We played much poorer in the second half of the season, but the 12 points we took from a possible 18 around April/May secured our survival Transfers Made no further signings from the start of the season so I used the same screenshot. Some other players who were surplus to requirements have been released. Finances Things are really picking up here, should be in the black soon and heading towards sustaining that. Key Players Haris Handzic - He had a much better second half to the season, chipped in with some key goals. Peter Jehle - Not as good a season but has always been a great shot stopper. César Ledesma Turbi - Another decent contribution from the wing. Thomas Pagels - Broke into the first team and played well enough, his stats have progressed a lot including his strength by 4, which is very pleasing. Rainford Kalaba - The new man in behind Handzic, our star player. Átila - One of our better players, solid at the back. Youth Intake Gabriele Ganci - Looks like he has potential, good determination so hopefully that will mean something in the future. Mattia Menétrey - I don't fancy his chances. Sven Gerber - He looks promising, will hopefully get some game time for me and the national team soon. Jurgen Schumann - Will probably become a decent player but not expecting too much. [b]Season Club League Position Notes[/b] 2013/14 FC Vaduz Swiss Challenge League 1st Promotion 2014/15 FC Vaduz Swiss Super League 8th Liechtensteiner Cup Winners Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 Always had a soft spot for Vaduz so best of luck. Kalaba looks like a quality player! Thanks, yeah he's our best hope really! WYSIWYG is a nightmare for me, does anyone know anything better I could use? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Well done managing to survive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Always really fancied playing with Vaduz on FM with the Lichtenstein base. Loved the book 'Stamping Grounds' so have a soft spot for the country. good luck with Vaduz and hopefully the national team down the line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darius Basu Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Well done on the promotion and also on surviving in the Super League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share Posted December 29, 2013 Thanks deltablue, rlipscombe and Darius Basu Was away for a couple of days but will kick on with this now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 FC Vaduz Pre-Season 2015/16 A few more friendlies to help out our finances, although we shouldn't have to do too much more of this. Transfers Joel Untersee - A very good wing-back, will definitely be good competition for Turbi. Managed to get him from our new parent club Juventus. Ivano Petrillo - From Juventus on loan as well, has potential but don't see him starting too much, rotation player most likely. Christoph Stenz - Our wage budget isn't too big, but for whatever reason it seems like Swiss players have much less demands. He's not bad and could well find himself starting. Gilles Cros - He could well take over from Jehle as our #1. PSG are our second parent club. Patrick Cazzaniga - Similar to Stenz as he had reasonable wage demands and is a centre-back. Very likely to become a regular depending on our formation. Vajebah Sakor - Very talented loanee, will see a lot of game time and will hopefully be an important player for us this year. Mattia Desole - I already have a lot of left-backs but he wasn't asking for much wages and had the potential to be better than all of my current players in his position. I decided to send Gétaz out on loan to save wages as he wouldn't see much football for us. A couple of oldies (Sara and Pergl) were let go, Gétaz went out on loan as we had too many LBs and the rest were unimportant youngsters who weren't going to make it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Looks like a fruitful arrangement with Juve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Looks like a fruitful arrangement with Juve. It is indeed, hopefully they and PSG can churn out nice players in the next few years for us. Over £100k each a year off of them which is equally as important. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 FC Vaduz July/August 2015/16 Fixtures A mixed start. The loss against Grasshoppers was a really bad one and coincided with a deterioration in our league results. We reached the same stage in Europe as we did last time out, the win over Brondby was a particular highlight though. I thought that would be the end of our journey but we battered them over two legs. League Table Luzern, now managed by Roberto Di Matteo, are falling away at the bottom. I think if they keep playing as they are then we won't have to worry about relegation. Basel look like they will pull away with ease again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinoud Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Relegation is no option Good European results! Good luck the next games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Relegation is no option Good European results! Good luck the next games. Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oche balboa Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Keep it going mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Keep it going mate I will do thanks, enjoying this save a lot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdsFM Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Aha, Rainford Kalaba! Fantastic. Don't think I've ever seen anyone else buy him, but I had him as a rotational option at Swansea in FM13 and he was more than adequate for that. Should be a solid option even as you become title contenders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Aha, Rainford Kalaba! Fantastic. Don't think I've ever seen anyone else buy him, but I had him as a rotational option at Swansea in FM13 and he was more than adequate for that. Should be a solid option even as you become title contenders. Was delighted to get him, I got him on trial for Hertha Berlin in FM13, couldn't afford his wages but he was able to play in one cup game for me, stole the show with 2 goals and sent us through Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 FC Vaduz September/October 2015/16 Fixtures A much better set of results, in particular the away wins at St. Gallen and Grasshoppers. The loss against Lausanne is one I'd rather forget about as we need to be beating teams like them. I sense that we are gradually improving though. League Table Luzern's bad form has continued and Aarau aren't much better off. The table is tight enough and a good run of form could hopefully push us high up the table. Basel will most likely win another title. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 FC Vaduz November/December 2015/16 Fixtures Absolutely brilliant return in these two months. Luzern and Aarau we should've beat but we always lose to Basel. I decided to just play normally against them instead of containing and we were unlucky not to win. Beating Zurich was the main highlight as we got a winner in the 92nd minute. League Table Fantastic position to find ourselves in at the halfway stage. Only 2 points off second but then against only 6 points off 8th. Very tight at the moment so we need to keep up our good form. A bit obvious who will be playing their football in the division below next season, and a bit obvious who will win the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 great pick up in terms of form. hopefully this can be sustained through into the Spring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 great pick up in terms of form. hopefully this can be sustained through into the Spring. I would hope so, but most likely other teams will become aware of my tactics and I'll start getting battered again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Doing well for now but will need to keep it up with such a tight mid-table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Due to a lapse of judgement on my part, the next update will be an end of the season one unfortunately Exactly deltablue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 2nd half of the season/full season update up next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 FC Vaduz Season 2015/16 Swiss Super League Media Prediction: 9th Final Position: 3rd (Positions Graph) Swiss Super League - 3rd Place An absolutely brilliant season for us,we were never realistically going to challenge for the title but to finish that high up the table considering the initial prediction, it's a great achievement. Liechtensteiner Cup - Winners Again, very straight forward. Fixtures Got off to a great start but our form fell off a bit. The win one lose one pattern towards the end is very unusual. Transfers 2 more signings since pre-season, Garnier has gone back to PSG so I can try push my youth product into contention for a first team place, and Pirker has gone out on loan. That £100 is the first we've spent. Finances Things have gotten much better, and the new sponsorship deals keep coming Key Players Haris Handzic - Another good season from him, but I'm not sure how much longer we can hold onto him for. Thomas Pagels - His real breakthrough season, won the league's Young Player of the Year award and his stats have improved significantly. A future Liechtenstein captain for sure. Rainford Kalaba - Brilliant season from him again, nearly into his 30s so might be replaced by one of our youth products in a season or two. Átila - Another solid season from him. Attracting interest from bigger clubs. Haukar Páll Sigurdsson - Solid DM. Makes a good amount of tackles every game. Youth Intake Ivan Batliner - The star of the intake, hoping he will be a good replacement for Kalaba. Johannes Gebauer - Another player who could well be in the first team in the future. Lennart Twyrdy - Hopefully can make his way into the first team soon with Untersee going back to Juventus. Simone Cuoghi - Definitely has some potential, pity he's not a Liechtensteiner but could play for us in the future. Niclas Bergmann - He has a lot of developing to do, but he's still young. Andy Bregy - Not too highly rated but he has some decent attributes. [b]Season Club League Position Notes[/b] 2013/14 FC Vaduz Swiss Challenge League 1st Promotion 2014/15 FC Vaduz Swiss Super League 8th Liechtensteiner Cup Winners 2015/16 FC Vaduz Swiss Super League 3rd Liechtensteiner Cup Winners Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Excellent holding on to 3rd! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Thanks deltablue Pagels doesn't want to renew his contract, oh no Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavo01 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Sorry to bump this very interesting save, but am I right in thinking that because FC Vaduz originate from a Liechtenstein, they are ineligible to win the Swiss Premier League? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenG Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 They can win it, no problem for that. (I've done it before). The only thing is that they can't qualify for Champion's League, even with league championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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