Butts Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Going to have a pop at this, still on FM15 but need to have a good go at a proper challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
apchivers Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 @numero uno gunner - I'm enjoying my time in the lower division of Chile. Have had a promising start to the opening stage. Unfortunately have had little time to play and am quite slow at playing when I do have time! Congratulations on getting 3 trophies ticked off the list in one update. Hopefully you can get a decent international job following the Euros. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pug 407 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Pug's Update Season 2027/28 Up First In The Copa America Group Stage Was A 3-1 Win Over Paraguay, Next Was A 1-0 Over Ecuador. Last Game Was A Easy 4-0 Against Chile. Q-Finals Was A Bit Harder 2-0 Against Peru. Next Was A Hard Game Against Argentina, And A Last Minute Goal For A 1-0 Win. So On To The Final And A 4-0 Win Against Mexico. Now With The Copa In My Cabinet Time To Move On. So On To Try For The Champions League With The Chiefs. With Me Having To Fended Off Bids For Most Of My Player's, I Had A Unhappy Squad. But With A Bit Off TLC And A Couple Off Friendly Win's, The Morale Climbed Back Up. First Game In The Preliminary Round Was A 9-1 Aggregate Win Over ASFA-Yennega. First Round Was A 12-0 Aggregate Win Against Alianca Nacional. Second Round Was A 9-0 Against Berekum Chelsea. The Group Stage Drew Us Against Etoile du Sahel/ Bloem Celtic And Al-Merreikh, 5 Wins And A Draw Saw Us Into The Semi's. Up Next Was Primeiro de Agosto And A Aggregate Of 6-0. So The Final Was Against Last Year's Winners, And With A Aggregate Off 7-0 We Were Champs And Time To Resign. Applied For The Manager's Job's At Milan And South Africa. CLUB CAREER ----------- Season Club Leagues Cups Other & Notes 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Cont CWC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015/16 Cambridge Utd Promoted To Div 1.Won JPT 2016/17 Cambridge Utd Won Promoted To Championship. 2017/18 Cambridge Utd Won Promoted To Premier League,Won FA Cup 2018/19 Newcastle Utd Won Won The Premier League 2019/20 Newcastle Utd Won Won Won Premier league/C1C/Champions League 2020/21 Newcastle Utd Won Won Club World Cup 2020/21 Dortmund Won Resigned NUFC Took Over Dortmund In 12th 2021/22 Dortmund Won Won Won Won All 3 Trophy's 2022/23 Monterrey Won Won N American Champions League 2023/24 Monterrey Resigned 2023/24 Marseille Won Won Won Won All 3 Trophy's 2024/25 Real Madrid Won Won Won 2025/26 Real Madrid Won Won Won Won Won 2026/27 Kaizer Chiefs Won Won Won 2027/28 Kaizer Chiefs Won Won African Champions League ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL CAREER -------------------- Season Nation Cups Other & Notes World Cup Confed Cup Euro's AFC ACON Gold Cup Copa America ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015 Iran U23 Won AFC U23 Championship 2017 France U21 Won U21 Championship 2019 England U21 2019 Algeria Never Played A Game 2020 Spain 2021 Spain Won UEFA Nations League 2022 Spain Won Won The World Cup 2023 Spain Won UEFA Nations League 2024 Spain Won Won European Championship 2025 Spain Won Won Confed Cup 2025 Brazil 2026 Brazil Won 2027 Brazil Won Won Copa America Challenge Progress. ------------------- Club ---- 5/10 Top Domestic Leagues(England-Germany-France-Spain-S/Africa) 5/10 Top Domestic Cups (England-Germany-France-Spain-S/Africa) 3/5 Continental Cups (Europe-North American-S/Africa) 1/1 Club World Cup (Newcastle-England) International ------------- 2/5 Continental Tournaments (Euro's-Spain/Copa America-Brazil) 2/2 World Tournaments (World Cup-Spain/Confed-Spain) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfc7 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 lfc7 - For the purposes of the challenge, if your team wins something while you're the manager, it counts twords the challenge. You may have read people referring to 'doing a vike'. This is named after the time when i took over a Brazilian club less than a week before the second leg of the Copa Libertadores, which we won. I also took over a mexican side on the afternoon before the second leg of the final of the Mexican league (it has a cup format to decide the league winner). On that occasion, I was unsuccessful. I didn't go out of my way to try to take over at those points, but when you're looking for a job, sometimes these things fall into your lap. It's worth bearing in mind that for both of those jobs I applied a long time before. I took over at the last minute because that's when they offered me the jobs. I think lots of people do this in the challenge. It's just that unfortunately I did it first and in the most brazen of manners. Sticking around and winning the thing properly can be called 'doing an lfc' because I sure as hell didin't wait around in Brazil very long. Should be plenty of time to turn Aberdeen around. in fact I think that's a pretty solid job to land, in the SPL, but of course the problem with Scotland is going to be winning the league at a non-big 2 club. Are you thinking of dipping your toes into international management. many of us end up finishing the club side first, so sooner started, sooner frustrated. Yes i would give it a go if any jobs come up @lfc7 - Good start! I never won the league in Northern Ireland, but did manage to claim the FA Cup. Hopefully with Aberdeen you can break the dominance of the big two. Thanks hopefully if not hope to win a cup at least. blackdevil Congrats on great season unlucky with Copa kaiserwatman Congrats on Copa win and success with Sao Paulo Pug407 Congrats on success with S/Africa and Brazil Vike Congrats on 1st silverware Cardiovascular Good luck Shirajzl Congrats on the treble mclarke1987 Congrats on Copa Lib Numero uno gunner Congrats on great season Been in work so haven't had much time to play although off for next few days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiserwatman Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Uruguay 2033 The Confederations Cup had always been set as the farewell tournament to probably the best international side have ever managed as Uruguay's Golden Era continued with victory over Brazil in the final . It had all started a bit sloppy as we never clicked into gear against Cameroon or Mexico before hammering the hosts China to qualify from the group. England under Sean Dyche were next up with Man City Midfielder Cabellero scoring the only goal . The final was a proper ding dong battle like all ties in the previous few years seemed destined for extra time before 20 year old Gonzalez popped up with the perfect time to score his first international goal. Confederations Cup Where to next ... Following leaving São Paulo I spent 5 months ideally looking for a job in North America but nothing of interest came up so have taken over at European Champions Tottenham Hotspur following Paco Jémez's retirement They failed FFP last season so not sure what implications that will give me during the upcoming season . Internationally will wait til after the World Cup 2034 before making a decision on the future Season Team Country Position Notes 2015 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 12th 2016 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 4th 2017 Sandnes Ulf Norway -- 2018 Sandnes Ulf Norway 2nd Promoted 2019 Sandnes Ulf Norway 8th 2020 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2021 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2022 MK Dons England 16th 2023 MK Dons England 8th 2024 Ipswich Town England 1st Promoted 2025 Ipswich Town England 6th 2026 Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1st Bundesliga and OFB-Cup Winners 2027 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2028 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2029 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2030 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2031 Atlético Madrid Spain 3rd 2031 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa do Brasil Winners 2032 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro , Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores Winners 2033 Tottenham England Challenge Progress Club 3/10 top domestic leagues - Austria , Portugal , Brazil 3/10 domestic cups - Austria , Portugal , Brazil 1/5 club continental championships - São Paulo 2032 0/1 club world championship International 3/5 continental tournaments - ACON Senegal 2025 - AFC Australia 2027 - COPA Uruguay 2031 2/2 world tournaments - WC Uruguay 2030 - CONFED Uruguay 2033 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTree91 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Johor DT and Senegal Bit of a mixed bag since my last update. I've played three more seasons, my first following on from my promotion with FC Cape Town. I finished 9th in the league so a fairly good season all round. Coming towards the end of the season and with a number of first team players refusing new contracts, I decided to move on. Unfortunately, finding a job was harder than I had anticipated and I went the next season without a club job. Eventually I took over at Johor DT in Malaysia, they are in a very healthy financial position and had a strong looking squad. I managed to finish 2nd in the league, 3 points off top although I am on the achievements board after a 1-0 Malaysian FA Cup win. Despite adding a couple of coaching badges and a strong increase in my reputation (mainly due to my international career) I plan on staying at Johor and give the league another shot. Meanwhile, I was offered the Senegal job in 2019. Things have been pretty solid if unspectacular. A 3rd place and a Quarter Final in the African Championship of Nations, either side of a 4th place finish in the African Cup of Nations. I qualified for the 2022 World Cup and having drawn Italy, Spain and the USA things weren't looking promising. First game I played Italy, after being on the back foot for most of the game, Berardi gave them the lead in the 75th minute, we altered a few things and 10 minutes later a vicious Sadio Mane cross deflected off Rugani and into his own net. A battling 1-1 draw. Second game Spain, probably our best performance of the tournament, matching them in every department, apart from the most important. A 74th minute goal from Carvajal was good enough for Spain though. Final group game and we needed to better Italys result to qualify. We took the lead early before USA pegged us back shortly into the second half, we pushed forward and two fairly late goals saw us through thanks to Spain holding the Italians to a 1-1 draw. We drew South Korea in the second round, an early Henri Saivet goal cancelled out before half time, things stayed like that and the game finished 1-1. An uneventful extra time and we looked set for penalties, until the last minute of extra time. Heartbreak. The Koreans nicked a last minute goal and it was over. So there we have it, I'll give it another go at the ACON and then attempt to move on to a different nation. Season Club NAT Division 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Notes and Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015/16 Aberystwyth WAL Premier 8th SF SF Took over after 14 games in 10th. Won 10 of 18. Resigned end of season. 2016/17 FC Cape Town RSA First 13th 2R Took over after 16 games in 15th. Finished 13th. 2017/18 FC Cape Town RSA First 4th 1R Missed out on playoffs on goals scored. 2018/19 FC Cape Town RSA First 1st 1R Promotion. 2019/20 FC Cape Town RSA Premier 9th QF 1R Left at end of contract. 2020/21 No Job 2022 Johor DT MAS Super 2nd W 3 points off top. Year Nation Tournament Result Notes and Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020 Senegal CHAN 3rd 2021 Senegal ACON 4th Qualified for World Cup 2022 Senegal CHAN QF 2022 Senegal World Cup 2R Knocked out AET Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Won't do a proper update just yet but took over at Thanda Royal Zulu in the South African First Division as my first job. Was expected to finish midtable but we've just won the league, absolutely delighted with that in my first season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirajzl Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Season 2022/23 We walked the league, simply put. As I said before, I decided to ignore the cups but won FA Cup in the end because we secured the league so I put my best XI in semis and final. In the Champions League, we got to the group stages and now it's that annoying part where such important games are played in the middle of the fu*king pre-season! As far as Ivory Coast goes...another attempt and Nations Cup and another failure. It all started so well, with two wins over Mali 2-0 and South Africa 2-1. We lost the the third game with our backup players 0-1. Turns out me resting players did fu*k all since my first choice left-back, right winger and central midfielder all got injured within 4 days approaching the quarterfinals! We somehow won anyway, 2-1 over Senegal, but then my other central mid got injured as well. A decimated squad lost the semis to Cameroon (0-1) and Nigeria in 3rd place playoff. Gutted and disappointed, I resigned again. I'm bad at international management, it seems. Season Team League Position Domestic Cup Continental Cup Notes 2015 Goyang Hi FC K League Challenge 5th 4th rnd - took over 13 games to go, 7th place 2016 Goyang Hi FC K League Challenge 1st 5th rnd - 2017 Goyang Hi FC K League Classic 6th 1/4 finals - 2018 Goyang Hi FC K League Classic 7th 4th rnd - 2019 Seoul K League Classic 3rd runners up WINNERS joined after 19 games, 6th place 2020 Seoul K League Classic 1st WINNERS WINNERS 2020/21 Sundowns South African PSL 3rd KC semis, FA 1st rnd in progress joined after 13 games, 11th place 2021/22 Sundowns South African PSL 1st KC WINNERS, FA quarters won ACC 2022/23 Sundowns South African PSL 1st KC semis, FA winners in progress Season Nation Competitions 2020 Nigeria African Champions of Nations - quarterfinals 2021 Nigeria African Nations Cup - quarterfinals 2021 Ivory Coast - 2022 Ivory Coast African Champions of Nations - winners, World Cup - second round 2023 Ivory Coast African Nations Cup - 4th place Challenge Progress Club 2/10 top domestic leagues (Korea-Seoul, South Africa-Sundowns) 2/10 domestic cups (Korea-Seoul, South Africa-Sundowns) 1/5 club continental championships (Asia-Seoul) 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdevil Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Unlucky with those injuries Shirajzl, always frustrating when that happens. But congrats on the league and cup double. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclarke1987 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 13th Season 14th Season 15th Season 2033 was a good year for me, I moved out of South America and travelled to Canada to run Montreal Impact. Decided to make this a quick stop-over country because I feel to win the NACL I need a mexican club, but the MLS has drafts which is unusual and I fancied a pop at it. Although I didn't get my first league championship it was my first Top Division league title so can add one to my list (finally lol). To be fair though the season was kind of a walk, the only time I was losing matches was when 7-9 of my players were on international duty or the game after they returned. I also got the joy of being announced as the best Welsh Manager, not a giant feat granted but it's a milestone, I also completed my last coaching badge which should help me get the better jobs. The plan was to move over to mexico to challenge for a 2nd top division title and the NACL - unfortunately Mexico jobs dont come up often (well worth while ones) so im going to give in and add the European leagues maybe take a pop at one of the International teams and run at a tournament if I find a good opening - time to rack up those achievements. No more picking my destiny time to let the game guide me. Figure I gotta come back eventually in order to complete the challenge so no urgency just yet. Now swing over to Italy as im managing Roma, initially I figured i'd probaby hit 4-5th in the league and challenge for international spot but I did much better coming in 2nd. Inter just kept one game ahead of me the entire season and I couldnt creep ahead. Next year I will go for top spot. However, I did get the Italian & Euro cup so some progress on the challenge. My main concern is my ML/MR seem to let alot of balls slide past them and my Central Defenders lack the acceleration to pick them up, this is where the goals again me come from. The ML/MR would be nice to replace but priority has to be my Central Defenders. I may end up spending big money during the transfer window, hopefully the board will be ok with that if I bring home something shiny for them in return. I will off-load players to raise the money though as I have a few taking 60k+ wages who played 3 games all season thats not happening lol 2nd Season with Roma and we achieved the league title comfortable with half a dozen games to go - retained my Italian cup, unfortunately our Champions cup was ruined with a 4-0 2nd leg but im ok with that because I dont think this team in its current state is strong enough. I spent a fair bit but I made a profit selling players, I was able to sell a previous player of the year for big cash so that helped. Its that time to move on again though, depending on where I go it could be a 1year stop or a couple of years. If I can find a flush club then I'll stick around to get the Club World Cup etc but if its a financial moot then I will stick around to win the league im not rebuilding big club finances at this stage the board tend not to like my sacking of average players who they consider gods lol I really want to step back into International management but I want it to be with my World Cup/Euro winning team but job opportunities aren't flowing freely at the moment Season Team Country League Position Notes 16/17 Tolima Real Columbia Second Division 16th Sacked with 1 game left to play. 2019 KL Spa Malaysia Premier League 6th FA Cup Finalists, Avoided relegation 2020 KL Spa Malaysia Premier League 1st Champions, QF of Malaysia Cup 2022/3 Cobreloa Chile First Division B 11th 11th when I joined (16th closing stages - finished 13th). 2023/4 Cobreloa Chile First Division B 4th 1st in opening stages, promoted via playoffs. MOTY 2024/5 Cobreloa Chile First Division 14th Avoided relegation 2025/6 Cobreloa Chile First Division 8th Avoided relegation, Play-offs second stage. MOTY 2026/7 Cobreloa Chile First Division 3rd Chile Cup Winner! MOTY 2027/8 Cobreloa Chile First Division 5th Super Cup Winner! Resigned. 2030/31 VIT Brazil First Division 14th 18th when I joined 12games in. 2031/32 VIT Brazil First Division 4th Copa Qualification, Brazilian Cup SF 2032/33 VIT Brazil First Division 2nd Copa Winner! CwC Finalist - MOTY 2033 Montreal Canada MLS 1st Champions 2034/35 AS Roma Italy Serie A 2nd Euro Cup Winner, Italian Cup Winner - MOTY 2035/36 AS Roma Italy Serie A 1st Champions, Super Cup Winner, Italian Cup Winner - MOTY Year Team Country Tournament Finished Notes 2017 U20's Columbia Under 20's World Cup QF Went out in QF on penalties. 2019 U20's Columbia SA Championship 2nd Runner's up (WC Round 2) 2025 Senior Paraquay n/a n/a World Rank #57 on hiring, 48th at end of Year 2026 Senior Paraquay n/a n/a World Rank #54 2030 Senior Paraquay World Cup 2nd Round World Rank #14 - Resigned after worldcup Challenge Top Division Leagues 2/10 - MLS, Italy Domestic Cup 2/10 - Chile Cup, Italian Cup Champions Leagues - Copa Libertadores Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiserwatman Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Tottenham Hotspur 2033 Following my successes in South America a trip back to England as Champions League Winners Tottenham was available following manager retirement . Champions of Europe and having won 2 of the previous 3 Premier League titles it wasnt going to be a massive challenge to grab a few trophies and chalk England off the list . It had all started pretty badly as the number of games played in the previous season took their toll with a series of long term injuries affecting key players. The European Super Cup was first up which was lost to FC Barcelona and an early exit from the League Cup soon followed . The message after 20 games in charge was the jury was still out following an unspectacular start .The World Club was won convincingly tho a bit hollow with Wins over Al Ahly 8-0 and River Plate 6-0 , i had been on the receiving end of a 5-0 club final defeat last season as São Paolo to Manchester City , this was the catalyst along with the return of quite a few of the injured players . The league was won at a canter though it did take extra time to defeat plucky Huddersfield Town of the Championship in the FA Cup Final Europe went OK , getting out of the group easily as one could expect with been reigning champions . Victory over Benfica (3-1) and Bayern (5-5 away goals) lead me to Seville who took a 1-0 first round lead . A 2-0 win in London saw Tottenham into the final once again to face Inter . Confidence was high as well Italian sides had not done anything for years in Europe . Spurs leading striker Kujundzic showed his prowess knocking in after 18 mins to give the lead before his fellow Serbian teammate Alfirevic diverted into his own net to equalise on 49 mins . Despite consent pressure the Italians stood strong and it went to penalites . French International Marc Millot saved 3 of the 4 and Inter were victorious Season Overview Season Team Country Position Notes 2015 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 12th 2016 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 4th 2017 Sandnes Ulf Norway -- 2018 Sandnes Ulf Norway 2nd Promoted 2019 Sandnes Ulf Norway 8th 2020 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2021 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2022 MK Dons England 16th 2023 MK Dons England 8th 2024 Ipswich Town England 1st Promoted 2025 Ipswich Town England 6th 2026 Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1st Bundesliga and OFB-Cup Winners 2027 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2028 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2029 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2030 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2031 Atlético Madrid Spain 3rd 2031 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa do Brasil Winners 2032 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro , Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores Winners 2033 Tottenham England 1st Premier League , FA Cup and World Club Winnners Challenge Progress Club 4/10 top domestic leagues - Austria , Portugal , Brazil , England 4/10 domestic cups - Austria , Portugal , Brazil , England 1/5 club continental championships - São Paulo 2032 1/1 club world championship International 3/5 continental tournaments - ACON Senegal 2025 - AFC Australia 2027 - COPA Uruguay 2031 2/2 world tournaments - WC Uruguay 2030 - CONFED Uruguay 2033 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Kwman - Great progress. You may complete quite soon, espeially since you have so many of the international trophies. Are you staying with Tottenham for the Champions League, or confident that you can get it at one of the other 4 big leagues? mclarke - can't see your screenshots so I just want to check that you won the MLS Cup. Good luck getting the next job. shira- You're not the first to think that they aren't good at international management, but you were probably just unlucky. Lots of good teams in Africa. A frustrating thing for me with international management is that aftre nearly a year (it seems a lot longer) with Jamaica, the squad are still only awkward with the tactics i want to use. Mind you, i don't think we're grossly under-achieving, and I think winning the Gold Cup with them is going to be a real outside chance anyway. Maybe I will need to use a more vanilla tactic for international management though. butts - congrats on promotion. TommyT - Hope you can go one better in the malaysain league. well done on your first trophy. N1Gunner - Turns out that I've never had a Han baojun in my squad. (He's probably a regen in your game). Maybe I know a Han Baojun in real life. I've ben playing a Fang Boxuan in the first team, to rather disappointing effect, thinking it was the same guy who had done so well for you. I'm going to drop his arse now. You'd think I'd be able to not get Chinese names mixed up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclarke1987 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Nope won the league but not the cup. The division itself is the MLS Supporters Shield - but referring to as MLS for short. Are you saying I need to go back and win the cup for it to count? I thought that was seperate like the Community Shield stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Nope won the league but not the cup. The division itself is the MLS Supporters Shield - but referring to as MLS for short. Are you saying I need to go back and win the cup for it to count? I thought that was seperate like the Community Shield stuff These are the guidelines. MLS (USA) - For challenge purposes the MLS Cup counts as the league, and the US Open Cup counts as the cup. The Canadian Championship, and the league section of the MLS don't count for anything. league specific things are in post 3. I mean, we can change things, but we have to have a decision about what counts as the league, and I think there's a broad consensus on this thread that the MLS Cup champions are the league champions. if you type the words 'MLS league champions' into a search engine, the top result is the wikipedia page for the MLS Cup. The nearest analogy isn't the Community Shield. it's the Superbowl. I feel bad because you've already left the MLS. Incidentally, it states in post 3 that in Australia, Wellington Phoenix aren't in the FFA Cup, but I did a save with wellington phoenix recently, and they were in the cup, so I've removed that bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclarke1987 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It's no problem i'll adjust my tally for the next update and return in a few years im with Man United at the moment so it'll at least be something to tick off. My rep has improved massively so I can cherry pick when I return lol I may end up skipping America's league and going straight to mexico to scoop the NA parts of the challenge. I will have a glance over post 3 cos some of these cups/competitions do raise my brow a bit they aren't the simplest of structures to work with lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
threelions1goal Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I see this thread is how it used to be on the original Ultimate Manager Challenge, which is excellent because as already stated, this thread has a real "community" feel to it and as I've said many times, is the most enjoyable challenge I've ever taken part in....even though I'm not that good at it, it's the enjoyment and frustration in equal amounts that keeps me plodding along!! Which brings me to my own save and a season review of sorts.......although there's nothing to report as I've been SACKED AGAIN!! South Korea - I've had it with that country, it truly is mental. I'd assembled a decent squad, I'd assembled the best staff, scouts and physios in the league, I was doing okay in the league, I was through to the quarter finals of the FA Cup and The Champions League. Then with many of my squad being internationals I was asked if I'd like to postpone three matches, which I thought I'd better do, plus for some reason, I was already one match behind everybody else, so in effect I was four matches behind the majority of the teams (Pohang were in the same situation) This meant that I'd dropped down to 7th position but was only 9 points off top spot so there really wasn't an issue as far as I was concerned.......but the board wanted to discuss my league performance!! They gave me an ultimatum of 12 points from 5 games or I'd be on my way. I won the next three matches comfortably (teams above me were winning too, but I still had those games in hand) Then I only got a draw against Ulsan, giving me ten points from four matches which meant I had to win my next match to save my job. The match was away against Pohang, of all teams, and I could only manage a 0-0 draw. So that was it......sacked. Again. The season in Korea has finished and Seoul won the FA Cup and finished second by two points to Jeonbuk. I'm now searching for a new job........but NOT in South Korea!!! Internationally, I dipped my toes, firstly with Cameroon, but I resigned after two matches in the CHAN - I don't like that tournament. Took over the reigns in Morocco, who had already qualified for the World Cup and were top of qualifying for the ACON. The World Cup didn't go well, I lost to Argentina and Greece, who are ranked much higher than Morocco and I disappointingly lost to Jamaica so I crashed out in the group stage. I've since qualified for the ACON and I'm about to discover which group I'll be put in. Season Team Country Pos Notes 15/16 Linfield N. Ireland 6th Took over in December, sacked before the end of the season 16/17 Cliftonville N. Ireland 3rd Took over in January, Euro Qualification 17/18 Cliftonville N. Ireland 4th League Cup Winners 18/19 Cliftonville N. Ireland 1st Champions, Manager Of The Year 19/20 Shanggang China 1st Champions, Cup Winners, Manager Of The Year 20/21 Shanggang China N/A Resigned after being knocked out of Champs League 20/21 Jeonbuk S. Korea 4th Cup Winners, Knocked Out 2nd Round Champs League 21/22 Jeonbuk S. Korea N/A Sacked4th in league, QF of Champs League, SF of FA Cup 22/23 Pohang S. Korea 6th Cup Winners, knocked out in SF of Asian Champs League 23/24 Pohang S. Korea N/A Sacked after first match of the new season!! 24/25 Seoul S. Korea 3rd Took over with 14 games played, qualified for Champs League 25/26 Seoul S. Korea N/A Sacked - Team finished 2nd & won FA Cup International 2026 Cameroon Africa Resigned after 2 matches 2026 Morocco Africa Eliminated in Group Stage at World Cup, qualified for ACON Challenge Progress Club 2/10 top domestic leagues (N. Ireland, China) 3/10 domestic cups (N. Ireland, China, S. Korea) 0/5 club continental championships () 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments () 0/2 world tournaments () Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherwinriga Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 threelions1goal, not a good season to get sacked! Will you stay in South Korea and finish the mission that you need the domestic league cup? If yes, what team will you manage? Then, is there a chance to see the results of the matches between your new team and both Pohang and Seoul when you found a new South Korean team to manage here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
threelions1goal Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 threelions1goal, not a good season to get sacked! Will you stay in South Korea and finish the mission that you need the domestic league cup? If yes, what team will you manage? Then, is there a chance to see the results of the matches between your new team and both Pohang and Seoul when you found a new South Korean team to manage here? Don't think I'll stay in South Korea, I'm done with the mentalist Boards that control the clubs!! I've won the cup there and it's not as if the league is essential for the purpose of the challenge, although at some point I'll have to manage in Asia again as I'll need the Asian Champs League. Incidentally, it's about time I gave a "big up" to a few people who are doing really well here..... Kaiser - Impressive career you have going there, especially on the international side of things McLarke - Winning the Italian league is impressive, so too the MLS - I've thought about applying for jobs there but the roster/transfer thing looks mental...!!! Shiraz - In the two countries I struggle the most (S. Korea & S. Africa) you've done excellent!! Tommy T, lfc, Vike and all the others I've missed, hope you're enjoying it still Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
threelions1goal Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Morocco - African Cup Of Nations 2027Winners!! On the club front, I've nothing to report as I'm still unemployed, but Internationally, I've won my first piece of silverware. Morocco were ranked 44th in the world and we were drawn in a group withGuinea, Ivory Coast (ranked 12th ) and Congo. Our first match saw us comfortable winners against Guinea with a 2-0 victory, so we were off to a good start. Then came our biggest test, Ivory Coast, where we managed a creditable 1-1 draw and finally a 3-0 win against the weakest team in the group, Congo, meant we had topped the group as Ivory Coast and Guinea had a draw. In the Quarter Final, we were drawn against Tunisia and managed a 1-0 win after extra time - we were quite fortunate in that match, but everybody needs a little luck!! The semi Final saw us pitched against my old team, Cameroon, but they were never at the races and we won comfortably 3-1, which saw us into the final against Algeria, who were the home nation After we'd taken the lead and they'd equalised, when we missed a penalty, I thought we'd blown it. But we were awarded another penalty which we scored and then got one more goal to win 3-1 and make us winners of the tournament........and the fans love me!!!! I don't think Morocco are strong enough to compete in the World Cup - and it's still another three years away, so I'll be moving onto pastures new......just gotta try and get a club job now!! Season Team Country Pos Notes 15/16 Linfield N. Ireland N/A Took over in December, SACKED before end of season 16/17 Cliftonville N. Ireland 3rd Took over in January, Champs League qualification 17/18 Cliftonville N. Ireland 4th League Cup Winners 18/19 Cliftonville N. Ireland 1st Champions, Manager of the Year 19/20 Shanggang China 1st Champions, FA Cup Winners, Manager of the Year 20/21 Shanggang China N/A Resigned after getting knocked out of Champs League 20/21 Jeonbuk S. Korea 4th FA Cup Winners, 2nd Round Champs League 21/22 Jeonbuk S. Korea N/A SACKED – despite 4th in League, QF of Champs League, SF of Cup 22/23 Pohang S. Korea 6th FA Cup Winners, SF of Champs League 23/24 Pohang S. Korea N/A SACKED after first match of the season!! 24/25 Seoul S. Korea 3rd Took over after 14 games, qualified for Champs League 25/26 Seoul S. Korea N/A SACKED – team finished 2nd in league & won FA Cup International 2026 Cameroon Africa Resigned after 2 matches 2026 Morocco Africa Eliminated in Group Stage of World Cup, qualified for ACON 2027 Morocco Africa ACON Winners Challenge Progress Club 2/10 top domestic leagues (N. Ireland, China) 3/10 domestic cups (N. Ireland, China, S. Korea) 0/5 club continental championships () 0/1 club world championship () International 1/5 continental tournaments (ACON – Morocco) 0/2 world tournaments () Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiserwatman Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Toronto FC 2035 I ended my Tottenham reign a couple of days before the Charity Shield as well a sixth English campaign just didn't appeal to me . As the weeks went by there wasn't much of interest . Hertha Berlin drew my attention as it hit a precarious position but it never became available . The MLS started to appeal and negotiations with Toronto FC began swiftly following the end of the regular season . I've never managed here before and really enjoyed the quirky regulations thrown into the structure. There was to be no continental football as Montreal Impact were current champions of Canada and therefore held the one qualification spot . A predominately Canadian side with a few Costa Ricans chucked in for flavour the season started well enough considering 6 of the opening 8 games were away for some reason . First up was continental qualification and victory over Vancouver saw me into the decider against Montreal Impact who were dethroned. Getting towards the business end of the season it was once against Montreal in the Eastern Conference Semi Final . Once again it was Toronto who prevailed in a tight tie . New England Revolution awaited in the decider. The Manager was lead out by both sides to rapturous applause on his 1001th game in charge. The game itself was a dire 0-0 draw. Two quick goals just after half time broke the revolution spirits and Toronto were heading to the MLS Cup final. A 2-0 victory over Sporting KC followed as Toronto won the MLS Cup for the first time in their history. Season Overview Staying here for now for a crack at the North American Champions League though i suspect i might need travel south to Mexico to have a better chance at it . I definitely wont be heading to South Korea judging by things that have gone on in other peoples saves Season Team Country Position Notes 2015 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 12th 2016 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 4th 2017 Sandnes Ulf Norway -- 2018 Sandnes Ulf Norway 2nd Promoted 2019 Sandnes Ulf Norway 8th 2020 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2021 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2022 MK Dons England 16th 2023 MK Dons England 8th 2024 Ipswich Town England 1st Promoted 2025 Ipswich Town England 6th 2026 Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1st Bundesliga and OFB-Cup Winners 2027 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2028 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2029 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2030 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2031 Atlético Madrid Spain 3rd 2031 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa do Brasil Winners 2032 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro , Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores Winners 2033 Tottenham England 1st Premier League , FA Cup and World Club Winnners 2034 Toronto FC USA -- 2035 Toronto FC USA 1st MLS Cup Winners Challenge Progress Club 5/10 top domestic leagues - Austria , Portugal , Brazil , England , USA 4/10 domestic cups - Austria , Portugal , Brazil , England 1/5 club continental championships - São Paulo 2032 1/1 club world championship - Tottenham 2033 International 3/5 continental tournaments - ACON Senegal 2025 - AFC Australia 2027 - COPA Uruguay 2031 2/2 world tournaments - WC Uruguay 2030 - CONFED Uruguay 2033 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirajzl Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Season 2023/24 A successful season with transition. At Sundowns I only aimed to win the CL at all costs and we did it. I immediately resigned and looked for new pastures. I landed at Palermo at 11th position after the same amount of matches. The team looked good at first, but as soon as injuries stroke, I realized there's lots to do because I played many games with basically only 2 useful players on the bench. Anyway, we almost grabbed a CL spot, while we lost to Napoli in the cup semis. The club is in horrible financial state with about 30 million in the red, so we'll see how long I'll stay here. I think I'll jump at the first chance of moving to a richer Italian club. Season Team League Position Domestic Cup Continental Cup Notes 2015 Goyang Hi FC K League Challenge 5th 4th rnd - took over 13 games to go, 7th place 2016 Goyang Hi FC K League Challenge 1st 5th rnd - 2017 Goyang Hi FC K League Classic 6th 1/4 finals - 2018 Goyang Hi FC K League Classic 7th 4th rnd - 2019 Seoul K League Classic 3rd runners up WINNERS joined after 19 games, 6th place 2020 Seoul K League Classic 1st WINNERS WINNERS 2020/21 Sundowns South African PSL 3rd KC semis, FA 1st rnd in progress joined after 13 games, 11th place 2021/22 Sundowns South African PSL 1st KC WINNERS, FA quarters won ACC 2022/23 Sundowns South African PSL 1st KC semis, FA winners WINNERS 2023/24 Palermo Serie A 4th TIM Cup semis - joined after 11 games, 11th place Season Nation Competitions 2020 Nigeria African Champions of Nations - quarterfinals 2021 Nigeria African Nations Cup - quarterfinals 2021 Ivory Coast - 2022 Ivory Coast African Champions of Nations - winners, World Cup - second round 2023 Ivory Coast African Nations Cup - 4th place Challenge Progress Club 2/10 top domestic leagues (Korea-Seoul, South Africa-Sundowns) 2/10 domestic cups (Korea-Seoul, South Africa-Sundowns) 2/5 club continental championships (Asia-Seoul, Africa-Sundowns) 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirajzl Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 threelions1goal : I'm so jealous of your winning the Nations Cup. I tried twice and failed miserably. International management seems so difficult, what with limited player options and fitness issues at big tournaments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEarl Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Finally found some motivation for this challenge again, so next update should be out tomorrow hopefully, 1 season with Milan is already played, and dipping into next one but not sure ow quickly I can finish that one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiserwatman Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Toronto FC 2036 Two consecutive MLS Cups and all should be rosy right ... wrong , that's not how things work in the US and I am in a place where having seriously overstretched in the past two seasons with salary cap problems. The season was won quite comfortably though there was a wee wobble in the Eastern Conference Final as i trailed Orlando after the first leg. A 2-0 victory over LA Galaxy clinched the title. Experienced full back Martin Gould was traded to LA Galaxy whilst Costa Rican International Maurico Aguilar was waived and picked up by Seattle Sounders . The main part of the season was actually occurred at the start of the 2037 season as the NACL follows the Mexican season. A slender 1-0 lead from the opening fixture at the Rogers Stadium against Chivas came at a cost as club record scorer Will Cabello twisted an ankle and would miss the start of MLS Campaign In the second leg , Chivas took an levelled the tie on 18 minutes and were completely dominant in the first half . Trying to get back in front once again Toronto were caught on the break on 61 mins and Chivas were in front. The Mexicans overall deserved to go through given the better chances created. 4 US sides played 4 Mexican sides in the quarters with the Mexicans prevailing in all ties leads me to thinking i may need to head south for this competition . I dont enter the US Open Cup so nothing left to stay here for Season Overview shirajzl - Good Luck with Palermo , Is Zamperini still about , has a tendancy to sack people 3L1G - Congrats on ACON , hopefully you can resurrect your club career somewhere outside of South Korea soon mclarke1987 - Cracking italian campaign Season Team Country Position Notes 2015 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 12th 2016 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 4th 2017 Sandnes Ulf Norway -- 2018 Sandnes Ulf Norway 2nd Promoted 2019 Sandnes Ulf Norway 8th 2020 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2021 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2022 MK Dons England 16th 2023 MK Dons England 8th 2024 Ipswich Town England 1st Promoted 2025 Ipswich Town England 6th 2026 Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1st Bundesliga and OFB-Cup Winners 2027 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2028 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2029 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2030 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2031 Atlético Madrid Spain 3rd 2031 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa do Brasil Winners 2032 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro , Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores Winners 2033 Tottenham England 1st Premier League , FA Cup and World Club Winnners 2034 Toronto FC USA -- 2035 Toronto FC USA 1st MLS Cup Winners 2036 Toronto FC USA 1st MLS Cup Winners Challenge Progress Club 5/10 top domestic leagues - Austria , Portugal , Brazil , England , USA 4/10 domestic cups - Austria , Portugal , Brazil , England 1/5 club continental championships - São Paulo 2032 1/1 club world championship - Tottenham 2033 International 3/5 continental tournaments - ACON Senegal 2025 - AFC Australia 2027 - COPA Uruguay 2031 2/2 world tournaments - WC Uruguay 2030 - CONFED Uruguay 2033 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pug 407 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Finally found some motivation for this challenge again, so next update should be out tomorrow hopefully, 1 season with Milan is already played, and dipping into next one but not sure ow quickly I can finish that one. Welcome Back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
apchivers Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Right lots to catch up on before posting my end of season update! Congratulations on the Copa America and success in South Africa pug407. Did you get the Milan and South Africa jobs? Awesome career you have going there Kaiserwatman. That Uruguay team looked quite something. Hope you can go one better next season in Malaysia Tommy Tusker and good luck in the ACON with Senegal. Shame about the injuries with Ivory Coast shirajzl. Hope you can turn the finances around at Palermo or find a richer club. Good two seasons with Roma mclarke1987 - will be interested to see where you end up next. Crazy sackings in South Korea threelions1goals. Top work winning the African cup of nations with Morrocco to win your first international tournament. Apologies if I missed anyone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
apchivers Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Nublense 2016/17 summary We started the season with 14 players leaving the club either because they weren't in my plans, they didn't want to renew their contracts or the offers received were too good to refuse. After impressing last season, I bought in centre back Washington Torres and striker Osman Huerta. I also bought in 5 loan players from Chilean and Argentine top division clubs to help bolster the squad and provide a bit of quality. The season started well with finishing 2nd in the opening stage despite only 2 wins in the last 5 games. Sadly this form was a sign of things to come and we crashed out in the playoffs 4-2 on aggregate to Deportes La Serena after a 3-1 defeat away from home. In the mid season break, my best defender stated he wanted to leave after interest from a first division side. Reluctantly I let him go for £11.25k and reinvested this in bringing in a Gambian centre back from giants Colo Colo. I also signed an Argentine attacking midfielder on a free and made the loan of central midfielder Francisco Gaete permanent. The closing stage started pretty poorly with 1 win, 4 draws and 1 loss from our opening 6 games. We made Bicentenario Municipal Nelson Oyarzún a bit of a fortress with 5 wins and 2 draws, but it was a completely different story away from home. We lost 5 and drew 3 of our 8 away games and ended up finishing a disappointing 11th in the closing stage and 4th in the overall table. Wing back Matias Guttierez on loan from Colo Colo was voted fans player of the season and rightly so with the second highest average rating in the division and most assists. Venezuelan striker Emilio Renteria also deserves a mention with 16 league goals - the second highest in the division. My contract is up at the end of the June and (unless they offer me a cracking deal) I don't think I will renew as I was starting to lose interest. I will look for a job maybe in South Africa, or Australia if I'm very lucky. Season Team Position Notes and Achievements 2015/16 Nublense 11th Took over with 12 games to go 2016/17 Nublense 4th 2nd in opening stage; lost in playoff semi final Challenge Progress Club 0/10 top domestic leagues 0/10 domestic cups 0/5 club continental championships 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfc7 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Alright lads not had much time to play, but after leaving Cliftonville i didn't fancy any jobs offered till Aberdeen who were 11th on 8pts in October, they were already out of one cup then i went out of the other in the qtrs against celtic. Finished 3rd in the league a good way behind Celtic and Rangers although was about 29 pts behind Celtic when i took over. My contract is for one more season so hoping to win at least something. Season Overview Kiaserwatman Congrats on all success since last posted, you are not far off completing now. Tommy T Congrats on first bit of silverware. shirajzl Congrats on success in SA, good luck at Palermo. mclarke1987 Congrats on success with various clubs. threelions1goal Unlucky with S.Korea, congrats on winning ACON. Sorry if i've missed anyone out Season Team Country Position Notes 15/16 Cliftonville N.Ireland 1st Took over 3 games to go in 2nd place Won league 16/17 Cliftonville N.Ireland 1st Won League, Co.Antrim Shield, 2ndR NI L Cup, Qtrs NI Cup. Resigned took Aberdeen Job 17/18 Aberdeen Scotland 3rd Took over Oct in 11th on 8pts, already out of one Cup, lost in Qtrs of other Season Nation Competitions Challenge Progress Club 1/10 top domestic leagues (N.Ireland) 0/10 domestic cups 0/5 club continental championships 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiserwatman Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Santos Laguna 2037 Mini update of sorts as it finishes off the 2037 calender year. I continued on with Toronto until July when the job at NACL Champions Santos Laguna came up following their previous manager's move to FCP. Given Mexican dominance within the competition it was a move that had to be made. My first game in charge was in the Campeón de Campeones against América which was lost 1-0 . A fairly slow start followed in the Apentura as the team adapted to my tactics though after a few games things started to fall into place. By the end of the phase Santos Laguna held top seed. 8th place Dorados were first up and were dispatched 3-1 on aggregate to setup a semi final with Toluca. At this point the World Club championships were been held at the old stomping ground and fate drew Toronto and Santos Laguna to play in the quarter finals and it required penalties following a 1-1 draw. FC Bayern were up next and well as you can expect they went through quite easily . A 1-0 victory over Liandong saw Santos Laguna pick up third spot. Following the tournament a tired side returned to play Toluca losing out on away goals . Monterray went on to win the Apentura The NACL group phase was pretty easy following a draw against Panamanian and Trinidad sides , another battle against Toronto awaits in the quarter final Season Overview Season Team Country Position Notes 2015 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 12th 2016 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 4th 2017 Sandnes Ulf Norway -- 2018 Sandnes Ulf Norway 2nd Promoted 2019 Sandnes Ulf Norway 8th 2020 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2021 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2022 MK Dons England 16th 2023 MK Dons England 8th 2024 Ipswich Town England 1st Promoted 2025 Ipswich Town England 6th 2026 Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1st Bundesliga and OFB-Cup Winners 2027 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2028 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2029 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2030 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2031 Atlético Madrid Spain 3rd 2031 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa do Brasil Winners 2032 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro , Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores Winners 2033 Tottenham England 1st Premier League , FA Cup and World Club Winnners 2034 Toronto FC USA -- 2035 Toronto FC USA 1st MLS Cup Winners 2036 Toronto FC USA 1st MLS Cup Winners 2037 Santos Laguna Mexico X Challenge Progress Club 5/10 top domestic leagues - Austria , Portugal , Brazil , England , USA 4/10 domestic cups - Austria , Portugal , Brazil , England 1/5 club continental championships - São Paulo 2032 1/1 club world championship - Tottenham 2033 International 3/5 continental tournaments - ACON Senegal 2025 - AFC Australia 2027 - COPA Uruguay 2031 2/2 world tournaments - WC Uruguay 2030 - CONFED Uruguay 2033 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclarke1987 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 16th Season 17th Season 18th Season This year I moved over to England, the Manchester United job came up and given the funds they tend to have I figured it would be a good time to grab some of those international tournaments, although I didn't do my due diligence and realize they have been out of that scene for a while... there last league title being in 15/16 - The board wanted us to compete for the Continental tournaments but they through a big budget my way so I decided to spend big (in excess of 200mil) - but we got rewards for it, League Title, Capital One Cup & FA Cup. I did find though that getting the win became a late second half thing after we clinched the title with 8-9games to go. I have sold one of my central defenders who was an important player and need some quality depth for my wings, so I'll be spending more but I'm planning to ship a few low quality players. Hopefully the club wont mind if I retain the title and challenge internationally. I also stepped back into International management with Mexico, short spell though just won the Gold Cup then left to go for Nigeria try tag a second international achievement. However, when Nigeria offered the job I decided to pass for now - hoping for something better. Still keeping my eye out for new international jobs but Man U have defended the title and beat last years points tally, I cant help but feel its a lack of a feat as I have a huge budget at my disposal but they were wallowing in mid-table obscurity and absent from the International scene so theirs kind of a come-back king mentality brewing in me. We narrow skipped past Barcelona in the Champions Cup but they are currently 8th in their league, I did play with 2 injured strikers in the 2nd leg so was fortunate to escape. Shortly after that a 6-1 win against Stoke secured the title early for us. My final year with Man United and I only had one target, Club World Championship. I waited and waited for the draw, survived a board takeover whilst waiting around for it to inevitably arrive to realize I only get 2 games lol The Semi-final was a walk didn't make a single sub and creamed the weaker opposition. The final was against INT and despite controlling possession and have 5x more shots it was a close fought match and we took the lead in the 84rd minute then sealed it with a third on the 88th minute for a 3-1 victory. This victory unlocked the World Renowned achievement and im now ranked #17 in the world. I decided to resign from Manchester United as theirs little else to gain so I'll be looking for some other clubs, time to press on with some top division titles in the coming years. I also need to find a decent International team I can stick with hopefully a European powerhouse so I can target the Euro and World Cup with the same team. Maybe I'll pick up a team with financial problems to contrast the wealth of Man U? Who knows! Season Team Country League Position Notes 16/17 Tolima Real Columbia Second Division 16th Sacked with 1 game left to play. 2019 KL Spa Malaysia Premier League 6th FA Cup Finalists, Avoided relegation 2020 KL Spa Malaysia Premier League 1st Champions, QF of Malaysia Cup 2022/3 Cobreloa Chile First Division B 11th 11th when I joined (16th closing stages - finished 13th). 2023/4 Cobreloa Chile First Division B 4th 1st in opening stages, promoted via playoffs. MOTY 2024/5 Cobreloa Chile First Division 14th Avoided relegation 2025/6 Cobreloa Chile First Division 8th Avoided relegation, Play-offs second stage. MOTY 2026/7 Cobreloa Chile First Division 3rd Chile Cup Winner! MOTY 2027/8 Cobreloa Chile First Division 5th Super Cup Winner! Resigned. 2030/31 VIT Brazil First Division 14th 18th when I joined 12games in. 2031/32 VIT Brazil First Division 4th Copa Qualification, Brazilian Cup SF 2032/33 VIT Brazil First Division 2nd Copa Winner! CwC Finalist - MOTY 2033 Montreal Canada MLS 1st Finalist - No Win 2034/35 AS Roma Italy Serie A 2nd Euro Cup Winner, Italian Cup Winner - MOTY 2035/36 AS Roma Italy Serie A 1st Champions, Super Cup Winner, Italian Cup Winner - MOTY 2036/37 Man U England Premiership 1st Champions, C1C Winner, FA Cup Winner - MOTY 2037/38 Man U England Premiership 1st Champions, C1C Winner, FA Cup Winner, Champions Cup Winner - MOTY 2038/39 Man U England Premiership 1st Club World Championship Winners - Resigned Year Team Country Tournament Finished Notes 2017 U20's Columbia Under 20's World Cup QF Went out in QF on penalties. 2019 U20's Columbia SA Championship 2nd Runner's up (WC Round 2) 2025 Senior Paraquay n/a n/a World Rank #57 on hiring, 48th at end of Year 2026 Senior Paraquay n/a n/a World Rank #54 2030 Senior Paraquay World Cup 2nd Round World Rank #14 - Resigned after worldcup 2036 Senior Mexico Gold Cup Win World Rank #8 - Resigned after gold cup Challenge Top Division Leagues 2/10 - Italy, England Domestic Cup 4/10 - Chile Cup, Italian Cup, C1C, FA Cup (England) Champions Leagues - Copa Libertadores (VIT), Champions Cup (Europe - Man U) Club World Championship - Man United 38/39 International 1/5 continental tournaments (Gold Cup w/Mexico) 0/2 world tournaments () Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEarl Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Challenge Top Division Leagues 2/10 - Italy, England Domestic Cup 4/10 - Chile Cup, Italian Cup, C1C, FA Cup (England) Champions Leagues - Copa Libertadores (VIT), Champions Cup (Europe - Man U) Club World Championship - Man United 38/39 International 1/5 continental tournaments (Gold Cup w/Mexico) 0/2 world tournaments () [/code] Haven't you won the Malaysian League as well, so there should be 3 league wins? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
apchivers Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 I decided to leave Nublense at the end of my contract and after a 4 hour drive to Santiago I jumped on a flight to Tashkent (via Paris and Moscow) to take over the national team of Uzbekistan. The team finished second behind Bahrain in their second round group of World Cup qualifying so won't be going to Russia in 2018. I take over with the team at the top of the Asian Nations cup qualifying after 1 game with Thailand, Kyrgyzstan and Bangladesh behind me. Uzbeksitan are currently 88th in the FIFA rankings and only have one goalkeeper in the player search - better hope he doesn't get injured! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclarke1987 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Haven't you won the Malaysian League as well, so there should be 3 league wins? Nope unfortunately Malysia has a higher division (super league i think its called) but im sure they will come thick & fast now since my rep is high I can pretty much pick the roles I want without much rejection. I'm hoping to manage spain if the job comes up, maybe germany they would be teams capable of multiple international tournaments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
apchivers Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Uzbekistan 2017 update I took over Uzbekistan in July 2017 and had 5 friendlies and 2 Asian Cup qualifiers during the remainder of the year. I ended the year with a record of winning 5 and drawing 2. I beat Japan 2-1 in my first game in charge, Malaysia 3-0, Nepal 1-0 and Oman 2-1. I had a disappointing 0-0 draw with Thailand in the Asian cup qualifiers, but beat Kyrgyzstan 1-0 to remain on track to qualify for the Asian Cup. A few of my players are retiring soon, so may have to have a rethink of tactics etc. I've loaded up the Russian and Chinese leagues in a hope that this will generate some Uzbek regens. 2018 sees the end of Asian Cup qualifying and I will also try to arrange some friendlies (some easy for morale and some more challenging for ranking points). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiserwatman Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Santos Laguna 2038 The Clausura saw a battle between Santos Laguna and América as both needed to qualify for the Concacaf Champions League following a surprising Apertura campaign . América dropping a mere 4 points in the campaign with their defeat coming at the hands of Los Guerreros who followed suit . The main part of the season for me was the Champions League and a trip back to the BMO Stadium was in store . Club record scorer Will Cabrillo who was prolific under Limpar notched an early goal and Toronto were in front but failed to press further ahead. Santos Laguna gained the upper hand after the break and a long range strike from full back Peréz got them back on level terms . The second leg was a dire 0-0 draw . LA Galaxy were up next though 1-0 wins in both legs saw the Mexicans into the final once again. The current holders were drawn against América who they were battling also for The Clausura . NACL First Leg was dominated by Las Águilas though they failed to take the chances presented to them . The Second Leg was a much tighter affair but neither side managed to trouble the scoreboard . Santos Laguna were CONCACAF Champions. América did get revenge for the defeat in the Clausura final to take the title 4-2 on agg. Season Overview I will leave North America now for pastures new unless of course the jobs at USA or Mexico become available following World Cup 2038 . Its been 9 years now since either were available . EDIT - Destination Milan Season Team Country Position Notes 2015 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 12th 2016 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 4th 2017 Sandnes Ulf Norway -- 2018 Sandnes Ulf Norway 2nd Promoted 2019 Sandnes Ulf Norway 8th 2020 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2021 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2022 MK Dons England 16th 2023 MK Dons England 8th 2024 Ipswich Town England 1st Promoted 2025 Ipswich Town England 6th 2026 Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1st Bundesliga and OFB-Cup Winners 2027 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2028 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2029 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2030 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2031 Atlético Madrid Spain 3rd 2031 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa do Brasil Winners 2032 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro , Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores Winners 2033 Tottenham England 1st Premier League , FA Cup and World Club Winnners 2034 Toronto FC USA -- 2035 Toronto FC USA 1st MLS Cup Winners 2036 Toronto FC USA 1st MLS Cup Winners 2037 Santos Laguna Mexico X 2038 Santos Laguna Mexico 2nd CONCACAF Champions League Winners Challenge Progress Club 5/10 top domestic leagues - Austria , Portugal , Brazil , England , USA 4/10 domestic cups - Austria , Portugal , Brazil , England 2/5 club continental championships - São Paulo 2032 , Santos Laguna 2038 1/1 club world championship - Tottenham 2033 International 3/5 continental tournaments - ACON Senegal 2025 - AFC Australia 2027 - COPA Uruguay 2031 2/2 world tournaments - WC Uruguay 2030 - CONFED Uruguay 2033 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirajzl Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Season 2024/25 Literally 3 continues after the season finish, Napoli came knocking. I couldn't resist their 2x bigger wage budget and 8x bigger transfer budget. I have a team capable of winning the league, but I got fuc*ed by FM so many times it's unreal. Just check the table, I got the best attack AND best defence in the league. Superior GD by a country mile. Still, no cigar. I got knocked out of the cup in the first round, after not being able to score from 30 shots. Similarly, Newcastle got me out of the Europa League in the 1st knock-out round. A big disappointment of a season. Season Team League Position Domestic Cup Continental Cup Notes 2015 Goyang Hi FC K League Challenge 5th 4th rnd - took over 13 games to go, 7th place 2016 Goyang Hi FC K League Challenge 1st 5th rnd - 2017 Goyang Hi FC K League Classic 6th 1/4 finals - 2018 Goyang Hi FC K League Classic 7th 4th rnd - 2019 Seoul K League Classic 3rd runners up WINNERS joined after 19 games, 6th place 2020 Seoul K League Classic 1st WINNERS WINNERS 2020/21 Sundowns South African PSL 3rd KC semis, FA 1st rnd in progress joined after 13 games, 11th place 2021/22 Sundowns South African PSL 1st KC WINNERS, FA quarters won ACC 2022/23 Sundowns South African PSL 1st KC semis, FA winners WINNERS 2023/24 Palermo Serie A 4th TIM Cup semis - joined after 11 games, 11th place 2024/25 Napoli Serie A 2nd TIM Cup 1st rnd EL 1st KO rnd Season Nation Competitions 2020 Nigeria African Champions of Nations - quarterfinals 2021 Nigeria African Nations Cup - quarterfinals 2021 Ivory Coast - 2022 Ivory Coast African Champions of Nations - winners, World Cup - second round 2023 Ivory Coast African Nations Cup - 4th place Challenge Progress Club 2/10 top domestic leagues (Korea-Seoul, South Africa-Sundowns) 2/10 domestic cups (Korea-Seoul, South Africa-Sundowns) 2/5 club continental championships (Asia-Seoul, Africa-Sundowns) 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
apchivers Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Did anyone else find it difficult getting a club job when they were manager of an international team only? Or maybe my reputation isn't high enough yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclarke1987 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Did anyone else find it difficult getting a club job when they were manager of an international team only? Or maybe my reputation isn't high enough yet. Yeah they kept asking how i could manage both a club and international - they don't like it with low rep Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
apchivers Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Yeah they kept asking how i could manage both a club and international - they don't like it with low rep Thanks mclarke. That seems a familiar story with me. Will keep trying and maybe resign after the AFC Asian Cup 2019 which is in a few months to focus on club football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirajzl Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Season 2025/26 Took a brutal fu*king season to take the title over! Big part in that played me deciding to splash out my budget after I've examined Juventus' team more closely. They have some right monsters in there so I needed to step up. The most expensive signing certainly justified his price tag. We got knocked out of the cup in a usual manner, completely demolishing the opposition but failed to score and then concede from their only shot. Another classic in Italian Cup quarterfinals. As for the CL, reserves played well and advanced from the group consisting of Porto (2-1, 1-3), Schalke (3-4, 1-0) and Ajax (7-1, 3-1), only to be knocked out by Liverpool (2-2 i 1-3). I'm staying for another season and focusing my first team on the cup and Champions League. The reserves will have to step up in a lot more league games. Season Team League Position Domestic Cup Continental Cup Notes 2015 Goyang Hi FC K League Challenge 5th 4th rnd - took over 13 games to go, 7th place 2016 Goyang Hi FC K League Challenge 1st 5th rnd - 2017 Goyang Hi FC K League Classic 6th quarters - 2018 Goyang Hi FC K League Classic 7th 4th rnd - 2019 Seoul K League Classic 3rd runners up WINNERS joined after 19 games, 6th place 2020 Seoul K League Classic 1st WINNERS WINNERS 2020/21 Sundowns South African PSL 3rd KC semis, FA 1st rnd in progress joined after 13 games, 11th place 2021/22 Sundowns South African PSL 1st KC WINNERS, FA quarters won ACC 2022/23 Sundowns South African PSL 1st KC semis, FA winners WINNERS 2023/24 Palermo Serie A 4th TIM Cup semis - joined after 11 games, 11th place 2024/25 Napoli Serie A 2nd TIM Cup 1st rnd EL 1st KO rnd 2025/26 Napoli Serie A 1st TIM Cup quarters CL 1st KO rnd Season Nation Competitions 2020 Nigeria African Champions of Nations - quarterfinals 2021 Nigeria African Nations Cup - quarterfinals 2021 Ivory Coast - 2022 Ivory Coast African Champions of Nations - winners, World Cup - second round 2023 Ivory Coast African Nations Cup - 4th place Challenge Progress Club 3/10 top domestic leagues (Korea-Seoul, South Africa-Sundowns, Italy-Napoli) 2/10 domestic cups (Korea-Seoul, South Africa-Sundowns) 2/5 club continental championships (Asia-Seoul, Africa-Sundowns) 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
threelions1goal Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Kaizer Chiefs End Of Season 2026/27 Review I've done a Vike!! After getting sacked by Seoul, then winning the ACON, I applied for a few jobs, then the Kaizer Chiefs job became available, I applied and was successful. Took over with the club second in the league with seven games to go. As anybody who has managed in South Africa will know that Kaizer Chiefs are pretty much the dominant force, although in my save, Orlando Pirates had won the league for the past five seasons. Anyway, it was neck and neck between us and Ajax with us having to play each other - we won 5-1 and with two games to go put ourselves in pole position. The last two matches were comfortable wins and we were Champions So, of course.........the fans love me!!! As for the African Champions League which again, some of you will know bizarrely runs over two seasons, I finished third in the group by one point so was eliminated, but obviosly as I'd clinched the league, I'll be in it again next year. I'm only going to have one more crack at the African Champions League before I move on as I spent ages on FM15 in South Africa, so I'm finding it hard to keep motivated here!! Internationally I'm unemployed. I resigned from Morocco after winning the ACON. I've applied for the USA and Uruguay jobs but didn't get an interview and I'm annoyed with myself for missing out on the New Zealand job as it's only a couple of months until the AFC. Season Team Country Pos Notes 15/16 Linfield N. Ireland 6th Took over in December, sacked before the end of the season 16/17 Cliftonville N. Ireland 3rd Took over in January, Euro Qualification 17/18 Cliftonville N. Ireland 4th League Cup Winners 18/19 Cliftonville N. Ireland 1st Champions, Manager Of The Year 19/20 Shanggang China 1st Champions, Cup Winners, Manager Of The Year 20/21 Shanggang China N/A Resigned after being knocked out of Champs League 20/21 Jeonbuk S. Korea 4th Cup Winners, Knocked Out 2nd Round Champs League 21/22 Jeonbuk S. Korea N/A Sacked4th in league, QF of Champs League, SF of FA Cup 22/23 Pohang S. Korea 6th Cup Winners, knocked out in SF of Asian Champs League 23/24 Pohang S. Korea N/A Sacked after first match of the new season!! 24/25 Seoul S. Korea 3rd Took over with 14 games played, qualified for Champs League 25/26 Seoul S. Korea N/A Sacked - Team finished 2nd & won FA Cup 26/27 Kaizer Chiefs S. Africa 1st Champions International 2026 Camaroon Africa Resigned after 2 matches 2026 Morocco Africa Eliminated in Group Stage at World Cup, qualified for ACON 2027 Morocco Africa ACON Winners - resigned straight after Challenge Progress Club 3/10 top domestic leagues (N. Ireland, China, S. Africa) 3/10 domestic cups (N. Ireland, China, S. Korea) 0/5 club continental championships () 0/1 club world championship () International 1/5 continental tournaments (ACON – Morocco) 0/2 world tournaments () Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherwinriga Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 threelions1goal, well done in South Africa! If you get nine top domestic league titles, then go back to South Korea one more time! Hope you get more wins with the Chiefs! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Vikeologist's 2017 Jamaica and Dalian Report Jamaica’s 2017 Gold Cup Report I thought that we stood an outsidechance in the tournament. USA’s main team were in the Confederations Cup, sothe favourites for the tournament were Mexico, who did indeed win. We handledthe group stage fine, but came unstuck in the quarter-finals against Canadawhere we lost 1-0. Honestly it was so long ago, I don’t remember much about it,other than the inevitable sacking at the end of the tournament. I haven’t got asenior international role since, and have taken over China U23 in time for forthe 2018 Asian Games. Dalian I've completed my first full season with Dalian (finished 6th, but a long way from the top 2 automatic and only promotion slots). China division 1 is a bit boring after managing in Italy which has so many promotion and relegation slots, including the playouts and playoffs, that very often you're in both a promotion and rlegation race until very near the end of the season. Dalian has by far the smallest attendances in the league, so depsite having almost the lowest wages, we would still lose a lot of money were it not for selling off our wantaway family foreign jewels. They didn't exactly play well anyway, but I can't find anyone of similar standard who wants to play for us to replace the 3 foreigners we're allowed. I have bought some more foreigners; a promising African striker, a North Korean central defender who's so small he was in constant danger of being trod on by his fellow defender. I'm probably about to sign a 31 year old midfielder, unless i find someone better in the next couple of days. I reckon I've had something like 200 laowais (foreigners) on trial, so if the manager thing doesn't work out i ight have a shot at being Head of Police. I am tempted to leave, and have applied unsuccessfully for a couple of jobs, but it will be interesting to see if I can pull something out of the hat here. Season Team Position Notes Challenge Landmarks 15/16 Sweden U21 2nd In a Euro U21 qualifying spot when I left 2016 Dalian Transcendence 14th Avoided club relegation on final day of season 2017 Dalian Transcendence 6th Mid-table snozze-fest Season Team Position Notes Challenge Landmarks 15/16 Sweden U21 2nd In a Euro U21 qualifying spot when I left 2016 Jamaica n/a Qualified for World Cup Qualifiers Round 5 2017 Jamaica Knocked out of Gold Cup in Q/F and sacked Challenge Progress Club 0/10 top domestic leagues 0/10 domestic cups 0/5 club continental championships 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 3L1G - I think for a vike to be considered to have been done, one should take over a team a maximum of 1 competitive match before a major final. All this going from 2nd to 1st place smacks of competence and earned sucess to me. Not acceptable! Hope you're successful in the next Champions League. shirajzl - Congrats on the Serie A title. GL with the cup and CL. ap - Taking an international job at the start of my career actually made it more difficult / impossible to get a decent starting club job. I don't think it's reputation. Sometimes it's difficult to get a club job when you're an international manager at all stages of this challenge. kwman - Good luck at Milan. You're really motoring now. Pretty much half way there. mc87 - Welcome to the leaderboard. Look forward to seeing where you go next. lfc7 - An impressive start with the Dons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
apchivers Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 ap - Taking an international job at the start of my career actually made it more difficult / impossible to get a decent starting club job. I don't think it's reputation. Sometimes it's difficult to get a club job when you're an international manager at all stages of this challenge. Thanks vike. Have resigned from Uzbekistan after an uninspiring Asian Cup campaign which left me bottom of the table on 0 points. Back to the job hunt! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTree91 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Well things are progressing fairly well since my last update. I have played two more seasons. After the least update I managed to win the Malaysia cup at the end of the season. I continued at Johor and the start of the season brought about my second ACON campaign with Senegal. Which thanks to a phenomenal Sadio Mane and Balde Keita was a successful one, beating Ivory Coast 2-1 in the semi before beating Algeria 2-0 in the final. So onto the Malaysian season, that started with a Charity Shield win over Selangor. I won the league fairly easily, however a disappointing performance in both cup competitions. Also a Quarter Final exit in the Asian Confederations Cup. So this season added a couple more ticks to the achievements list. I moved on at the end of my contract and was waiting quite a while for a job. Prior to the start of the next English season there were quite a few vacancies, which I applied for most of. I had interviews at a few clubs and was offered the Coventry and Reading jobs which I delayed making a decision to see what else came my way. Premier League Wolves came knocking which I decided was the best opportunity with a healthy transfer budget and plenty of room for improvement. I had a fairly mixed first season but fortunately got the better of most of the sides near the bottom and ended up with a respectable 14th place finish. The star of the season was my new £8m Venezuelan striker who bagged 17 in 34 league games. Had a few issues at the back so will look to tighten the defence before next season. After leaving Senegal after my ACON win, there hasn't been an appealing international job so will just bide my time until something I fancy comes along. Ill carry on with Wolves for the time being and try and work my way up to some offers from bigger clubs. Season Club NAT Division 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Notes and Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015/16 Aberystwyth WAL Premier 8th SF SF Took over after 14 games in 10th. Won 10 of 18. Resigned. 2016/17 FC Cape Town RSA First 13th 2R Took over after 16 games in 15th. Finished 13th. 2017/18 FC Cape Town RSA First 4th 1R Missed out on playoffs on goals scored. 2018/19 FC Cape Town RSA First 1st 1R Promotion. 2019/20 FC Cape Town RSA Premier 9th QF 1R Left at end of contract. 2020/21 No Job 2022 Johor DT MAS Super 2nd W W 3 points off top. 2023 Johor DT MAS Super 1st QF SF Charity Shield Winners. Asian Conf Cup QF. 2024/25 Wolves ENG Premier 14th 5R 3R Year Nation Tournament Result Notes and Achievements 2020 Senegal CHAN 3rd 2021 Senegal ACON 4th Qualified for World Cup 2022 Senegal CHAN QF 2022 Senegal World Cup 2R Knocked out AET 2023 Senegal ACON W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiserwatman Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Internazionale Milano 2039 Following my time in Mexico i took the Inter job knowing they had the bulk of the side who beat me in the Champions League Final a few years back though needed to bring a few of the younger members of the squad through. The main sides over the past few years had been AC Milan and Juventus . A few weeks after my appointment both jobs became available following the World Cup and the changes at the top lead to their downfall . Afinkeev at Juve lasted a mere 5 months before been sacked as they were never even in with a shout for the title . They did though manage to bring home the Coppa Italia and Super Copa . Unchallenged Inter won the league at a canter. Coppa Italia was ended by Juve in the semi's . There was only the Europa League for Inter this season and it was seen as a youth project really , eventually going out in the quarters to old side FCP. Will see what comes up over the summer to see if I will stay at Inter for a crack the Champions League or head elsewhere. Internationally i am going through a regeneration project with Spain , who had a dismal world cup and well the European International League wasn't exactly great . Drawn against World Champions Germany who had beaten Uruguay , yes they are still up with the Worlds Elite in the final and the Czech Rep . 2 wins , 2 defeats to maintain DIV1 status but nothing to write up about. Qualification for Euro 2040 will be getting rid of the old guard and starting afresh though i dont have any hopes of dethroning Germany any time soon Season Overview Season Team Country Position Notes 2015 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 12th 2016 Varbergs BoIS Sweden 4th 2017 Sandnes Ulf Norway -- 2018 Sandnes Ulf Norway 2nd Promoted 2019 Sandnes Ulf Norway 8th 2020 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2021 Sandnes Ulf Norway 3rd 2022 MK Dons England 16th 2023 MK Dons England 8th 2024 Ipswich Town England 1st Promoted 2025 Ipswich Town England 6th 2026 Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1st Bundesliga and OFB-Cup Winners 2027 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2028 Vitória Guimarães Portugal 5th 2029 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2030 FC Porto Portugal 1st Liga NOS and Taça da Liga Winners 2031 Atlético Madrid Spain 3rd 2031 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa do Brasil Winners 2032 São Paulo Brazil 1st Campeonato Brasileiro , Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores Winners 2033 Tottenham England 1st Premier League , FA Cup and World Club Winnners 2034 Toronto FC USA -- 2035 Toronto FC USA 1st MLS Cup Winners 2036 Toronto FC USA 1st MLS Cup Winners 2037 Santos Laguna Mexico X 2038 Santos Laguna Mexico 2nd CONCACAF Champions League Winners 2039 Internazionale Italy 1st Serie A Winners Challenge Progress Club 6/10 top domestic leagues - Austria , Portugal , Brazil , England , USA , Italy 4/10 domestic cups - Austria , Portugal , Brazil , England 2/5 club continental championships - São Paulo 2032 , Santos Laguna 2038 1/1 club world championship - Tottenham 2033 International 3/5 continental tournaments - ACON Senegal 2025 - AFC Australia 2027 - COPA Uruguay 2031 2/2 world tournaments - WC Uruguay 2030 - CONFED Uruguay 2033 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
numero uno gunner Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Season review 2020 Jiangsu Internationally, I've made absolutely no progress whatsoever. I resigned as manager of Cameroon after winning the ACON, and haven't been able to get another job so far. Frustrating, as I was turned down by everyone after the Euros. Fingers crossed my improved reputation will help me get back into international management soon enough. Domestically, I was only interested in the ACL, as I'd already won the league and cup last season, and wasn't remotely bothered about going out of the cup early. I made sure that I kept my first choice 11 as fit as possible for the ACL games, yet somehow remained in the top two in the league all season long. We went into the last game of the season two points clear of Guangzhou, and with a better head-to-head record. However, the pressure got to us, and we collapsed to a 2-1 defeat at home to Shenhua. Thankfully, Changchun managed to grab a 3-3 draw against Guangzhou, and we retained our title. Its especially pleasing considering the amount of rotation I had this season. The ACL was obviously the aim for the season, and a group of Perth Glory, Giurare Yokohama and Seoul gave me confidence that I might make the knockout stages. 2 points from the first three games, including a 5-3 drubbing at home to Perth, was an horrific start. We scrapped out successive 1-0 wins against Seoul and Guirare Yokohama in games 4 and 5, which left us needing to go to Perth and win to qualify for the last 16. Up stepped Yin Congyao, who smashed in 4 goals in a 5-3 win (ironic considering the defeat earlier on in the season) and we were in the knockout stages. The last 16 saw us take on Jeju, and after a boring 0-0 draw at home in the first leg, we battled hard in the second leg and grabbed a deserved 2-1 win goals coming from Babel and Congyao. We faced another Korean team in the quarter finals, as Jeonbuk awaited. They were top of the league, and playing well, but so were we. Another 0-0 draw at home in the first leg set up an interesting second leg. We raced into a 3-1 lead, Liu Binbin with a brace and Congyao with the other. Jeonbuk fought back, levelling the game up in the 89th minute. Five minutes of stoppage time, with them battering us, but we held firm, and went through on away goals. The semi finals saw us paired with Sydney, reigning ACL champions. We travelled to Australia for the first leg, and the referee took centre stage, awarding us two penalties as we brought back a precious 3-2 lead to China. We took an early lead in the second leg, before Sydney levelled it up at 1-1. The onslaught continued, but they couldn't find a way past an inspired Yeerzati again, and we were in the final. The final saw us play Al-Hilal, who had been fired there by Jackson Martinez, a man who had turned me down in the summer. However, it was his strike partner, Imoh Ezekiel, who tore us apart in the first leg, scoring all 5 as we lost 5-3 away. However, the away goals meant that I always felt we had a chance in the second leg, until I saw that five of my first choice 11 had been called up for international duty. Its the second leg of the Champions League final, what the hell? Not impressed. Babel was out injured as well, so I put out a makeshift side, more in hope than expectation. Gao Lin, in what was looking like being his last game before retirement, put us ahead after 4 minutes, and when Wei Shihao netted just before the hour, I was in dreamland. However, I was then in catch 22. As it stood, we were going to win the trophy on away goals. The problem was, we hadn't kept a clean sheet in any competition since the 0-0 first leg in the quarter final. I decided to keep my tactics as they were until the last ten minutes, and then I battened down the hatches and went ultra defensive. All the bodies behind the ball worked, and we held out. Champions League champions! Really, that is completely mental, as I only won 3 group games, and 3 knockout games to lift the trophy. Its almost as if my side took inspiration from the 2004 Greek team in deciding that draws could be enough to get the job done! This meant we were to compete in the Club World Championship, and our quarter final was against Kaizer Chiefs. Now, this was personal, as I'd applied for their vacancy earlier on in the season, only to be turned down after being interviewed. Goals from Binbin and Congyao made sure I got my revenge, and we faced Boca in the semis. Ultimately, the Argentinians were too good for us, beating us 3-2, before going on to beat Arsenal 1-0 in the final. We played Toronto in the third placed playoff, and we blew them away. 4-0 up just after half time, we took our foot off the gas a little, eventually running out 4-2 winners to finish a respectable third. So, club-wise, that's me done in Asia, much sooner than I expected to be. Looking back, I got very lucky in getting the Jiangsu job so quickly into my career. They were set up for a title run from the off, and with a few sensible additions I knew I could have a good go in the ACL. I actually thought I'd end up having to go to the mental nation that is South Korea to win it, which didn't fill me with joy after reading many of the experiences of you lot out there, so I'm pleased I wont need to now. I'm about to leave Jiangsu, with my reputation at 60%, and studying for my Continental A Licence. I'm definitely moving up in the world. Now I need to decide where I'm going to go next. There aren't many jobs about that interest me hugely, but the vacancy at struggling Aberdeen might tempt me, mainly because they're in the semi finals of the League Cup, so that might be a way to grab another trophy fairly easily. If I do, I'll stay until the end of the season (I'm currently in December 2020) and then reassess my options. Club Season Team Position Notes and Achievements 2015/16 Dungannon 10th Won Northern Irish FA Cup and kept Dungannon up after taking over with 3 games to go 2016/17 Dungannon 8th A solid but unspectacular season 2017/18 Yiteng 8th A settling season in China 2019 Jiangsu 1st Won Chinese Super League and FA Cup, as well as claiming MOTY. 2020 Jiangsu 1st Won Chinese Super League and Asian Champions League Season Team Notes and Achievements 2016/17 Congo Resigned without playing a game 2016/17 Cameroon One win away from WC qualification 2017/18 Cameroon 2nd round of 2018 World Cup 2019 Cameroon African Cup of Nations winner! Challenge Progress Club 1/10 top domestic leagues - China (Jiangsu) 2/10 domestic cups - Northern Ireland (Dungannon), China (Jiangsu) 1/5 club continental championships - ACL (Jiangsu) 0/1 club world championship International 1/5 continental tournaments - ACON Cameroon 2019 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirajzl Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Season 2026/27 We destroyed the league once again and defended the title easily. Nobody had done that to Juventus in my save since Inter in 2010! However, they took their revenge where it mattered to me, in the cup. We conceded in injury time of semifinals and that were our cup hopes gone. In the CL we faced Real M. (1-3, 2-2), Lyon (4-2, 0-1) and Viktoria Plzen (3-0, 4-2) and scraped through by having better results against Lyon. We were rewarded with Barcelona in the 1st knockout round. Despite my careful squad rotation, we missed four key players to injuries in games versus Barca. 3-3 at home and 1-2 loss away and goodbye CL. Infuriatingly, we conceded both goals in the second leg after indirect freekicks and their attacker alone in the box for some reason. I'll be leaving Napoli because I'm bored with Italy. The cup remains a black mark, though. The light of the season was international stage. Cameroon approached me a month before WC in 2026. After a good start and a win over Poland 2-0, we lost to Serbia 0-1 and Brazil 1-3. However, the year of 2027 brought me what I wanted all along; African Nations Cup! Season Team League Position Domestic Cup Continental Cup Notes 2015 Goyang Hi FC K League Challenge 5th 4th rnd - took over 13 games to go, 7th place 2016 Goyang Hi FC K League Challenge 1st 5th rnd - 2017 Goyang Hi FC K League Classic 6th quarters - 2018 Goyang Hi FC K League Classic 7th 4th rnd - 2019 Seoul K League Classic 3rd runners up WINNERS joined after 19 games, 6th place 2020 Seoul K League Classic 1st WINNERS WINNERS 2020/21 Sundowns South African PSL 3rd KC semis, FA 1st rnd in progress joined after 13 games, 11th place 2021/22 Sundowns South African PSL 1st KC WINNERS, FA quarters won ACC 2022/23 Sundowns South African PSL 1st KC semis, FA winners WINNERS 2023/24 Palermo Serie A 4th semis - joined after 11 games, 11th place 2024/25 Napoli Serie A 2nd 1st rnd EL 1st KO rnd 2025/26 Napoli Serie A 1st quarters CL 1st KO rnd 2026/27 Napoli Serie A 1st semis CL 1st KO rnd Season Nation Competitions 2020 Nigeria African Champions of Nations - quarterfinals 2021 Nigeria African Nations Cup - quarterfinals 2021 Ivory Coast - 2022 Ivory Coast African Champions of Nations - winners, World Cup - second round 2023 Ivory Coast African Nations Cup - 4th place 2026 Cameroon World Cup - group stage 2027 Cameroon African Nations Cup - WINNERS Challenge Progress Club 3/10 top domestic leagues (Korea-Seoul, South Africa-Sundowns, Italy-Napoli) 2/10 domestic cups (Korea-Seoul, South Africa-Sundowns) 2/5 club continental championships (Asia-Seoul, Africa-Sundowns) 0/1 club world championship International 1/5 continental tournaments (Africa-Cameroon) 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Gord Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Slask Wroclow Season Review 2019/20 League Table - 5th (minor spoilers!) The Ekstraklasa is an interesting league, after each team has played each other twice (30 games) the table is split into a Championship group and a Relegation group, each team has their points total split in half and we all play another 7 games to fight it out for the title, I thought it was a pretty neat setup, basically everyone still has something to play for in the last game. First season with Slask was a strange one, despite thinking I had a big budget we realy didn't, I was forced to sell off 14 players just to balance out the wage budget and with a bank balance deep in the red we once again had to rely on loanees to see us through. I was pretty happy at the end of the regulation season, we finished up in 4th, always well behind the likes of Legia and Lech who were forking out £1m on players, our plucky group of loanees and bang average players managed to take 4 points of Lech at the close of the season so I was marginally happy about that. Our Championship group stage was a lot different, winning only 2 of our 7 games and losing 4 others we fell right away from the European Qualification spots, finishing in a rather poor 5th position. Slask aren't good enough to win the league with Lech and Legia throwing money around, so it was a stoke of luck when the Legia boss was sacked after finishing 4th, I applied and got the job within a week, jackpot 2015/16 FC Haka 3rd Finnish First Division 2016/17 FC Haka 1st Finnish First Division Promoted to Premier League 2017/18 FC Haka 1st Finnish Premier League League Winners 2018/19 Gornik Leczna 1st Polish First Division Promoted to Ekstraklasa 2019/20 Slask Wroclaw 5th Polish Ekstraklasa Challenge Progress Club 1/10 top domestic leagues (Finland) 0/10 domestic cups 0/5 club continental championships 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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