The FM21 Youth Academy Challenge

[JLAB]

So quick question for anyone who knows about doing the challenge in Denmark. Does every club in the 4th tier always begin as amateur?

[Cheez3y]

Wits University - Youth Intake 2026

Decent intake, which is adding some depth in the midfield.

Im a bit disappointed, that we got such a limited amout of nations.

I expected atleast one dutch man...

Intake Map - 2026:

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Intake Map - All Time:

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[XaW]

17 minutes ago, JLAB said:

So quick question for anyone who knows about doing the challenge in Denmark. Does every club in the 4th tier always begin as amateur?

I think there are a few semi-pro, but I'm not sure. Perhaps all are indeed amateur...

[Cheez3y]

I guess the team wants to end it the right way. The rematch.

[witticism]

I've been playing just too much monster hunter, so here's a tiny update:

2024/2025 Intake:

And the Top Prospect:

 

Yet another midfielder who cant cross or finish, just give me another striker or like, a wide midfielder please. Still, could be worse.

 

Now here's the updated graphs:

 

Edited April 17, 2021 by witticism
data

[Cheez3y]

Wits University - Season 2025/26

Transfers I + Transfers II + Released // Media Prediction

 

Upgrades/Downgrades

TF Good > Average

 

CAF Super Cup

Started the season with the victory of the CAF Super Cup again.

 

League Cup & MNT Cup

Results // KO Tree

Next up was the MTN cup, which complete the set of silverware in RSA.

Results // KO Tree

Didnt really care about the league cup.

 

National Cup

Results // KO Tree

Once again, didnt care. I played a rotated team.

 

 

Premiership

Results I + Results II

Mamelodi lost 2 key players this season, which the couldnt replacce proper.

We were more consistent.

 

CAF Champions League

Results // Groups // KO Tree

The team wanted to finish this save proper, so we beat Mamelodi once again in the CL final.

 

  

Player of this save is this gentlement. I always love a good DLP and he was one.

31 assists this season!

 

Best XI

Spoiler

 

And with this season the adventures of Wits University FC ends.

R.I.P.

[XaW]

Well, that went fast @Cheez3y! Congrats! 

[JLAB]

Congrats on finishing it @Cheez3y

[steve.rush]

Congrats @Cheez3y

[witticism]

2024/2025 Season Review

Upside: we didnt get relegated
Downside: so many important injuries

No consistency outside of that stretch in November

Yeah... we are that team, lot of grit and hard tackles and not a whole lot of clever defending and still manage to only concede one penalty all season apparently

Other stats of note, our set piece woes continue:

 Goals from Corners: 2

Goals from DFK: 1

Goals from IFK: 1

Penalties: 8 taken, 5 scored

 

Spoiler

updated spreadsheet:

Season	League	Played	Finish	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Ag	GD	Win%	Preview	Cup	Europe	Status	Training	Youth	Coaching	Recruitment
21/22	CFA D	30	3	12	12	6	38	26	12	40.00	-	-	-		Below Average	Poor	Average	Fairly Basic
22/23	National	34	2	17	12	5	63	36	27	50.00	16	Eleventh Round	-	Semi-Pro	Below Average	Poor	Average	Fairly Basic
23/24	Ligue 2	38	6	17	8	13	53	52	1	44.74	20	Ninth Round	-	Pro	Average	Basic	Good	Adequate
24/25	Ligue 2	38	8	16	6	16	58	55	3	42.11	20	Eight Round	-	Pro	Average	Basic	Excellent	Average

 

[steve.rush]

Youth Preview 2043-2044

Youth Intake 2043-2044

Fairly satisfied with the intake again

[Cheez3y]

7 hours ago, steve.rush said:

Congrats @Cheez3y

 

10 hours ago, JLAB said:

Congrats on finishing it @Cheez3y

 

10 hours ago, XaW said:

Well, that went fast @Cheez3y! Congrats! 

Thank you guys.

Yes it was fast, but I expected it.

Wits had top 4 facilities and won the league back in 2017 IRL. They arent supposed be down there.

After seein this, I needed to do this save, because its maybe once in a lifetime possibility.

 

For the next adventure, I want to do Asia or North America.

The Sarawak thing sadly doent work, then both cant play in the same league.

 

Question

How does it work with custom DBs?

Do I need to start in the lowest tier and do the promotion thingy again?

[XaW]

4 hours ago, Cheez3y said:

Question

How does it work with custom DBs?

Do I need to start in the lowest tier and do the promotion thingy again?

Pretty much the same as normal. If the lowest tier has relegation, then holiday for a season and take over a newly promoted club. For those leagues who DON'T have relegation in the lowest tier, then holiday for a season and take over the team who finished bottom. Though we've only allowed for databases who have at least 2 tiers. So places like San Marino and Gibraltar, who both only have 1 tier, cannot be used.

My current attempt in Russia includes a custom DB. In the vanilla game, Russia have 2 tiers, but I wanted to go a bit deeper, so I found a file that added two more tiers, so I started with a team who got promoted into the 4th tier in Russia and just play as normal.

[OlivierL]

Great job @Cheez3y Would love to see u doing something like this in Andorra of Gibraltar  

[JLAB]

ACN Siena 1904 - 2039/40 Season Review

This season was our first in Europe, and it showed rather heavily. We were in a relegation fight for most of the season and it was only after I bit the bullet and made changes to my formations that things started going well for us. Changing to two up top made things easier for us, especially when some of my best talents could express themselves a bit more as a result of the move.

We were one match away from not only getting into the Europa League knockouts, but also getting into the Europa Conference Leagues. In the end, we did neither as Schalke beat us 3-0 to knock us out of Europe altogether. A good season for me since it meant that I had to adapt to the congested nature of a team playing European football every year and we don't have that kind of depth just yet.

I was so grumpy by the end of the season that I acknowledged that things needed to be tinkered going forward, and both our training and youth facilities get downgraded at the end of the season. I made sure to get the board to upgrade them immediately, so they will both be state of the art facilities by Christmas next season. Life is good in that regards.

[Cheez3y]

28 minutes ago, XaW said:

Pretty much the same as normal. If the lowest tier has relegation, then holiday for a season and take over a newly promoted club. For those leagues who DON'T have relegation in the lowest tier, then holiday for a season and take over the team who finished bottom. Though we've only allowed for databases who have at least 2 tiers. So places like San Marino and Gibraltar, who both only have 1 tier, cannot be used.

Ah ok, thank you.

So South Korea is viable?

There are two tier and no relegation from the 2nd to the 3rd.

6 minutes ago, OlivierL said:

Great job @Cheez3y Would love to see u doing something like this in Andorra of Gibraltar  

Maybe in the summer, but definitely next FM.

Something like Luxembourg or Kazakstan.

[steve.rush]

Sannois SG 2043-2044

I changed tactical approach for the first time in over twenty seasons and what a year. We sat in third for pretty much all season. Club records set in points, goals scored and goals conceded.

We can never seem to make any headway in the French Cup. This time we lose to AS Saint-Etienne, 2-1 at home in the Tenth Round

In the Euro Cup II, we went all the way, beating Sevilla 2-1 in the final, setting records for goals scored along the way. Our first European trophy.

Lucas Perez 35e was on fire all year. 48 goals is outstanding. Mohamed El Joubi 36e was our main provider.

Our best player by far is Yacoub Vasquez-Garcia 39a. He won't sign a new contract so we may have to cash in.

Targets for next year are to keep pushing in the league, a better domestic cup run and a good showing in the Champions League.

 

[XaW]

37 minutes ago, Cheez3y said:

Ah ok, thank you.

So South Korea is viable?

There are two tier and no relegation from the 2nd to the 3rd.

Should be fine if you holiday a season and take over the team that finished last in the lowest tier, right @darren1983?

[darren1983]

5 minutes ago, XaW said:

Should be fine if you holiday a season and take over the team that finished last in the lowest tier, right @darren1983?

Yeah that should be fine to do/

Congrats to @Cheez3y though and added you, again, to the hall of fame 

Edited April 18, 2021 by darren1983

[steve.rush]

Now a full France international, we couldn't hold on to our best player. Easily the best we have had through our academy so far.

[Cheez3y]

25 minutes ago, XaW said:

Should be fine if you holiday a season and take over the team that finished last in the lowest tier, right @darren1983?

 

21 minutes ago, darren1983 said:

Yeah that should be fine to do/

Congrats to @Cheez3y though and added you, again, to the hall of fame 

Ty.

Thats great news, then I will prob doin South Korea next.

[ANGL]

Congratulations @Cheez3y!!

[holidaysong]

FC United of Manchester ; season 2042/43

League Table ; Squad ; Starting 11 ; Transfers ; Youth Candidates

Our third season in the Premier League and we've outpaced my progress expectations by qualifying for the Europa League.

Three teenagers from our golden generation intake two seasons ago were first team regulars, while the oldest outfield player in my starting eleven is only 24 years old. So hopefully the future is very bright!

[ANGL]

CLUB ESPORTIU EUROPA - SEASON 11 (31/32)

Salvation was the aim of the season, and (against most odds) salvation has been. We were in a hard fight during the first half of the season, and then a bad run with 7 straight loses put us in real danger. But after that bad run came a good one, and with 12 matches without a lose (6W, 6D) we sealed our salvation with 2 matches to go.

Performance in Copa Del Rey was poor, losing in second round against CD Badajoz, a lower division team.

 

Three players from last intake went almost straight to the first team: Joan Sanz 10A, Johan Bergh 10D and Baltasar Calvo 10C (who has made his first team international debut with Andorra with only 16 years). The squad is overpopulated now and some players will have to leave this summer - but I hope I can keep Sergi Fernández 8H, who I consider my best propect at the moment (I really doubt It).

 

Looks like a nice generation too, but will need some good central defender on the future.

 

In other terms, we had a takeover, the second of the save:

And it looks like a really generous one:

 

With that money and with increased money from TV, we end the season with 4.2M€ in benefits. I have given a good use to that, and now hold a Continental A Licence. Also, all the facilities have been updated: now we have adequate training and youth facilities, with a good academy coaching and excellent youth recruitment. A new stadium is also projected, and currently we are looking for an adequate site to it.

 

[Cheez3y]

After some thinking, I picked my new club.

Last find some Columbian wonderkids.

Fortaleza is the worst team in the overall table in the 2nd tier.

 

And we are gettin a GG for the start.

 

EDIT:

This is fine right?

I cant cancel the first one, but I could the second one.

Edited April 18, 2021 by Cheez3y

[XaW]

              

FC Novokuznetsk - Season 2035/36 Review

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

Well, that was quite a surprising season! I had no idea what to expect from this league, but apparently, the difference is not that big! At least for us. So we are promoted to the top tier after back to back promotion, and I do feel like we do deserve it after the hell that is the Russian 3rd tier for 12 seasons. We will be favourites for relegation though, since I really don't think the squad is good enough for the Russian top tier. But perhaps the top teams are just so much better than the rest? I mean, Spartak Moscow's 2nd team won the 2nd tier ahead of us. So perhaps we have a slight chance if the poorest teams are around our level. Hopefully there's some money to be made soon, since the only reason we are not about £2m in the red is because we got another loan.

In the Kubok Rossii we beat FK Tyumen to reach the 4th round group stage. There we finished 2nd, behind Lokomotiv Moscow, and ahead of Avangard Kursk and got knocked out.

Youth

We keep getting good intake, but as we've seen the last few seasons, it might not mean much.

Yeah, this is not a good intake...

Liu Shuang 36b is a decent talent, but not amazing.

U21s:

They only played friendlies.

U18s:

They finished 1st in the Russian U18 Division - Siberia Group 2 and qualified. In the Group stage the finished 2nd and qualified from there as well. In the knockout rounds they beat Dnepr Smolensk U18s, Smena KnA U18s, and eventually, Avangard Kursk U18s to win the whole thing!

Statistics:

Spoiler

That's China added to the list.

Record Breakers:

Most goals in a season: Vladimir Shevchenko 30c - 41
Most league goals in a season: Vladimir Shevchenko 30c - 41
Most goals in a match: Vladimir Shevchenko 30c - 5
Most goals in a league match: Vladimir Shevchenko 30c - 5
Most league apps overall: Lorenzo Coppo 22d - 344

Trophy cabinet:

Russian Second Division - Group 1 - 1 (2034/35)
Russian U18 Division (U18s) - 1 (2035/36

[keeper#1]

Farnborough January 1, 2036 Update

Our offense has been on fire all season.  We ripped off an unbeaten streak of 16 games.  We put the opposition on the backfoot and don't let them attack us.  I've made a couple of tactical tweaks which has us shooting more leading toward more goals which leads to the opposition playing more defensive which reduces their offensive chances.  It's a vicious cycle that works in our favor.

Near the league lead in goals per game, shots per game, xG Goals against per game.  We are firing on all cylinders.  Our defense could have been even better but my darn chairman keeps selling players above my head.

Good news is we have sold over 25 million pounds worth of players.  We have yet to cash on a poached player clause.

Soufaine Dghoughi 25A continues to rake in the appearances mainly due to a lack of options in the midfield.  Armando 27F has moved past Jamie Loft 26F in goals by an academy player.  However, Austin Power 31G is quickly closing in on him.

Tafadzwa Mutasa 31A is now our most capped international player even though he has spent the last two seasons playing in our U23 team.

I'm hoping this poor class is due to the strength of her current players but time is short for my new Head of Youth Development.  This is not a good first impression.

 

[keeper#1]

PLAYER SALE

See Mr. Chairman, this is what I can do when you let me do my job.

[JaytheGreat]

Season 2023

Squad, Profile, Transfers, Table

Starting with the big news.

We are moving on up to the Swedish 1st Division! Unlike last season we started the season off quick going our first 6 games without a loss, We were in the top 3 for most of season and unlike last year the team's we were battling dropped off in the last 4 games while we didn't. Our attackers played well, and so did GK Anton Kjellsson but our midfield and RBs tended to struggle. We made the most of our set pieces as we lead the league in goals from corners, Our depth doesn't fill me with great hope for the next year but I'm happy to be there. Intake players Andreas Holmen 22D and Peter Norell 22H gave us some good win off the bench. In other team news it wasn't just the Main team that won something but the U19s won their league as well.

 

 

Edited April 19, 2021 by JaytheGreat

[JAwtunes]

@Cheez3y congrats fella 

[Winski]

BFC Dynamo
End of season review 2027/2028
League Table | Finances |Facilities | Youth intake | Transfers | Competitions Overview

Our first season in the Bundesliga, and what a season it was. We were never in danger of relegation. With a bit of more luck we could have qualified for Europe! But to be honest: we overachieved. We got some nice players, but when I compare our squad with other squads in the Bundesliga, then we are the weakest team of the league. By miles. I think every team underestimate us, and that that is a big factor that we won a lot of our matches. But I will not complain! This was a dream debut in the Bundesliga. And with this 11th place, we earned almost € 50 million, so we will not have any financial problems anymore. We even got State of the Art Youth Facilities now  So yes, I am a very happy man.
We still can't compete in the Cup. In all those years we never got further then the 3th round. Also this season we lost in the 2nd round. I play mostly with my B-team, because I want my players to be fit for the competition. But maybe I must take the Cup more serious from now on.

We also had a very big outgoing Transfer. Our best player, Ibrahim Arim 23a, was sold on Deadline Day to Schalke 04 for € 20 million. I got more bids for him, but rejected most of them. But when Schalke came with a bid on Deadline Day, I negotiated and asked for 20 million with 50% of his next transfer fee. And they accepted it 
But I could accept the offer. Not only for the money, but also because we got some really nice talents who can play even more now. 
And he did well after the transfer, he played 14 matches in the Bundesliga and he scored 4 goals for them. 

Best players
The player with the highest avr. rating was my goalkeeper Damian Schobert. He's the last real player from the original squad who is still playing for us. He is a fantastic goalkeeper for us. And the media was suggesting that the manager of the national team, Jürgen Klopp, must give him a call-up for the national team. I don't think he is good enough for that level, but it's great to read all those news items about him. Even more because he is a real player. 

Philipp Stein 25l was the man in form this season. He is only 18 years old, but in his debut season he scored 12 Bundesliga goals and 10 assists. He is developing into a really nice player for us!
And the same can be said about Emir Halili 26a, our Libero. He will be a future star, for sure. He is only 17 years old! I think that he can develop into a fantastic player.

Youth intake
I changed my HoyD halfway the season. This is the preview with my old HoyD:

But then I decided to sack Arnoud-Michel Royon. Not that I was unhappy with him, but I had the chance to hire this legend. His stats are way better then Royon. 

But when I hired him, the youth intake preview also changed:

The actual intake was fantastic. With Tom Büchler 28a we got a potential gold mine. We've got our own Arjen Robben! These are the best 5, according to Kompany:

 

[steve.rush]

Youth Preview 2044-2045

Youth Intake 2044-2045

Decent intake. I especially like the look of Pouget.

[OlivierL]

7 hours ago, Winski said:

BFC Dynamo
End of season review 2027/2028
League Table | Finances |Facilities | Youth intake | Transfers | Competitions Overview

Our first season in the Bundesliga, and what a season it was. We were never in danger of relegation. With a bit of more luck we could have qualified for Europe! But to be honest: we overachieved. We got some nice players, but when I compare our squad with other squads in the Bundesliga, then we are the weakest team of the league. By miles. I think every team underestimate us, and that that is a big factor that we won a lot of our matches. But I will not complain! This was a dream debut in the Bundesliga. And with this 11th place, we earned almost € 50 million, so we will not have any financial problems anymore. We even got State of the Art Youth Facilities now  So yes, I am a very happy man.
We still can't compete in the Cup. In all those years we never got further then the 3th round. Also this season we lost in the 2nd round. I play mostly with my B-team, because I want my players to be fit for the competition. But maybe I must take the Cup more serious from now on.

We also had a very big outgoing Transfer. Our best player, Ibrahim Arim 23a, was sold on Deadline Day to Schalke 04 for € 20 million. I got more bids for him, but rejected most of them. But when Schalke came with a bid on Deadline Day, I negotiated and asked for 20 million with 50% of his next transfer fee. And they accepted it 
But I could accept the offer. Not only for the money, but also because we got some really nice talents who can play even more now. 
And he did well after the transfer, he played 14 matches in the Bundesliga and he scored 4 goals for them. 

Best players
The player with the highest avr. rating was my goalkeeper Damian Schobert. He's the last real player from the original squad who is still playing for us. He is a fantastic goalkeeper for us. And the media was suggesting that the manager of the national team, Jürgen Klopp, must give him a call-up for the national team. I don't think he is good enough for that level, but it's great to read all those news items about him. Even more because he is a real player. 

Philipp Stein 25l was the man in form this season. He is only 18 years old, but in his debut season he scored 12 Bundesliga goals and 10 assists. He is developing into a really nice player for us!
And the same can be said about Emir Halili 26a, our Libero. He will be a future star, for sure. He is only 17 years old! I think that he can develop into a fantastic player.

Youth intake
I changed my HoyD halfway the season. This is the preview with my old HoyD:

But then I decided to sack Arnoud-Michel Royon. Not that I was unhappy with him, but I had the chance to hire this legend. His stats are way better then Royon. 

But when I hired him, the youth intake preview also changed:

The actual intake was fantastic. With Tom Büchler 28a we got a potential gold mine. We've got our own Arjen Robben! These are the best 5, according to Kompany:

 

Great job @Winski . with that kind of money in the books.. u need to get into Europa and i'm sure u are able to finish this challenge , go go !

[steve.rush]

Sannois SG 2044-2045

3rd place again which is great. Lyon were on top most of the year and we were never really close. Paris SG had an awful year.

We finally overachieved in the French Cup, going all the way and winning comfortably 3-0 against Brest in the final.

A decent first showing in the Champions League. We finished 3rd in the group of death and qualified for the Euro Cup.

We did great in the Euro Cup and came one game away from a final place but Man Utd taught us a lesson in the away leg.

Lucas Perez 35e was once again top scorer with 37 and Mohamed El Joubi 36e provided 11 assists on the year.

Joseph Enama 39c and Mael Renaud 31b are our stand out players.

Reluctantly, we accepted a bid from Man City for Yacoub Vasquez-Garcia 39a. He made it into the French National Team and wouldn't sign a new deal.

Keep pushing on. I think we can win the league in the next few seasons and getting beyond the group stage of the Champions League has to be the next target.

[witticism]

mid-season update: a few more facilities upgrades but more importantly, moved in to our new all-seated stadium and things are going well for us:

We are still the same in many aspects:

385 Fouls made, 475 tackles, 85% tackle won ratio, 55 yellow cards, 1 red, 2 Penalties conceded  

Anxiously awaiting the inevitable January slump, plus ça change.

[JaytheGreat]

2023 Youth Intake 

We get 2 right away useful players in Svensson and Olsson. Svensson looks better then last year's youth intake fullback Peter Norell. Olsson will come in as the main back up on the right wing if I can get him trained their. It's a decent class but the fact that we can't improve our facilities means our players aren't really growing but we just don't have the money to improve them. Giannis Manasis becomes our second dual national player as he holds both Swedish and Greek nationalities. 

 

 

[Morpheus13]

Chengfeng Season 40/41 Review

Table - Squad - U23Squad - U19Squad - Transfers - Finances

Again a good Season, finishing 7th. A very solid defense helped us throughout the season and Bai Ran finding his scoring touch again, in what might be the last season in which he is our starting striker, with Zhao Ke improving alot during his loan spell in the Jia League. But the key I think, is that we have no real holes in our team right now. In every Position we have at least one decent player, even tho we could use some depth. The board behaved this year and I was able to keep the players I wanted to keep, even tho Interest was high. We sold some of the players who didnt made a jump. Some of them could become decent I guess, but they didnt progress enough for me. This leaves us with 13 Millions in the bank and our facilities are really good now. And the nice thing is, that it shows in the intakes. Another good one this year:

  

I think 4 or 5 players could become important first team players in the future. Unfortunately the personalities are not the best. 

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First Team

As I said, we dont have any real holes in our first team, and some young players are coming through, progressing nice and fast. The youngest of them seems to be the best one, with Zhao Ke (40A) coming back from loan and surely will play his part next season.

But also Niu Yifan (38C) is progressing nicely and could become our midfielder who has the ball alot, with great flair, technique and decision making. Love him

 

Next to him, it is still He Gang (34E), Li Ming (37B), Zhang Jejiun (37A) and Bai Ran (33A) and Liu Hongliang who are the most important.

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Retirement

He Sen retires after 355 appearances and 134 goals scored for the club. He was our best scorer in 8 seasons. Legend!

 

 

 

[witticism]

Everyone loves an intake post:

Still no foreign national academy prospect, all french, almost exclusively local

Game continues to give me a swarm of midfielders and no forwards and the few forwards I get have less than 9 finishing, this is going to force some creative tactical decisions

 

Top prospect

Second regen GK I've gotten in this save that could slot into the first team almost right away

Current gk cannot pick a pass to save his life and is essentially an immovable object:

 

Updated charts:

Edited April 20, 2021 by witticism
typo

[JLAB]

ACN Siena 1904 - 2040/41 Season Preview

So I forgot to bring this up yesterday, but our new season preview came in and we're in a position that we're not bottom, but we're not great either. Can only hope that the team can do really well.

[SuperRedditch]

Gonna give this a real go, for once. Decided to go for Spain and have chosen Real Jaén.

 

The team looks solid but OLD and lacking a recognised left-back. Not much in the way of existing youth prospects but there's a couple I can work with. Time to sort out staff and commence the grind.

[JAwtunes]

So, we made it to our first European final... and it was the big one.  I was going to post last night but thought that might jinx it (turns out keeping quiet didn't help).

Can't see us making another final again for a while but that's ok.

 

Edited April 20, 2021 by JAwtunes

[JAwtunes]

Widzew Lodz (FM20)

Season 14 (2033-34) - Review

UCL Runner-up

On the pitch

Starting 11

Domestic: We won the league.  Legia continue to spend their owners money and sack their managers.  Jaga pushed us hard until the last few weeks of the season.

Spoiler

League

Cup

Europe: UEFA Champions League runner-up.  Massive achievement and one that saw us move from 52 highest reputation team in Europe to 32.

 

Spoiler

 

Off the pitch

Youth intake

Spoiler

Players

Spoiler

Top players

 

Spoiler

Youth players

 

SUMMARY

[ANGL]

So, my board decides that the cost of a new stadium would be too high to asume...

 

But just 10 minutes after that, they go and decide to get a 14.5M€ loan to build it

Anyway, the stadium will be built in Barcelona, so in my romantic mind we will be based in the same neighborhood (Gràcia) - although in real life it would be almost impossible to build a football stadium there.

[witticism]

Season 2025/2026

So After the usual winter struggles and some injuries it's come down to this.

We lost both ties with Bordeaux so reaching them was going to be a near impossible task but maybe, just maybe, second place was still possible..

It wasn't

...but promotion was our dream all along, we all knew such lofty ambitions was winning were for other people, right lads? ...lads?

Maybe

We'd have to go through the playoffs if we were to do it at all

First came Le Havre, having drawn both times we've faced them this season I wasn't overly confident

Okay, maybe. We'd have to beat whoever it was that got relegated from Ligue 1 this season and that wasnt going to be easy

Didn't they just get promoted last season? Could be worse

Updated Table

Spoiler

Season	League	Played	Finish	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Ag	GD	Win%	Preview	Cup	Europe	Status	Training	Youth	Coaching	Recruitment
21/22	CFA D	30	3	12	12	6	38	26	12	40.00%	-	-	-		Below Average	Poor	Average	Fairly Basic
22/23	National	34	2	17	12	5	63	36	27	50.00%	16	Eleventh Round	-	Semi-Pro	Below Average	Poor	Average	Fairly Basic
23/24	Ligue 2	38	6	17	8	13	53	52	1	44.74%	20	Ninth Round	-	Pro	Average	Basic	Good	Adequate
24/25	Ligue 2	38	8	16	6	16	58	55	3	42.11%	20	Eight Round	-	Pro	Average	Basic	Excellent	Average
25/26	Ligue 2	38	3	21	12	5	72	38	34	55.26%	19	Eight Round	-	Pro	Average	Basic	Exceptional	Good

 

Edited April 20, 2021 by witticism
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[keeper#1]

Full update tomorrow but I've finally won some silverware

[glennuk]

Long time lurker. Ex avid poster.

Enjoying reading through all of your careers, and thinking I may have a go when FM 22 comes out.

I did see an article today, that reminded me of this challenge so hope it is okay to share - https://firsttimefinish.co.uk/2021/04/08/msk-zilina-feature/

[Winski]

 

Look at this! Damian Schobert has been called up for the German National Team!!! The last real player in our squad, 29 years old now. He has been amazing for us. He is one of our Team Leaders, his average ratings are very high every season. And this is his present for all of the hard work in the last 7 seasons.
Damian Schobert, who is playing in Regionalliga Nordost at the start of FM21, has been called up for the German National Team. Can't believe it.  I don't think he will play, but this is fantastic already. 

[steve.rush]

Youth Preview 2045-2046

Youth Intake 2045-2046

Valade looks like he could be something. Personalities on the other aren't great.

[vikeologist]

16 hours ago, JAwtunes said:

So, we made it to our first European final... and it was the big one.  I was going to post last night but thought that might jinx it (turns out keeping quiet didn't help).

Can't see us making another final again for a while but that's ok.

 

Gutting. I hope that you can maintain your level next season. Do you think your squad is on the rise or decline?

[steve.rush]

Sannois SG 2045-2046

In the Trophee des Champions, we set the tone for the year with a 5-1 hammering of Lyon.

Smashed the league. Our first Ligue 1 title. At one point, we went 19 games unbeaten before games stacked up toward the end. First part of the challenge complete!

In the French Cup, we made it all the way to the final but AS Monaco were the better team on the day and beat us 3-1

We made easy work of the group stage of the Champions League.

In the knockout stages, we beat Rangers, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund to set up a final versus Chelsea at Celtic Park.

Spoiler

We raced into a 3-0 lead and held on until the break. I expected more from Chelsea and they managed to pull one back early in the second half.

We continued to hold on until the 94th minute where we won and scored a penalty to put the icing on the cake. 4-1 and Sannois SG are Champions of Europe!

Challenge Complete!

 

 

Edited April 21, 2021 by steve.rush