The Ultimate Football Manager Challenge

[darren1983]

1 minute ago, vikeologist said:

Hopefully that means you'll be in the Mexican Cup. Can't win it if you're not in it.

We are indeed. One chance to win it (I hope) 

[b4usiddhu2]

           

Challenge Progress Update | Sep 2024 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | Bosnia & Herzegovina

Well a nightmarish experience in china. Joined Shandong being at 6th place with 8 games left in 2023. Couldn't improve their league position from 6th. 

Did a 200M transfer business and thought I had the team to perform well only to realise the foreigner rules impacted my transfer business and first team selections massively. Struggled to perform better and lingered in mid table pretty much whole time. 8th in the league table and with couple of ultimatums from the board, got fired eventually in Sep 2024 being at 8th in the table with 6 games left in the season. The FA cup performance was better, being qualified to the final only to not play it now as I got sacked now. 

Oh well, will search for some other country, I don't think China is for me with the overseas transfer rules. 

 

 

Meanwhile, Bosnia & Herzegovina came in for me, and I felt it is a good start for management in Europe. They were just out of Euros when they approached for me. Only have European International League games in the schedule, hopefully I can get the WC qualifiers soon. 

Bad start here as well, with 2 losses in 2 games against Turkey and Croatia already. 

 

Challenge Progress:

 

[goonergez]

France: World Cup 2086

My departure from Columbia left me feeling a little sad after investing a large amount of my time in trying to win the Copa America with them. In the end my record was pretty decent though. We reached the final of said Copa America twice and although we lost them both by a single goal that’s a pretty decent achievement in itself. On top of that there were a further two appearances in Quarter Finals at the World Cup. We simply couldn’t get over the line though and I wasn’t surprised to be sent packing from my position. In truth I’d already decided that I would depart at the end of the Copa America 2084 anyways, although hoping to have gone further than a Quarter Final exit to the USA.

I remained unemployed for just shy of a year, desperately hinting out a new international position. The club side of this challenge is done for me and time is running out before I get my PlayStation and shelf this save. Eventually I was picked up as the new manager of France, who relinquished their previous manager the same time I departed Columbia.

The early days of my reign went well. We suffered a loss at home to wales 0-2 in World Cup qualifying, but thankfully won four matches to pip them on goal difference. After that we beat Bosnia in a friendly in March before seeing off South Africa 3-0 as a warm up to the World Cup.

The World Cup wasn’t my focus really with the European Championships the trophy I need to complete Europe. That being said it would prove important to impress the French FA with a good showing here in order to keep my job. A 1-1 draw with Australia wasn't a particularly impressive start, but we did well to bounce back and see off Haiti to qualify for the knockout stages as group winners.

First up was a pretty comfortable and comprehensive win over Norway before we faced our first real test of the tournament. An entertaining tie with England went from one end to the other, eventually ending 3-3 after extra time. We missed our first penalty but then scored the remaining as two English players missed. Victory putting us into the Quarter Finals where we met another stern task in Brazil. We absolutely dominated the game but just didn’t take our chances. After extra time the game ended 2-2 and meant a second shoot out of the tournament. The shoot out was intense before we prevailed 6-5 to reach the semi finals.

The semi final was where our run would end though, matching the expectations of the FA pre tournament. A narrow defeat to Portugal after extra time sending us packing. We actually dominated the game but we’re wasteful in front of goal. We did manage to win the 3rd placed play off though, a 3-0 victory ending our tournament.

Since then we’ve moved onto qualification for the European Championships. We have three wins from three so far which is very pleasing. The Euros are my focus with France and now the preparations begin to get us into a position to try and win it and chalk off the trophy.
 

Season	Club			Competition		Position	Notes & Achievements

2020/21 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	2nd		
2021/22 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	1st (C)		SA First Division Winners
2022/23 SuperSport United	SA Premier		2nd		SA Knockout Cup Winners
2023/24 SuperSport United	SA Premier		3rd		
2024/25 SuperSport United	SA Premier		2nd		Confederations Cup Winners, SA Cup Winners
2025/26 SuperSport United	SA Premier		1st (C)		SA Premier League Winners, SA Cup Winners, CAF Super Cup Winners, Super-8 Cup Winners, 
2026/27 SuperSport United	SA Premier		3rd		SA Knockout Cup Winners, CAF Champions League Winners
2027	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	6th		
2028	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	2nd		Chinese FA Cup Winners
2029	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	2nd		Asian Champions League Winners, Chinese FA Cup Winners
2030	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	1st (C)		Chinese Super League Winners, Chinese Super Cup Winners
2031	DC United		MLS East Conference	6th		
2032/33 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	5th		Copa Argentinos Winners
2033/34 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	2nd		Copa Sudamericana Winners, Copa Argentinos Winners, Argentinian Super Cup Winners, Sudamericana Super Cup Winners
2034/35 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	2nd		Copa Libertadores Winners, Sudamericana Super Cup Winners
2035	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	5th		MLS Western Conference Winners
2036	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	1st (C)		MLS Cup Winners, Supporters Shield Winners, MLS Western Conference Winners, Leagues Cup Winners
2037	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	1st		MLS Western Conference Winners, Supporters Shield Winners, Campeones Cup Winners
2038/39	Mainz FC/ Schalke 04	Bundesliga		-
2039	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	5th		
2040	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	1st		Supporters Shield Winners
2041	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	-		CONCACAF Champions League Winners
2041/42	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		4th
2042/43	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		4th
2043/44 Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		6th
2044/45 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		7th
2045/46 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		1st (C)		Bundesliga Winners
2046/47 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		2nd		DFL Super Cup Winners
2047/48 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		1st (C)		Bundesliga Winners
2048/49	-
2049/50	-
2050/51	AS Monaco		French Ligue 1		3rd		French Super Cup Winners	
2051/52	AS Monaco		French Ligue 1		3rd
2052/53 CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd		European Super Cup Winners, Copa del Rey Winners
2053/54	CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd		Spanish Super Cup Winners
2054/55	CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd
2055/56	CF Valencia		La Liga			1st (C)		La Liga winners, Spanish Super Cup Winners
2056/57 -
2057/58	Napoli			Serie A			-
2057/58	AC Milan		Serie A			4th
2058/59	AC Milan		Serie A			3rd		Europa League Winners
2059/60	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, Taca da Liga Cup Winners
2060/61	FC Porto		Superliga		3rd		UEFA Champions League Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners
2061/62	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, UEFA Super Cup Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners, Taca de Liga Cup Winners 
2062/63	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners, Taca da Liga Winners
2063/64	FC Porto		Superliga		1st (C)		Superliga winners, Portuguese Cup winners,Taca da Liga Winners
2064/65	FC Porto		Superliga		1st (C)		Superliga winners, Portuguese Super Cup winners
2065/66	Paris Saint Germain	French Ligue 1		1st (C)		Ligue 1 winners, Coupe de France winners, French Super Cup winners
2066/67	Liverpool		Premier League		3rd
2067/68 Liverpool		Premier League		3rd
2068/69	Juventus		Serie A			2nd		Coppa Italia Winners, Italian Super Cup Winners
2059/70	Juventus		Serie A			1st (C)		Serie A Winners, Europa League Winners, Copa Italia Winners
2070/71	-
2071/72	Tottenham Hotspurs	Premier League		6th
2072/73	Manchester City		Premier League		5th		FA Cup Winners
2073/74	Manchester City		Premier League		2nd		Europa League Winners, Community Shield winners, Club World Cup Winners
2074/75	Manchester City		Premier League		3rd		European Super Cup Winners, Community Shield Winners
2075/76	Manchester City		Premier League		2nd
2076/77	Manchester United	Premier League		2nd		Community Shield Winners
2077/78	Manchester United	Premier League		1st (C)		Premier League Winners, League Cup Winners
2078/79	-
2079/80	PAOK Salonika		Greek Superleague	2nd		Greek Cup Winners
2080/81	Celtic			Scottish Premier	1st (C)		Scottish Premiership Winners, Scottish Cup Winners
2081/82	-
2082/83	Colo-Colo		Chilean Premier		n/a		Chilean Super Cup Winners
2083/84	-
2084/85	-
2085/86	-
2086/87	-
2087-88	-
	
Year		Nation			Honours
2042-2046	France			Nations League Winners (2043)
2046-2048	Columbia
2048-2049	Nigeria
2049-2051	Morocco			African Cup of Nations Winners (2051)
2054-2055	South Korea
2057-2060	Brazil
2060-2064	Spain			World Cup Winners (2062), Nations League winners (2063)
2066-2067	South Korea		Asia Cup Winners (2067)
2067-2068	Mexico			NA Nations League Winners (2068)
2069-2071	United States		CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (2071)
2075-2084	Columbia
2085-present	France	

10/10 top domestic leagues (2025/26 SA Premier League, 2030 Chinese Super League Winners, 2037 MLS Cup Winners, 2045/46 Bundesliga Winners, 2055/56 La Liga winners, 2063/64 Portuguese Superliga winners, 2065/66 Ligue 1 winners, 2069/70 Serie A Winners, 2077/78 Premier League Winners, 2080/81 Scottish Premiership Winners)
10/10 top domestic cups (2022/23 SA Knockout Cup, 2024/25 SA Cup Winners, 2028 Chinese FA Cup Winners, 2032/33 Copa Argentinos Winners, 2053 Copa del Rey Winners, 2059 Taca de Liga Portugal Winners, 2065/66 Coupe de France winners, 2068/69 Coppa Italia Winners, 2072/73 FA Cup Winners, 2079/80 Greek Cup Winners, 2080/81 Scottish Cup Winners)
5/5 club continental championships (2026/27 CAF Champions League Winners, 2029 Asian Champions League Winners, 2034/35 Copa Libertadores Winners, 2041 CONCACAF Champions League Winners, 2060/61 UEFA Champions League Winners)
1/1 club world championship (2073 Club World Cup Winners)

3/5 continental competitions (2051 African Cup of Nations, 2067 Asia Cup, 2071 CONCACAF Gold Cup)
1/1 world tournaments (2062 World Cup)

 

[goonergez]

France: 2088 European Championships

I hoped losing in the semi finals of the World Cup wouldn’t have us fighting off any sort of hangover, but it definitely did. The Nations League would take place in the months following the World Cup and we would go in and have an absolute stinker. Two wins opened us up before we lost two and drew two to miss out on the knockout stage of the competition. Turkey finished as our group winners although we did manage to finish above Serbia and Romania. It wasn’t a very satisfying run for us though.

After that disappointment we moved on to the real important stuff though, qualification for the upcoming European Championships.

We were handed a pretty simple qualification group but did a very efficient job of booking our spot in the tournament. We secured qualification after six straight wins and would go on to end the group unbeaten and with a very healthy goal difference. A 3-3 comeback draw with Belgium a particular highlight as we chased an unbeaten campaign. Making the tournament proper was an absolute must and we ended up doing it in style.

We entered the tournament ranked number six in the world and listed among the favourites to win it. For me winning it was vital as I look to finally chalk off the two remaining trophies I need for the challenge. We entered it with a pretty straightforward squad and ready to challenge for the honour. Prior to the beginning of the tournament we beat Austria and Iceland in a couple of warm up friendlies too, the perfect preparation.

We were drawn into w tough group but did a really efficient job to qualify as group winners. We opened up with a tight 1-0 victory over Slovenia, a game in which we dominated but wouldn’t score until the final ten minutes. After that we saw off Germany 3-1 in a real thriller of a game. We made a few changes for the final group game having already clinched qualification, seeing off Wales to reach the knockout stages.

That was as far as we managed to go though, crashing out to an efficient Belgian side in the Second around. My hunt for this trophy goes on. Unsurprisingly my position as French manager was ended as the tournament concludes. Now I hunt for a new nation to have another go at trying to chalk off the two remaining trophies I require.
 

Season	Club			Competition		Position	Notes & Achievements

2020/21 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	2nd		
2021/22 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	1st (C)		SA First Division Winners
2022/23 SuperSport United	SA Premier		2nd		SA Knockout Cup Winners
2023/24 SuperSport United	SA Premier		3rd		
2024/25 SuperSport United	SA Premier		2nd		Confederations Cup Winners, SA Cup Winners
2025/26 SuperSport United	SA Premier		1st (C)		SA Premier League Winners, SA Cup Winners, CAF Super Cup Winners, Super-8 Cup Winners, 
2026/27 SuperSport United	SA Premier		3rd		SA Knockout Cup Winners, CAF Champions League Winners
2027	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	6th		
2028	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	2nd		Chinese FA Cup Winners
2029	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	2nd		Asian Champions League Winners, Chinese FA Cup Winners
2030	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	1st (C)		Chinese Super League Winners, Chinese Super Cup Winners
2031	DC United		MLS East Conference	6th		
2032/33 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	5th		Copa Argentinos Winners
2033/34 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	2nd		Copa Sudamericana Winners, Copa Argentinos Winners, Argentinian Super Cup Winners, Sudamericana Super Cup Winners
2034/35 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	2nd		Copa Libertadores Winners, Sudamericana Super Cup Winners
2035	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	5th		MLS Western Conference Winners
2036	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	1st (C)		MLS Cup Winners, Supporters Shield Winners, MLS Western Conference Winners, Leagues Cup Winners
2037	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	1st		MLS Western Conference Winners, Supporters Shield Winners, Campeones Cup Winners
2038/39	Mainz FC/ Schalke 04	Bundesliga		-
2039	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	5th		
2040	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	1st		Supporters Shield Winners
2041	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	-		CONCACAF Champions League Winners
2041/42	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		4th
2042/43	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		4th
2043/44 Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		6th
2044/45 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		7th
2045/46 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		1st (C)		Bundesliga Winners
2046/47 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		2nd		DFL Super Cup Winners
2047/48 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		1st (C)		Bundesliga Winners
2048/49	-
2049/50	-
2050/51	AS Monaco		French Ligue 1		3rd		French Super Cup Winners	
2051/52	AS Monaco		French Ligue 1		3rd
2052/53 CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd		European Super Cup Winners, Copa del Rey Winners
2053/54	CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd		Spanish Super Cup Winners
2054/55	CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd
2055/56	CF Valencia		La Liga			1st (C)		La Liga winners, Spanish Super Cup Winners
2056/57 -
2057/58	Napoli			Serie A			-
2057/58	AC Milan		Serie A			4th
2058/59	AC Milan		Serie A			3rd		Europa League Winners
2059/60	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, Taca da Liga Cup Winners
2060/61	FC Porto		Superliga		3rd		UEFA Champions League Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners
2061/62	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, UEFA Super Cup Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners, Taca de Liga Cup Winners 
2062/63	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners, Taca da Liga Winners
2063/64	FC Porto		Superliga		1st (C)		Superliga winners, Portuguese Cup winners,Taca da Liga Winners
2064/65	FC Porto		Superliga		1st (C)		Superliga winners, Portuguese Super Cup winners
2065/66	Paris Saint Germain	French Ligue 1		1st (C)		Ligue 1 winners, Coupe de France winners, French Super Cup winners
2066/67	Liverpool		Premier League		3rd
2067/68 Liverpool		Premier League		3rd
2068/69	Juventus		Serie A			2nd		Coppa Italia Winners, Italian Super Cup Winners
2059/70	Juventus		Serie A			1st (C)		Serie A Winners, Europa League Winners, Copa Italia Winners
2070/71	-
2071/72	Tottenham Hotspurs	Premier League		6th
2072/73	Manchester City		Premier League		5th		FA Cup Winners
2073/74	Manchester City		Premier League		2nd		Europa League Winners, Community Shield winners, Club World Cup Winners
2074/75	Manchester City		Premier League		3rd		European Super Cup Winners, Community Shield Winners
2075/76	Manchester City		Premier League		2nd
2076/77	Manchester United	Premier League		2nd		Community Shield Winners
2077/78	Manchester United	Premier League		1st (C)		Premier League Winners, League Cup Winners
2078/79	-
2079/80	PAOK Salonika		Greek Superleague	2nd		Greek Cup Winners
2080/81	Celtic			Scottish Premier	1st (C)		Scottish Premiership Winners, Scottish Cup Winners
2081/82	-
2082/83	Colo-Colo		Chilean Premier		n/a		Chilean Super Cup Winners
	
Year		Nation			Honours
2042-2046	France			Nations League Winners (2043)
2046-2048	Columbia
2048-2049	Nigeria
2049-2051	Morocco			African Cup of Nations Winners (2051)
2054-2055	South Korea
2057-2060	Brazil
2060-2064	Spain			World Cup Winners (2062), Nations League winners (2063)
2066-2067	South Korea		Asia Cup Winners (2067)
2067-2068	Mexico			NA Nations League Winners (2068)
2069-2071	United States		CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (2071)
2075-2084	Columbia
2085-2088	France	

10/10 top domestic leagues (2025/26 SA Premier League, 2030 Chinese Super League Winners, 2037 MLS Cup Winners, 2045/46 Bundesliga Winners, 2055/56 La Liga winners, 2063/64 Portuguese Superliga winners, 2065/66 Ligue 1 winners, 2069/70 Serie A Winners, 2077/78 Premier League Winners, 2080/81 Scottish Premiership Winners)
10/10 top domestic cups (2022/23 SA Knockout Cup, 2024/25 SA Cup Winners, 2028 Chinese FA Cup Winners, 2032/33 Copa Argentinos Winners, 2053 Copa del Rey Winners, 2059 Taca de Liga Portugal Winners, 2065/66 Coupe de France winners, 2068/69 Coppa Italia Winners, 2072/73 FA Cup Winners, 2079/80 Greek Cup Winners, 2080/81 Scottish Cup Winners)
5/5 club continental championships (2026/27 CAF Champions League Winners, 2029 Asian Champions League Winners, 2034/35 Copa Libertadores Winners, 2041 CONCACAF Champions League Winners, 2060/61 UEFA Champions League Winners)
1/1 club world championship (2073 Club World Cup Winners)

3/5 continental competitions (2051 African Cup of Nations, 2067 Asia Cup, 2071 CONCACAF Gold Cup)
1/1 world tournaments (2062 World Cup)

 

[goonergez]

Italy Takeover: 2090

My quest for a new job went on for two years until finally I was given my return to management. An efficient Italian side had narrowly lost in the World Cup final to Mexico and relieved their manager of his position. I applied alongside a host of other international jobs and was eventually chosen as the new Italy manager.

My target here is simple, and that’s to win the European Championships in a couple of years time. The squad here is fantastic and ranked 2nd in the world rankings. I have faith I can do it, and that would leave me with just the Copa America to conquer. In the immediate future is the Nations League and hopefully I can use that as an opportunity to get my squad chosen and used to my tactical approach. I’m excited to be here, and so is the Italian footballing world. Hopefully this will be a quick job just to chalk off the tournament I need.

Season	Club			Competition		Position	Notes & Achievements

2020/21 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	2nd		
2021/22 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	1st (C)		SA First Division Winners
2022/23 SuperSport United	SA Premier		2nd		SA Knockout Cup Winners
2023/24 SuperSport United	SA Premier		3rd		
2024/25 SuperSport United	SA Premier		2nd		Confederations Cup Winners, SA Cup Winners
2025/26 SuperSport United	SA Premier		1st (C)		SA Premier League Winners, SA Cup Winners, CAF Super Cup Winners, Super-8 Cup Winners, 
2026/27 SuperSport United	SA Premier		3rd		SA Knockout Cup Winners, CAF Champions League Winners
2027	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	6th		
2028	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	2nd		Chinese FA Cup Winners
2029	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	2nd		Asian Champions League Winners, Chinese FA Cup Winners
2030	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	1st (C)		Chinese Super League Winners, Chinese Super Cup Winners
2031	DC United		MLS East Conference	6th		
2032/33 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	5th		Copa Argentinos Winners
2033/34 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	2nd		Copa Sudamericana Winners, Copa Argentinos Winners, Argentinian Super Cup Winners, Sudamericana Super Cup Winners
2034/35 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	2nd		Copa Libertadores Winners, Sudamericana Super Cup Winners
2035	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	5th		MLS Western Conference Winners
2036	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	1st (C)		MLS Cup Winners, Supporters Shield Winners, MLS Western Conference Winners, Leagues Cup Winners
2037	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	1st		MLS Western Conference Winners, Supporters Shield Winners, Campeones Cup Winners
2038/39	Mainz FC/ Schalke 04	Bundesliga		-
2039	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	5th		
2040	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	1st		Supporters Shield Winners
2041	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	-		CONCACAF Champions League Winners
2041/42	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		4th
2042/43	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		4th
2043/44 Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		6th
2044/45 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		7th
2045/46 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		1st (C)		Bundesliga Winners
2046/47 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		2nd		DFL Super Cup Winners
2047/48 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		1st (C)		Bundesliga Winners
2048/49	-
2049/50	-
2050/51	AS Monaco		French Ligue 1		3rd		French Super Cup Winners	
2051/52	AS Monaco		French Ligue 1		3rd
2052/53 CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd		European Super Cup Winners, Copa del Rey Winners
2053/54	CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd		Spanish Super Cup Winners
2054/55	CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd
2055/56	CF Valencia		La Liga			1st (C)		La Liga winners, Spanish Super Cup Winners
2056/57 -
2057/58	Napoli			Serie A			-
2057/58	AC Milan		Serie A			4th
2058/59	AC Milan		Serie A			3rd		Europa League Winners
2059/60	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, Taca da Liga Cup Winners
2060/61	FC Porto		Superliga		3rd		UEFA Champions League Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners
2061/62	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, UEFA Super Cup Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners, Taca de Liga Cup Winners 
2062/63	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners, Taca da Liga Winners
2063/64	FC Porto		Superliga		1st (C)		Superliga winners, Portuguese Cup winners,Taca da Liga Winners
2064/65	FC Porto		Superliga		1st (C)		Superliga winners, Portuguese Super Cup winners
2065/66	Paris Saint Germain	French Ligue 1		1st (C)		Ligue 1 winners, Coupe de France winners, French Super Cup winners
2066/67	Liverpool		Premier League		3rd
2067/68 Liverpool		Premier League		3rd
2068/69	Juventus		Serie A			2nd		Coppa Italia Winners, Italian Super Cup Winners
2059/70	Juventus		Serie A			1st (C)		Serie A Winners, Europa League Winners, Copa Italia Winners
2070/71	-
2071/72	Tottenham Hotspurs	Premier League		6th
2072/73	Manchester City		Premier League		5th		FA Cup Winners
2073/74	Manchester City		Premier League		2nd		Europa League Winners, Community Shield winners, Club World Cup Winners
2074/75	Manchester City		Premier League		3rd		European Super Cup Winners, Community Shield Winners
2075/76	Manchester City		Premier League		2nd
2076/77	Manchester United	Premier League		2nd		Community Shield Winners
2077/78	Manchester United	Premier League		1st (C)		Premier League Winners, League Cup Winners
2078/79	-
2079/80	PAOK Salonika		Greek Superleague	2nd		Greek Cup Winners
2080/81	Celtic			Scottish Premier	1st (C)		Scottish Premiership Winners, Scottish Cup Winners
2081/82	-
2082/83	Colo-Colo		Chilean Premier		n/a		Chilean Super Cup Winners
	
Year		Nation			Honours
2042-2046	France			Nations League Winners (2043)
2046-2048	Columbia
2048-2049	Nigeria
2049-2051	Morocco			African Cup of Nations Winners (2051)
2054-2055	South Korea
2057-2060	Brazil
2060-2064	Spain			World Cup Winners (2062), Nations League winners (2063)
2066-2067	South Korea		Asia Cup Winners (2067)
2067-2068	Mexico			NA Nations League Winners (2068)
2069-2071	United States		CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (2071)
2075-2084	Columbia
2085-2088	France	
2090-present	Italy

10/10 top domestic leagues (2025/26 SA Premier League, 2030 Chinese Super League Winners, 2037 MLS Cup Winners, 2045/46 Bundesliga Winners, 2055/56 La Liga winners, 2063/64 Portuguese Superliga winners, 2065/66 Ligue 1 winners, 2069/70 Serie A Winners, 2077/78 Premier League Winners, 2080/81 Scottish Premiership Winners)
10/10 top domestic cups (2022/23 SA Knockout Cup, 2024/25 SA Cup Winners, 2028 Chinese FA Cup Winners, 2032/33 Copa Argentinos Winners, 2053 Copa del Rey Winners, 2059 Taca de Liga Portugal Winners, 2065/66 Coupe de France winners, 2068/69 Coppa Italia Winners, 2072/73 FA Cup Winners, 2079/80 Greek Cup Winners, 2080/81 Scottish Cup Winners)
5/5 club continental championships (2026/27 CAF Champions League Winners, 2029 Asian Champions League Winners, 2034/35 Copa Libertadores Winners, 2041 CONCACAF Champions League Winners, 2060/61 UEFA Champions League Winners)
1/1 club world championship (2073 Club World Cup Winners)

3/5 continental competitions (2051 African Cup of Nations, 2067 Asia Cup, 2071 CONCACAF Gold Cup)
1/1 world tournaments (2062 World Cup)

 

[Crispypaul]

  

   

  

Crispypaul
Napoli
Serie A
2033/34

League - Season Review 1 | Season Review 2 - a pretty good season but Juventus were absolutely dominant.

Italian Cup  - Fixtures - did pretty well until getting stuffed away at AC Milan in the first leg of the semis.

Finances - no problems here

Transfers - we had far too many players, particularly for a 38 game league season and one cup, so culled a lot here.

Squad

Key players

Ferney Mercado - I signed him from Boca and he did not let me down

Lorenzo Pirola - experienced centre half signed from Fulham

Guy Alves - great Belgian left winger

Bartłomiej Drągowski - signed the experienced keeper after he was released from Athletic Madrid

Branislav Momic - a bargain £4m signing from Partizan Belgrade, a very prolific season

Gianpiero Amore - great centre half from the youth system

Future - I am going to make some changes during the next transfer window in an attempt to catch Juventus.  In the meantime I became Mexico manager after the World Cup as the Gold Cup is in 2035.

Domestic
Season	 Team			Division		Position			Notes						
2020/21  Cape Town Spurs     	South African 1st  	 1st				Champions, Promoted
2021/22	 Cape Town Spurs	South African Prem	 2nd				Qualified for Champions League
2022/23	 Cape Town Spurs	South African Prem	 1st				Won CAF CL, Cup, Resigned at end of season
2023/24	 Tigres			Liga MX		 	 4th/1st			Won both Apertura and Clausura, qualifed for CL
2024/25	 Tigres			Liga Mx		    	 1st/1st			Won Apertura, Leagues Cup, CONCACAF CL
2025	 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 1		 2nd				Won KFA Cup
2026	 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 1		 1st				Won KFA Cup, AFC Champions League
2026/27	 Hamburg		1. Bundesliga	         17th				Joined February, Relegated, Resigned
2027/28	 Fenerbahce		Turkish Superleague	 1st				Won Turkish Cup, Europa Conference League
2028/29	 Hoffenheim		1. Bundesliga		 2nd				Won German Cup
2029/30	 Hoffenheim		1. Bundesliga	     	 1st				Won German Cup, Lost in CL final, resigned
2030/31	 Everton		Premier League		n/a				Left after 48 days
2030/31	 PSG			Ligue Un		1st				Won French Cup, lost in CL final, resigned
2031/32	 Boca Juniors		Liga Profesional	1st				- 
2032/33	Boca Juniors		Liga Profesional	1st				Won Cup, Copa Libertadores, CWC 3rd place
2033/34	Napoli			Serie A			2nd				-




International
Year	   	Team				Achievements
2023		Nigeria				Won AFCON, resigned after
2026		Iran				Appointed after World Cup
2027 		Iran				Lost in Asian Cup SF, resigned
2028/29		England				Won Nations League
2029/30		England				Won 2030 World Cup
2030/31		England				Won Nations League
2031/32		England				Won Euro 2032, resigned
			
Challenge Progress

Club
 7/10 top domestic leagues (Cape Town Spurs, South Africa, 22/23; Tigres, Mexico, 23/24; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South Korea, 2026; Fenerbahce, Turkey, 2027/28; Hoffenheim, Germany, 2029/30; PSG, France, 2030/31; Boca Juniors, Argentina, 2031/32)
 7/10 domestic cups (Cape Town Spurs, South Africa, 22/23; Tigres, Mexico, 23/24; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South Korea, 2025; Fenerbahce, Turkey, 2027/28; Hoffenheim, Germany, 2028/29; PSG, France, 2030/31; Boca Juniors, Argentina, 2032/33)
 4/5 club continental championships (Cape Town Spurs, Africa, 22/23; Tigres, North America, 24/25; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Asia, 2026; Boca Juniors, South America, 2032/33)
 0/1 club world championship

International
 2/5 continental tournaments (Nigeria, Africa, 2023; England, Europe, 2032)
 1/1 world tournaments (England, 2030)

[b4usiddhu2]

I didn't understand the below part regarding the challenge, can anyone help me understand.

MLS (USA) - For challenge purposes the MLS Cup counts as the league, and the US Open Cup counts as the cup. The Canadian Championship unless you have the official Canadian league add-on), and the league section of the MLS (Supporters Shield) don't count for anything. Neither does the Leagues Cup with US and Mexican teams count towards the challenge.

I am in FM20, so what does these competitions known? I am with Atlanta United currently, and this is how they look like. 

[vikeologist]

15 minutes ago, b4usiddhu2 said:

I didn't understand the below part regarding the challenge, can anyone help me understand.

MLS (USA) - For challenge purposes the MLS Cup counts as the league, and the US Open Cup counts as the cup. The Canadian Championship unless you have the official Canadian league add-on), and the league section of the MLS (Supporters Shield) don't count for anything. Neither does the Leagues Cup with US and Mexican teams count towards the challenge.

I am in FM20, so what does these competitions known? I am with Atlanta United currently, and this is how they look like. 

So, Atlanta is in the US, so you don;t have to worry about the Canadian thing.

Basically you have to win the thing on the left (the league) and/or the thing on the right (the cup).

The thing in the middle doesn't count towards the challenge. Finishing high or even top will obviously be an advantage in The MLS Playoffs, but if you 'win' the MLS Supporters Shield, but don't win the playoffs, you haven't won the league for the purposes of the challenge.

Which is good news for you, because you did not win the Supporters Shield. Now you just need to beat Chicago and everybody else who has the temerity to try to come between you and the title.

I will edit the start of the thread to make it clearer. Maybe FM doesn't have the right to use the proper names for the competitions. My bad. I don't play in America, and when I do, I stop playing in America real quick.

If anybody is still not clear, please do let me know. I try to keep things up to date and clear, but it's possible over the years things become unclear or just plain wrong.

Edited September 29, 2021 by vikeologist

[b4usiddhu2]

4 minutes ago, vikeologist said:

So, Atlanta is in the US, so you don;t have to worry about the Canadian thing.

Basically you have to win the thing on the left (the league) and/or the thing on the right (the cup).

The thing in the middle doesn't count towards the challenge. Finishing high or even top will obviously be an advantage in The MLS Playoffs, but if you 'win' the MLS Supporters Shield, but don't win the playoffs, you haven't won the league for the purposes of the challenge.

Which is good news for you, because you did not win the Supporters Shield. Now you just need to beat Chicago and everybody else who has the temerity to try to come between you and the title.

I will edit the start of the thread to make it clearer. Maybe FM doesn't have the right to use the proper names for the competitions. My bad. I don't play in America, and when I do, I stop playing in America real quick.

Thanks @vikeologist. That clears the doubt.

Yeah, I get that the Supporters' Shield shouldn't count towards anything, as that is a combination of two conferences, but not all teams play against all others.

The Conference' League Final winner should count as the league winner which is now clear from the explanation. 

 

 

P.S. I was clear first in East conference with just needing 6 points from last five games. Won only one of them and lost the first spot as well as a direct entry to semi final by Goal difference  Well, may be I just have to beat Chicago in the Quarters' who were one of the teams beat me in the final five games.

[vikeologist]

8 minutes ago, b4usiddhu2 said:

Thanks @vikeologist. That clears the doubt.

Yeah, I get that the Supporters' Shield shouldn't count towards anything, as that is a combination of two conferences, but not all teams play against all others.

The Conference' League Final winner should count as the league winner which is now clear from the explanation. 

 

 

P.S. I was clear first in East conference with just needing 6 points from last five games. Won only one of them and lost the first spot as well as a direct entry to semi final by Goal difference  Well, may be I just have to beat Chicago in the Quarters' who were one of the teams beat me in the final five games.

It's nit because the Supporters Shield is a combination of conferences. It's just the way that American sports are. You have a regular season which controls places / home advantage for playoffs.

Like, I'm a (proper) Football fan, and my team, the Vikings (in case you always assumed my username meant that I like to rape and pillage or collect Nazi tattoos) have never won the Superbowl. We've won our conference quite a few times, and our division even more often, but basically we have never won anything. Ever, and we're not the only one. In Football every year you have 1 winner and 31 losers.

In fact MLS is the exception with these extra cups. It's very Oprah. You get a cup and you get a cup.

[b4usiddhu2]

1 hour ago, vikeologist said:

It's nit because the Supporters Shield is a combination of conferences. It's just the way that American sports are. You have a regular season which controls places / home advantage for playoffs.

Like, I'm a (proper) Football fan, and my team, the Vikings (in case you always assumed my username meant that I like to rape and pillage or collect Nazi tattoos) have never won the Superbowl. We've won our conference quite a few times, and our division even more often, but basically we have never won anything. Ever, and we're not the only one. In Football every year you have 1 winner and 31 losers.

In fact MLS is the exception with these extra cups. It's very Oprah. You get a cup and you get a cup.

Edited September 29, 2021 by b4usiddhu2

[SK]

 

Season	Club			Competition		Position	Notes & Achievements

2020/21 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	3rd (promoted via playoffs)		
2021/22 Uthongathi FC		SA Premier League	4th
2022/23 Kaiser Chiefs	        SA Premier League       1st.  Won Knockout Cup and Be the Coach.
2023/2024 Kaiser Chiefs         SA Premier League       1st. Won Super 8 and Be the Coach. CL Finalists.
2024/25

 

6/10 top domestic leagues (2022/23-2024/25 SA Premier League, 2026-2030 CSL), (2031/32 Serie A, 2033/34 Bundesliga, 2034/35,2035/36 Mexican First Division, 2038,39 Brazilian First Division))
6/10 top domestic cups (2022/23, 24/25 SA Knockout Cup, 2027, 2028 CFA Cup, 2032/33 Italian Cup, 2033/34 German Cup, 2034/35 Mexican Cup, 2038,39 Brazilian Cup)
4/5 club continental championships (2024/25 African Champions League, 2030 Asian Champions League, 2037 NACL, 2039 Copa Libertadores)
0/1 club world championship

2/5 continental competitions (2027 AFCON, 2031 Gold Cup)
0/1 world tournaments
18/32 total trophies

 

[b4usiddhu2]

  

Career Update | Feb 2027 | Atlanta United FC | Ivory Coast

 

A long delay in update after getting fired from Shandong in China. Was dwelling offers from different clubs while managing Bosnia & Herzegovina in their European International league. After 7 months, Genoa CFC came up with an interesting offer being 15th in the league table with 6 games left in the season. Thought they would give fair chance for me next season and accepted the offer only to lose the final game and finish 18th and get relegated. Obviously they fired me immediately  Just a month of club management. And the search started again. 

Atlanta United looked as a good proposition to win something in the NA. Joined them in Nov 2025. Did a couple of good transfers, but mostly their existing squad was good enough  except when injuries occurred. 

MLS 2026: I was clear first in East conference with just needing 6 points from last five games to finish at the top. Won only one of them and lost the first spot as well as a direct entry to semi final by Goal difference  The final month's loss of form didn't help in the playoffs either where I lost in the first round itself. However, it was very successful season where I dominated the whole season and all stat areas. 

US Cup: Won fourth and fifth round against non MLS teams only to lose on penalties against Houston Dynamo in the Quarter Final. 

 

International Management: Bosnia didn't excite me as they were didn't qualify to the World Cup. As soon as I took over Atlanta United, three days later, Ivory Coast popped up for an offer to manage. They have qualified to World Cup and also are about to play AFCON qualifiers. Looked a great option. 

World Cup 2026 - Was drawn against France and Qatar in a relatively straight forward group. Demolished Qatar and lost against France as expected and qualified to Second round as second place in the group. 

Drawn against England in the Second round, pushed them to ET and won it 2-1 in the ET. Third Round was against Italy. drew 1-1 after extra time and then lost in the lottery of penalties. Not a bad world cup performance. ( Italy were the eventual winners of the world cup. Chile were the surprise package as the runners up)

AFCON Qualifiers: Immaculate qualifying performance with 6 wins from 6 games in a easy group. 

 

AFCON 2027: Another easier group stage and unbeaten record with 2 wins and a draw, qualified to knockouts as top seed. 

Second round was a comfortable win against minnow Angola with 2-0 score line. Then came the Quarterfinal against fellow powerhouse Ghana. A scrappy 1-0 win was all needed to go to the semis. Then came the match of the tournament against Algeria in the semifinal. It ended 6-4 with both sides attacking end to end. A well deserved win put us against Mali in the final being the surprise winners of the other semifinal against Nigeria. 

The final failed to lived up to the semifinal game and we ended up thrashing Mali with 6-1 score line. Wonderful performance to win the African Cup of Nations and my 1st International tournament of the challenge. 

 

 

Challenge Progress: Glad to get my 1st international tournament checked off. Will be continuing with Atlanta United for this season to see if I can try to win either US cup or NACL if possible. MLS playoffs will be bonus but it takes a lottery at the end to win that. 

Not sure about continuing with Ivory Coast, I might continue as the current squad is very good but the next world cup is in 3 years time, that's a long way. May be I will move onto some other team in another continent if chance presents itself. 

 

 

 

[GironaJim]

 

Rocha FC - Season 1

Competitions

 

I decided to come and join this challenge sorry if it is a little bit late. I decided to start in Uruguay and immediatley took over the vacant role of Rocha FC. I think at this level much of the squads are similar but I thought we had a very decent side. 

 

We started off well enough picking up  a fair few points early on. In fact throughout the season we only were outside the playoff spots for two weeks. The remainder of the time we were in the playoff hunt. By the time the last game of the season came round we had all but secured promotion. We knew a win would give us a chance of winning the title, we did not manage it as we drew our last game and we finished 2nd and got promotion. Not a bad way to start of the journey. 

 

Domestic
Season	 Team			Division			Position		Notes						
2021	  Rocha FC	        Uruguayan Div 2                   2nd                   Promoted


International
Year	Team			Achievements

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 
 0/1 world tournaments 

 

Edited October 1, 2021 by GironaJim

[GironaJim]

 

 

Wanderers FC - Season 2

Competitions

 

I took Rocha into the First Division and to be honest we did not do so well. 

 

In the Opening Stage we got Four Points. I thought we could have gotten a few more but the squad was just not good enough to challenge at this level. We just seemed to loose in every game and to be fair we lost badly in most of them. I took them into the Intermido Cup and we did pick up a win but we did not have enough to go through we ended in 6th. 

 

At this stage we went into the Closing Stage and we won and drew two and I was fairly happy but then Wanderers FC who had just lost the last three games had sacked their manager. As one of the biggest clubs in Uruguay I had to jump at the chance to take them. We did amazing and actually finished the period in 3rd but this saw us 11th overall. I was pleased with how we finished and I think we have a really good chance going into next year. 

 

Domestic
Season	 Team			Division			    Position		Notes						
2021	  Rocha FC	        Uruguayan Div 2                     2nd                 Promoted
2022      Wanderers             Uruguayan 1st                       11th


International
Year	Team			Achievements

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 
 0/1 world tournaments 

 

[goonergez]

Italy: 2092 European Championships

After suffering defeat in the 2090 World Cup final it was me that the Italian FA turned to in order to try and win the European Championships two years later. My takeover was exciting and everything went to plan in my early stages at the helm. My first challenge was to navigate the Nations League and we did it in style. We won all of our group matches to book our spot in the semi finals and with hope of winning the competition. A last gasp goal saw off the number one team in the world in Portugal and booked us a place in the final against France, my former side.

We produced one of the best performances I have seen during my career as we absolutely blitzed our way to the Nations League crown. We were sublime from the first whistle and never looked in doubt of winning it. A fantastic start to my reign and one that would set up our qualification campaign for the aforementioned Euros.

Again we controlled our campaign from start to finish to book our spot in the main tournament. We were superb at the back and absolutely sublime up top as we romped our way to a position as group winners and qualification with ease. A 2-2 draw against Bulgaria was our only negative, but thankfully that result came after we had already secured our qualification and so wasn’t particularly relevant in the end. An 11-0 drubbing of Gibraltar was our most pleasing performance but in truth we were brilliant throughout.

With that our preparations for the European Championships was over and it was time to take part in the one tournament that really mattered. I came to Italy to win this, and in all honesty it was the only thing my reign would be judged upon. We entered it with a superb record, winning all but one of my matches at the helm. Goal scoring hadn’t been a problem and defensively my side was well equipped and solid. I was confident we could go a long way in the tournament and to be honest anything other than a trophy would have to be judged as a disappointment.

Our tournament began in the worst way as we found ourselves fighting back from behind against Norway in what looked like a real banker of a game. Thankfully we did complete a tour around victory though, winning 2-1 to get our tournament up and running. Next up we faced Romania who had shockingly defeated France in their opening match. We weren’t at our best but a goal in each half gave us a 2-0 victory and progression into the knockout rounds with a game to spare. A late goal saw us defeat the French 1-0 to complete a clean sweep in our group.

The knockout stages of the tournament proved fairly straightforward as our solid defensive line helped us to pick up progression relatively easily. We got fortunate with a fairly nice run to the final but still had to pick up results and we did. We scored goals and looked dangerous throughout but it really was defensively where we impressed. The final would see us take on the ever impressive Portugal who would definitely give us a real tough task.

They did indeed give us a tough game as we had to fight all the way until the end to get our hands on the trophy. We actually did well to hold on throughout the initial 90 minutes before we improved during extra time and created more than our opponents. We took the lead right on the stroke of half time extra time and I thought that would be enough to see us home. It wouldn’t be though, a debatable penalty right at the death forcing us through the agony of a shoot out. Thankfully we held out nerve to win though, leaving me with just the one trophy left to collect. It’s taken me a lot longer than anybody else but we are at least close to the end now. I walked away from my job with Italy once our celebrations had died down and looked for a job in South America looking to chalk off the last remaining trophy, the Copa America
 

Season	Club			Competition		Position	Notes & Achievements

2020/21 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	2nd		
2021/22 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	1st (C)		SA First Division Winners
2022/23 SuperSport United	SA Premier		2nd		SA Knockout Cup Winners
2023/24 SuperSport United	SA Premier		3rd		
2024/25 SuperSport United	SA Premier		2nd		Confederations Cup Winners, SA Cup Winners
2025/26 SuperSport United	SA Premier		1st (C)		SA Premier League Winners, SA Cup Winners, CAF Super Cup Winners, Super-8 Cup Winners, 
2026/27 SuperSport United	SA Premier		3rd		SA Knockout Cup Winners, CAF Champions League Winners
2027	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	6th		
2028	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	2nd		Chinese FA Cup Winners
2029	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	2nd		Asian Champions League Winners, Chinese FA Cup Winners
2030	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	1st (C)		Chinese Super League Winners, Chinese Super Cup Winners
2031	DC United		MLS East Conference	6th		
2032/33 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	5th		Copa Argentinos Winners
2033/34 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	2nd		Copa Sudamericana Winners, Copa Argentinos Winners, Argentinian Super Cup Winners, Sudamericana Super Cup Winners
2034/35 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	2nd		Copa Libertadores Winners, Sudamericana Super Cup Winners
2035	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	5th		MLS Western Conference Winners
2036	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	1st (C)		MLS Cup Winners, Supporters Shield Winners, MLS Western Conference Winners, Leagues Cup Winners
2037	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	1st		MLS Western Conference Winners, Supporters Shield Winners, Campeones Cup Winners
2038/39	Mainz FC/ Schalke 04	Bundesliga		-
2039	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	5th		
2040	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	1st		Supporters Shield Winners
2041	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	-		CONCACAF Champions League Winners
2041/42	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		4th
2042/43	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		4th
2043/44 Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		6th
2044/45 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		7th
2045/46 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		1st (C)		Bundesliga Winners
2046/47 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		2nd		DFL Super Cup Winners
2047/48 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		1st (C)		Bundesliga Winners
2048/49	-
2049/50	-
2050/51	AS Monaco		French Ligue 1		3rd		French Super Cup Winners	
2051/52	AS Monaco		French Ligue 1		3rd
2052/53 CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd		European Super Cup Winners, Copa del Rey Winners
2053/54	CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd		Spanish Super Cup Winners
2054/55	CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd
2055/56	CF Valencia		La Liga			1st (C)		La Liga winners, Spanish Super Cup Winners
2056/57 -
2057/58	Napoli			Serie A			-
2057/58	AC Milan		Serie A			4th
2058/59	AC Milan		Serie A			3rd		Europa League Winners
2059/60	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, Taca da Liga Cup Winners
2060/61	FC Porto		Superliga		3rd		UEFA Champions League Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners
2061/62	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, UEFA Super Cup Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners, Taca de Liga Cup Winners 
2062/63	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners, Taca da Liga Winners
2063/64	FC Porto		Superliga		1st (C)		Superliga winners, Portuguese Cup winners,Taca da Liga Winners
2064/65	FC Porto		Superliga		1st (C)		Superliga winners, Portuguese Super Cup winners
2065/66	Paris Saint Germain	French Ligue 1		1st (C)		Ligue 1 winners, Coupe de France winners, French Super Cup winners
2066/67	Liverpool		Premier League		3rd
2067/68 Liverpool		Premier League		3rd
2068/69	Juventus		Serie A			2nd		Coppa Italia Winners, Italian Super Cup Winners
2059/70	Juventus		Serie A			1st (C)		Serie A Winners, Europa League Winners, Copa Italia Winners
2070/71	-
2071/72	Tottenham Hotspurs	Premier League		6th
2072/73	Manchester City		Premier League		5th		FA Cup Winners
2073/74	Manchester City		Premier League		2nd		Europa League Winners, Community Shield winners, Club World Cup Winners
2074/75	Manchester City		Premier League		3rd		European Super Cup Winners, Community Shield Winners
2075/76	Manchester City		Premier League		2nd
2076/77	Manchester United	Premier League		2nd		Community Shield Winners
2077/78	Manchester United	Premier League		1st (C)		Premier League Winners, League Cup Winners
2078/79	-
2079/80	PAOK Salonika		Greek Superleague	2nd		Greek Cup Winners
2080/81	Celtic			Scottish Premier	1st (C)		Scottish Premiership Winners, Scottish Cup Winners
2081/82	-
2082/83	Colo-Colo		Chilean Premier		n/a		Chilean Super Cup Winners
	
Year		Nation			Honours
2042-2046	France			Nations League Winners (2043)
2046-2048	Columbia
2048-2049	Nigeria
2049-2051	Morocco			African Cup of Nations Winners (2051)
2054-2055	South Korea
2057-2060	Brazil
2060-2064	Spain			World Cup Winners (2062), Nations League winners (2063)
2066-2067	South Korea		Asia Cup Winners (2067)
2067-2068	Mexico			NA Nations League Winners (2068)
2069-2071	United States		CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (2071)
2075-2084	Columbia
2085-2088	France	
2090-2092	Italy			Nations League Winners (2091), European Championships Winners (2092)

10/10 top domestic leagues (2025/26 SA Premier League, 2030 Chinese Super League Winners, 2037 MLS Cup Winners, 2045/46 Bundesliga Winners, 2055/56 La Liga winners, 2063/64 Portuguese Superliga winners, 2065/66 Ligue 1 winners, 2069/70 Serie A Winners, 2077/78 Premier League Winners, 2080/81 Scottish Premiership Winners)
10/10 top domestic cups (2022/23 SA Knockout Cup, 2024/25 SA Cup Winners, 2028 Chinese FA Cup Winners, 2032/33 Copa Argentinos Winners, 2053 Copa del Rey Winners, 2059 Taca de Liga Portugal Winners, 2065/66 Coupe de France winners, 2068/69 Coppa Italia Winners, 2072/73 FA Cup Winners, 2079/80 Greek Cup Winners, 2080/81 Scottish Cup Winners)
5/5 club continental championships (2026/27 CAF Champions League Winners, 2029 Asian Champions League Winners, 2034/35 Copa Libertadores Winners, 2041 CONCACAF Champions League Winners, 2060/61 UEFA Champions League Winners)
1/1 club world championship (2073 Club World Cup Winners)

4/5 continental competitions (2051 African Cup of Nations, 2067 Asia Cup, 2071 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2092 European Championships)
1/1 world tournaments (2062 World Cup)

 

[vikeologist]

@goonergez Well, thank goodness for that. You had me worried with one f the screenshots because I went straight to what I thought must have been the final between Holland and Portugal, and then wondered what had gone wrong with you, but clearly, very little is the answer.

So, now the question is not whether you'll complete the challenge, but which century. The Copa America is every 2 years, right? It wll be interesting to see f Brazil give you a job again. Some nations tend not to give second chances, but you have Argentina in reserve anyway.

[shirajzl]

As a long time reader and a Hall of Famer of this challenge, I decided to give this a go recently. Apart from the very lucky FMT 18 run (I realized that in subsequent tries over the years), I've never managed to complete it and I got reminded yet again why.

Started in Chinese 2nd division, got promoted, won two titles in a row, won the AFC CL, sailing, right? Yeah, apart from two Chinese Cup final losses in a row. I won't even mention the xGs in those games. I wanted to move on, but I couldn't, needed that cup. Staying is tedious, moving is even worse. Thinking what to do, the ACON approached with me managing Nigeria. You guessed it, lost in the final. At that moment I got some serious flashbacks and gave up.

On top of that, thinking back I remember that this challenge can become a grind even in a completely opposite way. At one moment you lose patience and when you earn a rep high enough, you start hopping from Bayerns to PSGs of this world, winning everything in first try, which makes the whole experience a bit boring and even more tiresome. It loses some value, but you can't seriously force yourself to go to Everton when Man City job is available at the same time.

Not sure what's the meaning of this post. I guess I wanted to encourage everyone, but reading back I failed miserably. 

[goonergez]

Career Update: September 2095

Having finally got my hands on the European Championships with Italy it would be a long three years before I managed to pick up a new gig in international management.
When I say a new one, ironically it would be yet another second stint with a nation as I made my return to the USA over twenty years after winning the Gold Cup and walking away.

My goal here is a simple one, although I am not sure if actually achieving it will prove as simple. I'm here to win the one trophy that has eluded my career so far, the Copa America. Having looked around for various jobs in South America it became increasingly clear that I wasn't likely to be offered a position. For that reason I set my sights on the USA who from what I have seen have competed at some of the previous editions of the Copa America. There is an edition of that competition next summer and I am really hoping that USA are in it and I will get an opportunity to lift the trophy.

The USA side are ranked 15th in the world meaning that we should be pretty competitive. We won't enter it as favourites, but we definitely stand a chance of going a long way. Before that is the North American Nations League though and with it the opportunity to lift yet another honour. Hopefully this challenge has just one year remaining for me, although I have a feeling it may be a little longer than that. I may have to put in a good showing with the USA in order to pick up a position at one of the big South American sides.
 

Season	Club			Competition		Position	Notes & Achievements

2020/21 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	2nd		
2021/22 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	1st (C)		SA First Division Winners
2022/23 SuperSport United	SA Premier		2nd		SA Knockout Cup Winners
2023/24 SuperSport United	SA Premier		3rd		
2024/25 SuperSport United	SA Premier		2nd		Confederations Cup Winners, SA Cup Winners
2025/26 SuperSport United	SA Premier		1st (C)		SA Premier League Winners, SA Cup Winners, CAF Super Cup Winners, Super-8 Cup Winners, 
2026/27 SuperSport United	SA Premier		3rd		SA Knockout Cup Winners, CAF Champions League Winners
2027	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	6th		
2028	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	2nd		Chinese FA Cup Winners
2029	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	2nd		Asian Champions League Winners, Chinese FA Cup Winners
2030	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	1st (C)		Chinese Super League Winners, Chinese Super Cup Winners
2031	DC United		MLS East Conference	6th		
2032/33 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	5th		Copa Argentinos Winners
2033/34 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	2nd		Copa Sudamericana Winners, Copa Argentinos Winners, Argentinian Super Cup Winners, Sudamericana Super Cup Winners
2034/35 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	2nd		Copa Libertadores Winners, Sudamericana Super Cup Winners
2035	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	5th		MLS Western Conference Winners
2036	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	1st (C)		MLS Cup Winners, Supporters Shield Winners, MLS Western Conference Winners, Leagues Cup Winners
2037	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	1st		MLS Western Conference Winners, Supporters Shield Winners, Campeones Cup Winners
2038/39	Mainz FC/ Schalke 04	Bundesliga		-
2039	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	5th		
2040	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	1st		Supporters Shield Winners
2041	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	-		CONCACAF Champions League Winners
2041/42	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		4th
2042/43	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		4th
2043/44 Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		6th
2044/45 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		7th
2045/46 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		1st (C)		Bundesliga Winners
2046/47 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		2nd		DFL Super Cup Winners
2047/48 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		1st (C)		Bundesliga Winners
2048/49	-
2049/50	-
2050/51	AS Monaco		French Ligue 1		3rd		French Super Cup Winners	
2051/52	AS Monaco		French Ligue 1		3rd
2052/53 CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd		European Super Cup Winners, Copa del Rey Winners
2053/54	CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd		Spanish Super Cup Winners
2054/55	CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd
2055/56	CF Valencia		La Liga			1st (C)		La Liga winners, Spanish Super Cup Winners
2056/57 -
2057/58	Napoli			Serie A			-
2057/58	AC Milan		Serie A			4th
2058/59	AC Milan		Serie A			3rd		Europa League Winners
2059/60	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, Taca da Liga Cup Winners
2060/61	FC Porto		Superliga		3rd		UEFA Champions League Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners
2061/62	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, UEFA Super Cup Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners, Taca de Liga Cup Winners 
2062/63	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners, Taca da Liga Winners
2063/64	FC Porto		Superliga		1st (C)		Superliga winners, Portuguese Cup winners,Taca da Liga Winners
2064/65	FC Porto		Superliga		1st (C)		Superliga winners, Portuguese Super Cup winners
2065/66	Paris Saint Germain	French Ligue 1		1st (C)		Ligue 1 winners, Coupe de France winners, French Super Cup winners
2066/67	Liverpool		Premier League		3rd
2067/68 Liverpool		Premier League		3rd
2068/69	Juventus		Serie A			2nd		Coppa Italia Winners, Italian Super Cup Winners
2059/70	Juventus		Serie A			1st (C)		Serie A Winners, Europa League Winners, Copa Italia Winners
2070/71	-
2071/72	Tottenham Hotspurs	Premier League		6th
2072/73	Manchester City		Premier League		5th		FA Cup Winners
2073/74	Manchester City		Premier League		2nd		Europa League Winners, Community Shield winners, Club World Cup Winners
2074/75	Manchester City		Premier League		3rd		European Super Cup Winners, Community Shield Winners
2075/76	Manchester City		Premier League		2nd
2076/77	Manchester United	Premier League		2nd		Community Shield Winners
2077/78	Manchester United	Premier League		1st (C)		Premier League Winners, League Cup Winners
2078/79	-
2079/80	PAOK Salonika		Greek Superleague	2nd		Greek Cup Winners
2080/81	Celtic			Scottish Premier	1st (C)		Scottish Premiership Winners, Scottish Cup Winners
2081/82	-
2082/83	Colo-Colo		Chilean Premier		n/a		Chilean Super Cup Winners
	
Year		Nation			Honours
2042-2046	France			Nations League Winners (2043)
2046-2048	Columbia
2048-2049	Nigeria
2049-2051	Morocco			African Cup of Nations Winners (2051)
2054-2055	South Korea
2057-2060	Brazil
2060-2064	Spain			World Cup Winners (2062), Nations League winners (2063)
2066-2067	South Korea		Asia Cup Winners (2067)
2067-2068	Mexico			NA Nations League Winners (2068)
2069-2071	United States		CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (2071)
2075-2084	Columbia
2085-2088	France	
2090-2092	Italy			Nations League Winners (2091), European Championships Winners (2092)
2095-present	United States

10/10 top domestic leagues (2025/26 SA Premier League, 2030 Chinese Super League Winners, 2037 MLS Cup Winners, 2045/46 Bundesliga Winners, 2055/56 La Liga winners, 2063/64 Portuguese Superliga winners, 2065/66 Ligue 1 winners, 2069/70 Serie A Winners, 2077/78 Premier League Winners, 2080/81 Scottish Premiership Winners)
10/10 top domestic cups (2022/23 SA Knockout Cup, 2024/25 SA Cup Winners, 2028 Chinese FA Cup Winners, 2032/33 Copa Argentinos Winners, 2053 Copa del Rey Winners, 2059 Taca de Liga Portugal Winners, 2065/66 Coupe de France winners, 2068/69 Coppa Italia Winners, 2072/73 FA Cup Winners, 2079/80 Greek Cup Winners, 2080/81 Scottish Cup Winners)
5/5 club continental championships (2026/27 CAF Champions League Winners, 2029 Asian Champions League Winners, 2034/35 Copa Libertadores Winners, 2041 CONCACAF Champions League Winners, 2060/61 UEFA Champions League Winners)
1/1 club world championship (2073 Club World Cup Winners)

4/5 continental competitions (2051 African Cup of Nations, 2067 Asia Cup, 2071 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2092 European Championships)
1/1 world tournaments (2062 World Cup)

 

[Crispypaul]

  

  

   

  

Crispypaul
Napoli
Serie A
2034/35

League - Season Review 1 | Season Review 2 - after strengthening the squad we were in a much better position and eventually lifted the title.

Italian Cup  - Fixtures - nice and short run because we're in Europe which ended up with us defeating AC Milan to lift the cup.

Champions League - Fixtures | Table - I looked at a group of Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Lille and thought 3rd place was our aim.   After smashing Lille at home in our first game and winning in Munich that changed and we ended up winning the group.  In the first knockout round Porto were beaten comfortably.  In the quarters a good draw away in Berlin was followed by a comfortable home win to set up a tie against giants Man City.   An entertaining 3-3 draw at the Etihad gave us hope, in the home leg it looked like extra time was inevitable until in the 94th minute Mercado scored to get us into the final against surprise team Bayer Leverkusen.  They were beaten well to lift the CL, for me at the 3rd attempt.

Finances - all fine

Transfers - we definitely needed strengthening, although our net spend was actually modest

Squad

Key players

Ferney Mercado - excellent as usual

Lorenzo Pirola - solid at the back again

Guy Alves - great on the wing

Branislav Momic - scored over 50 goals..

David Papp - bargain Hungarian striker

Jeremy Odutato - excellent Dutch defender

Scott Orr - very good English winger signed on a free from Man City

Future - I resigned at the end of the season, not long after a big job came up in England and I am now Liverpool manager.

Mexico

Only played friendlies - I will post the Gold Cup details seperately

Domestic
Season	 Team			Division		Position			Notes						
2020/21  Cape Town Spurs     	South African 1st  	 1st				Champions, Promoted
2021/22	 Cape Town Spurs	South African Prem	 2nd				Qualified for Champions League
2022/23	 Cape Town Spurs	South African Prem	 1st				Won CAF CL, Cup, Resigned at end of season
2023/24	 Tigres			Liga MX		 	 4th/1st			Won both Apertura and Clausura, qualifed for CL
2024/25	 Tigres			Liga Mx		    	 1st/1st			Won Apertura, Leagues Cup, CONCACAF CL
2025	 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 1		 2nd				Won KFA Cup
2026	 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 1		 1st				Won KFA Cup, AFC Champions League
2026/27	 Hamburg		1. Bundesliga	         17th				Joined February, Relegated, Resigned
2027/28	 Fenerbahce		Turkish Superleague	 1st				Won Turkish Cup, Europa Conference League
2028/29	 Hoffenheim		1. Bundesliga		 2nd				Won German Cup
2029/30	 Hoffenheim		1. Bundesliga	     	 1st				Won German Cup, Lost in CL final, resigned
2030/31	 Everton		Premier League		n/a				Left after 48 days
2030/31	 PSG			Ligue Un		1st				Won French Cup, lost in CL final, resigned
2031/32	 Boca Juniors		Liga Profesional	1st				- 
2032/33	Boca Juniors		Liga Profesional	1st				Won Cup, Copa Libertadores, CWC 3rd place
2033/34	Napoli			Serie A			2nd				-
2034/35	Napoli			Serie A			1st				Won Cup, CL, resigned




International
Year	   	Team				Achievements
2023		Nigeria				Won AFCON, resigned after
2026		Iran				Appointed after World Cup
2027 		Iran				Lost in Asian Cup SF, resigned
2028/29		England				Won Nations League
2029/30		England				Won 2030 World Cup
2030/31		England				Won Nations League
2031/32		England				Won Euro 2032, resigned
2034/35		Mexico				TBC
			
Challenge Progress

Club
 8/10 top domestic leagues (Cape Town Spurs, South Africa, 22/23; Tigres, Mexico, 23/24; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South Korea, 2026; Fenerbahce, Turkey, 2027/28; Hoffenheim, Germany, 2029/30; PSG, France, 2030/31; Boca Juniors, Argentina, 2031/32; Napoli, Italy, 2034/35)
 8/10 domestic cups (Cape Town Spurs, South Africa, 22/23; Tigres, Mexico, 23/24; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South Korea, 2025; Fenerbahce, Turkey, 2027/28; Hoffenheim, Germany, 2028/29; PSG, France, 2030/31; Boca Juniors, Argentina, 2032/33; Napoli, Italy, 2034/35)
 5/5 club continental championships (Cape Town Spurs, Africa, 22/23; Tigres, North America, 24/25; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Asia, 2026; Boca Juniors, South America, 2032/33; Napoli, Europe, 2034/35)
 0/1 club world championship

International
 2/5 continental tournaments (Nigeria, Africa, 2023; England, Europe, 2032)
 1/1 world tournaments (England, 2030)

[Crispypaul]

    

Mexico
Gold Cup 2035

Group Stages - Table | Fixtures - as expected we won all 3 games, although beating Guyana 14-0 was something else

 Quarter Final

Spoiler

Mexico 4 Curacao 0 - easy peasy

Semi Final (if applicable)

Spoiler

Canada 0 Mexico 5 - well that went well.  USA in the final of course.

Final (if applicable)

Spoiler

Mexico 0p USA 0 - we were absolutely dominant, would have won comfortably if not for the USA keeper whom was man of the match.  However his heroics were not enough for the penalty shootout which we won to lift the cup. I am staying on as I have a feeling that Mexico are going to be in the Copa America in 2036, if not I will resign after the upcoming CONCACAF Nations League.

 

[vikeologist]

Maybe some of you have seen that the Touch version of the game has had developments announced. (If you haven't seen them, just pop over to that part of the forum).

One element of the announcement was that SI are planning to make 'Versus' a part of the full fat game for FM23 (i.e. not the version about to come out). I think this could be a lot of fun for this challenge, and maybe other ones as well, where we are able to pit our best teams from anywhere in our challenge against other people's to find out what one may call The Ultimate Ultimate Manager. Like I say, Dafuge and Youth could do that as well, but they won't have such a cool title.

However, there have been people who do this challenge on Touch. AFAIK only 3 people have ever completed it on Touch (or Classic as it used to be known). I didn't realise or remember that Normandy Wept's longest ever challenge attempt was on Touch, which means that I hold the record for full fat pointlessness, or rather I did until the epic @goonergezathon.

Anyway, 2 things.

1. If anybody has been doing this challenge on Touch, would it be possible to hold a little mini-tournament to decide the UUFM FM21 Touch Challenge? I haven't even downloaded Touch for ages, and I'm not actually aware that any of you are currently doing it on Touch, but if you have been, and think this is workable and a fun idea, let me know.

2. As I say, you're allowed to do this challenge on Touch, but clearly there are now more 'platforms' than I realised. There still will be an FM Touch of a sort, but should we open up this challenge to FM Mobile and FM XBox Edition? If we do, someone who actually plays on those platforms will have to help me with the 'rules' and guidance and decide what is different / the same. As I say, I have the sense that we are all doing this on Full Fat anyway.

[corinthiano]

4 hours ago, vikeologist said:

Maybe some of you have seen that the Touch version of the game has had developments announced. (If you haven't seen them, just pop over to that part of the forum).

One element of the announcement was that SI are planning to make 'Versus' a part of the full fat game for FM23 (i.e. not the version about to come out). I think this could be a lot of fun for this challenge, and maybe other ones as well, where we are able to pit our best teams from anywhere in our challenge against other people's to find out what one may call The Ultimate Ultimate Manager. Like I say, Dafuge and Youth could do that as well, but they won't have such a cool title.

However, there have been people who do this challenge on Touch. AFAIK only 3 people have ever completed it on Touch (or Classic as it used to be known). I didn't realise or remember that Normandy Wept's longest ever challenge attempt was on Touch, which means that I hold the record for full fat pointlessness, or rather I did until the epic @goonergezathon.

Anyway, 2 things.

1. If anybody has been doing this challenge on Touch, would it be possible to hold a little mini-tournament to decide the UUFM FM21 Touch Challenge? I haven't even downloaded Touch for ages, and I'm not actually aware that any of you are currently doing it on Touch, but if you have been, and think this is workable and a fun idea, let me know.

2. As I say, you're allowed to do this challenge on Touch, but clearly there are now more 'platforms' than I realised. There still will be an FM Touch of a sort, but should we open up this challenge to FM Mobile and FM XBox Edition? If we do, someone who actually plays on those platforms will have to help me with the 'rules' and guidance and decide what is different / the same. As I say, I have the sense that we are all doing this on Full Fat anyway.

I haven't played Touch so can't comment on point number 1, for Mobile I do know that restrictions on number/availability of leagues and game time mean you would have to run the challenge quite differently. You can have a max 4 leagues loaded and the game only goes for 30 seasons. I have played Mobile for the last couple of years until I am ready for Full Fat FM again (might be this year?) and I have played with the idea of doing a version of this challenge.

To make it somewhat close to it you could load one league in Europe, one in North America, Argentina (only South American league available) and one in Asia. In the 30 seasons you would have then to the four different continental competitions and the top league/cup of each country (except for Mexico - so maybe you have to pick MLS?). By loading these leagues you do get national teams of all continents available to manage, even Africa, so you could stick to the same tournaments on the international side of things.

By winning less tournaments it does make the challenge easier, but at the same time you do only have 30 seasons so cant really afford to lose any international tournaments. The other thing is, whilst I would likely participate in the challenge, I dont know how many others would - the general forums for Touch and Mobile are relatively quiet so think the audience here may be limited.

[vikeologist]

12 minutes ago, corinthiano said:

I haven't played Touch so can't comment on point number 1, for Mobile I do know that restrictions on number/availability of leagues and game time mean you would have to run the challenge quite differently. You can have a max 4 leagues loaded and the game only goes for 30 seasons. I have played Mobile for the last couple of years until I am ready for Full Fat FM again (might be this year?) and I have played with the idea of doing a version of this challenge.

To make it somewhat close to it you could load one league in Europe, one in North America, Argentina (only South American league available) and one in Asia. In the 30 seasons you would have then to the four different continental competitions and the top league/cup of each country (except for Mexico - so maybe you have to pick MLS?). By loading these leagues you do get national teams of all continents available to manage, even Africa, so you could stick to the same tournaments on the international side of things.

By winning less tournaments it does make the challenge easier, but at the same time you do only have 30 seasons so cant really afford to lose any international tournaments. The other thing is, whilst I would likely participate in the challenge, I don't know how many others would - the general forums for Touch and Mobile are relatively quiet so think the audience here may be limited.

Thanks for your thoughts. Yours is a good idea, but perhaps also the 30 season limit would also lend itself to a points challenge, i.e. points for each competition you win (on a sliding scale). 

With so many differences, your idea would in effect be a different challenge, but it is a pity that more Touch / Mobile players haven't taken part in challenges. Given today's news, it looks like it might be too late, although on the other hand if someone's not going to get FM22 Touch, what better time to start a FM21 Touch Challenge.

As for Mobile, I'll be honest. I barely registered there was a FM Mobile version. I think it would be a fantastic idea to have a sort of Mobile Pentagon challenge, (which is the smaller version of this). Admittedly with only 4 nations, Square Challenge doesn't sound as good, but there you are.

[corinthiano]

3 hours ago, vikeologist said:

Thanks for your thoughts. Yours is a good idea, but perhaps also the 30 season limit would also lend itself to a points challenge, i.e. points for each competition you win (on a sliding scale). 

With so many differences, your idea would in effect be a different challenge, but it is a pity that more Touch / Mobile players haven't taken part in challenges. Given today's news, it looks like it might be too late, although on the other hand if someone's not going to get FM22 Touch, what better time to start a FM21 Touch Challenge.

As for Mobile, I'll be honest. I barely registered there was a FM Mobile version. I think it would be a fantastic idea to have a sort of Mobile Pentagon challenge, (which is the smaller version of this). Admittedly with only 4 nations, Square Challenge doesn't sound as good, but there you are.

 

To be honest I only play Mobile because i dont have the time to play FM. It doesnt have anywhere near the level of depth to really get immersed into it, but better than nothing  

I am seriously contemplating getting FM22, if I dont and stick to Mobile I might create a thread for Mobile challenges. I do my own Mobile version of what is in this forum and might be interesting to see if others do too and share the experience.

[SK]

Season 2040/41

Since my last update, I got offered two big jobs within quick succession, Barcelona and Brazil.

So despite knocking off another major trophy the end of the season made me feel pretty meh

 

League- as you can see absolute domination. Probably the most consistent I’ve ever played. Annoyingly the loss came on the last game of the season. I broke a stack of records and as you can see with the team of the season below I completely dominated it.

Super Cup- not important but won it beating Real Madrid then Atletico Madrid.

 

Cup- absolutely bottled this losing to a second division side albeit one that was fully rotated.

 

Champions League- had a very easy group where I was qualified with 2 games to spare. Drew Spurs in the Round of 16. I took a 2-0 lead and was looking good and then conceded a goal from nothing. I then scored again to make it 3-1 before conceding on the last kick of the game to win 3-2. That goal proved costly as I lost the return leg 3-1 and I was out. In this game I had it back to 2-1 at the 90th min so had I not conceded late in the first leg I could’ve closed the game out.

 

CWC. This was another frustrating affair as I got injuries left right and centre and some players had youth internationals on. This Meaning that some games I only had 4-5 subs. Not ideal given the lack of fitness. I beat Int 1-0 in what was a hard fought game and then Jeonbuk 2-0. In the QF I had an epic 4-3 ET win against Madrid. Twice I gave away the lead in normal time. This game cooked my Squad and I was shattered come the SF where I lost 2-0 to city.

 

Nothing really to report with Brazil, won most my games so far and have qualified for the WC.

 

Season	Club			Competition		Position	Notes & Achievements

2020/21 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	3rd (promoted via playoffs)		
2021/22 Uthongathi FC		SA Premier League	4th
2022/23 Kaiser Chiefs	        SA Premier League       1st.  Won Knockout Cup and Be the Coach.
2023/2024 Kaiser Chiefs         SA Premier League       1st. Won Super 8 and Be the Coach. CL Finalists.
2024/25 Kaiser Chiefs SA Premier League 1st. Won Knockout Cup and Champions League.
2025    Guangzhao.               Chinese Super League.   3rd. Started in 3rd with 5 games to go.
2026    Guangzhao                Chinese Super League.   1st.  Lost the final of CFA Cup   
2027    Guanzhao                 Chinese Super League.   1st   CFA Cup winner
2028   Guangzhao                 Chinese Super League   1st CFA Cup Winner  Super Cup Winner
2029.  Guangzhao                 Chinese Super League    1st  Super Cup Winner
2030.  Guangzhao                 Chinese Super League    1st. Asian Champions League Winner Super Cup Winner
2030-2031 Hertha Berlin          Bundesliga.             10th (took over 13th).  German Cup Runner up. Resigned at seasons end
2031-32 Inter Milan              Serie A                 1st    Super Cup Winner
2032-2033 Inter Milan            Serie A                 2nd.   Italian Cup Winner and Super Cup Winner
2033-34.  Borussia Dortmund.     German Bundesliga.      1st.   German Cup Winner
2034-35 Cruz Azul.               Mexican First Division. 1st.   Mexican Cup winner
2035/36. Cruz Azul.              Mexican First Division. 1st
2036/37 Cruz Azul                Mexican First Division. 2nd    NACL Winner
2037  Corinthians.               Brazilian First Division 5th.  Took over in 9th place with 9 games to go.
2038 Corinthians                 Brazilian First Division  1st   Brazilian Cup Winner
2039 Corinthians                 Brazilian First Division  1st   Brazilian Cup Winner Copa Libertadores Winner
2040-41 Barcelona.               Spanish La Liga.          1st

International 
2021-2023. Nigeria. Lost in QF of AFCON. Sacked. 
2023- present- Ghana. Lost in R of 16 AFCON. Resigned before being sacked.
2026-2027 Ivory Coast AFCON Champsions. Resigned after.
2029- 2032 Mexico. Lost in 3rd Round at WC. Gold Cup Winners. Copa America Finalist 
2032- 2036 France. Lost in Nations League Final 2033, Lost in WC Final 2034. Lost in SF Euro 2036. Resigned after Euro 36 
2036- 2038 Italy. Lost in Nationa League Final 2037. Made WC QF. Sacked after WC 2038. 
2038-2040 Chile . Lost in QF of Copa America. Sacked. 
2040-Present. Brazil

7/10 top domestic leagues (2022/23-2024/25 SA Premier League, 2026-2030 CSL), (2031/32 Serie A, 2033/34 Bundesliga, 2034/35,2035/36 Mexican First Division, 2038,39 Brazilian First Division, 2040/41 Spanish La Liga)
6/10 top domestic cups (2022/23, 24/25 SA Knockout Cup, 2027, 2028 CFA Cup, 2032/33 Italian Cup, 2033/34 German Cup, 2034/35 Mexican Cup, 2038,39 Brazilian Cup)
4/5 club continental championships (2024/25 African Champions League, 2030 Asian Champions League, 2037 NACL, 2039 Copa Libertadores)
0/1 club world championship

2/5 continental competitions (2027 AFCON, 2031 Gold Cup)
0/1 world tournaments
19/32 total trophies

[SK]

So now I’ve got a dilemma on my hands, do I stay for 4 years at Barca for another crack at the CWC and try win the CL in the meantime. Thinking 4 years will give me ample time to build a phenomenal Squad and try and reduce the risk of fatigue as much as possible. Alternatively I could look for to an English club and try tick off the English parts of the game whilst also prepping for a CL/CWC win. I am leaning towards staying in Spain, Barca will give me a good crack at the CL and I still need to win the domestic cup anyways (so regardless I am looking at one more season either here or somewhere else to do that). Any thoughts would be appreciated on this especially if you've been in a similar boat. CWC is the main concern tbh as it is a nightmare being every 4 years.

[vikeologist]

6 hours ago, SK said:

So now I’ve got a dilemma on my hands, do I stay for 4 years at Barca for another crack at the CWC and try win the CL in the meantime. Thinking 4 years will give me ample time to build a phenomenal Squad and try and reduce the risk of fatigue as much as possible. Alternatively I could look for to an English club and try tick off the English parts of the game whilst also prepping for a CL/CWC win. I am leaning towards staying in Spain, Barca will give me a good crack at the CL and I still need to win the domestic cup anyways (so regardless I am looking at one more season either here or somewhere else to do that). Any thoughts would be appreciated on this especially if you've been in a similar boat. CWC is the main concern tbh as it is a nightmare being every 4 years.

It shouldn't take you 4 years to take over an English club and win the CL and CWC with them. I think you'll be super bored if you stay in Spain.

Would this be the first time you've stayed somewhere just to win one thing(in this case 2 things). I can barely stand staying in a nation for one year just to win the cup, and the nature of cups is there's never any guarantee you're going to win them.

If you fail to win the CWC in 4 years with an English side, then there would be an argument for staying then. Even if you get the PSG job, I think an English side would give you the best chance in the CWC, In fact ideally you'll stop off in France next before arriving in England in 4 years to get the CWC.

There's no harm staying in Spain for another year to see how frustrating you find it, just caring about the CL.

[SK]

@vikeologistThats a great insight. To be honest I did think that, would’ve been 4 years of just playing CL games which would drag it out. Only time I’ve stayed someone for one thing was the ACL with Guangzhao which was like 5 years, necessary though.

Funnily enough the PSG has just become available for only the third time in the game. So I think I’ll try get that and tick France off the list. Think I’ll play it by ear on whether it becomes a 4 year cycle or not, hopefully something in England pops up.

Also, do you know where you can view the club rankings at?

 

[vikeologist]

4 hours ago, SK said:

@vikeologistThats a great insight. To be honest I did think that, would’ve been 4 years of just playing CL games which would drag it out. Only time I’ve stayed someone for one thing was the ACL with Guangzhao which was like 5 years, necessary though.

Funnily enough the PSG has just become available for only the third time in the game. So I think I’ll try get that and tick France off the list. Think I’ll play it by ear on whether it becomes a 4 year cycle or not, hopefully something in England pops up.

Also, do you know where you can view the club rankings at?

 

You can look at club reputations in the 'nations' part of the menu, but I don't think that should be the basis of your decision which English club to aim for.

You need a club in the Champions League already, so that narrows it down to 4. You want healthy finances. You want their best players to fit into your tactics. It doesn't matter if the squad are all old, except if you were to take over an English club now, you would need them to be mostly under 30 just because you're going to spend 4 years there, but hopefully you get the PSG job. (PSG never offer me a job. Obviously still sulking from 845.

[SK]

On 10/10/2021 at 17:28, vikeologist said:

You can look at club reputations in the 'nations' part of the menu, but I don't think that should be the basis of your decision which English club to aim for.

You need a club in the Champions League already, so that narrows it down to 4. You want healthy finances. You want their best players to fit into your tactics. It doesn't matter if the squad are all old, except if you were to take over an English club now, you would need them to be mostly under 30 just because you're going to spend 4 years there, but hopefully you get the PSG job. (PSG never offer me a job. Obviously still sulking from 845.

I found the co-efficients so that was good. But I am a bit confused as to how you qualify for the CWC. Do you know (or anyone else reading)? It looks like it's the winners and runners up but beyond that I assumed it would be based on co-efficient ranking. However, Barca were like 9th/10th and had 3 round of 16 exits and one QF exit in the CL so I am not sure how they actually qualified. Only thing I can think is that they were runner up of the previous CWC and the winner had qualified already (by winning a later CL).

Reason I want to know is it may assist me in picking an English Club if I know they are qualified already.

On a positive PSG offered me the job so I think I will take it. Good chance to knock France off without having to overthrow PSG haha. Annoying you didn't get offered one. I am stoked they did for me tbh.

 

[vikeologist]

1 hour ago, SK said:

I found the co-efficients so that was good. But I am a bit confused as to how you qualify for the CWC. Do you know (or anyone else reading)? It looks like it's the winners and runners up but beyond that I assumed it would be based on co-efficient ranking. However, Barca were like 9th/10th and had 3 round of 16 exits and one QF exit in the CL so I am not sure how they actually qualified. Only thing I can think is that they were runner up of the previous CWC and the winner had qualified already (by winning a later CL).

Reason I want to know is it may assist me in picking an English Club if I know they are qualified already.

On a positive PSG offered me the job so I think I will take it. Good chance to knock France off without having to overthrow PSG haha. Annoying you didn't get offered one. I am stoked they did for me tbh.

 

It takes into account the club's performances in continental competitions the preceding 4 seasons.

So, no, I never really understood how it was worked out, plus i think I might not have taken part in FM21 anyway.

In FM20, I was basically guessing, but honestly my advice is to take no chances, and make sure that you're in charge of a team that has won the Champions League in the preceding 2 years before the cup and is one of the top in coefficients. That's what I did in FM20.

However, I think that it's the winners of the last 4 Champion Leagues, and then the next highest ranked clubs after that. I think if you have won the Champions League in the preceding 4 seasons, your place should be a certainty, but like I say, nobody really understands it, so don't take any chances.

Edited October 11, 2021 by vikeologist

[goonergez]

I’ve been a bit lax with regards to FM recently but I am still plodding along with this challenge. I resigned from USA barely six months into the role after losing 0-3 to Mexico in the final of the North American Nations League and finding out they didn’t enter the Copa America. I then remained unemployed until the turn of the century (🙈🙈🙈) desperately seeking a position in South America. Eventually I was employed by Uruguay. So far my time has gone ok but in truth we stand no chance of winning the upcoming Copa America. Hopefully I can put in a decent enough showing to be given a position with a new nation to try and win it in four years time. In honesty I think my chance to complete this challenge has gone though, especially with only a couple of weeks to go until FM 22 is released.

[vikeologist]

25 minutes ago, goonergez said:

I’ve been a bit lax with regards to FM recently but I am still plodding along with this challenge. I resigned from USA barely six months into the role after losing 0-3 to Mexico in the final of the North American Nations League and finding out they didn’t enter the Copa America. I then remained unemployed until the turn of the century (🙈🙈🙈) desperately seeking a position in South America. Eventually I was employed by Uruguay. So far my time has gone ok but in truth we stand no chance of winning the upcoming Copa America. Hopefully I can put in a decent enough showing to be given a position with a new nation to try and win it in four years time. In honesty I think my chance to complete this challenge has gone though, especially with only a couple of weeks to go until FM 22 is released.

May I offer, let's not call it advice, more an alternative.

Your best chance of winning the Copa America is with Brazil, or maybe Argentina. Just holiday until the end of the Copa America, and world Cups, and f neither of those jobs become available, holiday to the next one. It really doesn't take much time to holiday to them. (Well, your database is probably huge now, so your game probably runs as fast as I do these days, but you can go on holiday and come back later). 

It really doesn't matter if you don't achieve until the late 22nd century. Your manager's not going to die, or be reduced to selling his 99 year old body on the streets because he hasn't had a job in years.

Al that matter is getting the Brazil job in the next week and a bit.

If the Brazil and Argentina jobs become available, and they don't give it to you, that's a problem. There is a danger your reputation will diminish, but it's questionable whether being the manager of Uruguay will help. If you're going to go down that route, you'd be better off with a top European nation who might win the World Cup or Euro.There's no geographical advantage to Uruguay. Not at international level. I think your world rep is more important than continental in that regard.

My alternative is not to bother with Uruguay unless you think there's a very strong chance you can win the Copa America with them.

The imminent arrival of the new game is a pain. Can't finish my current challenge. Can't finish my current Youth challenge by abandoning the challenge and buying players. Not worth starting a new save.

Anyway, I start a new job, (or rather return to my old job from 18 months ago) in 3 weeks, so I shouldn't be wasting my time on FM in any case.

Edited October 12, 2021 by vikeologist

[goonergez]

@vikeologistthe issue is that I have been rejected by both Brazil and Argentina on multiple occasions. My hope was that with Uruguay I may produce a shock or at least go far in the tournament to gain the notice of those big nations. Trust me I have been holidaying between tournaments but I feel I may have become a bit stuck for spending too long out of club management, I’ve never gone this far into a save (my previous furthest was about 2040) so I don’t really understand all the mechanics of it if I’m honest.

[vikeologist]

2 minutes ago, goonergez said:

@vikeologistthe issue is that I have been rejected by both Brazil and Argentina on multiple occasions. My hope was that with Uruguay I may produce a shock or at least go far in the tournament to gain the notice of those big nations. Trust me I have been holidaying between tournaments but I feel I may have become a bit stuck for spending too long out of club management, I’ve never gone this far into a save (my previous furthest was about 2040) so I don’t really understand all the mechanics of it if I’m honest.

Ah well, if they've rejected you, that's a problem. I mean I failed to achieve the challenge once in almost the same position, I had the Euro and Asian Cup to win, and the Euros would have been fine eventually, but there were no Asian nations left to hire me.

There's more than one reason why they may not be hiring you.

One i world reputation, so I understand feeling that might be an avenue.

Brazil might not give you the job because you managed them before, but that shouldn't be the case with Argentina.

I have no idea if ageism comes into it. Nobody has ever gone this far into a journeyman challenge on this forum, but I don't think age is a factor when the manager's 60 or 70, so I can't see it being one for you.

Maybe Argentina are coded against hiring foreign managers.

It is possible to win the Copa America with Uruguay, but it depends how good the current squad are, and whether they suit your tactics. At least at Uruguay you must feel you have a chance of pulling the Copa America off.

Note: I usually try to avoid giving people advice on this thread. I've been doing it recently because I know the clock is ticking to the next game, and time may be of the essence.

[goonergez]

9 minutes ago, vikeologist said:

Ah well, if they've rejected you, that's a problem. I mean I failed to achieve the challenge once in almost the same position, I had the Euro and Asian Cup to win, and the Euros would have been fine eventually, but there were no Asian nations left to hire me.

There's more than one reason why they may not be hiring you.

One i world reputation, so I understand feeling that might be an avenue.

Brazil might not give you the job because you managed them before, but that shouldn't be the case with Argentina.

I have no idea if ageism comes into it. Nobody has ever gone this far into a journeyman challenge on this forum, but I don't think age is a factor when the manager's 60 or 70, so I can't see it being one for you.

Maybe Argentina are coded against hiring foreign managers.

It is possible to win the Copa America with Uruguay, but it depends how good the current squad are, and whether they suit your tactics. At least at Uruguay you must feel you have a chance of pulling the Copa America off.

Note: I usually try to avoid giving people advice on this thread. I've been doing it recently because I know the clock is ticking to the next game, and time may be of the essence.

I appreciate any help I can get. I feel like sticking here is the best option at the moment just in case I manage to pull off the unthinkable with Uruguay. I don’t personally see it happening but I never know. If not then it’s been a real learning curve. I’ve really enjoyed the challenge and will definitely be returning on the next edition. It’s taken me to places I’ve never dreamt of going before and there’s definitely some more I’d like to try next year. I think my issue was that I steered clear of international management for too long. Then left myself in a position where I needed both the Copa America and the Euros and they run simultaneous to each other. It’s definitely been a learning curve in how to approach the international side of things.

[Crispypaul]

  

    

Crispypaul
Liverpool
EPL
2035/36

League - Season Review 1 | Season Review 2 - a great season with over 100 points, to lift the title

FA Cup  - Fixtures - pretty straightforward until the semis.  There we faced Man Utd whom it took a penalty shootout to beat.  In the final we completely dominated against Leeds, taking us all the way to extra time however two goals in that period were enough to lift the FA Cup

Europa League - Fixtures | Table - stuffed everyone in an easy group.  RB Salzburg were no challenge either in the 2nd knockout round.  More of a challenge with Chelsea in the quarter finals but two good wins got us through.  Lille were swept aside in the semis.  We faced my old team Hoffenheim in the final, a game where defending was clearly optional however we won in extra time to lift the trophy for the first time since that Alves final in 2001.

League Cup - Fixtures - did ok to get to the semis until a couple of poor performances knocked us out

Finances - great as expected for England

Transfers - we had a massive, overly paid squad which I trimmed substantially but I also bought pretty big, including buying Mercado again.

Squad

Key players

Daniel Medina - experienced centre half

Ferney Mercado - not as dominant this time but still prolific

Saido Manga - high scoring striker

Marcelo - another prolific forward

Dennis Barret - great winger

Future - although that's England done there are no good jobs available in Spain yet, and also the Club World Cup is in 2037 so I am going to just play another season so we can give that another go

 

Various International Things

Mexico - I hung about after the Gold Cup in case we were in the Copa America in 2036...and we were not so I resigned

Maldives - for a random change I became Maldives manager for the free holidays and a minor regional championship, however this wasn't for a while in the end so I left

England - with no other suitable international jobs yet (I need an Asian and a South American team) I became England manager to see if I can win a 3rd successive World Cup (as my successor won in 2034 too)

Domestic
Season	 Team			Division		Position			Notes						
2020/21  Cape Town Spurs     	South African 1st  	 1st				Champions, Promoted
2021/22	 Cape Town Spurs	South African Prem	 2nd				Qualified for Champions League
2022/23	 Cape Town Spurs	South African Prem	 1st				Won CAF CL, Cup, Resigned at end of season
2023/24	 Tigres			Liga MX		 	 4th/1st			Won both Apertura and Clausura, qualifed for CL
2024/25	 Tigres			Liga Mx		    	 1st/1st			Won Apertura, Leagues Cup, CONCACAF CL
2025	 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 1		 2nd				Won KFA Cup
2026	 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 1		 1st				Won KFA Cup, AFC Champions League
2026/27	 Hamburg		1. Bundesliga	         17th				Joined February, Relegated, Resigned
2027/28	 Fenerbahce		Turkish Superleague	 1st				Won Turkish Cup, Europa Conference League
2028/29	 Hoffenheim		1. Bundesliga		 2nd				Won German Cup
2029/30	 Hoffenheim		1. Bundesliga	     	 1st				Won German Cup, Lost in CL final, resigned
2030/31	 Everton		Premier League		n/a				Left after 48 days
2030/31	 PSG			Ligue Un		1st				Won French Cup, lost in CL final, resigned
2031/32	 Boca Juniors		Liga Profesional	1st				- 
2032/33	Boca Juniors		Liga Profesional	1st				Won Cup, Copa Libertadores, CWC 3rd place
2033/34	Napoli			Serie A			2nd				-
2034/35	Napoli			Serie A			1st				Won Cup, CL, resigned
2035/36	Liverpool		EPL			1st				Won FA Cup and Europa League




International
Year	   	Team				Achievements
2023		Nigeria				Won AFCON, resigned after
2026		Iran				Appointed after World Cup
2027 		Iran				Lost in Asian Cup SF, resigned
2028/29		England				Won Nations League
2029/30		England				Won 2030 World Cup
2030/31		England				Won Nations League
2031/32		England				Won Euro 2032, resigned
2034/35		Mexico				Won Gold Cup
2035/36		Mexico				Resigned
2035/36		Maldives			Went on a free holiday, resigned
2036/37 	England				tbc
			
Challenge Progress

Club
 9/10 top domestic leagues (Cape Town Spurs, South Africa, 22/23; Tigres, Mexico, 23/24; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South Korea, 2026; Fenerbahce, Turkey, 2027/28; Hoffenheim, Germany, 2029/30; PSG, France, 2030/31; Boca Juniors, Argentina, 2031/32; Napoli, Italy, 2034/35; Liverpool, England, 2035/36)
 9/10 domestic cups (Cape Town Spurs, South Africa, 22/23; Tigres, Mexico, 23/24; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South Korea, 2025; Fenerbahce, Turkey, 2027/28; Hoffenheim, Germany, 2028/29; PSG, France, 2030/31; Boca Juniors, Argentina, 2032/33; Napoli, Italy, 2034/35; Liverpool, England, 2035/36)
 5/5 club continental championships (Cape Town Spurs, Africa, 22/23; Tigres, North America, 24/25; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Asia, 2026; Boca Juniors, South America, 2032/33; Napoli, Europe, 2034/35)
 0/1 club world championship

International
 3/5 continental tournaments (Nigeria, Africa, 2023; England, Europe, 2032; Mexico, North America, 2035)
 1/1 world tournaments (England, 2030)

[vikeologist]

@CrispypaulAre you committed to finishing the challenge, or will you drop it like a hot brick once the new game comes out? 

Of course you may very well finish in the next 2 weeks anyway.

[Crispypaul]

1 hour ago, vikeologist said:

@CrispypaulAre you committed to finishing the challenge, or will you drop it like a hot brick once the new game comes out? 

Of course you may very well finish in the next 2 weeks anyway.

Depends on what happens with Spain (Zidane and Simeone are still at their respective clubs, and Luis Enrique has been at Barcelona since 2028) and whether I can get the Brazil or Argentina - or South Korea or Australia - international jobs after the 2038 World Cup.

Also the Club World Cup isn't the easiest to win.

[vikeologist]

19 minutes ago, Crispypaul said:

Depends on what happens with Spain (Zidane and Simeone are still at their respective clubs, and Luis Enrique has been at Barcelona since 2028) and whether I can get the Brazil or Argentina - or South Korea or Australia - international jobs after the 2038 World Cup.

Also the Club World Cup isn't the easiest to win.

The CWC is definitely the thing that can block a challenge. It used to be the Confederations Cup. 

[SK]

On 11/10/2021 at 20:28, vikeologist said:

It takes into account the club's performances in continental competitions the preceding 4 seasons.

So, no, I never really understood how it was worked out, plus i think I might not have taken part in FM21 anyway.

In FM20, I was basically guessing, but honestly my advice is to take no chances, and make sure that you're in charge of a team that has won the Champions League in the preceding 2 years before the cup and is one of the top in coefficients. That's what I did in FM20.

However, I think that it's the winners of the last 4 Champion Leagues, and then the next highest ranked clubs after that. I think if you have won the Champions League in the preceding 4 seasons, your place should be a certainty, but like I say, nobody really understands it, so don't take any chances.

Glad to know it’s not just me who has no idea what’s going on haha. Really hoping I win next time and be done with it.

it’s an absolute nightmare tbh.

 

 

[berrers]

2039

- HERBEI CHINA FORTUNE FC -

Finally managed to get some long overdue solid game time in recently and managed to finish another season, I am committed to completing this challenge before I buy the new game ... fm23 will probably be out by then!

 

CHINESE FA CUP

A poor defence of our trophy saw us eliminated in the 5th round!

 

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Foreign player restrictions (only 3 fgn's allowed in CL squad) made the group trickier than it should have been

After playing Daegu of Korea in the groups we drew them out in the second round. Having won the 1st leg away 4-2 we nearly threw it away at home losing 2-0 with Daegu missing a late pen which would have seen us eliminated. We blitzed the quarters and semi's turning in a great performance away at holders Beijing Guoan winning 5-1.

A Two legged final againsy Al-Sadd of Qatar awaited!

4-2 aggregate win! The damage again was done away from home with a 3-0 win in the second leg.

4/5 of the champions league now won!

CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE

Start to the league campaign was sloppy and I lost too much ground to claw back despite only losing one of the last eighteen games.

Beijing Guoan retain the title 

 

INTERNATIONAL

- BRAZIL -

Beginning of WC 42' (Russia) Qualifying

 

WHAT'S NEXT

Winning the champions league was the main target when coming to Asia which has now been achieved so I am on the look out for another move but not really in a great rush as the Chinese season finishes in November and there isn't a great deal out there at present.

France is the last of the major leagues I need to win and I only really want to join PSG as I think with anyone else winning Ligue 1 could take some time. Africa is the last champions league I need to complete so as soon as one of Kaizer chiefs, orlando pirates or Sundowns comes up I will throw my hat in the ring.

I will tick over at HCFC until a tempting job comes up as I feel I would win the league if I done another season although the rules do drive you with regard to the restrictions on the amount of domestic players you are allowed to buy over the age of 21 per season.

 

 

[Crispypaul]

  

  

    

Crispypaul
Liverpool
EPL
2036/37

League - Season Review 1 | Season Review 2 - fairly comfortable title win

FA Cup  - Fixtures - too many penalties and extra time plays for my liking, but we got to the final where we beat Wolves eventually.

Champions League - Fixtures | Table - pretty comfortable group stage.   Getting Barcelona in the knockouts is a bit scary but a good draw in the Nou Camp led to a thumping at Anfield.   4-0 away in Turin against Juventus helped us through the quarter final.    We then beat Man City over two legs to set up a final against surprise team RB Leipzig, whom we just got past in the end to lift the European Cup again.

League Cup - Fixtures - smash and grab from Leicester in the final

Club World Cup - Fixtures | Table - Roma and Boca in the groups is a bit of a tricky one, but we overcame them to set a tie against Gremio of Brazil.  A Manga brace was enough to get through to Juventus in the semis.  We were smashing them but it only led to a last minute extra time goal to win.  In the final Palmeiras of Brazil were opponents, it didn't look great being down 2-0 after 20 minutes but we were tied at half time and two second half goals (despite a late rally) got us to lift the cup

Finances - rich

Transfers - not as much activity this time, one excellent free transfer

Squad

Key players

Johnny Bedini - signed the England midfielder on a free from Juventus and was expectedly great

Ferney Mercado - decent backup!

Saido Manga - over 50 goals

Dennis Barret - good again

Clayton Redding - great winger

Ricardo Canas - high scoring season from the long serving striker

Ibrahim Coulibaly - dropped £75m on the centre half from Nice and he was superb

Victor Racero - top notch left back

Future - with the Club World Cup picked up that's it for Liverpool so I resign.  I am now looking for a Spanish job if there are any (hardly any turnover in that league weirdly)

England

Haven't bothered with screenshots - lost in the Nations League final to Germany annoyingly, and am currently in the middle of WC 2038 qualifying.

Domestic
Season	 Team			Division		Position			Notes						
2020/21  Cape Town Spurs     	South African 1st  	 1st				Champions, Promoted
2021/22	 Cape Town Spurs	South African Prem	 2nd				Qualified for Champions League
2022/23	 Cape Town Spurs	South African Prem	 1st				Won CAF CL, Cup, Resigned at end of season
2023/24	 Tigres			Liga MX		 	 4th/1st			Won both Apertura and Clausura, qualifed for CL
2024/25	 Tigres			Liga Mx		    	 1st/1st			Won Apertura, Leagues Cup, CONCACAF CL
2025	 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 1		 2nd				Won KFA Cup
2026	 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 1		 1st				Won KFA Cup, AFC Champions League
2026/27	 Hamburg		1. Bundesliga	         17th				Joined February, Relegated, Resigned
2027/28	 Fenerbahce		Turkish Superleague	 1st				Won Turkish Cup, Europa Conference League
2028/29	 Hoffenheim		1. Bundesliga		 2nd				Won German Cup
2029/30	 Hoffenheim		1. Bundesliga	     	 1st				Won German Cup, Lost in CL final, resigned
2030/31	 Everton		Premier League		n/a				Left after 48 days
2030/31	 PSG			Ligue Un		1st				Won French Cup, lost in CL final, resigned
2031/32	 Boca Juniors		Liga Profesional	1st				- 
2032/33	Boca Juniors		Liga Profesional	1st				Won Cup, Copa Libertadores, CWC 3rd place
2033/34	Napoli			Serie A			2nd				-
2034/35	Napoli			Serie A			1st				Won Cup, CL, resigned
2035/36	Liverpool		EPL			1st				Won FA Cup and Europa League
2036/37	Liverpool		EPL			1st				Won FA Cup, CL, CWC




International
Year	   	Team				Achievements
2023		Nigeria				Won AFCON, resigned after
2026		Iran				Appointed after World Cup
2027 		Iran				Lost in Asian Cup SF, resigned
2028/29		England				Won Nations League
2029/30		England				Won 2030 World Cup
2030/31		England				Won Nations League
2031/32		England				Won Euro 2032, resigned
2034/35		Mexico				Won Gold Cup
2035/36		Mexico				Resigned
2035/36		Maldives			Went on a free holiday, resigned
2036/37 	England				lost in Nations League final

			
Challenge Progress

Club
 9/10 top domestic leagues (Cape Town Spurs, South Africa, 22/23; Tigres, Mexico, 23/24; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South Korea, 2026; Fenerbahce, Turkey, 2027/28; Hoffenheim, Germany, 2029/30; PSG, France, 2030/31; Boca Juniors, Argentina, 2031/32; Napoli, Italy, 2034/35; Liverpool, England, 2035/36)
 9/10 domestic cups (Cape Town Spurs, South Africa, 22/23; Tigres, Mexico, 23/24; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South Korea, 2025; Fenerbahce, Turkey, 2027/28; Hoffenheim, Germany, 2028/29; PSG, France, 2030/31; Boca Juniors, Argentina, 2032/33; Napoli, Italy, 2034/35; Liverpool, England, 2035/36)
 5/5 club continental championships (Cape Town Spurs, Africa, 22/23; Tigres, North America, 24/25; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Asia, 2026; Boca Juniors, South America, 2032/33; Napoli, Europe, 2034/35)
 1/1 club world championship (Liverpool, 2037)

International
 3/5 continental tournaments (Nigeria, Africa, 2023; England, Europe, 2032; Mexico, North America, 2035)
 1/1 world tournaments (England, 2030)

[vikeologist]

Here's as good a place as any to mourn the end of being able to do a vike.

In the new game, managers cannot take over a club the same day as a a match.

I coined the phrase doing a vike years ago when I took over a club in the second leg of a 2-leg final.

Admittedly I lost, and it's therefore whether I did, in this instance, successfully execute said vike.

Obviously doing a vike just means taking over a club in the latter stages of a competition, (which we'll still be able to do) but I will always have fond memories of taking over Corinthians (I believe) and wondering which team was mine.

Incidentally, naming something after myself is meant to be a joke, rather than narcissism, but when this challenge took off there was a kind of convention of challenges being named after the person who started them or ran them, and there was a point where I tested the water to see if people were inclined to have this challenge named after me. They were not, so I was all like, never even occurred to me.

Now that looks like a dig at the people who do name their challenges after them, but that used to be the convention until a couple of us steered away.

Edited October 19, 2021 by vikeologist

[goonergez]

Ultimate FM Challenge 21: Final Update

With just a few days to go until the new edition of this series we love so much is released, it's with sadness that I am calling quits on my save and waving the white flag. Several World Cup and Copa America tournaments have come and gone and I simply cannot get hold of a job which may see me lift that one trophy I require. In truth when I started this save back on the 6th March I never expected to even come close to completion. As it is I end my attempt with just the Copa America eluding my grasp and preventing me from finishing off successfully. I have invested 211 days of game time on this save, albeit some of it where I have just left my laptop on continuously whilst popping out or playing PlayStation. The pandemic certainly enabled me to play a lot more than I normally would, which I guess is the one positive to take from this. I also had a week off work when I tried to slice my finger off with a lorry door. With that much time home alone what is one meant to do. I end my save in July of 2106, a quite ludicrous feat in itself. I took charge of 25 different clubs and 18 nations, winning a ridiculous 84 personal accolades as a manager. On top of that there are 70 different cup competitions and 19 league titles as well. Not every moment of my career was full of success, but there were definitely a lot more highs than lows.

For me this challenge was all about experiencing new leagues and scenarios that I would have previously avoided. My beginning nation of South Africa proved unbelievably enjoyable and personally I think my spell in charge of SuperSport United early on was probably one of my favourite passages of this whole save. I also visited the likes of China and America which I would never have done outside of this challenge. I didn't particularly enjoy China, but once I had got my head around the rules in the MLS the league in America fast became one I would like to experience again. I found Europe the toughest nut to crack, regularly struggling to win domestic titles even with squads that should be doing so. FC Porto was a really enjoyable spell for me and was full of trophies, but it took me far too long to lift the league title which probably held me back really. Saying that I did lift the Champions League with them which at the time was an extremely surprising feat.

Having another attempt at this challenge I would definitely look to get involved in the international side much earlier than I did. I tried to avoid it for as long as possible and in the end that has probably proven my downfall. Early failures with the likes of Mexico and Brazil also caused me real issues. Those two have spent much of my save as the top two ranked sides in the world and I failed to take advantage whilst in charge of both of them. I think the international side to this challenge certainly takes a lot more consideration than the club side. 

I'd like to thank everybody in this thread for the support throughout, and especially @vikeologist . Your challenge is exceptional, and you did your utmost to see me through to the end. Hopefully my vast array of jobs has at least kept you somewhat entertained. There have been some really enjoyable reads in this thread and I have really enjoyed venturing into a part of these forums I had never visited. At various times I found myself looking through this thread at work hoping for updates on other peoples saves. Hopefully I have at least intrigued or kept some of you gripped and hopefully we will cross paths again with the release of the new game.

For anybody on the fence about trying this challenge out I couldn't give a more positive sell if ever I tried. You will experience leagues and nations you'd never normally choose and you'll experience jumps and bumps along the way. I have enjoyed nearly every moment of my attempt and it is with real sorrow that I don't quite etch my name onto the list of successful challengers. Embarrassingly it would have taken me so much longer than anybody else, but for my first attempt its been a real learning curve. I'll definitely be back on FM22, and if I am honest I am absolutely buzzed for it. Thanks all.

Season	Club			Competition		Position	Notes & Achievements

2020/21 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	2nd		
2021/22 Uthongathi FC		SA First Division	1st (C)		SA First Division Winners
2022/23 SuperSport United	SA Premier		2nd		SA Knockout Cup Winners
2023/24 SuperSport United	SA Premier		3rd		
2024/25 SuperSport United	SA Premier		2nd		Confederations Cup Winners, SA Cup Winners
2025/26 SuperSport United	SA Premier		1st (C)		SA Premier League Winners, SA Cup Winners, CAF Super Cup Winners, Super-8 Cup Winners, 
2026/27 SuperSport United	SA Premier		3rd		SA Knockout Cup Winners, CAF Champions League Winners
2027	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	6th		
2028	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	2nd		Chinese FA Cup Winners
2029	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	2nd		Asian Champions League Winners, Chinese FA Cup Winners
2030	Beijing Gouan		Chinese Super League	1st (C)		Chinese Super League Winners, Chinese Super Cup Winners
2031	DC United		MLS East Conference	6th		
2032/33 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	5th		Copa Argentinos Winners
2033/34 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	2nd		Copa Sudamericana Winners, Copa Argentinos Winners, Argentinian Super Cup Winners, Sudamericana Super Cup Winners
2034/35 River Plate		Argentinian Premier	2nd		Copa Libertadores Winners, Sudamericana Super Cup Winners
2035	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	5th		MLS Western Conference Winners
2036	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	1st (C)		MLS Cup Winners, Supporters Shield Winners, MLS Western Conference Winners, Leagues Cup Winners
2037	Seattle Sounders	MLS Western Conference	1st		MLS Western Conference Winners, Supporters Shield Winners, Campeones Cup Winners
2038/39	Mainz FC/ Schalke 04	Bundesliga		-
2039	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	5th		
2040	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	1st		Supporters Shield Winners
2041	LA Galaxy		MLS Western Conference	-		CONCACAF Champions League Winners
2041/42	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		4th
2042/43	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		4th
2043/44 Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga		6th
2044/45 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		7th
2045/46 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		1st (C)		Bundesliga Winners
2046/47 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		2nd		DFL Super Cup Winners
2047/48 RB Leipzig		Bundesliga		1st (C)		Bundesliga Winners
2048/49	-
2049/50	-
2050/51	AS Monaco		French Ligue 1		3rd		French Super Cup Winners	
2051/52	AS Monaco		French Ligue 1		3rd
2052/53 CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd		European Super Cup Winners, Copa del Rey Winners
2053/54	CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd		Spanish Super Cup Winners
2054/55	CF Valencia		La Liga			3rd
2055/56	CF Valencia		La Liga			1st (C)		La Liga winners, Spanish Super Cup Winners
2056/57 -
2057/58	Napoli			Serie A			-
2057/58	AC Milan		Serie A			4th
2058/59	AC Milan		Serie A			3rd		Europa League Winners
2059/60	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, Taca da Liga Cup Winners
2060/61	FC Porto		Superliga		3rd		UEFA Champions League Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners
2061/62	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, UEFA Super Cup Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners, Taca de Liga Cup Winners 
2062/63	FC Porto		Superliga		2nd		Portuguese Super Cup Winners, Portuguese Cup Winners, Taca da Liga Winners
2063/64	FC Porto		Superliga		1st (C)		Superliga winners, Portuguese Cup winners,Taca da Liga Winners
2064/65	FC Porto		Superliga		1st (C)		Superliga winners, Portuguese Super Cup winners
2065/66	Paris Saint Germain	French Ligue 1		1st (C)		Ligue 1 winners, Coupe de France winners, French Super Cup winners
2066/67	Liverpool		Premier League		3rd
2067/68 Liverpool		Premier League		3rd
2068/69	Juventus		Serie A			2nd		Coppa Italia Winners, Italian Super Cup Winners
2059/70	Juventus		Serie A			1st (C)		Serie A Winners, Europa League Winners, Copa Italia Winners
2070/71	-
2071/72	Tottenham Hotspurs	Premier League		6th
2072/73	Manchester City		Premier League		5th		FA Cup Winners
2073/74	Manchester City		Premier League		2nd		Europa League Winners, Community Shield winners, Club World Cup Winners
2074/75	Manchester City		Premier League		3rd		European Super Cup Winners, Community Shield Winners
2075/76	Manchester City		Premier League		2nd
2076/77	Manchester United	Premier League		2nd		Community Shield Winners
2077/78	Manchester United	Premier League		1st (C)		Premier League Winners, League Cup Winners
2078/79	-
2079/80	PAOK Salonika		Greek Superleague	2nd		Greek Cup Winners
2080/81	Celtic			Scottish Premier	1st (C)		Scottish Premiership Winners, Scottish Cup Winners
2081/82	-
2082/83	Colo-Colo		Chilean Premier		n/a		Chilean Super Cup Winners
	
Year		Nation			Honours
2042-2046	France			Nations League Winners (2043)
2046-2048	Columbia
2048-2049	Nigeria
2049-2051	Morocco			African Cup of Nations Winners (2051)
2054-2055	South Korea
2057-2060	Brazil
2060-2064	Spain			World Cup Winners (2062), Nations League winners (2063)
2066-2067	South Korea		Asia Cup Winners (2067)
2067-2068	Mexico			NA Nations League Winners (2068)
2069-2071	United States		CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (2071)
2075-2084	Columbia
2085-2088	France	
2090-2092	Italy			Nations League Winners (2091), European Championships Winners (2092)
2095-2096	United States
2098-2099	Uruguay
2102-2104	United States
2104-2104	Peru

10/10 top domestic leagues (2025/26 SA Premier League, 2030 Chinese Super League Winners, 2037 MLS Cup Winners, 2045/46 Bundesliga Winners, 2055/56 La Liga winners, 2063/64 Portuguese Superliga winners, 2065/66 Ligue 1 winners, 2069/70 Serie A Winners, 2077/78 Premier League Winners, 2080/81 Scottish Premiership Winners)
10/10 top domestic cups (2022/23 SA Knockout Cup, 2024/25 SA Cup Winners, 2028 Chinese FA Cup Winners, 2032/33 Copa Argentinos Winners, 2053 Copa del Rey Winners, 2059 Taca de Liga Portugal Winners, 2065/66 Coupe de France winners, 2068/69 Coppa Italia Winners, 2072/73 FA Cup Winners, 2079/80 Greek Cup Winners, 2080/81 Scottish Cup Winners)
5/5 club continental championships (2026/27 CAF Champions League Winners, 2029 Asian Champions League Winners, 2034/35 Copa Libertadores Winners, 2041 CONCACAF Champions League Winners, 2060/61 UEFA Champions League Winners)
1/1 club world championship (2073 Club World Cup Winners)

4/5 continental competitions (2051 African Cup of Nations, 2067 Asia Cup, 2071 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2092 European Championships)
1/1 world tournaments (2062 World Cup)

 

Edited October 19, 2021 by goonergez

[Crispypaul]

  

  

     Crispypaul
Unemployed
2037/38

At a club level I only need Spain, however not a single interesting job where I have a chance of winning the title has come up.  Zidane and Simeone are still at the same clubs despite pushing 70 now...

 

England

Got to the final of the 2028 World Cup again but lost 1-0 to Italy.

I left again and this time joined Australia ahead of the upcoming 2039 Asian Cup.

Domestic
Season	 Team			Division		Position			Notes						
2020/21  Cape Town Spurs     	South African 1st  	 1st				Champions, Promoted
2021/22	 Cape Town Spurs	South African Prem	 2nd				Qualified for Champions League
2022/23	 Cape Town Spurs	South African Prem	 1st				Won CAF CL, Cup, Resigned at end of season
2023/24	 Tigres			Liga MX		 	 4th/1st			Won both Apertura and Clausura, qualifed for CL
2024/25	 Tigres			Liga Mx		    	 1st/1st			Won Apertura, Leagues Cup, CONCACAF CL
2025	 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 1		 2nd				Won KFA Cup
2026	 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 1		 1st				Won KFA Cup, AFC Champions League
2026/27	 Hamburg		1. Bundesliga	         17th				Joined February, Relegated, Resigned
2027/28	 Fenerbahce		Turkish Superleague	 1st				Won Turkish Cup, Europa Conference League
2028/29	 Hoffenheim		1. Bundesliga		 2nd				Won German Cup
2029/30	 Hoffenheim		1. Bundesliga	     	 1st				Won German Cup, Lost in CL final, resigned
2030/31	 Everton		Premier League		n/a				Left after 48 days
2030/31	 PSG			Ligue Un		1st				Won French Cup, lost in CL final, resigned
2031/32	 Boca Juniors		Liga Profesional	1st				- 
2032/33	Boca Juniors		Liga Profesional	1st				Won Cup, Copa Libertadores, CWC 3rd place
2033/34	Napoli			Serie A			2nd				-
2034/35	Napoli			Serie A			1st				Won Cup, CL, resigned
2035/36	Liverpool		EPL			1st				Won FA Cup and Europa League
2036/37	Liverpool		EPL			1st				Won FA Cup, CL, CWC
2037/38	n/a




International
Year	   	Team				Achievements
2023		Nigeria				Won AFCON, resigned after
2026		Iran				Appointed after World Cup
2027 		Iran				Lost in Asian Cup SF, resigned
2028/29		England				Won Nations League
2029/30		England				Won 2030 World Cup
2030/31		England				Won Nations League
2031/32		England				Won Euro 2032, resigned
2034/35		Mexico				Won Gold Cup
2035/36		Mexico				Resigned
2035/36		Maldives			Went on a free holiday, resigned
2036/37 	England				lost in Nations League final
2037/38		England				Lost in WC final, resigned

			
Challenge Progress

Club
 9/10 top domestic leagues (Cape Town Spurs, South Africa, 22/23; Tigres, Mexico, 23/24; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South Korea, 2026; Fenerbahce, Turkey, 2027/28; Hoffenheim, Germany, 2029/30; PSG, France, 2030/31; Boca Juniors, Argentina, 2031/32; Napoli, Italy, 2034/35; Liverpool, England, 2035/36)
 9/10 domestic cups (Cape Town Spurs, South Africa, 22/23; Tigres, Mexico, 23/24; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South Korea, 2025; Fenerbahce, Turkey, 2027/28; Hoffenheim, Germany, 2028/29; PSG, France, 2030/31; Boca Juniors, Argentina, 2032/33; Napoli, Italy, 2034/35; Liverpool, England, 2035/36)
 5/5 club continental championships (Cape Town Spurs, Africa, 22/23; Tigres, North America, 24/25; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Asia, 2026; Boca Juniors, South America, 2032/33; Napoli, Europe, 2034/35)
 1/1 club world championship (Liverpool, 2037)

International
 3/5 continental tournaments (Nigeria, Africa, 2023; England, Europe, 2032; Mexico, North America, 2035)
 1/1 world tournaments (England, 2030)

[Crispypaul]

     

Australia
Asian Cup 2039

Group Stages - Table | Fixtures - Indonesia were easily defeated, we drew against my old team Iran then a good win against Afghanistan got us into the knockouts.

2nd Round

Spoiler

Australia 3 Oman 0 - straightforward win

 Quarter Final

Spoiler

Australia 6 Lebanon 0 - no contest

Semi Final (if applicable)

Spoiler

Saudi Arabia 1 Australia 4 - my striker scored 4 goals which was enough

Final (if applicable)

Spoiler

Syria 1 Australia 6 - Syria scored a screamer in the first minute which was a bit of a shock however we equalised not long after and that was that as we won the Asian Cup.  With that done I resigned.

 

[Crispypaul]

  

  

  

   Crispypaul
Unemployed
2038/39

Again, still no club job available in Spain.   I can't believe Zidane is still at Real - they haven't won the Champions League at all in this save (and are now in the second season where they haven't even qualified for it) and no silverware since the Copa Del Rey in 2032.  Yet he's just had his contract extended until 2041...

 

Domestic
Season	 Team			Division		Position			Notes						
2020/21  Cape Town Spurs     	South African 1st  	 1st				Champions, Promoted
2021/22	 Cape Town Spurs	South African Prem	 2nd				Qualified for Champions League
2022/23	 Cape Town Spurs	South African Prem	 1st				Won CAF CL, Cup, Resigned at end of season
2023/24	 Tigres			Liga MX		 	 4th/1st			Won both Apertura and Clausura, qualifed for CL
2024/25	 Tigres			Liga Mx		    	 1st/1st			Won Apertura, Leagues Cup, CONCACAF CL
2025	 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 1		 2nd				Won KFA Cup
2026	 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 1		 1st				Won KFA Cup, AFC Champions League
2026/27	 Hamburg		1. Bundesliga	         17th				Joined February, Relegated, Resigned
2027/28	 Fenerbahce		Turkish Superleague	 1st				Won Turkish Cup, Europa Conference League
2028/29	 Hoffenheim		1. Bundesliga		 2nd				Won German Cup
2029/30	 Hoffenheim		1. Bundesliga	     	 1st				Won German Cup, Lost in CL final, resigned
2030/31	 Everton		Premier League		n/a				Left after 48 days
2030/31	 PSG			Ligue Un		1st				Won French Cup, lost in CL final, resigned
2031/32	 Boca Juniors		Liga Profesional	1st				- 
2032/33	Boca Juniors		Liga Profesional	1st				Won Cup, Copa Libertadores, CWC 3rd place
2033/34	Napoli			Serie A			2nd				-
2034/35	Napoli			Serie A			1st				Won Cup, CL, resigned
2035/36	Liverpool		EPL			1st				Won FA Cup and Europa League
2036/37	Liverpool		EPL			1st				Won FA Cup, CL, CWC
2037/38	n/a
2038/39	n/a




International
Year	   	Team				Achievements
2023		Nigeria				Won AFCON, resigned after
2026		Iran				Appointed after World Cup
2027 		Iran				Lost in Asian Cup SF, resigned
2028/29		England				Won Nations League
2029/30		England				Won 2030 World Cup
2030/31		England				Won Nations League
2031/32		England				Won Euro 2032, resigned
2034/35		Mexico				Won Gold Cup
2035/36		Mexico				Resigned
2035/36		Maldives			Went on a free holiday, resigned
2036/37 	England				lost in Nations League final
2037/38		England				Lost in WC final, resigned
2038/39		Australia			Won Asian Cup, resigned

			
Challenge Progress

Club
 9/10 top domestic leagues (Cape Town Spurs, South Africa, 22/23; Tigres, Mexico, 23/24; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South Korea, 2026; Fenerbahce, Turkey, 2027/28; Hoffenheim, Germany, 2029/30; PSG, France, 2030/31; Boca Juniors, Argentina, 2031/32; Napoli, Italy, 2034/35; Liverpool, England, 2035/36)
 9/10 domestic cups (Cape Town Spurs, South Africa, 22/23; Tigres, Mexico, 23/24; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South Korea, 2025; Fenerbahce, Turkey, 2027/28; Hoffenheim, Germany, 2028/29; PSG, France, 2030/31; Boca Juniors, Argentina, 2032/33; Napoli, Italy, 2034/35; Liverpool, England, 2035/36)
 5/5 club continental championships (Cape Town Spurs, Africa, 22/23; Tigres, North America, 24/25; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Asia, 2026; Boca Juniors, South America, 2032/33; Napoli, Europe, 2034/35)
 1/1 club world championship (Liverpool, 2037)

International
 4/5 continental tournaments (Nigeria, Africa, 2023; England, Europe, 2032; Mexico, North America, 2035; Australia, Asia, 2039)
 1/1 world tournaments (England, 2030)

[vikeologist]

@goonergez I'm sorry that you couldn't complete the challenge. I don't want to scare off newbies, but if one doesn't achieve it quickly, that's a possibility.

You seem to have taken it better than I did when I couldn't complete with 2 trophies left. I actually felt quite depressed, and asked a couple of people if they wanted to take over the thread.

I am sorry that you couldn't complete it though; not least because it leaves me as the person who's taken the longest on the full fat version.