The FM22 Youth Academy Challenge

[Elsjorro]

1 hour ago, thomas_e said:

Really like reading your updated @Elsjorro, but would like the screenshots even better if you changed to english language  

LOL, never really thought about that. I have another 2 seasons ready to update, but i will promise you i am gonna change it to english right away. 

[andreidvb]

Unfortunately my first attempt at this challenge with Worthing has ended after being sacked in my 4th season in Vanama National South, due to relegation with 1 match to go.

We had a poor 4th season, with a lot of players players underperforming, and even though we were mostly above the relegation line, a final poor run of form was fatal in our attempt to stay up.

Overall, we had 2 good first seasons with top half finishes, but afterwards it was all fighting to stay up

Most likely my second attempt will be again in England, as I really enjoy playing here even though the challenge is immense,

Will post more more updates once I start my second attempt, which will be very soon.

 

 

 

[XaW]

XaW - IL Try - Season 2023 - 8. Divisjon Oslo 1

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

Well, things are very close in quality down here in the depths and we showed this, by absolutely dominating this league. Of course, that also mean we got promoted as champions.

Norgesmesterskapet: N/A

Best players:

Ilir Beqiri 22a: An absolute incredible season in midfield.
David Smith 22b: A great defender at this level, and I hope to keep him for many levels yet.
Theodor Karoliussen 22d: Not as prolific as last season, but still a damn good season.

Youth intake:

Another really good intake once again.

Christoffer Myklebust 23b has very nice physical attributes for his age, and while he has to work on his technicals, he is a good talent.

Spoiler

Trophy cabinet

8. Divisjon Oslo 1 - 1 (2023)

[Elsjorro]

Cottbus 2044-2045

 

So, i promise this is the last year im playing in dutch ok guys? 

 

So, we put some players out on loan again. I have high hopes for Ebben, but he isnt really developing. So lets see if he does on a loan

 

 

So, this season was crazy. I was top of the board for quite some time at the beginning, until i got a losing streak getting hammerd by Leipzig, Nurnberg and Gladbach. After that, we came back to the first spot around Januar, but after this happened:

 

It was all over. We struggled to win matches. The depth of the squad is not big enough to handle this. So in the end we could still win the title on the very last day. It was Dortmund first with 74, me 2nd with 73, Bayern 3th with 71 and Nurnberg 4th with 70. We had an away match against Dortmund. So we were playing for the title. Well not really, because the goal difference was +52 against +39, so lets be real: we had to win 0-7 to claim the title. We got smashed 3-0 so no title for us. To make it a bit more painfull, Nurnberg and bayern both won and so we didnt finish 1st, but we finished 4th. But we are going into the CL for the first time, so thats another milestone this game. 

 

So as good as the season went, as painfull was the youth preview and intake:

 

 

and:

 

 

I mean, 1 elite talent. Im happy it is at a position where i can use something, but this is not getting much better. Though im fairly happy with Flauder and Franzke coming trough. They are only top talents, but if the ratings are correct they will develop in the best CB's of the team. But i could reaaallly use a good striker. Hortnagl is 28 allready and only a good Bundesliga 2 striker. I feel, if they give me a good striker and some decent defenders, im ready to take a peek at the top. 

 

 

 

 

So that being sad: This year Stohn goes away with the Golden Boy award:

 

 

The season stats:

 

 

Again, we have 2 of the top 50 wonderkids in our team:

 

 

Schubert and Adukor.

 

Europe:

Same story really. We got Lyon as Pena was still not back and we had a few other struggles. Im excited to see if we can make it out of the group stage in the CL.

 

 

Best players:

So, Nickel is doing a very good job to make us not want to dream of Dogan anymore. 

 

Nijhof, absolute beast. I took the liberty, when we where 1st of the league, to resign some players like Urbanski. He didnt want to sign a new contract, but when we were top of the bill, he was happy to. Pena, same story. But Nijhof still doesnt want to. Gonna lose him in 2 seasons im afraid. 

[Shambolic]

Only the first of March but we can't mess this up, can we?

[hubwub]

I've never seen this before. Injured after falling out of a loft. A LOFT?!

 

[WhiteCat33]

Edrissi starts the season by switching primary nationalities from Moroccan to Belgian after he has 5 caps and then never gets selected for any Belgian youth teams. And now he's drinking the pain away...r

[JLAB]

Beira-Mar – Season 2 – 2023/24 - Part 1

The first three games of the season we managed to make ourselves look like a team who belonged in the division, however, as soon as we took on Sporting CP B our confidence looked as though it deflated, especially after we were knocked out of the Taça de Portugal in the 2nd round by a 4th tier side that we couldn't actually beat last season.

Still, despite going four games without winning, we have still managed to look like a top-half side, but we do need to make sure that we can actually do better and avoid being in a relegation fight this season. Whether we can do that, I don't know.

If you want to see all of the match highlights, the video that will be linked below will show you all of the game goals in question.

JLAB's YAC with Beira-Mar Part 9

 

[Crealk]

Dronninglund IF (Season 1)

And we're underway! 3 A categories and 5 star of the overall intake! Nice!

Season's going pretty good with more than half of the games played.

 

 

[Makoto Nakamura]

Excellent, yet awful.

[Crealk]

Youth Intake Day (Dronninglund IF Season 1)

 

Nice!  Although it just says a lot of the current team

The peacock of the intake

Good AF-technicals and good mentals! He is going to slot directly in start XI.

An intake that is really strong on the physical side, especially the Natural Fitness  And some youngsters in the Aggression too, hehe.

Have of course signed them all.

Meanwhile.. with 4 fixtures left. Hope I can clinch the direct promotion. 2nd spot goes to playoffs with the remaining 12 regional divisions here in tier 7 Denmark  

 

[OlivierL]

Haukar- Iceland - Intro - 2nd tier - 1.Deild Karla

Database |Club info | Club Vision| Facilities |Finances |Youth intake 2021

Intro

After struggling for a long time about who to choose in England (Merthyr, FC United , Rushden & Diamonds (couldn't get them through reloads after many attempts) and then with a database FC Romania) I thought I had to choose my beloved country Iceland.

Fast competition and a big challenge to get something in Europe. Two years ago I played 8 seasons with IR and we came far but not far enough. Last year I played one year with Njardvik but stopped too soon.  Eventually there are two teams left with a real youth team of their own and therefore the choice fell on...  Haukar 

Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar (English: Hawks F.C.) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Football, Handball, Basketball, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Hafnarfjörður , officially Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður, is a port town and municipality in Iceland, located about 10 km (6 mi) south of Reykjavík. The municipality consists of two non-contiguous areas in the Capital Region, on the southwest coast of the country. At about 30,000 inhabitants, Hafnarfjörður is the third-most populous city in Iceland after Reykjavík and Kópavogur. It has established local industry and a variety of urban activities, with annual festival events.

History

On Sunday 12 April 1931, 13 young boys gathered at the YMCA building in Hverfisgata to establish a new sports club in town. The first president of the club was elected Karl Auðunsson.
At the third meeting of the club, the name was determined, the Haukar Football Club. It was Pastor Friðrik Friðriksson who came up with the idea for the name, which is a reference to the Valur fraternity in Reykjavík.

Haukar played two season in the 1th tier. In 1979 and 2010. Best finish was 10th in 1979.

Facilities

Ásvellir is a sports venue in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland with a gym, pool, and football field. Two decades ago in 1996 a company and the Hafnarfjörður council signed an agreement to subsidize the construction of the complex. Finished in 1999, it started to host tournaments in 2000.

Capacity 2120 (500 seats) - Training & Youth Facilities 'Average' 

Competition format

Squad

Some good players and a very young group. Lost a 34 year old american goalkeeper on free.

Key players

 

 

Youth intake 2021(holidayed season) - Best of the Class (PA)

 

Miscellaneous

We lost a very good player with an arranged tranfser . Steinbjornsson could have been a great defender for us. In the past we lost Gudmundsson to Atalanta, He is seen as a very big Icelandic prospect.

We have a female director that is also our Hoyd. Helgadottir is not good and i hope she'll be gone in the near future after a fan election. I have to give the development tasks to someone else and i signed a very good Assistent manager. He has a Perfectionist personality , that is in my opinion the best personality (after Model Citizen) for a hoyd with almost maximum attributes on Professionalism - Determination and Ambition . Santiago Canizarez ... Let's hope he can handle the aftershave bottle much better now. He'll do the HOYD tasks  

 

@Perre8thanks for the 3d kits , @Koetzerand @Winskigood luck and show me how to do it . @Shankly84you did a great job at FM21 and almost won it ? I saw all your posts so you inspired me to pick Haukar.

 

Edited November 19, 2021 by OlivierL

[JAwtunes]

Kits ready.  Now time to retire Holiday Man and start my Slovenia save.

 

 @darren1983 reset date for Slovenia is 1 July.  I saved on 1 May to get different teams (not sure how late you can leave it, but I'm pretty sure June was too late).

[Makoto Nakamura]

2024/25 Youth Candidates

We just shouldn't pay any attention to the previews at this low of a level. 

[hubwub]

@JAwtunesThose kits are so clean.

[Crealk]

Dronninglund IF (Season 1)

So close, but bad form at the end resulted in playoffs where we couldnt finish the job.. But optimistic for next season

Got 3 coaching courses during the season, so holding a National A license currently.

Squad view at the end of the season. Maybe jumped the gun a bit, slotting in Jacob Fuglsang at STC instead of our regular season Top Scorer Vlahovic.. Oh well, we go again

 

[fries]

Sky Bet League Two

2028/29 (season 7)

Season Summary
Another great season. After last year's promotion we managed to stay safe midtable through the whole season. We ended on the 12nd place. More than happy. My players developed very well this season. I think it maybe was because of we was going full-time pro.

However I did not perform very well in the cups and lost all games.



We still do not have a real goal scorer type and last year topscorer was again the topscorer with only 10 goals. My main striker Ahmad only scored 8. One striker was out on loan for the last half of the season and I hope he will come back and score lots of goals in the next season.
rmstrong performed again very well with 19 combined goals and assists while the young defender Ferguson got the highest average rating of 7.20.

As you see I have only 4 of the original squad left and I will only keep the best two in the next season. My squad is very young were most of my players are from the last two years youth intake and thus between 17 and 18 years old. So the future is promising.

My preview of the youth intake was very exciting once again. 5 stars, a golden generation and 3 B's. 

But I was a bit disapointed.  After the last few years where a hand full of the players were ready to play first team football, I was a bit disapointed of the CA from this intake. There were no great personalities either. Only Crutch and Bowyer managed to get first team playing time in the remainder of the season.

I made of course no incoming transfers. But I had my first major sale. Dawson was my best player but did not want to renew his contract, was unhappy and ready to leave. He also had a bad personality and had not developed much. I hoped I could get a higher price and I am also disapointed that there was no sell-on clause involved. But my experience from last year is that you have to build up the sales before they start bidding milions.

Finances and Upgrades

No upgrades this year, but we did turn full time pro after the promotion. I also think my facilities down graded. However financially we are suffering. We have paid £2mio for the youth setup this season and that is compared to a total income of £3mio.

 

Edited November 18, 2021 by fries
Typo

[Padders]

Another 6 seasons done

Another relegation and sacking

No player over 1 and half stars in any of the intakes

30+ seasons now and 10-12 attempts

[Makoto Nakamura]

2024/25 End of Season Review

A defeat to end the season but we still ended up with the joint best defence in the league, so I'm happy.

   

  

 

 

Overall Best XI

2024/25 Best XI

Josef Kalas (YP1j)

Lukáš Soukup (YP2e) - Milan Kovac (YP2b) - Fefeu (YP2b) - Jaromír Švec (YP2i)

Radim Vlček

Petr Švec - Roman Musil (YP1o)

Josef Buchta (YP2g)                                                                Aleš Siegl (YP2a)
Arthur Hovhannisyan (YP1m)

Edited November 18, 2021 by Makoto Nakamura

[Daddy]

 

Intake Preview:

Another strong preview. Also, other than keeper, the top talent is of differing positions than previous intakes, so that will build some depth.

 

Midseason Break Table:

Way overachieved to get promoted last season and it's showing. We've been on the wrong end of a few blowouts, but for the most part the big problem is we're just not scoring.Loses to the teams we're closest too has not helped. Relegation is not inevitable yet, but I'm starting to plan towards it happening.

Transfer:

I'm normally loathe to sell off an intake player so soon after getting them, but my primary formation only has one striker and he's 4th deep. The three he's behind are legacy players but aged between 23-25, and Y23D is inconsistent and susceptible to injuries. 100K is the most I've had come in and I got a 40% addon. 

[Stobart13]

 

Season 1 Review

Competitions |Transfers

A fantastic season, which sees Donegal Celtic get promoted to the NIFL Championship as PIL Champions. Went down to the last day, but great to get promoted a season or two ahead of schedule. Its going to be a tough season in the Championship, but not getting relegated has to be the most important thing. Also had two great runs in the major cups, losing to Premiership runners up, Larne, in the 3rd round.

We also lost to Championship winners Newry in the Irish Cup 6th round. It was disappointing to lose so close to the Quarter Finals, but it softens the blow a little to see Newry in the Final. The other two cups are for junior Northern Irish teams, so it wasn't something the board were caring about.

Disappointed to lose to a non-league side in both the Steel and Son's and the Intermediate Cups. As we are now classed as a "Senior" club in Northern Ireland, we will not be entering these from next season.

Youth Intake Preview | Youth Intake Part 1 | Youth Intake Part 2

A fantastic youth intake for the first season, the only thing I am worried about is due to the nature of the leagues in Northern Ireland, all of our players are signed on Non-Contracts, so anyone can pick up my players for free.

Two players have really stood out as potential Jim Wallace and Jermaine Rice

Spoiler

 

 

 

[sc91]

Messing on a Swiss 6th tier file and there appears to be some interesting clubs which produce specific nationalities, namely Portugese, Italian and quite a few Albanian newgen clubs. Might make an interesting challenge/save for some as I think the rules that would hinder Liechtenstein sides wouldn't apply.

[WhiteCat33]

RAAL La Louviere 2035-36 (Season 14)

Performance:

We had probably our strongest regular season, but collapsed in the playoffs. It didn’t help that we sold off one of our best offensive talents during the winter window, but I couldn’t turn down the money. Also, I just noticed that Belgium has a U-21 league system, yet my U-21 team was never added into it so we only play friendlies all year. Bug maybe? It’s completely unimportant though as I just use U-21 for fitness so there is hardly a team there.

Season Best XI:

League Most Assists:

Transfers:

Unlike other years this was a big transfer year. First was A. Dubois 30c who was my 2nd striker. I had him out to Antwerp for 1.9M, but due to the whole board takeover nonsense that got canceled and I ended up having to settle for 1.6M later in the window.

Second my original awesome BPD was sold from RKC Waalwijk in the Netherlands to Getafe in Spain and my 50% profit clause netted us a 450k now and 475k later.

Third was a final hour deadline day bid for Rene Jehl 25e who was my Captain and BWM, but was on way too high a salary and wouldn't take any kind of paycut to renew his short contract

Took a 52k payoff but he accepted a contract there taking a 235k p/a pay cut. Just shows how much I had to inflate that salary to keep him when he was younger. The rest of the summer window was ditching some dreggs and loaning out my hoard of youth players.

Winter window was the big transfer. In an earlier post I mentioned how I 'took a risk' and brought back a Congo AMR early from loan to play for us. Well he had an amazing half a season and was begining to be a regular face for the Congo national team. For the 2nd time now a Milan Club came in with the cash for my Congolese national player. This time AC Milan.

This will be both my most complex and largest transfer to date. A half season loan with mandatory future fee, installments and 2.5M if he gets 3 more Congo caps. He better not decide to switch back to Belgium like my Moroccan player did or I’ll be pissed. The big risk here is as he won't be playing for AC he probably will get dropped by the national team. We will see, might be a gamble and lose there. He has a 10.5M release clause so I’m getting the same money + %profit just in a round about way.  

 

Transfer Tables:

I like to track where my players go when they outgrow us so here are my rough and ready tables. You'll notice I  am benefiting from having loaded both of the Netherlands leagues into my save file though primarily the transfers are going to Belgian clubs, which is to be expected. What I've found very interesting is I actually didn't load Italy into my game, yet when my Congo Internationals peak out into world recognition they throw some money at them for the potential. Both happened without shopping the players out to clubs. Just they became wanted and a bid happened during the transfer window.

 

Takeover:

In an earlier post I mentioned how we almost had a Japanese Millionaire buy the club. Sadly, he never came back. Ended up just a board takeover, no sugar daddy buyout. Severed my senior affiliate link but whatever and then took out a bank loan to cover the negative balance of the club. Good thing I sold some players so its only a 4.7M loan. Though perhaps maybe selling the players made the balance close enough they could just do debt and didn't need a big investor. Either way, the finances are still what they are. With the loan and the player sales we are still back to -4M by the end of the season. It really feels like Monopoly money sometimes with this club.

 

Youth Intake:

Preview wasn't that promising

Result was not particularly great but better than last year.

The Day after our intake I got a poached player and with that potential this early in the cycle he probably will be something special. Sucks to lose such a talent I’ll be on the lookout for when he shows up.

That same day NxGn Came out and our AML is #1 which I think is not even close to warranted. Notice Brugge have 3 of the top 10 which is nuts. I expect to see our poached player in that list in a few seasons.

Like he’s good for us and is starting to break into the Kosovo national team, but best in the world? Not even close. Thankfully he doesn’t have a fee release clause and I recently extended his contract so I’m expecting to be selling him off soon as well. Its very possible we will lose our entire AM line this year…

 

Managers Thoughts:

I can see it being a period of selling players to hopefully get us into the black enough to get our facilities back to Good. I am sitting on some high young player value so its very possible I could do similar business next year to this year and I have yet to see the Italian money, which will be a nice 2M a year drip to keep our books balanced. You can see for once we actually had a reasonable GD of 13 this year, which is showing we have a true matured defense. What is intriguing is we have now 3 first team CBs so I might look into doing a 5 in the back system with wing backs and wing AMs. I think it could be promising especially with the powerful clubs we have at the top of the table.  It will all depend on who we end up selling this year though. If I can get that defensively sound and keep my defenders locked in then hopefully in 2-3 seasons I can make a push for that EC2 spot. Slow and steady...

 

[Makoto Nakamura]

This years intake appears to be very centralised. 

[XaW]

 

XaW - IL Try - Season 2024 - 7. Divisjon Oslo 1

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

We reunited with St. Olavskameratene, a team we we finished just behind in the first season, 2 tiers below us. They had entered the other 8. div Oslo group and won that too! And it was early on a two-horse race between us for the single promotion spot. In the end we finished just behind them and have to stay here for another season while they got their 3rd consecutive promotion. Dynamic rivalry, where are you?

Norgesmesterskapet: N/A

Best players:

David Smith 22b - A pretty amazing season from the defender. Also proving himself as quite the goalscorer.
Theodor Karoliussen 22d - More prolific goal scoring this season.
Ilir Beqiri 22a - Now capped for Kosovo u21s. A bit surprised he hasn't left us, but I'm happy!

Youth intake:

We keep getting in great intakes (comparable to our level at least!) and I'm really happy with it!

Michael Silva 24d is quite fast for this level, and not bad at much as a winger.

Spoiler

Trophy cabinet

8. Divisjon Oslo 1 - 1 (2023)

[Bartrcm]

So I've put a hold on my Beira-Mar save. I've just been pulled back to my own team in Belgium, Racing Mechelen, and give them a second try, after I failed miserably the first time. Again, I had to holiday 5 seasons before they became playable.

Racing Mechelen - 1th amateur division - Season 2025-2026

Predicted: 14th

Final position: 1th and qualified for the play-offs.

 

My second try started a lot better. We were always in the top-4 and even managed to have an unbeaten run of 20 games. During the regular season we only lost twice, and finished the season in 1th place. We also won our first 3 games of the play-offs, and create a gap of 6 points. 4th game of the play-off was against 2nd placed Deinze. A draw would be enough to gain promotion. But a red card and a disallowed goal 4 minutes before the final whistle, saw us losing the game 1-2. So only 3 points ahead of Deinze with 2 games to go. We only needed to win 1 of those games. Second last game was against Liège. We were second best and deserved our 0-2 loss. But luck was at our side as Deinze could only manage a draw against Tunrhout, so still 2 points ahead. A draw in our last game against Tunrhout would be enough. It was a very nerve wrecking game. No team could score a goal and the game ended 0-0. We ended the play-offs on equal points with Deinze, but due to the fact that we had won the regular competition we won the league! Unbelievable scenes, we were CHAMPIONS and won promotion to the second division. 

 

Games 1

Games 2

Cup: we made it to the 5th round and got beaten by Liège.

 

Transfers: 1 incoming transfer was already arranged before I took over, and I wasn't able to cancel it

 

Youth intake: we had an excellent preview, and the actual intake (1,2) didn't disappoint. All the tagged players were signed. I will highlight the best 5 players.

Gabriel Verhoeven (YP1a): GK

Thomas Weber (YP1b): AML, will be a starter next season

Loric Omeonga (YP1c): ST, Will get some game time as my main striker disappoint a bit this season, but due to the fact that he's a very important player in real life for us, I kept playing him.

Jacques Payen (YP1d): DL

Thijs Geens (YP1e): AMC, back-up next season, and will get some game time

 

Finances: As last try, terrible and almost 500k in red

 

Goals for next season: Just staying up would already be a miracle.

 

 

[Bartrcm]

Racing Mechelen - 1th division B - Season 2026-2027

Predicted: 8th and last

Final Position: 3th

 

Again we started the season very good, and only lost once during our first 7 games. The second round we lost twice and were around 3th or 4th postion. The first 2 games of the 3th round we won, but after that we could only win  of last 12 games. At the end we finished the season in 3th position, but a lot behind the first 2 teams, Eupen and Kortrijk. They played a couple levels better then the rest of the league. A pity for us that Kortrijk lost promotion play-off so we will meet them again next season.

 

Games 1

Games 2

Cup: We made it to the 6th round, and got us a top draw against Anderlecht. We played at home, but they were way better than us. We were lucky to lose only 0-4, but it earned us a lot of money (100k is a lot of money in Belgium football leagues ;))

 

Transfers: None

 

Youtn intake: again a very good preview, and an even better intake (1,2). Again I will highlight the top-5 prospects.

Norbert Michel (YP2a): DC, straight into the first team and played the last 2 games of the season.

Joseph Tschamba (YP2b): GK, will battle with Verhoeven (YP1a) for a place between the sticks in 1 or 2 seasons as our main GK is already 34 years old.

Ian Simons (YP2c): AMC, AMR, ST

Benjamin Maes (YP2d): ST

Wannes De Winter (YP2e): AMR

 

Finances: Actually, we had a good financial season, losing only ±70k

 

Goals for next season: Just staying up will do for me, and maybe score more goals.

[Pauldinho7]

Beira Mar end of season 2035/36 update - PART 1 COMPLETED!!!!!!!!

We absolutely dominated in the league from start to finish and that 1 defeat is such a shame as we we're so much better than everyone else and it would have been the icing on the cake, but we are CHAMPIONS OF PORTUGAL!

The U.19's were also successful, winning the UEFA Youth League:

Our intake was decent with a couple of players to watch:

And we also received a club record fee for Mohamed Varin who I was gutted to see leave but that's what a minimum fee release clause does:

[JLAB]

Congrats on the league win Pauldinho7. Kind have given me a target to aim for with that league win if I was to match how well you've been doing so far. 

Edited November 19, 2021 by JLAB

[BustaRaymes]

*FM20*

Molodechno-DYuSSh-4

2022 - season 3

Belarussian Second Division

A total point increase of +4, but 5 points off playoffs. We ended the season with a loss against Mogilev, where a win would have pushed us into 4th place due to results between clubs being a decider before goal difference.

We started off with an early slump, which promted us to reinstate Belyavskiy in the squad. Results stabilized but just not enough to push for more. Happy with the result though, as progress was made.

Transfers

 

Squad

A clear core seems to be forming, als Jovancic, Melnik and Karp were the vital backbone. This means they also attract interest from bigger clubs, but the fees being paid are around 20k at best, so I'd only sell to the really big ones (BATE, Dinamo Brest, Dinamo Minsk) with a sell-on clause, but they haven't come in yet.

Nesterovic had a pretty good debut season but is not really progressing abilitywise. Lavrik was solid again.

Melnik is progressing like crazy and I feel he will be way too good and hard to hang on to for us very soon. Rulinskiy ran around a lot and if Anton Yuraga keeps his shooting percentage up we might need more ball boys.

Vasilkov is still decent but a talented Bugay is breathing down his neck and will probably replace him next season. Pitirimov still takes our free kicks but was largely wasteful in the second half of the season.

Karp developed into our lone hitman up front. Really useful with counter attacks and just waiting for his moment when building up.

Petrushevskiy, Pavel Yuraga and Dulub are the most prominent youngsters knocking on the door for next season.

 

Youth intake

Another very solid intake, although I'm not sure about quite a few of them. Most top prospects have an Unambitious personality and although Szumski has the attributes to be a starter, I don't play with a 10. Pavel Yuraga, another good prospect, is DM so one of them will have to be retrained to fit in as I want to keep the 4-3-3. It seems to be working for us. I might switch tactics depending on opponents / away fixtures.

Due to there being a lot of Unambitious players evey year, I changed my HOYD. Before we had a balanced personality, now it's a fairly detemined one that likes Gegenpress. Coaching attributes are way lower, but let's see what we get.

Szumski is already our best 'rounded' player. Has quite a few nice attributes and I'm seriously considering creating a position for him in our formation.

I have a hard time deciding what to think of Belov. He's short, he's a natural winger but his cross and pace are mediocre at best. He'll probably be a go-to backup for AML and AMC and we'll see how he does.

Chichev is talented but has a low CA and is Unambitious as well. He'll be in the U19 and we'll see if he develops.

Korytko could be a starter in midfield before too long. I would have liked a bit more mental attributes but the physical side will have to do for now.

Besides, if I really wanted quality regens I wouldn't be in Belarus.

 

What's next?

52 points, that's it. Can't hope for the playoffs as there are 3 relegated clubs, one of which is big club FC Gomel.

When we can hold on to the 3 star players we might have a shot but our chairman shoots down every idea I have. I don't trust him one bit. AT ALL.

[Braumiller]

Season 3's youth intake preview is here!

Not unhappy with that.  Looks to be a very specific intake potential/positional wise.  Nothing at all outside of DM, MC and fullback(s), but all of those positions are available for a fight over a shirt

[JLAB]

Beira-Mar – Season 2 – 2023/24 Youth Intake Preview

As the season continues, we have managed to find some more form including the first hattrick scored by one of my players in the form of Sacra's hattrick against Anadia, we even managed to beat the likes of Sporting CP B, which has given me hope that we should be fine from relegation.

In fact, we are currently more than find in regards to the relegation group. We're currently looking set to avoid being involved in a relegation fight altogether, which as far as I am concerned is probably one of the best outcomes possible this season.

The youth intake preview is in as well, and we're being predicted to have a golden generation of players coming in. Whether or not I should believe this I don't know, but it's interesting nonetheless.

If you guys want to see the goals that were scored and a more detailed look as to my lineup, feel free to watch the video that is going to be linked below. Thanks in advance.

JLAB's YAC with Beira-Mar Part 10

[Morpheus13]

SC Toulon Season 26/27 Review

Table - Achievements - Squad - U19 Squad - Transfers - Finances

Another season in the books and it was a much better one. Overachieving with finishing 9th in the French National. After starting with win after win, we quickly came down to earth but we were never in danger of getting relegated, which is the most important. The best news of the season is several improvements in our facilities. We could improve the youth facilities, youth recruitement and the training facilities.

I was actually quite exited after seeing this preview for this years intake

and the intake did not disappoint

Especially Diawara looks like a stud and will go straight into the first team next season

Next Season

The next season will be a really hard one. Our best player by far is also our Goalkeeper and he has decided to leave on free at the end of the season and I dont have anybody who can replace him. Mohamed Teka (25B) will have a bigger role and starts progressing nicely but on the other hand Aristide Sangare (25A) is stagnating. Ibrahima Mas (23B) made a big jump this year after becoming a first team regular. The most annoying thing is that we are Semi-Pro and the board wants to keep it that way. At least we could improve our facilities now, so I hope that player progression will be better

 

[fries]

Short and quick question: Am I allowed to accept their offer of a loan back?
I accepted their bid for Ben Prentice and now they ask if I would loan him back for the rest of the season.

Btw, he is my first international player with 6 caps. But he will not renew his contract, because he dislikes the club (???) and he have now missed an match and a training session because he went drinking.

[Crealk]

Dronninglund IF (Season 2)

Another Excellent Intake with 3 A categories!  Looking forward to the Wingers and DM. Our GK and ST are already taken by players from last intake  

Again at the top in the moment the preview is in the inbox. Hopefully, this time around I can keep the team fresh and focused to stay at the top!

[JLAB]

10 minutes ago, fries said:

Short and quick question: Am I allowed to accept their offer of a loan back?
I accepted their bid for Ben Prentice and now they ask if I would loan him back for the rest of the season.

Btw, he is my first international player with 6 caps. But he will not renew his contract, because he dislikes the club (???) and he have now missed an match and a training session because he went drinking.

I don't believe so.

[Braumiller]

11 minutes ago, fries said:

Short and quick question: Am I allowed to accept their offer of a loan back?
I accepted their bid for Ben Prentice and now they ask if I would loan him back for the rest of the season.

Btw, he is my first international player with 6 caps. But he will not renew his contract, because he dislikes the club (???) and he have now missed an match and a training session because he went drinking.
 

Unfortunately no

This would constitute a transfer coming in (he is sold to them, then loaned back to you)

[XaW]

15 minutes ago, fries said:

Short and quick question: Am I allowed to accept their offer of a loan back?
I accepted their bid for Ben Prentice and now they ask if I would loan him back for the rest of the season.

Btw, he is my first international player with 6 caps. But he will not renew his contract, because he dislikes the club (???) and he have now missed an match and a training session because he went drinking.

No, sorry, that's not allowed. However, you are allowed to set the transfer date to the end of the season (when you negotiate, so it's too late at this point), so I often try to do that whenever I sell someone partly through the season whenever possible.

[fries]

Thanks for the answer guys!

[Elsjorro]

Cottbus 2045-2046

 

 

 

So again mostly some loans to sattelite clubs.

 

So, this season man. Im gonna start with the competition this time. For almost the whole year we switched places with Leipzig and Nurnberg for the 1st spot. In the end, we came trough this time. I tried giving my players rest in matches that didnt really matter ( Ill come to that later) and it payed off: A 0-2 win at Hoffenheim secured us the title with 2 matches to go:

 

 

 

So thats another box whe can check.

 

The preview: If we may believ so, we are getting 2 good DM's. Lets hope for 1.  

 

 

So these starts dont say ****. This is actually the best intake i had in a long time. If i had to guess, Block, Breitzke, Sabotic, Gavrilov, Attianese and Lefebrve are all going to mean something for the first squad, with Block and Breitzke allready being absolute bangers of players.

 

 

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Those 2 midfielders are FFING RIDICULOUS. So thats right away a problem. No way im going to play them out both, so im looking to make one of them a Footballing defender. What do you guys think? Im Thinking of making Breitzke that place. Lemme know what u guys think.

 

So, we also played a cup final:

 

 

I mean, our players were pretty much at the end of there fatigue. So this game came on a really unfortunate moment. So no cup this year.

 

 

Europe:

So our first year CL. We had a group of United, Inter Milan and Salzburg. Not the easiest group there is. We started quite decent with a 2-2 home game against United, but then it went downhill. A 3-0 win over Salzburg at home gave is enough to go trough to the Euro cup. We almost sat that one trough till the end, until we lost 1-3 at home against RB Leipzig. They went on to win it against Arsenal in the Finale, but i had to bench a lot of players because we werent champiosn yet. Its sad, but it happens i guess. 

 

So, i thought: Lets take it up a notch again. Lets see if we can replace the HOYD. So i started searching, and came up with the nex guy. He is FFING ridiculous:

 

 

Though he doesnt has the formation i use, im just gonna try him out. He has a drive personallity, which is cuite decent i think.

 

So best players:

Stohn really stepped up his game. Look at that average.

So Schubert may not be the best defender yet, but he did make a significant change to the team because the rest was even worse.

 

I mean, what is there left to say about Nijhof? 21 goals in 43 matches as a AMR, thats ffing unbelievable. He still doesnt want to sign a new contract, so im taking a long shot here allready that he will go into his last season with us. 

 

[BustaRaymes]

I was right in not trusting my chairman as he accepted these transfers. I know we're 500K in debt, but selling our best players at yardsale prices is nog going to help now, my good man.

With 2 of our best players gone it will be a long season and I may have to look at a different tactic.

[BustaRaymes]

9 minutes ago, Elsjorro said:

Cottbus 2045-2046

 

 

 

So again mostly some loans to sattelite clubs.

 

So, this season man. Im gonna start with the competition this time. For almost the whole year we switched places with Leipzig and Nurnberg for the 1st spot. In the end, we came trough this time. I tried giving my players rest in matches that didnt really matter ( Ill come to that later) and it payed off: A 0-2 win at Hoffenheim secured us the title with 2 matches to go:

 

 

 

So thats another box whe can check.

 

The preview: If we may believ so, we are getting 2 good DM's. Lets hope for 1.  

 

 

So these starts dont say ****. This is actually the best intake i had in a long time. If i had to guess, Block, Breitzke, Sabotic, Gavrilov, Attianese and Lefebrve are all going to mean something for the first squad, with Block and Breitzke allready being absolute bangers of players.

 

 

\

 

 

 

.

 

Those 2 midfielders are FFING RIDICULOUS. So thats right away a problem. No way im going to play them out both, so im looking to make one of them a Footballing defender. What do you guys think? Im Thinking of making Breitzke that place. Lemme know what u guys think.

 

So, we also played a cup final:

 

 

I mean, our players were pretty much at the end of there fatigue. So this game came on a really unfortunate moment. So no cup this year.

 

 

Europe:

So our first year CL. We had a group of United, Inter Milan and Salzburg. Not the easiest group there is. We started quite decent with a 2-2 home game against United, but then it went downhill. A 3-0 win over Salzburg at home gave is enough to go trough to the Euro cup. We almost sat that one trough till the end, until we lost 1-3 at home against RB Leipzig. They went on to win it against Arsenal in the Finale, but i had to bench a lot of players because we werent champiosn yet. Its sad, but it happens i guess. 

 

So, i thought: Lets take it up a notch again. Lets see if we can replace the HOYD. So i started searching, and came up with the nex guy. He is FFING ridiculous:

 

 

Though he doesnt has the formation i use, im just gonna try him out. He has a drive personallity, which is cuite decent i think.

 

So best players:

Stohn really stepped up his game. Look at that average.

So Schubert may not be the best defender yet, but he did make a significant change to the team because the rest was even worse.

 

I mean, what is there left to say about Nijhof? 21 goals in 43 matches as a AMR, thats ffing unbelievable. He still doesnt want to sign a new contract, so im taking a long shot here allready that he will go into his last season with us. 

 

For me personally, Breitzke is a bit short and the defensive stats are slightly too low. Could be a decent option to train him as a ball playing def though, but isn't it an option to put Block as an MC instead?

Edited November 19, 2021 by BustaRaymes
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[Daddy]

2024-2025 Results:

Way overmatched. The annoying thing is how many stoppage time goals I gave up to move from a win to a draw or a draw to a loss. One fewer and would have forced the playoff game where there would have been a chance at staying up. I didn't expect to do well, but had hoped to stay up to keep the larger prize money. Swiss Cup I was unfortunate enough to match up with Young Boys in the Third Round. Much like they did during season play, it was a blowout loss to the eventual cup winners (Back to back for them). 

Youth Intake: 

Another decent intake. I tag them all even those I terminate trial for. I accidentally terminated the trial of Y25M while at the same time having offered him a contract. It shows as a transfer. He's just a body so I don't care if it's considered outside the rules and I need to release him. 

Transfers:

I received a send offer a little too big to refuse. This one was definitely tougher though. 120K is the highest so far and that 40% tack on. 

I also had a player poached. 

2025-2026 Preview: 

I'm more in line with the club vision. I think I'll finish mid to upper table. Maybe even sneak back up. 

 

Question: As stated above, I had an intake player I incorrectly terminated the trial for prior to them being offered a contract. I misclicked a player or just wasn't paying attention enough at 2AM. Hilariously got blasted for signing him as a D+ player and had to do a press conference. As can be seen below he's nothing special. I was going to sign him just in hopes he reached that three star potential and could be a useful squad player. However, if this is considered against the rules then I will get rid of him. So the actual question: Does this count as an actual transfer and I need to release him?

[Elsjorro]

14 minutes ago, BustaRaymes said:

For me personally, Breitzke is a bit short and the defensive stats are slightly too low. Could be a decent option to train him as a ball playing def though, but isn't it an option to put Block as an MC instead?

Yeah thought about that to, the problem is, with Nickel and Urbanski i have pretty good MC allready. So i thought, if i could train Block as a ball playing defender, i would solve a part of my CB's problem. 

[WhiteCat33]

10 minutes ago, Elsjorro said:

Yeah thought about that to, the problem is, with Nickel and Urbanski i have pretty good MC allready. So i thought, if i could train Block as a ball playing defender, i would solve a part of my CB's problem. 

They probably could develop into interesting Wide Center Backs if you ever try a 5 at the back formation. With those offensive abilities could even experiment with the Attack version. I agree on the height issue, but i guess it depends how big you are hurting for CBs. For me I want them to either be Tall or fast and sadly your guys are both short and slow.

[XaW]

XaW - IL Try - Season 2025 - 7. Divisjon Oslo 1

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

There we go! As soon as St. Olavskameratene is gone, we win the league by a mile! So up to the next tier. Now up to the 7th tier, and we might have a chance at facing St. Olavskameratene again, after they finished mid-table in their sub division.

Norgesmesterskapet: N/A

Best players:

David Smith 22b - Another amazing season from our big Aussie defender.
Theodor Karoliussen 22d - Goals galore from the big striker!
Ilir Beqiri 22a - Yes, it's the usual 3 I highlight as they are the ones who deliver time and time again.

Youth intake:

A strong intake again, but at this level it's expected.

Anders Bergheim 25p steps right in as first choice and also will take our pens and direct free kicks, because of course he will!

Spoiler

Trophy cabinet

8. Divisjon Oslo 1 - 1 (2023)
7. Divisjon Oslo 1 - 1 (2025)

[Habituz]

First update as got some time to play and made it to youth preview of 1st season. Sad to hear @andreidvb run is already over, hope I can at least match 4 seasons.

Youth Preview

League Update

Results have been mixed so far

But overall seem to be doing decent

Messed about early trying to find a tactic I was happy with and have settled on this

Focused more on my coaching qualifications than try to improve facilities, and currently going for 2nd badge.

[Crealk]

Youth Intake Day (Dronninglund IF Season 2)

Very good intake but some bad personalities (Low Det) for the best prospects, which is quite a shame. 

The best player in terms of CA-stars, but GK's are generally not that exciting  

So here's one I have more high hopes for. Good determination and suits the position that I wanted for the intake.

Good physicals again in this year's intake. Aggression has toned down from last year  But like the Work Rate from the players.

With 4 fixtures remaining, it looks good (no jinxing ) 

[15charactersmax]

 

Throwing my hat in the ring with F.C. Chiasso, a small Swiss team close to the Italian border. Started with a decent squad and crucially most of my best players are in their early 20's. Predicted to finish 7th in the first season and with only one relegation spot I'm fairly confident I can keep us up, although looking at the teams around us there's actually some really good players in the Swiss second division so it might be harder than expected. Managed to persuade Arjen Robben and Terry Butcher to join the backroom staff! Can't think of more opposite play styles 

 

 

[Crealk]

Dronninglund IF (Season 2)

Champions and promoted! It was never really tight, so I am very pleased we are now going one level up!  

Got 3 additional upgrades to my license and now have a Continental A license! In tier 6, thats nice. Finances are getting a bit streched though.

And here's the squad overview. Our jewel from last year, Jacob Fuglsang 1A, really shone this season with 21 goals. Other noteworthy performances are Christopher Sloth 1O with 8 goals and 7 assists, whilst Oscar Hansen 1P only conceded 23 goals in 20 games. He will however have fierce competition from the new GK from season 2's intake... Roll on tier 6.