The FM22 Youth Academy Challenge

[libbyshuss]

2054/55 (season 33)

Premier League

Season Summary

Really disappointing season compared to the last 2 or 3. I suppose it was always gonna happen, progress is never smooth in these saves and it's entirely possible I've already peaked. Ah well..

League - Just couldn't get going. Really frustrating. We had a lot of injury problems but not so much that it would make a huge difference. According to the xG table we perfomed a lot better thatn we should have as well. Our defence saved us - our goals against was 13 lower than the xG - and our attack could not perform at all. We had more 0-0s this season than ever. We need to improve by a lot  next season if we want to get back into Europe

Champions League - Our first ever Champions League campaign! we were really poor for most of it as well. We got a relatively easy group with Salzburg, Rosenburg and Barcelona but we still managed to almost blow it. The only thing that saved us was an amazing home win against Barcelona and then a final round win against Salzburg. We squeaked through on goal difference

1st round was an easily winnable game against Bayer Leverkausen but we were poor and limply went out.

 

So, no European football next season....

 

Players

Well, in a nutshell, defence good, forwards bad. They let us down this season and were pretty much universally awful. Best XI this season:-

Emmanuel Odita 52A - played most this season as a MCL and became a proper wonderkid halfway through the season. Makes him the fourth in this XI behind Bennet, Gonzalo and Johnston

Ollie Cleary 51A - this was his big season! Foley 45A struggled at the start of the season, Cleary took his place and blew it so badly that by the end of the season I was playing Kovacik in his place. Cleary regressed badly this season - he looks a shadow of the player he was last season. Really upsetting when that happens!

Wonderkids

This was really exciting! I'm starting to like the top 50 nxgn list when it comes out!

Cleary at number 2 means I might perseverre with him despite his terrible season. Kovacik at 14 is nice to see, he's only 18 and although widely inconsistent this season had glimpses of real talent. Might be a left winger rather than striker. Odita is amazing and Mancic is a result of my new Serbian affiliation and currently valued at 30m! He scored 78 goals in 41 games for the U18s last season. I might keep him there for the time being and give him a run out in the cups

Talking of wonderkids, I'm assuming this lad was one. I never saw any evidence of it but look at this career!

I had to sell him as a 17 year old for 78k! Luckily i stuck a 50% future fee on him as Aston Villa then sold him to Barcelona for 54m. He then went to PSG and now at Chelsea. 129 caps for England!

Legends

This season I'm gonna be saying goodbye to Luke Dyer 37B. He came with us on our journey from the National League to the Champions League and was our best performing player all the way. An absolute legend - I'll be happy when we build a new stadium if they name it after him. He'll finish with 727 appearances at an average rating of 7.51, which is just insane really. 

 

Youth

So another 5 star golden generation review, this time with three grade As!!!!! 

 

The intake wasn't quite as exciting but not bad either

Another couple of Slovakians as well! We've done really well out of that affiliation set-up, which is why I was kinda upset to get this message at the end of the season:-

 

Career

 

 

 

[JAwtunes]

Izola - Season 5 (2026/27) Review

Another decent season but our lowest finish in the league since our promotion 4 seasons ago and we miss out on much needed UEFA Conference League money next season as a result.  Our recent intakes have been excellent and we now have lots of 4-5 star PA players.  Having read some of the conversation in this thread I think I need to start sending these guys out on loan, rather than watching them stagnate in my u19 team.

On the pitch

First team

Spoiler

 

League

Cup

UEFA Conference League

Off the pitch

Youth intake - 5 star intake preview (golden generation)

Spoiler

SUMMARY

 

 

[DrJones]

Recreativo de Huelva 2024/2025

A decent first season in la segunda, we were a typical mid-table team. Many ups and downs but considering that the team has been marching trough three divisions in three years I was expecting a little tougher season. I would not mind staying in la segunda for a few seasons because the level is pretty good and we have to build a strong foundation and give the youngsters more exerience before we can enter la liga and actually compete. One thing I have to say though is that I am not a big fan of leagues with these amount of games. I guess the threshold for me is 38, I feel that more than that is a little bit overkill. But who am I to judge?

Squad

The main thing about this year was the youngsters, they were often in majority in the starting eleven. It is actually pretty hard to chose which ones who deserve to play because nearly all of the best regens are wingers. It seems to be something in the water here in Huelva.

Youth Intake

One of the best in this intake and in a position we really lack quality, I would not be surprised if he is regular starter when we summarize next season.

Defenders are always welcome! The fact that he can play all positions in the back four will work in his favour.

My HoYD is not very impressed by him but I am, we will make him hit the gym a few times a week and then he is ready!

Vamos Recre!

 

[Sanno11]

Denbigh Town F.C - Season Summary 2031-2032

Squad | Finance | Transfers | Facilities

JD Cymru Premier

This was my 10th season in charge at Denbigh and it was a really strong showing in the league. We after 16 games we had a record of W14 D1 L1 and because of the games TNS had in hand we were clear at the top. Now, with the season over it was clear that TNS had complete control and there is still a long old way to go to even give them a scare. To have a 25 point gap between us and Cardiff Met Uni is brilliant and 71 points is our best performance yet. 

Jacob Phelps our last remaining original finally said goodbye, he requested to leave for a new challenge and transferred to Newtown in January, he'll do well in the lower division I expect. We could still use him, but I had to sacrifice him to make way for younger players this year. Our new superstar Lee Hughes (31a) managed to score 21 goals in 33 starts (5 were penalties), which is a great start to his career. I feel like him and Harvey Ruscoe (29a) will be the first players to attract interest from teams in England. 

Another positive is teams in the same division and one below, looking to loan players from us, so I now find it easier to manage the absence of my U19s team entry into a league. They are getting proper first team experience finally.

Euro Cup II

I was shocked to see Sevilla pop into this draw and of course we got them. The results were fair and of course we are no where near there level. It was no surprise that they won the whole competition. This was our 8th attempt at qualifying and still we've not made it. Wales fell a few spots in the qualifying places table, so we'll be back into round one of this draw after next season.

Welsh Cup

Not many words for the Welsh Cup this season, our defeat to lower division Cardiff Dracs was mainly due to me underestimating them and my backups playing poorly. A shame, but not too disappointing.

 

Youth Intake

Another great intake. Bearing in mind the level that Denbigh play at, I think Dion Goodridge (32a) is going to be an absolute nightmare for most defences. I was initially disappointed to see another striker top the intake, but have a look at this lad. At 15 years old, he is 194 cm, has a jumping reach of 15 and strength of 15, with heading at 17. For our level, he also has a great first touch, passing and vision. I spent the rest of the season plotting how best I can build our tactical approach to use this lads talents. Even without amazing technical skills, he can be the centre point for my other attackers to work around.

I have deliberately skipped Lloyd Skimmings, he arrived with a lot of current ability, but with a casual personality and poor technical and mental ability, I have no real expectations he'll make it here.

Dion Goodridge (32a)

Stefan Fitzpatrick (32b)

Louis Roche (32c) - Forgot to screenshot.

Club Overview

A good year in the league, but with no  group stage in Europe we were unable to upgrade anything else. I am really hoping I get a favourable draw next season.

[JLAB]

Beira-Mar – Season 7 – 2028/29 Youth Intake

So things have started to pick up between February and March, we picked up 10 points from 15 and I now know we should be looking good.

We are practically safe now, which is really promising, and having secured more victories this season than last season already tells me all I need to know.

Our latest youth intake has also arrived. It is looking rather promising.

Paulo Aparício is our best looking prospect and is someone that I can see myself using as both as central midfielder and as a winger from time to time.

For more information on our youth prospects, feel free to watch my latest video linked down below.

JLAB's YAC with Beira-Mar Part 43

[BustaRaymes]

*FM20*

Molodechno-DYuSSh-4

2031 - season 12

Belarussian Highest League

An unexpected solid season. We were closer to Europe than relegation for most of the season and that hasn't happened in a few years.

 

Transfers

None. Some contracts running out though.

 

Squad

Sachivko added to his total caps, now on 5. Although he's thinking of moving on, he extended his contract again.

Petrov made his first full international debut as well. I managed to extend his contract as well, albeit with a 150k release clause. It was that or a free transfer.

Kondratjev dropped in performances and I got a note that he's being unprofessional lately. Hope he can keep developing.

Szumski has low CA according to the coaches, but his footballing ability is too important for us to drop him.

Lebedev is top goalscorer and striker of the year, and media are suggesting a call-up for him. His partnership with Pavlovets developed further and both are on long-term contracts.

Zinovich was on loan in the First Div last year and did well, he continued that form. A goalscoring backup is a luxury I haven't had for a while.

Chichkan wants to leave as he became stale, and although he's a great captain I'll let him go.

 

Youth intake

Haven't seen a high PA player for a while.

The big clubs immediately started coming in for him so you'd think Rusak is something special. I'm covered at DL but quality improvements are always welcome. Long serving Lavrik wants out, so Rusak will go straight onto the bench.

I'd like my defenders a little taller, but I don't dislike Mikhnovets. Good balance, jumping and tackling, and decent passing and pace to boot.

Although not a huge talent and mediocre attributes, I'm happy with a decent MC coming through.

 

Next season

Our major issue:

There's no way to make money or cut back on costs, as they are already low. I need a takeover or a European run before getting into the positive numbers again. And we need those improvements as everything is still on the starting level, hence the trickling of talented players and the glass ceiling we bumped into. We need a very lucky season to stumble into the top 4.

[thomas_e]

SpVgg Unterhaching

Youth Intake 2028

 

A decent intake. I would have liked to gotten a goalkeeper as our first choice is really poor and our biggest talent haven't progressed nearly as good as I had hoped. 

 

               

[XaW]

XaW - Canet Roussillon - Season 2026/27 - Ligue 2

Squad | Transfers | Finances

We keep just about staying up, but I think the level of the squad keep improving year by year. The issue so far is that only 3 players are first choices, Younes Rehani 25d, Malcolm Raynal 23b, and Skander Yeken 26a. We do have a few others who are close though, Victor Segura 23a is probably the closest. I am slowly introducing more and more players, so I hope I have more first choice options soon.

Even with more than 3 million i the bank, and only 2,5 million in loan for the stadium, the board still thinks our financial state is dire and refuses many improvements. I did get better youth facilities approved, so at least we are doing something.

Coupe de France: We beat Gazélac Ajaccio, Vendée Fontenay, Pau, and Toulouse before we lost to Stade Rennais in the quarter final.

Youth intake:

Now this is a good intake! After a few years with only a few real talents, we got a nice bunch this time around.

Bruno Likassa 27a is an extremely pacey player, but I think he is more suited to be a winger, rather than a striker.

Cédric Jaureguiberry 27b is going to become a great box to box midfielder for us. Really aggressive, Brave and Determined, so he will not be a player you want to face.

Opa Mbengue 27c is an out and out striker. I think he could be our future goalscorer extraordinaire.

Ryan Rousseau 27d  is a promising goalkeeper and has a nice attribute distribution.

Trophy cabinet

Championnat National - 1 (2023/24)

[JLAB]

Beira-Mar – Season 7 – 2028/29 Season Review

The end of the season run of form found ourselves scoring goals, but unfortunately, our defence decided to not turn up and concede as many goals as we scored. We still managed to win games regardless.

We finished the season in 11th place, but we could have gotten a top half finish if we had beaten SP Espinho instead of losing 1-0. Despite everything things are still looking good and we have something to work towards.

We managed to complete our Continental B Licence this season as well. We've also started to do our Continental A Licence as well.

At the end of the season, we got offered a job interview by Vitória de Guimarães after they sacked Andre Villas Boas. It was flattering to know that I'm wanted by a top flight side, but I want to get there instead with Beira-Mar and get them promoted.

In other news, I realised that one of the players that got poached by Sporting CP turned up in their latest youth intake. Thankfully, he's rubbish.

Still, we've been consistently around mid-table and I am content with how we have been doing in this division, even with a side that is considered the worst in the entire division. We go into more detail for the season review, so feel free to watch it. 

JLAB's YAC with Beira-Mar Part 44

[Koetzer]

Ungmennafélag Njarðvíkur – season 2036

We were destroyed at Old Trafford, but still it was a good run with two extra time wins. And Guðmundsson shows that he’s ready for being a first choice striker, playing these games much better than our veteran Þorsteinsson. Our U19 team again lost in the first round, this time to Galatasaray.

Fourth title in a row, and it was much easier than last year.

Cups – probably we could win all the domestic trophies, but all our thoughts in February were about European games.

Champions League qualifiers – Young Boys were quite a tough opposition, they scored first in both games but we were stronger in the end.

Group stage – we actually were few minutes away from finishing second! A draw at home against Arsenal would be enough for this, and we equalized on 84th minute but conceded directly from kick-off So it’s Europa League again, and we are starting playoffs against Saint Etienne.

Youth League – again the group stage was easy, so hoping third time will be lucky in playoffs.

Transfers – Bjarnason was too greedy for a backup and we had some younger players to replace him without any loss in quality.

Squad stats – our backup central midfielder Þorbjarnarson set the highest average rating, that’s not too surprising as he played mostly against weaker teams and actually could be a regular starter, but Ulfarsson and Eyþórsson are just too good.

Euro 2036 – Iceland finished last in a group with Germany, Netherlands and Wales. Four our current players were selected to the squad (though Sveinsson and Sævarsson stayed on the bench in all games), along with three former: Hermannsson (played only 5 games in 4 years for Porto and moved to Shakhtar for 3.2 million, so I was right to sell his future clause), Magnusson (spending third season on loan) and Kristinsson (star player in Emirates but no interest from Europe so far).

Youth intake

Elíasson *36a | Hallsson *36b | Beck *36c | Bognar *36d

Not the best intake, though we got good prospects on defensive midfielder and left back positions, which aren’t too strong in the first team.

Top 10 place in UEFA rankings means that we now have a direct group stage spot in Champions League! The attendances doubled with the new stadium, and I have absolutely no idea what to do with all the money now  

[OlivierL]

Africanos Bragança - Youth intake preview - Season 4 - Class 2026

An Attacking Midfielder is the only thing we don't need (i know i can retrain him but..) We need a leftback, a left winger and central defenders. I'm going to lose some real senior players that played on those positions.

[OlivierL]

2 hours ago, Koetzer said:

Ungmennafélag Njarðvíkur – season 2036

We were destroyed at Old Trafford, but still it was a good run with two extra time wins. And Guðmundsson shows that he’s ready for being a first choice striker, playing these games much better than our veteran Þorsteinsson. Our U19 team again lost in the first round, this time to Galatasaray.

Fourth title in a row, and it was much easier than last year.

Cups – probably we could win all the domestic trophies, but all our thoughts in February were about European games.

Champions League qualifiers – Young Boys were quite a tough opposition, they scored first in both games but we were stronger in the end.

Group stage – we actually were few minutes away from finishing second! A draw at home against Arsenal would be enough for this, and we equalized on 84th minute but conceded directly from kick-off So it’s Europa League again, and we are starting playoffs against Saint Etienne.

Youth League – again the group stage was easy, so hoping third time will be lucky in playoffs.

Transfers – Bjarnason was too greedy for a backup and we had some younger players to replace him without any loss in quality.

Squad stats – our backup central midfielder Þorbjarnarson set the highest average rating, that’s not too surprising as he played mostly against weaker teams and actually could be a regular starter, but Ulfarsson and Eyþórsson are just too good.

Euro 2036 – Iceland finished last in a group with Germany, Netherlands and Wales. Four our current players were selected to the squad (though Sveinsson and Sævarsson stayed on the bench in all games), along with three former: Hermannsson (played only 5 games in 4 years for Porto and moved to Shakhtar for 3.2 million, so I was right to sell his future clause), Magnusson (spending third season on loan) and Kristinsson (star player in Emirates but no interest from Europe so far).

Youth intake

Elíasson *36a | Hallsson *36b | Beck *36c | Bognar *36d

Not the best intake, though we got good prospects on defensive midfielder and left back positions, which aren’t too strong in the first team.

Top 10 place in UEFA rankings means that we now have a direct group stage spot in Champions League! The attendances doubled with the new stadium, and I have absolutely no idea what to do with all the money now  

Great job ! i hope you get them on the Hall of Fame, would be the first with a team from Iceland ! Your intakes are good but did you got any with the wonderkids label ?

[Koetzer]

4 minutes ago, OlivierL said:

Great job ! i hope you get them on the Hall of Fame, would be the first with a team from Iceland ! Your intakes are good but did you got any with the wonderkids label ?

I think there were no wonderkids, at least Hermannson wasn't and he's still the only our player ever featured in the world's top 50 prospects.

[libbyshuss]

2055/56 (season 34)

Premier League

Season Summary

This was more like it, maybe last season was a blip after all. We were fantastic at times. From Novemeber through to March we were only beaten once in the league and when we beat 3rd placed Man City to go third ourselves, only 2 points behind the leaders with 7 games to play, I started to seriously think a title challenge was on. Obviously we then lost our next 3 and only won 2 of the remaining 7 - that'll learn me! still, it was nice to see us competing again! And back in European competition as well!

FA Cup - out in 3rd round, battered 3-0 by man city.

 

Players

WIth only league games to worry about really I ditched the squad game of the past few seasons and went with a tried and trusted first XI. This was pretty much the team for most of the season:-

I had something like 30 players out on loan!

Karol Kovacik 52B is the main standout. Halfway through the season, while still only 19, I got the message. He's a proper Wonderkid! He played most of the season as a striker but I think his future will be left wing. 24 goals in 36 starts for a 19 year old is not too shabby at all

He's the latest wonderkid in this side - Johnston 49B, Gonzalo 49H, Bennet 44A, Odita 52A are all old wonderkids as well. With 5 ex or current wonderkids in the side, you got to think we got a shot at one of the big tropies soon?

Emmanuel Odita 52A changed his affiliation from Nigeria, who he won a solitary cap for when he was 18, and made his full England debut this season. He is looking immense.

Only two players in the top 50 wonderkids list this season:-

Bransilav Mancic 54A is the reason I think Kovacik will be a left winger. He's 18, valued at 32-40m and just has to get first team football next season. He's a shoe in for a wonderkid, surely?

 

Youth

Another crazy good looking youth preview!

 

The intke not quite as crazy good but at this stage I can't complain with this number of elite prospects. Personalities and starting attributes could be better but still....

 

I signed an affiliate deal with a club in Colombia about 6 weeks before the youth intake - and two colombians pop out already! I have an affiliate in Uruguay for 4 years already and not one Uruguayan! 

Career

 

[Miek]

In the year 2044 we grab our fist Trophy in the history club! 

Still a mountain to climb for the title let alone the CL  

[fries]

Sky Bet Championship

2034/35 (season 13)

Season Summary
What a crazy and strange season. The goal was again to survive and so we did! After 20 games we was at the 21st position, with just 18 points. That is around 0.9 points per game, very close to relegation. But the we somehow started to play football and won 53 points in the last 26 games, just above 2 points per game which over a season should gain you promotion. In the end I ended at the 11th position but just one victory from play off.




A few players had a great season. Ferguson got the highest average rating again with 7.30.  Ahmad was again topscorer, with 28 goals. While Armstrong had most assists again with 12.  Acheampong had a great season in the goal and Watts played well both at the left full back and center back.

My preview was mixed with 5 stars, but only 2 A's.

But my intake was okay with 4 elite talents.

I made of course no incoming transfers but we had a lot of outgoing loans. 

Finances and Upgrades

The board agreed to upgrade the youth facilities. My youth level should be upgrade to level 2 after this season.
Still no plans about expanding Broadhurst Park.

 

Merry Christmas to everyone!

[thomas_e]

SpVgg Unterhaching

Season summary 2027 - 2028

A solid season for us, but one that could and should have led to promotion. Our board sold our best player, Lothar Endres, in January to Stuttgart for £7 mill. We have a solid economy and there was no reason to sell. In the following 5 games after his departure we didnt win a single game and cost us the promotion/play off spot. 

We managed to go unbeaten in the last 13 games of the season as soon as the team had adapted to a style of play that didn't include Endres, who were the talisman of my offensive play. Hopefully we can build on that form and make a real push for promotion next year! Our best young players refuse to sign new contracts without stupid release clauses, so we need to get promoted in the next couple of seasons if we are to keep them. If we had gotten promoted we probably would have gone straight down again, but thats fair enough, we need the Bundesliga money. We were tipped for relegation this season from 2nd Bundesliga, so we are still over performing. 

We got some new improvements to our facilities, which is nice. 

 

General Summary

               

 

Key Players

          

 

Key Talents

          

 

[OlivierL]

 

Africanos Bragança - Portugal - Youth Intake - Class 2026

Preview

Not happy with this class ! Our worst intake , average wise. Also a lot of negative personalities this time. 

 

  
Furtado 26A has the best PA with a good personality. Gonçalves 26J has the best CA but lacks personality.

[JLAB]

Beira-Mar – Season 8 – 2029/30 Season Preview

Going into the new season is always something that throws questions up in the air. Are we going to be good enough to survive is always the first question that comes to my mind. Yet again, we're expected to be fighting to avoid relegation.

In my latest video, as per usual, we played out first cup game of the season, while we also looked at the comparison charts and saw where we were in regards to our strengths and weaknesses. A major question is where are we now?

JLAB's YAC with Beira-Mar Part 45

[darren1983]

It's great to see so many people loving this challenge again this year. I know I'm early but wanted to wish you all a Happy Christmas however you're celebrating. 

[Daddy]

2024-2025 Review:

Streaky to start but eventually settled down. Capable of beating any team on a given night. 

Nothing much sold, but teams finances are doing well and after three seasons of staying in division the team, shortly after rejecting my request, decided on their own to go professional!

Another really strong looking intake. No one is instantly starting caliber or even first choice backup, so they'll stay in U18.

2025-2026 Preview:

Still nothing much expected, but with going professional I'm hoping the players really start progressing as almost the entire rose is 4* potential but 1-2* ability. 

[Makoto Nakamura]

2041/42 Youth Candidates

A potentially good leftback, but still no centrebacks.  

[Makoto Nakamura]

2041/42 End of Season Review

It's a Christmas miracle! Quintuple winners! And yet we stay in the 6th tier...surprise surprise, so do Aberdeen Uni. 

  

Overall Best XI

2041/42 Best XI

Craig Farrell (YP12n)

Liam McLeod (YP16m) - Darren Palmer (YP14f) - Grant Hill (YP12c) - Kevin Rae (YP15c)

Wayne Dunbar (YP13a) - Hamish Renforth (YP13b)

Iain Considine (YP15a) - Murray Cowan (YP15b) - Russell Chicken (YP16b)

Bruce Mackie (YP12d)

[Makoto Nakamura]

I don't class this as excellent.  

[XaW]

I have to sell one of my talents, but I made a very good deal. His contract is up at the end of the season, and he refuses to talk about a new one. So I offered him out with a locked 50% sell-on fee. A few teams came in for him, but I changed the transfer date to the end of the season and negotiated. So now he is going to Switzerland at the end of the season, we get a decent payout, future fees, AND we get to keep him until his contract runs out!

[JLAB]

Beira-Mar – Season 8 – 2029/30 Finding Our Shooting Boots

If there was one thing that I knew that I could rely on this season, it was the fact that my players would have wanted to prove themselves after securing a mid-table finish last season. So when we suddenly showed that we could actually score goals, it felt like things were looking up this season.

As such, we are currently enjoying our best ever start to a league campaign, but what really says a lot about our starts over the years, is that this is the first time in our time in the 2nd tier of Portugal that we've managed to gain 10+ points after 7 matches. Now that, is quite the statement.

For all of the goals and the tactic I'm using for the games we've played so far, my latest video is linked down below. Merry Christmas everyone.

JLAB's YAC with Beira-Mar Part 46

[Pukey]

Finally got FM today so making a start on this! Will probably be a bastardised version like it was last time around (hence me not posting much) but I did really enjoy myself last year. Will try and keep up with the thread more this year.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2042/43 Youth Candidates

We. Need. Defenders.

[DrJones]

Recreativo de Huelva 2025/2026

It looked like we were heading for promotion when the spring came but with such a thin squad which I did not rotate much we payed the price in the later stages of the season. The later part of the season we were the kind of team we probably should be, a mid-table one. We managed to get into the playoffs and when we smashed Leganes in the semi double header I had high hopes of a promotion. But Almeria gave us a real lesson in the first game at our home ground and won 0-3 and the season was pretty much over. I did not expect a promotion to la liga this second season in the 2nd tier but with us missing out on promotion our biggest star Nico wanted to leave...

We have players that has been more important to us this season and the only good players we are getting in our youth intakes are wingers more or less but it is never fun to sell such a great talent without really needing to.

Squad

The youngsters is really taking over now, next season we will probably have two or three players from the original squad in the starting XI.

Youth Intake

A decent intake but non of the new youngsters will take a spot in the first team right away.

Vamos Recre!

[Makoto Nakamura]

2042/43 End of Season Review

Second again, one point behind Deveronside who finished bottom of the three team promotion playoffs and eleven ahead of Aberdeen University. We go again.

  

Overall Best XI

2042/43 Best XI

Craig Farrell (YP12n)

Liam McLeod (YP16m) - Darren Palmer (YP14f) - Grant Hill (YP12c) - Gavin Dear (YP20c)

Wayne Dunbar (YP13a) - Hamish Renforth (YP13b)

Iain Considine (YP15a) - Murray Cowan (YP15b) - Ali McFarlane (YP18a)

Bruce Mackie (YP12d)

[libbyshuss]

2056/57 (season 35)

Premier League

Season Summary

Not the season I was hoping for. We were pretty mediocre for much of it apart from a terrible spell around Feb/Mar which saw us crash out of all the cups and European contention in the league. Ah well, on to the next season!

FA Cup - lost in a 4th round replay to Southampton

Europa League - Made heavy work of the group stage, a last game 4-1 win eventually giving us to spot

So straight int the second round and an early chance to get revenge on Southampton, who had knocked us out the FA Cup ony 3 weeks previously. They won both legs, 1-0 and 2-1. Dammit.

Seems a long time now since our double European triumphs!

 

Players

Defence were let down by attack again. As the attack grow older and more experienced hopefully that will sort itself out. Lost both Bennet and Odita for a month and we were terrible without them!

I hope Mancic turns out as good as that valuation suggests he should do. We'll see! Kovacik was a disappointment, despite this:-

It seems a bit of a curse, that award. Win it, and turn to poop on a stick.

 

Youth

We still got the best youth development in the world apparently. which is nice. So, another golden generation promised!

the intake? well, it was ok! can't argue too much with 4 elite talents at this stage

Thierry Grant looks the best bet. I don't mind a fickle personality either, never had an issue with them before. Nice array of nationalities in there, athough still no Uruguayans! I'm paying Liverpool (Uruguay version) best part of 200k a season!

 

Wonderkids

Just the one this season, Mancic. Last seasons best, Kovacik, turned 20 so wasn't on the list. Played half up front, half on the wing, was disappointing wherever he was to be honest. Hopefully it's jsut a blip.

 

 

Career

 

 

[DazRTaylor]

I am being drawn back to Iceland so let's go.

Club Introduction

Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur

The Manager

This is me.

Personal Coaching Data

Season     Reputation            Qualifications     Att   Def   Fit   GkD   GkH   GkS   Tac   Tec   Men   WWY   Ada   Det   PlK   YoK   LoD   MaM   Mot
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At start   Minimal   (0.25*)     None                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     4     1     1     1     4     1     1     1

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
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At Start   Good                 Good              Adequate              Adequate         Adequate           National   (1.50*)

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference
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Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Time At Club
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Transfer Sale Record

Date               Player                    Club Sold To                 Country                   Transfer Fee
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Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
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Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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Cup Competition Victories
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Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                Position     Mjólkurbikarinn          Lengjubikarinn A                    Achievements
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Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
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Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Goals
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Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Assists
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Record Number of Clean Sheets (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
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[XaW]

That'll do!

[JLAB]

2 minutes ago, XaW said:

That'll do!

I'd love that preview right now, for the full-backs and centre-backs since they're the weakest areas of my squad.

[XaW]

9 minutes ago, JLAB said:

I'd love that preview right now, for the full-backs and centre-backs since they're the weakest areas of my squad.

Yeah, I love it myself! I'm struggling with full backs, and I think I'm losing one of my centre backs after the season (unless I somehow convince him to stay...).

[Daddy]

Intake Preview:

Another strong preview. Annual top goalkeeper is getting a bit frustrating as I need help elsewhere. Striker is a big help though as scoring is a problem.

Mid Table:

Wildly inconsistent season. We beat the first place team and lose to the last place team. If we score we will survive another season.

[thomas_e]

SpVgg Unterhaching

Youth Intake 2029

 

A really solid intake for us. A goalkeeper that can have a bright future and several other talents. 

 

         

[OlivierL]

INTRO | S1 | S2 | S3

Africanos Bragança - Portugal - Season 4 (2025/2026) Review - 4th tier - Campeonato De Portugal

 

Squad| Youth Intake 26 | Transfers | Finances| Fixtures 1 | Fixtures 2

Campeonato De Portugal : We were very strong in the regular league and were able to qualify for the promotion stage for the first time. For a long time we were in 4th place, but two gameweeks before the end of the competition, after a draw against the leader, we were able to level with Gondomar SC. By winning on the last match day and their loss game, we finished second and are therefore sure of an unexpected promotion !

Taça de Portugal: Lost in the second round again.

U19 : Our U19 finished 6th in the second tier but survived in the relegation stage.

Key Players

  

Pereira had a solid season at the back and Graça had a great season with 14 clean sheets.

Academy graduate with most Appearances (This season)

Oliveira 24i played almost every game and had a good season as our BWM or B2B midfielder.

Miscellaneous

No upgrades , only downgrades at the end of season 3.

At the end of season 4 we turned professional !

And we need an expensive new pitch

Aim for next season

We are losing three real players who have wanted to leave for free for years and can't change that. one was our absolute star player and only option at left back. Borges will be missed   I can finally use the star of class 2025, Evora 25J

Don't get relegated next season and hoping for an intake with good defenders is all I am doing.

Cape Verde Watch

National Team | U23 Squad | U20 Squad

 

Cape Verde qualified for the World Cup 2026 , for the first time in their history. But lost both matches in the group.

MVP Cape Verdean International

Season Facts

Edited January 8, 2022 by OlivierL

[JLAB]

Beira-Mar – Season 8 – 2029/30 Youth Intake Preview

After securing our best ever start to the league campaign, we were forced to take on Tondela twice in two matches at their ground. It destroyed us mentally, especially once we were defeated by Gondomar as well. We did manage to beat Amora, but another defeat to Belenenses didn't help us in the slightest. Getting smashed 4-1 by Mafra, our 2nd 4-1 defeat of the season meant that we were heading into Christmas on a low.

As a result of the poor run of form, only picking up 7 points from 8 leagues matches, we fell down to 12th place. Our great start to the season all but forgotten about.

Still, despite our woes, we managed to get our latest youth intake preview, and it was more than promising as far as I was concerned. If I was promised some top prospects in centre-back and the full-back positions, this would have been the perfect youth intake preview as far as I was concerned.

Still, my latest video linked down below shows you all of my struggles and even saw the goal of the season so far scored by Santos. I promise you, it's a hell of a hit.

JLAB's YAC with Beira-Mar Part 47

 

[ANGL]

 

Finally I will be getting some decent centre backs

[OrToDaRy282]

Guys, let's talk training;

How do you develop your guys?
Do you train them generally or do you train them in how you want them to play?

What about staff?
Do you pick staff with the same playing style as you?
How do you guys develop club DNA?

 

[aldojags]

@libbyshussdo you mentor your players? impressive mentals and personalities u have!

 

Thierry Grant looks unreal man, he'll be great for you. I agree about fickle, mercenary too, I've never had a problem with that, that just means he's motivated by money, which if they are producing the goods, I don't give a damn!

[Daddy]

brutalized by injuries and stuck in a bad form rut that the team could never escape. Taking a break from Youth Challenge for a Journeyman playthrough. I'll be back!

[thomas_e]

SpVgg Unterhaching

Season Summary 2028 - 2029

Promotion! 

A great season ending with promotion to Bundesliga. It was a three horse race between Greuther Furth, FC Nurnberg and us. It went down to the last game and we managed to pull off a great 3-2 win away to Wiesbaden, securing us the title and promotion. We were solid all season and at times we played some great football, a really dynamic 4-2-3-1 formation with a lot of players switching positions. At times we really played some amazing attacking football. 

How we are to survive in the Bundesliga, I dont know. Let's just say, we will not be adding relegation clauses in the players contracts! We have to bring in a couple of youngsters in key positions and even though they arent ready, this is a switch we have to make. We also have a great GK talent that will debut as soon as he is 16. 

I am struggling to renew some contracts as a few of our players are really holding a grudge about not getting transfers! Lets hope they change their mind soon, as we need everyone to be focused and motivated when we play Bayern and Dortmund...

 

Season Summary

          

 

Key Players

          

 

Key Talents

          

 

[libbyshuss]

8 hours ago, aldojags said:

@libbyshussdo you mentor your players? impressive mentals and personalities u have!

 

Thierry Grant looks unreal man, he'll be great for you. I agree about fickle, mercenary too, I've never had a problem with that, that just means he's motivated by money, which if they are producing the goods, I don't give a damn!

not had to mentor lately, I've been lucky with personalities on the whole. I do sign up all the good personality youths, regardless of potential though, and that sometimes helps with a personality change though. I just swapped my professional HoYD for a determined one though, be interesting to see the impact that has on personalities.

The mentals are mainly good because I'm constanty fining for poor performances, even in the U18s!

hopefully Grant comes good - one thing I noticed with this version of FM is those potential ratings are far less of a sure thing than they used to be!

 

[libbyshuss]

8 hours ago, Daddy said:

brutalized by injuries and stuck in a bad form rut that the team could never escape. Taking a break from Youth Challenge for a Journeyman playthrough. I'll be back!

shocked!

was enjoying your playthrough, that is really unlucky!

[JAwtunes]

11 hours ago, Daddy said:

brutalized by injuries and stuck in a bad form rut that the team could never escape. Taking a break from Youth Challenge for a Journeyman playthrough. I'll be back!

That's tough, hope to see you back soon.  The form swing in this version certainly feels more extreme than the last version I played - I'm not enjoying it.

[XaW]

While I kind of enjoyed France, the full stop I've had for many seasons now, just killed it a bit for me. So I've decided to restart things in a much smaller country. Namely Luxembourg! Don't think I've ever managed here before, so I thought this could be a good place to try out.

So, why did I chose this club? Well, they came up into the 2nd tier (which is the bottom of the file I found), and I actually remember the name somehow. I had a look and found they were a top side in Luxembourg in the 90's, so I looked around and found out they played Rosenborg in the CL qualifiers 93/94, so that's probably where I know the club from. I even found an old YouTube video about it!

So, let's hope we can do something here in Luxembourg, I guess!

[JAwtunes]

We've done it!  We had an 11-point lead with about 10 games to go and then went on a run of three straight defeats and 2 wins in 9 games, but thanks to some lucky recent results and Maribor slipping up we have managed to win our first title.  Here is my new favourite player and the key to much of our success this season, which surely means FM will strike him down with a broken leg or two now.

 

 

Edited December 27, 2021 by JAwtunes

[XaW]

Lower league football!