The FM23 Golden Oldies Challenge

[jrobertgordon13]

This is (hopefully) going to be my final challenge thread of FM23, as I'm hoping some other people join this one.

 

The Aim:

Starting with an unplayable team, win the Champions League of whatever continent you want signing only players 30 or older

 

(This next part is from the FM23 Youth Academy Challenge Post)

The Reset Dates:

Andorra -

Argentina - January 1st

Austria - June 14th. Save on May 29th for different teams

Belarus

Belgium - June 30th. Save 1st April for different teams

Bulgaria  - June 18th. Save May 15th for different teams

Brazil - 

Chile - January 11th

China - 

Croatia - June 20th. Save May 20th for different teams.

Czech Republic -  June 30th. Save 28th May for different teams 

Denmark - June 30th. Save on 11th June for different teams

England - June 25th. Save on May 29th to get different teams.

Faroe Islands - 20th January 2023.

Finland - December 17th

France  -  June 20th

Germany -  June 20th. For different teams to be promoted, make a save around June 6th

Greece -

Hungry - June 20th. the best way to select a team is to holiday until the final match day of the 2nd tier (May 21st) and then save. After the game is played a relegation playoff between 3 teams from the 2nd tier and 3 from the unplayable division is set up. At that point, look at the teams and find if you want one, then save scum them to winning the playoffs. Then holiday until June 20th and take over the team.

Iceland -  25th November. Save on September 25th for different teams

Indonesia - 

Israel - 20th of June

Italy - 30th June. Save on May 28th for different teams.

Mexico - June 10. To get different teams save May 28th.

Northern Ireland - 

Norway - January 13th.

Poland - June 28th. Save May 27th for different teams.

Portugal -  June 30th

Romania -

Scotland -  June 25th.  Save on May 6th and then holiday one more day and see who is in the promotion playoff.  If it is the team you want, save again and make sure they win the playoff. 

Serbia - 

Slovenia -

Slovakia – 

South Africa -

Spain - July 10th. Save on May 28th for different teams.

Sweden - December 26th

Switzerland - June 30th. Save on 12th June for different teams.

Turkey -  20th June

Ukraine - June 27th. Relegation playoff is June 3rd so save then to ensure you get a newly promoted side 

Uruguay - 1st Jan

Wales – June 25th. Save May 13th for different teams.

 

Rules:

Database can be whatever size you want.

Attribute Masking is optional

No In-Game Editors

Extended Databases can only be used to add leagues to the game.

 

Getting Started:

Make sure to tick "Disable use of the In-Game Editor". Everything else is up to you

If you can, add players from the unplayable leagues to make sure you have some starting players.

Once you begin, add yourself as an unemployed manager.

Then, Go on holiday to the league reset dates.

After you finish, retire your manager

Add a new manager to the game with the lowest qualifications and reputation (No coaching badges and sunday league)

Choose a newly promoted team of your choice

 

Rules for playing the challenge:

No players under the age of 30 can be signed, except for Youth Intake players

If you are sacked, you can either restart or sim till the league reset date and start again

Again, no save editors allowed.

No International Management until the completion of the challenge.

Signing players under 30 that are grey or on trial is also not allowed

You can use extended databases, but only to add league systems not found in the game

 

Rules for the thread:

Screenshots are highly encouraged

Progress of your club should be document using this thread, even if you feel your team hasn't done good

Player naming is allowed

 

Anything else is optional. Good luck and I hope to see some people here on this challenge!

[jrobertgordon13]

HALL OF FAME:

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Edited June 13, 2023 by jrobertgordon13

[jrobertgordon13]

Decided to start my save with Marbella in Spain!

[jrobertgordon13]

I almost feel bad for Santa Teresa. But like how do you get 0 SHOTS!?!?!?

[jrobertgordon13]

MARBELLA FC

SEASON 1 RECAP

4TH IN SPANISH 4TH TIER GROUP 4

 

This was a very good season. We ended up finishing 4th in our group, qualifying us for the Playoff Semis. While we did lose 4-5 on aggregate, it was still a great season none the less.

 

For our Transfers, we ended up buying only 5 players, as our money dried up pretty quickly as we have 1.4M dollars of debt.

 

Here's the playoff matchup where we lost 4-5 on aggregate

 

HISTORY:

Season 1 - 4th, L Playoff Semi Final - L Spanish Cup 2nd Round