The FM24 Youth Academy Challenge

[whyalways_Mie]

vor 23 Stunden schrieb Coxbox:

Well everyone this is going well so far, both Delhi clubs are at the top  Delhi Football Club and mine Delhi FC. I do think that once the good foreign players retire or leave things will be harder.



Not sure we can afford let's hope the sponsorship keeps us afloat.




*Edit* 

End Of Season Update.

Season

League Position

W

D

L

GD

PTS

Average Player Rating

End Balance

Training

Youth

Junior Coaching

Recruitment

24/25

3

14

5

5

30

47

Felix Chidi 7.49

- £123,766

Basic

Basic

Average

Basic

1st Youth Intake
First Team Candidates 

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Chhangte Fernandes-Balanced 

 

Nitesh Singh-Balanced

Raman Biswas-Balanced

4/5* Potential Candidates 

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Roshan Sen - Unambitious 

Vincent Basumatary - Balanced


Vincent Kumar - Unambitious 


Abhishek Malsawmzuala - Fairly Professional 

Harpreet Singh - Fairly Determined


Aaron Singh - Resilient


Shankar Lepcha - Fairly Sporting


 

Needs work 4/5* Potential 

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Biswajit Chandra -Balanced 


Shankar Costa - Professional 


Mahesh Thakur Fairly Ambitious
 

Dipak Patil - Low Determination

 

Let me know what you think so far, in India, you have to have two U22 players in the match squad, and 1 must be in the starting 11. You have to have a minimum of 3 Goalkeepers registered too. My plan is to sell my two backup GKs' and replace them with the two 15yr old ones as they are not any worse :D, I will be keeping most of the players who have Determination, Teamwork and Work Rate, so hopefully they will Develop a little, also would be nice to lower the wage budget some of our squad players and fillers are just not any good. One of the issues of India is you have really good foreign players who are older but then the national talent is poor. 
 

Finally someone doing India haha.

I'm currently carrying over my FM23 save (with one of the Kashmir teams) where I am one season in and it's going similarly to yours. Finished 2nd, many five star potential players, not anyone who's already outstanding though. Don't have any foreign players in the squad and I was frankly quite surprised we were doing so well. Now, some players have retired which could come in handy for the financial side of things.

One question: How do you handle that enourmous time gap between the seasons where nothing is going on? Do you holiday for a bit or do you grind through it? For now, I'm sticking with the latter but it's a bit tiring tbh. Also: Do you also find it a bit hard to find opponents for friendlies? I understand that travel distances are high but it's still a pain for me.

Edited October 26, 2023 by whyalways_Mie

[Coxbox]

16 minutes ago, whyalways_Mie said:

Finally someone doing India haha.

I'm currently carrying over my FM23 save (with one of the Kashmir teams) where I am one season in and it's going similarly to yours. Finished 2nd, many five star potential players, not anyone who's already outstanding though. Don't have any foreign players in the squad and I was frankly quite surprised we were doing so well. Now, some players have retired which could come in handy for the financial side of things.

One question: How do you handle that enourmous time gap between the seasons where nothing is going on? Do you holiday for a bit or do you grind through it? For now, I'm sticking with the latter but it's a bit tiring tbh. Also: Do you also find it a bit hard to find opponents for friendlies? I understand that travel distances are high but it's still a pain for me.

I will usually holiday for a week or so at a time so I don't miss anything, though I just looked and it is 7 months off-season :D, just had a Google June to September is the monsoon season. Players come after the break we have 11 days then it is the Durand Cup, I love Asian football. 
 

Unlike any other competition around the world winning team is presented with three trophies:

• Durand Cup (Nicknamed The Masterpiece): the original tournament trophy which became a rolling trophy since 196
• Shimla Trophy (Nicknamed The Artistry): donated by the residents of  Shimla in 1904 to show their passion and support for the tournament, the trophy began to be awarded in rolling in 1965.
• President's Cup (Nicknamed The Pride): a rolling trophy that replaced the Viceroy's Trophy post-independence by the President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
  
  I have had a save in Mongolia where sometimes you have a month between league games due to everyone using the same stadium, open up youtube and just watch stuff. 

Edited October 26, 2023 by Coxbox

[Neo_Geo]

Anyone know specifically what the news items are when you are told what teams are responsible for the most homegrown players in the national squad and also the most players in top league of the nation? Are these still in this version?

[Coxbox]

1 minute ago, Neo_Geo said:

Anyone know specifically what the news items are when you are told what teams are responsible for the most homegrown players in the national squad and also the most players in top league of the nation? Are these still in this version?

they are still there.

[Basschaapje.2]

After reading the first 6 pages I figured welll let's give this another try shall we. Tried this challenge once in FM21 but due to bad results and an even worse youth intake quit the save.

I am gonna manage in Ukraine at the following club:


Reset date is between 26th and 28th of june, only one club went up.
My manager profile:

P.S. Sorry if you see any dutch in the pictures, I usually play like that.

[Coxbox]

This made me laugh.

The Board.

  

Cheers Chairman I worked hard to fix the debt definitely all my work.

 

[Virtual Male]

51 minutes ago, Atrux said:

And we lost the last game, got relegated and the club decided to extend my contract. But not for long as they decided, I'm not the right coach for mission promotion.

That's rough, it's the hope that kills you. Plenty of time to get another save going though.

[Neo_Geo]

So I've spent the last few hours working on a fun way to set some additional goals/objectives and how to track them (thanks to @OlivierL for the starter on this one).

I've come up with a bingo card (this one is specifically tailored for the English League) where there are 100 objectives set so complete as many as possible to get a score out of 100:

The idea was to get the difficulty increase from top left to bottom right (though I think the left most column probably breaks this logic!) and keeping related objectives close to one another.

This looks like a lot but from the other challenge attempts in England I have seen I think most of these items get marked off anyway as the saves are usually absolutely epics.

Given the likelihood of success in England is not that high this will at least give a score out of 100 for the attempt so the next attempt can look to better that (albeit the bar is set quite high with the first likely objective to be completed is promotion from the Vanarama North/South or winning it).

I've created this if OpenOffice Calc if anyone wants it for their English save.

[hubwub]

9 minutes ago, Neo_Geo said:

So I've spent the last few hours working on a fun way to set some additional goals/objectives and how to track them (thanks to @OlivierL for the starter on this one).

I've come up with a bingo card (this one is specifically tailored for the English League) where there are 100 objectives set so complete as many as possible to get a score out of 100:

The idea was to get the difficulty increase from top left to bottom right (though I think the left most column probably breaks this logic!) and keeping related objectives close to one another.

This looks like a lot but from the other challenge attempts in England I have seen I think most of these items get marked off anyway as the saves are usually absolutely epics.

Given the likelihood of success in England is not that high this will at least give a score out of 100 for the attempt so the next attempt can look to better that (albeit the bar is set quite high with the first likely objective to be completed is promotion from the Vanarama North/South or winning it).

I've created this if OpenOffice Calc if anyone wants it for their English save.

This bingo is making me want to start a save in England.

[Virtual Male]

Season 4 2027/28

Manager Profile - Competitions - Finances - Facilities

Competitions

• Vanarama National League (Past Positions) - After the first 6 games I naively thought we'd be in the hunt for a play-off spot come the end of the season.... We promptly went 12 games without a win and dropped all the way down to 18th where we settled and finished the season in 17th. Overall a success but lots of work to be done. 
• The Emirates FA Cup - They must be heating the balls at the draws, I've only ever come up against either non-league or Premier League opposition in the FA Cup. This year saw a ridiculously simple run all the way to the 4th round where we drew Man City away, obviously that didn't go well for us but brought in nearly £800k which has done the club very well.
• The Isuzu FA Trophy - used to get some players fitness and rotate for minutes, lost in the 4th round.

Squad - It's all looking very average if I'm honest, our stand out player in terms of ability is rated 'Decent for Vanarama North/South' so that says it all really doesn't it. 

• Ryan Astley (2025YP9) - Mr dependable again, 23 G/A in the league and has won us games on his own at times. He's been developing really nicely but was refusing to sign a contract so I had the bright idea of activating the 1 year extension he'd agreed to with his current contract. That was a mistake I guess because he immediately handed in a transfer request due to being 'forced' to stay at a club he doesn't want to play for. He's got 3 years on his current deal though so he won't be going anywhere unless he starts to tank the team morale.

Youth Intake (Preview) - Another very good intake with lost of high potential players, how good they could actually be is anyone's guess though since it's a low bar they're being measured against. Some fairly decent personalities.

• Graham Thomas (2028YP6) - Professional, 5* potential, consistent and not awful ability (ignore the 1 strength), what is there not to like?!?! Hopefully there's no freak injuries and he should make a first team impact at some point in the next couple of years. 

Transfers & Finances - Nothing to see in transfers again. Made a whopping £17k profit over the season, nearly £200k in the bank

Other - Lots of upgrades this season funded by the City game in the FA Cup, I decided it would be better to make sure the money was spend quickly so the ta man couldn't get his hands on it at the end of the season, the board agreed to Junior Coaching, Youth Recruitment, Youth Facilities &  Training Facilities upgrades. They wouldn't let me start another coaching badge under any circumstances though in case other clubs become interested in me as a result.

 

All I'm missing is a link to the bingo card to fill in @Neo_Geo 

[Neo_Geo]

Actually think I might rework the left hand column to achievable team related goals:

Think there were too many centred on winning multiple trophies in one season. This way the first 6 rows in column 1 can actually be completed in Vanarama North/South

 

[Neo_Geo]

For those who are interested in the bingo card for an England YAC save here you go (this is the second version from my images posted earlier as I think its a little more balanced for the early stages of the save)

YAC Bingo Template (England).ods

[Gonner]

Austria Salzburg, Season 1, 2024/2025

After taking care of the staff, let's get to it.

 

This is what we are going to have to do with : 

First observation : we do not have any natural left-back. Florian Wiedl is a lefty but plays on the right at the moment. We'll make sure to begin his training on the left-back position (he is accomplished right now).

The strengths of our team seem to indicate that a 4-4-2 would be the ideal formation. I am thinking of using a flat 4-4-2 for when we are far from being favourites (which should be quite often) and then turn to a 4-2-2-2 with Sorda as an inside forward on the right when we may have more attacking chances.

Another thing to note is that a lot of the more experienced players seem to be willing to explore their options at the end of the season. I might have to use my regens sooner than I had initially hoped. Speaking of regens, here are the 6 most promising players of the 2024 youth intake !

 

Tsvetan Dimitrov : Immediately our third-best GK. Manuel Kalman will be our starter, then Moritz Hunt seems promising, but Dimitrov is considered as potentially even better. That "low determination" description is bothering me though.

Révélation

 

Kevin Futschik : I do not think he is ready for first-team football, but I may call him up from time to time, especially because he will share the second-option duty for Left Defender with our next regen.

Révélation

 

Harun Islamovic : My assistant is considering him to be more first-team ready than Futschik, I don't really see it. Carefully optimistic though thanks to his 17 in Determination. His ability to play anywhere in defense might come handy as well.

Révélation

 

Idrissa Bah : Last of our young defenders. He and Islamovic are going to be our third & fourth options at Central Defender, we have no one else. Like his GK colleague, his personality and lack of determination has me a little worried at his eventual rate of progression.

Révélation

 

Luka Todorovic : IMO the best player out of this bunch. Aaron Volkert is clearly our one and only star player and will thus get the nod for one of the CM positions, but Todorovic should hopefully be fighting for the other spot with Trkulja & Husic if all goes as planned.

Révélation

 

Frank Ammerman : Once more a disappointing personality but we do not have anyone in the team that can really play the "second striker" position as a Deep Lying Forward. Dorfmayr and Zottl are heads and neck above the competition, but pairing a Poacher and an Advanced Forward might make it tricky to have any kind of links with the midifield ...

Révélation

 

 

The books clearly see us as the worst team in the division. Liefering (RB Salzburg), Young Violets (Austria Wien) & SK Sturm II are B-teams and thus cannot compete in the first division. Liefering, St Polten & Blau Weiss Linz are the favorites for the title. Only the champion gets promoted (or, if one of the B teams wins it, the next "non-B" gets to go up).

Let's do our best to make the books look like fools!

 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2023 by Gonner
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[libbyshuss]

10 hours ago, Neo_Geo said:

I've come up with a bingo card (this one is specifically tailored for the English League) where there are 100 objectives set so complete as many as possible to get a score out of 100:

oh my god, i love that! I think I'll be heading back to England after Japan, just to play Bingo!

 

[Potat]

Salisbury

Really struggled to get invested in Switzerland so for the first time I'm managing in England to play some bingo (courtesy of @Neo_Geo)

The Squad

We have 13 players, one's injured for 4 months, and another is out of contract and transfer listed meaning I can't offer a new contract and can't remove him from the transfer list.

What's the rule regarding greyed-out players? Can I use them if I don't sign them or is it avoid them at all costs?

 

Edited October 27, 2023 by Potat

[WhiteCat33]

17 minutes ago, Potat said:

What's the rule regarding greyed-out players? Can I use them if I don't sign them or is it avoid them at all costs?

Only hard rule is you can't sign them into the team. Most avoid starting Grey's if you have enough real players, and the more 'hardcore' won't use Grey's as subs or rotation even with the England meat-grinder. Totally up to you.

[hubwub]

Is Honest a new personality for this FM24?

 

EDIT: I saw it when I was looking for staff personalities and scrolling through personality in the menu.

Edited October 27, 2023 by hubwub

[XaW]

XaW - Follo FK - Season 2024 (Season 1) - PostNord-ligaen Avdeling 2

Squad | Transfers | Finances

A great first season for us, where we go up with surprisingly little problems! I have no idea why we are so good, but I'll firmly take it. Of course, I know this squad fairly well now, and it's quite the good one. From the start we did well and won all our first 5 matches only conceding a single goal. Not to say that we didn't face any problems, we surely did, but for the most part, we did excellent. For the longest time Bærum was our closest team, but they had a real stinker towards the end of the season, and with 2 games left we were crowned champions! As we beat Tromsdalen away, we celebrated and were applauded by the few people who went to see us in the far north!

We are also improving the stadium by installing undersoil heating.

Norgesmesterskapet: We beat Bossmo & Ytteren before we lost to Sarpsborg 08 in the 2nd round.

I got some improvements accepted this season.

Around the world

2nd team:

They only played friendlies this season.

U19s:

Our youth side won the Norwegian U19 Oslo 1 and thus qualified for the promotion playoffs. There they beat Egersund in the semi final, and eventually Åsane in the final to gain promotion to the national league.

NN G19: They beat Eiger, Lørenskog and Sandefjord before they lost to Rosenborg on pens in the 4th round.

Youth intake:

Trophy cabinet

PostNord-ligaen Avdeling 2 - 1 (2024)

(U19s) - Norwegian U19 Oslo 1 - 1 (2024)

Player statistics:

Most apps for the clubs

Name				Nation		2nd Nation	Time at club	Apps
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Glenn Sigurd Ruud Irgens 24c	Norway		<N/A>		2024-Present	4

Most goals for the club

Name				Nation		2nd Nation	Time at club	Goals
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Glenn Sigurd Ruud Irgens 24c	Norway		<N/A>		2024-Present	1

Most assists for the club

Name				Nation		2nd Nation	Time at club	Assists
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
None yet

Supporters:

Summary:

 

[Basschaapje.2]

Small update: First game was an upset win and a injury of my first keeper.

 

Injury was only for 3 days so lucky in that aspect.

[WhiteCat33]

49 minutes ago, hubwub said:

Is Honest a new personality for this FM24?

 

EDIT: I saw it when I was looking for staff personalities and scrolling through personality in the menu.

No its in FM23, just not common.

Seems a staff only personality (at least in my save). Using a HolidayMan:

[michiganhugefan]

Berwick Rangers Season 1 Midseason Update

Normally I would do these at the end of every season but I think that showing the squad, the year 0 youth prospects and such could be nice. We're currently 4th in the league, and looking fairly comfortable to miss the relegation playoff and possibly in good position to make the promotion playoff. We've been knocked out in 2 of our 3 cups, with us through to the 4th round in the Scottish Cup.

 

Squad

 

Our first choice goalkeeper is injured again as you can see. The squad is solid and young, even beyond our tagged youth prospects. The midfield is quite strong, the strikers have tended to be awful and the defense is thin and has held their own but not been spectacular. Alex Harris has been moved to training and playing at Central Attacking Midfield, and has paid us back with great play, adding 15 goals and 7 assists to be the best player on the team

In club news we've gotten the Junior coaching budget increased.

Youth Prospects

In the year 0 intake we had 7 regens and they have all been tagged.

One of two strikers from the intake, has gotten less playing time than the other but with how worrisome our striker play has been he's been getting his chances in the lineup as we try to find a number one striker.

 

As mentioned above this is our other tagged Striker we've been putting into our rotation. He's also played at other positions because of his versatility. He has shown some flashes of potential but as can be expected hasn't been great while playing.

As our 3rd choice center back he's been getting pretty regular playing time off the bench and has even come through to score 3 goals for us (all on corners) while being one of two players to hold an average rating greater than 7 in our team halfway through the season. (Also I somehow missed on taking a screenshot of him at the start of the season, instead filing a second picture of 24b in my folder as 24c)

He's played a little because of goalkeeper injuries. Not well and I'm happy to have him on the bench or as far away from the field as possible for now.

Has barely played as wide midfielders are probably the strongest area of our team. I have retrained him to be able to play at Right Mid 

Another one who hasn't really played as once again the midfield is strong and tends to sort itself out without needing any tagged prospects playing in it. If injuries happened in the midfield he could see his playing time increase dramatically.

I've trained him to be playing at Right back and he has made a couple of appearances off the bench in said position. With only one true right back in the squad above him, he may end up getting opportunities in the 2nd half.

And we got our preview for the upcoming Youth Candidates

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2023 by michiganhugefan

[hubwub]

1 hour ago, WhiteCat33 said:

No its in FM23, just not common.

Seems a staff only personality (at least in my save). Using a HolidayMan:

I wonder where it falls in terms of being a good personality for a HOYD.

[JLAB]

4 minutes ago, hubwub said:

I wonder where it falls in terms of being a good personality for a HOYD.

I'd say pretty poorly. Determination isn't amazing and professionalism can be either low or the best. Sporting is the only thing that's really good for the personality.

[hubwub]

4 minutes ago, JLAB said:

I'd say pretty poorly. Determination isn't amazing and professionalism can be either low or the best. Sporting is the only thing that's really good for the personality.

You got a source for the ranges for Determination and Professionalism for the Honest personality.

[Sizeman21]

25 minutes ago, michiganhugefan said:

Berwick Rangers Season 1 Midseason Update

Normally I would do these at the end of every season but I think that showing the squad, the year 0 youth prospects and such could be nice. We're currently 4th in the league, and looking fairly comfortable to miss the relegation playoff and possibly in good position to make the promotion playoff. We've been knocked out in 2 of our 3 cups, with us through to the 4th round in the Scottish Cup.

 

Squad

 

Our first choice goalkeeper is injured again as you can see. The squad is solid and young, even beyond our tagged youth prospects. The midfield is quite strong, the strikers have tended to be awful and the defense is thin and has held their own but not been spectacular. Alex Harris has been moved to training and playing at Central Attacking Midfield, and has paid us back with great play, adding 15 goals and 7 assists to be the best player on the team

In club news we've gotten the Junior coaching budget increased.

Youth Prospects

In the year 0 intake we had 7 regens and they have all been tagged.

One of two strikers from the intake, has gotten less playing time than the other but with how worrisome our striker play has been he's been getting his chances in the lineup as we try to find a number one striker.

 

As mentioned above this is our other tagged Striker we've been putting into our rotation. He's also played at other positions because of his versatility. He has shown some flashes of potential but as can be expected hasn't been great while playing.

As our 3rd choice center back he's been getting pretty regular playing time off the bench and has even come through to score 3 goals for us (all on corners) while being one of two players to hold an average rating greater than 7 in our team halfway through the season. (Also I somehow missed on taking a screenshot of him at the start of the season, instead filing a second picture of 24b in my folder as 24c)

He's played a little because of goalkeeper injuries. Not well and I'm happy to have him on the bench or as far away from the field as possible for now.

Has barely played as wide midfielders are probably the strongest area of our team. I have retrained him to be able to play at Right Mid 

Another one who hasn't really played as once again the midfield is strong and tends to sort itself out without needing any tagged prospects playing in it. If injuries happened in the midfield he could see his playing time increase dramatically.

I've trained him to be playing at Right back and he has made a couple of appearances off the bench in said position. With only one true right back in the squad above him, he may end up getting opportunities in the 2nd half.

And we got our preview for the upcoming Youth Candidates

 

 

 

 

 

Looking good in the league. Nice youth intake. What are some of your goals for this project? Any out of the usual? 

[thomas_e]

Energie Cottbus

Season Summary 2025 - 2026

Great first 2nd Bundesliga season + fantastic intake

 

Our first season in the 2nd Bundesliga and we performed a lot better than I expected. We finished in 8th place, which feels strange as I was close to the relegation zone for large parts of the season. But even though we had periods in which we struggled to win games, we never really got outplayed and as the season went on we got better and better. 

In the last 14 games we won 8, and this really sent us up the table. I really hope the board doesn't expect a mid table finish next year, as even though we have young good players, no one is ready to step up quite yet, so the team for next season is identical. I do think we will survive though, we seem to good to be relegated (hope that statement doesnt come back to bite me). 

Last year, our first season, had a bad intake, but this year we had a fantastic one, almost 10 out of 10. Several positions with 5 star potential players. Michael Greif looks like a potential superstar, really excited about him! 

The board now wants to build a new stadium, but there is nothing spesific yet. At the end of the season the board granted another upgrade of our training facilities, unfortunately they declined upgrading the youth facilities. We also now have exceptional academy coaching and good youth recruitment. 

 

Season Summary

          

 

Key Players

          

 

Key Talents

          

 

Edited October 27, 2023 by thomas_e

[michiganhugefan]

29 minutes ago, Sizeman21 said:

Looking good in the league. Nice youth intake. What are some of your goals for this project? Any out of the usual? 

I was planning on taking the 1st team that popped up in Scotland to start, but it being Berwick does raise a fun possibility that could be interesting to achieve beyond the scope of the challenge (becoming the best English club in the world while playing in the Scottish League system), but obviously I wouldn't want to get too far in front of myself. The challenge is a beast in and of itself.

[GS_Ball]

Playing my first ever youth academy challenge and I can honestly say it's the most fun I've had on a football manager save 🙂

[Braumiller]

Ok, here we go!

I've landed in the picturesque Swiss town of Biel/Bienne.  Sitting on the north end of a lake, with Neuchatel ~5 miles away on the south end.  Neuchatel Xamax are in our league, so we have a natural rivalry from the get-go and play them 4 times a year!

 

[Daveness85]

Profile

Took the job!

Have tried doing this kind of save many times in the past but didn't join in the fun here so I'm going to try to get involved a little bit when I've got the time as I've really enjoyed reading about everyone's saves over the years!!

I've taken the Dulwich Hamlet job because for the past 7 or so years I've always had a save with them and I've got fond memories from the past couple of years of seeing Danny Mills bang in a bunch of goals so I figure he might give me a decent chance of not getting sacked right away!!

Danny Mills

The rest of the squad is pretty thin in terms of the defence but there's a couple of kids hanging about the Under 18s that'll get moved up right away as we try and keep ourselves in the division. We've got some really strong legacy midfielders that I'll try to keep around but there's 5 players who were listed when I got here and don't look like they want to be sticking around so things could get a bit rough when they leave!!

Squad

I tend to play on stream so my youth players may have weird nicknames because I let my viewers claim youth players to be named after them to build a narrative and keep them involved in the save but other than that I'll keep everything else as it should be! Tactically I'll be playing a 4231 with an attacking mentality and trying to make the most of Danny Mills' aerial ability via set pieces! I'll get to playing the first season now and report back towards the end of it!

Edited October 27, 2023 by Daveness85
New at uploading images - did a fail

[XaW]

4 minutes ago, Braumiller said:

Ok, here we go!

I've landed in the picturesque Swiss town of Biel/Bienne.  Sitting on the north end of a lake, with Neuchatel ~5 miles away on the south end.  Neuchatel Xamax are in our league, so we have a natural rivalry from the get-go and play them 4 times a year!

 

Not Croatia after all? Good luck in Switzerland!

23 minutes ago, GS_Ball said:

Playing my first ever youth academy challenge and I can honestly say it's the most fun I've had on a football manager save 🙂

It is extremely fun, the normal way of playing will never feel right again!  

[Braumiller]

Just now, XaW said:

Not Croatia after all? Good luck in Switzerland!

Nope, belatedly found out they have a no u17s rule for the league and that didn't mesh with how I like to play   My fault for not looking into it before many, many reloads  

[XaW]

2 minutes ago, Braumiller said:

Nope, belatedly found out they have a no u17s rule for the league and that didn't mesh with how I like to play   My fault for not looking into it before many, many reloads  

Ah, really dislike those rules... in the game, I'm sure they are there to protect kids in real life.

[the_hdk]

Transfer History

Well that was close to an upset. Nearly in J1. Guess we need to wait a bit longer. Hopefully next year as we are getting stronger. We are losing a load of money though so i'm getting a bit worried we might need to sell soon. Only 1,1mln in red due to the upcoming stadium. But at this rate we will be bancrupt soon. We are getting offers for KANADA our Youth Wing back. Highest was 1,2mln from J1. Hope to get around 2 mln. Than we need to sell as we need the money to stay afloat. YAMADA (in my mind pronounced "yo motha") broke into first team and stayed there. He grew into 3,5 stars this season. But seems he hit his ceiling. Still dude is the motor of our midfield with amazing physical stats. KINOSHITA saw alot of first team play due to injuries and rose to 3 stars. Really I see first team play imporves youth extreamly fast. Or my players just do not have that high ability hehe.

Cups we just keep getting J1 teams fast so no luck...and This years play-offs we beat Matsumoto and Machida...but broke against J1 Consadole Sapporo. Maybe for the better as I still do not feel we are ready for J1. We need better defense and Goaly to come in. Hope to be ready within 2 seasons...we will see.

Lost Play-offs Final for J1

Tradition by now, we lose our AM.

Too bad, love his first name as it reminds me of my favorite cartoon when I was a child.

 

YASUDA intake 2027

Hmm  I think we have something here. And our first foreign player! A brazilian too. Must be as I have Tulio Tanaka as U-18 Manager.

Daiki TANAKA. The best of the bunch. 3 stars already. and his potential did not go down once in the team. His ifnishing is alreadt great. Technique is amazing. Works hard. Once his physical start to grow he will be amazing.

Our first Foreign Player. ERNESTO PAULO. Proffesional personality is good. Great potential but not that good ability yet. Quite tall at 184cm. Already at 16 the tallest player in my team! Should I retrain him to be central defender? What you guys think?

[aldojags]

20 hours ago, hubwub said:

This bingo is making me want to start a save in England.

Likewise, I was gonna do a foreign save when the game comes out proper, but I think this bingo card thing makes me want to do England that is so cool!

[Basschaapje.2]

How do i explain to these lads that they just have to wait 8ish months till the next youth intake?

[JLAB]

3 hours ago, hubwub said:

You got a source for the ranges for Determination and Professionalism for the Honest personality.

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5-20* Professionalism if he is a Newgen

1-9 for Determination

 

Edited October 27, 2023 by XaW
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[WhiteCat33]

FM23 Barbados YAC: Road View FC

2043 Season 21 – BFA Digicel Premier League

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League Performance:

 It's taken 21 seasons, but we finally had a perfect domestic season! And apparently its the first in Barbados history.

Cup Performance:

 We didn't concede a goal in our cup run. The smashing of BDFSP in the final felt really good since they are the historical team of Barbados.

North American Champions League:

 NACL Caribbean Zone Draw: Only 1 Jamaican team this year and we didn’t get them!

Group Matches:

 

Caribbean Zone Playoff:

We advance to the Playoff and get our first Jamaican opponent of the year: Humble Lions

We played well away in Jamaica but our veteran CB gave up a late penalty to HL and they converted it. When they came to Barbados, while we controlled the game we didn't create nearly enough chances. They got the first goal and then Carrillo got an equalizer, but we lost 2-1 on Agg. Can't really complain, they were the better team.

Reserve & U18s:

 Won both

Squad:

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Transfers:

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Best XI:

FM Screenshots:

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Excel Tables:

 Carrillo has 216 goals at 23 years of age. Don't think he'll join the elite 1000 club. Short 22 game seasons aren't in his favor. He'll have to up his average of 30.8 goals a year significantly to do so (and play forever)...

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Head Coach:

 Nothing for us, but due to poaching of backroom staff over the summer I was forced to replace my Reserve & U18 Managers and Assistant manager. Perhaps this effected the intake negatively this year, but long term I'm happy with the personality/ability of the hires.

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Club Improvements:

 We finished the Youth Facility upgrade in December (so 6 Months before the intake). Then there was a huge jump in Cup Winnings from 120k to 550k, which we converted into a much needed Training Facility Upgrade. We were still at Basic...

Here is the Youth Facility Upgrade (forget if I included it last update)

Youth Academy:

HOYD:

Same

Youth Intake Preview:

Youth Intake:

I feel that is an exceptionally harsh rating of this intake as we got a great midfielder.

Top 3 Players:

Rashad Harte: This is a great set up for an offensive midfielder. I’ll probably train him as a Mezzala or BBM with focus training on passing. Also, Fairly Professional and will be going directly into the first team. As a reference he has the 3rd highest CA of all players generated at the club. Phenomenal!

Renaldo Croney: Sadly this is our next best player and is why this is such a poor rated intake

Excel Tables:

I mentioned it above but notice Rashad Harte is in our top 5 CA of all time.

I decided to graph the Percentage of Professional & Ambitious personalities. Decided to do stacking-graphs as it shows the total "good" personalities in an intake. Important to note: 1) Awesome personalities like Perfectionist & Model Citizen double count as they are both a Professional & Ambitious personality. 2) I count Fickle as an Ambitious personality. They can be tricky to manage, but can develop well due to having high ambition.

Barbados National Team:

Barbados has won their first "trophy" by winning the Gold Cup Playoffs!! Sure it doesn't appear in their competitions, but this is their first major tournament qualification (ever?). 

You can see there is a major upwards trend in the Barbados Ranking, which coincides perfectly with a major development. (date is busted in the graph)

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The big change: Carrillo declared Barbados!

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We are at the stage in the save where 90% or more of the national team are our current/former players.

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Road View Internationals:

Barbados Main:

Barbados Youth:

Barbadian’s Around the World:

Updated Last year so I'll hold off for a few years to see what changes.

 

Caribbean International Performance:

Gold Cup

Only Jamaica made it out of the group stage  and they fell to Mexico. 

Nations League A

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Nations League B

This is where Barbados are, and they were very close to promotion this year with only a 2-1 loss to the Dominican Republic. I think the Gold Cup Playoff win is more important to get into a major tournament (for our region).

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Nations League C

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Summary

Edited October 27, 2023 by WhiteCat33

[XaW]

11 minutes ago, JLAB said:

  Reveal hidden contents

5-20* Professionalism if he is a Newgen

1-9 for Determination

 

Put it in spoiler tags for you, not everyone wants the details.  

[korvalis]

Sweden promotion date appears to be 25 Dec 2024,. Saving on 15 Oct 2024 should generate new teams. The "safe" date for new teams isn't exact, but 15 Oct gave new teams, 22 Oct didn't. 

Speaking of which, I'll be taking on the challenge of IFK Lidingö FK, has a decent sized squad, and most of the squad is early to mid twenties

 

[WhiteCat33]

After at least the 7th or 8th attempt we finally have a takeover! Kind of impressed an investor considers what I built in Barbados as worth 2.4M

Woah over 1M! That's way more than I expected.

He also has at least decent WwY as Youth Facility Upgrade is still available, even after our recent upgrade to "Adequate".

Facilities:

In a twist from what I usually do I went for a Stadium upgrade. We are averaging over 90% attendance in the league and are 100% for Continental matches. Our current stadium has expansion potential to ~15k so should be able to add meaningful capacity for a bargain price. They said no:

Went for Youth Facilities. Considering the new owner has the "Best Youth System in the Country" in Board Objectivies they gave it to me without any pushback. There goes all the money...

[hubwub]

@JLAB Thanks for that.

[Winski]

1 hour ago, korvalis said:

Sweden promotion date appears to be 25 Dec 2024,. Saving on 15 Oct 2024 should generate new teams. The "safe" date for new teams isn't exact, but 15 Oct gave new teams, 22 Oct didn't. 

Speaking of which, I'll be taking on the challenge of IFK Lidingö FK, has a decent sized squad, and most of the squad is early to mid twenties

 

Good luck! Same club as me. Let’s see how far we can get this club  

[Coxbox]

Delhi Football Club Season 24/25

Sudeva Delhi FC is a professional football club based in Delhi, India. The club was founded in 2014 and competes in various football leagues and tournaments in India. Sudeva Delhi FC is known for its commitment to developing young talent and providing a platform for emerging players to showcase their skills.

The club has a strong emphasis on youth development and has a well-established academy system to nurture and groom football talents from an early age. Sudeva Delhi FC also participates in the I-League, one of the top professional football leagues in India, which provides a competitive platform for both the senior team and the youth academy players.

Sudeva Delhi FC aims to promote and popularize football in the capital city of India and contribute to the growth of the sport in the country. The club has made significant strides in recent years and is recognized for its dedication to promoting the game at the grassroots level.

Finances 

As of the in-game date of 13/10/2025, Sudeva Delhi FC is in great financial shape! The club currently boasts a healthy bank balance of £263,959, which has translated into a significant profit of £396,567. This impressive financial performance is largely thanks to our fantastic sponsors, who have injected a substantial sum of £649,070 into the club.

Player Movements

Staff Upgrades
My new Assistant Manager, Head Scout and Under 18's Manager

Manager Coaching Course 


Season Goals.
The aim for this season is silverware, we have already been knocked out in the  Indian Durand Cup by Sreenidi Deccan Football Club in the Quater Final, however, the league is about to start and then we have the Indian Federation Cup at the end,

 

Edited November 8, 2023 by Coxbox

[the_hdk]

Cool little achievement in Steam...

 

I know I know, its in dutch....bleh!

Rough tralsation, you played with 11 players who ware all from your own youth intakes.

[Daveness85]

Danny Mills is carrying me right now.  This was a bit of a one-off but he's an absolute hero at this level!

[Mahzun_Savas]

In my save with ReinMeer there was a player joining whose transfer I could not cancel. He has now joined on February 1st, and would be my best LB. Am I allowed to use him or do I need to get rid of him?

[XaW]

2 hours ago, Mahzun_Savas said:

In my save with ReinMeer there was a player joining whose transfer I could not cancel. He has now joined on February 1st, and would be my best LB. Am I allowed to use him or do I need to get rid of him?

If it was arranged from before you took over and it couldn't be cancelled, then that's fine. Just take a screenshot of it from the date you joined showing the red (x) is not possible to click in the transfers tab and add it, and you're all good.

[Mahzun_Savas]

18 minutes ago, XaW said:

If it was arranged from before you took over and it couldn't be cancelled, then that's fine. Just take a screenshot of it from the date you joined showing the red (x) is not possible to click in the transfers tab and add it, and you're all good.

Too late for me to take a screenshot like you suggest. I tried to terminate his contract but the board would not let me so I have put him in the reserves and I am not using him.

Had a good start to the season winning 3 of the first 4. However the squad are not happy with the squad depth especially at CB. I am not happy with the CB situation either but little I can do about it.

 

[Neo_Geo]

5 hours ago, Daveness85 said:

Danny Mills is carrying me right now.  This was a bit of a one-off but he's an absolute hero at this level!

He’s a legend in previous versions of the game and it looks like he’s still producing the goods.

Honestly find that if you have a talismanic striker at your youth academy challenge club for the first few years you are more than likely to at least survive until the intakes take shape. In my 2 previous successes with the challenge I had Rilind Nivokazi at Chiasso and I had Hugo Botermans at Katwijk and both were scoring a tonne. It just generally buys you enough time for some of the youths to step up.