The FM24 Youth Academy Challenge

[Neo_Geo]

Great going @mschafer13 onwards and upwards 

Edited September 2 by Neo_Geo

[HanziZoloman]

megageil @mschafer13

The Earl found his mojo  again

Spoiler

 

Edited September 2 by HanziZoloman

[libbyshuss]

Austria - 2055/56 - Premier League

Wels Say Goodbye to Club Legend with Third title win in a row

Yep, Paul Alhaier 40A has gone to Saudi Arabia on a free. Gutted to lose him but what can you do? What a legend though

 

He leaves us with 8 League titles, 1 Europa League title and the Austria Cup three times. He scored 413 goals in 599 games for us as well.

So... Champions League.

Same as last two seasons:- League stage good, out in quarter finals

 

youth

So, here's a thing I've noticed. Whenever I manage to max out my youth facilities to state of the art my intakes turn to toilet

Nice to see my affiliates popping up with some players but honestly, what can I do with these two? The only reason I signed them both is their personalities. Both professional!

 

Career

[darren1983]

So after following the FM world cup over last week it gave me the bug to play again, I started several saves but couldn't connect so I return to my Dulwich save. This update is going to be a bit weird though as I don't remember anything from the first half of the season as it was over a month ago but the second half is fresh enough at least! 

 

Dulwich Hamlet Season 2033/34 EFL Championship

 

League - First season after promotion and staying up is always the target, we did that but not without some scares. Won our opening 2 games then only 1 win in 12. We had 2 or 3 spells where we picked up points in batches but then long spells without a win, as you'd expect from a newly promoted side. We never dropped lower than 19th so were never really in any danger. A nasty habit of throwing away leads was annoying but a more than credible 14th place was fine by me. 

League Cup - Not great, rotated a lot and it showed

FA Cup - Struggled past a National League side then got hammered by a Premier League side

Transfers - few loans out is all. Almost had a big sale in Jan but I got greedy and pushed the price too high. That'll learn me! 

Squad - It's an odd one in that our starting 1`1 is more than a match for around 80% of the league I reckon (despite my coaches rating most the players national league level) but we struggle when having to use players outside of out best 11 which is an issue when making subs and probably why we threw away so many leads. We have depth in quantity but not in quality. Going to take a few seasons of staying here to build that up I think. 

Youth Intake - I mean I was excited by the preview and think that was well founded with me tagging the most players from a single intake this year

Michael Jones 34A - coaches think of him as a winger but, if I can get strength and vision up I like him as a Mezzala with that pace, finishing and dribbling
Adam Scott 34B - Def more of a wide option than a ST for us I think
Jason Codrington 34C - Full back that can play both sides
Kassim Peltier 34D - Always nice to have a keeper
Ally Brown 34E - A DM that can tackle, is two footed and a decent size? I probably should have ranked him much higher now I'm looking at it
Callum Uprichard 34F - needs work on the physical side but another option for Mezz
Derrick Diallo 34G - Not sure if he's a CB of FB yet but looks a prospect at both 

Career Overview

Season		League		Position 	Junior Coaching		Youth Recruitment	Notes

2024/25		VNLS		1st 		Good			Average			Promotion, Manager of the year
2025/26		VNL		10th 		Good			Above Average		First coaching badge
2026/27		VNL		2nd 		Good			Above Average 		Promotion via playoffs, Manager of the season, second coaching badge
2027/28		L2		10th 		Adequate		Above Average		3rd coaching badge
2028/29		L2		12th 		Good			Above Average		Continental C Licence obtained
2029/30		L2		15th  		Good 			Good  			Continental B Licence Obtained. Started on Continental A 
2030/31		L2		11th  		Good  			Excellent		Finished Continental A Licence
2031/32		L2		2nd 		Good 			Excellent		Promoted. Manager of the year. Started final coaching badge
2032/33		L1		4th 		Good			Excellent		EFL Trophy winners. Promoted via playoffs. Completed all coaching badges
2033/34		CHP		14th 		Excellent		Excellent 

I think that's everything, been a while since I did one of these! However I am enjoying being back and relearning my players and the plans I had for them  

[naterr]

Naterr Garcia - Barwell FC - 29/30

League

First season back down in the Vanarama national south - I had a bit of hope we would do well and go back up....ugh, not quite!

Well this was crap - not sure what happened but we did terribly for the second half of the season!

Youth Intake

Boy this is tough - I really thought we would get better than this! 

Stephenson

Spoiler

He's tall? ...that's about it!

Manager Profile

Coach badges completed - I guess this is how I will look for the rest of this!

Finances

Finances did well this year - we managed to blag our way to the 3rd round of the FA cup - lucky was an understatement. We got a great draw!

We only lost 2-1, pretty good showing, but it netted us a ton of cash! which has helped a lot! (So I did my best to spend some on facilities!)

Competitions

Team of the Year

I want to stick with the 4-4-2 attacking but maybe it isn't the best for a terrible team!

Moore is the best player this year - the only one with green ratings!

Admin

Summary

All the badges completed, improved youth recruitment and junior coaching - but terrible in the league! let's hope the improvements help in the future.

[Padders]

Season 164 - 2184/85 - PL

First season back in the PL but we struggled again and relegated!

We did have a little spell where we looked like we might escape the drop but the poor form returned

I've got to try find a way of stopping the goals but also finding a way to score

[Padders]

On 23/08/2024 at 20:12, kaivolax said:

@Padders What's the transfer budget you are given usually? Must be a couple hundred million with that balance.

This is this seasons

[XaW]

Alright, I'm back after a quick break, so here we go. It's Slovakia time!

[Thebaker]

@Padders have you had a youth come through that was 4 or more stars CA and a starter for the team immediately. With your facilities it seems you should have but your intakes are 2.5 stars ca at best

[Winski]

2 hours ago, XaW said:

Alright, I'm back after a quick break, so here we go. It's Slovakia time!

Welcome in Slovakia! And nice to see that you also chose Raca! 

Good luck!!

Last week I returned from my Holiday, after I spend a couple of weeks in Southern France with my wife and kids. Yesterday I started playing FM again. I’m at the end of season 2035/2036 with Raca, so the next update will follow soon  

[Skora11]

57 minutes ago, Thebaker said:

@Padders have you had a youth come through that was 4 or more stars CA and a starter for the team immediately. With your facilities it seems you should have but your intakes are 2.5 stars ca at best

Also good to know what 4 star CA currently represents @Padders? 

I've never had anyone through with higher than 2.5 star CA since I've started this challenge, although the one I am currently playing I am starting to make progress and getting quite a few through with good personalities.

[mschafer13]

Guys....I think my new tactic I developed last season might've broke the game. Our first season in League Two we ended up winning the whole thing! 500-1 odds at the start of the season but we managed the best goal difference and won by 6 points. I'm shocked.

 

Think we can repeat that in League One next season? Not a great youth intake this year, but we'll see if it even matters with this tactic. 99% of my players are signed through 2055, so I have one more season with this core group at least. Dare to dream!

 

Good way to end my 30th season with the club

[Ron_Swanson]

Stal Stalowa Wola - Poland - PKO Ekstraklasa - season 8 - 2031/32

A pretty good intake, I forgot to take a screenshot of the squad but here's the best player out of them. Already good enough to be a starter quite often

Slightly worse season but we were just 1 win away from qualifying to Europe again. We did really good in ECL, we avoided top quality teams which got us up to round of 16. Some of our key players signed new long contracts without release clauses so squad looks pretty safe and solid

Euro competition prizes were invested right away. Training facilities will be probably 18/20 once finished so only one upgrade left to max. Stadium expansion eventually changed to 6587 seats just  at the season change which is maximum possible capacity for a current one. I wonder how long we will have to wait until the board decide to build a brand new one

[HanziZoloman]

@mschafer13 the tactic pls!! 

I experienced the same a few times, back to back promotions are so great especially after such a dry period.

[XaW]

5 hours ago, Winski said:

Welcome in Slovakia! And nice to see that you also chose Raca! 

Good luck!!

Last week I returned from my Holiday, after I spend a couple of weeks in Southern France with my wife and kids. Yesterday I started playing FM again. I’m at the end of season 2035/2036 with Raca, so the next update will follow soon  

I wanted Inter Bratislava, but I've spend a couple of days reloading without seeing them, so I picked my 2nd choice which was Raca! So, sorry if I'm stepping on your toes here, but I just got really fed up with the reloads!

Edit: You know what. I might as well reload a bit more... I might challenge you to become the best team from Bratislava if I get them!  

[Padders]

6 hours ago, Thebaker said:

@Padders have you had a youth come through that was 4 or more stars CA and a starter for the team immediately. With your facilities it seems you should have but your intakes are 2.5 stars ca at best

Not sure I have ever had more than 3*, if I have its a handul max!

[Padders]

5 hours ago, Skora11 said:

Also good to know what 4 star CA currently represents @Padders? 

I've never had anyone through with higher than 2.5 star CA since I've started this challenge, although the one I am currently playing I am starting to make progress and getting quite a few through with good personalities.

Not sure I have a single PL CA standard according to the coach reports currently

I very rarely seem to get many, might get the odd 1 or 2 but never a decent amount at the same time

[Padders]

2185/86 - Season 165 - SBC

Back into the SBC

Started poorly and never really recovered, finishing mid table

 

[XaW]

Who says tenacity doesn't get rewarded? Sorry about the false start with Raca!

[Winski]

13 hours ago, XaW said:

Edit: You know what. I might as well reload a bit more... I might challenge you to become the best team from Bratislava if I get them!  

Challenge accepted 

Good luck with Inter! And have fun also, I like it a lot managing in Slovakia  

[XaW]

13 minutes ago, Winski said:

Challenge accepted 

Good luck with Inter! And have fun also, I like it a lot managing in Slovakia  

Thanks!  

I do look forward to the first intake...

Yes, my total squad is 8 players, so I have to use (at least) 3 grays every match. We had 4 more when I took over, but those were the best and also refused to talk contracts. So I have a bunch of the worst players in the division, lovely! It's going to be a struggle to survive, but let's do it!  

[HanziZoloman]

@Padders I good Pre Season did a real different to my save. How are you preparing for your season?

[scarp]

@mschafer13 those are the best moments in FM  Good job and enjoy

[resurectedja]

FM 23

Catania - Season 9 - 2032/33

 

We grew in the eyes of the bookmakers, as they predicted we would finish a very solid 12th in the league. But then our chances got worse. We lost one of our mainstay players. Vicedomini’s release clause was triggered by Salento, a team that plays in the same division as us. He got a 2 year 900K deal and squad player status. But off we went, and poorly. Two points in five games. So I switched it up a notch, added two more attacking roles and we started scoring at a very high rate, even tho our defense stayed at an average level for most of the year. Round by round we were raising towards the top,which was held by a pretty impressive Pisa team this season. We won 5 straight in and around November. December went smoothly as well, winning the majority of our games. And then Cagliari swooped in a took our best player, Esposito. He had a 3,4 mil release clause for teams in the higher division. He settled on a 4 year 1,4 million euro deal and squad player status. I will miss him dearly. He is the best player of the save so far and was heading towards another 20 goals 10 assists season. In total he has played 246 games for us, scoring 109 along with 29 assists. But we still managed to keep the form going. Another five game streak followed, 4 wins and 1 draw. We were excellent throughout the season and in the end finished 4th, just 3 points shy of a direct promotion spot and into the promotion playoff semi finals. The slower start of the season really messed up our chances. With one more win we could have been in the big leagues. Based on the xG table we were the best team, 2 points in front of Spezia, who we would face. Sadly, they got a better of us thanks to two amazing goals, one a long range hit in the first game which they won 2 1 and a great curling free kicks in the second which was a 1 1 draw. We did break a record in the last round by beating Pordenone 7 0. Pisa, SPAL and Spezia were promoted.

I just want to highlight a player from an opposing team. Pisano scored 39 goals for Catanzaro 35 games. The whole team scored 60. Wild scoring performance. Wish I could sign him to replace Esposito.

The kids really made me proud this season and they have shown that there is plenty of promised in the club, as well as that we are in fact developing these kids really well. The u20s, who still arent in a league and I have to set up 30+ friendlies for them each season, have won the u20 cup! They did it in a very impressive manner, with only 1 goal conceded. The u18 team won their first ever league title. They finished first in their group, which did feature a bunch of elite Seria A teams. They routed Napoli 3-1 to secure their first title. Sadly they also lost the Super Cup to Chievo on penalties.

The board wont let me invest in youth facilites so I burned both transfer fees and improved our training facilities. They are now Superb.

The youth intake preview was similar to the one we had last season. Three A rated youngsters were promised, a goalkeeper, a full back and a central midfielder. I am sick of elite level fullbacks. I seem to get one every single year. Just one striker and right winger. Please? The intake was worse than the preview suggested. I only had 2 elite talents and only one of them a five star potential. So lets look at them closer. Angelili is a determined and well rounded left winger. Nothing really jumps out, but I do like the plays 1-2s. Mantovani is a balanced midfielder who lacks athleticism but has plently of technical quality. Seems more suited for the offensive part of the game than the defensive eventho the game sees him as a DLPD. Training him as a CMA.

First big job offer, as Udinese tried to sway me to join them in December.

Poaching from our academy happened once again. Young Masiero went to Crotone and Franchi went to Cagliari. Cannavaro went to Palermo. I have scouted all of the poached kids that have appeared in the game so far. Only 1 of them is a 3 star, the rest are 2-2.5 star potential. We didn’t really lose anyone of major talent.

Tortelli was our leading scorer with 24, as well as our best rated player with 7.34. He also won the Young Player of the Year. He won the Young Player of the Month for September and October. He was the Player of the Month for February, March and May. He was featured in the Team of the Month in September, February, March and May.

Federico lead the assists chart with 9.

Cali won the Scopigno award for best newcomer. He won the Young Player of the Month in November, January and March. He made the Team of the Month in November, January and March.

Mora was selected in the Team of the Year for the 3^rd straight year and he won midfielder of the year. Really impressive run by a 3-3.5 star inverted winger. He made the Team of the Month in November, December and April

Lo Cascio was the Young Player of the Month in February and April. He also made the Team of the Month in February and April.

Assumma was the Young Player of the Month in May.

Zadi made the Team of the Month in November and December.

 

[Thebaker]

2039

Table | Squad | Transfers

Started the season in poor form but managed through the season to just pick up enough points to keep the team out of the relegation spots, mostly helped by the other teams being really poor. The team could not score at all and survived a last day 1-5 loss to stay up with Jonsered unable to take advantage. Played in the swedish cup 1st rd away to Trelleborgs and was 0-3 down at halftime, got back to 2-3 but went onto lose 2-4.

Finances are slowly dropping but still requests not being accepted even with a new board.

Edin was probably my best player this year without much competition. Sjoqvist retired with over 400 games for the club and was still the first choice LW. Club icon and record scorer Keymer was released at the end of the season.

The youth preview suggested a great talent but the intake was pretty poor with Sundberg the best of them.

Its been 10 years since the 29 intake and a number of players are still at the club. Johannson has made 130 apps with 57 goals and is now my main striker. Khalil is my main DM with 122 apps and 2 goals. Berisha has flitted in and out of the team used mostly as a sub with 149 apps and 13 goals. Nilsson is a player i kept around as he had a lot of potential but has always been 4th choice LW and gone on loan a lot. Hes played 34 games for the club and 109 games on loan.

Babatunde played 155 games with 12 goals before being released and played 44 games since. Svanberg played 41 games with 4 goals almost all as sub, he has played 60 games since being released. Jeppsson never played for the club but is still playing having made 80 apps for other clubs.

Spoiler

Youth Nationalities:

Continent			Europe			Africa			South America			Asia			North America			Oceania
Overall	240	100%	Country	#	%	Country	#	%	Country	#	%	Country	#	%	Country	#	%	Country	#	%
Europe	226.16	94.23%	Sweden	212.33	88.47%	Eritrea	1.5	0.63%	Uruguay	1	0.42%	Iraq	1	0.42%	Jamaica	0.83	0.35%
Africa	7.5	3.13%	Bosnia	2.5	1.04%	Gambia	1	0.42%	Chile	1	0.42%	Indonesia	1	0.42%	USA	0.5	0.21%
Asia	3	1.25%	Greece	2	0.83%	Ivory Coast	1	0.42%				Palestine	0.5	0.21%
South America	2	0.83%	Turkey	2	0.83%	Somalia	0.5	0.21%				Japan	0.5	0.21%
North America	1.33	0.55%	Albania	1.5	0.63%	Niger	0.5	0.21%
Oceania	0	0	Serbia	1.5	0.63%	Nigeria	0.5	0.21%
			Italy	1.5	0.63%	Egypt	0.5	0.21%
			Kosovo	1	0.42%	DRC	0.5	0.21%
			Finland	1	0.42%	Ghana	0.5	0.21%
			England	0.83	0.35%	Ethiopia	0.5	0.21%
						Zambia	0.5	0.21%

 

Spoiler

Season

League

Position

Swedish Cup

Europe

Top Scorer

Top Assists

Attendance

Training

Youth

Junior

Youth Rec

Notes

2025

D2 WG

5th

Not entered

N/A

Arvidsson,Messaoudi (8)

Jensen(6)

261

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

2026

D2 WG

5th

Not entered

N/A

Keymer-25c (11)

Warmlov(6)

251

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

2027

D2 WG

6th

Not entered

N/A

Keymer-25c (10)

Lai(9)

261

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

2028

D2 WG

10th

Not entered

N/A

Keymer-25c (15)

Messaoudi (7)

241

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

2029

D2 WG

7th

Not entered

N/A

Strom - 27j (11)

Athanasiou -26p (7)

250

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

2030

D2 WG

9th

Not entered

N/A

Lai(12)

Noren -28k (5)

267

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

2031

D2 WG

8th

Not entered

N/A

Keymer-25c (14)

Lai(5)

277

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

2032

D2 WG

8th

Not entered

N/A

Keymer-25c (15)

Babatunde- 29h (6)

275

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

2033

D2 WG

5th

Not entered

N/A

Keymer-25c (19)

Sjoqvist(8)

289

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

2034

D2 WG

6th

Not entered

N/A

Strom - 27j (12)

Sjoqvist(7)

287

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

2035

D2 WG

1st

Not entered

N/A

Keymer-25c (16)

Noren -28k (10)

321

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

Promoted

2036

D1S

14th

Not entered

N/A

Johansson-29j (14)

Athanasiou -26p (5)

338

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

Relegated

2037

D2 WG

2nd

Group St

N/A

Johansson-29j (19)

Noren -28k (11)

308

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

Promoted

2038

D1S

12th

Not entered

N/A

Johansson-29j (13)

Edin -37a (11)

295

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

2039

D1S

12th

1st Rd

N/A

Sjoqvist, Edin-37a, Franco -34i (5)

Athanasiou -26p Berisha - 29j (5)

279

Basic

Basic

Fairly Basic

Limited

 

Spoiler

Youth Name	All time apps		Youth Name	All time Goals		Youth Name	All time Assists
Roger Gustafsson (25e)	350		Ted Keymer (25c)	133		Manolis Athanasiou (26p)	55
Mathias Sandin (25d)	324		Sebastian Johansson (29j)	57		Marcus Noren (28k)	51
Manolis Athanasiou (26p)	318		Manolis Athanasiou (26p)	44		Martin Tahiri (30i)	35
Ted Keymer (25c)	276		Marcus Noren (28k)	37		Ted Keymer (25c)	22
Marcus Noren (28k)	234		Milton Strom (27j)	34		Hugo Berisha (29g)	22

 

Edited September 4 by Thebaker

[CJ'43]

 Kavala Football Club / Αθλητικός Όμιλος Καβάλα

Season 36 - 2059/60

Schedule / Squad / Transfers / Finances / Manager

Season summary: the Super League wasn’t a major priority for us this season, so we rotated the squad extensively, especially before our UEFA Champions League matches. In hindsight, we may have overdone the rotations, leading to dissatisfaction among some of our regular starters who demanded more playing time. As a result, we finished the regular season 7 points behind Olympiacos and couldn’t improve our position in the championship group, ending up 3rd, 13 points behind the winners.

In the cup competition, we made it to the final after defeating Anagennisi Karditsas, Volos, and AEK. Unfortunately, we lost to Olympiacos, who secured the double.

In the Champions League, we collected 14 points in the group stage but did not advance to the top 8. We had to play in the knockout playoffs against another Greek team, Asteras, and won 3-2 on aggregate. We then delivered a spectacular performance at home, defeating Barcelona 3-0. However, in the second leg, the tie was 3-3 in the 87th minute, only for us to score the decisive 4-3 goal in the 92nd minute, advancing with a 5-3 aggregate score. It was arguably the most thrilling game of this challenge so far.

Once again, we defied expectations, but faced another Spanish team, Atlético Madrid, in the quarter-finals. After a 2-2 draw in Greece, we fell short in Madrid, losing 2-1 and missing out on the semi-finals for the second consecutive year. It feels like we are getting closer to achieving our goal.

On the NXGN 2060 list, Stavros Diamantopoulos (57c) was ranked 3rd, and Christos Kygais (56a) was ranked 22nd. Giorgos Pallas (52a) and Thodoros Bedrelis (47d) were included in the Super League Best XI, with Bedrelis being named Greek Player of the Year and recognized as our most consistent player with an average rating of 7.20. Ilias Giannikoglou (47b) was our top scorer with 29 goals.

 

Youth intake: this year brought some promising talent, including Lewis Duncan (60a), Dimitris Ptinopoulos (60b), Nikos Aivazis (60c) and Manfred Breitner (60d).

Our 3-0 victory over Panathinaikos in May for the Super League was the last match at Kavala Stadium, as we prepare to move to our new 70,000-seat stadium, more than doubling our capacity.

 

Team history:

Manager history:

Edited September 4 by CJ'43
transfers added

[Padders]

6 hours ago, HanziZoloman said:

@Padders I good Pre Season did a real different to my save. How are you preparing for your season?

I always add in a few non league sides to hammer to build up morale

[Padders]

Season 166 - 2186/87 - SBC

Another mid table finish but form was definitely picking up with more tactic tweaks

For the first time this FM, I have forgot to do the screenshots (not sure how!) so only have the Youth Intake and last years table

[HanziZoloman]

vor 9 Minuten schrieb Padders:

I always add in a few non league sides to hammer to build up morale

I did Google a bit and learned much about a proper pre season and it worked wonders. Transformed my team from a relegation candidate into an almost promotion side. Passion4fm did some great writeups

[Thebaker]

@Padders even with the span of time i'm surprised that the league features 3 teams that IRL have never played higher than non league.

[KingKCrush]

I am struggling to keep going. First season in the CL and got hammered 9-0 by Inter, youth preview was ****, the actual intake was okay but 2 of the top 3 players have a bad personality even though my HOYD is a Model Citizen... at least I made 21 Mio + this season BUT I cant spend it because my board doesnt even give me the option to improve my youth facilities.

Its my 14th season, please FM Gods let me at least improve my average! youth facilities. 

[Padders]

Season 167 - 2187/88 - SBC

Well the bottlejobs are well and truly back

A lot better season, sat top in mid December with a 15 game unbeaten run

Then one bad result results in a shocking run of 1 win in 9

The form picked up last couple of months sat just off the top 2

We played bottom of the league Chesterfield in the penultimate game 

Yes you guess it we lost and if we won that then would have finished 2nd

Into the playoffs, we play Sunderland we we played last game and beat them easily 3-0

We then get hammered in the 1st leg 3-6

 We lost to the very strong Cardiff in the SF of the Carabao Cup. They have finished in the top 2 of the PL something like 14 times in the last 20 years

Edited September 4 by Padders

[Padders]

1 hour ago, Thebaker said:

@Padders even with the span of time i'm surprised that the league features 3 teams that IRL have never played higher than non league.

Got Dorking and Maidstone in the PL as well

[hyrule_king]

Finding this a lot more diffucult getting much beyond the second season. I am creating tactics that are very basic , non gegen pressing but just can't get the team to be consistent. Fair play for the people who have completed it on this years version.

[HanziZoloman]

vor 6 Stunden schrieb Thebaker:

@Padders even with the span of time i'm surprised that the league features 3 teams that IRL have never played higher than non league.

And Ya know what Ricay is one of em 

[XaW]

@Winski - Aren't 15 year olds allowed to play in Slovakia? I can't see it anywhere in the rules, but it seems like it's prohibited for sub 16s?

Does that happen in the top tier too?

[Winski]

27 minutes ago, XaW said:

@Winski - Aren't 15 year olds allowed to play in Slovakia? I can't see it anywhere in the rules, but it seems like it's prohibited for sub 16s?

Does that happen in the top tier too?

That's correct. You can play youth players when they became 16 years old. You can't play with 15 year olds.

[XaW]

Just now, Winski said:

That's correct. You can play youth players when they became 16 years old. You can't play with 15 year olds.

Yeah, a bit rough for me since the best from my intake will only be able to play a bit into next season, and I'm in a real relegation fight, so got a bit annoyed! But hopefully, we can do it!  

[Winski]

2 minutes ago, XaW said:

Yeah, a bit rough for me since the best from my intake will only be able to play a bit into next season, and I'm in a real relegation fight, so got a bit annoyed! But hopefully, we can do it!  

Yeah, that's annoying! But keep on fighting, things will getting better! If you manage to survive the first season, the next one will be easier as you can play with many more players than this season.  You can do this!

[XaW]

1 minute ago, Winski said:

Yeah, that's annoying! But keep on fighting, things will getting better! If you manage to survive the first season, the next one will be easier as you can play with many more players than this season.  You can do this!

4 games to go! Got a narrow 1-0 win away to Dolný Kubín recently that helped a lot, but the last 4 games are against some of the better teams in the league, so we might not pick up many more points....

[scarp]

I made a grave mistake of not taking my laptop with me on business trip this week. Ah the struggles of the FM player.

[XaW]

XaW - Inter Bratislava - Season 2024/25 (Season 1) - MONACObet LIGA

Squad | Transfers | Finances

Wow, this was a rough season! Losing the best 4 players at the club just as I took over due to them not wanting to extend contracts put the club in a difficult situation with only 8 players at the entire club. So I had to resort to greys, a think I try to avoid at all costs, but this left me no choice. The whole season was a battle to avoid relegation and it went to the final day where we were 2 points over the line and could go down if we didn't win and other teams did. Eventually, we got a credible 2-2 draw, but luckily for us none of the teams below (other than an already relegated Rimavská Sobota) won, so we stayed up just barely! I did get to use a few of the youngesters in the final matches, but the age restriction of 16 years didn't allow me to use most of the best ones. Next season I should be allowed to use most of them, albeit some are born in December, so a few will have to wait another half a season to get their debuts. Still, I'll take it over this season! 

Slovnaft Cup: We beat Banova and Nove Zamky before we lost to Žilina in the 3rd round.

Best players from the academy:

Pavol Hlavac 25c - The only somewhat competent striker at the club was tossed in due to lack of players and did quite well.
Andrej Takac 25o - Played some matches on the right wing due to lack of other options and did well considering.
Richard Marcin 25p - Not a player I want to use, but have to since he is 16 and others aren't.

New club records:

Most goals in a season - Patrik Spak - 9 goals
Most league goals in a season - Patrik Spak - 8 goals
Most goals in a match - Matus Antosik - 2 goals
Most goals in a league match  - Matus Antosik - 2 goals
Most assists in a season - Patrik Spak - 13 assists
Most clean sheets in a season - Marek Suchy - 4 clean sheets
Most player of the match awards - Patrik Spak - 3 awards
Worst discipline - Robert Duris - 9 yellow cards, 1 red card
Most league apps for the club - Patrik Spak - 77 apps
Most league goals for the club - Patrik Spak - 10 goals
Youngest player - Michal Bašista 25m - 16 years, 5 days
Oldest player - Lukas Cemba - 35 years, 345 days
Fastest goal - Patrik Spak - 1 minute, 5 seconds
Youngest goalscorer - Pavol Hlavac 25c - 16 years, 33 days
Oldest goalscorer - Lukas Cemba - 35 years, 339 days

Didn't get any requests for improvements accepted this season, but they board decided to start the process of building a new stadium.

U19s

They only played friendlies this season.

Around the world

Youth intake:

Trophy cabinet

None yet

Player statistics:

Most apps for the club

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Time at club	Apps
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Pavol Hlavac 25c	Slovakia	<N/A>		2025-Present	6
Roland Farkas 25d	Slovakia	<N/A>		2025-Present	6
Andrej Takac 25o	Slovakia	<N/A>		2025-Present	6
Richard Marcin 25p	Slovakia	<N/A>		2025-Present	6
Martin Sura 25g		Slovakia	<N/A>		2025-Present	1

Most goals for the club

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Time at club	Goals
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Pavol Hlavac 25c	Slovakia	<N/A>		2025-Present	2
Andrej Takac 25o	Slovakia	<N/A>		2025-Present	1

Most assists for the club

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Time at club	Assists
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Roland Farkas 25d	Slovakia	<N/A>		2025-Present	1
Andrej Takac 25o	Slovakia	<N/A>		2025-Present	1

Supporters:

YAC Bingo:

Summary:

[Winski]

I'm happy for you that you survived this very difficult first season

Nice talent, Nagy 25a! He'll be a starter next season for sure I guess. Good luck next season!

[The7Striker]

35 minutos atrás, Winski disse:

I'm happy for you that you survived this very difficult first season

Nice talent, Nagy 25a! He'll be a starter next season for sure I guess. Good luck next season!

Hows that Raca save going ? 

[XaW]

1 hour ago, Winski said:

I'm happy for you that you survived this very difficult first season

Nice talent, Nagy 25a! He'll be a starter next season for sure I guess. Good luck next season!

Really happy that we survived!

Nagy 25a looks brilliant and I look forward to finally using him this season!

[KingKCrush]

CSC Ghiroda - SuperLiga - Romania - Season 14 - 2038

Champions League

After winning the Romanian SuperLiga last season we qualified for the final round of the Champions League Qualification. So, there is only one more step, only one more team to beat, to finally reach the top stage of Europe. 

We had to play against the Norweigan Club Bodo Glimt, that I already managed in an old version of Fifa! At home we dominated and won 3-1, but away from home, they dominated and the match went to overtime. There we scored and won 6-5 on aggregate.

The League Phase Draw gave us the following home games: Dinamo Zagreb, FC Barcelona, Stade Rennes & RB Leipzig. Away: Olympiakos, FC Bayern, Atletic Bilbao and Inter Milan. Or in other words:

Teams we might beat on a good day: Zagreb

Teams we might draw on a good day: Rennes, Olympiakos, Bilbao

Teams we wouldnt even beat if everyone played at 150%: Barcelona, Leipzig, Bayern, Inter.

So my goal was 5 points, but boy was I overestimating my team. We got absolutely bullied by these teams. Zagreb beat us quite unlucky 0-1. We just couldnt score even though we were the better team. Great start right?

We then lost a close game against Olympiakos 2-3, we could have won 1 point here but they scored in the last minute. Unlucky again.

After that we got hammered by Barcelona and Bayern (0-5, 6-3). I was expeting that but I was still a bit dissapointed by the massive amount of conceded goals. (But it gets even worse!)

Against Bilbao, we had a wonderfull form! We had like 2 chances and scored 2 goals! They had 5 times the amounts of chances and also scored 2 goals so we were very effective (or very very lucky). 2-2 was also the final standing against Rennes. So 2 points clinched! In order to reach our goal of 5 points we need to win a lucky one in the last 2 matches.

And then we had the game that changed the whole season: the away game against Inter. During the course of these 14 seasons we were plagued with a lot of injuries. To cope with that I designed a tactic that is not too demanding but still quite successfull. I was thinking of designing a new version of this tactic with maximum intensity, which I can use for big games or during close games. But then I was like: okay if its not broken, dont fix it. So I went to Milan with my normal tactic and oh boy was that a mistake. This game made me quit FM for a few weeks, everytime a highlight poped up after I continued playing, I got scared. I have PTSD from that game. They bullied us and they would not stop. 9-0. They hammered us 9-0. I have never seen something like that before. This game made me want to cry. It still haunts me in my dreams. 

But I learned from it. I designed the new version of my tactic with maximum intensity and this really turned the rest of my season around but of course not in the Champions League. We were out of there after the Inter game. Against Leipzig I used the new tactic and we did better. We still lost 3-1 but we were not that bad!

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SuperLiga

In the league we played really well but still lost a few unnecessary games. After the first phase of the league we were second place, which is amazing but we can do better. After creating the new tactic and using it against big teams and in close games against "weaker" teams, we played 19 league games. Out of these 19 we lost one, draw 2 and won the remaining 17. The rest of the league was struggling and we won the league again! I think last season we were 1 point ahead, but this season we managed to win by 10 points. This was by far our most successfull season ever! Oh and we also smashed the team that sent us to the second league in the past, 9-0. That match alone cured my PTSD!

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Cupa Romaniei

The group stage was very easy this year. We had to play 2 teams from the 2. league and one relegation candidate from the first league. We won every game and made the quarter final, for the third time ever I believe.

There we had to face another team from the second league, we comfortably beat. Only 3 days after we had to play against a good team finally. But while we could use our B Team in the last game, they had to use their best team and you could really tell the difference between our fitness levels. We absolutely dominated them, they got a red card, easy 3-0 win. And just like that we were in the final of the Romanian Cup! We faced Dinamo Bucuresti just 3 days after the league game were we secured the championship. There we secured our next Trophy! We went 2-0 ahead and they started their offense too late. 2-1 and we receive our third real trophy! (2 x league champions, 1 x Supercup but that does not count and now 1 x Cup)

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 Youth Intake

The preview was trash. I even forgot to take a screenshot of that. The actual intake was not that bad. 4 players with decent potential, however only one of them has a good personality. In general we didnt have a lot of good personalities in this intake which is dissapointing considering the fact that my HOYD is Model Citizen.

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#1 - Striker - Alexandru Sava

14 years, I had to wait 14 years to receive a tall striker, than can jump quite high and head quite well. But here he finally is. There are a few things, like his pace or off the ball that we need to work on but I have high hopes in him. If he really has 5* potential he will be a starter in the future. But I dont trust these stars at all. We will see..

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#2 - FB - Florin Abuzatoaie

A natural inverted wing back with the best mental and technical stats in this intake. However we really have to work on his physicals and his personality, otherwise I dont see him being a part of the first team in the future.

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#3 - CM - Jenö Molnar

He is already a quite good playmaker! We will focus on his passing and vision in training and he might be our next CM sensation! But again we have to work on his personality.

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Facilities and Finances

We have every facility but our youth facilities maxed. My youth facilities are only adequate but for some strange reason I cant even ask the board for improvements there. I hope this is not a bug.

Because of the Champions League me made huge profit of around 21 Mio € which is nice. We cannot spend the money but its nice to have I guess. 

Best Players this season

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Best Striker this season:

Best Midflieder this season: 

Best Defender this season: 

Best Goalkeeper this season:

 

Summaries

 

[CJ'43]

Kavala Football Club / Αθλητικός Όμιλος Καβάλα

Season 37 - 2060/61

Fixtures / Squad / Transfers / Finances / Manager

Season summary: after last season's disappointing league campaign, we didn’t give our opponents a chance this time. We finished the regular phase with just 2 losses and an 11-point lead over second-placed PAOK. In the championship group, even though we lost 3 of the 10 games, we were still able to control our advantage and win the title by 10 points. This marked our 10th league title, surpassing PAOK to become the fourth team with the most league championships—behind only Olympiacos (65), Panathinaikos (20), and AEK (15). An interesting fact this season, Aigaleo ended up relegated but will be playing in Europa League next season as a result of winning the Conference League. (final league table)

In the cup, we cruised through, beating our affiliate Aiolikos, PAOK, and Larisa in the semi-finals, before securing our 5th trophy with a 3-0 win against Panathinaikos at the Olympic Stadium.

For the first time, we reached the top 8 in the Champions League league phase. We started in the playoff rounds, defeating Antwerp and Nordsjaelland, and later picked up impressive wins against Leverkusen, PSG, and last year’s champions, FC Porto. This saw us qualify directly for the Round of 16, where we faced Napoli. A tough 4-1 loss in Italy made the second leg a tall order. Although we won 2-0 at home, we were eliminated with a 4-3 aggregate score.

On the individual front, Olsi Istrefi (47a) was named the best goalkeeper in the Super League, with 24 goals conceded in 27 matches and 11 clean sheets. Ilias Giannikoglou (47b) was the league’s top scorer with 24 goals in 26 appearances and won the Greek Player of the Year award. Nine of our players made it into the Super League Best XI, including Thodoros Bedrelis 47d. who had an average 7.48 rating this season, and I was honored with the Manager of the Year award. Stavros Diamantopoulos was also recognized as the world’s most promising player after finishing 3rd in last year’s NXGN list.

 

Youth intake: this year’s intake wasn’t great compared to recent seasons, but two players are worth mentioning: Fanouris Pindonis (61a) and Indrit Zefi (61b).

 

Team history:

Manager history:

[mschafer13]

Dulwich Hamlet - 2055/56

 

Okay, it took 2 seasons instead of 1, but we're going up to the Championship! Picked to finish 24th, 300-1 odds, we gained promotion through the playoffs after finishing 4th.

 

I really think it's just the tactic I created a couple seasons ago with no central midfield. My players aren't this good, I have no other way to explain (almost) back to back promotions. My leading goal scorer plays as an Attacking Midfielder up top, and his stats are terrible but he still scored the most, albeit only 17. My top 3 goal scorers actually were all Attacking Midfielders.

 

We're in big, big trouble next season in the Championship though. Our finances are terrible. My only hope is for a wealthy takeover.

I couldn't even sign my 2 best youth intake players, they wanted more money that we had, so that was a big blow. They got poached by other teams, so I'm left with these guys.

Mostly all positions I don't need the help right now, but with our poor finances, we'll take whatever player will sign with us! 

On to the Championship..

 

[naterr]

24 minutes ago, mschafer13 said:

Dulwich Hamlet - 2055/56

 

Okay, it took 2 seasons instead of 1, but we're going up to the Championship! Picked to finish 24th, 300-1 odds, we gained promotion through the playoffs after finishing 4th.

 

I really think it's just the tactic I created a couple seasons ago with no central midfield. My players aren't this good, I have no other way to explain (almost) back to back promotions. My leading goal scorer plays as an Attacking Midfielder up top, and his stats are terrible but he still scored the most, albeit only 17. My top 3 goal scorers actually were all Attacking Midfielders.

 

We're in big, big trouble next season in the Championship though. Our finances are terrible. My only hope is for a wealthy takeover.

I couldn't even sign my 2 best youth intake players, they wanted more money that we had, so that was a big blow. They got poached by other teams, so I'm left with these guys.

Mostly all positions I don't need the help right now, but with our poor finances, we'll take whatever player will sign with us! 

On to the Championship..

 

Love the camouflage goalkeeper kits! 

Also, you might be OK in the championship, there is usually a bit more money for clubs compared to what you get in league one. 

[WhiteCat33]

Etincelle Macouba – Martinique Youth Academy Challenge

2030 Season 6 – Martinique Trophee Gerrard Janvion R1

League Performance: XX Place Finish

Bang-average, which is unsurprising as we are young and unskilled.

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Domestic Cup Performance:

Coupe de Martinique: Finalist!

Final was a blowout, but before that we had another great cup run.

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Getting Some money too with a record attendance for the final

Coupe de France (Martinique): Finalist!

Started the season well with another Final appearance and again were knocked off by Club Franciscain. This one was frustrating as we gave away a 6' penalty to them and then they sat back all game and we couldn't break through. 

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Squad:

CA & RA Excel Player List:

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CA & RA Team Tables:

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Just love how ridiculously better our GK is than the rest of the team.

Defense is looking up with our CDs as a key strength for the team. CMs are also developing well.

Player Highlights:

Morgan Berger [GK] - Shockingly he hasn't been scooped up by anyone yet. Still on a $6 Appearance fee non-contract for an actually good GK. In some ways I hope he gets taken this summer because I have 2 Professional good ability & potential GKs that need to get gametime. 

Transfer Activity:

Nice and Boring.

Best XI:

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Head Coach:

Still making no money, and no new badges. Mr Manager.

Club Improvements:

Club is losing money so no improvements. We make a significant amount from reaching Cup Finals from Gate Reciepts, and that is what is keeping the losses low. 

Youth Academy:

Head of Youth Development

Same man.

Youth Intake Preview:

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Youth Intake:

Solid intake even if we got yet another GK. Personalities are okay, we have decent professionalism through the intake.

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YI Best Candidates:

Multiple First Team Ready Candidates.

YA Excel Analysis:

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Enjoy seeing the continued higher top-end & Depth of CA in the intake.

Happy with the personality spread even if Unambitious got a big boost this year.

Higher Attack players this year, which is much needed.

Academy Tables:

Many new top-10 candidates. Slowly and surely building up team quality.

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International Players:

Main:

No appearance yet, but my GK who has miraculously not been poached has been called up as the 3rd GK

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Youth:

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Spreadsheet Manager:

I was away this weekend so haven't done any development.

Summary

Save is going well. Squad is ready for another clear out of older players (20-22) that are sub-par to bring up 15-year-olds to build the next standard of play. I expect 2-3 more seasons of mid-table finishes combined with focuses on cup runs to keep the finances stable. Expect a significant drop in performance when my GK finally leaves, but we've got the potential + Personality youngsters to fill in.

Youth Academy Challenge Bingo & Trophy Cabinet

Sacha Bousquet is our first 100+ Appearance Player out of the Academy! We also added another Cup Final to the check-off and easily have the most players in the MTQ R1.

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