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After 7 seasons of no football for my youngsters, could this finally be the turning point? I don't know if they'll play in a real league but even simulated games would be an enormous boost. They've also finally agreed to find me a feeder club after I pointed out we don't have any youth football at all.

Season Summary This season was probably the most dramatic so far, unfortunately for mostly the wrong reasons. We were poor in the league all season, losing our first league game 7-0 and limping into the winter break half way up the table. After Christmas our form fell off a cliff going 12 league games without a win, sending us into the final league game game 11th and 2 points from safety. Luckily is was against whipping boys Ivancsa and we thumped them 4-1 to stay up on games won (used before goal difference in Hungary). Oddly that last win felt as good as any in this save so far and definitely reignited the fire to continue despite our gradual decline in the last few league seasons. Europe however was a different story. We dispatched Olympiakos, Gorica and PAOK with relative ease to march into the Europa League group stage, where we continued our ridiculous form beating HJK 6-0. (3 days after losing 7-0 in the league!) We managed to get to the knockouts by beating Salzburg 10-7 on aggregate in a ridiculous tie, all whilst losing heavily week in week out in the league. Arsenal eventually knocked us out on their way to the cup, beating Roma 7-1 in the final. This season has shown me that although we have some decent players that level of player is wafer thin and the 18 games in Europe left constantly fatigued and unable to compete domestically. It didn't help that the top 3 are trying to sign half of my squad and at least 5 of my starting 11 have been unsettled throughout the season. I'm hoping with no European football next season we can get back to basics and improve our league performance. If it gets worse again, we're going down! Murai and Toth struck up a fine partnership up front with 54 goals between them in all competitions, though the former's physical stats are in decline and it was probably his last season as a regular starter. Our problems were at the back where we shipped an incredible 115 goals, including 40 in our European campaign. A Qatari team decided that a 34 year old Lekai was exactly what they needed and although I refused to sell him it unsettled him throughout the season. Coupling this with our fitness problems at the back we regularly conceded 3s and 4s with the odd 6 and one 7 thrown in. Lekai did calm down at the end of the season and signed on for another 2 seasons. The youth intake was okay but another keeper isn't really what I need with Hungarian U21 Illes waiting in the wings when Lekai does hang up his gloves. Our U19s still don't play again competitive games which is really hamstringing player development and now ultimately the whole save. I am going to play on for now though because I'm loving Hungary and I'm not ready to admit defeat just yet! Screenshots

Season Summary Decided to keep the words in this report a little more succinct, mainly so I can get stuck into next season! We had a slightly better outing in the league and flirted with the top four for two thirds of the season but fell away badly towards the end. That was partly due to me blooding more youngsters and partly because I was resting players for the cup, which we won! We had a favourable run, avoiding all the top teams until the final and managing to win against the odds. This will put us into the Europa League qualifiers and hopefully give us the financial boost to take our facilities to the next level. We did lose a player this season, our chairman deciding 300k was far too much to turn down for U19s international Gyepes 03-Elite. Luckily we are well stacked in that position and he was only second choice so it shouldn't affect us too badly but I'll be interesting to see how much he improves. Our goalscoring woes from last season were alleviated by the emergence of Toth 04-Elite, who has jumped above both other youth strikers and netted an impressive 18 goals in 32 starts. Our youth intake this season was disappointing with a mix of poor personalities and higher rated players coming through in areas of the pitch we are already strong. We do have 6 age group internationals now but I think it will be a long while before a player makes it into the full national side. Screenshots

Welcome to the challenge! If you load Serie D it will automatically load in all the players from that level saving you having to choose the individual leagues.

Season Summary League - A step back in the name of progress with a disappointing but secure 8th placed finish. It became apparent after 10 games that our front two Popov and Murai weren't going to continue performing as they had in the first four seasons of the challenge so I opted to throw in some of my younger players and begin the handing of the baton. This was the first season two of our graduates (Nagy 02-Elite & Boros 03-Elite) became regular starters with both registering over 30 starts. In total 12 academy graduates made 5 or more appearances, meaning I'm not too disheartened by the lower league position than previous campaigns. Cup - We made the Quarter Final and honestly should have gone further. For the second season in a row we lost to Gyirmot who finished 13th in the second tier, my own stubbornness to play our cup keeper costing me as he made two mistakes in a 2-1 defeat. The winner of the cup enters the Europa League qualifiers (2nd-4th in the league only go into the Conference League) so I'll be having more of a go at this from now on. Europa Conference League - N/A Misc. - We managed an upgrade to both training and youth facilities this season but that has hit us hard financially. The board still won't budge on junior coaching which is annoying as we are getting higher potential youngster through but without any U19s fixtures it's hard to close the gap between low CA and higher PA without playing them in the first team and sacrificing more results. The nation's coefficient is now ranked 21st, up from 26th last season so it is getting easier for Hungarian teams to reach the group stages of the EL & ECL but none have made it to the Champions League groups so far. Key Players Lekai reprises his place despite an average season by his standards (luckily for him his average is better than everyone else's good!). He only conceded 45 goals which probably reinforces that my problems were at the top of the pitch this season rather than in defence. We do now have a decent second keeper so I now rest him for the cup games. It perhaps looks an odd choice to have someone here who only started 9 games all season but Szego 03-Elite's performances at the back end of the season has given me hope that there is life after Murai and Popov. I'm undecided whether to give Popov one last chance or just throw Szego in from game week 1 next season but currently I'm leaning towards the latter. The most unconventional route to the key players section is undoubtedly the path trodden by Erdey, who despite being here for five seasons didn't make a single appearance in the first four as he was sat in our hidden B team. I located him after Borbas left us for free (and got relegated) by checking our strongest players in that position, and although his attributes are modest at best 11 goals from the left wing is a fine return for a player in his debut professional season. Youth Intake I'm quite happy with this intake even though it only produced three elite talents, our lowest amount so far. What makes it more promising than previous intakes is that two of the elites have a fairly professional personality and are already developing faster than any of our other youngsters not getting regular first team minutes. Bakos looks the pick and although we're stacked at centre half our best defender Nagy 02-Elite has decided he's too good for the club after one season of regular football and wants to leave for a bigger club (like the last two who now play in the second division!) Bucs comes in as our 4th elite left back in 3 seasons but I'm hoping we can develop him a little better than some of the others. Transfers Borbas left us at the end of his contract to pursue a higher standard of football only to sign for the club who finished dead last and got relegated. He'll be joining Urbantsok as the second player to leave for better things only to end up plying their trade in a lower division. As more younger players turn pro we really need to get them out on loan as they're stagnating without an active U19s team. Next Season More consolidation on the menu as I continue the changing of the guard from our original players to academy graduates. I'd be happy with a mid table finish again and intend to have a go at trying to win the cup even if that is unlikely. There is a lot of potential in the youngsters I have but without any competitive age group football the only way I can really bring them on is by playing them and accepting a few mediocre seasons until they improve beyond our original players. We now have a total of 4 graduates playing in the Hungarian national teams though no-one in the senior squad yet where most players are based abroad. Nagy 02 is in the U21s, Tasi 03 is with the U19s whilst Gyepes 03 & Szucs 03 are now part of the U18s and will both be pushing to start in our first team next season.

Season Summary League - It was always going to be a tough ask to repeat the success of last season and so it proved. The first half of the season was particularly poor and the hangover from our maiden European adventure saw us down in 9th at the winter break. Form did pick up drastically following a switch back to 4-2-3-1 in the second half of the season and we roared up the league to finish 4th. Annoyingly Honved won the cup so despite securing a 4th place finish by beating Zalaegerszegi on the last day there will be no European football for us next season. Hat tip to the top two who absolutely smashed it out of the park this season. Cup - No heroics as usual. We won 8-2 in the third round against a non-league side before limping out in round four to second tier side Gyirmot. Europa Conference League - We won our first ever tie 5-3 on aggregate against Slovenian side Domzale before getting knocked out 4-0 (3-0,1-0) by Wolfsburg. The real story this season in Europe was Mol Fehervar, who had a tremendous run to the quarter finals before being knocked out by eventual winners Valencia. Misc. - Another set of upgrades to youth facilities and youth recruitment puts our facilities up there with the best in Hungary. The board won't budge on junior coaching despite us having a decent wedge banked. Following the loss of Urbantsok on a free last year, winger Borbas has unfortunately opted to do the same which will leave a huge gap on our right hand side next season. Key Players Lekai has been on this list every season and is showing no signs of slowing down. He wasn't as good as last campaign but still managed 9 clean sheets. Sadly he never made it into the Hungary squad and I fear that ship has now probably sailed for him. A first appearance in this section for Halacsi despite him playing in all four seasons under my tenure was just reward for his best campaign to date. 4 goals and 12 assists was a decent return for the inside forward who at the age of 24 still has his best years ahead of him. Three certainties in life are death, taxes and Murai appearing as one of my key players. 26 goals for our talisman this year who despite being the wrong side of 30 is showing absolutely no sign of slowing down. He dropped back to attacking midfield for the last 10 games, becoming even more profile with 8 of his goals coming from that position. Youth Intake (Forgot to take player screenshots at intake so they're from the end of the season) Plenty more elite talents here though I am not convinced by all of them. That being said Illes brings some much needed depth between the sticks and is easily our second best keeper after Lekai. Our U19s still aren't playing any games and haven't been entered into the youth leagues (maybe a bug at this point?) so I'll get him out on loan as soon as he turns pro. Toth looks to be a potential talent in attacking midfield, also bringing a rare professional personality into our generally unambitious squad. I signed up a total of 7 players from this intake but don't expect them all to make the grade longer term. Transfers Urbantsok left us on a free (is there any way to show both sold and released players together?) at the start of the season which we took a while to recover from. Frustratingly for all his banging on about wanting to play at a higher level he ended up at a second division team! It will be incredibly annoying if the same happens with Borbas this summer but I have an inkling it just might. We didn't sell anyone this season and I struggled to attract interest in my younger players so only managed to place one out on loan, something I need to improve quickly. Next Season I'm not really sure what to expect but I'd like to think we are becoming a permanent fixture in the top division now, maybe even a top half side. We seem comfortably better than the lesser sides but the top teams, particularly the top two seem to have come on leaps and bounds and raced away from us. In the 6 games against Ferencvaros and Puskas Academia we shipped a total of 23 goals and took no points, something we really need to improve to try and get back in Europe. My Mighty Magyar project is coming along nicely, with Borbas (u21s), Nagy 02-Elite, Boros 03-Elite (both U19s) and Tasi (U18s) taking our total number of international representatives to four. The senior national team did qualify for the 2026 World Cup but exited in the group stage.

Season Summary I honestly have no idea where this season came from. We started the season strong and never looked back, going into the winter break top of the league and 3 points clear. We ended up finishing third, only 5 points off the title despite the bulk of our starting 11 being exactly the same as the previous season. Although I went back to two up front and tried to get at teams more I wouldn't call it a huge tactical overhaul so to qualify for Europe is an incredible achievement by the team. All 3 of our star players are now approaching or over 30 so we need to start integrating youth quickly if we want to follow this up with more success. We only made it as far as the fourth round of the Magyar Kupa this season with our second string losing on penalties to Honved. I'm not sure the gap between unplayable teams and the top of Hungarian football is as big as I first suspected as this season's second division champions were previously unplayable until this campaign. We managed both a junior coaching and youth recruitment this season which showed in our intake, as well as switching our HoYD for a professional personality which unfortunately hasn't yet shown improvement in the players coming through. Key Players This section is starting to feel like rinse and repeat but that's because we have 4 players who are a lot better than the rest of our team, so 3 have to make it here! Lekai had another incredible season between the sticks, averaging well over 7 and turning in more than one 9+ performance, usually against the Ferencvaros battering ram! National team manager Ralf Rangnick has been to watch him twice now and I expect him to be called up over the summer. Borbas has been in the team over the past three seasons but until now was unspectacular however with 10 goals and 13 assists from the right wing this was a breakout season for him. Annoyingly his rise has lead to him announcing he will be exploring his options when his contract expires at the end of next season. Murai (and his strike partner Popov) continued to excel, moving back up front this season and scoring 21 goals as the pair again bagged over 40 between them. He is at his peak now and I was starting to worry that both he and Popov would be irreplaceable but this season's intake has given me hope. Youth Intake Another very promising intake with six elite and two top talents joining the club's under 19s team. We upgraded the youth recruitment in August and it showed. Boros looks to have the ability to become our replacement for the (potentially) outgoing Urbantsok in midfield but annoyingly only has 2 determination and an unambitious personality. He'll be joining the first team group for pre-season and will be seeing game time next season. Szego looks to be exactly what I was hoping for at the top of the pitch, with his 14 finishing already on a par with the leading marksmen at this level. He started our penultimate game of the season due to a suspension for Murai and is already the third best striker at the club. Both are tied down to 6 year (3+3) contracts which I will look to extend every other season. Transfers Klausz was our 4th choice left winger and Schindler our 5th choice striker so I opted not to renew the contract of either and both left at the start of the season. Katona had a largely successful loan (15 goals in 42 games) in the lower leagues and will be returning next season as our 4th choice centre forward. Horvath was a decent striker I didn't want to lose but was annoyed he didn't start over my deadly duo. His unhappiness started to affect others so I let him move on before the season started. We were very lucky that our strikers only missed 3 games between them all season so he wasn't missed too much. Urbantsok will be exploring his options this summer and has no interest in renewing. He is our best midfielder but only average for the level we are at so I am crossing everything that no options are forthcoming and he opts to stay! Next Season More of the same please! I'm not sure if this season was a fluke or my team are better than I give them credit for but at 600/1 again you'd have to expect this will be a hard act to follow. A couple of the academy graduates did contribute, though largely off the bench so I will attempt to get them more starting minutes next season without affecting results too much. We will be entering the Europa Conference League at the third qualifying stage and as I always play (unsuccessful!) lower league saves it will be my first ever attempt at the competition. I've no idea how strong we are in comparison to the other teams in it but in my eyes it's mainly an extra income source for facility upgrades at this point. In terms of my quest to reinvent the Mighty Magyars of the 50s, we have two Hungarian U21s (Urbantsok & Borbas) & one U19 (Tamas Nagy 02-Elite). Lekai is also knocking on the door of the senior team but I think it will be a while before we are helping Ralf Rangnick get the country back at the top table.

Considering our youth players are still only subs for the most part I don't really understand what has happened here. Using the same starting 11 as last season, with only 2 or 3 still at a developing age.. this is the table with 7 games to go. As amazed and delighted as I am, we've played Ferencvaros twice and drawn 5-5 and lost 4-3 after leading 5-2 and 3-1 in each respective game!

Season Summary We exceeded my expectations and ended up securing safety with four games to spare. It was a season of three thirds, with us initially starting terribly and only picking up 2 wins in our first 13 games. We picked up after the winter break, managing 7 wins in our next 13 which had us all but safe with 7 games remaining. Our worst run of the season was those last seven games where we failed to win, largely due to me trying to give game time to our younger players but we still survived by 10 points, a huge success for our first season at this level. Ferencvaros didn't win the title for the first time in 7 seasons, finishing runners up to Mol Fehervar. Although the gap to the top teams looks big we did compete well taking points off all of the top four teams, whilst beating fifth placed Honved on all three of our meetings against them. Our cup run again ended in the fifth round to fellow top tier side Diosgyori, with a 4-0 home thumping reflecting my desire to keep my first team fit and fresh for the league games either side of the tie. On the club structure side we managed an upgrade to both training facilities and youth recruitment which was handy, though the board won't budge on junior coaching yet. Although we lose a bit of money month on month it is currently well covered by the TV rights in the league so I'm hoping to push some more upgrades next season. Annoyingly my U19s aren't playing in a league yet and my 2nd team seem to have disappeared altogether so I'll be looking to get some of the younger lads on loan asap until the invitation to a youth league arrives. Youth Intake Another strong looking intake. For the second season in a row the best prospect was a centre half called Nagy which could be confusing in a few season! He went straight into the first team group and managed 5 appearances at the end of the season without disgracing himself. Koronczai also came on as a sub in the last two games but will at least start next season in the under 19s. In total I signed 7 players from this intake and have high hopes we will see a few in the first team in the coming seasons. Key Players Lekai is our best player in my assistant's opinion and he didn't disappoint. Despite conceding 64 overall I have no doubt he saved us more than the 10 points we survived by. He's only just entering his peak as a keeper but I do worry we don't have anyone near his level when he does start to decline. Murai had the highest average rating in the squad and managed another 13 goals despite me dropping him back to AMC to try and make us a bit tighter against the stronger teams. His strike partner Popov hit 19 to take both to over 40 goals each in two seasons. Toth was a revelation at centre half after last season's defensive retirements. He did unfortunately break his back 5 games before the end of the season and I'm hoping it doesn't do too much harm to his physical stats before he returns ready for next seasons. Transfers No transfers but two of our defenders from the first season success retired before the start of the season. Three more players will be leaving on frees this summer after becoming surplus to requirements in the first team. Our young midfielder Urbantsok has been making noises about wanting to leave all season and has now confirmed he will be exploring his options at the end of his contract. He's now in the Hungary u21s and I'm at the crossroads of do I try and sell him now or let him run his contract down to get one more season out of him and push for a top half finish.

I've no idea why my goalkeeping coach decided to invite himself to the post match presser after my assistant Arjen Robben doing it for 18 months. If he regularly churns out one liners like this he'll be getting the gig full time.

Season Summary Well this was unexpected! We started very well and were sitting top of the league, 10 clear of third going into the winter break. After I renewed all the contracts our form fell off a cliff losing 4 straight in a row but we managed to recover, winning promotion with two games to spare. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't concerned this has come too soon, the quality jump to the top league seems huge and I wouldn't be entirely surprised to see us come straight back down. Our rearguard was creaking towards the end of the season with a 36 and 33 year old, the former of which will be retiring before the start of net season meaning one of our younger lads is going to have to step up pretty quickly. We did manage a HUGE shock in the cup, holding out against top tier champions Ferencvaros for a famous 1-0 win before eventually falling in the fifth round to another top division side, Vasas. Youth Intake Two five star prospects in the first intake. Both are unfortunately unambitious but good talents nonetheless. I gave Nagy a start in the final two games of the season after promotion was already secured and due to retirements he'll be in the first team squad ready for the start of next season. I sign up 5 players in total from this intake but whether all will make it long term remains to be seen. Key Players Murai and Popov were a deadly front two, scoring 46 of our 67 league goals between them. Urbantsok is only 18 but forced his way into the first team half way through the season due to his rapid development. He's already been capped by the Hungary u19s and I feel I would have lost him if we didn't go up. In fact I still may as the big Hungarian teams are already monitoring him closely. Transfers Our third choice keeper became unsettled so I let him leave in January for a small fee.

Hmm. We seem to have a 2nd team I have no way of accessing. One of the players has just come to me unhappy I rejected an offer for him, spent ages looked for him before it told me he plays for Budaocrs II. When I go to click on that squad there's no hyperlink, I can't search for them and can't find them in my development centre of any other way. Anyone had this before and know a workaround? There seems to be 20 players in there I can't look at or get to unless someone bids for them.

@darren1983 The reset date for Hungary is June 20th. Mighty Magyars - Budaörsi SC I have spent the last week or so reading the whole thread before deciding to dive back in myself for my first attempt since 2021. There has been some terrific content to keep me entertained in work Zoom meetings during the run up to Christmas and huge congratulations to those who have already completed this year's challenge. I have decided to take on the challenge in Hungary, specifically with Budaörsi SC. Although the team are almost 100 years old they have no real success of note, hopefully I will be able to change that. I've chosen Hungary for two reasons. Firstly, it's one of the countries where this challenge has not yet been completed. I'm not sure how easy this will be as I did notice on the list the youth rating here is rather low. We do start as a professional outfit however which should help aid develop of the youths we do produce. Secondly I want to try and create something close to the great Hungarian team of the 1950s, led by Real Madrid legend Ferenc Puskas and often referred to as the Mighty Magyars. They were noted for several famous games in the mid fifties, including the 'Match of the Century' in which they beat England 6-3 at Wembley and a famous run to the 1954 World Cup final, eventually losing to champions West Germany despite being huge favourites. Although this challenge obviously doesn't include international management, if by some miracle I do complete the challenge I will look to take over the Hungarian national team and continue playing.