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San Marino 2032
Group Table Results Squad Nation
2032 started with us competing in the EURO Play Offs as mentioned in a few posts above. Then we had the Nations League C to compete in. Our group consisted of Croatia (32), Montenegro (109) and Georgia (101). I knew we stood a good chance of survival even with them all ranked higher than us (150). I didnt however think we would finish 2nd. Croatia were obviously too strong for us but the 5-2 win over Montenegro was just amazing. They did however get revenge by beating us in the return fixture. The 2 games against Croatia went better than expected, we lost 3-2 and then 1-0, both very respectable results. Along the way Stefanelli 28I bagged his 18th goal for the national team which made him the countries all time Leading Goalscorer.
We have been given a tough group featuring both Portugal and Switzerland in next years qualifiers so we can measure our progress even more.
On another note the San Marino u19's have managed to get through a tough Group in the first qualifying round for the 2033 u19s EUROS and have been rewarded with a 2nd Rnd Quaifiers group which looks possible to progress from. I have been struggling to find a manager for them since 2 years ago and have decided to take charge for these games to see if we can get to our first EUROS at any age group.
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6 hours ago, Musclement said:
Hi Lewis,
Thanks for the quick reply! Super helpful. Managing a San Marino league club on the side will take too long for me to be honest, so I will just go with San Marino Calcio then. I will reconsider the national team, you make a good point. However, if I then want to be able to join the San Marino national team with my own manager, then I will have to wait for the job to actually open up, right?
On a side note, I see you are racing through your seasons incredibly fast. How do you do that? Do you simulate all matches or actually play them?
Yeah i use the I.R for a lot of the matches but play all the bigger games and national team games.
You can just sack the manager and apply for the job. I did this about 5/6 years into the save and got the job almost instantly.
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4 hours ago, wynter said:
Storming through this, especially given your starting point. Absolutely well done man!
Cheers man. Its a long slog but is worth it.
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4 hours ago, Musclement said:
Hi everyone! I'd like to get some help to get started and join all of you on this challenge, I hope that especially @duesouth can provide a bit of advice, as I see you seem to be the OP. I will use the save game provided by BB to get started in the Serie C (1 year simulated). Next, I've downloaded this (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1916855633) through the workshop to replace Cattolica with San Marino Calcio, which was also done by BB. As much as I like the name of Cattolica, I love the colors, logos etc. of the original San Marino Calcio. Additionally, I have added the San Marino leagues (by Claassen), as that will hopefully give some better development to San Marino as a football nation.
Having done the above, could anyone please confirm whether this the setup that allows me to play the challenge properly? I worry most about the youth intake. Will these consist of (mostly) San Marinese (hope that's how I should call them)? Otherwise it will be a hopeless exercise.
I'm planning to start with the San Marino Calcio job and combine it from the start with the San Marino national team job. Only remark in that case is that I have 100% knowledge of all the San Marinese players, due to me being the national team coach and having the full database at my disposal.
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Will this challenge be doable without having a second manager, managing a local San Marino team? I'm reading your posts and it sees like many of you actually do. Will it somehow increase the CA and PA of the youth intake of San Marino Calcio and the country in general?
It is doable without a 2nd manager, whether its easier/harder is difficult to say. It will help eventually but i tried it with 2 managers (1 at calcio and 1 in san marino league) last season. Its a very long process with just the 1 manager and i was 10 years in before i produced a player capable of making the jump to San Marino Calcio.
Im not sure it will effect the intakes at San Marino Calcio but i do know (or have read) that depending on how important football is in a country, this has some influence on intakes. You would probably need to develop the league as a whole rather than one team to see this have any effect. You can do this with one team but again its a long process of earning your domestic league european coefficients and that leads to more places in Europe for your league etc.
Also i personally wouldnt recommend starting with the national team, its a long slog between the start of the game and the point you can start picking up wins, each to their own though. Good luck whatever route you take.
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San Marino 2031/32
Senior Team
Competitions
On previous saves I have found that once you win your first title, it is quite easy to go on and start to dominate the division. This year, Fiorentina have other ideas. They were simply too hot to handle this season and deservedly ran away with the league. They finished on 92 points which is the second highest of the save so far. We managed to seal 3rd place which is disappointing but I must say I weirdly enjoyed it, I am looking forward to next season already and the challenge of dethroning the champions.
In the Champions League we were handed a much better draw than last time due to being seeded 1st. Our group consisted of Liverpool, Olympiakos and Leverkusen. We topped our group having won 4 and drawing both games against Liverpool. In the last 16 we were matched against Chelsea who convincingly beat us in last seasons Europa League Final and with our league form inconsistent I worried they would do the same. We pulled off a fantastic 2-1 win in the home leg before playing even better in a 3-0 away win to gain our revenge. Into the QF where would face Atletico. They proved too strong for us, beating us 4-2 over the two legs.
Onto the TIM Cup and we have been getting closer and closer to winning it over the last few seasons and this season, we took that final leap. We saw off Parma, Fiorentina and Udinese on route to the final against Inter. It was a cagey affair and ended goalless after 120 mins, I think this is the first shootout we have been involved in, but we managed to seal the Cup in the end and with it the clubs first in history.
We lost in the Super Cup to Inter.
The most amazing thing about this season is......Look who finished bottom of the league!!! They have spent £1.2b since the save started.....Crazy.
Playing Squad
We messed up our recruitment this summer big time, and nobody else is to blame but myself. I hate mega transfer fees and wages. At the moment our highest earner is on £100k a week. You may think that is a lot but when all tallied up, we spend £62m a year on wages compared to a league high of £196m (Inter). This is having a huge impact on who we can sign as we are missing out on players but I just cant justify it. The club do make profit so we could spend more without risking the clubs finances but I just dont want too. Our team is a young one still and we have alot of room for improvement. I will try to loosen the purse strings a little bit this summer.
Reserves
The reserves have again done us proud with a 5th placed finish in Serie B. Youth product and national team star Stefanelli 28i even managed to finish the season as top scorer with 16 goals.
Youth Production
I havent taken a screenshot of the intake sadly but you can see from the above that we got 4 players through who potentially can be 3* players. Nothing amazing but 3* is considered a decent Serie A player so they could do something with the national team in time. I may look to change my HOYD this summer. He has done well bringing through 2 special youngsters in his 6 years at the club, but I may look for one with a better personality.
Finances and Facilities
A much better year financially being back at our stadium which now holds 23'638. I have requested another expansion and the board have agreed to another 4000 seats.
Other Stuff
The domestic league still only has 4 professional clubs but has risen another couple places to 141 in the league rankings.
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San Marino 2031/32
Senior Team
Competitions
On previous saves I have found that once you win your first title, it is quite easy to go on and start to dominate the division. This year, Fiorentina have other ideas. They were simply too hot to handle this season and deservedly ran away with the league. They finished on 92 points which is the second highest of the save so far. We managed to seal 3rd place which is disappointing but I must say I weirdly enjoyed it, I am looking forward to next season already and the challenge of dethroning the champions.
In the Champions League we were handed a much better draw than last time due to being seeded 1st. Our group consisted of Liverpool, Olympiakos and Leverkusen. We topped our group having won 4 and drawing both games against Liverpool. In the last 16 we were matched against Chelsea who convincingly beat us in last seasons Europa League Final and with our league form inconsistent I worried they would do the same. We pulled off a fantastic 2-1 win in the home leg before playing even better in a 3-0 away win to gain our revenge. Into the QF where would face Atletico. They proved too strong for us, beating us 4-2 over the two legs.
Onto the TIM Cup and we have been getting closer and closer to winning it over the last few seasons and this season, we took that final leap. We saw off Parma, Fiorentina and Udinese on route to the final against Inter. It was a cagey affair and ended goalless after 120 mins, I think this is the first shootout we have been involved in, but we managed to seal the Cup in the end and with it the clubs first in history.
We lost in the Super Cup to Inter.
The most amazing thing about this season is......Look who finished bottom of the league!!! They have spent £1.2b since the save started.....Crazy.
Playing Squad
We messed up our recruitment this summer big time, and nobody else is to blame but myself. I hate mega transfer fees and wages. At the moment our highest earner is on £100k a week. You may think that is a lot but when all tallied up, we spend £62m a year on wages compared to a league high of £196m (Inter). This is having a huge impact on who we can sign as we are missing out on players but I just cant justify it. The club do make profit so we could spend more without risking the clubs finances but I just dont want too. Our team is a young one still and we have alot of room for improvement. I will try to loosen the purse strings a little bit this summer.
Reserves
The reserves have again done us proud with a 5th placed finish in Serie B. Youth product and national team star Stefanelli 28i even managed to finish the season as top scorer with 16 goals.
Youth Production
I havent taken a screenshot of the intake sadly but you can see from the above that we got 4 players through who potentially can be 3* players. Nothing amazing but 3* is considered a decent Serie A player so they could do something with the national team in time. I may look to change my HOYD this summer. He has done well bringing through 2 special youngsters in his 6 years at the club, but I may look for one with a better personality.
Finances and Facilities
A much better year financially being back at our stadium which now holds 23'638. I have requested another expansion and the board have agreed to another 4000 seats.
Other Stuff
The domestic league still only has 4 professional clubs but has risen another couple places to 141 in the league rankings.
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EURO 2032 Play Offs
As a reward for winning our Nations League Division D group last year we were rewarded with a semi final spot in the EURO Play Offs. Our tie was against Albania (68). A tough tie but not one we couldnt cause an upset in. It was a tough game, with not many chances and finished 0-0 at FT. Onto extra time and our legs were really starting to go and they were getting the better of us until in true FM fashion we went up the other end on a counter and Stefanelli 28i finished off a lightning move to put us 1-0 ahead. With just 15 mins to play we started to dominate and could easily have grabbed another goal but it ended 1-0.
Onto the final and we would face Iceland (66). My initial thought was they are only ranked 2 places higher than Albania so I thought we have a chance here, I was wrong. They played us off the park and the 2-0 scoreline could and should have been higher. I am not too disappointed, it would have been nice to qualify, but realistically we are not ready for that yet.
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San Marino 2031
League Table Results Squad Nation
We started the year ranked 165th and 2031 saw us competing in the EURO 2032 qualifiers. We were handed a tough group, drawn alongside Croatia (29), Austria (30), Turkey (16) and Finland (74). All 4 sides being ranked in the top 75 and 3 in the top 30, I knew we stood little to any chance of causing an upset. We did get off to a perfect start, beating Finland 1-0 to record the nations first win over a side in the worlds top 75. This was short lived though and we failed to win a game for the rest of the year. The biggest disappointment was the 3 friendly draws. After last years cracking performances in friendlies, I tried to cherry pick opponents again and although we didnt lose, I was gutted to not have won any of the 3 games.
Our performances in the 2030 Nations League have however given us a spot in the EURO 2032 Play Offs Semi Final and the draw has seen us matched against Albania (68). This is going to be a tough game and looking at the names in the Play Offs, even if we manage to pull off a upset and get through, we will more than likely lose in the final anyway. The game against Albania will see Davide Maiani pick up his 100th cap for the national side. He wasn't produced by our academy, but has been a big part of our success. Signed on loan in the 2023/24 season, he spent a season with us before going back to Lecce for a year, they were relegated and we signed him on loan for another 2 seasons before making his transfer permanent. He has been good for us but has found his playing time start to dwindle and im debating whether to move him on in the summer so he can get some more playing time.
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San Marino 2031
League Table Results Squad Nation
We started the year ranked 165th and 2031 saw us competing in the EURO 2032 qualifiers. We were handed a tough group, drawn alongside Croatia (29), Austria (30), Turkey (16) and Finland (74). All 4 sides being ranked in the top 75 and 3 in the top 30, I knew we stood little to any chance of causing an upset. We did get off to a perfect start, beating Finland 1-0 to record the nations first win over a side in the worlds top 75. This was short lived though and we failed to win a game for the rest of the year. The biggest disappointment was the 3 friendly draws. After last years cracking performances in friendlies, I tried to cherry pick opponents again and although we didnt lose, I was gutted to not have won any of the 3 games.
Our performances in the 2030 Nations League have however given us a spot in the EURO 2032 Play Offs Semi Final and the draw has seen us matched against Albania (68). This is going to be a tough game and looking at the names in the Play Offs, even if we manage to pull off a upset and get through, we will more than likely lose in the final anyway. The game against Albania will see Davide Maiani pick up his 100th cap for the national side. He wasn't produced by our academy, but has been a big part of our success. Signed on loan in the 2023/24 season, he spent a season with us before going back to Lecce for a year, they were relegated and we signed him on loan for another 2 seasons before making his transfer permanent. He has been good for us but has found his playing time start to dwindle and im debating whether to move him on in the summer so he can get some more playing time.
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1 hour ago, Bucs1211 said:
What are the best databases to get this save going?? I actually wanna give it a go for once
I have Classens San Marino one loaded and also Italie (D7) Prima Categoria - By @Timo@ . I had to un extinct san marino calcio and put them and the reserves in the league. If you check out the challenge thread there are some links to pre set databases.
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33 minutes ago, FoxGe1994 said:
Which database are you using? Considering changing to play in Italy instead of San Marino.
I have Classens San Marino one loaded. And I have used Italie (D7) Prima Categoria - By @Timo@ I had to edit the database myself to un extinct San Marino Calcio and add them and the reserves to the leagues etc.
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San Marino Calcio 2030/31
Senior Team
Competitions
This is our 7th season in Serie A and after coming 2nd the last 2 seasons we have finally sealed the clubs first title....just. With 2 games to play we led the way just like last season, but this time we won on matchday 37 and Juventus lost handing us the crown. On the last day of the season I played a majority young side and we witnessed a thrilling 5-4 loss against Sampdoria.
In the Champions League we were given a group of Man Utd, Real Madrid and Marseile which proved too strong for us, and we finished 3rd which did at least give us a Europa League spot. We had another great run here getting all the way to the final for a second time, only to lose again but this time to Chelsea. They took an early 2-0 lead and although we dominated the last 60 mins we just couldnt score and they nicked another goal to beat us 3-0.
In the TIM Cup we got to another Semi Final but were beaten by Fiorentina.
Playing Squad
Squad Transfers End Of Season Awards
We have one of the youngest squads in the division, and up until last season I had been way to loyal to players who had been at the club for a while, this summer I decided to change and that went out and spent a club record £55m on new players to try an push for that first title. This clearly worked but the next preseason is going to be crucial, I have a few back up players I need to move on and will be looking for 1 or 2 new players to try improve our performances in Europe next season. We have 2 star prospects at the club, Andrea Protti 29a has had a brilliant breakthrough season. Started the season in the reserves and won player of the month in 3 of the first 4 months. I then promoted him and was using him as a back up AMR and he didn't disappoint. I am tempted to hold him back to try and prevent Italy calling him up but I think that could well be a lost cause. The other player is Alessandro Tomassoni 30a, he is an AMC and with single nationality, could be the face of the national team for many years to come. He only made three senior appearances this year but got a goal and a assist in those games.
Reserves
A good start was followed by a terrible run and at one point they looked to be in a relegation fight, I signed a couple of promising youngsters in January and allowed some of the senior squad who were lacking game time to play for them form January onwards and they ended up 7 points shy of the top and would have been in the play offs if allowed. A solid season but proof the youngsters coming through the club are still not quite ready for this level of football yet.
Youth Production
Easily our poorest intake of the last 3 seasons. No player really stands out as a top prospect although the GK could be the national teams number 1 in a few years if he develops. Signed about 7/8 of them but not expecting anything special.
The Under 20's have had a fantastic season. After winning the UEFA Youth League last season and finishing 7th in the league, they managed to bag our first U20'S Div 1 title, and almost sealed a double but lost in the UEFA Youth League final.
The Under 18's lost in the Final and handed over the league title for the first time in 4 years. The U18's cup we lost in the 3rd Rnd. I think this is the only youth title we are yet to win awin the club.
Finances and Facilities
We have maxed out everything we can facilities and coaching wise. We have taken a hit this year financially and there has been 3 factors in this. The first is we have been paying for the stadium expansion. The second is that whilst this expansion has been ongoing we have spent a season away from our stadium, and the board decided to do this at Rimini's Romeo Neri stadium. This is a 9768 seater so our matchday income has taken a hit. And finally we spent £55m in the summer. Next season we will be playing in our 23'638 seater stadium and I will be looking to upgrade this again as soon as possible.
Other Stuff
We have had another 2 sides in the Campianato Sammarinese Di Calcio turn professional over the last 12 months which takes the total to 4. The league has also jumped 2 places to be ranked 146th in Europe.
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San Marino Calcio 2030/31
Senior Team
Competitions
This is our 7th season in Serie A and after coming 2nd the last 2 seasons we have finally sealed the clubs first title....just. With 2 games to play we led the way just like last season, but this time we won on matchday 37 and Juventus lost handing us the crown. On the last day of the season I played a majority young side and we witnessed a thrilling 5-4 loss against Sampdoria.
In the Champions League we were given a group of Man Utd, Real Madrid and Marseile which proved too strong for us, and we finished 3rd which did at least give us a Europa League spot. We had another great run, getting all the way to the final for a second time in 3 years, only to lose again but this time to Chelsea. They took an early 2-0 lead and although we dominated the last 60 mins we just couldnt score and they nicked another goal to beat us 3-0.
In the TIM Cup we got to another Semi Final but were beaten by Fiorentina.
Playing Squad
Squad Transfers End Of Season Awards
We have one of the youngest squads in the division, and up until last season I had been way to loyal to players who had been at the club for a while, this summer I decided to change and spent a club record £55m on new players to try an push for that first title. This clearly worked but the next preseason is going to be crucial, I have a few back up players I need to move on and will be looking for 1 or 2 new players to try improve our performances in Europe next season. We have 2 star prospects at the club, Andrea Protti 29a has had a brilliant breakthrough season. Started the season in the reserves and won player of the month in 3 of the first 4 months. I then promoted him and was using him as a back up AMR and he didn't disappoint. I am tempted to hold him back to try and prevent Italy calling him up but I think that could well be a lost cause. The other player is Alessandro Tomassoni 30a, he is an AMC and with single nationality, could be the face of the national team for many years to come. He only made three senior appearances this year but got a goal and a assist in those games.
Reserves
A good start was followed by a terrible run and at one point they looked to be in a relegation fight, I signed a couple of promising youngsters in January and allowed some of the senior squad who were lacking game time to play for them form January onwards and they ended up 7 points shy of the top and would have been in the play offs if allowed. A solid season but proof the youngsters coming through the club are still not quite ready for this level of football yet.
Youth Production
Easily our poorest intake of the last 3 seasons. No player really stands out as a top prospect although the GK could be the national teams number 1 in a few years if he develops. Signed about 7/8 of them but not expecting anything special.
The Under 20's have had a fantastic season. After winning the UEFA Youth League last season and finishing 7th in the league, they managed to bag our first U20'S Div 1 title, and almost sealed a double but lost in the UEFA Youth League final.
The Under 18's lost in the Final and handed over the league title for the first time in 4 years. The U18's cup we lost in the 3rd Rnd. I think this is the only youth title we are yet to win awin the club.
Finances and Facilities
We have maxed out everything we can facilities and coaching wise. We have taken a hit this year financially and there has been 3 factors in this. The first is we have been paying for the stadium expansion. The second is that whilst this expansion has been ongoing we have spent a season away from our stadium, and the board decided to do this at Rimini's Romeo Neri stadium. This is a 9768 seater so our matchday income has taken a hit. And finally we spent £55m in the summer. Next season we will be playing in our 23'638 seater stadium and I will be looking to upgrade this again as soon as possible.
Other Stuff
We have had another 2 sides in the Campianato Sammarinese Di Calcio turn professional over the last 12 months which takes the total to 4. The league has also jumped 2 places to be ranked 146th in Europe.
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54 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:
I started off just trying to get my favourite players to take up coaching roles, (I had absolutely loads of staff in the end), but I was also trying to skew the number of Sammarinese players coming through our Academy, (I hated getting Italians), and even with dual Nationality players, even when we beat Italy in the World Cup Final and were ranked above Italy, dual Nationality players would still choose Italy ahead of San Marino. I found that really frustrating so just tried to sign everyone to staff.
Yeah the dual nationality thing is a nightmare, I have lost a few players over the various attempts that could have really kicked us on. Shame it is still an issue even when your ranked above them, although does history and prestige come into play? I will definitely start looking to hire some staff then as anything that can aid us is worth trying.
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1 minute ago, Jimbokav1971 said:
I'm not sure I had feeder clubs. It was a long time ago, (FM14). Were feeder clubs a thing back then? I can't remember. I certainly don't remember using them, (although I certainly had lots of players out on loan).
What I do remember though, (and it's important to remember that this was FM14 rather than a more recent version, is that although there were some random Sammarinese players generated in different places, the best "trigger" I found was to increase the number of Sammarinese staff. A Sammarinese Manager seemed to be the biggest trigger I could find to the generation of Sammarinese players outside San Marino.
I think they were but not at the depth we can use them on the recent versions.
Thats actually really interesting to know, cheers for that. I havent got any Sammarinese staff but will try get some through. I have noticed due to the reserves and youth teams success their managers and assistants are being offered managerial jobs at clubs. None have yet got a big club but I wonder if I can try force a Sammarinese coach into a managerial role this way somehow.
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15 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:
If it starts to go badly at any point, remember that I once went 10 whole seasons without a competitive win for the National Team in that save, (and was relegated with the club side too). I think that's what made my eventual success in that save all the more sweet. Loved it so much I didn't bother playing FM15 and just played this save for 2 years. Hope you have even half as much fun as I did.
Ive havent had that much hardship this year but on last years i tried it youth only. Got to serie B and just got stuck for years and gave up in the end.
You may be able to help me here, did you ever have a Sammarinese youth come through at any of your feeder clubs?
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6 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:
I did this challenge in FM14 and absolutely loved it. I'm sure you will too. Shame to hear that the club side no longer exists. (I hadn't hear that).
Good luck and more importantly..... enjoy.
Cheers mate.
I am really enjoying it thanks. Even more so now the national team are starting to progress.
I remember reading your thread on this and always enjoy reading your updates.
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We have been in a similar if not better position before, last season we led the league with 2 games to play and threw it away, hopefully this season is a different story. We are still not as solid defensively as I would like us to be but, we deserve to be in with a shout. We have beaten Juventus twice this season so are ahead based on this and with 5 games to go, its going to be a challenge to seal our first title.
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San Marino 2030
Its been a pivotal year for the national side, drawn in a generous Nations League Division D group alongside Gibraltar (208) and Andorra (195) I knew we had a strong chance of going straight back up. We started the year ranked 183 and with us having only 4 competitive fixtures it meant I could schedule in some friendlies against sides all ranked considerably higher than us, but sides I fancied us to beat. I chose Bermuda (169), The Soloman Islands (114), Syria (67) and India (96). We produced some fantastic results, with the win over India being hailed as the nations greatest result for years. Along the way we have set a new clean sheet record of 6 games without conceding.
We now have a team that I think is capable of breaking into the top 100, but it is going to take a while due to only being able to cherry pick so many friendlies and we are still some way off competing in any of the qualifiers. Our Squad is now pretty consistent with the same 23 players making the team when fit and I am hoping the fact 95% play in the clubs reserve or youth teams, that is what has lead to the good results and hopefully there is more development to come.
The one player who has to get a mention is Stefanelli 28i who has been in immense form for us, he has hit 2 hat tricks this year, both against Andorra and stands at 10 goals in 12 caps, just shy of the national record of 17.
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San Marino 2030
Its been a pivotal year for the national side, drawn in a generous Nations League Division D group alongside Gibraltar (208) and Andorra (195) I knew we had a strong chance of going straight back up. We started the year ranked 183 and with us having only 4 competitive fixtures it meant I could schedule in some friendlies against sides all ranked considerably higher than us, but sides I fancied us to beat. I chose Bermuda (169), The Soloman Islands (114), Syria (67) and India (96). We produced some fantastic results, with the win over India being hailed as the nations greatest result for years. Along the way we have set a new clean sheet record of 6 games without conceding.
We now have a team that I think is capable of breaking into the top 100, but it is going to take a while due to only being able to cherry pick so many friendlies and we are still some way off competing in any of the qualifiers. Our Squad is now pretty consistent with the same 23 players making the team when fit and I am hoping the fact 95% play in the clubs reserve or youth teams, that is what has lead to the good results and hopefully there is more development to come.
The one player who has to get a mention is Stefanelli 28i who has been in immense form for us, he has hit 2 hat tricks this year, both against Andorra and stands at 10 goals in 12 caps, just shy of the national record of 17.
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San Marino Calcio 2029/30
Senior Team
League Table Squad Competitions
Its been a roller coaster of a season and I cant help but be disappointed. We led the league going into match-day 37 by 2 points, then lost our last 2 league games to throw away our first Serie A title. Finishing as runners up for the second year running is still good but you can feel my pain. Fiorentina won the title for the second season in a row and are developing into a really top side, although they didn't finish 12 points clear of us like last season which is a good sign
In the Champions League we performed really well, Getting through a group that contained Ajax, Zenit and Benfica. In the first Knockout round we faced Barcelona and lost 4-1 over the 2 legs.
In the Italian Cup we got to our first SF but bowed out to Lazio.
Reserve Team
Runners up for the third year running, except this year they managed to seal promotion via the play offs. A brilliant performance but one that means playing in Serie B next season which is a massive step up in class. I can genuinely see them coming straight back down next season but thats okay, they are strictly here to provide first team football to national team eligible players.
Youth Development
For the second season in a row we have produced a really decent looking prospect, the best thing here is he has no dual nationality so wont be getting poached from the national side. Tomassoni 30a is an AMC who looks a fine prospect and will be going straight into the senior national team. No other real stand out but a few should again develop into something we can use. The Under 20's amazingly managed to win the Champions League this year, which is a huge shock as the team is pretty average at best. The under 18's won the Division 1 title for the third year in a row. We only have 2 top prospects in all the youth systems but do have the best coaching set up and coaches and its paying dividends. We are also starting to build up our affiliates, this is solely on youth terms and will hopefully improve our chances of better intakes.
Finances and Facilities
A first season in the champions league and our new stadium has seen our finances improve even further. Our top earner is currently on £80k a week and I dont really want us to go above that just yet although we can afford it if need be. Our stadium is being expanded to 17000+ this summer which is a slight improvement but I want to try get this expanded even further asap. Facilities wise we are at the maximum of everything bar youth facilities which is ongoing and due for completion in November.
Other Stuff
We are now 11 seasons into the game and I thought id just provide an overview of how the save is going. Inter and Juve were the dominant clubs in Italy up until last season, when Fiorentina took the mantle and have now won back to back titles. The Champions League has been shared around Europe with Benfica even managing to win it one season. Surprisingly, no club from Italy is yet to win it since the start of the save, Inter have been runners up twice though.
I do have the San Marino domestic league loaded for obvious reasons and there has been some visible progress here. Correct me if im wrong here as I should have took a note at the start of the save, but I think only one club starts as Semi-Pro and the rest are all amateur clubs, now we have 2 professional clubs and the rest are all semi pro. The league starts ranked around the 180/190 mark and is now ranked at 148th. No side has yet to qualify for a European Competition although Tre Penne have won 1 two legged tie in the EURO CUP 2.
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San Marino 2029
Nation Group Standings Results
2029 saw us competing firstly in the Nations League Division C relegation Play off which we lost. We then went into 2030 World Cup qualifiers and were well beaten. We didnt manage a single point but the positive is minus 18 is our best G.D in a single qualification campaign so far. We do have a much better Squad and pool of players available to us now and we really need to start getting our ranking down. 2030 sees us compete in the Nations League Division D alongside Andorra and Gibraltar. We should be beating both of them now and alongside some cherry picked friendlies against teams higher ranked than us who I fancy our chances against, we should be looking at a very good year ahead of us. Our best 3 players are below:
David Maiani (Cb) - Not a youth product of ours, he came through at Pavia before signing at Lecce. We took him on loan for a couple seasons before a permanent transfer. Has been a mainstay of the national side and has already played 84 games at the age of 26.
Jacopo Stefanelli 28i (st) - One of our own, has scored 3 goals in 7 caps and could be a decent little player in a few years time.
Andrea Arzilli 27g (cb) - The centre back has had a half decent season out on loan and should partner Maiani for the next few years.
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San Marino Calcio 2028/29
Senior Team
League Table Competitions Squad
Its been our best season yet and with it we have managed to seal Champions League football for next season bu finishing 2nd. Fiorentina have managed to break the two club dominance Juventus and Inter have held on the league since 2011. We finished a massive 12 points behind them. Simone Cassano deserves a mention this year. He was by our best performer and also bagged the European golden boy award. In the cup we lost to Lazio in the QF. This season saw us take our 2nd venture into Europe in the Europa League. A solid showing in the group stage meant we topped our group and earned a tie against Olympiakos, we beat them easily before meeting Fiorentina in the QF, they dispatched us and sent us home.
Reserves
Its been another impressive year for the reserves and one that has pleased me more than any of their previous showings, this is mainly because the squad now only has 4 players who are not eligible for the national side, and they still managed to finish runners up, a win on the last day would have seen them crowned champions. In the play offs they lost in the QF to Cesena. Serie B would be step too far for many of the players in this side right now anyway.
Youth Production
And we finally have our first real potential superstar. Andrea Protti 29a is by far the best player we have produced yet. A good personality, fantastic starting stats but he has one major flaw, he wants to play for Italy. The rest of the intake is not amazing but there are a few we can work with who will hopefully benefit the national side at some point.
Finances and Facilities
Another upgrade to the training and youth facilities completed in October with another one ongoing to both. This should see us up there with some of the best facilities on the game. We are due to move into a new stadium this summer and although it only has 15k capacity, I am hoping we can start to upgrade this in the not too distant future. Champions League football next season will see us take a decent rise in earnings but we are super comfortable in this area anyway.
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San Marino 2028 Nations League
You can see from the results in the friendlies that we are starting to progress now. Our performance in the Nations League was as expected, minus the brilliant 6-0 win in the final game. This still was not enough for us to avoid finishing bottom and that meant a Relegation Play Off which we lost. A return to Division D is not the worst thing for us and i expect to bounce straight back up.
Our Under 21's performed miracles in their EURO Qualifiers, and were close to qualifying in a very strong group.
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San Marino 2032
Group Table Results Squad Nation
2032 started with us competing in the EURO Play Offs as mentioned in a few posts above. Then we had the Nations League C to compete in. Our group consisted of Croatia (32), Montenegro (109) and Georgia (101). I knew we stood a good chance of survival even with them all ranked higher than us (150). I didnt however think we would finish 2nd. Croatia were obviously too strong for us but the 5-2 win over Montenegro was just amazing. They did however get revenge by beating us in the return fixture. The 2 games against Croatia went better than expected, we lost 3-2 and then 1-0, both very respectable results. Along the way Stefanelli 28I bagged his 18th goal for the national team which made him the countries all time Leading Goalscorer.
We have been given a tough group featuring both Portugal and Switzerland in next years qualifiers so we can measure our progress even more.
On another note the San Marino u19's have managed to get through a tough Group in the first qualifying round for the 2033 u19s EUROS and have been rewarded with a 2nd Rnd Quaifiers group which looks possible to progress from. I have been struggling to find a manager for them since 2 years ago and have decided to take charge for these games to see if we can get to our first EUROS at any age group.