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Season 2037/38 Changes Mali got an elite striker Keita, while some other African nations (like Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea and Benin) also improved this year. World Cup After disappointments of 2010s generation and losing the final in 2034 Belgium finally won the trophy! Girones was included into the best eleven. Denmark beat hosts South Africa for bronze, both teams achieved it without naturalized players. Tunisia, Syria and Bolivia surely can be proud of their results.

Season 2036/37 Changes I’d say it was the weakest group in all years (probably newgens tend to switch to their second nations more often?), the most interesting player here goes to Belarus. African Cup No big surprises (maybe except Algeria losing all three games), Ivory Coast won the title with Lancine Karamoko as their best player. Gold Cup One more boring final. Saint Vincent and British Virgin Islands played in the group stage, but it’s a clear bug – they actually lost in playoffs.

Season 2035/36 Changes India got a potentially world-class midfielder, also a great improvement for Central Africa, Eritrea and Liechtenstein. Euro Spain repeated the success of Xavi/Iniesta generation, defending the title, and Israel continues to surprise. They don’t have any naturalized players, but high quality newgens (Sinay is the best) allow them to achieve impressive results. What’s even more interesting – both finalists played in the same group where all teams finished with equal points and were sorted randomly! Copa America Two in a row for Brazil, Chile reached the final with help from goalkeeper Rivera who previously played for Argentine youth teams. OFC Cup The hardest tournament for New Zealand so far. Vanuatu only had players from local league but managed to challenge the giants both in group stage and final. Yes, Philippines get the best improvement from Germany, Braga and Ilustre are their best players now, few more newgens come from Spain and England. Indonesia has only one foreign newgen from Norway (surprisingly no one from Netherlands). And speaking of other nations in region, Thailand's Soonsup-Bell is so far the best goalscorer in this experiment.

Season 2034/35 Changes A worse list in terms of abilities than last years, the most interesting player here is former English youth international Ibrahimov moving to his homeland Azerbaijan. Asian Cup First ever trophy for China with the only naturalized player – Spanish striker Ivan. Uzbekistan didn’t have them at all, but both other semi-finalists surely benefited from this experiment, getting players like Ali and Amyn in their squads. Defending champions Japan couldn’t even advance to playoffs! African Cup Ghana defended the title with 8 goals from Justin Diehl! Despite this heavy loss, it’s still a historical achievement for Togo (led by Wisdom Amey). Gold Cup USA won the first trophy since 2021, still a good result for Jamaica and the best ever run for Suriname (Muringen is their best player). Guadeloupe declined after retirement of their leaders and stopped at the group stage.

Season 2033/34 Changes Daniel Nyobe moved to Cameroon, and not many small nations got really good players this time. Only Suriname (especially as goalkeeper position is usually a weak spot for these teams) and Bolivia are worth mentioning. World Cup Serbia became the first new world champions since 2010, defeating Belgium (also first ever final for them)! Lazar Samardzic and Emil Girones played in the final. Jamaica reached quarter-finals, only losing to the future champions on penalties. Dean Chin obviously played a huge part in this result with four clean sheets. Debuts for Thailand, Guinea-Bissau and Curacao weren’t too remarkable.

Season 2032/33 Changes Former Man City prospect Harrison gains American passport, while Moldova, Trinidad & Tobago, Somalia, Pakistan and Lesotho get their new leaders for years. African Cup Angola was close to defending the title, losing to Ghana in overtime. Sierra Leone with their best player David Kalokoh achieved highest ever result reaching quarter-final, while some regular title contenders couldn’t even advance from groups. Gold Cup Mexico and USA returned to the top (though reaching the final wasn’t easy for both).

Season 2031/32 Changes The best players stayed in Europe (special attention to Sam Llewellyn with PA 197!), however some really exotic nations also got improvement, like Dominica, Seychelles and Cambodia. Euro Spain won second major trophy in two years, Israel made in into semi-final (they only had two naturalized players, both over 30 and not actual team leaders). Copa America After two surprising final appearances from Venezuela things returned to normal state here. OFC Cup New Zealand lost a game… only to get a massive revenge in the final. Another notable achievement – Indian goalkeeper Rohan Luthra became the first player in this experiment to play 100 games for his country.

Season 2030/31 Changes First big wave of newgens, with big names joining Suriname (Kompagnie) and Bolivia (Flores). Asian Cup Japan defended the title at home, Appelkamp is still their regular starter. The only other player from top four teams to change nationality was Qatar’s veteran Angelino. Surprisingly Tajikistan reached the quarter-final without any boost! African Cup Tiago Tomas scored seven goals and lifted the first continental trophy for Angola! The biggest surprise was Central African Republic reaching quarter-final with Oumar Solet as their best player. Gold Cup Jamaica became another new trophy winner with Jonathan Rowe’s five goals!

Season 2029/30 Changes The last generation of real players (born in 2006) joins the list. Zak Lovelace will boost an already strong Jamaica squad, while Curacao, Togo, Equatorial Guinea and Libya get their new superstars. World Cup Six teams made their debuts this time – Venezuela, Albania, Cape Verde, Mali, Burkina Faso and Suriname. Four of them advanced to playoffs, and Albania was leading 2-0 at half time against the eventual winners and hosts Spain with goals from Gladbach duo Weiper and Gruda! Tino Livramento helped Portugal to reach their first World Cup final.

Season 2028/29 Changes Eliesse Ben Seghir leads the list while Ghana seems to get the best improvement overall. Barbados, Sierra Leone, Suriname and Comoros are getting some players from top clubs too. African Cup The defending champions and runners-up finished bottom of their groups, and the trophy was contested by teams, mostly unaffected in this experiment (only Egypt had one backup player in the squad). Though Angola with Tiago Tomas at front and a lot of other ex-Portuguese players managed to win their first ever medals! Gold Cup Three in a row for Guadeloupe, and the golden goal was scored by one of the first newgens in this experiment – Allan Anatol-Arconte. Decent results for Suriname, Dominican Republic and Haiti.

There were several players moved to Philippines, not good enough to be on top pages. The best one so far is Angelo Bruckner, who came from Bayern academy and played a few games for Wolfsburg. Season 2027/28 Changes Rayan Cherki is actually the best player involved into this experiment during all seasons! Cuba and Central Africa got some serious improvement this time. Euro A boring outcome, among the final four only Portugal had a couple of former Brazilians involved in this experiment. Copa America After finishing as runners-up four years ago Venezuela won their first ever title! The best naturalized player in their squad was Daniel Maldini (not a superstar like his father and grandfather, but the first player in this family to win an international trophy). Australia eliminated Brazil, continuing their run of surprising results after 2026. OFC Cup Fiji got a point from New Zealand in the group, but lost to Tahiti and failed to advance. The final was predictably one-sided.

Season 2026/27 Changes East Timor got a player from Liverpool! Asian Cup Shinta Appelkamp scored in the final to help Japan winning their fifth title. Syria, India and Lebanon also used their new players well. African Cup Gambia had only three new players in the squad but still managed to win their historical first trophy! DR Congo finished as runners-up once again, Arnaud Kalimuendo became MVP and best goalscorer. Gold Cup Guadeloupe won two in a row after advancing to playoffs only by scoring one more goal than Haiti. And despite all the improvement of island nations, Mexico must perform much better than they did.

Season 2025/26 Changes Portugal got a good Brazilian center-back but lost a promising striker to Angola. Ivory Coast seems to get the biggest improvement overall. World Cup A bit disappointed with lack of surprising qualifiers, despite the expansion only Uzbekistan, Guinea and Mali made their debuts, and none of them advanced to playoffs. Jamaica, Nigeria, Cameroon and Ghana topped their groups but couldn’t get past third round. Max Kilman (Ukraine) was the only player from this experiment to reach quarter-finals, and his goal almost knocked England out (Foden equalized in stoppage time)! Australia didn't get any new players, still their run to fourth place is remarkable.

Asian countries don't get as many good players here as Africa or Caribbean islands, unfortunately. Two biggest stars of SEA region play for Indonesia at the moment - Hilgers and Audero.

Season 2024/25 Changes It’s strange how Choudhury hasn’t played a single game for Bangladesh over two seasons! African Cup Ebere Eze became the MVP as Nigeria won the trophy at home, and three other semi-finalists had almost half of their squads added in this experiment. Waiting for some surprises in the World Cup qualifiers. Gold Cup Too bad that Guadeloupe can’t qualify for the World Cup (and Confederations Cup isn’t held anymore)! With Saint-Maximin and sixteen other French players they surely could make some surprises there. Jamaica, Martinique and Curacao also used a lot of new players to reach later stages.

Season 2023/24 Changes France and England lost quite a lot of talents. Some players already featured in that list last year, but regained their old nationalities and continued to wait for the call-ups. Fun fact – Montserrat now collected all three Willocks in their squad African Cup Congo (with Kolo Muani and Brice Samba among new players) reached the final though Ivory Coast managed win the title at home with Sessegnon as a regular starter and few other newcomers in rotation. For teams like Burundi and Sierra Leone, qualification itself was a good achievement, hardly possible with the regular squad. Euro No unexpected qualifiers (except Georgia, but they didn’t get any boost in this two seasons), and I didn’t expect sensations from the tournament itself, but instead… Austria and Croatia in the final, and the only goal scored by Robert Ljubicic who wasn’t capped by Croatian team and moved to Austria before the first season! Copa America Venezuela reached the final with Samuel Shashoua in their squad (I think I’ve changed his nation to USA at first, but he chose the third option instead). OFC Cup No surprises, there’s not many players with Oceanic roots to make any other team competitive against New Zealand.

(inspired by Geoffrey Kondogbia playing for Central African Republic) As a fan of managing in smaller nations, I was always frustrated with one thing - if there is a player with double nationality, he will most likely wait for a callup from a bigger nation even if he's far away from its level. So, I decided to make this experiment and see if it leads to any surprising results. DB setup – current internationals and continental reputation players from all continents (45k players at start). Rule of experiment – each year in August a player will switch to the secondary nationality if: He’s uncapped for the senior team at the age of 23 (or for youth teams at 20) He’s good enough (in CA or PA) to be selected for the second nation This nation plays official games (so for example Caribbean non-FIFA nations are also counted as they can qualify for Gold Cup). Season 2022/23 The first pool of changes included almost 600 players, the best of them are: Africa and CONCACAF nations benefitted the most, though even some big European nations got new names (mostly Brazilians). World Cup All-European final four with England winning their second trophy against France (at least something matched the real life). Only USA, Senegal, Cameroon and Poland featured newly naturalized players (I guess it needs some time for everyone to appear in national pools), however none of them got past the second round while Qatar and Japan managed to reach quarter-finals without any help. Asian Cup India and Indonesia had the biggest boost before the season, which helped them to reach playoffs. Qatar defended their title against Uzbekistan, the only ‘new’ player in the final was Waldemar Anton from Stuttgart. Gold Cup Quite a surprising outcome, though eventual winners from Costa Rica didn’t get any improvements to their squad. Runners-up Jamaica had nine new players including Ivan Toney who became the best goalscorer (6) and had the highest rating (7,56). Martinique (also with nine new players) lost in quarter-final, but managed to overtake Mexico in the group.

Fun fact - Dolbizno is actually a village with population around 300 and their current stadium looks like this:

FK Viktoria Žižkov – season 2040/41 Defending the title is harder? Not this time, we dominated the league and were celebrating with three games to go (still didn’t lose any of them)! Cup The only domestic disappointment. The double was close, but the only late goal brought the cup to Jablonec (well, after all they helped us last year). Champions League A great debut on the top European level, we took half of the points in league stage, eliminated Sevilla with a winning goal in stoppage time and at least played decently at home against Inter. Squad stats L.Řehák *33b – an awesome season, he matched Muxel’s club record in the league (34) and finally was noticed by the national team. S.Trifunović *34g – it’s the first time since 2027 when our top assistant is not a winger! And he had his best goalscoring season as well. T.Mununga *33f – probably the best average rating our goalkeepers ever had. Yes, he didn’t play in Europe (has a bad trait of important matches), but his league performance obviously gave us some extra points. M.Zakostelský *30b – goalkeeper’s high ratings didn’t mean that our defense was rubbish J.Havlíček *36d – wasn’t as productive as a season before, but won the Golden Boy award. M.Málek *35a – a decent season after injury and a deserved national team debut. Transfers – selling Karafiat mid-season was a doubtful move. The fee was good for a backup defender but Banik was quite a dangerous title rival at the time, however he didn’t score against us at least Meanwhile our best ever graduate Jambor made another big move, giving us some more money. Youth intake (preview) Schut *41a | R.Zeman *41b | Kovařík *41c | Jakubov *41d | Li Hang *41e | F.Zeman *41f An average intake with a lot of unambitious players, though Schut looks really promising. The board finally announced that the new stadium will be built in two years (though it's not a huge improvement so far). Also we got one more foreign affiliate, Bosnian Široki Brijeg was the best option available. And another sign of our academy success - ten players were called up for the U21 Euro (could be more but some youngsters already play for the senior team)!

Probably the weirdest host choice for a big tournament I've ever seen: And a great talent management from Chelsea

FK Viktoria Žižkov – season 2039/40 Won the first stage defeating Sparta on the final matchday (the game was mad, we played shorthanded since 18th minute, Sparta had four disallowed goals while Trifunovic missed a penalty but recovered with a free kick winning goal)! Dropped to 3rd place with a loss from Banik, still had a title chance before the last matchday. Just needed to defeat Sparta once again and hope for help in another game… Champions! A boring game was decided by a penalty (Trifunovic again scored the winning goal) and Jablonec upset Banik to give us the first ever league title! Cup Knocked out in quarter-final with a late free kick from our former player (his only goal of the season, double classic from FM ) Champions League One step closer to the main stage, but Benfica was too strong. Europa League The schedule was much harder this time with five games against top league teams, I expected a tough battle for 24th place but instead we made it into the top eight! Playoff stage was successful as well, we defeated Athletic twice and won the Czech derby in quarter-final, but Man Utd was clearly the team from another level (of course, they won the trophy). Squad stats L.Řehák *33b – our first player to score 30+ goals in a season since Muxel’s departure. J.Šmíd *28a – the captain led our team to the title with the highest average rating. J.Havlíček *36d – set up 16 goals and won the first NXGN award for our club. M.Zakostelský *30b – our leading center-back was solid for the club and finally got his first senior caps. S.Trifunović *34g – scored five of his six goals during the final month, including the most important one. M.Málek *35a – missed the final stage with injury, but had a really good season before as the first playmaker option. T.Mununga *33f – kept his good form for another season, however the competition on goalkeeper position isn’t over at all. Three goalies from our system already played for the Czech team, with P.Vydra *36b seems to become the nation’s first choice. Transfers – some former first team players left, including Matejka (club record holder with 469 league games) and Varga (302 games for club and World Cup participation with Hungary). Youth intake (preview) Kuchta *40a | Braný *40b | Večera *40c | Yaka *40d | Doležal *40e | Beránek *40f A better intake than expected from preview, we got another promising goalkeeper and a potentially elite winger. Unfortunately, other Czech teams (except Banik, beaten by us in EL quarter-final) weren’t so successful in Europe and Portugal took the 6th place back. In other news, our board announced the new stadium in two years, and we finally got an option to sign a specific youth affiliation (I chose Uruguayan team Defensor Sporting with an exceptional recruitment level).

FK Viktoria Žižkov – season 2038/39 Sparta had an easy title run this time (16th in 17 seasons), the battle for second place was tight but we had a lucky draw for the final stage, playing at home against teams from 3rd to 5th. So, it’s one more try in the Champions League next season! Cup Tougher draw and early exit with a backup squad. Czechoslovak Supercup Basically a part of pre-season friendlies, still a trophy that we haven’t won before. Champions League After a comeback win at home we had a chance to advance, but a stupid early red card made our task almost impossible. Europa League Making a debut on the new level wasn’t easy, but we recovered after starting defeats, finished the group stage on 13th place and then got a revenge on Celtic. Sporting was a much tougher team to beat, and after drawing first leg at home I hardly could expect better result in Portugal, but we took them to extra time and scored a late winning goal! The same scenario almost repeated against Betis, both games were almost equal and the only missed penalty in shootout left us out. Still a great result, especially as Betis won the trophy! Squad stats A.Uhlíř *31a – since Řehák only returned in January, he was our undoubted choice at front for a big part of the season, setting his personal best result and winning league’s top goalscorer award. J.Šmíd *28a – not as productive as last season, still a good season for our captain. J.Hřídel *30c – finally matched the club record in assists (though needed almost twice more games than Jambor had in 33/34). L.Petržílka *26g and M.Zakostelský *30b – a younger defender replaced Varga in the first eleven without any loss in quality, our center-backs actually had the best average rating in the team. O.Hůlka *33c – we have several players getting national call-ups, but he is the only one who regularly plays for the Czech team from the start. O.Žák *33e, M.Jakobovský *35b and T.Tichý *34c – the latest national team debutants. Jakobovsky actually wasn’t in my first team plans before the season and was loaned to Legia. That half-season loan was so successful that now he’s considered a wonderkid and wanted by PSG (luckily preferred to ask for a new contract until 2043 before demanding to leave)! T.Mununga *33f – once again we changed the starting goalkeeper, Mununga had a nice season both for club (selected as the best goalkeeper and talent of the year) and DR Congo (reached the African Cup quarter-final with the only goal conceded in five games). Transfers – no idea why Juventus needed our backup striker, setting the new transfer fee record (though Jambor brought us more including future fees, this summer we received 2 more million from his move to Bayern). Youth intake (preview) Guðnason *39a | Volešák *39b | Sejk *39c | Plechatý *39d | Smirnov *39e I hope at least this Icelandic midfielder will develop into a good player. A massive improvement for the rankings, Czech Republic overtook both Netherlands and Portugal (our results against Braga and Sporting surely helped!) and gained an extra Champions League spot. Meanwhile our reputation is now third in the nation, only behind Sparta and Slavia.

FK Viktoria Žižkov – season 2037/38 This time we were in a real title battle, at least during the first stage. In the final games Sparta took their chances perfectly, however second place was still in contention. We needed to defeat Slavia at home on the last matchday, hoping for Banik dropping points, and it happened! Thanks to Slovacko win we secured the best ever finish in the club history and got a chance to play in the Champions League! Cup And three days before qualifying to Champions League we celebrated club’s first top tier trophy since 2001! Once again draws were really lucky, the only away game was in semi-final, and despite Jablonec always appeared as a difficult opposition, this time we simply destroyed them. Pardubice surprisingly knocked out Sparta and Banik on penalties, but we left them no chances in the final. Conference League Our results in Europe are declining with every season, but we could only blame ourselves this time. Too many chances were missed in October games, so we ended up in the unseeded group. Squad stats J.Šmíd *28a – our new captain hit double digits in both goals and assists for the first time, also became best Czech player of the year and fully deserved a World Cup callup (Czech team qualified for the first time since 2006)! L.Řehák *33b – set his personal goalscoring record, became the best Czech young player of the year, scored twice in the cup final, was named in the preliminary World Cup squad… and torn his cruciate ligaments in the last game of the season. Out at least until winter J.Hřídel *30c – the best winger in our squad became the team leader in assists, kind of expected. L.Petržílka *26g and B.Varga *26i – we have quite a few talented center-backs, but this class of ’26 duo still keep the first team places. Varga also will participate in the World Cup for Hungary. O.Hůlka *33c and R.Karafiát *31h – our starting full-backs got their first senior caps together in a friendly, and Hůlka eventually made it into the final World Cup squad so we'll have three representatives in South Africa this summer (and five academy graduates overall with Muxel and Jambor also being selected). S.Trifunović *34g – cancelled his transfer request and signed a new contract (with a lower release fee though)! Selected as #3 in his final NXGN list appearance. V.Matejka *24a – set the new club record in games played, still remaining a regular starter and having his best season in terms of assists. A.Bednář *34a – we are reaching the stage when our academy produced too many talented goalkeepers, Bednar was good as a starter but his place is not guaranteed for next season. Transfers – saying goodbye to some of our veterans, Kodr and Klinka each played more than 300 games, Ellison had the club record with 495 but younger players took their place in the first team now. However, the main income was received from selling former A-rated prospects who didn’t justify their potential. Youth intake (preview) Kos *38a | Tetour *38b | Tichý *38c | Kovář *38d | Raffaelli *38e | Ptáček *38f Two best prospects are unambitious

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FK Viktoria Žižkov – season 2036/37 Sparta won another title quite easily, but we were running in the next group and this time managed to get good result in the final stage, repeating our best ever position! Aiming for the second Champions League place doesn’t seem so unrealistic now (if we keep the key players, of course). Cup That was our real chance for a trophy with having only home games and Sparta already being knocked out, but we failed to score in semi-final Conference League Road to the main stage wasn’t easy, from a stoppage time comeback in Kazakhstan to getting a Bundesliga team in the final qualifying stage, however we defeated them with the only late goal and then had another top eight finish (only losing to eventual trophy winners Espanyol). Could have more luck in playoffs though, Braga wasn't such a dominant side as it can be suggested from the score. Squad stats A.Uhlíř *31a – his best goalscoring season so far. R.Čupr *28d – a huge surprise from a player who was seen as a backup winger but eventually had the best average rating and led the team in assists. L.Petržílka *26g – was the best central defender this season. S.Trifunović *34g – our third Golden Boy in four years, though unlikely to stay here for more than one season as he’s wanted by European top clubs. M.Sedláček *31b – replaced Kodr as the starting goalkeeper, not sure if he stays #1 for a long time as we have two youngsters progressing well on loan. Transfers – no notable departures. Youth intake (preview) Hušek *37a | Boháč *37b | Mulugeta *37c | Kotěra *37d | Šindelář *37e There are not so many talented players here, still the top prospects can boost our defensive line. Our training facilities should reach the maximum level in September, and the stadium is going to be expanded to 8000 seats.