Conquering Europe

oneteaminglasgow · November 28, 2020

I enjoyed my last career thread, so you’re being inflicted with another one, with a slightly loftier ambition.

Basically, I’m going to try to win every league title in Europe from starting unemployed, and by using only teams who have never won the title before. I’ve downloaded the extra leagues from Steam, mostly done by the boy Timo (FM21 Leagues Mega Pack by @Timo@ | FM Scout) , and I've also downloaded the real name fix from sortitoutsi and will be starting from the bottom and working my way up, using the UEFA coefficients to determine what the bottom is…

The outlier here is Liechtenstein, who don’t have a league system of their own, which leaves 54 league titles to win. To ensure the game runs at a reasonable speed, I’m going to load up the bottom 5 to start with, and load up the next country up once one is completed. I’ll also load up Scotland for the whole save, just to see how it goes - I won’t be taking a job in Scotland until it’s next in line though.

As stated, any club who’ve won their league previously are out of bounds, which means that I won’t be managing any of the following:

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San Marino - Tre Fiori, Tre Penne, La Florita, Folgore, Domagnano, Faetano, Murata, Libertas, Cosmos, Pennarossa, Fiorentino.

Andorra - FC Santa Coloma, UE Sant Julia, FC Lusitanos, FC Encamp, FC Rangers, Inter d’Escaldes

Estonia - Flora, Levadia Tallinn, Nomme Kalju, Lantana, Infonet Tallinn

Iceland - Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, Valur, Íþróttabandalag Akraness, Knattspyrnufélagið Fram, Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur, Keflavik, iBV, Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar, Breiðablik, Stjarnan

Wales - TNS, Barry Town, Bangor City, Rhyl, Llanelli, Cwmbran Town, Connah’s Quay Nomads

Montenegro - Buducnost, Sutjeska, Rudar, Mogren, Zeta, Titograd

Gibraltar - Lincoln Red Imps, Glacis United, Gilbraltar United, Europa, Manchester 62, St Josephs

Kosovo - Prishtina, Besa, Feronikeli, Drita, Trepca, Dukagjini, Liria, Besiana, Hysi, Vushtrria, Trepca’89

Faroe Islands - Havnar Bóltfelag, Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag, B36 Tórshavn, Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag, B68 Toftir, EB/Streymur, Víkingur Gøta, NSÍ Runavík, Ítróttarfelag Fuglafjarðar, B71 Sandoy

Malta - Sliema Wanderers, Floriana, Valletta, Hibernians, Ħamrun Spartans, Birkirkara, Rabat Ajax, St. George's, Marsaxlokk Football Club

Moldova - Sheriff Tiraspol, Zimbru Chisinau, Milsami Orhei

Finland - HJK, FC Haka, HPS, TPS, HIFK, KuPS, FC Kuusysi, Kiffen, AIFK, Reipas Lahti, VIFK, Tampere United, VPS, KTP, OPS, FC Jazz, MyPA, FC Inter Turku, SJK, PUS, Sudet Vyborg, KPV, FC Ilves, Ilves-Kissat, Pyrkiva Turku, TPV, IFK Mariehamn

Georgia - Dinamo Tbilisi, Torpedo Kutaisi, WIT Georgia, Metalurgi Rustavi, FC Zestafoni, Sioni Bolnisi, Dila Gori, Samtredia, Sarbutalo

Northern Ireland - Linfield, Glentoran, Crusaders, Distillery, Cliftonville, Portadown, Glenavon, Coleraine, Ards

Albania - KF Tirana, Dunamo Tirana, Partizani Tirana, Vilaznia, Skenderbeu, Elbasani, Flamurtari, Teuta, Kukesi

Latvia - Ventspils, Spartaks, Riga FC, FK Liepaja, FC Daugava

Armenia - Pyunik, Shirak, Alashkert, Ararat-Armenia, Banants, Ararat Yerevan, Yerevan

North Macedonia - Vardar Skopje, Rabotnicki Skopje, Sileks Kratovo, Skhendija Tetovo, Sloga Jugomagnat Skophje, Pobeda Prilep, Makedonija Skopje, Renova Djepchiste

Republic of Ireland - Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk, Shelbourne, Bohemians, St Pats Athletic, Waterford, Cork City, Drumcondra, Sligo Rovers, Derry City, St James Gate, Athlone Town, Drogheda United

Bosnia & Herzegovina - Zeljeznicar, Sarajevo, Zrinjski, Siroki Brijeg, Borac, Leotar, Modrica

Luxembourg - Jeunesse Esch, F91 Dudelange, CS Fola Esch, Avenir Beggin, Progres Niederkorn, CS Grevenmacher, National Schifflange

Lithaunia - Zalgiris Vilnius, Suduva Marijampole

Slovakia - Slovan Bratislava, MSK Zilina, Petrzalka, Inter Bratislava, AS Trencin, Spartak Trnava, MFK Ružomberok

Slovenia - Maribor, Gorica, Domzale, Olimpija, Koper, Celje

Poland - Gornik Zabrze, Legia Warsaw, Wisla Krakow, Ruch Chorzow, Lech Poznan, Cracovia, Widzew Lodz, Polonia Bytom, Stal Mielec, LKS Lodz, Zaglebie Lubin, Slask Wroclaw, Warta Poznan, Garbarnia Krakow. Szombierski Bytom, Polonia Warsaw, Piast Gilwice

Belarus - BATE Borisov, Dinamo Minsk, Slavia Mozyr, Shakhtar Soligorsk, Gomel, Belshina Bobruisk, Dnepr Mogliev, Dynamo Brest

Hungary - Ferencvaros, MTK Budapest, UJpest, Budapest Honved, Debrecen, Vasas, Gyor, Csepel, Feherver, Vac, Dunaferr, Zalaegerszeg

Kazakhstan - Astana, Irtysh, Aktobe, Spartak, Astana-64, Kairat, Shakhter Karagandy, FC Tobol, FC Taraz

Azerbaijan - Neftchi Baku, Qarabag, Kapaz, Inter Baku, FC Baku, Shamkir, Khazar Lankaran, Turan

Romania - Steaua Bucharest, Dinamo Bucharest, Venus Bucharest, UTA Arad, CFR Cluj, Universitatea Craiova, Petrolil Pioiesti, Ripensia Timisoara, Rapid Bucuresti, Arges Pitesti, Prahova Pioiesti, Viitorul Constanta, Astra Giurgiu, Otell Galati, Club Atletic Oradea, CSM Resita, Coltea Brasov

Norway - Rosenborg, Fredrikstad, Viking Stavanger, Lillestrom, Valarenga, Molde, Brann, Larvik Turn, Lyn, Stromsgodset, Start, Skeid, Stabaek, Moss, Fram Larvik, Freidig

Bulgaria - CSKA Sofia, Levski Sofia, Ludogorets Razgrad, Slavia Sofia, Lokomotiv Sofia, Cherno More Varna, Litex Lovech, Botev Plovdiv, Spartak Varna, Spartak Plovdiv, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Beroe Stara Zagota, Etar Veliko Ternovo

Sweden - Malmo, IFK Goteborg, IFK Norrkoping, AIK, Helsingsborgs, Djugardens, Elfsborg, GAIS, Osters IF, Orgryte IS, Halmstads, Hammarby, Kalmar, Atvidabegs, IK Sleipner

Israel - Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Petah Tikva, Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Netanya, Hapoel Be’er Sheva, Hakoah Ramat Gan, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, Beitar Tel Aviv, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hapoel Haifa, Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Hapoel Kfar Saba

Croatia - Dinamo Zagrab, Hajduk Split, Rijeka, NK Zagreb

Czech Republic - Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague, Viktoria Plzen, Slovan Liberec, Banik Ostrava

Switzerland - Grasshopper, Basel, Servette, Young Boys, Zurich, Lausaunne, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lugano, Winterthur, Aarau, Neuchâtel Xamax, St Gallen, Sion, FC Biel-Bienne, Luzern, SC Bruhl, FC Étoile-Sporting, Bellizona

Greece - Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, AEK, PAOK, Aris Thessaloniki, AEL

Serbia - Red Star Belgrade, Partizan Belgrade, OFK Beograd, Vojvodina, FK Obilic

Cyprus - APOEL, Omonia, Anorthosis, AEL Limassol, Olympiakos Nicosia

Denmark - C Kobbenhavn, Brondby, AB Gladsaxe, B93, Frem, AGF, Velje, Esbjerg, Aalborg, Odense, FC Midtjylland, Hvidovre, Lyngby, B1909, FC Nordsjaelland, Silkeborg

Turkey - Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, Besiktas, Trabzonspor, Istanbul Basaksehir, Bursaspor

Ukraine - Dynamo Kiev, Shakhtar Donetsk, SC Tavriya Simferopol

Scotland - Celtic, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs, Motherwell, Kilmarnock, Dundee, Dundee United, Dumbarton

Austria - Rapid Vienna, Austria Vienna, Red Bull Salzburg, Admira Wacker, First Vienna, Wiener SK, Sturm Graz, Floridsdorfer AC, LASK Linz, Grazer AK, Wiener AC

Belgium - Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Union SG, Standard Liege, K.F.C. Rhodienne-De Hoek, RFC Liege, Antwerp, KV mechelen, Genk, Cercle Brugge, Gent

Netherlands - Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord, HVV Den Haag, Sparta Rotterdam, Go Ahead Eagles, Koninklijke, Willem II, HBS Craeyenhout, AZ Alkmaar, Heracles Almelo, ADO Den Haag, RC Heemstede, NAC Breda, FC TWente, DWS, Roda JC, Be Quick 1887, FC Eindhoven, FC Den Bosch, SVV, Quick Den Haag

Russia - Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Zenit St Petersburg, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan

Portugal - Benfica, Porto, Sporting Lisbon, Belenenses, Boavista

France - Marseille, Saint-Etienne, PSG, Monaco, Nantes, Lyon, Bordeaux, Reims, Lille, Standard Athletic Club, Nice, Le Havre, RC Paris, Sochaux, FC Sete, RC Lens, CA Paris, US Tourcoing, Rouen, Strasbourg, Saint Raphael, Stade Francais, Auxerre, Montpellier

Italy - Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Genoa, Torino, Bologna, Pro Vercelli, Roma, Napoli, Lazio, Fiorentina, Cagliari, Casale, Novese, Hellas Verona, Sampdoria

Germany - Bayern Muncih, FC Nuremburg, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Borussia Monchengladbach, Werder Bremen, Kaiserslautern, FC Koln, Lokomotive Leipzig, Greuther Furth, Hertha Berlin, Dresdner SC, Hannover, Karlsruher FV, Holstein Kiel, 1860 Munich, Karlsruher SC, Fortuna Dusseldorf, Eintracht Frankfurt, Wolfsburg, Freiburger FC, VfR Mannheim, Rot-Weiss Essen, Eintracht Braunschweig

England - Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Everton, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Sheffield Wednesday, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leeds United, Huddersfield Town, Blackburn Rovers, Preston North End, Tottenham Hotspur, Derby County, Burnley, Portsmouth, Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Ipswich Town, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City.

Spain - Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Deportivo La Coruna, Sevilla, Real Betis

I’ve loaded up leagues in San Marino, Andorra, Estonia, Wales and Iceland (the Icelandic league won’t be playable for a while, for some reason) and the job market looks like this…

I’ll be applying for every eligible club and will check back once I have something. Only one eligible top flight club (Penya Encarnada) so that's the job I'm after, but will need to take whatever comes up.

Being even vaguely realistic for a second, I’ll be happy if I make it as high as Armenia, but let’s see how it goes.

Spoiler has map of completed countries:

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Yellow: Completed Red: Currently loaded.

Edited August 27, 2023 by oneteaminglasgow

oneteaminglasgow · November 29, 2020

First job, and I'm in the Andorran top flight with what appears to be a Benfica supporters club. Only founded in 2009, but have made it to the top flight a couple of times.

We've got no staff other than me, and our squad looks like this...

11 players in total, 2 of whom are goalkeepers and no full backs.

This'll be a laugh. Only expected to avoid automatic relegation, which should be doable as I imagine most of the other teams in Andorra are pish too.

dysartrovers · November 29, 2020

I like this idea. Will race you

D Angelo Barksdale · November 29, 2020

Last years thread was a good 'un. This'll be tough though. tenor-14.gif.60a5f8145c8d75d4134412c8685cdd74.gif

oneteaminglasgow · November 29, 2020

Season kicks off shortly, so we'll see how the team building has gone. First off, I moved all the complete dross from my B team to the first team squad, purely for depth. I'd really like to not have to play any of them regularly though.

I brought in about 100 players on trial, and the 4 who made the cut were...

Not exactly what I'd hoped for, but will have to make the most of it I suppose.

Ronely Kingo Bonkene is a attacking midfielder, who can also play right wing and up front, and is here to sit on the bench mostly. Might be useful, might not.

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Derrick Pachou is a centre half, and will probably play quite a lot, which is pretty depressing. He can header well, and that's about it.

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Tiago Flores is a centre midfielder, he'll probably be a regular. Not really good enough, but neither are any of my other options.

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Joel Martinez is a right winger, can also play attacking midfield and, at a push, left wing or up front. His versatility will be useful, and he's alright I suppose. His dribbling is pretty good, but he doesn't have an end product.

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Bit of a struggle to find decent players, but I would think that'll be a recurring theme in countries smaller than East Kilbride or Livingston.

Oh well, let's see how it goes.

oneteaminglasgow · November 29, 2020

September 2020

Starting our season with the two Santa Coloma sides, and they went pretty well. FC Santa Coloma are the traditional powerhouse of Andorran football, so a draw was good, and we've not conceded a goal yet, so that's pretty nice.

League works as play the other 7 teams 3 times, then splits for 3 more games.

Going fine so far, but obviously early days.

Miguel Sanchez · November 29, 2020

Edited January 12 by Miguel Sanchez

oneteaminglasgow · November 29, 2020

October 2020

A mixed bag - comfortably outplayed by reigning champions Inter d'Esclaes, and then a boring draw against Atletic..

It turns out that FC Santa Coloma aren't that good, and my happiness at drawing with them was somewhat misplaced.

Still, we're doing fine overall.

oneteaminglasgow · November 29, 2020

November 2020

Hmm.

No wins in 90 minutes, we took penalties to beat lower league shite and we've looked generally awful. That said, we've only lost once, and points ticking over while being dreadful can't be that bad. No wins since the opening day though, need to change that soon.

oneteaminglasgow · November 29, 2020

December 2020

We've kept the shite performances, but lost the scraping points. We conceded late against Ergordany and Sant Julia, we were 4 down before we started playing against Carroi and my keeper literally threw the ball into his own net against Inter.

On that keeper, he asked for more game time at the start of the month. On paper, there's not much between him and the other guy so I said aye. He has not repaid me. Been directly responsible for at least 3 goals in these 4 games. An absolute joke.

I don't know what to do.

We haven't won for 11 matches, and have lost 5 in a row. Don't know how we're not bottom.

oneteaminglasgow · November 29, 2020

January 2021

Well, we've finally won a couple of games, with Raul Ahibar dragging us to an inexplicably comfortable victory over UE Santa Coloma. Unfortunately, he's signed a deal to leave at the end of the season. We also beat FC Santa Coloma, which was a massive shock, but a couple of losses against Atletic put a dampener on the month.

Out of the relegation spots for now, but Atletic have 3 games to get a single point to overtake us.

We'll have a tough time staying up from here.

oneteaminglasgow · November 30, 2020

February 2021

Loss against Atletic was poor, but they outplayed us and completely deserved the win.

Hattricks for both my front two followed, some performance from them. Real shame that both of them have signed pre-contacts elsehwere.

Two games to go until the split. Our goal difference is pretty good, comparatively, so that could prove vital.

Helpfully, Atletic completely fucked their games in hand.

We've got Carroi and Engordany to play. I wouldn't expect much out of that. Post split will be the important bit.

Edited November 30, 2020 by oneteaminglasgow

oneteaminglasgow · November 30, 2020

March 2021

A point, so better than expected to be honest.

4 points to make up on Sant Julia in 3 games, so we'll need to beat them and hope for a favour elsewhere.

I think best case scenario is now the relegation playoff.

oneteaminglasgow · November 30, 2020

May 2021

For some reason, we didn't have any games in April but our first two games of the split were mixed. Great win against UE Santa Coloma gave us a good chance at staying up, but we fucked it against Atletic. They've taken 10 points off us this season. An absolute shambles.

Right, one more game. If we win against Sant Julia, we're in the playoffs at worst. If we combine that with a Atletic loss, we stay up.

oneteaminglasgow · November 30, 2020

June 2021

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A bizarre match, but I'll take it. We didn't create an awful lot more than they did, and yet here we are.

Means that we go into 6th, safe for now. All depends how Atletic Escaldes got on against UE Santa Coloma...

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Ah bollocks.

Into the playoff we go.

That's what the board were expecting me to achieve, and that's what's happened..

oneteaminglasgow · November 30, 2020

Relegation Playoff

Right, into the relegation playoff we go. We're facing Jenlai. It's a two legged affair, and we're at home to start with

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What the f**k is going on? Shite all season and then we've scored 17 goals in 2 games.

Their manager left just before the game, and I'm not convinced that the caretaker will be getting the job...

This was only the first leg, but I think it might be a foregone conclusion.

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Aye, it was done in the first leg, but still.

We're staying up!

Edited November 30, 2020 by oneteaminglasgow

oneteaminglasgow · December 1, 2020

Pre-season 2021/22

That's the outgoing players, and is an absolute pisser. If you asked me to name my 5 best players last season, 4 of them are on this list, and the rest are pretty useful (apart from Estragues, who was shite but was also my only right back).

I also released a load of complete dross...

All of that leaves me with the lovely task of trying to replace 4 of my best players, while also improving the rest of a fairly poor squad. To that end, we've brought in...

A mix of genuinely alright players, and absolute crap I signed to fill up the squad a bit.

I'll start with the guys who I think are likely to be quite good. First up, we've got Josep Cabanes, a right back. He's fairly average at everything, and has nothing obviously terrible about his game. My right back last season was appalling, so hopefully he'll be an upgrade.

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Next up, Gustavo Giordani is a defensive midifleder/midfielder, but I'll be playing him at centre half mostly. Looks pretty good, and I'm hoping he can replace Alfaiate. As an aside, he is one of the least skillful players I've ever seen in FM, but hopefully it's fine.

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Jorge Pinto is next up, and he's also a right back, but I'll be playing him at left back. He looks fine. I spent last season with a centre back playing left back badly, so someone who's actually supposed to be playing there will be nice.

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Alex Villagrasa looks passable, but he won't (if I'm lucky) be a regular starter. Will sit on the bench mostly.

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I'm going to put group Robi, Luciano Maciocia, Gabriel Cunha and Sergio dos Santos together under the simple header of "shite, but I needed some more players"

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So that's my team. I think we're probably weaker overall than last season, but our really bad bits aren't as bad as they were if that makes sense?

Inexplicably, out board expect us to go from staying up on the final day of the season to a top half finish, despite being a worse side (I think). I wouldn't be surprised if I'm looking for a new job fairly soon.

oneteaminglasgow · December 1, 2020

September 2021

Couple more signings before the window SLAMMED shut - First up, Ivan Fernandez, a striker who should do fine as a back up. I mainly signed him because I played my first game and realised that I didn't have a single attacking player on the bench, and his finishing is ok. Was playing at UE Santa Coloma before as well, so hopefully will weaken them a little.

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The other signing is Jacinto Ordonez. I'll be honest, I didn't even scout this guy - I saw that he had some under 21 and thought f**k it. He's pretty pish, but he might turn out good at some point in the future, and makes my squad a slightly more respectable size.

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Anyway, onto the results.

Not ideal - particularly drawing with newly promoted Ordino.

We absolutely stole the point against Carroi as well, I think the penalty might have been the first time we got into their box.

Lot of draws going on, so we somehow sit 3rd.

oneteaminglasgow · December 1, 2020

October 2021

Delighted - genuienly delighted - to beat Atletic Escaldes. They took 10 points off us last season, which was the big reason they finished ahead of us.

We got our arses handed to us by FC Santa Coloma, escaping with a 1-0 loss was great given the way the game went. Could easily have been 5 or 6.

We're doing ok. I have a feeling that FC Santa Coloma will win the title, but if we can keep going as we are, then we should be fine.

oneteaminglasgow · December 1, 2020

November 2021

Pumped by UE, pumped out the cup and another draw with the newly promoted side.

A shite month, basically.

We're down to 2nd bottom, admittedly having played less games than most of the other sides.

"Expected to finish top half" is looking swell.

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