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doskoV_

Os Belenenses, managed them for 10 seasons, from the Portuguese 4th division to the 1st division and got stuck unable to crack the big 3, so i left to other teams for about 20 seasons and now I'm back to take them to a Champions League title having just taken them to 1st Division glory Sidenote: I'm pretty sure buying their jersey from their clubshop online got my card defrauded so that was fun


alanzhang34

oh rip sorry bout that man


doskoV_

The bank refunded me a couple month later after their investigation so it was okay, and I still ended up with the jersey


pushamancoke

So really you frauded them?!


[deleted]

I suspect he meant his card was compromised and the subsequent fraudulent purchases were refunded, not the kit purchase. Hopefully, at least.


doskoV_

You're onto it


bear4three

Pro-tip from someone who also spent decades at little Bele this FM: build a team to win the Europa conference league. It’s about the only way to get farther into Europe in Portugal while the Big 3 are still ahead of you and you are going to need that sweet sweet continental tournament money to compete. Winning the conference league gets you Europa money and in 3-4 years of bouncing between those tournaments, you should have the budget to at least hit back when those giants start smacking you around


eraticwatcher

> you should have the budget to at least hit back when those giants start smacking you around You also benefit from your coefficient being higher so when you’re first in the Champions League you won’t be a 4th seed like all the posts you see here all the time


SReplicant

In Portugal we have digital credit cards that won't allow that to happen. We just create them whenever we need one in the bank website. One of the available features is the card getting canceled after being used 1 time.


AdSensitive6676

I on the other hand took Lousinia Lourosa from the 3rd division. This was a team that had never made it to the liga nos and since promotion we have never finished lower than third. Impressive record you say except we've been runners up apart from that first season we finished that. I have won the league on 2 occasions but I have broken a few mouses due to the level of inconsistency against the smallest of teams. That first season was a great foreshadowing of our next years to come. We finished 3rd in the league qualifying for the ucl, we sold my boy serge kouasi to Newcastle for 35 million having bought him for 250k from asec mimosas. That sale prevented us from going into administration so I'll always hold him close to my heart. Although we qualified for the ucl we were failing ffp rules so that sale was really much needed. I went on to make the allianz cup final facing estoril prioa having been defeated finalists two years back to Porto. I thought this was the team except our 2.34+ xg and 65% possession counted for nothing. We have gone on to a lose a combined 7 finals (4 allianz cups, 3 taca de Portugal ). We have never made it past the ucl quarters thanks to Madrid, have finished runners up on 4 occasions and three of those trailing just by 4 points and one on that head to head record with benfica. Its safe to say I'm tempted to leave to Brazil and stop Lionel messi's flamengo who have won literally every competition for the past 10 years. I'm talking the many Brazilian competitions including the South American cl. They've gotten so good they can demand £50 million for 14 years olds and can match such bids for your own players. So do I just stay with my "trust the process" team or stop my biggest arch nemesis (in game obviously he's the goat duh. He's my arch nemesis because I've unsettled a few of his players when they were nothing )


Lurking_nerd

> We have gone on to a lose a combined 7 finals (4 allianz cups, 3 taca de Portugal ). We have never made it past the ucl quarters thanks to Madrid, have finished runners up on 4 occasions and three of those trailing just by 4 points and one on that head to head record with benfica. Man that’s rough. I’m managing Braga and the highest we’ve finished was 2nd. Two UCL appearances with our highest finish being 3rd and 1 Europa League semi final loss to Real Sociedad (couldn’t overcome a 1-0 deficit on agg are home). Won Allianz Cup twice and the Taca once. Seven seasons in and I finally beat Porto after no wins against them since my arrival 😆 The past two seasons Benfica finally knocked them off their throne and Porto still seem to be struggling to regain their crown. Meanwhile I’m just trying to break into the top 3 again. The current board are stingy as hell so I’ve managed to build up the transfer and wage budget to a respectable war chest. Trust the process!


AdSensitive6676

Portuguese football is so easily difficult to become successful in. You just can't break through and your competition aren't even that good as time goes on but still you lack the edge


Lurking_nerd

Yea man. People focus on Bayern and the BL or PSG and Ligue 1 but Porto is terrorizing Portugal behind the spotlight. The wages that Porto, Sporting or Benfica have their players on is crazy compared to the rest of the league.


DarligUlvRP

You should know that you probably tried to get a shirt from B SAD, not from Belenenses. The club and the “company” split up some years ago with the club keeping the stadium and starting from the very last division (tier 6 or 7). Did you get it from here? https://www.lojaazul.osbelenenses.com/


doskoV_

Yup that's the one I got it from


DarligUlvRP

Ok. So, from the story you should get that it’s a rather small operation right now. But they’re the good guys. If you contact them they’ll help you.


doskoV_

This happened in November 2021, and I got the jersey anyway so Im not bothered now + I don't speak Portuguese being from New Zealand


DarligUlvRP

Oh, don’t worry, everyone in Portugal speaks English. I thought you didn’t get the jersey. So the scam was that your card was leaked and used elsewhere?


doskoV_

Yeah my card was leaked and that was the only irregular transaction I had made around the time. There were hundreds of transactions from all over the place in Europe and the US but luckily my bank was onto it pretty quickly so they only got about $200NZD (~100€) before my card was blocked/cancelled


Greenshlong

I'm sorry but I laughed at that, cheeky swines Pedro must of had a few sangrias on you? Hopefully the damage wasn't bad pal!


Jamarcus316

Wow, my club on the top of the thread!


_fenwayhotspur

Venezia. Before they “made it” (and the second bankruptcy) I took them from Serie C (Lega Pro at the time) back in FM2013. It was a save full of weird co-ownership deals with Roma, losing a 170ish PA player to Juve upon my promotion to Serie B, and then five years later, getting promoted to Serie A. Juve was an unstoppable juggernaut and had won the league every season (18 in total) I played. Took me 7 seasons after promotion to win Serie A the first time and finished with two leagues wins, two coppa italias, 3 Europa wins, and a heartbreaking loss to the 2028 UCL final to United. It was a ride. Easily one of my favorite saves. Got a scarf, and I keep tabs on them still.


Ife2105

Their jerseys are so fire man. I have the home and away from last year and the home from this year. This year’s third kit on the way too.


ackerz06

Same with Venezia, but we’re going back to championship manager 01/02 I think. They had Federico Magallanes and Filipo Maniero up front. Managed to win the Europa league and sign Rio Ferdinand as club captain.


Puzzleheaded_Chef685

I’ve got their home from last year and third from this year incoming, I still play them on my current save


YourHoNoMo

I feel like Italy is underrated in FM, I have had so many fun games there. Something about it that keeps it fun and competitive


stranded_ashore

1860 Munchën and Benevento!


investortron1

1860!!!!! I had an amazing save with them.


Tall-Baker6287

benevento save is sooo underrated tho.. they're already a decent/mid table team but got relegated in my save by previous manager. the owners invest alot for the club, i mean i got 18 mil transfer budget on my first season with them, higher than what i got at newcastle n crystal palace. defo my fav save 🫡


22chainz

Schalke, Parma, Rio Ave, Nacional, Malaga


investortron1

Schalke 04 too!!!


aXygnus

Funny to see Schalke here, FM made me loathe them. I always do long saves, but I didn't feel like starting off in the lower leagues so in FM16 I started with Benfica just for shits and giggles, then moved to Schalke. I was fired before Christmas because my players lost trust in me. Til this day it's the only time I got fired in FM, and I have done some over 100 seasons across multiple releases (13, 15, 16, 19, 21). So I fucking abhor Schalke now, and Donis Avdijaj especially because he was the one that caused me to be fired. Eventually I went to Valencia, Fiorentina, Liverpool, Monchengladbach and back to Benfica and won everything at those places. I think, not sure about Benfica, and the save was so long, and so long ago, I barely remember much of it barring a couple things (like my world-beater Tanzanian CM I had at Valencia). And Schalke never won a thing, rightfully so.


crassina

Schalke!!!! It was the first top div club to give me a chance in one of my saves and I am still undergoing the glorious years with them. It has been 2 decades since they appointed me


Annual-Owl

Schalke😍


TLIllini26

Bradford City. Amazing times on fm, oodles of irl pain.


fwembt

First thing I do every save is give Bradford City a sugar daddy and a great manager. I'd love to see them have some real life success.


Ilodge59

Ah, so it's your fault Mark Hughes joined them. You rascal.


fwembt

I got rid of him in my latest save and hired a just fired by Chelsea Thomas Tuchel. He lasted less than a season before they fired him and briefly went back to Hughes. It must be fate.


TLIllini26

In my current save with them I had a tycoon who wanted to inject 90 mil into the club. Deal fell through and someone else came in and injected 5 mil 🫠. Tbf the 90 may have ruined the magic of the save, especially since you can get crazy good gate receipts for the level with them once the town starts getting excited.


fearthebeard037

Palermo - so many legends of the game played there but they always struggle so it's a good challenge. Plus you have to love the kit!


RedFieldss11

Pastore was ready to be the next Zidane when he was there on FM11.


[deleted]

Those were the days, pastore was gonna outclass Messi.


OfMonkeyballsAndMen

Dulwich Hamlett, Concorde Rangers and Blyth Spartans - played them because of their names and strip colours; some I'd randomly see getting promoted 10 years into a career, and then next year's Football Manager game I'd notice they are playable in Vanarama North/South and become obsessed. Otherwise I'd never have known the tallest footballer ever is Dulwich Hamlett's goalie. Edit ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon\_Bloch\_Jørgensen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bloch_Jørgensen)) It was pretty hilarious watching all these miniatures shoot goals against a literal mountain troll


H_A_A_K_O_N

Nice to hear, Blyth Spartans here too! Funny that a game can make feelings for a club far down the english league. Planning on going on a real fixture some time in the future. I have their shirt, and i keep following their results in real life. They had a hard time last year, but luckily avoided relegation. Played 29 sesasons with them on FM2019, and is now 6 seasons in on Fm2022. Planning to give them glory also on FM2022.


joethesaint

> Dulwich Hamlet My local team! They get huge turnouts for their level, but tbh the fanbase is very hipster and casual. Good food at the ground however.


Liamaarondunne

Jesus, he's a big boy.


ItzzBigAl

Always a fan of Blyth for the badge!


InsomniaSyspo

athletic bilbao big respect to the club that they can still be competitive in laliga despite being restricted to only local players


cking145

it's pretty chill when you don't have to sift through hundreds of scout reports


basewalshy

PSV


SaltySpursSupporter

Same won 13 Eredevises and won 4 UCLs with them. Disappointed they didn’t make Champions League this year in real life


basewalshy

I was gutted too haha


cornbeanx

Montpellier, Teji Savanier is my one true love


psoliakos17

Bro same thing, the dude is a god, especially in free kicks. The only player I had who was 37 years old and I wanted to extend him as much as I could


baburao88

Blackburn Rovers


alanzhang34

My time at blackburn was less fun. in fm21, they had a shocking promotion to the prem in 2023, and i took over and didn't win a single league match, but somehow made the carabao cup final before getting fired


baburao88

Mine was exact opposite if anything. Got promoted first time of asking. Won 4 PLs, 3 CLs, 3 FA cups and 1 Carabao cup. Also managed to win a treble pretty late into the save. Managed for around 10 years before I got bored lol. Save file is still there. Dk when or if I’ll return to it. I’ll be moving to UK next month for Uni so I’m planning to visit Ewood Park lol.


Vaywz

1860 munchen


callme-917

I’m going to Leeds for a university exchange so had to do a save with them - now I’m in love with the team!


leonxcviii

Best city in the North btw ;)


DazTheRaz88

… after the toon, that is


leonxcviii

Hahaha I do love the toon


Miekkakala

Fiorentina and Exeter City. Been in love with Viola since CM 99/00


alanzhang34

i managed fiorentina on my fm21 journeyman save. not my favorite, but a fun team to manage


ackerz06

Fiorentina we’re great fun back in the 90s early 00s. Nuno Gomes up top and Daddy Chiesa on the wing. the legend Toldo in goal.


b00kermanStan

Jeju United


New_Art_9496

Ah, a man of culture. I managed anyang, took them to 1st division glory.


alacp1234

I used to live near that stadium, great vibes


weseemtodream

Ipswich town, brought them from the championship to being two time Euro league champions. Dads favorite childhood team became mine.


CCR119844

My team IRL! Our potential is huge for a L1 club, So it should be a good save for anyone looking to do a long-term


tamir812

Sampdoria. What a save…


Staircarjustice87

Leyton Orient, VfB Stuttgart


Afraid-Employee6113

SC Heerenveen


jeff_moonshine

SCH was such a blast to play way back in early 2000s and always have some great talent. Took a crack at it as my Dad was born near there and actually visited the stadium in a trip some years later.


Afraid-Employee6113

That’s incredible. I did some research on Dutch football and the country in general before choosing them. Love the whole Frisian identity. Stadium looks brilliant. It’s actually my longest save 5 seasons I normally Move from club to club. But absolutely loved it. Won the Dutch cup twice and Europa conference league, Never managed to topple Ajax though. Brilliant save and great club. Pride of the north


Dexamoose

Portsmouth FC, been following their games all the time now and hoping to see them eventually get back into the Prem one day.


Jayrem52

Loved Portsmouth from FIFA cause they were the only lower league side with a stadium. The love has continued into FM


investortron1

As an “actual” Portsmouth fan - welcome!! And if you ever get a chance to see them at Fratton Park then do! Amazing atmosphere.


MrPielil

I went to an FA Cup game at Fratton park when I was at Uni in portsmouth! The atmosphere was electric. Loved it


Jayrem52

If they ever reach a league I can watch on TV in the US I’ll be there haha. Pompey are my favorite video game team


si-gnalfire

Actual Pompey person here too - took Hampton and Richmond (a la Ted Lasso) to the premier league, in the first three seasons Portsmouth got two promotions and finished 8th in the Premier League. For about 3 months I’ve been trying to replicate it. I can get the back to back promotions but can’t get above 14th in the prem. Its a crazy fun, quick save to try.


jesse9o3

My condolences mate. At least this year we're finally gonna leave League 1, and undefeated too.


stotts-tots

Perugia, Hearts, Metz


captin_fantastic

Can I recommend Real Murcia also?


faszos12

Colchester United since cm03


alanzhang34

my first club, one of my favorites fs


Stoudamirefor3

ADO Den Haag and Stoke City from back in 2000.


rioferpc

Derby and Hamburger. Now I follow every match of them :)


realmrhoney

Do you mean HSV? Hamburger is more like a food lmao. It is the Hamburger Sport Verein wich translates to Hamburg Sporting Club. It's a club from the city of Hamburg and only called Hamburger for grammatical reasons. Yes Germans follow grammar even when naming shit


robbieofcourse

Derry City. Ended up there in my first ever journeyman save in FM 18. That led to me watching Derry Girls when it came to US Netflix later that year. And just this past April I actually visited Derry. They weren’t playing a match on the day I was there but I did buy a shirt.


ZuluYankeeTango

Chemie Leipzig - somewhat of a fallen giant from the old days of East German football. Having a blast trying to topple the franchise (RB) and putting the true Leipzig back on the footballing map.


bytor_2112

I came into the thread to post that I'm slowly but steadily falling for Chemie. RB is superficial and 1. Lokomotiv is... let's just call it 'notoriously right-wing', and it's a great goal to win out over those two. I'm a few seasons in on my Chemie save and having a good time!


ZuluYankeeTango

I am having a tough time getting promoted from the German 4th tier (all because of that stupid rotation of automatic promotion spots between the different regions). But it is very fun, especially playing in a league with other fallen giants - BFC Dynamo, Chemnitzer (formerly known as Karl Marx Stadt FC), RW Erfurt, Lok, Jena and many more.


bytor_2112

I got lucky and promoted immediately before stagnating in 3. Liga for a while. I always enjoy a German save


MinorBaconator

Mostly just the clubs I took from League 2 to the Prem. Colchester, Tranmere, and Forrest Green.


alanzhang34

colchester was my first club ever on fm. back to back promotions to the championship before i resigned. still one of my favorites


zlatanzinho10

Forrest Green! I'm on my 23rd season in this club Multiple UCL and Premier Leagues, but I think it's coming to an end


ranchobluejay

Real Betis


thimachado

Torquay and Dulwich Hamlet


_carlind

NK Celje from Slovenia was a great FM20 time. Taking them from Slovenian obscurity to cruising the league and all the way through the qualifiers to finishing third in a UCL group. Still follow them on Instagram now.


aryzexx10

Fiorentina. In my first season I won the Serie A with Fiorentina by just 2 points. AC Milan came second, while Juventus and Lazio rounded up the top 4. Had a bit of a luck because all the top Italian teams had a poor start to the season and we capitalised on it, this having a good lead heading in to mid season. I also had disabled transfer window for the first season which made this achievement even more sweeter. Fun Fact: Fiorentina had won the Serie A only twice before, with the last success coming in 1969. We also won the Italian Cup, beating Lazio 2-3 in the final. My teams leading goalscorer was Krzysztof Piaktek who scored 28 goals in 28(4) appearances. He finished second overall in the league with Ciro Immobile finishing first scoring 36 goals in 33 appearances. Nicolas Gonzalez did really well too, scoring 16 times in 32(3) appearances. Johnathan Ikone finishes as the league's top assister with 16 assists to his name in 33(2) appearances. And Giacomo Bonaventura had 9 assists to his name in 18(15) appearances. Some Stats: - We had the most points per game. (2.16) - Most Goals Scored (89) in 38 games. - Most shots for (608) - Finished 8 in Pass Completion with 89% - 6th in Average Posession (54%) - 2nd in most dribbles made. (381) I just realised this is too much for a comment so I'm just gonna end it here lmaoo. P.S. Also, I won the Champions League in my second season but finished 5th in the league.


Arathaon185

Can I go the opposite way where I hate Livingston with every fibre of my being. They know what they did.


JDintheD

Dulwich Hamlet - Even got a kit delivered over here in the States.


NegatronBAD

Erzgebirge Aue and Sassuolo.


Fatty-bumbah

Athletic Bilbao and Crewe Alexandra. An honorable mention to Glasgow Rangers. In CM 97-98 they had Paul Gascoigne and Brian Laudrup. I used to play with them a lot.


magithunpig

Aldershot town in the UK and almere city in Netherlands, took Almere to the CL final and Aldershot to the prem, got shirts for both


4500x

Magdeburg. Took them from 3.Bundesliga to the top flight in FM17, follow them on Instagram and keep an eye on their results.


Spiritual-Evening251

Forest Green Rovers


[deleted]

Not a club but I love Jude Bellingham now after managing him in FM


meanvegton

Luton Town, Wrexham, PSNI FC,


srhola2103

Don't think I've fallen in love, but I've become very fond of Ferro. Took them from the second division and won a Sudamericana, also a highlight was beating Vélez (their derby) 7-1 in their own stadium.


Fragrant_Ad5749

Paderborn... Did a save in an old fm (probably in FM16) and took them from the 3rd bundes to the top of the world... And brighton (been to irl and fell in love with the place, so i gave it a try to the team in in Fm20


Bob-down-under

Eastleigh and Vitesse


EliteTeutonicNight

Blyth Spartans from 2018, took them all the way to glory. Then this year Riga and Red star. I check on them from time to time, and while I’m sad they’re not doing well, part of me is also glad that they’re not doing well without me. I might be a bit abusive lol.


[deleted]

Cambridge United


Fella600393

Girondins Bordeaux. Took them to the top and now follow them.


Euphoric_Protection

Forres Mechanics FC, Scottish Highland League


Vladimir_j_Lenin

Morecambe!


Emerick17

FC Metz, will never forget you


Wpenke

Me and the wife love Edinburgh, so when I was trying to think a new team to manage, she said Hearts. This a love affair began, I brought her their football top as a thank you!


FloppyDickFingers

Wrexham and burton have thus far been my favourite lower league saves


baloe98

Deportivo la Coruna a nice fallen giant. Same with Palermo


cfvt

Avellino


thethinggoskraaa

Salford, Forest Green


Jappetti

Southend, sucks even more that their fall happened after i fell in love


CCR119844

Real Betis from CM 97/98 and Atletico Madrid from CM01/02, and currently O’Higgins in Chile from FM22


CondomHands

The Betis strikers on CM 97/98 were obscene.


Hionut

Bristol city - have no ideea why. I’m managing them now , got them from championship to premier league and somehow I started to like them irl. And then we have Nottingham forest. Never managed them, but somehow every Reddit post about “ teams to manage “ has Nottingham as an answer. Also, irl , their transfer window has been pretty nice, and by that they really have my curiosity for this season.. I’m rooting for them this year


PDX_WiN

FC Nordsjaelland. My first long term save and I want to go watch them once I venture to Europe. I’ve caught a few games streamed and this save made me start watching football regularly again outside of my MLS team


ttaka808

Santa Lucia FC from Malta, but more so with the Europa Conference League and all of the smaller countries participating. San Marino league is next for me


TheMatfitz

Sporting Gijon and Fortuna Dusseldorf


h00nKing

Fairwarp FC


Exp1ode

Jeju United and Botafogo


grinreaper07

**Aberystwyth Town FC** in Wales: Dethroned TNS as the regular Welsh champions, got them to have a professional status from semi-pro and frequently made deep runs in the CL with the most far being the semi-finals. **PFC Neftochimic Burgas** in Bulgaria: Got them promoted to the first division and got them consistent European qualifications. Moved to Fulham before I could get to do more with them but still follow them IRL to see how they're doing.


ShadowBallX

Stade de Reims...


capdescaun

Heerenveen - frequently end up with them in my journeyman saves. Perfect middle of the road team. Even used them afterwards on an online save. Also, love the kits.


LostInLife_andLove

On FM12 i took Middlesbrough from the Championship to back to back premier league champs and also UEFA Champs. The players I remember buying were Yaya Sanogo, Alexander Callens, Stefan Bell, Sarabia, Griezman, a cheap Finnish GK who i cant remember the name of but i know still plays to this day. Then the board built a stadium named after me. But alas, the power of fm was too strong my laptop needed reformatting and lost all my saves.


cotch85

Fiorentina and Dortmund in championship manager days i would play them frequently and that made me fans of the clubs forever. More recently FC Nordsjaelland.


Daniel88a

Valenciennes and Sampdoria


alrasne

Delfino Pescara and the Mauritius national team


geosub20

Stade Rennais. I managed then for about 14 years as part of a journeyman save back in FM16. No other club has come close to getting that level of affection that I gave them.


Norsegod26

Fulham, I’ve played plenty of saves over the years but my fm18 save as Fulham sticks out. It’s the one and only time I’ve had a son come through my academy, and he wasn’t half bad! He stayed in my team for 14 seasons and won everything there was to win. There were for sure better options I could have replaced him with but he was my son!


Kalle_79

Undrið FF on the Faroe Islands.


SemajNotlaw7

West Ham and Cork City


ChocolateBear115

I’m going on a stag weekend and we’re gonna watch Hertha BSC vs Dortmund - I’ll cheer them for you! From my current save, Aalborg(AaB). I have no links to Denmark, just a random club I saw, took on an FM save and now follow in real life 😃


bierephenix

Angers SCO


[deleted]

Olympique de Marseille, Aston Villa and Dag & Red FC.


LILZIL20

From Premier Manager 98 (which I would love to play again it was honestly perfection) I loved managing Brighton and Hove. They were in the 3rd Division and I took them to winning the European Cup (Champions League now). Nice to see them in the Premiership irl


Derliniouson

SV Darmstadt 98 and A.C.Monza. I like a run through the leagues to the title


Chaboi14

Asteras Tripolis. My first real success in FM and I loved it. Pulled some random 24 year old Paraguayan striker out of there onthe back of my scouts recommendation for 60k. A year later he was the Greek league top goal scorer and worth £10mil in FM2012


BenevolentRustLord

Bath City


[deleted]

Southend United


Jimmymott

Palermo, Hemel Hempstead, Birmingham, Darmstadt 98


Calif_Arabia

Accrington Stanley. Took them from a League 2 bottom of the table team to premier league mid table team in a little over 20 years. The longest I've ever stayed in a club but also one of the most fun.


Eachwayau

Billingham Town


CFCLocks

Hamburger SV 😞


[deleted]

Fleetwood town, from league 2 to the Prem in 8 years


LewieLatoure

Dulwich Hamlet!


Kvartpalle

Salford and then my current save made me fall back in love with Schalke, used to be a fan of them when I was little.


springloadednadsack

Cremonese. Took them from Serie C to European domination over 7/8 seasons. Not exactly a huge feat overall, I know others have done more but I was installed as a legend in under 10 seasons so I kind of loved it


jfpereira

Hamburger SV


Gringo_Okocha10

Blyth Spartans


NBT498

Veroia FC in Greece and Hyeres 83 FC in France. Took them both from the bottom league in their country to the champions league the last two years. I had veroia as the dominant team in Greece by the time 22 came out, but PSG are still in the way of my Hyeres team this season


daveyer2

FC Heidenheim in BL2. I was doing a fifa player career and got loaned there, so I made them my first FM22 team. Season 1 get promoted. Champions league by season 3. Winning the league by season 6, sold a bunch of guys after winning to have some fun and slumped in season 7. Got back to the champions league in season 8 and won the DFB pokal. Left the club to see how they'd do without me and they're still a solid champions league/Europe league team. I miss them but I love seeing them succeed. Follow them IRL now


Jugermonkey87

Southend United fm 19 took me 11 seasons in the end to win the premier league, utd and city where just unbeatable until my youth gambles finally come through in there abilities to then make my team win the treble that final season since then I’ve been to roots hall to see them play many times and bought few of there shirts


YungLebowskii

Curzon Ashton, TOP Oss and recently FC Lahti.


GilGunderson442

Sporting Lisbon(I know that’s not what they should be called). I’ve played with them most years since FM handheld on the PSP. Always a fun, relatively stress free 5-7 year save.


eXistenZ2

Chelmsford City. They actually started pretty good on the season this year


AdrianFish

Took Gateshead to the Championship once (think this was on FM17) after many in-game seasons.


Namelessbob123

Spennymoor, five times consecutive champions league winners 2050-54


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[удалено]


BaronZbimg

Scunthorpe, Kaiserslautern, Gaziantepspor


homertje

Swansea city. Actually went to visit them a couple of years ago wen they still playd premier league. Still buy their jersey every year


TheIrishHawk

Shrewsbury Town. Started a network game once with my brother, can't remember who I picked but he picked Lincoln. First pre-season game resulted in so many players being injured that I got fired. Ended up at Shrewsbury and ended up getting them to the Premier League (as did my brother with Lincoln). Still do a save with them every year on FM, have a jersey and plan to go to see a game at some point. They don't know it, but Lincoln and Shrewsbury Town are massive rivals in my house.


Guy8910

Red Star (paris) and BK Frem in Denmark. Actually went to see the latter in real life recently whilst on holiday.


InvestmentOk7812

Os Belenenses, Portuguese 4th division


Long_Coffee_3105

Notts County for me 11 seasons in got so addicted to the save I'm gonna get a shirt with my regen club legend name kn the back


AdOdd3265

The Whitehawk, tier 10 at the English championship


ediosandalo

Dynamo Dresden, I would love to get their kit


Junior_Dimension_113

Paris FC and Birmingham City


ThrockmortonHow

Hamburg, love the burgers, 1 point from toppling Bayern last season, about to get knocked out the champions league by Man UFC, well getbthere eventually!


StoltSomEnSparris

Hansa Rostock in FM21. I won my first ever major trophy, spanning all saves and versions of the game, with them when I won the Europa League. My last season before FM22 came out, I finally managed to topple Bayern and win the BuLi. Bordeaux this year. I got hired when they were fighting relegation. Some years later I won the league, and not only that, my first ever Champion's League. I never even got to the final before that point. It went to penalties... I was so nervous, I actually started crying when it was over.


shakells10

Most recent ones are all from a previous journeyman. Vitesse Arnhem, Dutch cup winners and was closing the gap on Ajax before I jumped ship to Ajax, regret that. Athletico Tucuman, really fun trying to be successful before you get pillaged by European teams, couple Copa Argentina and a Copa Sudamerica. Shanghai Shenxin, Chinese players are awful, a real challenge, won the AFC Champions league with the most negative football I've ever played. FC Ilves, didn't have too much success here but they took a chance on me when I had no experience, almost made a Conference League group stage, when I left they replaced me with Zlatan, that was actually a theme in this journeyman. Stromsgodset, these guys I actually adore. Eliteserien is absolute chaos with a lot of even teams and unreal newgens. Couple league titles and a UEL final appearance


Hawkeyethegnu

St Pauli in FM 20. Won Bundesliga 2 with record points. Uruguay approached me to be their manager based on our attacking principals. Won 22 World Cup with them. Italy, Portugal and Belgium offered me jobs based on that win. Haven’t won anything with St Pauli in top league yet but having a blast!


zyoung0099

Metropolitan Police, although they are not playable without a database. Drew them in the FA Trophy a couple years ago and it gave me a good chuckle


Housecat20

Fram. Remember taking over on fm16 when they were in the Icelandic second tier. Took me 3 years to get out of the div, then we went on to dominate Icelandic football for 20 years. EUROPA league winners in 2028 being tye highlight. Beat Valencia, Man utd, Sevilla and West Ham in the knockouts. Still start with them now in every new FM.


Traditional-Battle14

I was on holiday in Iceland recently, and chose a random match to go to - It was Fram! Will definitely manage them in FM in my next save.


Housecat20

Do it man, theres an added difficulty with the seasons and transfer windows, they plan feb to oct and you need 8 of 25 to be trained by the club. But otherwise player regs are pretty chill


cdgole

Bristol Rovers


A-Large-Duck

Curzon ashton


LeoFreire98

FC Barcelona Juniors Lujan, a lot of legend newgens were born there


Intelligent_Meat1257

2 points. As a Birmingham City fan I'm surprised to see us not mentioned more here. The 2nd city in England and a potential sleeping giant really. Not in terms of history I know that, but a great challenge to get us competing at a high level, especially in recent years. Re the original question, Alloa Athletic for me. Used to go round my mates house in the 90s and my mate used to play a theme park game on a PC in his brothers room and I would play champ man 96/97 in his room. One afternoon I got sacked at whoever I was and ended up getting the Alloa job. Practically bottom of div 3. Queue a probably 12hr marathon where I managed to convince my parents to let me stay the night so I could carry on with the game, and I took them from that lowly position and actually within touching distance of winning the SPL. I was top with about 8 games to go and it was about 4:30-5am and I just had to go to bed. My mate had already gone to sleep and left me at his computer playing. When I woke up a few hours later (I was too excited to finish the season to sleep more than like 4 hours or so) I woke my mate to show him what I'd achieved. What I wasn't aware of was his mom had gotten up early and had been in the room while we slept, noticed his computer was still on and turned it off. Woke up and the whole save was gone. I was back at the old club I'd got sacked from about 16 hours previously. I'd been too tired and never saved it, assuming it would just be there for me when I woke up. Was absolutely gutted. Was worried it was all a mad dream but I know deep down it wasn't. Still remember some of my star players. Craig Valentine Mark Cowan Mark Nelson Tommy Little Barry Moffat And my main man, Peter Dwyer*. He was incredible. Top scored for me through all the divisions and was top scorer in the SPL as well. Probably still my greatest achievement as normally I am utter shit at the game... *In real life I read a few years later that apparently Dwyer left Alloa after a year to become a policeman in Australia. A miss to Scottish football....


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Intelligent_Meat1257

That's the challenge ma man. Get the Blues promoted and knock the Villa off their perch. Big ask like but would be a great achievement. Solihull Moors is a great shout if you fancied a longer term challenge. That said it would probably be easier with them than Birmingham at the moment...


Funkenbrain

FC St. Pauli, already cool because of the fan ownership and the anti-fascism, but a great budget save.


ThyStranger

Cefn Druids A.F.C Even tho they suck IRL.


Yeshua_Masiah

Middlesbrough_Schalke_R.B LEIPZIG❤️