The third challenge of the ’12 FMV Tour brings us to Croatia.

GNK Dinamo Zagreb are the biggest side in Croatia, and they will be your club to manage for this stage of the tour. As you are the biggest side in the country you will have the best players, the best facilities, the best youth, and the most money to spend to help you dominate your rivals and qualify for European competition. Despite the fact you are the colossus of Croatia, you will be severely overmatched in Europe and can expect to struggle greatly against the major European sides. Do you have what it takes to keep up the nigh impossible domestic expectations saddled upon the Bad Blue Boys and get results in Europe?

GNK Dinamo Zagreb

Founded in 1945 as a replacement for three clubs disbanded by the Yugoslav Communist Party, the Modri (Blues) are the most successful club in Croatian history. Home matches are played at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb, one of the largest stadiums in the nation. The supporters group of the club, the Bad Blue Boys, are one of the most notorious and dangerous supporters groups in all of football. The club contests the Eternal Derby with their bitter rivals Hejduk Split, who are the clear #2 in Croatian football both historically and in the modern era. With more silverware than any other Croatian club (including the only European silverware in Croatia: the 66-67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup), and having spent their entire existence in the top flight in both Yugoslavia and Croatia, Dinamo are a force to be reckoned with. Many of the top Croatian players in the world have played for Dinamo, and Dinamo have a track record of being a tough draw in Europe.

Prva HNL

The top flight of Croatian football, established in 1992 following the breakup of Yugoslavia. For the 2011-2012 seasons the league has 16 teams, however that number will be reduced to 12 for the following year due to restructuring and thus 5 teams will be relgated for this year. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Champions League Qualifying Round, while the runner-up and second runner-up qualify for early Qualifying Rounds in the Europa League. Teams play each other twice with 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw.

CHALLENGE DYNAMICS
This challenge will last for three years, upon completing your third season in Croatia (1st May 2013), you can no longer collect points for this destination.

You must start set your manager experience as “Automatic” and play in a new save from June 2010.

You have until the midnight of 31st January 2012 to submit your screenshots in this thread, and accumulate as many points as you can.

You may not manage any other teams, or use other programs to aid you in this challenge.

HOW TO SCORE POINTS
Submit screenshots via reply within this forum thread of your progress.
Unclear or doctored screenshots will not be rewarded with points.

Prva HNL
Relegated: -10 points
16th -12th: 0 points
11th: 1 point
10th: 2 points
9th: 3 points
8th: 4 points
7th: 5 points
6th: 8 points
5th: 10 points
4th: 12 points
3rd: 15 points
2nd: 20 points
1st: 25 points

Hrvatski Kup
First Round Exit: 0 points
Second Round Exit: 2 points
Losing Quarter Finalist: 5 points
Losing Semi Finalist: 8 points
Losing Finalist: 10 points
Winners: 15 points

Superkup Hrvatske
Winners: 5 points

Champions League
Fail to Qualify for group stages: 0 points
Group Stage Exit: 2 points
Second Round Exit: 5 points
Losing Quarter Finalists: 10 points
Losing Semi Finalists: 15 points
Losing Finalist: 20 points
Winner: 30 points

Europa League
>Group Stage Exit: 0 points
Second Round Exit: 3 points
Losing Quarter Finalists: 8 points
Losing Semi Finalists: 10 points
Losing Finalist: 15 points
Winner: 25 points

RIVALRIES
(Competitive Fixtures Only)
Beat Hajduk: 5 points
Beat Zagreb: 5 points
Beat Rijeka: 3 points
Beat: Varazdin: 3 points

POINT DEDUCTIONS
Sacked: -25 points (and the challenge is over)

LOGOS
To Come

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 Ho ho ho, merry Christmas everyone and welcome to Finland!

For our FM2012 festive Tour we’ve decided to throw you into the third division of Finnish football where you’ll take over as manager of FC Santa Claus!

Your goal is to take this small club and flourish amid the cruel winter backdrop, rising through the leagues and adding some trophies to the cabinet! One small thing to remember is that this is one of the few times you will hope not to see the words ‘Santa’ and ‘Sack’ in the same sentence. Good luck!

 FC Santa Claus

FC Santa Claus (known primarily as Santa) is a football club from Rovaniemi, Finland. The club was formed in 1993 following the amalgamation of Rovaniemen Reipas and Rovaniemen Lappi football clubs. Home matches are played at the Saarenkylän tekonurmi or Susivoudin kenttä in Rovaniemi. FC Santa Claus won its group in the Kakkonen C division, but lost the promotion play-off final to HIFK and failed to gain promotion to the Ykkonen league in 2010.

Santa have never gained promotion to the top two divisions in Finland, spending half their short history in the third and fourth divisions respectively. With low cash reserves, poor facilities and a midtable squad, this could be a tough challenge. However the chance to forge new history and bring a little festive cheer to the world of football is one that shouldn’t be passed up!

Kakkonen C

The name literally means ‘Number Two’ in Finnish and is the third tier of football in the country, behind the Veikkausliiga (Premier) and Ykkonen (First) divisions. The Kakkonen is divided to three groups of 14 clubs. A club plays each of the others in the same group twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. Clubs gain three points for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. The group winners may win promotion to Ykkönen while three bottom clubs of each group and weakest 11th ranked club will be relegated to Kolmonen.

CHALLENGE DYNAMICS

This challenge will last for three years, upon completing your third season in Finland

(1st November 2014), you can no longer collect points for this destination.

You must start set your manager experience as “Automatic” and play in a new save from June 2011, using this database to unlock the third tier of Finnish football: here (right click to ‘save as’).

You have until the midnight of 30th December 2011 to submit your screenshots in this thread, and accumulate as many points as you can within the confines of a maximum of 3 seasons in the game.

You may not manage any other teams, or use other programs to aid you in this challenge

HOW TO SCORE POINTS

Submit screenshots via reply within this thread of your progress.
Unclear or doctored screenshots will not be rewarded with points.

Veikkausliiga
Relegated: -10 points
12th-9th: 0 points
8th: 2 points
7th: 3 points
6th: 4 points
5th: 5points
4th: 8 points
3rd: 10 points
2nd: 15 points
1st: 25 points

Ykkönen
Relegated: -10 points
13th-9th: 0 points
8th: 2 points
7th: 3 points
6th: 4 points
5th: 5points
4th: 8 points
3rd: 10 points
2nd: 15 points
1st: 25 points
Promoted: +10 points

Kakkonen
Relegated: -10 points
14th-9th: 0 points
8th: 2 points
7th: 3 points
6th: 4 points
5th: 5points
4th: 8 points
3rd: 10 points
2nd: 15 points
1st: 25 points
Promoted: +10 points

Suomen Cup
Losing Quarter Finalist: 2 points
Losing Semi Finalist: 5 points
Losing Finalist: 10 points
Winners: 15 points

Veikkausliiga Liigacup
Losing Quarter Finalist: 2 points
Losing Semi Finalist: 5 points
Losing Finalist: 10 points
Winners: 15 points

Champions League
Fail to Qualify for group stages: 0 points
Group Stage Exit: 2 points
Second Round Exit: 5 points
Losing Quarter Finalists: 10 points
Losing Semi Finaists: 15 points
Losing Finalist: 20 points
Winner: 30 points

Europa League
Group Stage Exit: 0 points
Second Round Exit: 3 points
Losing Quarter Finalists: 8 points
Losing Semi Finaists: 10 points
Losing Finalist: 15 points
Winner: 25 points

RIVALRIES
(Competitive Fixtures Only)

POINT DEDUCTIONS
Sacked: -25 points (and the challenge is over)

LOGOS
Veikkausliiga
Ykkonen
Kakkonen

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fffuuuttt, futttttt, futttt.

Can you please turn that racket down. Racket? Its not a racket, its a vuvuzella the national instrument made famous by our first FMV Tour destination, it is of course.. South Africa. The host of the 2010 world cup event.

Bafana Bafana brought us a bizare atmosphere and culture to the event saw around the globe. With a lot of their stars known around the world after playing in the Barclay’s Premier League including Aaron Mokena, Steven Pienaar and the ever popular Benni McCarthy.

In the inagural FMView tour we are going to look at the South African Premier Soccer League in a more in depth basis.

It’s a pretty normal format in the PSL, with 16 teams playing each other home and away, with the usual 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a defeat the usual scoring used over the 30 games.
The champions of the PSL and the 2nd place team both qualify for the CAF Champions League whilst 3rd place and the Nedbank Cup champions qualify for the CAF  Confederation Cup which is the African version of the Uefa Europa League.

Relegation wise, the bottom team is relegated alongside the loser of a relegation playoff between the team in 15th place and the team the advances from the promotion playoffs between the top 2 teams in the Coastal and Inland Stream competitions.

They have a basic rule on foriegners where only 5 non-South Africans can be registered. Nambians born before 1990 do not count.

Cup wise there are two competitions, your Nedbank cup is just your South African version of the F.A Cup and the MTN 8 is the other competition. The MTN 8 imo is a great idea. It’s contested between the top 8 clubs in the division. 8 clubs will play in the a knock out format with each loser getting 800,000 rand, and the winner getting a lucrative 8million rand.

For the tour our chosen team is the Orlando Pirates….. OAR OAR OAR Matey.

The club were founded in 1937 and we’re named the Pirates after the 1940 film “The Sea Hawk”. Orlando became the first club since the beginning of the PSL in 1996 to win the domestic treble of the PSL, Nedbank cup and the MTN 8. They achieved this last season.

Overall the club has 31 honours including 3 PSL’s. The club have also never finished outside the top 8 since the beginning of the PSL.

The club has also had a few “FM” legends over the years, including midfielder’s Teko Modise and Benedict Vilakazi, Defender Mbulelo Mabizela and the champ man legend Sibusiso Zuma.

The club participate in the Soweto derby with the Kaizer Chiefs. Its one of the fiercest derbies in world football and pretty much the only PSL that will attract a full house everytime without fail. This rivalrly was based on Kazier Chiefs being founded by ex Orlando Pirates star Kaizer Motaung. He left Pirates to play in American and upon his return found a lot of internal fighting between the higher ups at Pirates. He formed the Kaizer XI which initally just played friendlies with various clubs and they eventually evolved into Kaizer Chiefs.

*According to wikipedia their overall record stands at Kaizer Chiefs winning 13 games, Orlando Pirates winning 11, whilst there has been 12 draws. Kaizers have outscored there opponents by 34 goals to 33.

They also have a great stadium built for the 2010 World Cup. This high standard of facilities across the country is why there is a lot of hope for the future of South African football – both domestically and on the international stage.

CHALLENGE DYNAMICS

This challenge will last for three years, upon completing your third season in South Africa

(1st July 2014), you can no longer collect points for this destination.

You must start set your manager experience as “Automatic” and play in a new save from June 2011.

You have until the midnight of 30th November 2011 to submit your screenshots in this thread, and accumulate as many points as you can within the confines of a maximum of 3 seasons in the game.

You may not manage any other teams, or use other programs to aid you in this challenge

HOW TO SCORE POINTS

Submit screenshots via reply within this thread of your progress.

Unclear or doctored screenshots will not be rewarded with points.

ABSA Premiership

Relegated: -10 points

15th-9th: 0 points

8th: 2 points

7th: 3 points

6th: 4 points

5th: 5points

4th: 8 points

3rd: 10 points

2nd: 15 points

1st: 25 points

Nedbank Cup

Losing Quarter Finalist: 2 points

Losing Semi Finalist: 5 points

Losing Finalist: 10 points

Winners: 15 points

Telkom Knockout

Losing Quarter Finalist: 2 points

Losing Semi Finalist: 5 points

Losing Finalist: 10 points

Winners: 15 points.

MTN 8

Losing Quarter Finalist: 2 points

Losing Semi Finalist: 5 points

Losing Finalist: 10 points

Winners: 15 points

CAF Champions League

Group Stage Exit: 0 points

Second Round Exit: 5 points

Losing Quarter Finalists: 10 points

Losing Semi Finaists: 15 points

Losing Finalist: 20 points

Winner: 30 points

RIVALRIES

(Competitive Fixtures Only)

Beat Kaizer Chiefs: 5 points

Beat Ajax Cape Town: 3 points

Beat Mamelodi Sundowns: 3 points

Beat Moroka Swallows: 3 points

POINT DEDUCTIONS

Sacked: -25 points (and the challenge is over)

LOGOS

Premier Soccer League

National First Division

More Logos

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Rounding off our FM2011 Tours is a trip to a hotbed of football know as the capital of tango.

A place where you need good footwork on the pitch as well as on the dancefloor.

Welcome to Buenos Aires, Argentina!

Boca Juniors
The club was founded on April 3, 1905 by five Italian immigrants. The club currently has a fierce rivalry with River Plate, who are also from Buenos Aires. Boca are traditionally regarded as the club of Argentina’s working class, in contrast with the supposedly more upper-class base of their cross-town arch rival, and matches between the two clubs are known as the Superclasico – known worldwide for their heated displays both on and off the pitch. Boca’s home stadium is Estadio Alberto J. Armando, which is colloquially known as La Bombonera. The youth academy has produced many Argentine internationals such as Nicolas Burdisso, Carlos Tevez, and Fernando Gago, who have played or are playing for top European clubs.

The original jersey colour was pink, but this was quickly abandoned for thin black-and-white vertical stripes. Legend has it that in 1906, Boca played another team that used this strip to decide who would get to keep it. Boca lost, and decided to adopt the colors of the flag of the first boat to sail into the port at La Boca. This proved to be the 4146 ton freighter “Drottning Sophia”, a Swedish vessel sailing from Copenhagen. As a result, the yellow and blue of the Swedish flag were adopted as the new team colours. The first version had a yellow diagonal band, which was later changed to a horizontal stripe.

The League
The Primera División (English: First Division) is Argentina’s premier football division, sitting at the top of the Argentine football league system. The Primera División was founded in 1893 and turned professional in 1931 when 18 clubs broke away from the amateur leagues to form a professional league. Since then, sixteen clubs have been the Argentine champion, although only four clubs have won ten or more titles. The most successful club are your arch-rivals River Plate, who have won 33 titles to date.

Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional.Each season is divided into two tournaments, the Apertura (Opening stage) and Clausura (Closing stage), each with its own champion. In each stage the 20 teams play each other once, and the team with the best record is champion of that stage.

The average records are compared over the year to see who the best four teams are (who qualify for the Copa Libertadores), the fifth placed team (for the preliminary round of the Copa Libertadores), and the top six to qualify for the Copa Sudamericana. This aggregate table is also used to determine the two teams with the worst records over the course of the year, who are then relegated.

The match day squad may contain a maximum of four foreign players, with eleven starters and seven named substitutes to pick from. This promotes the development of youngsters in Argentina and ensures they continue to hold their place as one of the most consistent producers of young stars in world football.

The Job
Chairman Jorge Ameal has offered you a chance that comes along but once in a lifetime, to manage the great Boca Juniors! Julio Cesar Falcioni has been dismissed at short notice and you have been chosen to take charge. The fans are notably loud and proud when it comes to their club and you must provide the success they both crave and deserve.

The Staff
Both Javier Sanguinetti and Omar Piccoli are hired at the club as assistants, both are willing to be your number two – however it’s unlikely that both will continue to co-exist so a wise course would be to choose one, or bring in your own man.

There is a wealth of youth coaches at the club which is why they are known for producing such fabulous players. However few of them seem to hold any real coaching skill and this might be an area you need to rebuild. And finishing the tour of the backroom staff you can see that chief scout Ramon Maddoni and head Physio Jose Veiga are good at their jobs but it would be worth your while hiring them some help.

The Players
Known for their all-action 442-Diamond formation, the Blue and Gold’s thrive with a good playmaker in their ranks. Juan Roman Riquelme is that man in the Boca team, capable of stringing together plays that lead to goals every game. Even with an injury to the star man however, Walter Erviti is more than capable of causing problems in this league.

Captaining the side is Martin Palermo, the legendary striker provides a wealth of experience and also still one of the star players – even at 36 years old! Luckily for you there is a young star ready to take Palermo’s place up front by the name of Sergio Araujo, the highly rated striker is just 18 but could develop into a world class player.

It’s also been said that the squad is unbalanced at times by it’s lack of depth at fullback, something the new manager must deal with.

KEY HISTORY
Copa Sudamericana (2): 2003-04, 2004-05
Copa Libertadores (6): 1976-77, 1977-78, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07
Primera Opening Stage (4): 1975-76, 1980-81, 1998-99, 2005-06
Primera Closing Stage (9): 1968-69, 1969-70, 1975-76, 1991-92, 1997-98, 1999-00, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2007-08

La Bombonera

The Estadio Alberto J. Armando is a stadium located in the La Boca district of Buenos Aires. Widely known as La Bombonera (the Chocolate Box) due to its shape, with a “flat” stand on one side of the pitch and three steep stands round the rest of the stadium. It has a capacity of 49,000 and thanks to it’s unusual shape has excellent acoustics – the Boca support being nicknamed “La Doce” (The 12th man).

Three sides of the Bombonera are made up of traditional stands. However, the fourth side had to be built vertically, with several seating areas stacked one on top of the other, to stay within the stadium’s property. La Bombonera is renowned for vibrating when fans start to jump in rhythm. In particular, the unique vertical side will sway slightly, leading to the phrase ” La Bombonera doesn’t shake: it beats (like a heart).”

It’s also worth noting that the pitch at La Bombonera is the minimum length required under FIFA regulations at just 105m x 68m.

CHALLENGE DYNAMICS

• This challenge will last for three years, upon completing your third season in Argentina (1st July 2013), you can no longer collect points for this destination.
• You must start set your manager experience as “Automatic” and be playing in a new save from June 2010.
• You have until the midnight of 31st October 2011 to submit your screenshots in this thread, and accumulate as many points as you can within the confines of a maximum of 3 seasons in the game.
• You must use the Official 11.3.0 database.
• You may not manage any other teams, or use other programs to aid you in this challenge

HOW TO SCORE POINTS
Submit screenshots via reply within this thread of your progress.
Unclear or doctored screenshots will not be rewarded with points.

Primera Aggregate Table
Relegated: -10 points
18th-11th: 0 points
10th: 1 point
9th: 2 points
8th: 3 points
7th: 4 points
6th: 5 points
5th: 8 points
4th: 10 points
3rd: 15 points
2nd: 20 points
1st: 30 points
Apertura Title: +15 points
Clausura Title: +15 points

Copa Sudamericana
First Round Exit: 0 points
Second Round Exit: 2 points
Losing Quarter Finalists: 5 points
Losing Semi Finalists: 8 points
Losing Finalists: 10 points
Winner: 15 points

Copa Libertadores
Group Stage Exit: 0 points
Second Round Exit: 5 points
Losing Quarter Finalists: 10 points
Losing Semi Finaists: 15 points
Losing Finalist: 20 points
Winner: 30 points

RIVALRIES
(Competitive Fixtures Only)
Beat River Plate: 5 points
Beat Independiente: 3 points
Beat San Lorenzo: 3 points
Beat Racing Club: 3 points

POINT DEDUCTIONS
Sacked: -25 points (and the challenge is over)

Visit our forum thread for this particular Tour challenge to see how our members are getting on, and also post your own screenshots to compete for the final leg here:

http://forum.fm-view.com/topic/14375-official-tour-challenge-boca-juniors/

As you should know by now, FMV celebrated it’s 4th Birthday at the start of this month. The celebrations continued long into the night and we awoke with two things we hadn’t had the night before – a vicious headache and a plane ticket from Qantas! We therefore decided not to let this opportunity pass us by and we’ll continue the party down under in the Australian sunshine.

So grab your passports, get out the budgie smugglers, and slap on the sunscreen as the Tour marches on!

Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory FC (nicknamed the Blues or the Victory) are an Australian football team formed in 2004, and plying their trade in the Hyundai A-League. The Victory have led the A-League in attendances every year since the 2006-07 season and is also considered the most successful club domestically in the A-League, having won two A-League Championships and two Premiers Plates.

Their colours (navy blue and white) are traditional Victoria state colours, yet they are known as an open and friendly club with many fans of all nationalities. Their main rivals are SydneyFC and Adelaide United FC, whilst their local rivals Melbourne Heart FC (recently formed in 2009) are quickly becoming a major rival in their own right. As all these clubs compete in the Hyundai A-League, there is a lot of pride to play for in the years ahead.

The League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia (FFA), it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is officially known as the Hyundai A-League. The league is contested by ten teams: ten located across Australia and one from New Zealand.

There are minimum and maximum squad sizes of 15 and 39 players respectively, which offers a good ammount of cover and flexibility. 23 of these may be over the age of 21, the rest at or under that age. This squad must come in at or under the wage cap of £20.08k per week (excluding Marquee Players). Up to two Marquee Players may be signed and registered – at least one of which must be and Australian national. A maximum of five foreign players can be registered as part of the squad, and one may be signed as a Marquee Player to avoid the wage cap.

The eleven teams play each other three times each for a total of thirty matches, the top side being crowned Premiers of the division. Once the regular season has finished there is a secondary stage for the top six sides, this series is called the Finals. In the Minor Semi Finals the teams that finished 6th-3rd in the regular season are drawn against each other, with the two victors going into the Major Semi Finals. The winners of the Major Semi Finals battle are drawn against the top two teams from the regular season to decide the finalists. The winners of the Grand Final are crowned as Champions and together with the Premiers (or the losers of the Grand final if one team wins both) qualify for the Asian Champions League.

The Job
Chairman Geoff Lord is waiting to hand the reins over to Anthony Di Pietro as as such has chosen you to replace the departing Ernie Merrick as head coach of the Melbourne Victory for the coming season. Nothing less than trophies will apease them as they look to build upon last seasons second placed finish and become one of the major players in the Asian Federation for decades to come.

Thier link with Tianjin means the pathway is open for Chinese stars of the future to showcase their talents in this well publicised league if the manager wishes to take advantage of this fact.

The Staff
Aaron Healey is happy to stay on as your assistant and the rest of the staff are looking forward to seeing what you can do. However it must be noted that a foreign face or two might be just what’s needed to improve quality in this emerging team.

Both the Physio and Scouting departments might need an overhaul to ensure the best possible future for the club.

The Players
Known for their creative 352 formations, the Blues need a good playmaker to open up defences and give you the best possible chance. Luckily Carlos Hernandez fit’s this role well and the dead-ball specialist offers a threat at set-pieces too!

Young strikers Robbie Kruse and Mate Dugandzic are showing a ton of promise, whilst experienced keeper Michael Petkovic provides leadership and quality at the back. There is work to be done at the team however with most pundits highlighting a lack of real quality in the defence.

One possible worry is the fact that Kevin Muscat is showing signs of ageing and the legendary captain must be replaced sooner rather than later. The question of how to replace such an icon is one the new manager must provide an answer for.

KEY HISTORY
Premiers: 2006-07, 2008-09
Champions: 2006-07, 2008-09

AAMI Stadium

The AAMI Stadium (also known as Melbourne Rectangular Stadium) is a 30,500 all-seater capacity stadium that was opened in May 2010. It is home to the Melbourne Storm (Rugby League), Melbourne Rebels (Rugby Union), Melbourne Heart (Football), and of course the Melbourne Victory.

The exterior of the stadium is also covered in thousands of LED lights, which can be programmed to display a variety of patterns and images. The stadium features a “Bioframe” design, with a geodesic dome roof covering much of the seating area, while still allowing light through to the pitch. The northern and southern sides of the stadiums are called the Olympic Side and Yarra Side respectively.

CHALLENGE DYNAMICS

• This challenge will last for three years, upon completing your third season in Australia (1st July 2013), you can no longer collect points for this destination.
• You must start set your manager experience as “Automatic” and be playing in a new save from June 2010.
• You have until the midnight of 30th September 2011 to submit your screenshots in this thread, and accumulate as many points as you can within the confines of a maximum of 3 seasons in the game.
• You must use the Official 11.3.0 database.
• You may not manage any other teams, or use other programs to aid you in this challenge

HOW TO SCORE POINTS
Submit screenshots via reply within the forum thread of your progress.
Unclear or doctored screenshots will not be rewarded with points for the stage.

A-League Regular Season
10th-7th: 0 points
6th: 2 points
5th: 5 points
4th: 8 points
3rd: 10 points
2nd: 15 points
Premiers: 25 points

A-League Finals
Losing Minor Semi Finalist: 0 points
Losing Major Semi Finalist: 2 points
Losing Grand Finalist: 5 points
Champions: 10 points

ASIAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Group Stage Losers: 0 points
Lost at in Second Round: 5 points
Losing Quarter Finalists: 10 points
Losing Semi Finalists: 25 points
Losing Finalist: 30 points
Winner: 50 points

RIVALRIES
(Competitive Fixtures Only)
Beat Sydney FC: 5 points
Beat Adelade United: 3 points
Beat Melbourne Heart: 3 points

POINT DEDUCTIONS
Sacked: -25 points (and the challenge is over)

Visit our forum thread about this Tour destination to see how our members are doing and post your own screenshots here:

http://forum.fm-view.com/topic/14374-official-tour-challenge-melbourne-victory/

From the home of world Cup winners Spain, to the home of the defeated 2010 finalists – the FMV Tours have landed in the Netherlands where a challenge awaits those who wish to make a little history and test their skills. This is the 7th destination on our tour (and our 8th challenge) around the globe and the leagues have an interesting structure, plenty of clubs with a story to tell, and a history of producing some of the best talent in world football for themselves whilst also developing some of the greatest foreign players too!

AGOVV Apeldoorn

This is an old and proud club that is currently undergoing a period of transition as it looks to break into the top division and make some history. They last won this league back in 1959 and is their last competition win to date but that could be about to change.

With a mid-table finish as the minimum expectations there is £650k to spend on transfers and the current wages are at about 60% of the projected budget – so the finances are there to achieve this kind of finish. However the departure of last season’s top scorer (Belgian winger Nacer Chadli) to new Eredivisie winners FC Twente, leaves AGOVV looking a little short of quality up front. There is quality in the nets however, as former Aston Villa and Wolves giant (6’7) keeper Stefan Postma is a handy number one. The squad itself could do with a few extra faces as it’s quite small (excluding the youth players) and is suffering from a lack of cohesion – something to be looked at straight away. Could you be the catalyst for that change?

AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn (a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 136,208 inhabitants).

The club was founded on 25 February 1913 as AGOSV but when the club joined the football association of Gelderland, the club had to change its name due to a clash with another club called Steeds Voorwaarts (which is what the SV stood for in AGOSV). This resulted in the name being changed to AGOVV, which then translated as Apeldoorn football club for teetotallers. The meaning of the abbreviation has since been altered and the new meaning of AGOVV now translating as Only Practising Together Brings us Further.

AGOVV has had an unstable history and became a professional league club in 1954, returning to the amateur ranks in 1971 due to financial problems. On 1 July 2003, AGOVV returned to the Dutch league, when it was re-admitted to the Eerste Divisie. In the 2003/2004 season, forward Klaas-Jan Huntelaar became top scorer of the Eerste Divisie with 26 goals.

Recent Eerste Divisie Positions
2003: 10th
2004: 10th
2005: 10th
2006: 20th
2007: 18th
2008: 11th
2009: 6th

KEY HISTORY
Eerste Divisie: 1959
KNVB Cup (runners-up): 1938

Sportpark Berg & Bos

Sportpark Berg & Bos, known as Fly Brazil/Desko-stadion for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-use stadium in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of AGOVV Apeldoorn. The stadium is able to hold 3,159 people and was built in 2002.

It is currently the third smallest stadium in the professional leagues of Dutch football behind the ‘Mitsubishi Forklift Stadium’ (3,000 capacity home of Almere City FC) and the ‘Tata Steel Stadion (2,000 capacity home of Telstar).

CHALLENGE DYNAMICS

This challenge will last for five years, upon completing your fifth season in the Netherlands, you can consider your excursion to be over as far as earning points for the challenge.

You must start set your manager experience as “Automatic”.

You have until the 30th September 2010 to accumulate as many points as you can within the confines of a maximum of 5 seasons.

You must use the August 20th update of RC’s FM2010 Update which can be found here at FMV. (Download database)
(Visit this thread to keep up todate with the summer transfers)

HOW TO SCORE POINTS

Eredivisie
Relegation – -10 points
Beat relegation via playoffs – 0 points
15th – 1 point
14th – 2 points
13th – 3 points
12th – 4 points
11th – 5 points
10th – 6 points
9th – 7 points
8th – 8 points
7th – 9 points
6th – 10 points
5th – 12 points
Win Europa League Playoffs – 5 points
4th – 20 points
3rd – 25 points
2nd – 35 points
1st – 50 points

Eerste Divisie
20th to 15th – 0 points
14th to 11th – 1 point
10th – 2 points
9th – 3 points
8th – 4 points
7th – 5 points
6th – 6 points
5th – 7 points
4th – 8 points
3rd – 9 points
2nd – 10 points
1st – 25 points
Nacompetitie Qualification – 5 points
Promotion – 10 points

KNVB Cup
1st Round Win – 1 point
2nd Round Win – 3 points
3rd Round Win – 5 points
4th Round Win – 8 points
Quarter Final Win – 10 points
Semi Final Win – 15 points
Winner – 25 points

European Champions League
Qualify for groups – 0 points
Qualify from Groups – 5 points
Win in Round of 16 – 10 points
Win in Quarter Final – 15 points
Win in Semi Final – 25 points
Winner – 50 points

Europa League
Qualify for groups – 0 points
Qualify from Groups – 2 points
Win in Round of 32 – 5 points
Win in Round of 16 – 8 points
Win in Quarter Final – 10 points
Win in Semi Final – 15 points
Winner – 25 points

Bonus Points
Beat Ajax – 3 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat PSV – 3 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat Go Ahead Eagles – 1 point (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)

One Off Achievements
Increase bank balance to £20m – 15 points
Increase bank balance to £40m – 25 points
Sell a Regen originally from your youth team for £5m + – 20 points

POINT DEDUCTIONS
Sacked – -25 points

Well there you have it, AGOVV are a team with a troubled past but an exciting future. Can you take this club to greatness? Dare to dream say I and claim this leg of the FMV Tours. Good luck to everyone!

Join the challenge discussions here on the FMV forums  to register your score and see how others are doing!

They were founded in 1898 and are one of the few teams that have been a permanent fixture in La Liga since its inception in 1928. They have had a varied amount of success in the past and have won the league 8 times in its history, a record bettered only by Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. But since 1984 they have not won any silverware be it league or cup, with 1984 being their most successful season when they completed a domestic treble by winning the league, the Copa del Rey and the Supercopa de España.

Perhaps the most famous, and respected, thing about Bilbao is their loyalty to the “cantera” policy in which they only sign players who are from the Basque regions of Spain (Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Araba, Naforroa and Naforroa Beherea) as well as those of South West France (Lapurdi and Zuberoa). Though it has been relaxed slightly to allow non-Basque nationals to play for them as long as they have been brought though the ranks at a Basque club.

Famous Players

• Joseba Etxeberria
• José Ángel Iribar
• Francisco Yeste
• Jonás Ramalho Chimeno

Famous Managers

• Javier Clemente
• Howard Kendall
• Ernesto Valverde

Top 3 Facts

1) Seven of the first 11 Bilbao managers were English.
2) They are 1 of only 4 “socios” in La Liga, the club being controlled by its associates and hence not being a sports corporation.
3) Their nickname is Los Leones which stems from early Christianity. Their stadium is built near an old cathedral and a man called Mammes was thrown to the lions by the Romans and the lions refused to eat him, he was later made a saint. (San Mames)

La Cantera

La cantera has a literal meaning of “the quarry” in English is mainly used in reference to youth academies in Spain but also to the geographical area from which a club recruits its players.

Further Reading

http://servicios.elcorreo.com/especiales/eleccionesathletic/noticias/not270501a.html

http://www.ezilon.com/information/article_11653.shtml

Welcome to La Liga!
The Primera División (First Division) of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga (The League) or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA (BBVA League) since 2008, is the top professional association football league in Spain. It is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest placed teams relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top three teams in that division. A total of 59 teams have competed in La Liga, nine of which have been crowned champions. Since the 1950s, Real Madrid and Barcelona have dominated the championship. The former have won the title 31 times while the latter have won it on 20 occasions. However, during the 1930s and 1940s and in the last two decades, La Liga has seen other champions including Atlético Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Deportivo, Sevilla and Real Betis. Barcelona are currently back to back winners of La Liga.

La Liga is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 29,029 for league matches in the 2007–08 season. This is the eighth highest of any domestic professional sports league in the world and the third highest of any professional association football league, behind the Premier League. La Liga is currently ranked the second strongest league in Europe according to UEFA’s league coefficient, based on recent European performances.

The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from September to June, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club at the end of the season crowned champion. The top four teams in La Liga qualify for the UEFA Champions League, with the first, second, and third placed teams directly entering the group stage and the fourth placed team entering the third qualifying round. The fifth and sixth placed teams qualify for the first round of the UEFA Europa League.

Athletic Club Bilbao

Athlectic Club is based in the city of Bilbao in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions. In the historical classification of La Liga Athletic Bilbao are in 4th place and one of only three clubs which have never been relegated from La Liga (the others being Real Madrid and Barcelona). The club also has a women’s team, which has won 4 championships in the Spanish Superliga.

The club is known for its cantera policy of bringing young Basque players through the ranks, as well as recruiting top Basque players from other clubs (like Joseba Etxeberria or Javi Martínez). Athletic official policy is signing professional players native to the greater Basque Country, including Biscay, Guipúzcoa, Álava and Navarre (in Spain); and Labourd, Soule and Lower Navarre (in France). Still, in recent times, this policy has been somewhat relaxed and players with direct Basque ancestry or with no Basque ancestry but formed in Basque clubs have played for the team. This has gained Athletic both admirers and critics. The club has been praised for promoting home grown players and club loyalty. Athletic is one of only four professional clubs in Spain (the others being Real Madrid, Barcelona and Osasuna) that is not a sports corporation; the club is owned and operated by its associates (socios).

In recent seasons Athletic Bilbao have languished in mid-table and the club was embroiled in a relegation battle during the 2005–2006 and 2006–2007 seasons. In 2006 top-flight survival was ensured on the 37th match day when Deportivo de la Coruña were beaten at Riazor 2–1. Javier Clemente began his third spell as club coach in 2005, at a time when the club were last in the table. He is widely acknowledged to have brought defensive stability to the team, and so is also credited with having saved the club from relegation, despite this he was not left in charge for the 2006–2007 season. The 2006–2007 season has been the worst in the club’s history, top-flight survival was ensured on the last match day when Levante were beaten at San Mamés 2–0. In December 2008 Spanish media claimed that this match had been fixed and that some of Levante UD players accepted a bribe from the Basque club. Despite the lack of on-field success, a majority of the club’s supporters think the club’s identity is more important than winning trophies. According to an El Mundo survey in the 1990s, 76% of Athletic fans would rather see the club relegated than give up the cantera policy. The most successful Athletic team of recent times has been the women’s football team who have won the Superliga Femenina four times between 2003 and 2007.

Athletic also fielded a black player (Jonás Ramalho) for the first time in their history in 2009. It should be noted that this situation was not a result of any previous official all-white rule at the club but more a consequence of the Basque/Cantera policy – immigration to the Bilbao area from without Europe was fairly uncommon until the 1990s, so there were few local footballers from ethnic minorities who could have played for Athletic in that time. Today in addition to Ramalho the club has several other promising players of various other ethnic origins in their (consistently successful) youth teams, which says more of the applaudable aspect of the club’s policy as supporting local young players, as opposed to the more questionable angle of their employment of only ‘Basque’ players at the exclusion of all others.

Key History
La Liga: 8 (Last in 1984)
Copa del Rey: 23 (Last in 2008)
Supacopa de Espana: 1 (1984)

San Mamés
Estadio San Mamés, AKA La Catedral (The Cathedral), is the home of Athletic Bilbao, known as “Los leones de San Mamés-Bilboko leoiak” (The lions of San Mamés). They are known as Los leones because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés (Saint Mammes). Mammes was an early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans. The lions refused to eat Mammes and he was later made a saint.

Opened in 1913, it is Spain’s oldest built stadium (the oldest playing field being El Molinon), a distinction that together with its religious heritage has granted it the nickname, la Catedral (the Cathedral). San Mamés can seat almost forty thousand people and is renowned for the unique and boisterous atmosphere its crowds of devoted and loyal fans create on match-days.

The club has unveiled plans for a new stadium. From the 2014/2015 season, Athletic will play in the San Mamés Barria, a 53,000 capacity, UEFA 5-star stadium, built at a cost of 160 million euros. Construction is scheduled to begin in April 2010, and when it is three quarters completed, Athletic Club will move into their new home and the original San Mamés will be demolished.

CHALLENGE DYNAMICS

-This challenge will last for five seasons and once this period is completed no more points may be scored.

-You must manage Athletic Club Bilbao and no other team.

-You must start set your manager experience as “Automatic”.

-You have until the 11.59pm on 22th August 2010 to post your proof and accumulate as many points as you can.

-If you are sacked then the challenge is over and any points you have accumulated to date in this challenge will be your total.

HOW TO SCORE POINTS

LA LIGA
Relegation – 25 points
15th and below – 1 point
14th – 2 points
13th – 3 points
12th – 4 points
11th – 5 points
10th – 6 points
9th – 7 points
8th – 8 points
7th – 9 points
6th – 10 points
5th – 15 points
4th – 20 points
3rd – 30 points
2nd – 50 points
Win La Liga Title – 75points

LIGA ADELANTE
Relegation – -10 points
14th and below – 1 point
13th – 2 points
12th – 3 points
11th – 4 points
10th – 5 points
9th – 6 points
8th – 7 points
7th – 8 points
6th – 9 points
5th – 10 points
4th – 12 points
3rd – 15 points
2nd (Promotion) – 30 points
Win the Promotion Playoff game – 20 points
Win Liga adelante title – 40 points

LIGA 2DB
Relegation – -25 points
Survival – 0 points
7th – 1 points
6th – 2 points
5th – 3 points
4th – 4 points
3rd – 5 points
2nd – 15 points
1st – 20 points
Promotion – 25 points

SPANISH CUP
4th Round Win – 1 point
5th Round Win – 5 points
Quarter Final Win – 6 points
Semi Final Win – 8 points
Winner – 20 points

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Qualify for Groups – 2 points
Qualify from Groups – 5 points
Win in 1st Knockout – 10 points
Win in 2nd Knockout – 15 points
Win in Quarter Final – 20 points
Win in Semi Final – 50 points
Winner – 100 points

EUROPA LEAGUE
Qualify for Groups – 2 points
Qualify from Groups – 5 points
Win in 1st Knockout – 10 points
Win in 2nd Knockout – 15 points
Win in Quarter Final – 20 points
Win in Semi Final – 35 points
Winner – 75 points

RIVALS
Beat Osasuna – 5 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat R. Sociedad – 3 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat Barcelona – 3 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat R. Madrid – 3 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)

FIVE YEAR ONE OFF ACHIEVEMENTS BONUSES
Increase bank balance to £40m – 20 points
Increase bank balance to £60m – 40 points
Sell a Regen from your youth team for £5m + – 30 points

POINT DEDUCTIONS
Sacked – -25 points

So there you have it. The challenge is to make this proud Basque club as successful as possible during your 5 year stay. Can you turn them into contenders or will you forge a path in other competitions? The choice of path is yours. Hoping to see some cool Current Game threads with the challenge and post any screenshots as proof of point earnings here as replies to this thread – Good Luck!

Join the tour here: http://forum.fm-view.com/topic/12059-athletic-club-bilbao/page__view__findpost__p__278243

Okay, so you have arrived in Germany, where you will be looking for promotion back to the 1. Bundesliga. The German league consists of 3 tiers known as the ’1. Bundesliga’, the ’2. Bundesliga’, and the ’3. Liga’. As well as these competitions there is a cup competition known as the ‘DFB-Pokal’ which is akin to the English FA cup in both style and stature. Being in Europe means there are the normal transfer windows (1st July – 2nd September, & 1st January – 1st February). One match bans appear after every 5 yellows or after each red card throughout the leagues, and the top 2 divisions are sorted in the same way: Points > Goal Difference > Goals Scored > Results Between Teams > Away Goals Scored.

The 1. Bundesliga is composed of 18 teams which play each other twice, meaning there are 34 games in a completed season. The rules for the competition are pretty straight forward, you can name seven substitutes and can use a maximum of three of them in a match. The bottom two teams are relegated to the 2. Bundesliga whilst the team in 16th position enters a playoff against the 3rd best side from the second division for the right to compete in Germany’s premier competition. The top three teams in the 1. Bundesliga qualify for the European Champions League and the 4th-6th place teams enter the EURO Cup (depending on the winner of the DFB-Pokal).

The 2. Bundesliga is also composed of 18 teams which play each other twice, meaning there are 34 games in a completed season. The rules for the competition are like above, except that the top two teams are promoted to the top division and the 3rd placed team goes into the playoff for 1. Bundesliga football. At the bottom the worst 2 teams are relegated automatically, whilst the 16th place team enters another playoff – this time for the right to stay in the 2. Bundesliga.

The 3. Liga is composed of 20 teams which play each other twice, meaning there are 38 games in a completed season. There are a few changes to the rules at this level. The match squad must have no more than 3 non-EU players, and must also have at least 4 German players aged 23. Teams in this division are only allowed to sign non-EU players if they are from fellow German clubs. The Top two teams gain promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, whilst the 3rd place team enters the playoff for the right to play in that division for the next season. The bottom 3 clubs are relegated each season, and league sorting is slightly simplified for this division: Points > Goal Difference > Goals Scored > Results Between Teams.

1. FUSSBALL-CLUB KAISERSLAUTERN

1. Fussball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK or simply FCK, is a German football club based in Kaiserslautern. The city of Kaiserslautern lies in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland (State) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) at the edge of the Palatinate forest (Pfälzer Wald). It is twinned with two towns in England, Rotherham and the London Borough of Newham.

On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900. In 1909, the club went on to join FC Palatia (founded in 1901) and FC Bavaria (founded in 1902) to form FV 1900 Kaiserslautern. In 1929 they merged with SV Phönix to become FV Phönix-Kaiserslautern before finally taking on their current name three years later.

1. FCK won their second German Cup in 1996, but that victory was soured since the team was relegated to 2.Bundesliga with a 16th place finish just one week before the Cup Final. At the time, Kaiserslautern was one of only four of the original sixteen teams that had played in each Bundesliga season since the inception of the league, never having been relegated. This group included Kaiserslautern, Eintracht Frankfurt who went down in the same season, 1. FC Köln down in 1998, and “the Dinosaur”, unrelegated Hamburger SV.

The Red Devils came storming back in 1998 with an accomplishment unique in Bundesliga history by winning re-promotion to the first division from the 2.Bundesliga and immediately going on to win the national championship under famous coach Otto Rehhagel.

They saved themselves from fully falling off the radar in German football by escaping relegation to the newly formed 3. Liga on the final day of the 2007–2008 season with a win over already promoted 1. FC Köln.

Kaiserslautern is by far the smallest city (pop. 99,000) to ever have a German Bundesliga championship team (in 1991 and 1998)

KEY HISTORY
German Champions: 1951, 1953, 1991, 1998
UEFA Cup: Semi-final: 1982, 2001
UEFA Champions League: Quarter-final: 1999

The Fritz-Walter-Stadion

FCK plays its home fixtures in the Fritz Walter Stadion first built in 1920. The stadium and the adjacent street are named for the player who brought the club to prominence after the war. The stadium has a capacity of 48,500 and was a 2006 World Cup venue, hosting four preliminary round and one Group of 16 round matches. The facility underwent a major refurbishment for the tournament with addition of new grandstands and a roof.

Chairman Stefan Kuntz has called you into his office and asked you to turn around 1. FCK into the former German powerhouse they were by any means necessary. Your task is to improve FCK back to the heady days when the club won the 1. Bundesliga and also made the semi-finals of the UEFA cup & quarter-finals of the Champions League. The club have never had money worries for many years now so this won’t be an easy task, but he hopes to be in a position to provide enough funding to return the club to the 1. Bundesliga.

Your first season minimum goal is to get into the top half of the 2. Bundesliga and to do so Mr Kuntz will provide you with a transfer budget of around £425k, and a wage budget of £165k per week (current wage bill is around £162k per week).

Your captain, Martin Amedick, is a 6’4″ central defender who, at the age of 26, is probably your best player. Also one to look out for is your young German keeper Tobias Sippel, who is under pressure from American Luis Robles for the starting birth – Sippel could become a star with the right management.

CHALLENGE DYNAMICS

This challenge will last for five years, upon completing your fifth season in Germany, you can consider your excursion to be over as far as earning points for the challenge.

You must start set your manager experience as “Automatic”.

You have until the 4th March 2010 to accumulate as many points as you can within the confines of a maximum of 5 seasons.[/color]

HOW TO SCORE POINTS

1. BUNDESLIGA
Relegation – -10 points
Win the Relegation Playoff game – 0 points
15th/14th – 1 point
13th – 2 points
12th – 3 points
11th – 4 points
10th – 5 points
9th – 6 points
8th – 7 points
7th – 8 points
6th – 9 points
5th – 10 points
4th – 15 points
3rd – 20 points
2nd  – 40 points
Win 1. Bundesliga Title – 60 points

2. BUNDESLIGA
Relegation – -10 points
Win the Relegation Playoff game – 0 points
15th/14th – 1 point
13th – 2 points
12th – 3 points
11th – 4 points
10th – 5 points
9th – 6 points
8th – 7 points
7th – 8 points
6th – 9 points
5th – 10 points
4th – 12 points
3rd – 15 points
Win the Promotion Playoff game – 20 points
2nd (Promotion) – 30 points
Win 2. Bundesliga Title – 40 points

3. LIGA
Relegation – -25 points
Survival – 0 points
7th – 1 points
6th – 2 points
5th – 3 points
4th – 4 points
3rd – 5 points
Win the Promotion Playoff game – 10 points
2nd (Promotion) – 15 points
Win 2. Liga Title – 20 points

DFB-POKAL
1st Round Win – 1 point
2nd Round Win – 5 points
3rd Round Win – 6 points
Quarter Final Win – 8 points
Semi Final Win – 10 points
Winner – 25 points

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Qualify from Groups – 6 points
Win in Round of 16 – 12 points
Win in Quarter Final – 20 points
Win in Semi Final – 50 points
Winner – 100 points

BONUS POINTS
Beat FC Bayern – 5 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat Mainz – 3 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat Frankfurt – 3 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat Karlsruhe – 1 point (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)

FIVE YEAR ONE OFF ACHIEVEMENTS BONUSES
Increase bank balance to £20m (After Debt) – 20 points
Increase bank balance to £40m (After Debt) – 40 points
Sell a Regen from your youth team for £5m + – 30 points

POINT DEDUCTIONS
Sacked – -25 points

So there you have it. Kaiserslautern need you to get this fallen giant of German football into the Bundesliga and try to get into Europe once more – Do you have what it takes to put them back onto the map?
Give the challenge a go and see what you can do. Any good quality Current Game threads that result from this will be repped by myself, and the best one may also be entered into the next Current Game of the Week – Good Luck!

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