FM_TNSSO
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With my Paris FC save coming to an abrupt end with a sacking after taking them from Ligue 2 to Champions League football, I needed to get my teeth stuck into something new. I've had 48 hours away from the game to think up an idea that will keep me as invested as I was with the Paris one. And I've come up with something very different for me, and something I've not seen anyone else do on this site over at least the past 3 years or so since I've been here.
I'm heading off to Iceland, where I'll be taking over as manager of a side called Fylkir. I knew I wanted to do a save in Iceland for several reasons....firstly, I visited the country 2 years ago and fell in love with it's beauty and the people. Second, nobody dislikes Iceland....I mean what is there to dislike? Thirdly, I wanted to go to a country that has never had a team represent them in the group stages of the Champions League and a national team that has never won a major honour. Iceland ticks that box....no Icelandic side has ever made it through the qualifying round for the Champions League - in fact they've never even be represented in the group stages of the Europa League.
So let's have a little look at my new club. Fylkir is a sports club in the Eastern region of the capital city, Reykjavik, which has teams in football, karate, handball, gymnastics and volleyball. The team was formed in 1967 by young and enthusiastic footballers that wanted an opportunity to train and play football in their local region. They've had some success over the years, winning two Icelandic Cups, 4 First Division titles and 3 Second Division titles. However, they are yet to win the Premier Division, with their best performance being a 2nd place finish in 2002. They have now established themselves as a regular side in the top tier, but recent seasons have seen them finish predominantly in the lower half of the table (there are only 12 sides in the division).
The club play their football at Fylkisvollur, which has a stadium capacity of just 1,854.
I've got a few personal targets I'm aiming to accomplish on this save and I'm really interested to see how many I can manage to tick off along the way.
* Win the Icelandic Premier Division for the first time in Fylkir's history.
* Win the Iceland Cup.
* Win the league and cup domestic double.
* Be the first Icelandic team to qualify for the Europa League Group Stage.
* Be the first Icelandic team to qualify for the Champions League Group Stage.
* Reach the knockout stages of a European competition.
* Raise the club's value from £337k to over £100 million.
* Build a stadium with a capacity of more than 20,000.
* Raise the youth and training levels to 5 stars.
* Bag the Iceland national job.
* Lead the Iceland national team to it's first ever major trophy (Euros or World Cup)
Now assuming I don't get sacked, this should take me a while. I think the tasks at hand are hard enough, so I won't be restricting myself further by only signing Icelandic players or anything like that.