AGF - From Fencing Around to Footballing Kings.

[Chelski Shogun]

An AGF Story

Introduction

After reading many successful FM14 manager stories I thought I would finally start up my first one and share it. Now I must warn you that I didn't take any screenshots as I was playing the first season because I debated with myself whether or not it was worth sharing my story with you all, but I pulled together some screenshots from the first season and you should get the gists of it. Also I'm using LFCMarshall's latest transfer update so things might be a bit different.

I hope you enjoy following my story and any comments are welcome.

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History

Aarhus Gymnastikforening (AGF, AGF Aarhus or De Hvi'e) is one of the oldest sports club in Denmark. The club was founded in 1880, mainly with gymnastics but also fencing as the main sports, though AGF later introduced a variety of other activities, including football.

AGF play their homes games at NRGi Park and have adequate training facilities, poor youth facilities, average junior coaching and an above average youth recruitment network. The club's training ground is Fredensvang, bane 1.

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AGF has the longest streak in the Danish top division and also holds the record for the most number of cup wins, with 9 in their trophy cabinet. They have won the Danish Superliga 5 times with their latest win coming in 1986 and have won the Danish First Division 4 times. AGF still retains a fierce rivalry with Brondby IF and Randers FC. The furthest they have ever got in the Champions League is the quarter-final stage after losing 3-1 to Benfica in 1961.

Story Aims

1.) Become the first Danish team to win the Champions League.
2.) Become the first Danish team to win the Europa League (If I win the CL first then this will be void).
3.) To have won the most Superliga titles in Denmark (Brondby IF hold the record at 10, we have 5).​

 

[Chelski Shogun]

First Season

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Expectations

I'm expected to win the First Division title this season and to reach at least the quarter-finals in the Danish Cup.

Bookies Odds

The bookies are predicting us to finish first and to be honest with the quality we have in our team compared to the rest of the league we should easily achieve that.

Tactics

I shall be using Sir Goalalot by TheWibe and Goal2581999 which you'll find linked below, as I think it suits my team best and I trust this tactic.

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http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/share-download-fm-14-tactics/166450-sir-goalalot-14-3-1-4-2-3-1-a.html


Transfers

All in all I thought I had a very successful transfer window and helped boost the clubs financials with the players I shipped out.

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Out

I sold defender Arthur Sorin to Randers FC as I feel he did not merit his £2,200 p.w wages. Casper Sloth our best player at the club requested a transfer and was soon shipped off to Stoke City for £3.5m, which broke the record at AGF for highest transfer fee received. Multiple teams in the Championship were after our creative winger Akharraz but I wouldn't budge on my £1m valuation and eventually Leeds put in a £1m bid and off he went. The same story applies to our backup striker Vatsadze and eventually my valuation was matched by Qatar SC and off he went as well.

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In

As you can see I managed to get Man City defender Boyata in on loan for the season as a direct replacement for Arthur Sorin, but because City are a parent club I didn't have to pay him any wages. I also got the promising young FC Midtjylland midfielder Andre Romer in on a season long loan as we lacked depth in the middle. Finally I managed to snap up the well known Kasper Kusk from FC Twente as a replacement for both Sloth and Akharraz.

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Key Players

Hopefully these guys can step up this season and help us challenge for the title.

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Promising Youngsters

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Pre-Season Friendlies (23/6/13 - 22/7/13)

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I thought we had a very productive pre-season beating some quality teams in Bremen and Fiorentina, but the loss against Stade Brestois 29 shows we still have some work to do.

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Start of the Season (27/7/13 - 29/8/13)

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We make a fantastic start to the season and currently hold a 5 match unbeaten streak in the league, scoring 20 goals and only conceding once in the league, with David Devdariani picking up our first hat-trick of the season against Marienlyst. We also recorded 2 relatively comfortable wins in the Danish Cup as we advance to the 3rd round.

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The Month of September (1/9/13 - 29/9/13)

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We carry our great form into the next month, racking up 4 wins out of 5 games in the league and scoring 16 goals whilst only conceding 4. But we recorded our first draw of the campaign in a game we really should've won if our finishing was better, in the end we had to rely on Boyata to even it up with a powerful header from a corner in the 91st minute. In the cup we picked up a comfortable 2-0 win against our main rivals Brondby IF, they didn't even manage to get a shot on target against us and we move on to the 4th round.

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[Chelski Shogun]

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The Month of October (6/10/13 - 31/10/13)

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As it stands it looks like the title is ours to lose, just look at the goal difference already. The game against Vejle signals the end of the first period in the league as we move on into the second period with comfortable wins against Lyngby and Marienlyst, with a bore 0-0 draw coming against AC Horsens but we maintain our unbeaten streak scoring 10 goals and conceding once. We also pick up a good home win against Superliga side Silkeborg in the Danish Cup and we advance into the quarter-finals.

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Just a little information on the league format in Denmark for you. It is split up into 3 periods with 11 matches played in each period, the first, second and final period. I think the league is broken up like this because of the winter break, but I'm not to sure.​

 

[Chelski Shogun]

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The Months of November and December (3/11/13 - 4/12/13)

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It doesn't look like anyone can stop us at the moment, we win all 4 of our league games in November scoring 12 goals and conceding once. As it stands in the league we have scored 58 goals whilst only conceding 7 times. I know one thing it's going to take something big to stop this run of ours. However we're also having a great cup run as we beat Superliga side AaB 3-2 at home in the quarter-finals, next in the semis we face arguably the best team in Denmark right now FC Kobenhavn.

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Winter Break/ Mid-Season Friendlies (23/2/14 - 19/3/14)

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So the winter break is upon us and as it stands we're top of the league and into the semis of the Danish Cup, life as AGF's manager isn't that bad. But we now move onto the winter break friendlies in a bid to keep up the players fitness levels so they're ready for competitive football again. We manage to carry our superior league form into these friendlies winning all of our matches, whilst recording a big 5-0 win with promising forward Solberg netting a hat-trick and an easy 6-1 win at home with Lange grabbing 4 goals for himself.

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