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[AndySams10]

BULGARIAN NATIONAL TEAM 2015/16:

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National Team Information:

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European Championships Play-Off:

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World Cup 2018 Qualifying Group 9:

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Summary:

Another average year for the National Team, as they failed to qualify for the European Championship 2016 and also have a fairly tough World Cup 2018 qualifying group.
Unfortunately their current manager is a Bulgarian legend and being 49 years old, seems likely that he maybe in charge for a good number of years to come, which will frustrate me, as I feel I can bring some success to the National Team.
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[AndySams10]

JUNE 2016:

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Planned Youth Facilities Work:

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European Coefficents News:

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European Club Rankings:

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European Competition Rankings:

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Overall Best Eleven:

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Overall Best Season Eleven:

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Fans' Player of the Season:

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Transfer News:

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Illiyan Kapitanov to Guadalajara - 975k

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Kostadin Stoyanov to Al-Ittihad - 450k

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Miki Orachev joins from Levski - Free

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Aleksandar Tsvetkov joins from Litex - 500k

Champions League Draw:

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Summary:

With more planned work to improve our youth facilities further and hope it will finally allow us to develop better young players, it took a huge chunk out the finances, meaning currently I'm not happy with the transfer budget I've been given. To increase that I've decided to cash in on Iliyan Kapitanov and Kostadin Stoyanov. These two outgoings will open up more chances to Vesilin Notev and Ivelin Lazarov, both of whom are very talented youngsters.
I've been thoroughly enjoying my time in Bulgaria and managing Lokomotiv, but I'm getting a little frustrated that I'm being held back in signing some very good players, that are interested in coming, due to the boards unwillingness to release more funds for transfers and wages. I'm determined to see if qualifying for the group stages of the Champions League helps, but if not, I'll be re-evaluating my future, as I'm making huge strides in the league, but don't want to keep having to sell my better players season after season and then rebuild the team.
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[AndySams10]

PRE-SEASON/JULY 2016/17:

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Title Odds:

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Season Ticket News:

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Transfer News:

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Bekir Rasim joins from Cherno More - 250k

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Ivan Bandalovski - Free Transfer

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Chuks Aneke joins from Arsenal - Season Loan

Injury News:

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Valeri Bojinov - Twisted Ankle - Out for 4 to 5 weeks

Finances:

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July Matches:

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Champions League 3rd Round Qualifying:

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League Table:

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Summary:

As always due to our participation in Europe our Pre-Season is always disrupted and we faced a hectic month of matches. My main aim, which is to qualify for the Champions League group stages for the first time is on course following an easy 11-0 aggregate win over Skenderbeu and we currently have a comfortable lead from the 1st leg against Lech in round three.
Losing Bojinov is a huge blow, as my other striker Koby Arthur is currently away with the Ghanaian U21s, so a lot will be expected from Munir El Haddadi.
Our league form hasn't been great as we currently sit in 5th place following a win and two draws from our opening three matches, but I'm sure we'll claw back the point difference over the coming months.
Finally, I'm still frustrated in the transfer market as there are some very good players keen on joining, but the board are still refusing to budge on any of my requests to increase both transfer and wage budgets.
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[AndySams10]

AUGUST 2016:

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Injury News:

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Bekir Rasim - Strained Knee Ligaments - Out for 2 months

International Call Ups:

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Champions League Play-Off Draw:

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Transfer News:

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Bernardo Silva joins from Benfica - 65k

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Yaris Karabelyov joins from Slavia Sofia - 250k

Finances:

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Matches:

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Champions League Group Stages - Group C:

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League Table:

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Summary:

We move back to the top of the table after a great run of form which saw us go unbeaten for the month of August. But the most exciting news is, that after three attempts we finally make it into the Champions League group stages, though the bad news is that we have a very tough group with Barcelona, Monaco and Shakthar.
Our finances are the healthiest they have been since I joined, with just under 17million in the pot, but again after another appeal to the board to increase my transfer budget, they yet again rejected it.
On a more positive note, the signing of Bernardo Silva is one that excites me very much and I'm sure the fans, like me, can't wait to see more of him in action.
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[AndySams10]

SEPTEMBER 2016:

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Champions League Odds:

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Injury News:

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Edenilson - Back Strain - Out for 4 to 5 weeks

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Aleksandar Tsvetkov - Strained Knee Ligaments - Out for 2 months

Finances:

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Matches:

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League Table:

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Champions League - Group C:

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Summary:

A very impressive month as we are in a comfortable position in the Bulgarian Cup after a dominating 1st leg win in the 1st round and our league form has again been very pleasing. The biggest positive is that we are currently 2nd in our group in the Champions League. We gave everything against Monaco and were unlucky to lose to a late Fabio Borini goal, but we made amends for it when we demolished Shakhtar 5-1 at home in our second game.
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