Hi guys, for years my brothers and I have competed in virtually every aspect of Football Manager and this year we've been involved in a really interesting contest. Basically we've been simulating season and seeing who can invest money the best.
The breakdown is that we each selected European countries that had similar league ranking and national team status and each season we spent 100m Euros in our country divided anyway we like using the In-game Editor.
The goal is to be the first country to accomplish 3 things:
1. Win the Champions League
2. Raise the league coefficient to top 5 status
3. Win a major national trophy (World Cup, European Championship or UEFA Nations League)
We are currently in 2023 but I havent kept any records or screenshots so I'll summarize up until that point and then post as we progress.
I've selected Hungary, and my brothers have selected Slovakia and Slovenia and we've each taken different strategies to this point. To date, we've each spent 900m Euros. Here are our strategies and what we've invested so far, and then I will post the results.
Debrecen: 450m invested
Videoton : 175m invested
MTK: 150m invested
Ferencvarosi: 125m invested
I took this strategy because I didn't think I could make any headway in the Champions League until my league was stronger so I wanted to raise the coefficient of the Hungarian League by having success in the Europa League. The plan being that Debrecen would win the league and try to fight in the Champions League while the other three teams would have success in the Europa League. I figure, 4 financially secure teams that invest in their youth and training facilities helps not only the league, but thats also 4 teams producing talent for the national squad as well.
Slovan Bratislava: 880m invested
Zillina: 20m invested
His thinking was that he would go hard for the Champions League title, and the league would benefit from that. At the level our leagues were, one good run could raise the coefficient substantially.
Slovenia (Lou)
2015: National team ranked 45th
League ranked: 28th
Highest ranked team: Maribor, 92nd
Lou started out the same as Mike, investing all his cash in Maribor for the first few years, then switched to a 50-50 split with Maribor and Olimpija, his theory is that Spain is a top league despite having only two financially sound teams so he's been following that model.
Maribor: 580m invested
Olimipja: 320m invested
The breakdown is that we each selected European countries that had similar league ranking and national team status and each season we spent 100m Euros in our country divided anyway we like using the In-game Editor.
The goal is to be the first country to accomplish 3 things:
1. Win the Champions League
2. Raise the league coefficient to top 5 status
3. Win a major national trophy (World Cup, European Championship or UEFA Nations League)
We are currently in 2023 but I havent kept any records or screenshots so I'll summarize up until that point and then post as we progress.
I've selected Hungary, and my brothers have selected Slovakia and Slovenia and we've each taken different strategies to this point. To date, we've each spent 900m Euros. Here are our strategies and what we've invested so far, and then I will post the results.
Hungary (Me)
2015: National Team ranked 36th
League ranked 31st
Highest ranking team: Videoton, ranked 217th
I decided to spread my money across 4 teams, since the Hungarian league has 4 European spots (A Champions League and 3 Europa League). I focused on Debrecen, that would be my powerhouse team and then also invest in Videoton, MTK and Ferencvarosi:2015: National Team ranked 36th
League ranked 31st
Highest ranking team: Videoton, ranked 217th
Debrecen: 450m invested
Videoton : 175m invested
MTK: 150m invested
Ferencvarosi: 125m invested
I took this strategy because I didn't think I could make any headway in the Champions League until my league was stronger so I wanted to raise the coefficient of the Hungarian League by having success in the Europa League. The plan being that Debrecen would win the league and try to fight in the Champions League while the other three teams would have success in the Europa League. I figure, 4 financially secure teams that invest in their youth and training facilities helps not only the league, but thats also 4 teams producing talent for the national squad as well.
Slovakia (Mike)
2015: National team ranked 14th
League ranked: 30th
Highest ranking team: Slovan Bratislava 192nd
Mike took a much different route with Slovakia, he spent 80m on 1 team the first year (Slovan Bratislava) and 20m on another (Zillina) and then spent his entire budget on Slovan Bratislava every year after that.2015: National team ranked 14th
League ranked: 30th
Highest ranking team: Slovan Bratislava 192nd
Slovan Bratislava: 880m invested
Zillina: 20m invested
His thinking was that he would go hard for the Champions League title, and the league would benefit from that. At the level our leagues were, one good run could raise the coefficient substantially.
Slovenia (Lou)
2015: National team ranked 45th
League ranked: 28th
Highest ranked team: Maribor, 92nd
Maribor: 580m invested
Olimipja: 320m invested
Next post will have all the results up to and including 2023