2013/2014 Season Review
**2013/14 season was completed before starting this FM story, future posts will be a bit more detailed**
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2013/2014 Season Review
So, my FM Career begins with amateur Danish side Sports Club Egedal... Who's heard of them? I certainly haven't so I decided to do a quick Wikipedea search which delivered this useful snippet of information:
"Sports Club Egedal is a Danish football club from Egedal, currently playing in the Danish Second Division East. The club was founded in July 2011, when Stenlose BK and Olstykke FC merged."
Thanks Wiki, that's real informative of you. Looking at the club history in game they have just 2 previous seasons recorded: 2011/12 saw relegation out of Second Division East while the following season the club managed to regain their Danish 3rd tier status after winning Group 2 of the Denmark Series.
Anyways, onwards to the action:
The aim of my first season as SC Egedal manager was fairly simple: don't get ourselves relegated back down to the 4th tier. The only problem with that aim was the fact that the media predicted us a 16th (last) place finish in the Danish Second Division East & my squad looked like they'd easily finish stone cold last if I did not improve drastically. The entirety of pre-season was spent signing up anyone & everyone that my scout recommended to me, while releasing players I considered to be deadwood... this resulted in an almost entirely new starting XI by the time we kicked off the competitive season with a 2:1 home win over Svebolle.
The season began well only tasting defeat twice in the first two months of Second Division East action as well as reaching the Danish Cup 3rd Round after defeating the eventual champions of our league Fremad Amager in the 1st Round & lower league side Otterup in the 2nd Round. Our reward for marching on in the cup was a home tie against reigning Superliga champs FC Kobenhavn which we went on to lose 4:0, but made a bit of money in the process from the game being shown on Danish TV. League form began to fluctuate when 3 straight victories were followed up with 3 defeats on the bounce. A win over Boldklubben af 1893 sent us in to the winter break a bit happier in 6th place.
I used the winter break much like I did with pre-season - to sign up anything with a pulse that will improve my playing squad. I think I was pretty successful in the end as I brought in a few players from other Danish Second Division sides who really made an impact in the 2nd half of the season. We restarted competitive action with a home defeat to Sollerod-Vedbaek but then went on a magnificent run of 10 games undefeated - including wins over Svebolle, Nykobing FC, FC Roskilde, Vanlose, Frem, Avarta & Birkerod - which raised us up to 3rd in the league table, only 3 points off league leaders Fremad Amager.
The dangled carrot of promotion in my first season was snatched away quicker then it was put in place as an inconsistent final 4 fixtures started with defeat to Boldklubben 1908, a result that dropped us to 4th place & put the title challenge (& only promotion spot out of the division) to rest. We defeated high-fliers FC Helsingor with a 4:3 victory away from home in what I've decided to be match of the season but followed that up with an embarrassing 3:1 home defeat against relegation dodging Nordvest FC. 3rd place was finally regained on the last day of the league season when an emphatic performance saw us run out 4:1 winners over Boldklubben af 1893.