I Take On the HARDEST Challenge in Football Manager

I take on the hardest challenge in Football Manager 2024, the Pentagon Challenge. Starting unemployed and with 0 coaching badges, we must go on a quest to win the top continental trophy in UEFA (Europe), CONMEBOL (South America), CONCACAF (North America), AFC (Asia) and CAF (Africa).
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[@soufyaneboufrahi8470]

Fun fact about Tihad Athletic Sport: Despite being a second division side at the time, they were able to win the moroccan cup in 2019 beating several first division teams.

[@Lucaz99]

Always love a cup upset

[@MehdiTirguit]

They played in caf conversation groupe stage while sitting last at the second tier with zero win

[@TomFM]

That's incredible! Even more reason to love the team!

[@bababababababa6124]

@@MehdiTirguitthat’s really what you call “focusing on the cup” 😂😂

[@dgmnzrd._]

For the CONCACAF Champions League, try to be the manager of Santos Laguna from Mexico, they have never won it and 12 years ago they lost 2 finals in a row

[@bababababababa6124]

Sounds like a great club to win with 😂

[@pokezod7832]

I would rather a smaller league team but thats not a bad idea honestly

[@wojtusjdjd3588]

@@pokezod7832 immposible with league that is not mls or liga mx

[@trevorphilips5252]

Tigres is better

[@TomFM]

If the job comes up, I will apply!

[@valdeingruo]

I think the reason why I love Tom's videos so much is his ability to tell stories. I love FM but it is effectively a really fancy Excel spreadsheet and yet when told properly can be such a wonderful thing to play and watch, keep it up!

[@atkireacts8380]

Tom and Chroo are the goats of these kind of videos

[@bababababababa6124]

14:23 I’m from Nigeria and Reno Stars is literally a village team 😂😂😂how the hell have they managed that To be fair they are currently second in the NPFL at the moment but they have no right to be in any final ahahaha

[@TheOutsideFox]

I saw that too my guy. I was like, if a Nigerian team was to reach the final, Remo Stars wouldn't be the first team to come to mind

[@bababababababa6124]

@@TheOutsideFoxexactly. The most likely teams would be Enyimba, Rivers or Kano Pillars

[@TomFM]

They're clearly a powerhouse in Football Manager 😂

[@amethyphoenix]

The funny thing is, you can make it even more difficult by downloading databases that include Oceania's Champions League and some of Oceania's domestic leagues (Like NZ) to add a 6th continental title to your name.

[@TomFM]

I've got to save something for FM25!

[@amethyphoenix]

@@TomFM Fair play to ya, I was just pointing out how the challenge could get even harder

[@daniellyra9008]

So the hexagon challenge!!!

[@chimsuaumo]

Ocenania is a great starting place if you want to do all six continents. Tons of low reputation amateur and semi pro clubs. It is also the easiest continental competition to win and a great springboard to Africa and Asia.

[@amethyphoenix]

@@chimsuaumo Oh, neat

[@harrytateson-stokes]

Love the long story telling content the channel has started putting out over the last 18 months or so. The best way to do youtube FM content imo

[@Cedisdead]

He won the African CL in three years starting unemployed and with no badges or experience.. That's extremely fast and rushed quite the opposite to what a Pentagon challenge should be imo.

[@adrianmcardle85]

Jay Cartwright managed to get woking from non-league to champions league in 6 seasons.

[@f1peter27]

Stuff like that doesn't go unnoticed, Adrian.

[@GoldenLion2004]

Technically, if you won the FA Cup, then the Europa League, you could do it in 3. Amateur.

[@f1peter27]

Great video, looking forward to seeing the rest of the series. However, you should have really downloaded a MOD to add the Oceania leagues/CL into the game too. Hexagon challenge!

[@vicentecuadra314]

For Libertadores you should see if you can join Colo-Colo, the best team in Chile and only Chileans to win the Libertadores (1 in 91’) they have very good youth facilities and some of the best players in the history of Chile played there (Sanchez, Vidal, Claudio Bravo.) When they won it was with an international coach (from Croatia) and it would be quite fitting if you managed it.

[@stevenrose86]

Good job Tom, you've pulled in a new subscriber. Looking forward to the rest of this series

[@TomFM]

Welcome aboard!

[@JustK4Y1512]

17:05 Fun fact: Arta/Solar, that Djiboutian club, has some (possibly corrupt) investing and have well known names like Salomon Kalou and Alex Song playing for them (and Real Madrid’s biggest fear Kameni played for them too in the past)

[@BobaMev]

Great video, looking forward to seeing it all play out!

[@L0L0_Z]

My favorite challenge, go on! 💪🏼

[@peteatkinson3500]

Great video mate, I look forward to the next installment!

[@georgiospapazis2836]

It's going to be an amazing series, can't wait for the next episodes!

[@FM-JBG]

Loved this! One of your best ones to date 👌

[@Ak93T]

Love it Tom! I'm guessing Asia is next on the agenda?

[@mattropolis76]

LOVE this series, can't wait for the next one 🎉

[@Average_person43]

I love these types of videos, thanks for doing these types of FM videos.

[@nangapruan]

Great stuff Tom. I’ve been wanting to try this out but just couldn’t time to really sit down and do it. Any idea when’s the next video comes out?

[@aidancollins6480]

Love this style of video Tom!

[@zikopro7369]

wait the moroccan league is in fm wow and i never thought you would go there nice seeing familiar amateur clubs in foreign videos

[@HMAlves]

This video reminded me of Puskas days. Wpuld be an amazing series 😅😅

[@backonceagainitstherenegad9786]

What a ride! Loved that and will definitely follow the journey

[@jakenh8264]

This is gonna be absolute banger of a series! 💪 I’ve always wanted to try the pentagon challenge!

[@anthony6400]

Ive been waiting for you to do the Pentagon challenge. Brilliant first episode. Hopefully you will do a build a nation challenge soon as well.🤟

[@jakesimpson5233]

I’ve done this save before, it’s suuuuper fun! Glad to see it get some recognition

[@barakavni8047]

a pentagon challenge is so much fun i did it in fm22 but i started in china with a 2nd division side called SY Urban i managed to make them the best club in china and win the acl with the acl with them but it took me another 11 seasons to complete this whole challenge but in those 11 years they still won every single league title after i left but they could never replicate the acl win. also back then some chinese clubs still had a lot of money so it was quite the challenge but still a lot of fun.

[@darthvulture]

did the pentagon challenge in fm23, was really fun but as you said very challenging, but got to experience the south african league and CL, the difficult south korean league rules and asian CL and the brazilian and MLS rules as well.

[@ronnyfenske9527]

2:51 💀

[@davidjonathan3312]

😅😅😅😅 funny man

[@philiplui8790]

Looking forward on the series and it will be interesting to see how the other clubs besides Africa gives you the offer 😊

[@davidborkwood2368]

I’ve been trying this challenge. It’s been a lot of fun. Found it hard to get into South America so been focusing on the other leagues

[@ArnyBoy]

I love doing this challenge in every fm game. Just completed it winning the CL with Dortmund last week

[@MrReese]

Most realistic depiction of how to get a job these days right there. 23:41 If they had scored one more it would have gone to overtime since you won the first leg 4:3 and they would have won the second leg 4:3 :).

[@nbeliebt8126]

Funny that i am doing it right now aswell. Have Africa and Asia already, but damn that takes long and you always have to make a step back when switching to another region.

[@antoinecholet-eyraud4824]

Loved the video and the challenge !

[@olahafs]

Love the series. Have only seen 34 seconds but this is a cool challenge

[@user-ni4sw3oi2s]

14:34 My man Gabadinho Mhango doing the business in FM 😅😅😅

[@rhunl]

I can't believe Wydad got ahead in the final with that kind of Jabroni.

[@lewislc2714]

I love this, please keep going!!

[@leemasters5607]

I like the set up of your videos as some only put on a few matches and just 1 season can take many episodes

[@cal-efc8062]

21:45 the flare😂

[@monthegers0787]

This is a brilliant watch!!

[@Vocas46LP]

i started this challenge, first team that took me, was Milford FC (basic database). i got to 3rd place in 2nd african league, played half more season, got hired to Baroka FC, i won the league, took them to 3rd place again, then i was offered job in Mamelodi Sundowns, finished the season (managed to get them to 3rd place, but it was only like 5 matches), then i went on 3rd season and i won almost every match (i remember 88%winrate) and 3 matches before the end of the season my SSD with OS crashed and i lost everything on it (it was on friday...what a sad weekend)...

[@hamza_etm]

Fun fact about Tihad Athletic club, the won the Moroccan throne cup in 2019 I think and managed to play the CAF cup playoffs!

[@Crafttee]

Excellent idea Tom!

[@Masale_HT]

If you want an extra challenge you could add the world cup after you won on all the continents

[@Nigel4]

Fair chance he might do that before he completes the challenge

[@georgew3407]

cant wait to watch this tom!

[@Elmeler]

Maan , 1st step done .. can't wait for the next one !

[@Joe-po8rx]

I'm so happy to see that this is going to be split into 5! Ready to be invested!

[@md.abdullaalwailykhanchowd3974]

That's one hell of a big stadium for Morocco 3rd Division!

[@omelettefrances8304]

For the CONMEBOL Libertadores you could try and use Club Atletico Independiente, they are the max winner of the competition but the las time they won it was around the 80's and now they are in bad shape, last season they almost got relegated

[@Ideatloppu]

I don't know if you've tried the Liechtenstein challenge where you have to win the champions league wirh FC Vaduz? Would love to see that! The challenge there is that Liechtenstein sides don't have own league, so they can't get to champions league even if you win the the Swiss league they play in. From Liechtenstein Cup you can get to conference league, so the only way is to win all european cups back to back.

[@stupiditiusmaximus]

Ah yes the Pentagon Challenge, famously completed on September 11th, 2001.

[@hexenhaus_]

I'm excited to see more!

[@kanomgr7530]

surely an interesting series

[@shanellemorgan2157]

this is a great idea! have u ever thought about trying something even harder than this? Every Single European Trophy available, All the Champions Leagues all the Europa Leagues and Conference Leagues? also maybe throwing in the Euro's (with England)

[@AgustinAstronomy]

Amazing mini series, I'm from Argentina and will be amazing if u can manage Boca Juniors (my club), we lost last year Libertadores against Fluminense.

[@ZoeDS]

Love this. So much fun

[@gabrieldigruttola239]

Hi Tom! For the Libertadores try to manage Racing Club from Argentina. It's my team and it would be nice watching you raising the trophy!

[@Kloiyd]

For UEFA you should do Monaco as only a few years ago they lost the ucl final and haven’t been able to go back up to that level again in a while.

[@jameshartlonuk]

Hi Tom, great episode. How often do you think you will release a new episode?

[@IIIFENRIRIII]

Watching this makes me wish there were more leagues in Africa without mods. Would love Egypt and the rest of North Africa. Great video!

[@jamescashman1110]

For the AFC you have to go with Melbourne Victory in the A-League. Only 1 Australian club has won the ACL and that was Western Sydney. Victory is the biggest club in Australia and that’s the last trophy we have yet to win.

[@stan020]

Amazing series

[@user-bk7tn7ot7j]

For South America, you should use Ecuadorian side Emelec

[@idkkkkkkkk_]

do San Marino challenge

[@everton1878.]

In the 1st season of FM24 San Marino actually won a competitive game vs Slovenia

[@un6505]

maqwell ahh comment

[@idkkkkkkkk_]

@@un6505 lmao

[@TomFM]

That is certainly on my list of challenges!

[@christianfajardo1560]

For the concafaf do olimpia from Honduras, came second in 2001.qualifyed por de club world cup but the cup was cancelled that year. Love from honduras 👋🏻

[@JamieAubrey]

I did this in FM23, I never want to manage in the MLS again but I did somehow manage to do it in 2 seasons which felt a bit cheaty, I didn't even do it with a top team, I did it with CF Montreal

[@Simlingeer]

i like the idea, great video

[@adriamedina2563]

I'm doing my Hexagon Challenge in FM21, which is the same but adding Oceania into the mix. I started in New Zealand second tier with no badges and after 7-8 seasons and one OFC Champions League, I'm currently in my first year in Melbourne Victory and so far so good. I plan to go to the USA after Australia, then maybe Mexico, South America, Europe and Africa last. I feel like that would be a good and logical career. My goal, other than winning the continental trophy, is doing so with a team that has never won it before. Really long and difficult save to do, but plenty of fun to experiment in other leagues and continents.

[@elias_exturn7108]

Which data base did you use, searching for one right now?

[@SuperHellhawk]

I was so invested in this

[@tonizinn]

I think a good team for CONMEBOL Libertadores could be Grêmio, they won Libertadores in 2017, but were relegated in 2021. In 2022 they were promoted in 2nd and got 2nd place in FIRST DIVISION with Suarez playing like a God! If you couldn't make in to a club that is in first division, maybe Brasil de Pelotas, a club that was in 2nd division and went down to the 4th division this season!

[@rodrigosan06]

Amazing vid. Unfortunately you ended up winning the challenge with RiBer (I am a Boca fan)

[@curly-lm8en]

Any chance you could do a vid on how you set this up?? cant wait for the next one

[@Gaming_And_Chill]

I'd love to see the setup for this challenge

[@jake2001c]

I came close a few months ago. Gave up after concaf, africa and Asia cause I got busy. Won with pacific fc in Canada. Cape Town spurs in Africa. And Wellington in Australia. Struggled in the copa libertadores with Guarani and after 16 seasons on the save I burned out

[@pato4063]

Interesting in real life, Wellington isn't allowed to compete in the afc cups as they are a New Zealand based team

[@TJoL1998]

Some of the African team names are class. New fan of Green Buffaloes here 💪🏻

[@TomFM]

One of my personal favourites is "Prison Leopards" from Zambia

[@DraganDjokic-fj3ep]

Please, use a polygon in player profile. 😮😮😮 Great job so far 😁

[@waseemanuar]

cant wait for south america, which is almost impossible to get a job there

[@simeonhristov6185]

what kind of DB are you using to be able to coach in Egypt/Morroco/UAE etc?

[@Thurgood-HB-Jenkins]

So much fun....Greetz from Bremen/Germany

[@victorjustin8798]

"The empty stadium went wild when we hit the crossbar" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@andrewpowell9854]

Really good series, which mods have been installed for all of the leagues?

[@exmsenhorbataguas6411]

Would also like to know the databse

[@adrianpinas6103]

in Libertadores, try to get a job in Santos from Brazil. They are one of the most traditional clubs in the world with the likes of Pelé, Neymar, Robinho and Rodrygo. But lately they've been on a slump and recently got relegated to the Serie B for the first time in history! Save them pls 😅

[@darylwilkinson6785]

Tom, could you try the Vaduz challenge? Win the champions league with Vaduz. Means winning every uefa comp to progress to the next

[@MrJorge3010]

I'm also doing the Pentagon challenge! So far I won the CL in Africa with TS Galaxy, in North America with Atlanta United and I've reached the semis in Europe twice with Stade Rennais. I'm about halfway done I suppose

[@bigslav1535]

what database did u use because rtherss only one african team avaiable which is sa

[@MrJorge3010]

@@bigslav1535 None, TS Galaxy is a South African team!

[@mastertrams]

Sorry, but I need to do my duty as an FC Nantes fan: Boo to Stade Rennais. Anyway, duty done, congratulations on getting that far with a French team that isn't PSG. Twice. Very well done, wishing you the best in the rest of your save.

[@MrJorge3010]

@@mastertrams Thanks! Yeah I think I can do this challenge without oil clubs, we actually beat PSG to the title last season but unfortunately they won the CL and Coupe de France (eliminated us in both while injuring 5 of my players in the process over the 2 UCL legs). Anyway, I have to do my duty as the Stade Rennais manager and defend the club: Nantes were relegated last season. That is all. (Sorry, have a good day!)

[@mastertrams]

@@MrJorge3010 Nooooo... Don't give me a dose of reality, Nantes are supposed to be good in FM, contrary to real life. I've seen them make European finals! 😂

[@JBxIx]

Looking at this I really wish FM would do a better job at the stadiums especially in foreign countries because they all look like British stadiums.

[@wanderamartin1315]

I have done this before.... Getting into South American teams is the hardest one.. It's best to start in Africa.

[@blinkyboy86]

Hi Tom i am confused by the board objectives. First season told to make mid table with play offs following season with Bristol Rovers. Managed 3rd and a playoff final. Next season avoid relegation?? What?? Currently sitting 7th in the league couple of points of playoff and automatic promotion places in my 2nd season

[@RMburger-lh5kg]

I hope that when you play the Copa Libertadores (South america UCL) you win it with Alianza Lima, yes it isn't that good but i hope you can do it

[@zev847]

8:01 killed me😂😂😂😂😂

[@ericaung9015]

how do u load all these leagues in before the start of the save… I can’t seem to find all

[@ajsrf]

Can't wait for the others

[@jaafarchaoui185]

As someone from Casablanca i am gutted that Wydad lost the final to tangier 😭

[@_girltype]

okay but can you confirm you're comfortable managing a team in considerable financial trouble? thanks, the club president

[@samuelschonenberger]

I have a fun idea: Simulate International football as League seasons Either the world cup or the continental competitions So replace the Premier League with Euro teams, La Liga with Copa America teams, Bundesliga eith Asia Cup teams and Serie A with Afcon teams

[@TonyBeni]

How did you get the custom databases as i'd like to try this

[@marc00000n]

helloo what database did you use?

[@omaid482]

Verduz Challenge I think is the hardest That would be fun

[@Alphoric]

Surely getting all 6 would be harder Hexagon