One Fun Save For Every Country in Football Manager

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FM Llama from the Managers Seat has joined me once again to compile the most extensive list of fun saves you have ever seen. I hope this serves as a guide for years to keep your Football Manager experience exciting. It certainly might be a guide for me to pick my saves in FM in the future.
This list includes every country that is in the base game of Football Manager. There are other countries you can play in but you have to download a database that was made by a mod person. These can be cool too, but if we made that list instead, this video would be two hours long, so I hope you’re ok with every country in Football Manager!
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[@Madzonga]

Wisla Krakow story is even more interesting because the club was saved by fans buying clubs shares and by ex-Dortmund star Jakub Blaszczykowski firstly lending the club money, then playing for it for minimal national wage and eventually becoming its co-owner Our club was a menace in 00s (won the league 6 times), third oldest polish club (2nd oldest existing) We were the last team to beat Barcelona in 2008 CL season, they went all the way to win it I've been to the game where we were winning 3:2 against Barcelona at half time in 2001 (eventually lost 3:4) We've beat Inter Milan 1:0 (I still got this ticket at home) We drawn 1:1 and lost 2:1 to Parma the season they won UEFA cup and demolished them 4:1 few years after Wisla has great footballing history and it deserves to get back on winning tracks so if you're looking for a save in central europe, come help us get where we belong :)

[@k4fros]

great story man,any suggestions for signings?

[@alehlete830]

did they do russia where russia league

[@kd3music]

I already informed LLama of this when he was asking for save suggestion in PL :)

[@EnforcerX71]

TheOfficialFNG is playing as them in his FM23 save on Twitch.

[@EnforcerX71]

@@alehlete830 Russian leagues have been removed from FM23, only way to play it is with a custom database.

[@1ec4]

Timestamps: ASIA: 0:12 Australia (Wellington Phoenix) 0:28 China (Guangzhou) 0:58 Hong Kong (Hong Kong FC) 1:33 India (Real Kashmir FC) 2:05 Indonesia (Persipura Jayapura) 2:28 Malaysia (Sabah FC) 2:46 Singapore (Albirex Niigata) 3:24 South Korea (FC Seoul) AFRICA: 4:02 South Africa (Kaizer Chiefs) NORTH AMERICA: 4:44 Canada (Vancouver FC) 5:09 Mexico (CD Guadalajara) 5:37 USA (St. Louis City) SOUTH AMERICA: 6:24 Argentina (Guillermo Brown) 6:43 Brazil (Náutico) 7:14 Chile (Deportes Melipilla) 7:43 Colombia (Deportes Quindío) 8:21 Peru (Alianza Lima) 8:49 Uruguay (Deportivo Maldonado) EUROPE: 9:23 Austria (Floridsdorfer AC) 9:36 Belgium (RFC Liege) 10:06 Bulgaria (Litex Lovech) 10:44 Croatia (NK Varaždin) 11:14 Czechia (Baník Ostrava) 11:39 Denmark (Hvidovre IF) 12:01 England (Hartlepool United) 12:45 Finland (Salon Palloilijat) 13:09 France (Saint-Étienne) 13:47 Germany (Dynamo Dresden) 14:28 Greece (AE Larissa) 15:14 Netherlands (Sparta Rotterdam) 15:40 Hungary (Vasas FC) 16:07 Iceland (ÍBV) 16:31 Ireland (Treaty United) 16:57 Israel (Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa) 17:20 Italy (Südtirol) 17:43 Latvia (Riga FC) 18:13 Northern Ireland 18:31 Norway (Bryne FK) 18:58 Poland (Wisła Kraków) 19:22 Portugal (Salgueiros) 20:01 Romania (Universitatea Cluj) 20:25 Scotland (Bonnyrigg Rose) 20:58 Serbia (Javor Ivanjica) 21:49 Slovakia (DAC 1904) 22:15 Slovenia (Gorica) 22:42 Spain (Olot) 23:13 Sweden (Östersunds FK) 23:41 Switzerland (Basel) 24:09 Türkiye (Ümraniyespor) 24:41 Ukraine (Chornomorets Odesa) 25:02 Wales (Haverfordwest County)

[@tsang6983]

Thx

[@MatiasDypala]

In Argentina i TRULY recommend Belgrano or Instituto from Córdoba.

[@standardprotocolformat6090]

wow

[@iirovaltonen4258]

Another interesting club to manage in Finland would be TPS. They are one of the most recognizable brands in all of Finnish sports, not just football. They have been stuck in the second division for a few years and it would be fun to try to get them back to their glory days.

[@AxaFin]

I just pick KPV everytime because with decent tactics u can get to promotion playoffs really easily.

[@RandomGuy37]

I have an interesting one as well. Rovaniemen Palloseura. They played in the Veikkausliiga for almost the entire 2010s even managing a second position back in the mid-2010s, but were relegated to Finnish second division a few years ago due to financial problems. And when I mean they were relegated to second division, I mean that they dropped straight from Veikkausliiga to second division because they didn't have enough money to play in the first division. Bringing them back up to the top level and then topping their all-time best finish of second place by winning the Finnish championship would be another interesting project

[@alehlete830]

did they do russia where russia league

[@greatunderstanding]

Played with them and got fired rip

[@Rakettivuori]

Finland is full of interesting saves. I'm playing as Käpylän Pallo, A club in Helsinki which is known for its youth. The first team is very young and the academy produces good players.

[@IlManaka]

Quick reminder, It wasn't because of FC Porto (not Porto FC) that Salgueiros seized to exist. The city of Porto has 2 big clubs Boavista being also one of them, and they all coexist without any issue but are still city rivals. However Salgueiros has something that no other club in Portugal has. It said that the club was founded by two friends from the same area (Paranhos) that were actually rivals (one being from Porto the other from Benfica), that were sick of being rivals after watching a match together between Porto and subsequently Benfica. Salgueiros is actually a simbol of unity and friendship that gave the area of Paranhos something to be proud of.

[@tiagotoste1548]

As someone who actually played for Salgueiros youth teams, this is spot on! 👏👏👏

[@ChrisTravelss]

As someone who's never heard of the team, this is probably spot on

[@Greivon1992]

I actually love Salgueiros, my highschool was really close to the old stadium. The club suffered a lot from financial problems, they got relegated and eventually they had to fund a new club, Salgueiros 08. The old stadium, Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro, was sold to the city and yes, they used the land for a subway station, although you can still see the goalies and the old stand. They are also my current FM23 save, back to primeira liga, trying to steal unused players from the big 4 :D

[@WinterburnVideos]

THANK YOU!

[@IlManaka]

@@Greivon1992 Completely true and quite sad they sold it to MdP. My best save ever in this kind of games (I play it since CM 97/98) was with Salgueiros 8 years going from campeonato de Portugal back to the PL. Before we had a new stadium we played funny enough 2 years (after we left Campanhã) in Infesta (Liga 3)and if I remember correctly Gondomar (2ª liga). After 1 year in PL we had a new stadium of 15 thousand people back in Porto. Also my best scorer was Vasco Paciência, following his father's footsteps. Enjoy the save like I did and steal all you can from the big 4/5. 💪

[@user-ou8nc4ug1d]

I'm a Náutico fan, so glad to see it here, I've done this save thousands of times since we were relegated from série A in 2013

[@Luca_Amaral]

Tão indo bem pra voltar pra B esse ano ou não ? Não tem como acompanhar a Série C aqui

[@scavalcanti]

🇦🇹 NÁUTICO MENTIONED

[@rodrigoandrade256]

@@Luca_Amaral Não. Ainda dá pra subir tecnicamente, mas o time não tá bem nem em campo nem na classificação.

[@jakubkuberski448]

Another great option for Poland would be Ruch Chorzów - 14 time Polish champion, who due to financial issues saw relegation from the top flight to the 4th division, only to climb back up to the first division securing three promotions in a row. The club has a strong regional identity too, and is in need of a new stadium. I think it's an interesting save, on the level of Wisła

[@pierfrancescocosta6336]

Actually, Vancouver FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps can face off in one domestic competition, at least for now: the Canadian Championship, a national cup that involves all of the CPL teams, the three Canada-based MLS teams (Montréal, Vancouver and Toronto) and a few teams from the Canadian semi-pro regional leagues!

[@philipmcniel4908]

...Which also means that they could *not* meet in the CONCACAF Champions League, since only the winner of the Voyageurs Cup qualified for the CCL, and that was Canada's only berth. Apparently this is ALL changing next year to coincide with the competition's name being changed to the CONCACAF Champions Cup: Now, the top two teams in the Canadian Premier League will receive berths _and_ Canadian teams will for the first time be eligible to qualify via MLS. Also, Canadian teams will be eligible to participate in the Leagues Cup, which awards CCC berths to the top two clubs, meaning that the Canadian MLS teams now have three ways to qualify for continental competition, and the CPL teams have two.

[@pierfrancescocosta6336]

@@philipmcniel4908A bit head-scratching, but still interesting! 😅👍

[@BirdsvsCoathangers]

Also good luck winning the CONCACAF CL on a team with 1-2 million dollar a year salary cap that will never go away. Whitecaps can literally outspend you about x10. You'll be lucky if you can give your top players the literal minimum wage MLS requires.

[@MrNickace]

@@BirdsvsCoathangers There's a guy who has done a Canadian megapatch for the past few versions that makes the salary cap progressively go up each year. Even without that though I managed to make the CCL semis with York United. It's doable with luck and being craft with wages

[@adamh4h4]

Dunno why but these save idea videos are so good. Probably cause I'm learning about the history of the clubs and trying to bring them to glory. Appreciate the videos! Hope you can make more!

[@marcusulana1150]

Another fun one in Denmark could be Esbjerg who are in the 3rd division in Danish football. A true fallen giant 5 danish titles with the last coming in 1979. And finished 3rd in the danish top division in 2018-2019 season. But due to financiel issues they know find themselves in the 3rd division. They were even close to bankruptcy this year

[@SoundOfDistantAges]

I started a save in Südtirol 15 days ago & so excited to see you guys recommending the team for bringing the Serie A title. It's really a fun team to play with.

[@nemangame]

When it comes to Serbia i would like to mention several other clubs that could be fun: Vojvodina - a club with good historical success that never managed to assert itself over the big two. Help them become the first club outside the top two to win the Super League and/or qualify for a european competition. Radnicki Nis - biggest club in southern Serbia with a similar fate as Vojvodina though had even less success. Make them a regional powerhouse and help them win the league. Rad - a club with fierce fans that is down on its luck. This season they dropped out of the Serbian First league (second tier) but you can help them get back among the elite. Cukaricki - a very well run club with a small fan base. Among the best clubs in the country in the last 15 years with only one Cup trophy to show for. Help them rival the big two. Mladost Lucani - smaller club from a small town in central Serbia. Managed to stay in the super league for the past 9 years and was even the runner-up of the Serbian Cup several years ago. Use the power of the local Guca trumpets (the village of Guca is close to Lucani) to make Mladost a candidate for a trophy.

[@dgouilard]

For Singapore, I recommend a build a nation save with the national team and Young Lions. (I'm not a Singaporean so some of these info might be wrong, feel free to correct me) Young Lions are a development team that have an age restriction on player signings, specifically under 23, so it is a great place to build Singapore's next golden generations, distribute those players to the SPL teams, and lead the Singapore national team to an Asian Cup title or even a World Cup. I'm not too sure if they can qualify for the AFC Champions League/AFC Cup or not (I think they can't, like Albirex Niigata), but the save has so much more things to do than just winning titles season after season with Albirex.

[@chikennuget3634]

They also have 20 youth recruitment in the game

[@TehPengPapi]

yep good job sounds about right.

[@icekatana327]

I've played with Young Lions before. It was a challenge but fun. I think they indeed can't play in the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup, but due to their 20 youth recruitment you can spread the talent to the other clubs as they keep producing golden generations. I think the age restriction also includes that players in your squad are not allowed to be older than 23 so you have to sell these players or they rot in the reserves. There are similar clubs in Myanmar (Junior Lions) and Brunei (Tabuan Muda) that have the same or similar restrictions and act as teams to develop young players. I really like the concept and hope it helps each country in growing a bit. The best player in my Young Lions save was a half-german that came through my first youth intake and was bought by Bochum later on. When I ended the save, I used an outside tool to check his stats and he had a PA of 124.

[@kieranloh5200]

Unfortunately in reality, the Young Lions are just…bad

[@shadoekim]

​@@kieranloh5200San Marino wants their first win? Just play against Young Lions

[@Rakettivuori]

Another suggestion for Germany: Saarbrucken (3. Liga) played in the first Champions League as the champions of Saarland, which had its own national league in the 1950s. They also played in Ligue 2 once and unofficially won it

[@edi0157]

How did they unofficially win it? Were they not allowed to because they are from Saar?

[@nummer3357]

An actually original save idea from Sweden is Torslanda IK in the playable fourth tier. They have a cooperation with an academy from New Zealand so their head coach and key players originates from there which is odd, Make the Kiwis fly in Sweden.

[@SaaMaistaa]

12:47 fun fact about salon palloilijat, they actually signed Taye Taiwo (Marseille, AC Milan, QPR star) last season for couple games but he terminated his contract quite soon😢

[@callumhayes7502]

star is a stretch lol

[@SaaMaistaa]

@@callumhayes7502 Star on finnish level lol

[@callumhayes7502]

@@SaaMaistaa cult hero at QPR lol

[@llSuperSnivyll]

8:35 As an extra bit of information, Alianza Lima, until two months ago, held the longest winless streak in the Copa Libertadores, at 30 games.

[@Freddogod]

Bonnyrigg rose in Scotland would actually be going from the 6th tier that they were promoted from in 2019

[@galaxiawakismey3326]

For Spain I reccomend my hometown club AD Ceuta FC, they are in fthe 3rd tier and the special thing is that the city of Ceuta is in the continent of Africa, so you could bring a UCL to Africa. Also they are newly promoted so its gonna be quite challenging.

[@thargoff]

Great idea. But in the previous collab for save ideas in European countries the two enclaves were suggested, so I think they wanted something else this time.

[@FMLlama]

@@thargoff Exactly. We tried not to recycle any ideas, just to keep it fresh

[@monhk6136]

Does it mean we get both morrocan and spanish players in the newgens at AD Ceuta? That would be fun.

[@alehlete830]

did they do russia where russia league

[@igiavano.1407]

@@alehlete830 not in FM

[@nabimenj641]

i'm currently managing academica in portugal. they won the first ever portuguese cup and used to be an established top flight club. they are now in the third division for the first time in their history and i have recently won the cup again with them and brought them back to european football! very fun save idea

[@edickson76]

Great video! Lots of good save ideas. Having the actual Welsh chairman pitch his club was really great!

[@Roxas1711]

5:57 - The same is true for Vancouver FC in the CPL, that you previously mentioned. This season is their first!!!

[@Simio5_1]

Cool video! I was looking for a new save and now I’m starting one in Czechia with your club, thank you very much!

[@Bunniejasmine]

seeing riga in this made me very happy! they're my main save this year and i've had an absolute blast. we have just outdone skonto's achievements and also won the uefa cup. i'm running it as a build a nation save and just missed out on both the euros and the world cup. but we're getting there! the league is also in the top 10 for european coefficients now, so things are going great. i highly recommend it, the only real downside are the non-EU rules (only 5 players in a match day squad) and some outdated substitution rules in the FM database (easily fixed with the editor, although it might be fixed by now anyway. my save started a while ago lol). i hope more people will manage in latvia because of this video!

[@shibafm]

I’m doing something similar with FK RFS

[@Vince_Lasal]

Pretty much no one in Sweden likes Östersund and a lot of people were glad they got relegated. I personally would recommend doing a youth save with Brommapojkarna since they have one of the best youth academies in Sweden. Most of our national team came from there. Or you could do Utsiktens BK who are leading the second division in real life for the first time ever. They’re a small club from Gothenburg and would have to rival some pretty big local clubs.

[@yashtiwari1189]

Why does no one like östersunds?

[@Vince_Lasal]

@@yashtiwari1189 the embezzlement thing for one, but they’ve also been very shady with some of the deals they’ve made. A club that went as far as they did in the Europa league and sold players for as much as they did should not be on the verge of bankruptcy just a few years later. They’ve barely been able to afford their elite license. It’s just a shady club basically

[@nummer3357]

@@yashtiwari1189 Apart from Potter (who is respected by everyone here), that club is built on fraud. Their chairman did some tricky accounting and that is the foundation for their success sadly. Actually, the only reason they survived into the 2023 season is due to the fact that UEFA pays out a sum of money to each league that has participation in the Champions League the previous season. That sum is divided between the clubs who participated in the league that same season (in this case in 2021). That payment reached them just in time to avoid bankrupcy half a year ago. So they still exist because Malmö FF happened to play in CL in the last season Östersund played in Allsvenskan which is ridiculous and frustrating for everyone else. Good news is that their finances still suck and they probably will go bankrupt after this season instead.

[@TheRadPlayer]

@@Vince_Lasal Surely he must have pocketed a lot of the money.

[@Vince_Lasal]

@@TheRadPlayer I don’t remember the exact story, but I think that was one of the accusations. And that he basically moved money into and from a company/companies he owned to pay less tax or to get other advantages. His name is Daniel Kindberg if you wanna google the story.

[@libhongolanga1010]

Hi. South African here. Former supporter of Kaizer Chiefs growing up (until my parents upgraded me in life and I started watching international football around 2004/05). Wanted to add a little context about the stadium Kaizer Chiefs, and a few other clubs, play in - the large capacity is a result of upgrades made when South Africa hosted the FIFA World Cup in 2010. Adrian, of the channel Rabona TV, made a video about Kaizer Chiefs and their rivalry with Orlando Pirates - the largest derby in the country. That ~90K stadium sells out whenever they play.

[@Zeerse_Chef]

I'd have gone with FC Andorra for Spain, a bit like the old San Marino challenge, can you build up the club to build the nation. Plus Pique bought them when he retired. I got them promoted to La Liga and despite being close to safety through the season they still sacked me before the end of it. Save over :)

[@ohaatageldi]

i think they suggested that last year so

[@Zeerse_Chef]

@@ohaatageldi nah it was arenas last year

[@MarcosGarcia-pj3pq]

pique invested in the club before he retired

[@minichalvo9818]

that sucks when you are super invested in a save then the board unrealistically sack you

[@gastonzumbo9860]

​@@minichalvo9818i took over mid-season on a team in the 2nd Argentinian division that was only 2 points off relegation (so disappearing from the game) and finished -2 goals away from the last promotion place having managed only 14 games and I got sacked when the board told me: 1. their expectations weren't high as i took over mid-season and 2. they wanted to battle against relegation the only time i ever rebooted a save because of a result, i replayed the last match of the season and got to the playoffs, that kept me the job. Might be scummy but that sacking felt really silly imo

[@DjTsd17]

Been waiting for this video to come for ages!

[@lewismclauchlan4337]

If you have the J-League loaded in Japan I would recommend JUBILO IWATA. A team that's glory days from the late 90s to early 2000s saw it become one of the most impressive club sides in Japan, culminating in an Asian Champions League. A side who failed to bring in young talent and as their team aged, saw them steadily decline and have now become something of a yoyo team between J1 and J2. Would be exciting to see them rise to the top of Asian football once again.

[@PhilCebollas]

Thanks for mentioning Chivas, that’s my favorite teams since I was a kid, and it makes me happy that they are getting the recognition they deserve, specially after losing the last Liga MX final

[@louquole]

An interesting story about Náutico is they were in the second division in 2005 and fighting for promotion, and they had a last match against Grêmio, whoever won that match would get promoted, but Grêmio had the advantage of only needing a draw. It was a home game for Náutico, and they were doing better, but the match was tense, so tense Grêmio had 4 players red carded, Náutico had a single one. Náutico had a penalty during the first half and they hit the post. At the second half, another penalty for Náutico, and the keeper saved. Right after the penalty was saved, Grêmimo counter attacked, got a free kick in which the Náutico player was red carded, they took it quickly and scored. This game is known as Batalha dos Aflitos

[@pashteto]

this video required a massive amount of work and research. Thanks!

[@willoliver7172]

I haven’t played football manager since FM18, but boy does this make me wanna get back into it.

[@majloo7294]

Picking a team for Slovakia that everyone in Slovakia hates FML, Košice are the play

[@thargoff]

Maybe hate less and do a save with Dunaszerdahely. :)

[@ThePlayaJohn]

Why do they hate koscice

[@thargoff]

⁠@@ThePlayaJohnthey hate DAC (Dunajska Streda or Dunaszerdahely, with their Hungarian ties), not Kosice. OP wishes to recommend a save with Kosice, which is funny, because they also have/had partially Hungarian backing… So, maybe less focus on the hatred based on nationality or ethnicity and more fun with football and FM

[@Mebsuta]

They also promoted a Spanish club that has a Catalan-only policy. I would wish that club to crash terribly and become extinct. So yeah, they're recommending funny and curious concepts for you to try out in FM, but they certainly dipped their whole legs into politically controversial clubs.

[@thargoff]

@@Mebsutawhy is it bad to have a Catalan only club when there is Athletic Club with Basque only policy? In itself that is not bad inherently.

[@jameswg13]

Seeing Llama mention Südtirol after me sharing the progress of my südtirol save from last FM with him. Makes me really smile :)

[@chrissao_502]

"Vancouver FC and Vancouver Whitecaps, these two teams will never face off domestically." Voyagers Cup: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@FMGNG]

Brilliant video from two great creators

[@usian52]

My swedish recommendation would be IK Brage (currently playing in the 2nd highest div), They have the record for playing the most seasons in the 2nd highest division (56 seasons) and last time they competed in the highest division was in 1993. The most interesting part of this team is that they played in the Europa league twice and in of them they played against Inter Milan 1988-89 (notable players who played for this Inter team: Lothar Matthäus, Baresi, Brehme and Zenga) Brage only lost 2-1 both games. Since the 2000s they have played in the second, third and fourth tier of Swedish football and almost went bankrupt in 2014

[@AlphaXIV]

Persipura Jayapura is a really good choice for the Indonesian League. I also could suggest my hometown club, Sriwijaya FC, where both of them were an arch rival back on their glory days, dominating the Indonesian League for years. it's really sad to see their downfall nowadays. hopefully they can sort out their issue and see them play in Liga 1 again (even though I don't really like to watch the Indonesian League like I used to before, but I'd like to see either one of them clinched the title)

[@cimolbalado]

Don't forget Mitra Kukar, one of the biggest team back in the old days, defeated Arsenal on a friendly as well. Sad to see that team's downfall to Liga 3. Their fans didn't deserve it..

[@AlphaXIV]

@@cimolbalado oh yea forgot about Mitra Kukar. they were a strong contender too but sad to see their downfall to Liga 3

[@jeffzie151]

@zealand 9:40 an even lesser known fact is that there's a tiny German speaking part of Belgium also, and they have a club in the first division as well, namely KAS Eupen. Could also be an interesting save.

[@jakesimpson5233]

In Switzerland you can play as a Leichtenstiener team called Vaduz. It’s a very fun save

[@scpjack7856]

Thank you for mentioning Riga FC (a team I managed in FM22 and fell in love with), but if I had to pick a Latvian team this year I’d go for Spartaks Jurmala. They come from the 5th biggest city in Latvia, they and their rivals won a handful of league titles recently but both clubs have now been liquidated. Alternatively, waiting until FM24 and forming a custom Jurmala team in the second tier.

[@user-hd3fd1ey6k]

Small correction; oldest club from the Netherlands is Koninklijke HFC. They are playing on the third level of the dutch system so not in football manager unfortunately, also no promotion or relegation between the second and third level so we will probably not see my home town team in the game for a little bit. Great vid as all ways

[@verrizemzzi]

If there isn’t any promotion/ relegation normally between the 2nd and 3rd division, is there any opportunity for clubs like Koninklijke to get back to the top divisions or how does this work in the Netherlands?

[@sh6ny]

@@verrizemzzi alot of the clubs in the 3rd division dont want to get promoted because of financial reasons, in the past you had to oppurtunity to choose whether or not u wanted to get promoted but since a couple years the promotion/relegation system was frozen

[@verrizemzzi]

@@sh6ny okay interesting. thank you for the answer :)

[@user-hd3fd1ey6k]

what @verritzemzzi is saying is true, the last team to chose for promotion did go brankrupt within a few years. They are looking to open the system again but this will take a few more years most likely.

[@gixer7502003]

There is a DB that brings in the lower tiers of dutch football though I'm not sure if there's promotion/relegation in it

[@terencehuang3810]

for Singapore, I recommend trying Young Lions. They are essentially a squad made up of predominately under 23 players that will essentially made up the bulk of the national team. However, they have always struggled and been finishing at the bottom or near bottom

[@adamaljaafreh9116]

I've been having a bit of a tiring day, but seeing you mention my hometown club Baník Ostrava in Czech Republic has completely made my day ❤

[@Fthunela]

A great option for fm24 is to play with Lyn in Norway. They used to be one of the biggest clubs in Norway and had players like ighalo and John obi mikel. But they got bankrupt not to long ago and got promoted to the lowest playable league last season

[@PK12_FCB]

Baník is best option in Czech Republic, by far the best fans in the country (their away days are always fun and they come in massive numbers even on other side of the country), one of the best academies - which gave the world Milan Baroš, Marek Jankulovski or even for short period of time Vladimír Coufal - and generally speaking Baník is pride of Silesia (one of the regions here) ... they play at borrowed stadium in other side of city (which is Moravian) for some time now, so one of the objectives by board is new stadium in Silesian part of the city (their old stadium, Bazaly, is now their training centre) and of course to play in upper floors of league table :)

[@petebowden5946]

As a Sparta fan, I’d agree for a neutral who’s looking to do a Czech save Banik is probably best option. Could argue maybe Slovacko, Teplice or Dukla. It’s too easy being Sparta after a season domestically (even though I still have my yearly save!), same with the 2 other top 3 sides. Also maybe 2nd best fans 😉

[@PK12_FCB]

@@petebowden5946 you are right, Slovacko is good as well and Dukla is sleeping giant

[@belon2326]

Sending greetings from Spartak Trnava!

[@chrisboomer3551]

@@petebowden5946 I did Dukla a few years ago and it was great fun, been thinking about doing another save with them

[@thefridge3831]

Hey from Aotearoa/New Zealand Z, knew you'd choose the Nix just like the great (honorary) New Zealander you are. Watching you got me into FM23 late last year and my first ongoing save is the Nix. I'm only in July 2028 but we've won 5 leagues, 3 Grand Finals and an Australia Cup by developing the best Kiwi and Aussie talent and 2nd nationality guys alongside developing 3 international stars out of 4 overseas players. I have 2 Ghanaian 20yo's that are 14 cap national team veterans. Also, a very interesting start as you have one more year of an absolute goal scoring weapon in Oskar Zawada. Love from NZ 🇳🇿

[@idzanmarkoprivate]

Another great saves for Croatia are in our second division with few fallen clubs including: Hrvatski Dragovoljac (previously constant first league team which in 90's even played in Intertoto Cup and has fallen lately, they will start 23/24 season in 3rd division, they are my current save for summer time) and Cibalia (which got back to second tier after falling to bankruptcy and starting from scratch in third division, they even played in Europa League in 09/10 season after they finished third season prior). Another great save idea is current team which was this season in Cup final - Šibenik, and they are relegated to second tier IRL. In FM23 they are still in first tier, so try to keep them in league with getting to cup finals as IRL if possible (aka get match HNK Hajduk vs HNK Šibenik in cup finals) P.s.: in current Dragovoljac Save that I'm playing (at least kept them in 2nd division not like IRL) have weird coincidence, or even not - IRL first match day of season 23/24 and in-game 23/24 are totally same o.O Not joking, have screenshots at least for one match which will happen on almost same date. Edit: few typos fixed

[@georgeprokopa7257]

Did an extensive save with Chornomorets in FM22. One of my favourites ever. Brilliant club with an excellent stadium to start. Came so close to toppling Shakhtar, won a couple cups but no league

[@SerrrNika]

I'm living next to this stadium and playing fm every year for them since like fm 06 or so. They're also didnt mentioned that Chornomorets got to Europa Legaue round of 32 in 2013/2014, beating PSV in the last group stage match and left them with nothing.

[@PS379]

Toppling Shakhtar is the hardest thing ever 😂 I did win 3 league titles in a row with Obolon Kyiv but I lost EVERY match I played against Shakhtar lol

[@jamesfrancombe7366]

I'm in my 5th season with Bonnyrigg Rose, currently in the Chamionship, such a fun save!

[@tenther5019]

Great concept! Thanks for the suggestions!

[@CBAVFC20]

absolutely brilliant content

[@ronbennun6707]

I’m from Israel and last year on fm22 I downloaded the third division of Israel and played with Maccabi Jaffa and won the Champions league with them after a decade or so and my grandpa who passed away 2 years ago was from Bulgaria and was a Maccabi Jaffa fan so that was the most special fm save I ever played.

[@asentseto]

Love to Israel from Bulgaria❤

[@ImRon2k]

thanks zealand for this content❤ me as a malaysian i usually pick the sabah fc team for my save also, well cuz i’m from east malaysia.

[@fearSimon]

I picked my Iceland save some months ago, and I'm glad we agree what's the most interesting start :) The best I could do was being UCL Group stage regular.

[@fprosk]

Vancouver Whitecaps and Vancouver FC actually can face off domestically in the Canadian Championship (basically the Canadian FA Cup)

[@joshualiley]

Don't forget to mention that Puerto Madryn is not just in Patagonia, but Welsh Patagonia (or to give it its proper name, Y Wladfa). Some Welshmen started a settlement in Argentina to try to preserve the Welsh language, it didn't really work because there's not many Welsh speakers left in Argentina (estimates are 1,500-5,000 people, which is something like 2-7% of its 70,000 population) but it's an interesting nugget of information. The flag is quite cool. It may be interesting to attempt to return the region to its former Welsh-speaking origins and sign a lot of Welsh players.

[@davidharsevoort7762]

I started a Basel save a while ago. Won the league 4 times before leaving for Monaco, beating PSG for the title (the only time they didn’t until now, 2034), i moved to Man Utd and won them their first title since Sir Alex’ last season. Champions league final against that PSG team for the treble upcoming. Start at Basel!

[@BallersRealm]

This is so crazy! I made a Larisa save at the beginning of FM23 cause the badge was cool! now they’re being featured in a video!

[@Oneath]

The IBV club from Island sounds like a good idea! By the way Zealand, how can you not take FC Vaduz in Swiss League, this is the greatest challenge of all of them ;)

[@zurigheid]

I'm pretty sure they mentioned/ chose Vaduz in their previous video. Its been a while since I've seen it, so I'm not sure, but that might be why they didn't choose them

[@420haukur]

they won titles in the 90s and a few years ago David James was a player manager alongside Hermann The Herminator Hreiðarsson

[@wilcoxchar]

Great video! For Spain I always like the idea of playing Real Union. Basque club in the small town of Irun on the French border, and one of the four Basque founding clubs of La Liga in 1928. But they only spent four years in La Liga because by the time it was founded, that was after their peak. Before then, Real Union won three Copas del Rey... in 1918, 1924, and 1927. And the last one, 1927, was the first all-Basque final of a Copa del Rey with a decisive winner (two previous all-Basque finals, in 1910 and 1913, were part of Copas that had two finals and two winners) and the only one until the 2019-20 season. Now, Real Union has slipped far and have sat in the lower leagues for decades, with their only recent spots of any success being their shock victory over Real Madrid in the round of 32 in the 2008-09 Copa del Rey and reaching the Segunda Division for one season in 2009-10. Returning Real Union to their glory days after a century would be neat.

[@bigbearrecordingstudio7921]

Thanks for the content Z. I like that you're getting creative; not just save your saves, let's plays etc, but stuff like this is interesting too. You cover a great scope. And your uploads are routine also. Please keep it up because even tho I follow other FM KZbinrs you are def my favorite.

[@alfiepapazian893]

doing salguieros atm, in 11 seasons i have taken them from the 4th division to winning the conference league last season, in only our second season in europe. this season we are in the title race for the first time with more of an outside chance tbf winning against porto home and away i would encourage anyone to try salguieros as it is probablythe most fun i have ever had in recent years in fm

[@mjstreak4804]

Did an RFC Liege save on fm22 and it was one of the most fun saves I've done

[@r4lfxd]

I'm from Czech and it's surreal seeing club from my city recommended here! I was low key expecting it since we do have a good back story.

[@leonardoluizleal4409]

Thanks for the ideas Zealand and Llama

[@SuperJNG18]

I actually screamed when you got to Vancouver FC! I started supporting them (I also root for Chelsea, my OG team, and NYC FC, my hometown team) because I'm excited with the way Canadian football is developing and want to support their domestic league, and VFC are the newest team (as in, they were established in November of 2022) so I'm most invested in them making their name. ESPECIALLY because of the very one-sided derby with the Whitecaps, so I love that save idea. Come on Eagles!

[@RobaMostarRoba]

great vid lads

[@totallyreckless4415]

Zealand wearing a Peckham town kit brings tears to my eyes, first team I ever played for in south London 🎉🎉💪

[@EnforcerX71]

Since you didn't mention a specific club in Northern ireland, I would recommend Portadown, they won the league title 4 times between 1989 - 2002 under their longtime manager Ronnie McFall (he was there from 1986-2016), but since 2008 have somewhat yo-yoed between the Premiership & Championship, falling way behind their fierce rivals Glenavon from the neighbouring town of Lurgan who have steadily remained a top flight side.

[@chebroluniranjan3138]

I did take up ASSE and highly recommend it. Took me 5 years but I did win my first League. Great save

[@vliemek]

I already did Portugal and Germany ones this year, Portugal one because of this: "In 1911, a group of friends decided to fund a football club after watching a game that opposed FC Porto and S.L. Benfica at the Campo da Rainha."

[@Taalsman]

For Norway, a good pick could be Lyn FK, they are in the third tier of the norwegian table, is the oldest team in the nation, has won 8 cup, 2 top league trophies and have had players like John Obi Mikel and Odion Igahlo, due to senere financial shenaneganeri they plummeted down the leagues but are making their way back. If you can pick lower than the 2nd league in Norway that is.

[@daky1445]

Hvidovre is certainly going to be interesting in FM24 as well, with them ACTUALLY winning promotion. Is it possible to avoid relegation from the top tier with a semi-pro side?

[@Reavix1]

I'm a Hvidovre fan irl, lived in the city for some 30 years, and i can tell ya one thing, the team is not bad at all, lots of former Superliga (Danish premier league) players who's aging, and are playing their hearts out, along with a group of young players, who have a great deal of potential between them. It's an interesting group, and i suspect that people will think it will be a walkover to play againts us, but we would have drawn FCM in the first match (FCM is a top 3 club in Denmark) if not for a retarded VAR Ref, who also lost his job as a result. So very interesting team, very interesting season.

[@Renko24]

Started an Universitatea Cluj save like 3 days ago, since I've just moved to Cluj. First season, won the title and runner up in the cup, second season, reached the Confrence League semi-final(got past CFR Cluj in the quarters :D ), won both the title and the cup. Looking for one or two more seasons before switching to starting a new save with create a team.

[@ssbooth]

So glad you picked U-Cluj for Romania! They are definitely the "people's team" in Cluj, as opposed to CFR.

[@alimagdi343]

Saint etienne is an amazing choice. Had a save with them and it was really fun

[@lojzini]

The way you pronounced Osijek XD love you man

[@deldewar5893]

Great video full of ideas. Small correction - Kelty Hearts don’t play in Edinburgh, they play in (surprise) Kelty - a small town north of Glenrothes in Fife. Happily though, Bonnyrigg Rose avoided relegation from League 2 this season to give it another pop.

[@gamestellstories]

Absolutely barnstorming video from two of the best. And more evidence, if any was needed, that FM is one of the very best games for organic storytelling. I'm off to start a new save...

[@diogobarrote6960]

Another interesting option in Portugal would be Belenenses, that until the 60's was one of the Big 4 of Portuguese football and in 2018 separated from the investor-controlled team and started again at the lowest level (7th division), having already achieved 5 consecutive climbs, a real FM save in real life! This year, the club moved up to the 2nd League, while the investor-controlled team (now named B SAD) went down to the 3rd League! And curiously in 2019, when Belenenses celebrated its centenary, they invited Salgueiros for a special match celebrating the great history of friendship that the two clubs have!

[@dielferr7123]

From Argentina it could have been Gimnasia (LP), from the 1st div., being the oldest club in all of America (1887), and having financial problems which led to them giving opportunities to their youth which showed great potential

[@FelipeSantos-rb8dp]

One really interesting team to sign up in Brazil is portuguesa. A really classic club that was on a financial disaster and now find themselves in the *fourth* national division. It's a really tough challenge and really fun.

[@CompaSystem]

Woo he's back! Great guy is Llama!

[@diegoramirezv3711]

I can’t believe u recommend my club. Deportes Melipilla. I love u Z ❤

[@ThePlayaJohn]

A save I recommend in chile is Santiago Morning in the 2nd tier they haven’t won the title since the 1940s and there best ever player is regarded as one of the best chilean players of all time Raul Toro

[@rcampbell3311]

My idea for a save in Germany is Arminia Bielefeld, they were flying high in the Bundensliga in 21/22 and even beat Leipzig at Christmas but they suffered back to back relegations and will play out next season in the 3.Liga.

[@A_Baguette_]

Vancouver FC could play the Whitecaps in the Canadian Championship (if that's even in FM). Nice to hear Vancouver getting some love!

[@pllegrotten7640]

Hvidovre is a great shout. They actually got promoted in real life this year!

[@GlobetrotterFM]

Love the Haverfordwest County Chairman at the end, Oscar Borg former player of my team Braintree plays for them he is very good.

[@rhysyboy37]

Oscar Borg my lord, Oscar Borg!! Ooooooooh Oscar Borg 🔵⚪️ We’re looking after him well!

[@GlobetrotterFM]

​He didn't play for Braintree very long but I remember when I saw him he was good compared to the rest.

[@edi0157]

I am actually doing Hartlepool but in FIFA lol, I had no idea Reynolds considered them. Nice idea for Romania, I was expecting it to be us (FCSB/Steaua) again but that was actually creative. For an easier save there is also Rapid (take a resurgent phoenix Rapid after bankruptcy and lead them to their first title since 2003 in front of their passionate fans on their new stadium, shaking off the other 4 teams that have been vying for the title this season. Also, they were founded in 1923 originally so you d be taking charge of them in their centennial year of existence). Petrolul could also be fun in their first year back up but they don’t have the city rivalry aspect (their city rival used to be Astra Ploiesti, they were moved to Giurgiu and became the Astra Giurgiu of haunting West Ham fans fame before going all the way to the third tier and bankrupt this season) or FC Arges (two time champions and Dobrin s old team, if you want a bit of reading up on another Romanian legend that Real Madrid wanted to sign). In the second tier if you can go that deep you also have Dinamo (the fact that they are still alive is actually a miracle, they aren’t even allowed to sign players as of now with their new insolvency plan pending approval) and Otelul Galati (remember them in the UCL? They got 0 points but still) that were promoted irl and the two Timisoara clubs (Ripensia and Poli, both relegated irl). Hell, if you like torturing yourself you could even do CSA Steaua, the other club resulted from the Steaua identity fight as they aren’t legally allowed to promote into the first tier being owned by the army but they do play the cup like any other 2nd division team so you can do a winning the Cup-Conference League-Europa-CL no mistakes allowed save if you are really feeling hardcore.

[@garuco]

the Steaua Cup-Conference League-Europa-CL no mistakes allowed save sounds tasty. I did a FM19 save with Chindia winning, them the CL, so it's too soon to return to Romania for a long term save, but maybe in FM25, if Steaua is still not allowed to play in the top flight, I might have some fun with that idea 😁

[@edi0157]

@@garuco That actually seems like quite a while ago but I guess there are loads of leagues to play as in the game lol. Yeah, from an FM perspective I can definitely see why that would be appealing but also frustrating. Imagine losing the CL final and having to start all over again. Irl there doesn’t seem to be much of a change planned despite a few reported talks with a possible investor which is even annoying their few supporters at this point so yeah, it probably will be the same in FM25 too. Oh, and as an update to my comment, Dinamo s transfer ban has been lifted in the meantime and Rapid is in a bit of a crisis at the start of the new season having won 1 out of 5 games and having beat themselves with 2 own goals in the last game

[@MatiasDypala]

Hi Zealand, Argentinian here, i play FM since 08 and i've always choose to play in Danish league. My All time favourites to play are the HIK (Hellerup, 3rd division) , the mighty AB (Akademisk Boldklub) and Silkeborg.

[@kevinmottram9491]

Some great ideas there guys, though gawd knows when I'll find time to try them all out! I've already picked the first one to have a go at though, Basel in Switzerland. The name for my save? 'Basel Faulty', obviously.

[@nachoproblem3]

ND Gorica a giant of Slovenia? hahahah good one

[@aodhanjone9690]

In Singapore I recommend Lion City sailors FC. Newly formed and owned by billionaire it has former FM wonderkid Maxime Lestienne and there is decent funds to improve the squad or build better facilities and ultimately challenge for the AFC Championship

[@nickfury8973]

I learned about Salgeiros when I am playing the 98-99 retro database when they were still in the top division

[@mitchell2127]

For south korea i would suggest doing seongnam. Former kleague and afc championship winner been to the club world cup. Now they are in kleague 2. So you could try to restore them to glory.

[@ary1374]

already done bryne back when they were in the lowest playable div and it was my most fun save ever so many legends and one of my greatest players of all time liviu budur ohhhh the memories

[@Migadakis87]

Greek side OFI Crete is also a very interesting save. One of the biggest Greek teams with incredible supporters and many ups and downs. Goal is to win them their 2nd Greek cup

[@TheRadPlayer]

You know, I think OFI Crete were actually in the previous iteration of this video, from FM22.

[@francischan6473]

Nice one I'm from Hong Kong and would definitely recommend HKFC for the fun save