It's December 25th, Christmas Day, Ipswich are back in the Premier League after 22 years and now they find themselves in the top half, 9th place, with a game in hand against Chelsea. If they can win by 3 goals they'll head into the last game of 2024 in a European spot.
Your job is to take charge of Ipswich Town until the end of the season and secure them a European spot.
If you do you'll be added to our FM24 Challenges Leaderboard with a chance to win a copy of FM25.
DO NOT PRE ORDER FM25. Not only does it sound like it's going to be a buggy mess. But we're going to be giving away lots of copies of the game in competitions like this. Why would buy it when you can get it for free?
How it works
Every week we will release a new FM24 Challenge.
Each challenge is designed to be quick to play. Usually half a season or less.
Complete the challenge to score points and be in with a chance to win prizes.
You do not have to complete the challenge that week. Each challenge will remain open until FM25 BETA is released.
All you have to do is play FM for a few hours and then submit a few screenshots of how you got on. Easy right?
Point Scoring
The scoring system works the same as the Olympics. You have the chance to win Gold, Silver or Bronze. Fail to make it to Europe? You won't get a medal and will score 0 points.
Gold 🥇 - 5 points - Qualify for the Champions League
Silver🥈 - 3 points - Qualify for the Europa League (FA Cup counts)
Bronze 🥉 - 2 points - Qualify for the Conference League
These points will take you on to the Overall Leaderboard. Each week we will release a new FM24 Challenge giving you more chances to win Gold, Silver and Bronze and total up your overall points.
Each Challenge has its own leaderboard. Since lots of people will inevitably win gold there are a series of tie breakers to decide your position.
Tie Breakers
- Total Points won (including FA Cup 3 for win, 1 draw, 0 for loss)
- Distance in FA Cup
- Total Games Won
- Total Goal Difference
- Total Goals Scored
- Total Chances Created
- Total Average Possession
God help me if we actually get to Total Average Possession as a tie breaker, i'll make something else up at the time.
Prizes
Overall Winner = A copy of Football Manager 2025
Weekly Challenge Winner = Premium Membership
The winner will be chosen before the FM25 BETA is released so the winner can play FM25 straight away. We do not know the date for this yet. If the date is given as something vague like “Roughly 2 weeks before full release date” we will conservatively announce the winner the Saturday before 2 weeks. I know this is vague but we will get given an official announcement by SI soon and this text will be updated and made clearer.
Rules
- You must use the manager already in the save file. You cannot create a new manager. This so that all managers have the same attributes and experience.
- You cannot use the in game editor.
- You cannot create any new managers.
- You cannot save before a match and then reload.
- You cannot use Genie Scout or FMRTE.
How to install
The download is a .fm file which is an FM Save Game.
Option 1) When you open FM and click “Load Game” and click “browse” in the top right hand corner. Then find where you saved the file, probably your downloads folder.
Option 2) Move the file to your default saved game folder, it should then appear when clicking “Load Game”. The location is:
Windows: Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2022/editor data
Mac: /Users/<yourname>/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/games
On mac you may find it easier to Open Finder > Click Go in the toolbar > Go to folder > Paste this “~/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/games”
How to submit results
You must submit the following screenshots as a comment on this thread.
Do not take a photo on your phone. You can take screenshots in FM by clicking FM > Print Screen or by following instructions for Windows or Mac
- The Competitions page that shows the status of the League, FA Cup and League Cup (Click “Competitions" in sidebar)
- The Full League Table including Goals For/Against (Premier League > Overview > Stages)
- The Game Status Screen (FM Logo > Game Status)
- Manager Attributes (Home > Profile > Attributes tab)
- Manager History Overview (Home > My History > Overview)
Youtube / Twitch Creators
If you run a YouTube or a Twitch feel free to drop a comment letting us know what time you're streaming or linking to your video. We'll give a shout out on Twitter as well. Also feel free to send me a PM on here or DM on here with any other queries.
Changing Your Manager Name
The manager is called “Sort It Out SI Challenge”. You cannot retire and create a new manager.
However if you find being called “Mr Challenge” annoying then you can set a nickname to give yourself a new name.
- Click “Club Info” in the sidebar
- Right click on “Sort It Out SI Challenge”
- Navigate to Misc > Set Nickname
Manager | Medal | League Points | Cup Points | GD | Total Points |
hamze abass | 🥇 | 79 | 18 | 42 | 97 |
charliebleghhh | 🥇 | 78 | 18 | 51 | 96 |
NFM18 | 🥇 | 77 | 18 | 30 | 95 |
Mingles | 🥇 | 76 | 16 | 38 | 92 |
Matt-K | 🥇 | 73 | 18 | 33 | 91 |
snafyr | 🥇 | 71 | 15 | 25 | 86 |
Aryo_Pram | 🥇 | 74 | 12 | 35 | 86 |
Renso | 🥇 | 73 | 12 | 37 | 85 |
Mapis | 🥇 | 75 | 6 | 44 | 81 |
8ternity.id | 🥇 | 75 | 6 | 43 | 81 |
bono.id | 🥇 | 71 | 9 | 29 | 80 |
andrewcoates77 | 🥇 | 72 | 6 | 39 | 78 |
MeGaMaN- | 🥇 | 74 | 3 | 27 | 77 |
slavoury | 🥇 | 73 | 3 | 37 | 76 |
Nemezizzz | 🥇 | 72 | 3 | 31 | 75 |
HouseVX | 🥇 | 69 | 0 | 25 | 69 |
kenttheobald.id | 🥈 | 71 | 15 | 48 | 86 |
Samuel Aditama | 🥈 | 72 | 12 | 36 | 84 |
Sauce Oliveria | 🥈 | 66 | 12 | 17 | 78 |
idEXXXO | 🥈 | 68 | 6 | 34 | 74 |
Louis Mandala | 🥈 | 68 | 6 | 24 | 74 |
fjoe | 🥈 | 69 | 3 | 36 | 72 |
Daragh Milsom | 🥈 | 62 | 9 | 18 | 71 |
thefwf | 🥈 | 67 | 3 | 12 | 70 |
MiroslavDamat | 🥈 | 70 | 0 | 21 | 70 |
zeca333 | 🥈 | 66 | 3 | 17 | 69 |
Socretino | 🥈 | 67 | 0 | 20 | 67 |
gadroxjr | 🥈 | 58 | 3 | 10 | 61 |
Leon Uvietesivwi | 🥈 | 53 | 0 | -7 | 53 |
DumbDumbo | 🥉 | 72 | 9 | 19 | 81 |
pemburuaerdrop#7424 | 🥉 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 70 |
rakya | 🥉 | 66 | 3 | 18 | 69 |
Nantene | 🥉 | 68 | 0 | 12 | 68 |
Bob Beveridge | 🥉 | 58 | 6 | 23 | 64 |
Orhan Emre | 🥉 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 60 |
Camelot_ID | 🥉 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 60 |
Michael Showemimo | 🥉 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 59 |
bayudfr | 56 | 9 | 3 | 65 | |
Antihero11 | 55 | 9 | 12 | 64 | |
Felipe Mateus BRASIL | 64 | 0 | 23 | 64 | |
Tommy.id | 51 | 9 | -5 | 60 | |
Jamie Aubrey | 48 | 9 | -6 | 57 | |
lordaldid | 48 | 9 | -8 | 57 | |
SpenComms | 57 | 0 | -1 | 57 | |
Rafiq | 54 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |
Andika Rizki | 52 | 0 | -10 | 52 |
How to submit results
You must submit the following information. Where screenshots are required you must upload an image.
Do not take a photo on your phone. You can take screenshots in FM by clicking FM > Print Screen or by following instructions for Windows or Mac.
Competition Page
The Competitions page that shows the status of the League, FA Cup and League Cup (Click “Competitions" in sidebar)
League Table
The Full League Table including Goals For/Against (Premier League > Overview > Stages)
Game Status
The Game Status Screen (FM Logo > Game Status)
Manager Attributes
Manager Attributes (Home > Profile > Attributes tab)
Manager Overview
Manager History Overview (Home > My History > Overview)
# | Manager | Medal | Points | GD | Status |
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1 | 🥇 | 101 | 43 |
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2 | 🥇 | 100 | 36 |
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3 | 🥇 | 98 | 21 |
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4 | 🥇 | 97 | 49 |
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5 | 🥇 | 97 | 27 |
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6 |
hamze abass
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🥇 | 97 | 27 |
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7 | 🥇 | 96 | 37 |
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8 | 🥇 | 96 | 31 |
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9 | 🥇 | 96 | 27 |
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10 | 🥇 | 94 | 26 |
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11 | 🥇 | 93 | 48 |
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12 | 🥇 | 93 | 32 |
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13 | 🥇 | 88 | 40 |
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14 | 🥇 | 86 | 24 |
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15 | 🥇 | 85 | 43 |
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16 | 🥇 | 84 | 34 |
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17 | 🥇 | 81 | 43 |
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18 | 🥇 | 79 | 19 |
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19 | 🥇 | 79 | 18 |
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20 | 🥇 | 78 | 36 |
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21 | 🥇 | 78 | 6 |
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22 | 🥇 | 77 | 29 |
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23 | 🥇 | 72 | 14 |
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24 | 🥇 | 71 | 34 |
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25 | 🥇 | 70 | 17 |
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26 | 🥇 | 69 | 25 |
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27 | 🥈 | 76 | 25 |
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28 | 77 | 14 |
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29 | 🥈 | 91 | 15 |
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30 | 🥈 | 90 | 44 |
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31 |
arie_item
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🥈 | 82 | 30 |
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32 | 🥈 | 82 | 30 |
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33 | 🥈 | 82 | 29 |
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34 | 🥈 | 81 | 37 |
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35 | 🥈 | 78 | 16 |
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36 | 🥈 | 73 | 13 |
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37 | 🥈 | 72 | 35 |
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38 | 🥈 | 68 | 30 |
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39 | 🥈 | 68 | 19 |
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40 | 🥈 | 68 | 7 |
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41 | 🥈 | 67 | 11 |
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42 |
rakya
2nd entry
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🥈 | 66 | 16 |
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43 | 🥈 | 64 | 14 |
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44 | 🥈 | 63 | 8 |
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45 | 🥈 | 61 | 9 |
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46 | 🥈 | 53 | 28 |
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47 | 🥈 | 50 | 32 |
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48 | 🥈 | 40 | 7 |
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49 | 🥉 | 78 | 20 |
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50 | 🥉 | 70 | 3 |
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51 | 🥉 | 69 | 5 |
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52 | 🥉 | 68 | 11 |
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53 | 🥉 | 65 | 22 |
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54 | 🥉 | 63 | 2 |
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55 | 🥉 | 61 | 4 |
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56 | 🥉 | 60 | 8 |
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57 | 🥉 | 57 | 5 |
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58 | 🥉 | 55 | 0 |
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59 | 🥉 | 42 | 20 |
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60 | 🥉 | 28 | 0 |
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61 | 89 | 36 |
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62 | 71 | 18 |
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63 | 70 | 18 |
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64 | 70 | 13 |
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65 | 68 | 22 |
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66 | 65 | 2 |
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67 | 64 | 13 |
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68 | 62 | 9 |
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69 | 61 | 9 |
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70 | 60 | -6 |
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71 | 58 | -7 |
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72 | 54 | 1 |
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73 |
arf98.id
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54 | -1 |
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74 | 52 | -11 |
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Comments
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Leon Uvietesivwi
I completed the first challenge and qualified for europa leauge buti cant seem to find my name on the table. Should i resend my results
Kalle Kutt
Feb 7th - and things are looking up. Had the Saudi clubs release some players. After a month they finally dropped enough in wage demands for us to afford them. They also became more interested as I made multiple other signings. Gonna look forward for the rest of the season. We have a tough draw against Spurs in the FA Cup.
mingzhen wu
完成!
Bolarinwa David
pep
Only went on holiday between matches once transfer window closed and cup run was ridiculous
fadzrr
I got lucky for winning against Man City (2-0).
In the beginning I chose to play 4-2-4, but later changed to 4-3-3 at the end of the season. I hated the board since they won't allow us to buy any Set Piece Coach.
My Transfers
Transfers in:
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My Tactics
Priboemi.id
I got a draw in the first FA Cup 3rd round (1-1), then on the replay match I lost 0-2 on extra time. Please correct me if I input the details of the FA Cup results wrong. Thanks