Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer in the European Champions League with 140 goals. Nobody else is even close and those who are closest have either retired or are close to it. Ronaldoβs legacy as the top Champions League scorer is surely cemented for the next decade.
But thatβs not enough for Cristiano, heβs gone to Saudi Arabia and is now featuring for Al-Nassr in the AFC Champions League where he finds himself languishing 173rd in the rankings with just 7 goals, 42 goals behind the leader Dejan DamjanoviΔ. 173 places??? Surely heβll never make that up, thatβs got to be too muchβ¦ right?
But Ronaldoβs not alone, you are his new manager at Al-Nassr and it is your job to help him achieve exactly that. This is no longer a team game, this is all about the G.O.A.T. Your challenge is to not only win the AFC Champions League, but to make Cristiano the top all time goal scorer in the competition.
Lucky for you they havenβt done enough to qualify automatically so they have an extra preliminary round to play. Even luckier for you each leg of the AFC Champions League is two legged including the final. That gives you a total of 16 matches. A goal a game and he breaks into the top 10. But the top spot? Youβll need to pull out all the stops to get Ronaldo to average 2.18 goals per game.
And even LUCKIER? You have Β£75m to spend, or upto Β£282m if you convert all your wages into transfer budget (but you'll need those wages). Maybe it's not just about Ronaldo after all. Feel free to have some fun with the cash before the seasons starts.
Points Scoring
Bronze π₯ - 2 points - Win and Ronaldo is top scorer
Silverπ₯ - 3 points - Win and Ronaldo gets into the top 10 all time scorers (16 goals)
Gold π₯ - 5 points - Win and Ronaldo becomes all time top scorer (35 goals)
Only AFC Champions League counts
For this challenge only the AFC Champions League counts. However it is played over an entire regular season. It is up to you if you decide to manage the team throughout the entire season or you can go on holiday or use an instant result button to get through the league fixtures more quickly.
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 create any new managers.
- You cannot save before a match and then reload.
- You must have at most one weekly auto save. More saves than this will be deemed suspicious.
- You cannot use the in game editor or any other editor.
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 π₯ - 5 points
Silverπ₯ - 3 points
Bronze π₯ - 2 points
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
- Ronaldo goals
- Total Points won (3 for win, 1 draw, 0 for loss)
- 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 βRoughly 2 weeks before full release dateβ 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.
How to install
The download is a .fm file which is an FM Save Game.
Option 1) When you open FM and click βLoad Gameβ and click βbrowseβ 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 βLoad Gameβ. 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 β~/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/gamesβ
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 βSort It Out SI Challengeβ. You cannot retire and create a new manager.
However if you find being called βMr Challengeβ annoying then you can set a nickname to give yourself a new name.
- Click βClub Infoβ in the sidebar
- Right click on βSort It Out SI Challengeβ
- Navigate to Misc > Set Nickname
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.
Fixtures
Click schedule in the sidebar. The click "filter" and select only the "AFC Champions League"
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)
Ronaldo Profile Page
Search for Ronaldo and include his profile page
Ronaldo Form Page
Ronaldo > Reports > Stats > Make sure only "Champions League" is selected
Al-Nassr Transfer Page
Transfers in sidebar > Transfer History tab
# | Manager | Medal | Points | GD | Status |
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1 | π₯ | 48 | 68 |
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2 | π₯ | 48 | 58 |
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3 | π₯ | 46 | 64 |
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4 | π₯ | 45 | 66 |
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5 | π₯ | 44 | 50 |
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6 | π₯ | 44 | 49 |
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7 | π₯ | 46 | 46 |
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8 | π₯ | 44 | 52 |
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9 | π₯ | 43 | 36 |
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10 | π₯ | 48 | 59 |
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11 | π₯ | 46 | 46 |
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12 | π₯ | 39 | 36 |
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Comments
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Footygamer
I had some issues with making sure Ronaldo was registered for the tournament when creating this challenge. I'm pretty sure it's okay now but if anyone has registration issues let me know. Just make sure never to holiday past squad registration your idiot assistant will exclude Ronaldo for some reason.
You can check the dates for registration by clicking the date in the top right hand corner which opens a calendar view (lots of people don't realise this)
Socretino
β35 goalsβ???!!! are you crazy???!!! jajajajaaaaaa IT IS PRETTY IMPOSSIBLE!!!!
Ok, ok, let's do it.
Kalle Kutt
You couldn't have made him part Saudi to just make him almost automatically included. Well, he's scored 8 in 2 games so far for me.
Jamie Aubrey
Since this is a season long save I'll get round to it at some point
chaser2k9
He got injured before the pre group stage games, so that was 2 games missing , he has made up for it with 6 in 2 games.
MeGaMaN-
Need a degree to fill out the entry results page, particularly the Competitions section.
Had a crack at it and just put in games won, drawn, lost, goals scored, goals conceded for all competitions
FMStrawzy
Love CR7s nickname on your save mate
Jamie Aubrey
I thought it was only fitting, and most of his goals where indeed Penalties
Footygamer
@MeGaMaN- only put in the results for the Champions League. It's only 16 games and you won every game but 1 so you just put in 15 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses.
If there's something else that was confusing about it please let me know and I can try and improve it but I think it's pretty simple as is.
Socretino
You've put βRonaldo Form Pageβ but the description said "Ronaldo > Reports > Stats > Make sure only "Champions League" is selected.
Finally fix it up! I've attached Stats screenshot, filtered by only by AFC (with preliminary and playoff rounds) but into another skin that shows it.
And so goals scored only in AFC too:
A challenge with a fully successful result! including 25 corner goals and an astonishing 8-0 scoreline in the Final against Kawasaki Frontale π³ (with Cristiano scoring a hat-trick to take his tally to 35).
I tought it was tough but not too much in the end
jmann0201
The hardest part of this challenge is trying to fit all the fixtures into one screenshot.
Socretino
HA HA HA HAAAAA, βCry-stiano Penaldoβ? π
Footygamer
Just click filter on the right of the fixtures page and filter by AFC Champions League
EDIT: I see you did that already π
I also like how the challenge was to score goals but you decided to spend Β£70m on a goalkeeper π
Nick166
My first challenge! Thanks for making these - they seem very fun. Didn't get gold but might go back and try again soon
I played all the games, holidayed in between and the league + cups when not important
I will be making a video which will go on my new YouTube channel βFM Challengesβ (@FMChals) (Video not out yet)
jmann0201
Hahaha, was my first time managing in Saudi so fancied having some fun lol
snafyr
SIUUU
chaser2k9
Last couple of tries he has got a long term injury, going to try again later. He was on 16 in 5 in one of the saves. π’
chaser2k9
chaser2k9
Holidayed between games.
pep
instant result on 2 matches