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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
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 | 🥇 | 106 | 64 |
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| 2 | 🥇 | 101 | 43 |
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| 3 | 🥇 | 100 | 36 |
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| 4 | 🥇 | 98 | 71 |
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| 5 | 🥇 | 98 | 21 |
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| 6 | 🥇 | 97 | 49 |
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| 7 | 🥇 | 97 | 27 |
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| 8 | 🥇 | 96 | 37 |
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| 9 | 🥇 | 96 | 31 |
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| 10 | 🥇 | 96 | 27 |
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| 11 | 🥇 | 94 | 26 |
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| 12 | 🥇 | 93 | 48 |
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| 13 | 🥇 | 93 | 42 |
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| 14 | 🥇 | 93 | 32 |
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| 15 | 🥇 | 89 | 28 |
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| 16 | 🥇 | 88 | 40 |
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| 17 | 🥇 | 86 | 44 |
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| 18 | 🥇 | 86 | 24 |
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| 19 | 🥇 | 85 | 43 |
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| 20 | 🥇 | 84 | 38 |
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| 21 | 🥇 | 84 | 34 |
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| 22 | 🥇 | 84 | 24 |
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| 23 | 🥇 | 81 | 43 |
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| 24 | 🥇 | 80 | 46 |
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| 25 | 🥇 | 80 | 28 |
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| 26 | 🥇 | 79 | 31 |
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| 27 | 🥇 | 79 | 19 |
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| 28 | 🥇 | 79 | 18 |
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| 29 | 🥇 | 78 | 36 |
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| 30 | 🥇 | 78 | 6 |
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| 31 | 🥇 | 77 | 36 |
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| 32 | 🥇 | 77 | 29 |
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| 33 | 🥇 | 76 | 36 |
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| 34 |
Budi Ferizqianto
2nd entry
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🥇 | 72 | 16 |
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| 35 | 🥇 | 72 | 14 |
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| 36 | 🥇 | 71 | 34 |
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| 37 | 🥇 | 70 | 17 |
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| 38 | 🥇 | 69 | 25 |
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| 39 | 🥇 | 67 | 41 |
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| 40 | 🥈 | 90 | 44 |
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| 41 | 🥈 | 82 | 30 |
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| 42 | 🥈 | 82 | 29 |
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| 43 | 🥈 | 81 | 37 |
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| 44 | 🥈 | 78 | 11 |
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| 45 | 🥈 | 77 | 4 |
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| 46 | 🥈 | 76 | 25 |
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| 47 | 🥈 | 76 | 21 |
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| 48 | 🥈 | 76 | 18 |
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| 49 | 🥈 | 74 | 22 |
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| 50 | 🥈 | 73 | 23 |
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| 51 | 🥈 | 73 | 23 |
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| 52 |
Luke Sky
2nd entry
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🥈 | 72 | 29 |
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| 53 | 🥈 | 71 | 18 |
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| 54 | 🥈 | 69 | 17 |
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| 55 | 🥈 | 68 | 19 |
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| 56 | 🥈 | 68 | 7 |
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| 57 | 🥈 | 67 | 11 |
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| 58 | 🥈 | 65 | 10 |
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| 59 | 🥈 | 64 | 16 |
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| 60 | 🥈 | 64 | 3 |
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| 61 | 🥈 | 61 | 7 |
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| 62 | 🥈 | 60 | 11 |
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| 63 | 🥈 | 60 | 6 |
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| 64 | 🥈 | 34 | 20 |
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| 65 | 🥉 | 74 | 17 |
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| 66 | 🥉 | 72 | 12 |
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| 67 | 🥉 | 71 | 1 |
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| 68 | 🥉 | 70 | 4 |
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| 69 | 🥉 | 68 | 30 |
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| 70 | 🥉 | 68 | 19 |
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| 71 | 🥉 | 68 | 11 |
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| 72 | 🥉 | 66 | 15 |
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| 73 | 🥉 | 64 | 17 |
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| 74 | 🥉 | 64 | 13 |
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| 75 | 🥉 | 63 | 8 |
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| 76 | 🥉 | 62 | 14 |
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| 77 | 🥉 | 62 | 2 |
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| 78 | 🥉 | 61 | 5 |
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| 79 | 🥉 | 60 | 6 |
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| 80 | 🥉 | 59 | 8 |
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| 81 | 🥉 | 57 | 6 |
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| 82 | 🥉 | 56 | 7 |
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| 83 | 77 | 14 |
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| 84 | 72 | 32 |
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| 85 | 70 | 19 |
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| 86 | 70 | 5 |
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| 87 | 65 | 3 |
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| 88 | 62 | 9 |
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| 89 | 60 | -11 |
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| 90 | 58 | -7 |
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| 91 | 55 | 0 |
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| 92 | 54 | -1 |
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| 93 | 54 | -8 |
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| 94 | 52 | -11 |
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| 95 | 44 | -21 |
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| 96 | 🥇 | 106 | 64 |
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| 97 |
Anton Tan
2nd entry
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🥇 | 106 | 64 |
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| 98 | 🥈 | 62 | 14 |
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| 99 | 61 | 9 |
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- Date Created
- 20 Sep 2024 10:13:04
- Date Updated
- 11 Oct 2024 13:22:09
- Last Comment
- 16 Nov 2024 04:07:50
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Nick166
Great fun! I rushed through the challenge and think I got a bit unlucky with some of the results around me in the table + a few late goals against me.
I bought in Awoniyi, Suarez (Not Luis! but he did get a 3 match ban), Curtis Jones (loan), Bisseck, Nyamsi and Koulibaly. I also splashed all my remaining transfer budget on Lampety just to spend it, he wasn't taking Clarke out the team at RWB who was a beast!
I will try this again properly in a few days but for now… Silver isn't bad 🙂
pepes980
Tried this challange and I had much fun with it
Anton Tan
Hi.. I'm Anton from Indonesia
Here We Go.. to
Sam Goldney
FM24 Weekly Challenge #1 - Ipswich Push for European
Starting on 25 Dec 2023
Premier League
Emirates FA Cup
Carabao Cup
Mid-Table
Be Competitive
Not Judging
Finishing in 5th place
25/05/24 - Winner
Knocked out in Third Round by Brighton & Hove Albion
Qualify for UEFA champions League
Beating Chelsea 2-0
Transfers Ins - Winter – Players - Season 2023/24
Date
Person
From
Fee
01/01/24
Djed Spence
Tottenham
£8.5m
01/01/24
Karim Konate
RB Salzburg
£15m
01/01/24
Anthony Elanga
Nottingham Forest
Loan - £1.5m Total Fee
03/01/24
Keylor Navas
Free Transfer
Free
03/01/24
Anthony Martial
Free Transfer
Free
03/01/24
Wissam Ben Yedder
Free Transfer
Free
03/01/24
Davy Klaassen
Free Transfer
Free
03/01/24
Luke Thomas
Leicester
£10m
05/01/24
Lionel Messi
Inter Miami
£2.5m
08/01/24
Fermín López
Barcelona
£5m
17/01/24
Eric Dier
FC Bayern Munich
£600k
Transfers Outs - Winter - Players - Season 2023/24
Date
Person
To
Fee
05/01/24
Sam Morsy
Al-Ahly
£5m
06/01/24
Leif Davis
Al-Nassar (KSA)
£25m (£31.5m
07/01/24
Nico Valentine
Rochdale
Loan
11/01/24
George Hirst
Marseille
£10m
19/01/24
Nathan Broadhead
Leeds
£7.5m
19/01/24
Janoi Donacien
Stevenage
£100k
20/01/24
Jack Taylor
Bristol City
£1m
20/01/24
Chiedozie Ogbene
Strasbourg
£10m
27/01/24
Ali Al-Hamadi
Portsmouth
£5m
31/01/24
Christian Walton
Cardiff
Loan - £6k Total Fee
First-Team Key Staff
Transfers Ins - Winter – Staff - Season 2023/24
Date
Person
From
Job
25/12/23
Sam Goldney
Unattached
Manager
25/12/23
Ian Buckman
Brighton
Head of Youth Development
25/12/23
Sam Hudson
Brighton
Performance Analyst
25/12/23
Rob Jarvis
Brighton
Recruitment Analyst
25/12/23
Stuart Pearce
Unattached
Assistant Manager
25/12/23
Sergio Aguero
Unattached
Coach
25/12/23
Frank Lampard
Preston
Coach
25/12/23
John Terry
Chelsea
Coach
25/12/23
Carlo Cudicini
Chelsea
Loan Manager
25/12/23
Petr Cech
Unattached
Technical Director
25/12/23
Dennis Wish
Unattached
Scout
25/12/23
Nicolas Jover
Arsenal
Set Piece Coach
28/12/23
Charlie Andrew
Blackburn
Under 18s Goalkeeper Coach
08/01/24
Andy Fensome
Preston
Under 18s Coach
02/02/24
David Stewart
West Brom
Head Performance Analyst
13/02/24
Richie Merron
Unattached
Physio
22/02/24
Tony Coulter
Unattached
Scout
First-Team Key Staff
Transfers Outs - Winter – Staff - Season 2023/24
Date
Person
To
Job
25/12/23
Kieran McKenna
Unattached
Manager
25/12/23
Martyn Pert
Unattached
Assistant Manager
25/12/23
Dmitri Halajko
Unattached
Head of Youth Development
25/12/23
David Wright
Unattached
Coach
25/12/23
Charlie Turnbull
Unattached
Head Performance Analyst
Premier League – Before – Season 2023/24
POSITION
TEAM
PLAYED
WON
DRAWN
LOST
GOAL FOR
GOAL AGAINST
GOAL DIFFERENCE
POINTS
1st
Man City
18
16
1
1
42
15
27
49
2nd
Liverpool
18
14
4
0
35
14
21
46
3rd
Arsenal
18
11
6
1
32
14
18
39
4th
Tottenham
18
10
6
2
28
13
15
36
5th
Man Utd
18
10
5
3
25
11
14
35
6th
Aston Villa
18
9
3
6
23
23
0
30
7th
Brighton
18
8
4
6
22
20
2
28
8th
Chelsea
17
8
3
6
24
24
0
27
9th
Ipswich
17
7
4
6
23
24
-1
25
10th
Everton
18
7
3
8
27
22
5
24
11th
West Ham
18
6
5
7
27
22
5
23
12th
Newcastle
18
5
5
8
22
23
-1
20
13th
Bournemouth
18
4
7
7
15
25
-10
19
14th
Brentford
18
5
3
10
16
27
-11
18
15th
Wolves
18
4
5
9
16
29
-13
17
16th
Southampton
18
4
4
10
23
34
-11
16
17th
Fulham
18
3
5
10
20
29
-9
14
18th
Crystal Palace
18
2
5
11
12
24
-12
11
19th
Nottingham Forest
18
3
1
14
11
30
-19
10
20th
Leicester
18
2
13
13
10
30
-20
9
INF
Status Of team in Competition
C
Champions
UCL
Qualified for UEFA Champions League
UEL
Qualified for UEFA Europe League
ECL
Qualified for UEFA Europa Conference League
R
Relegated
GF
Goal For
GA
Goal Against
GD
Goal Difference
Premier League – After – Season 2023/24 – End of the Season
POSITION
INF
TEAM
PLAYED
WON
DRAWN
LOST
GF
GA
GD
POINTS
1st
C
Liverpool
38
28
9
1
86
31
55
93
2nd
UCL
Man City
38
29
6
3
80
30
50
93
3rd
UCL
Arsenal
38
24
9
5
69
29
40
81
4th
UCL
Tottenham
38
22
9
7
60
26
34
75
5th
UCL
Ipswich
38
19
10
9
76
58
18
67
6th
UEL
Man Utd
38
17
10
11
57
46
11
61
7th
UEL
Brighton
38
15
10
13
43
44
-1
55
8th
ECL
Aston Villa
38
15
9
14
56
59
-3
54
9th
Everton
38
14
9
15
56
51
5
51
10th
Newcastle
38
13
9
16
59
55
4
48
11th
Chelsea
38
13
9
16
45
52
-7
48
12th
West Ham
38
10
14
14
48
52
-4
44
13th
Bournemouth
38
10
14
14
46
56
-10
44
14th
Southampton
38
11
8
19
44
59
-15
41
15th
Brentford
38
11
7
20
37
63
-26
40
16th
Fulham
38
10
6
22
41
62
-21
36
17th
Crystal Palace
38
9
8
21
44
58
-14
35
18th
R
Wolves
38
8
11
19
38
66
-28
35
19th
R
Nottingham Forest
38
9
7
22
36
61
-25
34
20th
R
Leicester
38
3
6
29
28
91
-63
15
Key - Matches
Win
Draw
Lose
Premier League 2023/24 – Starting From The 25th December 2023
Games
Dates
Matches
Venue
Stadium
December 2023
18
Tuesday 26th December 2023
Nottingham Forest 1 Ipswich 0
Away
City Ground
19
Friday 29th December 2023
Ipswich 1 Man City 1
Home
Portman Road
January 2024
20
Monday 01st January 2024
Newcastle 4 Ipswich 2
Away
St James Park
21
Tuesday 09th January 2024
Ipswich 2 Chelsea 1
Home
Portman Road
22
Saturday 13th January 2024
Bournemouth 3 Ipswich 4
Away
Vitality Road
23
Tuesday 30th January 2024
Ipswich 2 Brentford 0
Home
Portman Road
February 2024
24
Saturday 03rd February 2024
Ipswich 4 Brighton 0
Home
Portman Road
25
Saturday 10th February 2024
Tottenham 4 Ipswich 1
Away
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
26
Saturday 17th February 2024
Ipswich 2 Fulham 0
Home
Portman Road
27
Saturday 24th February 2024
Liverpool 2 Ipswich 2
Away
Anfield
March 2024
28
Monday 04th March 2024
Ipswich 4 Crystal Palace 2
Home
Portman Road
29
Saturday 09th March 2024
West Ham 3 Ipswich 3
Away
London Stadium
30
Tuesday 19th March 2024
Ipswich 4 Leicester 1
Home
Portman Road
31
Saturday 30th March 2024
Everton 1 Ipswich 1
Away
Goodison Park
April 2024
32
Tuesday 02nd April 2024
Ipswich 3 Man Utd 3
Home
Portman Road
33
Saturday 06th April 2024
Ipswich 1 Arsenal 1
Home
Portman Road
34
Sunday 14th April 2024
Chelsea 1 Ipswich 2
Away
Stamford Bridge
35
Saturday 27th April 2024
Wolves 1 Ipswich 4
Away
Molineux
May 2024
36
Saturday 04th May 2024
Ipswich 3 Aston Villa 2
Home
Portman Road
37
Saturday 11th May 2024
Southampton 1 Ipswich 3
Away
St Mary’s Stadium
38
Sunday 19th May 2024
Ipswich 5 Nottingham Forest 2
Home
Portman Road
Key - Matches
Win
Draw
Lose
FA Cup 2023/24
Games
Dates
Matches
Venue
Stadium
January 2024
Third Round
Saturday 06th January 2024
Ipswich 1 Aston Villa 1
Home
Portman Road
Third Round Replay
Wednesday 17th January 2024
Aston Villa 2 Ipswich 4
Away
Villa Park
Fourth Round
Saturday 27th January 2024
Ipswich 3 Crewe 0
Home
Portman Road
Fifth Round
Wednesday 28th February 2024
Ipswich 3 Man City 2
After Extra Time
Home
Portman Road
Quarter Final
Saturday 16th March 2024
Ipswich 4 Birmingham 1
Home
Portman Road
Semi Final
Saturday 20th April 2024
Arsenal 1 Ipswich 4
N
Wembley
Final
Saturday 25th May 2024
Chelsea 0 Ipswich 0
N
Wembley
Dhavid
Really don't know how I finished 4th in the EPL, The tactic I used made me score tons of goals so I was worried this wasn't going to accepted.
Anton Tan
Here We Go…