FC Nordsjælland [Youth Only]

I'm back, I've had a rough time with FM lately having not been able to get into a save and just pottering around different clubs to see if I liked them or not. I had a decent stint in America until the salary cap annoyed me and I gave up on that one too. After seeing a number of Youth Only careers, I decided that I would embark on my own since I haven't done one before. Denmark is my destination and FC Nordsjælland is the team! Let's go.

Game: Football Manager 2017

Database: Large

Leagues Loaded: Denmark (Second Division and above)

FC Nordsjælland: A Background

Founded in 1991, FC Nordsjælland currently play in the Danish Superliga. The club play their home games at the Right to Dream Park and possess Impressive training facilities and average youth facilities. They also have average junior coaching and a well established youth recruitment network. The club have had success in the past having won the Danish Superliga back in 2012 and came runners up in 2013. They've won the Danish Cup on two occasions in 2010 and 2011. Since then they have had nothing to note.

Interesting challenge, will be following.

Thanks @DNZY, glad to have you on board. I'm sure I can save you some Danish Bacon if you get hungry!







League Expectation
Danish Superliga:Reach the Championship Group of the Superliga.

Cup Expectations
Danish Cup: Reach the Quarter Finals of the Danish Cup.

Transfer Budget: £876,458
Wage Budget: £68,211
Current Wage Bill: £59,537

Squad Breakdown

Goalkeepers
Patrik Carlgren (GK)
Indy Groothuizen (GK) (on loan from Ajax)

Defenders
Karlo Bartolec (D/RL WB/R)
Pascal Gregor (DCR)
Andreas Skovgaard(DCL)
Viktor Tranberg (DC)
Andreas Maxso (DC) (Just sold to Saint Ettiene for £850k due to release clause)
Mads Pedersen (DL/WBL)
Patrick Mtiliga (D/WB/M L)

Midfielders
Lasse Petry (D/MC)
Nicklas Strunck (D/MC)
Collins Tanor (D/MC) (On loan from Manchester City)
Tobias Mikkelsen (AMC)
Mathias Rasmussen (AMC)
Ernest Asante (M/AM R / ST)
Mohammed Fellah (M/AM RLC)
Christian Køhler (M/AM C)
Stanislav Lobtoka (M/AM C)
Godsway Donyoh (AML/ST)
Emiliano Marcondes (AMC/ST)

Strikers
Zackarius Faour (STC)
Marcus Ingvartsen (STC) (Just sold to Lille for £1.3m due to release clause, was clubs top goalscorer)

So the board had a bit of a mad moment on transfer deadline day. They decided that 3 offers on players that were in my first team plans were too good to turn down. The following players have left the club. Onwards and upwards, and more room for some youth players to impress now.

Mads Pedersen (LB) (has been at the club since he was was a boy) (joined Sampdoria for £1.3m rising to £2.4m)
Christian Kohler (CM) (has been at the club since he was a boy) (joined Sampdoria for £1.4m rising to £2.6m)
Ernest Asante (AMR) (joined FK Austria Wien for £750k)

The first youth candidates of my career have been on trial. I'm really impressed with who we've managed to get and the future looks bright with these youngsters.

Whole youth candidates squad



I decieded to sign the following 12 players who showed the most promise!

Simon Svendsen (DC)
Jakob Bredal Skov (DC)
Erik Sørensen Bundgaard (STC)
Henrik Thorup (AMR)
Ahmet Kamburoglu (DM)
Benjamin Issah (CB)
Malik Boateng (GK)
Kim Christiensen (DR)
Daniel Jakobsen (MR)
Jorgen Svendsen (CM)
Thomas Sørensen (LB)

Of these candidates, Erik Sorensen Bundegaard is touted to be the best of the lot. I can't wait to see what happens with them.

Good luck with this @tongey think the wrong image is attached to Svendsen tho!

Cheers @Dan it's more of a challenge than my normal saves so enjoying it so far. That link has changed now!

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Superliga Preliminary Phase / Preliminary Phase Fixtures 1/2 / Preliminary Phase Fixtures 2/2 / Superliga Championship Group/ Championship Group Fixtures
With the media predicting us to finish down in 7th, we managed to surpass that ridiculously well. It took a while to get the tactics right but once we did then the results started flying in. We managed to finish the 'Preliminary Phase' down in 3rd a massive 10 points off the top placed FC Københaven. The top 6 teams qualify for the 'Championship Group when they play each other twice. At the end of this, we finished one measly point off the top spot. A great achievement in my first season in charge of the mighty Tigers.

Danish Cup: We were expected to reach the quarter finals stage at least so to only get to the 4th round is quite disappointing. I'll be aiming to progress further next season and hopefully pick up my first trophy at the club. A penalties defeat is always hard to swallow, especially against the bottom club.

Squad: The squad has changed all season long with a number of players leaving half way through due to having a storming start and attracting the attention of some bigger clubs which I guess is the whole point of this save. To keep churning out the talent. Zackarius Faour and Tobias Mikkleson both chipped in with 11 goals a piece and Mohammed Fellah lead the assist charts with 11. Stanislav Lobotka and Pascal Gregor were the pick of the bunch though with average ratings of 7.40 and 7.52 respectively. I'll be looking at replacing a few of the squad with some of the youth next season.

Finances: A good season as we made a profit of £3,884,977 with most of this coming from transfers which totalled £4.4m. We have invested in the junior coaching which has improved and the youth facilities are being upgraded as well. I hope to keep this up every season.

My aims for next season: With a good performance in the Superliga this season, we'll be looking to go one better and win the title and knock FC Københaven off their perch.
The Danish Cup will be a place where the youth can look to impress me. I'll be rotating them in all season and hope they can improve to make that first team squad quickly. I'll be in the Europa League as well so all eyes turn to Europe where I hope we can progress a few rounds to bring in some cash to improve the facilities some more.

I decided to sign the following players from this years intake. I am slightly disappointed with the intake as last years was phenomenal and I have improved the facilities and coaching but there is still some quality in here.

Kristian Jensen (DC)
Anthony Boateng (GK)
Dennis Thorup (AML)
Gideon Sekyere (DC)
Joseph Archeampong (AMR)
Casper Ellegaard (MR)
Anders Laudrup (DL)
Jannik Mortensen (DL)
Ole Edvold (ST)
Niclas Nielsen (ML)
Kingsley Alhassan (DC)

Kristien Jensen is predicted to be the best player out of the lot. I must also have a link with some club in Ghana as I always produce some wonderkid from Ghana.