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 | 21 |
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5 | 🥇 | 97 | 49 |
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6 | 🥇 | 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 | 🥇 | 89 | 28 |
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14 | 🥇 | 88 | 40 |
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15 | 🥇 | 86 | 24 |
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16 | 🥇 | 85 | 43 |
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17 | 🥇 | 84 | 38 |
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18 | 🥇 | 84 | 34 |
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19 | 🥇 | 84 | 24 |
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20 | 🥇 | 81 | 43 |
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21 | 🥇 | 80 | 46 |
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22 | 🥇 | 80 | 28 |
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23 | 🥇 | 79 | 19 |
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24 | 🥇 | 79 | 18 |
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25 | 🥇 | 78 | 36 |
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26 | 🥇 | 78 | 6 |
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27 | 🥇 | 77 | 36 |
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28 | 🥇 | 77 | 29 |
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29 | 🥇 | 76 | 36 |
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30 |
Budi Ferizqianto
2nd entry
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🥇 | 72 | 16 |
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31 | 🥇 | 72 | 14 |
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32 | 🥇 | 71 | 34 |
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33 | 🥇 | 70 | 17 |
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34 | 🥇 | 69 | 25 |
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35 | 🥈 | 90 | 44 |
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36 | 🥈 | 82 | 30 |
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37 | 🥈 | 82 | 29 |
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38 | 🥈 | 81 | 37 |
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39 | 🥈 | 78 | 11 |
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40 | 🥈 | 77 | 4 |
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41 | 🥈 | 76 | 25 |
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42 | 🥈 | 76 | 21 |
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43 | 🥈 | 76 | 18 |
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44 | 🥈 | 74 | 22 |
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45 | 🥈 | 73 | 23 |
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46 | 🥈 | 73 | 23 |
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47 |
Luke Sky
2nd entry
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🥈 | 72 | 29 |
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48 | 🥈 | 71 | 18 |
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49 | 🥈 | 69 | 17 |
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50 | 🥈 | 68 | 19 |
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51 | 🥈 | 68 | 7 |
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52 | 🥈 | 67 | 11 |
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53 | 🥈 | 65 | 10 |
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54 | 🥈 | 64 | 16 |
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55 | 🥈 | 64 | 3 |
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56 | 🥈 | 61 | 7 |
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57 | 🥈 | 60 | 6 |
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58 | 🥉 | 74 | 17 |
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59 | 🥉 | 72 | 12 |
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60 | 🥉 | 71 | 1 |
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61 | 🥉 | 70 | 4 |
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62 | 🥉 | 68 | 30 |
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63 | 🥉 | 68 | 19 |
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64 | 🥉 | 68 | 11 |
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65 | 🥉 | 66 | 15 |
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66 | 🥉 | 64 | 17 |
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67 | 🥉 | 64 | 13 |
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68 | 🥉 | 63 | 8 |
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69 | 🥉 | 62 | 2 |
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70 | 🥉 | 61 | 5 |
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71 | 🥉 | 60 | 6 |
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72 | 🥉 | 59 | 8 |
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73 | 🥉 | 57 | 6 |
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74 | 77 | 14 |
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75 | 72 | 32 |
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76 | 70 | 19 |
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77 | 70 | 5 |
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78 | 65 | 3 |
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79 | 62 | 9 |
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80 | 60 | -11 |
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81 | 58 | -7 |
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82 | 55 | 0 |
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83 | 54 | -1 |
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84 | 54 | -8 |
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85 | 52 | -11 |
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86 | 🥈 | 34 | 20 |
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87 | 61 | 9 |
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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:
Transfers Out:
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
Holgadovic1991
I made UEL Qualification because Man City won the UCL; besides, Chelsea won UECL. That's the reason why I played until 1st of June.
achmadasyrafani
My setting got auto save after match and i have separate time to play so i save the game too, i do not save before match and then reload
achmadasyrafani
I have several save that identified because i play in several time and my setting auto save after match
andresimoes8
People who lost 1st Cup game still needs to enter the result of that game for Tie Breaking purpose.
Thank you
rakya
Why i was rejected? @Footygamer
Socretino
me too… why?
Hossam
hello all
this is my results
i go on holiday between some matches to avoid long time as I have little amount of time to play
I hope I Win
Socretino
I've repeated challenge because I've deleted file, it was "rejected" (and I don't know why), so I decided to do it again.
Now my Ipswich made a lot of goals because I've played with an agressive 4-2-1-3.
I've attached in comments a screenshot of FA Cup and statistics of my squad in Premier League, so you can check what I'm saying.
Great challenge I've made this second time (better than first one)!!!
In addition, as a curiosity, this time I don't use “moukoko” tactic (best tactic in FM24) all the time and variation works better 😳
March
Is there a posibility to get a reason why some submissions are rejected. Mine was and several others it seems, but why? What was wrong? What would have to be done differently?
Is there something wrong with screenshots? It is suspected that the results was acquired by cheating? I think there needs to be a reason, because a rejection without reason could mean anything.
Since it's rejected can I try it again? Can redo it? Can I do the next one?
DumbDumbo
Put it as “all by myself” but i did go on holiday in between games since nothing really happens.
rakya
My last entry was rejected, and I believe it was due to one of the screenshots showing the UECL classification instead of UEL. The UECL was displayed because the qualification was initially shown earlier in the game. However, I have now updated all the screenshots, and they correctly show the UEL qualification.
slavoury
save file https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_16rRgSixyg5iznpL-FxQrlg9Ws-GMYp?usp=sharing
Why was the points rejected on the Ipswich challenge?
slavoury
Here's the save file.
Footygamer
Sorry there are so many entries to go through multiple people have been working on the approvals with different approaches and reasoning. You're absolutely right reasons should be given for rejections.
I'll get this sorted out. The guidelines for people moderating should essentially be to focus on the winners who are doing absurdly well and double check that the form has been filled in correctly (e.g. the right medal set). We want to keep this fun and not feel like it's a chore to try and prove how you did.
We're slowly perfecting the process thanks for your patience and understanding 🙂
FMStrawzy
@mingzhen wu please could you resubmit your results they all seem to be the same photo
FMStrawzy
Everyone is now correctly moderated based on medals, GD and points. If they didn't include goals for and against I used their given goal difference and an acceptable average based on the people around them in the table to calculate it, hope this is ok as goal difference is quite low down as a tiebreaker. Also, if anyone didn't include cup goal difference I gave them 0 for and 0 against, everyone who inputted theirs got their correct goal difference which I believe is fair, however if you disagree I can change that too.
FingFangFoom
Fifth best goal-scoring team in the league (68 goals). Let's just say the Tractor Boys ploughed through the league defenses like it's harvest season!
Budi Ferizqianto
I thought my first submission was rejected so I play it again, it turns out this time I managed to qualify for the Champions League thanks to Tottenham winning the Europa League and Manchester City only managed to get runner up of the Champions League defeated by Atletico Madrid. A grand total of 9 European spots is allocated to the Premier League!!
PS: I need to scroll down to show all of the game status, where should I send the second game status which include the in-game editor unused description?
Luke Sky
So, I redid the challenge, saw that my first entry was rejected. went on holiday for most of the game, played only two matches (Wolves and Nottingham Forest) my assistant did most of the work. I did however get a few players (Kimpembe on loan, Sergio Busquets and Kalidou Koulibaly on a free). this save went far better than my first. i have put my financial images to show fair play.
RKJ
Had a great run, we ditched the FA Cup playing reserves and losing 3-0 to Villa, but our only other loss was a random, frustrating one to Fulham which cost us making the top 4.
AAAAAZZZZZ
The Game status says ‘saved 21 times’ even though I never saved. In fact I started the game again cos the auto save feature was on. Now I restarted again and it still says ‘saved 21 times’. Can you let me know if I am doing something wrong? Thanks
Footygamer
The initial start file already has saves.