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 π₯ - 5 points - Qualify for the Champions League
Silverπ₯ - 3 points - Qualify for the Europa League (FA Cup counts)
Bronze π₯ - 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 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.
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 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
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 βCompetitions" 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 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.
Competition Page
The Competitions page that shows the status of the League, FA Cup and League Cup (Click βCompetitions" 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 | π₯ | 106 | 64 |
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2 | π₯ | 101 | 43 |
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3 | π₯ | 100 | 36 |
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4 | π₯ | 98 | 21 |
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5 | π₯ | 97 | 49 |
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6 | π₯ | 97 | 27 |
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7 | π₯ | 96 | 37 |
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8 | π₯ | 96 | 31 |
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9 | π₯ | 96 | 27 |
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10 | π₯ | 94 | 26 |
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11 | π₯ | 93 | 48 |
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12 | π₯ | 93 | 32 |
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13 | π₯ | 89 | 28 |
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14 | π₯ | 88 | 40 |
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15 | π₯ | 86 | 24 |
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16 | π₯ | 85 | 43 |
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17 | π₯ | 84 | 38 |
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18 | π₯ | 84 | 34 |
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19 | π₯ | 84 | 24 |
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20 | π₯ | 81 | 43 |
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21 | π₯ | 80 | 46 |
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22 | π₯ | 80 | 28 |
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23 | π₯ | 79 | 19 |
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24 | π₯ | 79 | 18 |
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25 | π₯ | 78 | 36 |
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26 | π₯ | 78 | 6 |
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27 | π₯ | 77 | 36 |
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28 | π₯ | 77 | 29 |
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29 | π₯ | 76 | 36 |
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30 |
Budi Ferizqianto
2nd entry
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π₯ | 72 | 16 |
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31 | π₯ | 72 | 14 |
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32 | π₯ | 71 | 34 |
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33 | π₯ | 70 | 17 |
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34 | π₯ | 69 | 25 |
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35 | π₯ | 90 | 44 |
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36 | π₯ | 82 | 30 |
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37 | π₯ | 82 | 29 |
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38 | π₯ | 81 | 37 |
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39 | π₯ | 78 | 11 |
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40 | π₯ | 77 | 4 |
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41 | π₯ | 76 | 25 |
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42 | π₯ | 76 | 21 |
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43 | π₯ | 76 | 18 |
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44 | π₯ | 74 | 22 |
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45 | π₯ | 73 | 23 |
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46 | π₯ | 73 | 23 |
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47 |
Luke Sky
2nd entry
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π₯ | 72 | 29 |
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48 | π₯ | 71 | 18 |
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49 | π₯ | 69 | 17 |
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50 | π₯ | 68 | 19 |
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51 | π₯ | 68 | 7 |
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52 | π₯ | 67 | 11 |
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53 | π₯ | 65 | 10 |
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54 | π₯ | 64 | 16 |
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55 | π₯ | 64 | 3 |
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56 | π₯ | 61 | 7 |
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57 | π₯ | 60 | 6 |
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58 | π₯ | 34 | 20 |
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59 | π₯ | 74 | 17 |
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60 | π₯ | 72 | 12 |
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61 | π₯ | 71 | 1 |
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62 | π₯ | 70 | 4 |
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63 | π₯ | 68 | 30 |
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64 | π₯ | 68 | 19 |
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65 | π₯ | 68 | 11 |
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66 | π₯ | 66 | 15 |
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67 | π₯ | 64 | 17 |
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68 | π₯ | 64 | 13 |
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69 | π₯ | 63 | 8 |
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70 | π₯ | 62 | 2 |
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71 | π₯ | 61 | 5 |
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72 | π₯ | 60 | 6 |
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73 | π₯ | 59 | 8 |
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74 | π₯ | 57 | 6 |
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75 | 77 | 14 |
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76 | 72 | 32 |
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77 | 70 | 19 |
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78 | 70 | 5 |
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79 | 65 | 3 |
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80 | 62 | 9 |
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81 | 60 | -11 |
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82 | 58 | -7 |
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83 | 55 | 0 |
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84 | 54 | -1 |
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85 | 54 | -8 |
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86 | 52 | -11 |
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87 | π₯ | 67 | 41 |
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88 | π₯ | 62 | 14 |
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89 | 44 | -21 |
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90 | 61 | 9 |
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Comments
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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 nowβ¦ Silver isn't bad π
pepes980
Tried this challange and I had much fun with it