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2046 - November and December:
We entered the last remaining months of 2046 still competing in three competitions. The Premier League title challenge may well be over already, but the race for the continental places is on. We remain in the Russian Cup, but most notably we still have an unexpected chance of advancing to the UEFA Champions League knockout stages - which would be a first for club and coach.

Fixtures:

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Table:

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Competitions:

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Football, bloody hell. We didn't make the UCL knockouts but did manage to finish 3rd so subsequently have qualified for the UEFA Europa League knockouts. To get third and UEL football from a group of Monaco, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund is superb! However, it could've been so, so much much more as you'll see shortly.

We begin all the way back on 1 November, when we progressed to the Russian Cup quarter-finals following a late extra time victory over Dynamo Moscow; Robin Westlin the hero with two goals - he has become a key member of my line-up lately. Sibir gave us league opposition next time out at the Spartak Stadium, we returned home with all the points after first half strikes from Nicolás Arias and the previously mentioned Westlin. Matchday 4 in the Champions League followed, we faced English giants Arsenal for the second Group C meeting. An outstanding match was to follow as we beat the London-based outfit 2–0 at the Samara Arena! Mario Peretin plus an own-goal gave us a huge win.

That victory of Arsenal gave us a serious chance of qualifying, we headed into Matchday 5 in a three-way tie for second with Arsenal and Dortmund. The Champions League took a backseat for a few weeks, weeks that included two Premier League fixtures and one friendly. The friendly with Ural-D was won, as was the first of the two league matches versus Armavir. Arias netted inside three minutes, prior to Maxim Kovalev and Samuel Sulley converting before 50 minutes. The second domestic encounter was with runaway leaders Krasnodar. We hosted and played very well, but as usual their class shone through and they took the points.

UCL football returned on 28 November and we faced Group C favourites Monaco on home turf. I fancied our chances, given our unbeaten home form of a draw with Dortmund and that win vs. Arsenal, but knew Monaco are a fantastic side. Anton Yatsuk scored for us, but Monaco won the match with a late 87th-minute winner from Junior Feucht - very unlucky. However, hope was not lost as due to other results we went into the final day three points off second place Arsenal and level with Dortmund (but 4th) - so, if we beat Dortmund in Germany (tough ask) and Monaco beat Arsenal at home (likely, you'd think) we would go through as Group C runners-up. Before MD6, we faced Dynamo Moscow in the league - I rested my entire team for Dortmund away and it showed - we lost 4–0.

A dramatic final day in the Champions League came on 4 December. We had to beat Dortmund for a chance for 2nd, or get a 2–2 draw to get 3rd (due to away-goal tiebreaker). Remarkably, we did our bit as we sensationally beat Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park 2–3! It was Yatsuk who gave us an early lead but that was soon cancelled out by José Cortés, prior to Obinna Yusuf giving them the advantage five minutes into the second half. It was looking bleak, but then Samuel Sulley smashed home an equaliser to make it 2–2 on 56mins. That result was good enough to take us 3rd above Dortmund, but we weren't finished there as we went further and beat the Germans thanks to a Kovalev goal. FT: Europa League football was secured! But it could've been so much more.

In Group C's other fixture, Arsenal beat Monaco away. If Monaco, the group winners, had won that match we would've made the Champions League knockouts. Gutting! I'm buzzing with Europa League football, but I thought Monaco were certain to beat Arsenal and the bigger task was us winning in Germany. Instead, the exact opposite. Damn you, Monaco! It is UEL football for the new year though, which is fantastic. We've been given a decent draw too, a two-legged match with Dutch champions PSV. I'm confident. With the UCL over, we had two Premier League fixtures left to fill. We won them both against Fakel Voronezh and Kuban. Crucial wins which put us 4th, five points off the Champions League spot (2nd). In the cup, CSKA Moscow await in the QFs.

Awards/records and squad stats are below. One final thing, Krylia's finances moved from 'Secure' to 'Rich' at one point after a cash injection from the board - I have even have my transfer budget extended to £7.5m, by far and away the biggest budget in my tenure so far - usually get £1m-£2m so this is very welcome.

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Thanks for reading!

Next: 2047 - February and March (w/ Krylia Sovetov)

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Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super Cup.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2024 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Bucheon -- (South Korea) K League Challenge.
2027 | South China -- (Hong Kong) Community Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) FA Cup.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) First Division.
2045 | Krylia Sovetov -- (Russia) FA Cup.

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Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, October.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, May.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) Manager of the Year.

r96

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14 Nov 2017 00:27:13

Welcome @Crashoburn! Good luck with Ekenas!

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Journeyman's Journey

The Map:

Yellow/Red circle indicates my current job.
Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.

2046 - September and October:
After a grand start to the new campaign with Krylia Sovetov, which included qualification to the 2046 UEFA Champions League group stage, we went into the busy months of September and October with the aforementioned Champions League group phase and the Russian Cup starting along with the Premier League properly clicking into gear.

Fixtures:

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Table:

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Competitions:

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An interesting spell. With a match basically every three days and differing quality of opponents each time team selections and tactics have been extremely inconsistent so you'll know what effect that'll have on your squad, who themselves go through differing levels of performance. In some matches we have been outstanding, some pretty good, some average and some simply dreadful. Result-wise, our most dreadful were actually the first three competitive fixtures in Rubin Kazan, Monaco and CSKA Moscow as we went three winless.

A draw with Rubin Kazan started the month, prior to us losing 5–2 in the principality of Monaco at the 2019 built Rybolovlev Park; named after their president Dmitry Rybolovlev. We actually dominated the first half, but Monaco were simply too strong and ran riot in the end; despite Konrad Görlitz making it 2–1 before the break. A trip to Moscow to play CSKA followed and another battering appeared as we were shocking and deservedly lost 3–0. Morale, on my part and the players', was very low at this point and I was concerned. Thankfully, a favourable fixture followed in a fifth round Russian Cup tie with Akhmat.

I decided to give squad players a run out and they repaid my faith by dispatching second tier Akhmat 3–0, Maxim Kovalev stealing the show with a hat-trick. That result turned a corner for us, although we did lose our next league match against Anzhi Makhachkala. One defeat in five matches followed. We faced Borussia Dortmund on Matchday 2 at the Samara Arena and gained a surprising point after a 2–2 draw, an excellent performance from the lads which gives us a slight piece of hope in this extraordinary tricky group. We were even trailing 2–0 until two goals in two minutes in half two from Kovalev and Didier Sylla.

We faced then-2nd placed Ufa at home days later and secured a very credible 2–0 victory, they were in superb form and were level on points with Krasnodar so to beat them was an achievement - the same scorers as vs. Dortmund, messrs Kovalev and Sylla. Back-to-back league wins were gained two weeks later with a win over Lokomotiv Moscow, Kovalev scoring his sixth goal in five matches. Our third Champions League match came next away in my homeland of England, at the Emirates Stadium versus Arsenal. We didn't play well and lost 4–1.

Our response was tremendous though as, on 27 October, we beat Rostov for the first time in my Krylia tenure 2–4. It was a special comeback as we were 2–0 down but, helped by a Rostov red card, we then scored four goals via Kovalev and Mario Peretin doubles. Stunning win. It puts us 5th, which is disappointing overall but OK in the now as we were down in 9th at one point. I feel as if we are on the up, we're just two points off the UEFA Europa League spots. A lot of work to do if we want Champions League football again, eight points off 2nd. Title challenge over, thirteen points off Krasnodar. Two friendlies were played during this spell, both were won over Astra Giurgiu and Anorthosis Famagusta.

In this season's UCL, we are bottom but are only three points off 2nd - very unlikely to get that, but we could sneak the UEL place if we're lucky. Dynamo Moscow await in the Russian Cup sixth round. Below? Awards/records and squad stats.

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Thanks for reading!

Next: 2046 - November and December (w/ Krylia Sovetov)

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Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super Cup.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2024 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Bucheon -- (South Korea) K League Challenge.
2027 | South China -- (Hong Kong) Community Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) FA Cup.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) First Division.
2045 | Krylia Sovetov -- (Russia) FA Cup.

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Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, October.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, May.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) Manager of the Year.

r96

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13 Nov 2017 09:36:19

Thought that Cove match would've been a guaranteed three pointer. The league is most important anyway!

r96

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13 Nov 2017 09:34:15

Same thoughts as Dan, ruthless sacking. Good to see you continue the save, though!

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12 Nov 2017 21:43:18

Journeyman's Journey

The Map:

Yellow/Red circle indicates my current job.
Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.

2046 - July and August:
Season four with Krylia Sovetov in Russia in 2046. As has been the case since I arrived, the new season overtakes the previous in importance and significance. Last season we achieved a 2nd place finish, meaning we qualified for this season's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Could we advance all the way to the group stages, which would be a first for Krylia, or would we drop down to the UEFA Europa League?

Fixtures:

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Table:

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Competitions:

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Champions League group stage, here we come! Outstanding performances on the continent means we have made the group phase, but that's probably as far as we're gonna go. Just look at that group! Monaco, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund. We don't have the luck with European draws. Two seasons ago, we drew Manchester United and Dortmund in our Europa League group. Now this! It'll be a great learning experience, at least. First up was pre-season, which went well as usual. Wins in Russia over Spartak Moscow, now in the third tier (!), Tosno, Alania and Baltika opened the schedule. We then took a mini tour of Scotland to face Aberdeen and Airdrieonians, losing to the former but beating the latter. A win over Volga completed our friendlies.

Our first competitive fixture was the 2046 Super Cup. Sadly, like a year ago, we lost it to Krasnodar. Konrad Görlitz put us ahead, but they had too much for us and eventually turned it around. Then came the big Champions League matches, we were drawn to face Superleague Greece side Olympiacos - a tough draw. We won the first leg at home 2–1, Maxim Kovalev and Arias scoring but the result was a little uneasy due to the Greeks grabbing an away-goal. That kept things close ahead of the second leg, which came days after the start of our league campaign - a 1–0 win over Kuban.

In Piraeus, it was an extremely tense match. Esteban Antonelli and Darko Resanovic gave Olympiacos a two-goal lead on the night, a 3–2 aggregate advantage. Nicolás Arias then grabbed an incredibly important away-goal of our own to tie the scores on aggregate, that would've sent the tie to extra time. However, Sebastián Lescano made it 4–3 overall on 65 minutes. I simply couldn't see us levelling it up on aggregate again, but to my sheer surprise that man Arias got his second of the match seven minutes later to make it 4–4! We held on for the final fifteen to advance to the play-off round! Nerves = shredded.

Back-to-back Premier League matches followed. We drew away to Fakel Voronezh one-one, before securing a big three points over Zenit at the Samara Arena - Bruno Lemercier, a man who jumped ship when I joined Krylia, with a decisive own-goal - that was sweet! In the UCL play-off round, we were drawn with Bordeaux of Ligue 1. Another tricky assignment, the media were completely writing us off. In France, we went two goals down inside eight minutes which made me fear a hammering. Thankfully, we managed to regain ourselves and grabbed a crucial away-goal via Görlitz. Yet another nervy second leg awaited. Before that, we had the opposite in a dire goalless draw with Amkar.

We hosted Bordeaux for leg two on 28 August. It was us who went in front, Görlitz netting on 17mins. That made it 2–2 on aggregate, meaning we'd go through if the result stood. It didn't, Bordeaux equalised just before half time through Mads Ambrosen. Heading into the final five minutes, it was the French club who were set to progress. However, substitute Robin Westlin came on to score the game's winner and subsequently sent us into the UEFA Champions League group stages. Scenes! Westlin really is my Ole Gunnar Solskjær, a super sub! We may have got a killer group, but I'm excited to play my and the club's first-ever UCL group phase!

Back in the league, we just lost somewhat embarrassingly at home to newly-promoted Dynamo Saint Petersburg. We sit 3rd in the Premier League, but have played a game more than all bar the aforementioned Dynamo. Our UCL group can be seen below, as well as our Russian Cup fifth round draw - an away trip to Akhmat. Expectations/Squad Stats/Awards/Records can be seen below.

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Eight players came in during the transfer window. Didier Sylla: £300k right-winger from Dynamo Moscow. Sergey Semenov: Loaned striker from Anzhi Makhachkala, squad depth. Joseph Davies and Fábio Fonseca: Permanent signings, after successful loan spells, from West Ham United and Fenerbahçe respectively. Samuel Afari: Free forward from Reims of France, back-up player. Gerard Torres: Starting central midfielder signed on a free from West Bromwich Albion. Alexandr Smertin: A left-back I'm managing for a third time, previously had him at Khimki and Mordovia - free back-up from Dynamo Moscow. Walter Enciso: Last signing, CB on a free from Egyptian side Al-Ahly.

Numerous players out. Notable ones were: Biser Zotev: Disgruntled right winger, joined Dijon for £750k. Igor Nikulin, Matt Hull, Denis Talalaev, Alexey Petrov: Released squad players, last day hero Petrov wanted too much ££ so departed - has since joined Rostov, on loan from Krasnodar, while Hull joins Indy Eleven and Talalaev joins Mordovia. Salah Eddine Hajib: Loaned to second tier Tom, I rate him but he needs regular football - getting it in Tomsk. Andrey Dolgov: Promising young centre-back loaned to Mordovia. Alexey Zaitsev: Also a prospect, rejoins Arsenal Tula for a second loan spell. Ruslan Nazarov: Ageing, unwanted striker. He was good a few seasons ago, had a strong loan in tier two last season but still not his old self - joined Khimki on loan.

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Thanks for reading!

Next: 2046 - September and October (w/ Krylia Sovetov)

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Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super Cup.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2024 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Bucheon -- (South Korea) K League Challenge.
2027 | South China -- (Hong Kong) Community Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) FA Cup.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) First Division.
2045 | Krylia Sovetov -- (Russia) FA Cup.

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Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, October.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, May.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) Manager of the Year.

r96

12 years ago

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12 Nov 2017 20:41:06

Crazy turnaround against Bristol City. Championship football already, pretty remarkable!

r96

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12 Nov 2017 20:39:52

Ouch! Let's hope you can turn it around.

r96

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12 Nov 2017 17:53:57

Never in doubt in the EFL Trophy!

Unlucky to miss automatic promotion, but guess you can't moan too much with a play-off spot.

r96

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12 Nov 2017 14:50:31

Good luck in the EFL Trophy final!

r96

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12 Nov 2017 14:41:17

Done what was needed. Nice work.

r96

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12 Nov 2017 09:11:08

Journeyman's Journey

The Map:

Yellow/Red circle indicates my current job.
Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.

2046 - April and May:
2045–46 comes to a finish with Krylia Sovetov. With the title basically out of reach due to some dreadful form in February and March, we headed into these two months with the aim of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in my reign.

Fixtures:

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Table:

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Competitions:

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An odd two months. In the end, we got what we wanted and exceeded our pre-season expectation by finishing 2nd and therefore gaining a UEFA Champions League third qualifying round spot for next season! Very pleased. The form improved, but we still showed signs of our weaknesses at a few points. We only finished 2nd thanks to help from elsewhere.

Armavir were our first opponents in April, and it went exactly like the previous matches went - much the better team, but lost after conceding another goal after 85 minutes. I made drastic changes after this, I dropped all but three (Eivind Nilsen, Matej Udarevic and Mario Peretin) from the starting eleven and replaced them with players who have barely featured this season, the likes of Fábio Fonseca and Yegor Yefimov. As you can see, doing that actually worked wonders and turned our season around. We subsequently went on a run of just one loss in seven matches.

With that rotated line-up, we won our next two matches. We defeated Anzhi Makhachkala away from home 1–3, Gordan Cvitanovic gave us the lead prior to Robin Westlin and Mario Peretin securing the win. Then came the biggest win of the season, that same eleven faced top of the table, reigning and eventual champions Krasnodar on 14 April and only went and beat them 2–0! Peretin and Westlin scoring once more, an incredible performance from the reserves to beat Krasnodar - made the first-team look like fools. It was a great win, it took us closer to Krasnodar for a short while. Sadly, we failed to win in the next three but those two wins were massive.

A loss to CSKA Moscow (1–2) followed, before one-one draws away to Lokomotiv Moscow and Kuban. We returned to winning ways by gaining revenge on Amkar, who knocked us out the cup, by winning 1–0; Westlin scoring. More dropped points followed versus Tom (1–1 draw) and Sibir (3–1 loss). That meant we sat 3rd going into the final day, needing to beat our fierce rivals Rubin Kazan and hope Amkar got something against Zenit at their home. We did our job by smashing our rivals 4–2, youngster Alexey Petrov stealing the show with a brace on just his second Krylia league appearance. Joseph Davies and Westlin also netted. Meanwhile over in Perm, Amkar beat Zenit 2–0! Meaning we leapfrogged Zenit in 2nd - a record high finish for Krylia!

So, UEFA Champions League qualifying awaits. It will be my first experience of the European Champions League, hoping we can reach the group stages; at worst the UEFA Europa League groups hopefully. We'll also be in the Russian Super Cup for the second year running, we qualify as league runners-up as Krasnodar won the league and cup double. Hopefully we can repeat that win over them from April and win the Super Cup. Away from those competitions, the bread and butter will be the league and cup. Hoping for serious challenges in both.

All awards/records can be viewed below, along with the squad stats.

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Lastly, I thought I'd share this. Down in the First Division, Spartak Moscow have just been relegated to the third tier of Russian football. Crazy!

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Thanks for reading!

Next: 2046 - July and August (w/ Krylia Sovetov)

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Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super Cup.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2024 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Bucheon -- (South Korea) K League Challenge.
2027 | South China -- (Hong Kong) Community Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) FA Cup.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) First Division.
2045 | Krylia Sovetov -- (Russia) FA Cup.

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Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, October.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, May.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) Manager of the Year.

r96

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11 Nov 2017 22:08:51

Hopefully you'll survive!

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Journeyman's Journey

The Map:

Yellow/Red circle indicates my current job.
Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.

2046 - February and March:
As the new year came in, we were seemingly in a three-way battle for the title and UEFA Champions League qualification. The season resumed with three Premier League fixtures, but kicked off with the Russian Cup quarter-final.

Fixtures:

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Table:

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Competitions:

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Sheer frustration! Just one win in four competitive matches, losing the other three. How about that friendly form though! World class.

In the winter break, we took that trip to the UAE and faced and beat Al-Taawon and the real life defunct Al Shabab, we had been scheduled to meet Al Ain but that match-up was cancelled due to their AFC Champions League campaign clashing - a friendly back home was set up with Dynamo Bryansk instead, one of my old clubs. We won all three friendlies, as well as the exhibition matches in mid-March which involved a double-header in Denmark against Aalborg and Nordsjælland. That, sadly, is as good as it got in February and March to be honest.

Our first proper match back in 2046 was the Russian Cup QF vs. Amkar, we were largely on top but they snatched it late on 90 minutes - a soon-to-be familiar feeling. Small rest bite followed with an unconvincing win in Moscow against Dynamo, Maxim Kovalev scoring along with Konrad Görlitz and Anton Yatsuk for a 2–3 win. A defeat to fourth place Rostov came a week later at home, our guests scored two goals after 85 minutes. Lastly, we lost to bottom of the table Mordovia at home - guess what, they scored an 83rd-minute winner. Rather predictable stuff.

That form keeps us 3rd, but it is not looking as rosy as it was. That eleven point gap to fourth has shrunk to just five, we're now eight points off top rather than four and Zenit, who hold the final UEFA Champions League spot, are now five clear, not one. Very annoying, especially given if we had beat Rostov we would've went to just points off top as Krasnodar and Zenit dropped points - obviously as we did too. With all that said, we do have a game in hand and there are ten matches left to play so anything can still happen.

Transfer round-up (Nigerian GK Philip Awaziem signed as back-up/Back-up full-back Azamat Nikishin joins Atalanta) is below, along with the squad stats and awards.

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Thanks for reading!

Next: 2046 - April and May (w/ Krylia Sovetov)

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Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super Cup.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2024 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Bucheon -- (South Korea) K League Challenge.
2027 | South China -- (Hong Kong) Community Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) FA Cup.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) First Division.
2045 | Krylia Sovetov -- (Russia) FA Cup.

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Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, October.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, May.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) Manager of the Year.

r96

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11 Nov 2017 18:47:31

Scenes! Congrats @Dan!

r96

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1 week ago

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11 Nov 2017 09:27:53

Journeyman's Journey

The Map:

Yellow/Red circle indicates my current job.
Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.

2045 - November and December:
Into the final two months of 2045!

Fixtures:

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Table:

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Competitions:

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Short two months of fixtures due to the upcoming winter break, which will include a mid-season tour of the United Arab Emirates. Only five Premier League matches, but it has been another successful period with four wins in those five; as well as a friendly win over Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Relegation-threatened Tom were our first opponents in November, we travelled to the Trud Stadium and returned home with an excellent 1–4 victory. Konrad Görlitz scored in the first half, prior to second half strikes from Nicolás Arias, Maxim Kovalev and Anton Yatsuk. That friendly with Maccabi then followed.

Sibir, another bottom half team, were up next at home. Goals from Robin Westlin, Görlitz and a Alexandr Tikhonov own-goal gave us the 3–2 win. We scored three again next time out in the derby against Rubin Kazan. Our rivals have been struggling, but to win by three goals on their turf was extremely pleasing for all involved! Arias, Görlitz and a second OG in as many games secured the points. The toughest fixture of this period then came, at home to top three rival Zenit. If we had won, we would've went five points clear of 3rd and just three off 1st, it also would've stretched our unbeaten streak to thirteen. It turned out to be unlucky thirteen as we lost 0–1.

Thankfully, we responded superbly with a win away to fifth place Ufa. Central defender Mario Peretin scored fifteen minutes from time to keep us in touch with 1st and 2nd, it has also put a quite extraordinary gap of eleven points between us in third and Rostov in fourth. That should mean UEFA Europa League football is secured, but we're just one point off the secondary UEFA Champions League place so that's what we're aiming for. Krasnodar have stuttered a little, so the gap to the top is only four points. A title race? Surely not.

Into the winter break we go. The first competitive match back is the Russian Cup quarter-final versus Amkar. Squad statistics can be viewed below, along with the solely award received.

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Thanks for reading!

Next: 2046 - February and March (w/ Krylia Sovetov)

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Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super Cup.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2024 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Bucheon -- (South Korea) K League Challenge.
2027 | South China -- (Hong Kong) Community Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) FA Cup.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) First Division.
2045 | Krylia Sovetov -- (Russia) FA Cup.

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Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, October.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, May.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) Manager of the Year.

r96

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1 week ago

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11 Nov 2017 08:22:29

Strong first eighteen in the league. Montrose and Stirling to come away is tricky!

r96

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11 Nov 2017 08:17:28

Welcome! Always good to have a new story. Good luck @FM_Helmet!

r96

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10 Nov 2017 14:17:17

Journeyman's Journey

The Map:

Yellow/Red circle indicates my current job.
Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.

2045 - September and October:
September and October sees full attention turned to domestic football, with seven Premier League matches to face as well as the beginning of our defence of the Russian Cup.

Fixtures:

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Table:

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Competitions:

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Nine competitive fixtures. Nine undefeated. It has been a fantastic two month period. It's a shame it didn't include UEFA Europa League football, but that has probably helped our league and cup form a lot. It all started with a trip down memory lane to face Mordovia, my ex club. We visited the Mordovia Arena and came away with the three points after a second half Maxim Kovalev strike. A 0–0 draw with Anzhi Makhachkala followed, prior to a fifth round win in the Russian Cup away to Tyumen; a strong eleven got the job done with Konrad Görlitz and Robin Westlin scoring.

A second meet of the season with Krasnodar came two days later, we were looking for a slice of revenge after Roman Bulak's side denied us the Russian Super Cup in July. It was looking business as usual as Danish international Kenneth Randrup gave them the lead just before the interval, and they held it with dominance until the 90th minute when right-back Matej Udarevic made up for his penalty miss in the Europa League by dramatically grabbing us a point at the death. Considering Krasnodar are easily the best side in the league, that was a superb point. That was the base for four straight competitive victories.

We hosted Lokomotiv Moscow next and beat them by a single goal thanks to Alexandr Uljanov's early opener. Another side from Moscow were our next opponents, CSKA at the VEB Arena. Uljanov made it two in two for him before Franko Popovic got his second goal of the season to secure a big three points on the road. Görlitz was the hero in the following match, he scored a brace to give us victory at home to Kuban. The penultimate fixture of October 2045 was a Russian Cup tie with Arsenal Tula, we progressed from the sixth round with a 1–4 win in what was my 100th match in charge of Krylia! It wasn't as easy as it looked as Arsenal actually took the lead, but goals from Fábio Fonseca, Görlitz (x2) and Nicolás Arias sparred our blushes.

A quarter-final with Amkar is to come. Talking of Amkar, they were our most recent opponents in the league. They held us to a 1–1 draw which was a bit disappointing as they're struggling, but I can't complain too much as it meant we have gone two months unbeaten thanks to Arias' goal here. During this spell, we played two friendlies against Akademiya Tolyatti and Shakhter Likhoy respectively and won both by an aggregate score of 12–1. Back in the league, we sit 4th; level on points with 3rd, three off 2nd and five off 1st. I'm not expecting a title challenge, but hopefully we can fight for 2nd which is the final UEFA Champions League place. Other than the league, we remain in the Russian Cup. I'll be giving that everything.

Awards and squad stats are below.

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Thanks for reading!

Next: 2045 - November and December (w/ Krylia Sovetov)

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Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super Cup.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2024 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Bucheon -- (South Korea) K League Challenge.
2027 | South China -- (Hong Kong) Community Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) FA Cup.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) First Division.
2045 | Krylia Sovetov -- (Russia) FA Cup.

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Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, October.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, May.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) Manager of the Year.

r96

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10 Nov 2017 12:39:00

That defending vs. Mladost was superb, you just can't teach that!

Definitely getting your luck in the cup draws, hopefully you get to see it through this time!

r96

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10 Nov 2017 12:35:00

Good choice in Clyde!

r96

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1 week ago

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10 Nov 2017 12:30:59

Outstanding season! Quite the bottlejob by FC United tho!

r96

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10 Nov 2017 09:02:29

Journeyman's Journey

The Map:

Yellow/Red circle indicates my current job.
Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.

2045 - July and August:
Coming off a season which included Russian Cup triumph, my third campaign with Krylia Sovetov kicks off as we aim to better last season.

Fixtures:

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Table:

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Competitions:

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Somewhat of a mixed start to 2045–46. We've crashed out the UEFA Europa League, lost the Super Cup but have began the league in pretty good fashion. It all started with pre-season, we took a trip to Romania to face ASU Poli Timișoara and Târgu Mureș before facing Sokol and Everton on home soil before and after a trip to Turkey to meet Çaykur Rizespor. We won all but one friendly, losing to Poli but did beat Everton; even led 3–0 at one point. The pre-season period ended with the Russian Super Cup final versus dominant Krasnodar. It's a type of competition treated as a friendly by most, but not by me. I wanted to win this, but sadly the power of Krasnodar was too strong and, despite a good effort, we lost 1–0.

The UEFA Europa League third qualifying round came around next, we were drawn to face Allsvenskan side AIK of Sweden. We won the first leg 1–3 in Solna, prior to knocking out the fourteen-time Swedish champions a week later at the Samara Arena after winning 2–1; 5–2 on aggregate. New loan signing Maxim Kovalev stole the show in both legs, scoring four times. In between the AIK matches, we kicked off our Premier League campaign with an exquisite 4–1 home win over Ufa. Kovalev scored again to go with strikes from Joseph Davies (loan extended) and Konrad Görlitz (x2). Excellent way to start the league.

Unfortunately, we suffered defeat on Matchday 2 to Zenit. Kovalev yet again on the scoresheet, but it wasn't enough as we ran out three-one losers. Recovery was sweet though as, on 12 August 2045, we beat Dynamo Moscow after goals from Nicolás Arias and, yes you've guessed it, Kovalev. What an impact from Maxim Kovalev, the man on loan from Krasnodar. Seven goals in five appearances! Next came the final qualifying round for the Europa League, we got a tricky draw in Polish club Lech Poznań. I fancied our chances, but the draw could've been a little kinder. The first leg fell a few days after that Dynamo win, but it was an all together different match reaction as we lost 1–0. A league meeting with newly-promoted Armavir fell in the calendar next, a 1–0 win came with it via a 47th-minute Arias goal.

The second leg vs. Lech then arrived, we absolutely bossed the full ninety minutes but could only manage a 1–0 victory in ninety minutes. Therefore, extra time occurred. We again dominated but couldn't find another goal so it went to a penalty shoot-out, which in Football Manager almost means certain defeat. Sadly, it was just that predictable as Lech progressed after a PSO miss from Matej Udarevic. Bitterly frustrating. Further disappointment followed as Rostov beat us 3–2, a real bogey side of mine and Krylia; who have not beaten them in eight meetings! To make it worse, Alexandr Petrov scored a hat-trick - he's the man I sold to them whilst with Mordovia!

4th is where we sit, which isn't that bad. No draws this season yet. As mentioned, we are out of the UEFA Europa League way too soon; should've made the group stage. Sadly the Super Cup alluded us too, but at least the Russian Cup begins soon as we aim to defend our title; third tier Tyumen await in round five. You can view our board expectations below, as well as the awards/records and squad statistics.

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Transfers: Five players came in, two permanently and three on loan. Mario Peretin is a centre-back from Amkar, signed for £2.5m he has become my first-choice CB. Biser Zotev followed, a back-up right-winger in from LaLiga 1|2|3's Tenerife for £1.1m. The aforementioned Maxim Kovalev was the first loan in, a striker from Krasnodar. The other two loanees are Stefan Mladenovic (LB, Birmingham City) and Fábio Fonseca (CM, Fenerbahçe). Both signed for squad depth.

Of the eleven faces out, only seven I'd call notable. Sérgio Carlos retired, first-team youngsters Dmitry Shapkin (RM) and Alexey Zaitsev (CM) left on loan to Sokol and Arsenal Tula respectively. Brazilian right-back Edinei was released, while fourth-choice striker Ruslan Nazarov joined Fakel Voronezh on loan; a move that actually made me sign Kovalev, who I planned to be fourth choice - now first! The two biggest outgoings were Luan Rama (RM) and Branislav Kovacevic (LM). Rama has joined Leicester City for £1.8m, I didn't want to sell but he wanted out. Kovacevic is a very good player, but has hardly featured and is third choice behind Anton Yatsuk and Salah Eddine Hajib. He was happy to stay, but I felt he needed first-team football - Genoa snapped him up.

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Thanks for reading!

Next: 2045 - September and October (w/ Krylia Sovetov)

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Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super Cup.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Super League.
2024 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2025 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Senior Challenge Shield.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2026 | Eastern -- (Hong Kong) Premier League.
2026 | Bucheon -- (South Korea) K League Challenge.
2027 | South China -- (Hong Kong) Community Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) League Cup.
2028 | South China -- (Hong Kong) FA Cup.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) First Division.
2045 | Krylia Sovetov -- (Russia) FA Cup.

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Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, October.
2021 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, May.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2022 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Year.
2039 | Mordovia -- (Russia) Manager of the Year.

r96

12 years ago

1 week ago

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09 Nov 2017 07:43:14

Too easy! Nice work @Jamie3.

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