i've always wanted to take a small club, or even a big club, right to the top !

We've seen SLB do it with Benfica, and the other guy (forgot his name) win it with Debrecen, so i was wondering, does anyone have suggestions on who to be ?

Im up for any league, apart from the obvious, England, Spain, Italy and Germany. Apart from them, i would love to hear your suggestions

Thanks to everyone who replies!

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quote paddypower9

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Never really known anything about them, apart from them dominating the Belgian league. How are the players there ? Budget ? Youth ? Competivness of the league ?

Shaktar try and pick a team in good financial health not necersarily rich but clean of debts as with club debts ect to pay will make it a lot harder to keep up with the likes of man city, madrid, barcelona ect

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quote paddypower9

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Never really known anything about them, apart from them dominating the Belgian league. How are the players there ? Budget ? Youth ? Competivness of the league ?

Nice group of players, Defour will be central to the team. He's young. They have a pretty darn good youth system tbh. And I'm not quite sure on their budget.

may decide to join you in this challenge struggled to get into a game this year and sounds like a challenge that i may actually enjoy

now comes the hard part picking a team i might try st etienne they seem like a good base to build upon

quote tommyredfern

may decide to join you in this challenge struggled to get into a game this year and sounds like a challenge that i may actually enjoy

now comes the hard part picking a team i might try st etienne they seem like a good base to build upon

Would be great to have someone join me
Im still deciding what team to go with actually, there's just so much to decide from!

I was thinking,

St etienne - From what i've heard, excellent team, should be a challenge.

CFR Cluj - Excellent run in the Champions league last year, have been a team that was in ruins just 5 years ago, and now are wealthy and succesful in Romanian standards.

Red Star Belgrade - Won that last European cup, one of the most succesful teams in history of Eastern European football, and the last team to ever win a major title.

Ajax - Top youth system, great players, competetive league.

Panathanaikos - Great history, rich and nice name.

Shakhtar - Might be too easy to be honest, but you can only have 7 non Ukrainian players in your team so would be a challenge for Europe.

Unirea Urziceni - Beat Rangers 4 - 1 and then got a draw with Stuttgart.

And theres so many more, i cant decide

aslong as it is someone who is in a league that has a good rep in order to ensure that some decent players could be bought

Athletico Madrid. They have a wonderful youth system, aguero and you'll have to fend off the likes of sevilla valencia real madrid and barcelona for a champions league spot

quote koaollie

Athletico Madrid. They have a wonderful youth system, aguero and you'll have to fend off the likes of sevilla valencia real madrid and barcelona for a champions league spot

yea they have a good base but am looking to do it with a team in a less popular league so not england, italy, spain, germany

i am thinking of trying sporting lisbon probably 3rd team in portrugal but some good players and a good youth system to build upon

quote tommyredfern

yea they have a good base but am looking to do it with a team in a less popular league so not england, italy, spain, germany

i am thinking of trying sporting lisbon probably 3rd team in portrugal but some good players and a good youth system to build upon

Yeah, looking for the same here. I actually started a game with Sporting CP earlier today. Vukcevic, Matias Fernandez, Moutinho and Veloso make your midfield, most probably the best in the world, by miles. And you've still got Adrien and Izmailov coming up through the ranks aswell, so the futures guaranteed.

What you think of the Greek or Romanian leagues ?
I had a game with Cluj the other week, and you can attract some fairly good players if you free up enough space.