The Centennial Challenge, 7 Clubs Founded in 1920 to Manage in FM20.
For this article, we will explore 7 clubs founded in 1920 for you to take charge of. Make an immediate impact and mark the centenary with a trophy or a remarkable achievement.
Seven Clubs Founded in 1920 to Manage in FM20. For football clubs, the 100-year-old landmark is a big deal. Special marketing campaigns are prepared for the commemorative season and hopes run high, as the fans hope for a memorable season to crown the historic milestone. For this article, we will explore 7 clubs founded in 1920 for you to take charge of. Make an immediate impact and mark the centenary with a trophy or a remarkable achievement.
Clubs usually release special jerseys to mark their centenary season.
1. Farul Constanta (Romanian Liga 2)
The club that gave Gheorghe Hagi, the greatest Romanian footballer of all time, has spent 42 seasons in the Romanian top flight, but are currently in their 11th season outside the Romanian First League. They even went through a bankruptcy that saw them start over from the fourth league, but now they are back in Liga 2. With an outside chance at promotion, this will be your mission this season, bring Farul back to Liga 1 again.
2. Cagliari Calcio (Italian Serie A)
Apart from Napoli, Cagliari is the only other South Italian club to ever win the Serie A. Founded on 30 May 1920, the date will be perfect to celebrate the second Scudetto of the club, as Serie A will end on 24 May 2020, or if you’re less ambitious, aim for the Coppa Italia, with its final being scheduled on 13 May 2020. Either way, it will be a tough job for a team that has finished 15th in the previous season. You don’t have the best squad in the league, but with players like Leonardo Pavoletti, the team’s top goalscorer for the past two seasons, Radja Nainggolan, on loan from Inter, or Giovanni Simeone, on loan from Fiorentina, and a couple of good signings, you could try and mount a challenge at the top of Serie A.
3. Empoli F.C. (Italian Serie B)
Another Italian club founded in 1920, Empoli was relegated last season from Serie A. They are of course favorites for promotion this season, so winning the second Italian tier won’t be the crowning achievement you’re looking for in the club’s centenary year. Perhaps you should aim for a good run in the Italian Cup, spiced with one or two giant-killing jobs.
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4. U.S. Sassuolo Calcio (Italian Serie A)
1920 was apparently a good year for Italian clubs. Sassuolo spent most of its history in the lower tiers of Italian football, until 2008 when they first reached the Serie B. 5 seasons later they won promotion to Serie A, and in 2016-2017, after finishing 6th in the previous season (their best performance so far), they played in the Europa League group stages. Like Cagliari, winning the Serie A will be very challenging, so maybe finishing in the top 4 will be a more manageable task. And there’s always the Italian Cup if you really want a trophy.
5. CA Osasuna (Spanish La Liga)
Now here’s an impossible mission. Winning La Liga with the newly promoted Basque team is not a very realistic goal. Osasuna’s best finish in La Liga is 4th, most recently in 2005-2006, but even a fourth place seems an unreasonable task. Aside from a good run in the Copa del Rey, you should aim for an Europa League spot, where Osasuna played on six occasions, reaching the semifinals in 2006-2007. When the club will celebrate the centenary on 24th October 2020, you should be having European football in Osasuna.
6. Morecambe FC (English League 2)
League 2 football is the highest level achieved by Morecambe in its 99 years of existence. A promotion to League 1 will be the crowning achievement for a team that never managed to finish higher than 11th in the fourth English tier. It will be hard, but Football Manager has seen bigger upsets.
7. SC Heerenveen (Dutch Eredivisie)
The Super Frisians never won the Eredivisie in their 99 years of history. It won’t be easy, but after 26 consecutive seasons in the first league of Netherlands, it’s about time for Heerenveen to win the Eredivisie, where the club was runner-up in 2000. Alternatively, repeat the 2008-2009 performance when the Frisians won the Dutch Cup.
