More and more we see that people are converting to LLM management. Of course the first saves when a new FM comes out will be with the team from our hearts, the second will be with some giant that we normally like to watch on TV, but soon it gets boring and people look for new challenges and most of them relate to the LLM. A hard one to crack mostly due to the time it takes is taking a team from the 10. tier of English football (get the expansion file if you don't have it) and taking it to the premiership and above. For those of you that don't have the time to do this, there are quite some challenging clubs that you can return to glory:
1. Wiener Sports Klub - 3rd tier of Austria - Regionalliga Ost
The Wiener Sports Klub or Wiener SK is a team from the Austrian capital of Vienna. The team had a very good spell in the late 50's managing to win the Austrian Bundesliga twice in a row (1958 and 1959). This were the second and third Bundesligas they won in their history (the other one was in 1922) and since then has been all downhill for this club. A historical club that managed in 1958 to win 7-0 against Juventus for the European Champions Cup, they had a lot of financial problems in the 90s and now are fighting for survival in the 3rd Austrian tier.
Difficulty: medium hard
2. Auxerre - 2nd tier of Austria - Ligue 2.
Home to players like Laurent Blanc or Eric Cantona, the team was 32 straight years in the League 1 in France where they even managed to lift the trophy in 2005. After that the team was less and less in the top spots and in 2011 they ended up falling into the second tier of french football. With a very good academy and the needed infrastructures to do the job properly this french side shouldn't be a very complicated challenge for a traveled FM addict, nevertheless this should be a very nice challenge form a very addictive team.
Difficulty: medium low
Probably the club on the list that has more titles, B 1903 or Boldklubben 1903 of Kobenhavn was a full 55 season in the danish first division. The club won the league for the last time in 1976 and the last Danish Cup in 1986. Also in Europe they actually achieved a quarter final in the old Uefa Cup in 1991/92. Not much later they merged with KB and gave the licence on the first division to FC Kobenhavn...now they are agonizing in the 4th tier of danish football...
Difficulty: hard
With a lot of history and numerous participations in continental competitions in Brazil, the team of Guarani although not being very well known outside Brazil has two runner-up places in the Sao Paulo championship and a surprising title of Brasil that came in the late 70s. Like all the brazilian teams here you will have a lot of local talent to work with and even if getting promoted to Serie B might not be a challenge, that league will be a tight one for many seasons as well as the financial troubles and the sharks that you will encounter in the State league.
Difficulty: medium
Its been a while since Huddersfield had its glorious moments back in the first half of the 20th century in the last 20-30 years they have been climbing again from the depth of the English football pyramid to the second level and you can bring them to glory. In a tight division like the Championship every point counts and even if they are climbing, Huddersfield is far from one of the richest teams in the division. Can you awaken a club that has 3 English titles and one FA Cup?
Difficulty: easy
5 other teams with the same challenge will be added in a future post
