Level Up Your Football Manager 2024 Journey: The Ultimate List of Challenges and Save Ideas to Keep You Hooked Until FM25!
If you’re looking to make Football Manager 2024 unforgettable, you’re in the right place. We’ve collected some of the most creative challenges and save ideas around, guaranteeing variety and excitement for managers of every experience level. From long-term projects to thrilling underdog tales, there’s something here to suit any style. So, let's dive in and explore the best challenges to test your skills and bring fresh stories to your FM career!
1. Beating the Big Brother
This challenge is all about rising above. Pick a smaller club within a city dominated by a football giant and take on the mission of surpassing the big brother. Think Paris FC against PSG or 1860 Munich aiming to steal the spotlight from Bayern. It’s about tactical growth, squad building, and some serious hometown bragging rights as you work to make your club the number one in the city.
2. Into the Future
3. Journeyman Challenge
A classic, but with endless appeal. In Football Manager 2024, the Journeyman Challenge is ideal for anyone eager to explore as many leagues as possible, taking on roles in unfamiliar settings and working their way up from the very bottom. Start unemployed, with the lowest credentials, and let your reputation grow with each club you manage. You’ll experience football culture from around the world, from lower leagues to legendary clubs, and every step will be a part of your unique FM legacy.
4. Sleeping Giant
5. Director of Football Challenge
This one’s a real test of patience and adaptability! In the Director of Football Challenge, your primary job is simply to manage, letting your Director of Football make the big calls—from transfers to contract negotiations. Not being in total control can be nerve-wracking, but the added unpredictability makes for a fascinating story. Your task? Guide the team through ups and downs, working with (or sometimes around) your Director’s choices.
6. Athletic Bilbao Challenge
7. Lower League to Glory
Lower League to Glory can be a very long save, depending on how far the team is from the top division. In this FM 24 save, you will pick a team from the lowest possible division in the country and try to bring them to glory. This save can be very fun and emotional because you can get attached to the team as the save progresses.
8. Club and Country Challenge
In club and country save, the aim is to win the Champions League with a club and the World Cup with a nation. You have to manage the team that is based in the nation that you have chosen, and you have to manage them at the same time. You will notice, along with the save, the youth players that you have produced through the academy will help you to succeed on the national stage while helping you to succeed on the European stage as well.
9. Homegrown Challenge
Picking this type of save can give you some tough time. In the Homegrown FM 2024 challenge, the rules are simple; you are not allowed to sign any players; the only players that you are allowed to sign are those who are from your youth academy. There are no restrictions on signing staff members. The aim of this challenge is to win the Champions League with as many homegrown players as possible.
10. Picking a Team That Isn't in the Top 5 Leagues
Many Football Manager players, even the veteran ones, are always stuck managing the team in the top leagues. Picking a team that isn't in the top 5 leagues gives you a chance to explore the football world and learn about new leagues in places that you have never heard of. Football Manager 2024 offers 118 leagues in 53 different countries. The fun comes when you win a title in a league that you have never thought you would ever be thinking of managing in. Try to explore more leagues, such as in East Europe, South America and Asia.