The Champions League was a different format back in 2001/02 and had two group stages for some strange reason. In the first season we won the league on goal difference thanks to a 90th minute winner against Leeds in the last game of the season.

The first club I attempted was Arsenal on the original database. The different DB’s available means I can go back to years with some classic players at these clubs. The fact I can download new databases from different seasons of football means I can keep the challenge fresh. I couldn’t have completed Malmo or Partizan as the Swedish and Serbian leagues aren’t on FMM23. This is a challenge I could have done on FMM23 but for a couple of reasons. I will be playing each club on separate saves and using different DB’s from different seasons through the years. This is the full list of clubs that have failed at the final hurdle. My aim is to get all 20 of those clubs to become European champions. Since the European Cup started in the 1950s twenty different clubs have played in the final but never lifted the trophy. I’ve been playing a challenge and posting about it on a Facebook group but I wanted to keep all the posts in one place and I thought a few Golden Oldies on here like myself might enjoy reading about it as well. There are also lots of databases that can be downloaded so you can play different seasons through the years. It’s free (and legal) to download and really simple to set up these days if you use this tool. As well as playing FMM23 I also enjoy playing the classic that is Championship Manager 01/02.

Cm 01 02 Original Database Download