Football Manager save challenges
52 challenges to add to any save, from youth-only squads to strict transfer rules. Pair one with a club for a harder run.
- Director of football does the dealsWorks with any club
Hand every transfer to your director of football and work with whoever turns up.
- Little and largeWorks with any club
Every team you pick has a target man up top.
- No JanuaryWorks with any club
The winter window doesn't exist for you.
- One tactic for lifeWorks with any club
Pick one formation on day one and never change it.
- Second stringWorks with any club
Start every league match with a different keeper than last season.
- Sell before you buyWorks with any club
You can't sign anyone until you've sold someone.
- Silent touchlineWorks with any club
No team talks, no shouts, no in-match changes except subs.
- Three at the backWorks with any club
Back three or nothing, every match, every season.
- Twenty-year manWorks with any club
Pick one club and stay for twenty seasons, whatever happens.
- Under-23s onlyWorks with any club
No signings over the age of 23.
- Balanced booksWorks with any club
Turn a profit in every single transfer window.
- Derby dayWorks with any club
Win every derby for five straight seasons.
- Domestic players onlyWorks with any club
Sign only players from the country your club plays in.
- Flat wagesWorks with any club
Everyone in the first team is paid the same.
- FortressWorks with any club
Nobody leaves your ground with three points for an entire season.
- Free transfers and loans onlyWorks with any club
Never pay a transfer fee.
- Goalkeeper factoryWorks with any club
Produce a world-class keeper from your own academy.
- Golden boot factoryWorks with any club
Turn one of your academy strikers into the league's top scorer.
- JourneymanWorks with any club
Start unemployed with no badges and take the first job that will have you. Move on whenever a better club calls.
- Lower-league liferWorks with any club
Make your name without ever reaching the top flight.
- No agents allowedWorks with any club
Only sign players whose contracts have under a year left.
- Oldies but goldiesWorks with any club
Experience over everything. Every signing has to be 30 or older.
- Passport controlWorks with any club
A random nationality picks your squad each season.
- Sell onlyBest with Chelsea
You can sell anyone, but you can never buy. Chelsea is the obvious place to try it.
- Sell your top scorerWorks with any club
Every summer, your leading scorer has to go.
- Set-piece specialistsWorks with any club
Win the league with a team built around dead balls.
- Survival specialistWorks with any club
Become the firefighter. Keep sinking clubs up, then move on.
- Three strikesWorks with any club
Lose three in a row and your highest earner has to go.
- Tiny tiki-takaWorks with any club
Small players, quick passing, big ambitions.
- Top-flight debutantsWorks with any club
Take a club that has never been in the top division all the way up.
- Wonderkid hunterWorks with any club
Build a squad from teenagers you find before anyone else does.
- Bring them homeWorks with any club
Only re-sign players who have played for the club before.
- Fire saleWorks with any club
Take over a big club and sell every star in your first summer.
- Hollywood takeoverWorks with any club
Rich new owners, fifth tier, and a city that wants the Premier League.
- Home-region players onlyBest with Athletic Club
Sign only players from your club's home region, the way Athletic Club do.
- Island hopperWorks with any club
Every club you manage must be on an island.
- Loan armyWorks with any club
Never own your own players. Build each season's squad from loans.
- National team onlyWorks with any club
No club, ever. Make your name as an international manager.
- NomadWorks with any club
Never stay anywhere long. Manage in a different country every season.
- Phoenix risingWorks with any club
Pick a club that has gone bust in real life and finish the job.
- Rival raidWorks with any club
Weaken them, strengthen you. Only sign players from your biggest rival.
- The InvinciblesWorks with any club
Go a whole league season without losing a match.
- Wage capWorks with any club
Nobody at the club earns more than a fixed wage.
- Youth academy onlyWorks with any club
No signings, ever. Every player in your squad has to come through your own youth intake.
- British Isle LockdownWorks with any club
Have to win all Domestic Competitions in the 5 British Isle Clubs and are locked down in a country until it is fully completed. Are you up to the daring task or not?
- Build a nationWorks with any club
Take a club from a small nation to continental success, then win the World Cup with that country.
- Continental minnowWorks with any club
Win a continental trophy with a club from a country ranked outside the top 20.
- Cup kingsWorks with any club
Forget the league. Win every domestic cup with a lower-league side.
- Dynasty from scratchWorks with any club
Win the league with eleven academy graduates in the starting line-up.
- Grand tour of EuropeWorks with any club
Win a league title in five different European countries.
- Pentagon challengeWorks with any club
Win the top club competition on five continents in a single career.
- The underdog sprintWorks with any club
Win the league in your first season with a club tipped for relegation.