France save ideas
Football Manager save ideas in France. 21 save ideas, difficulty from 4 to 9 out of 10. 15 are playable in the base game. Easiest: Le Mans FC (4/10). Hardest: Sporting Club Sétois (9/10).
- Le Mans FC
Ligue 1Le Mans were a Ligue 1 club in 2010 before financial collapse sent them as low as the sixth tier. After years rebuilding, back-to-back promotions have returned them to…
- EA GuingampLigue 2
Guingamp have won two French Cups, both against Rennes, despite coming from a town of around 7,000 people. Their ground can hold more than twice the population. Winning…
- FC NantesLigue 2
Nantes have eight league titles and a famous tradition of attacking football, but haven't been champions since 2001. They're now in Ligue 2. Bring back the academy-led…
- Montpellier HSCLigue 2
Montpellier beat PSG's new owners to the 2012 title with a team that started the season thinking about survival. They're back in the second division. Build another side…
- NancyLigue 2
Nancy gave Michel Platini his breakthrough and won the Coupe de France in 1978, but years of decline eventually pushed them into the third tier. They have fought their…
- Paris FCLigue 1
Paris FC and PSG were once part of the same club. Now Paris FC are in Ligue 1, have wealthy backing and play across the road from the Parc des Princes. There is one very…
- Red Star FCLigue 2
Jules Rimet founded Red Star, but the club that helped give football the World Cup has never won the French league. Build a proper Parisian rival to PSG, starting from…
- RouenLigue 3
Rouen spent decades in France's top flight and even beat Arsenal in Europe in the 1960s, but have not played Ligue 1 football since 1985. They are now in the new…
- SochauxLigue 2
Sochaux are one of France's great industrial clubs, created around Peugeot and twice crowned French champions. Financial problems nearly destroyed the professional club…
- CannesLigue 3
Cannes gave Zinedine Zidane and Patrick Vieira their first senior football and were playing in Europe during the 1990s. Financial collapse later sent the club into the…
- FC VersaillesLigue 3
Your club represents Versailles but still has to play home matches outside the city because Stade Montbauron cannot host them. Get them out of the third tier, sort out a…
- SM CaenLigue 3
Kylian Mbappé bought Caen in 2024 and they promptly ended up in the third tier. The obvious challenge is to rescue his investment, build a proper youth setup and…
- Nîmes OlympiqueNational 1
Nîmes finished runners-up in France three seasons running from 1958 to 1960, then did it again in 1972. They have also lost three French Cup finals. Four near misses and…
- SC BastiaLigue 3
Bastia reached the 1978 UEFA Cup final before decades of financial trouble sent them down the leagues. They're back in France's third tier. Put Corsica back on the…
- Stade de ReimsLigue 2
Reims lost European Cup finals to Real Madrid in both 1956 and 1959. Six French titles, Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine are quite a history to live up to. Get them out of…
- US Thionville LusitanosLigue 3
Thionville Lusitanos have climbed four divisions in five years and their Portuguese roots make for a decent squad-building rule. Keep the rise going, try recruiting only…
- BordeauxRégional 1
Six-time French champions Bordeaux have fallen from Ligue 1 into Régional 1 after a financial crisis and exclusion from the national divisions. This is a genuine giant…
- FC MulhouseRégional 1 Grand Est
Mulhouse were founded in 1893 when Alsace was part of the German Empire, making them one of the strangest old clubs in French football. They were also members of the…
- SedanRégional 1 Grand Est
Sedan won two French Cups and were still a Ligue 1 club in the 2000s, but liquidation in 2023 forced them into regional football. They are now in Régional 1, miles from…
- AC AjaccioRégional 1
Ajaccio were in Ligue 1 in 2023 and ended up in regional football after a financial collapse. Rebuild them from the sixth tier, get the Corsican derby back on the…
- Sporting Club SétoisRégional 1
Sète became the first French side to complete a league and cup double in 1934, then the original club went bust in 2023. Their successor is down in regional football…