[chrisormie]

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Okay, so you have arrived in Germany, where you will be looking for promotion back to the 1. Bundesliga. The German league consists of 3 tiers known as the '1. Bundesliga', the '2. Bundesliga', and the '3. Liga'. As well as these competitions there is a cup competition known as the 'DFB-Pokal' which is akin to the English FA cup in both style and stature. Being in Europe means there are the normal transfer windows (1st July - 2nd September, & 1st January - 1st February). One match bans appear after every 5 yellows or after each red card throughout the leagues, and the top 2 divisions are sorted in the same way: Points > Goal Difference > Goals Scored > Results Between Teams > Away Goals Scored.

The 1. Bundesliga is composed of 18 teams which play each other twice, meaning there are 34 games in a completed season. The rules for the competition are pretty straight forward, you can name seven substitutes and can use a maximum of three of them in a match. The bottom two teams are relegated to the 2. Bundesliga whilst the team in 16th position enters a playoff against the 3rd best side from the second division for the right to compete in Germany's premier competition. The top three teams in the 1. Bundesliga qualify for the European Champions League and the 4th-6th place teams enter the EURO Cup (depending on the winner of the DFB-Pokal).

The 2. Bundesliga is also composed of 18 teams which play each other twice, meaning there are 34 games in a completed season. The rules for the competition are like above, except that the top two teams are promoted to the top division and the 3rd placed team goes into the playoff for 1. Bundesliga football. At the bottom the worst 2 teams are relegated automatically, whilst the 16th place team enters another playoff - this time for the right to stay in the 2. Bundesliga.

The 3. Liga is composed of 20 teams which play each other twice, meaning there are 38 games in a completed season. There are a few changes to the rules at this level. The match squad must have no more than 3 non-EU players, and must also have at least 4 German players aged 23. Teams in this division are only allowed to sign non-EU players if they are from fellow German clubs. The Top two teams gain promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, whilst the 3rd place team enters the playoff for the right to play in that division for the next season. The bottom 3 clubs are relegated each season, and league sorting is slightly simplified for this division: Points > Goal Difference > Goals Scored > Results Between Teams.

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1. FUSSBALL-CLUB KAISERSLAUTERN

1. Fussball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK or simply FCK, is a German football club based in Kaiserslautern. The city of Kaiserslautern lies in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland (State) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) at the edge of the Palatinate forest (Pfälzer Wald). It is twinned with two towns in England, Rotherham and the London Borough of Newham.

On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900. In 1909, the club went on to join FC Palatia (founded in 1901) and FC Bavaria (founded in 1902) to form FV 1900 Kaiserslautern. In 1929 they merged with SV Phönix to become FV Phönix-Kaiserslautern before finally taking on their current name three years later.

1. FCK won their second German Cup in 1996, but that victory was soured since the team was relegated to 2.Bundesliga with a 16th place finish just one week before the Cup Final. At the time, Kaiserslautern was one of only four of the original sixteen teams that had played in each Bundesliga season since the inception of the league, never having been relegated. This group included Kaiserslautern, Eintracht Frankfurt who went down in the same season, 1. FC Köln down in 1998, and "the Dinosaur", unrelegated Hamburger SV.

The Red Devils came storming back in 1998 with an accomplishment unique in Bundesliga history by winning re-promotion to the first division from the 2.Bundesliga and immediately going on to win the national championship under famous coach Otto Rehhagel.

They saved themselves from fully falling off the radar in German football by escaping relegation to the newly formed 3. Liga on the final day of the 2007–2008 season with a win over already promoted 1. FC Köln.

Kaiserslautern is by far the smallest city (pop. 99,000) to ever have a German Bundesliga championship team (in 1991 and 1998)

KEY HISTORY
German Champions: 1951, 1953, 1991, 1998
UEFA Cup: Semi-final: 1982, 2001
UEFA Champions League: Quarter-final: 1999

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The Fritz-Walter-Stadion

FCK plays its home fixtures in the Fritz Walter Stadion first built in 1920. The stadium and the adjacent street are named for the player who brought the club to prominence after the war. The stadium has a capacity of 48,500 and was a 2006 World Cup venue, hosting four preliminary round and one Group of 16 round matches. The facility underwent a major refurbishment for the tournament with addition of new grandstands and a roof.

Chairman Stefan Kuntz has called you into his office and asked you to turn around 1. FCK into the former German powerhouse they were by any means necessary. Your task is to improve FCK back to the heady days when the club won the 1. Bundesliga and also made the semi-finals of the UEFA cup & quarter-finals of the Champions League. The club have never had money worries for many years now so this won't be an easy task, but he hopes to be in a position to provide enough funding to return the club to the 1. Bundesliga.

Your first season minimum goal is to get into the top half of the 2. Bundesliga and to do so Mr Kuntz will provide you with a transfer budget of around £425k, and a wage budget of £165k per week (current wage bill is around £162k per week).

Your captain, Martin Amedick, is a 6'4" central defender who, at the age of 26, is probably your best player. Also one to look out for is your young German keeper Tobias Sippel, who is under pressure from American Luis Robles for the starting birth - Sippel could become a star with the right management.

CHALLENGE DYNAMICS

This challenge will last for five years, upon completing your fifth season in Germany, you can consider your excursion to be over as far as earning points for the challenge.

You must start set your manager experience as "Automatic".

You have until the 4th March 2010 to accumulate as many points as you can within the confines of a maximum of 5 seasons.

HOW TO SCORE POINTS

1. BUNDESLIGA
Relegation - -10 points
Win the Relegation Playoff game - 0 points
15th/14th – 1 point
13th – 2 points
12th – 3 points
11th – 4 points
10th – 5 points
9th – 6 points
8th – 7 points
7th – 8 points
6th - 9 points
5th - 10 points
4th - 15 points
3rd - 20 points
2nd – 40 points
Win 1. Bundesliga Title – 60 points

2. BUNDESLIGA
Relegation - -10 points
Win the Relegation Playoff game - 0 points
15th/14th – 1 point
13th – 2 points
12th – 3 points
11th – 4 points
10th – 5 points
9th – 6 points
8th – 7 points
7th – 8 points
6th - 9 points
5th - 10 points
4th - 12 points
3rd - 15 points
Win the Promotion Playoff game – 20 points
2nd (Promotion) – 30 points
Win 2. Bundesliga Title – 40 points

3. LIGA
Relegation - -25 points
Survival - 0 points
7th – 1 points
6th - 2 points
5th - 3 points
4th - 4 points
3rd - 5 points
Win the Promotion Playoff game – 10 points
2nd (Promotion) – 15 points
Win 2. Liga Title – 20 points

DFB-POKAL
1st Round Win – 1 point
2nd Round Win – 5 points
3rd Round Win – 6 points
Quarter Final Win – 8 points
Semi Final Win – 10 points
Winner – 25 points

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Qualify from Groups – 6 points
Win in Round of 16 – 12 points
Win in Quarter Final – 20 points
Win in Semi Final – 50 points
Winner – 100 points

BONUS POINTS
Beat FC Bayern – 5 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat Mainz – 3 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat Frankfurt – 3 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat Karlsruhe - 1 point (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)

FIVE YEAR ONE OFF ACHIEVEMENTS BONUSES
Increase bank balance to £20m (After Debt) – 20 points
Increase bank balance to £40m (After Debt) – 40 points
Sell a Regen from your youth team for £5m + - 30 points

POINT DEDUCTIONS
Sacked - -25 points

So there you have it. Kaiserslautern need you to get this fallen giant of German football into the Bundesliga and try to get into Europe once more - Do you have what it takes to put them back onto the map?
Give the challenge a go and see what you can do. Any good quality Current Game threads that result from this will be repped by myself, and the best one may also be entered into the next Current Game of the Week - Good Luck! :thumbsup:

[localhero]

Nicely written as always. Here we go!!!

[chrisormie]

localhero, on 19 February 2010 - 04:14 PM, said:

Nicely written as always. Here we go!!!

Thanks mate took me ages to make those graphics - seem to be getting better at them now!

I've added a bit to the post about a couple of important players in the side, under the chairman bit, just to get people started. :thumbsup:

[localhero]

Strike me down, 71 squad numbers assigned??? :unsure:

Graphics are well good btw!!

This post has been edited by localhero: 19 February 2010 - 04:34 PM

[Doakes]

I like, starting now :D

Good luck all.

[Big Matt]

Starting now, great work Chris!

[localhero]

My avatar and sig have been updated for the challenge.

[chrisormie]

localhero, on 20 February 2010 - 01:54 AM, said:

My avatar and sig have been updated for the challenge.

That's Schnappi! :doh: :lol:

My kid brother had a Pop Jr album that he listened to non-stop and one of the tracks was the theme from a German kids TV show - Shnappi!
God that song did my head in and it kinda lingers too. "Schnappi das kline krokodile" or something it was called. :thumbsup:

(8) "Shnee, Schnoi, Schnappi..."

[localhero]

Indeed it is, it is a damned annoying song that sticks in your head.

[localhero]

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q105/striker990/TableKaiserslautern.jpg = 40 points
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q105/striker990/Cup-Kaiserslautern.jpg = 1 point
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q105/striker990/Karlsruhe2.jpg = 1 point
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q105/striker990/Karlsruhe1.jpg = 1 point
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q105/striker990/Frankfurt2.jpg = 3 points
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q105/striker990/Frankfurt1.jpg = 3 points

Running total = 49 points

[killie97]

nice kaiserslutern :D
i memba us playn them like 10 year ago in the uefa cup and they shagged us :lol:
think weve got like some club friendship thing with them or something :lol:
i might try this challenge in a week or so ive not been on posting much becos ive got to complete folio stuff for school but once thats done ill give it a bash :thumbsup:

[localhero]

15th in league (CG thread for screenie) = 1 point
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q105/striker990/Karlsruhe4.jpg = 1 point
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q105/striker990/Cup-Kaiserslautern2.jpg = 1 point
Last season = 49 points
New total = 52 points

[chrisormie]

localhero, on 27 February 2010 - 12:20 AM, said:

New total = 52 points

2 Seasons in and you stayed up! Nice one mate, hope you can push on now and try and rack up a few more points over the next few seasons - Good Luck! :thumbsup:

[localhero]

Oh yeah meant to ask, any points for Manager of the Year? I got it first season.

[chrisormie]

localhero, on 27 February 2010 - 12:28 AM, said:

Oh yeah meant to ask, any points for Manager of the Year? I got it first season.

We'll possibly come up with something for that, get back to you on it. :thumbsup:

[localhero]

Hows everyone getting on with this? Anyone sacked yet ;)

[chrisormie]

Not yet but real life has been intruding on my playing time so not got much into the second season yet.

Looking to finish it this week though, not expecting miracles though. :thumbsup:

[localhero]

Aye me neither. Don't think Im gonna make 5 seasons but I'll aim for 4 minimum.

[localhero]

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Wahoo

[chrisormie]

localhero, on 01 March 2010 - 06:45 PM, said:

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Wahoo

Haha nice one, so which Messi is that then? If it's the fragile-genius known as Leo then kudos, but I'd rather doubt it. :checkit: