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Spain
World Ranking: 2nd
FA Expectations: World Cup semi-finals

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Welcome to La Liga!
The Primera División (First Division) of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga (The League) or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA (BBVA League) since 2008, is the top professional association football league in Spain. It is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest placed teams relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top three teams in that division. A total of 59 teams have competed in La Liga, nine of which have been crowned champions. Since the 1950s, Real Madrid and Barcelona have dominated the championship. The former have won the title 31 times while the latter have won it on 20 occasions. However, during the 1930s and 1940s and in the last two decades, La Liga has seen other champions including Atlético Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Deportivo, Sevilla and Real Betis. Barcelona are currently back to back winners of La Liga.

La Liga is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 29,029 for league matches in the 2007–08 season. This is the eighth highest of any domestic professional sports league in the world and the third highest of any professional association football league, behind the Premier League. La Liga is currently ranked the second strongest league in Europe according to UEFA's league coefficient, based on recent European performances.

The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from September to June, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club at the end of the season crowned champion. The top four teams in La Liga qualify for the UEFA Champions League, with the first, second, and third placed teams directly entering the group stage and the fourth placed team entering the third qualifying round. The fifth and sixth placed teams qualify for the first round of the UEFA Europa League.

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Athletic Club Bilbao

Athlectic Club is based in the city of Bilbao in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions. In the historical classification of La Liga Athletic Bilbao are in 4th place and one of only three clubs which have never been relegated from La Liga (the others being Real Madrid and Barcelona). The club also has a women's team, which has won 4 championships in the Spanish Superliga.

The club is known for its cantera policy of bringing young Basque players through the ranks, as well as recruiting top Basque players from other clubs (like Joseba Etxeberria or Javi Martínez). Athletic official policy is signing professional players native to the greater Basque Country, including Biscay, Guipúzcoa, Álava and Navarre (in Spain); and Labourd, Soule and Lower Navarre (in France). Still, in recent times, this policy has been somewhat relaxed and players with direct Basque ancestry or with no Basque ancestry but formed in Basque clubs have played for the team. This has gained Athletic both admirers and critics. The club has been praised for promoting home grown players and club loyalty. Athletic is one of only four professional clubs in Spain (the others being Real Madrid, Barcelona and Osasuna) that is not a sports corporation; the club is owned and operated by its associates (socios).

In recent seasons Athletic Bilbao have languished in mid-table and the club was embroiled in a relegation battle during the 2005–2006 and 2006–2007 seasons. In 2006 top-flight survival was ensured on the 37th match day when Deportivo de la Coruña were beaten at Riazor 2–1. Javier Clemente began his third spell as club coach in 2005, at a time when the club were last in the table. He is widely acknowledged to have brought defensive stability to the team, and so is also credited with having saved the club from relegation, despite this he was not left in charge for the 2006–2007 season. The 2006–2007 season has been the worst in the club's history, top-flight survival was ensured on the last match day when Levante were beaten at San Mamés 2–0. In December 2008 Spanish media claimed that this match had been fixed and that some of Levante UD players accepted a bribe from the Basque club. Despite the lack of on-field success, a majority of the club's supporters think the club's identity is more important than winning trophies. According to an El Mundo survey in the 1990s, 76% of Athletic fans would rather see the club relegated than give up the cantera policy. The most successful Athletic team of recent times has been the women’s football team who have won the Superliga Femenina four times between 2003 and 2007.

Athletic also fielded a black player (Jonás Ramalho) for the first time in their history in 2009. It should be noted that this situation was not a result of any previous official all-white rule at the club but more a consequence of the Basque/Cantera policy – immigration to the Bilbao area from without Europe was fairly uncommon until the 1990s, so there were few local footballers from ethnic minorities who could have played for Athletic in that time. Today in addition to Ramalho the club has several other promising players of various other ethnic origins in their (consistently successful) youth teams, which says more of the applaudable aspect of the club's policy as supporting local young players, as opposed to the more questionable angle of their employment of only 'Basque' players at the exclusion of all others.

Key History
La Liga: 8 (Last in 1984)
Copa del Rey: 23 (Last in 2008)
Supacopa de Espana: 1 (1984)

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San Mamés
Estadio San Mamés, AKA La Catedral (The Cathedral), is the home of Athletic Bilbao, known as "Los leones de San Mamés-Bilboko leoiak" (The lions of San Mamés). They are known as Los leones because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés (Saint Mammes). Mammes was an early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans. The lions refused to eat Mammes and he was later made a saint.

Opened in 1913, it is Spain's oldest built stadium (the oldest playing field being El Molinon), a distinction that together with its religious heritage has granted it the nickname, la Catedral (the Cathedral). San Mamés can seat almost forty thousand people and is renowned for the unique and boisterous atmosphere its crowds of devoted and loyal fans create on match-days.

The club has unveiled plans for a new stadium. From the 2014/2015 season, Athletic will play in the San Mamés Barria, a 53,000 capacity, UEFA 5-star stadium, built at a cost of 160 million euros. Construction is scheduled to begin in April 2010, and when it is three quarters completed, Athletic Club will move into their new home and the original San Mamés will be demolished.

CHALLENGE DYNAMICS

-This challenge will last for five seasons and once this period is completed no more points may be scored.

-You must manage Athletic Club Bilbao and no other team.

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

-You have until the 11.59pm on 22th August 2010 to post your proof and accumulate as many points as you can.

-If you are sacked then the challenge is over and any points you have accumulated to date in this challenge will be your total.

HOW TO SCORE POINTS

LA LIGA
Relegation – 25 points
15th and below – 1 point
14th - 2 points
13th – 3 points
12th – 4 points
11th – 5 points
10th – 6 points
9th – 7 points
8th – 8 points
7th – 9 points
6th – 10 points
5th - 15 points
4th - 20 points
3rd - 30 points
2nd – 50 points
Win La Liga Title – 75points

LIGA ADELANTE
Relegation - -10 points
14th and below – 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
2nd (Promotion) – 30 points
Win the Promotion Playoff game – 20 points
Win Liga adelante title – 40 points

LIGA 2DB
Relegation - -25 points
Survival - 0 points
7th – 1 points
6th - 2 points
5th - 3 points
4th - 4 points
3rd - 5 points
2nd – 15 points
1st – 20 points
Promotion – 25 points

SPANISH CUP
4th Round Win – 1 point
5th Round Win – 5 points
Quarter Final Win – 6 points
Semi Final Win – 8 points
Winner – 20 points

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Qualify for Groups – 2 points
Qualify from Groups – 5 points
Win in 1st Knockout – 10 points
Win in 2nd Knockout – 15 points
Win in Quarter Final – 20 points
Win in Semi Final – 50 points
Winner – 100 points

EUROPA LEAGUE
Qualify for Groups – 2 points
Qualify from Groups – 5 points
Win in 1st Knockout – 10 points
Win in 2nd Knockout – 15 points
Win in Quarter Final – 20 points
Win in Semi Final – 35 points
Winner – 75 points

RIVALS
Beat Osasuna – 5 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat R. Sociedad – 3 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat Barcelona – 3 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)
Beat R. Madrid - 3 points (Every time you do it in a competitive fixture)

FIVE YEAR ONE OFF ACHIEVEMENTS BONUSES
Increase bank balance to £40m – 20 points
Increase bank balance to £60m – 40 points
Sell a Regen from your youth team for £5m + - 30 points

POINT DEDUCTIONS
Sacked - -25 points

So there you have it. The challenge is to make this proud Basque club as successful as possible during your 5 year stay. Can you turn them into contenders or will you forge a path in other competitions? The choice of path is yours. Hoping to see some cool Current Game threads with the challenge and post any screenshots as proof of point earnings here as replies to this thread - Good Luck! :thumbsup:

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World Cup Challenge - Spain!
The Tour leaves the greatest competition in World football - the World Cup! But before we head to the home of the winners it's first time to try and replicate their success! So, it's time to get out your passport and book the flights back to South Africa as you embark on a journey to take over the pre-tournament and eventual winners - Spain. The task is to try and emulate the success of the reigning champions and make history as they made their first ever World Cup semi final, final and capped it by lifting the trophy for the first time.

During the 18 tournaments that have been held, seven nations have won the title. Brazil have won the World Cup a record five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. Italy, the current champions, have won four titles, and Germany are next with three titles. The other former champions are Uruguay, winners of the inaugural tournament, and Argentina, with two titles each, and England and France, with one title each. Brazil and Germany have both made the most appearances in the final, with seven, while Germany have made the most appearances in the top four, with eleven. An interesting fact is that only Brazil and Argentina have ever won the trophy on a foreign continent, so that could prove an useful advantage to the home nation.

The World Cup is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, where an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 World Cup held in Germany. The next World Cup will be held in South Africa, between 11 June and 11 July 2010, and the 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil.

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Spain

The Spanish side is commonly referred to as La Furia Roja (The Red Fury) or La Furia Española (The Spanish Fury) or La Roja (The Red). Spain are currently the reigning World and European champions, having won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship. Their recent success has finally helped them rid themselves of the 'best team to never have won the World Cup' and 'nearly men' tags that had followed them around for the past decade.

Spain also won the 1964 European Nations' Cup and reached the UEFA Euro 1984 Final. In July 2008 Spain rose to the top of the FIFA World Rankings for the first time in the team's history, becoming the sixth nation to top this ranking, and the first nation to top the ranking without previously having won the World Cup. Between November 2006 and June 2009 Spain went undefeated for a record tying 35 consecutive matches before their loss to the United States, a record shared with Brazil, including a record 15-game winning streak and thus earning third place in the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Key History
World Cup: 1 (2010)
UEFA European Championship: 2 (1964, 2008)

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Soccer City

The pride of the tournament is the aptly named stadium which will host the final. 'Soccer City' is a 91,141 seater stadium built in 1989 and refurbished at a cost of approximately £220m last year. This stadium will be the home of the final and is the centre-piece of the entire tournament. The Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg underwent a major upgrade for the 2010 tournament, with a new design inspired by traditional African pottery. The upgrade included: an extended upper tier around the stadium to increase the capacity, an additional 99 executive suites, an encircling roof, new changing room facilities and new floodlights. The construction was completed on Wednesday, 21 October 2009, and was marked by a huge celebration at the stadium.

The outside of the stadium is designed to have the appearance of an African pot, the cladding on the outside is a mosaic of fire and earthen colours with a ring of lights running around the bottom of the structure, simulating fire underneath the pot. No spectator will be more than 100 metres (330 ft) from the action and there are no restricted views in the stadium.

The stands in Soccer City are articulated by ten black vertical lines; nine are aligned geographically with the nine other stadia involved in the 2010 World Cup, and a tenth line is aimed at Berlin's Olympic Stadium, which hosted the previous World Cup final in 2006. This represents the road to the final and it is hoped that after the World Cup, each goal scored at the stadium will be placed in pre-cast concrete panels on a podium so that the full history of the tournament’s scores can be seen for years to come.

CHALLENGE DYNAMICS

-This challenge will last for just the World Cup tournament of 2010 in the provided save.

-You must manage Spain and no other team.

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

-You must only use the save provided here

-You have until the 11.59pm on 22th August 2010 to post your proof and accumulate as many points as you can within the World Cup 2010 tournament

-If you are sacked or knocked out of the competition then the challenge is over and any points you have accumulated to date in this challenge will be your total.

HOW TO SCORE POINTS

GROUP STAGE
4th - 0 points
3rd - 1 points
2nd - 2 points
1st - 5 points

KNOCKOUT ROUNDS
Last 16 losers - 2 points
Quarter-finalists - 5 points
Semi-finalists - 10 points
Finalists - 25 points
Champions - 50 points

BONUS POINTS
Each Win within 90 minutes - 1 point (including group games)
Beat Germany - 2 points
Beat Italy - 2 points
Beat France - 2 points
Beat Netherlands - 3 points
Beat England - 2 points

So there you have it, Can you re-create the success of Spain and claim dominon over the World? This is a one-shot chance at the WC2010 to see if you can make some history. Hoping to see some cool Current Game threads with the challenge and post any screenshots as proof of point earnings here as replies to this thread - Good Luck! :thumbsup: