Ana — FM 2011 : St Gallen, Season 17

Wow! Hello and welcome to season 17 in my challenge!

Thats seems a really long time but I have progressed fairly well as I have already claimed the Asian and South African champions league and after leaving Seoul I was really looking forward to starting on another Champions league .

Cue my boyfriend to mess things up!!

He had read my story and really liked the idea so I let him play on my game but he made another save so that was fine, however I told him to get my game up to the start of the African Cup of Nations so I could get that done when I got home.

However he said he got bored and decided to take over at St Gallen….

Then to make things worse he saved over my only save so I am stuck where I am. So St Gallen it is and if things couldnt get any worse they were actually relegated from the top division and were struggling in the first….

Career History :

— Cheonan (July 2010 – January 2013)

— South China (June 2013 – June 2016)

— F.C.A.K (December 2016 – November 2019)

— Moroko Swallows (November 2019 – January 2023)

— FC Seoul (February 2023 – February 2026)

— St Gallen (October 2026 — Present)

International Teams :

— Morocco (Febraury 2015 – December 2016)

— Senegal (November 2021 – February 2023)

— Egypt (October 2025 — Present)

Honours :

Hong Kong League Title : 2014, 2015, 2016 (South China)

Senior Shield : 2013, 2016 (South China)

League Cup : 2014, 2015, 2016 (South China)

Asian Confederation Cup : 2014, 2016 (South China)

South African First Division :  2018, 2019 (FCAK)

South African First Divison Cup : 2019 (FCAK)

South African FA Cup : 2020, 2021 (Moroko Swallows)

South African Premier League : 2021, 2022 (Moroko Swallows)

South African Charity Cup : 2020 (Moroko Swallows)

South African Knockout Cup : 2021 (Moroko Swallows)

South African Super Eight : 2021 (Moroko Swallows)

African Champions League : 2022 (Moroko Swallows)

The K-League : 2023, 2024, 2025 (FC Seoul)

The Korean League Cup : 2023. 2024 (FC Seoul)

The Pan-Pacific Championship : 2024, 2025 (FC Seoul)

The Korean FA Cup : 2024 (FC Seoul)

The Asian Champions League : 2025 (FC Seoul)

International Honours :

African Cup Of Nations : 2023 (Senegal)

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So here we go at a club I dont want to be at, why he accepted it I will never know but we are heavily in debt with a poor squad and with absolutly no chance of winning the champions league.

Even if I do my best here there is no team in Switzerland that I could win it with. So consider this a one year deal or a gap year if you will! Just to sample Switzerland for this season before moving on it would take forever to build a club to win the European champions league here.

Our Three Best Players

Jobim

Probably our best player infact, he is a Brazilian born player who has American as a nationality. He is an attacking midfielder but is unhappy and wants to be transfered so already off to a great start!

Todor Velikov

Gustavo Caro

So Velikov is a pretty bad winger with no pace and on big wages and Caro is unhappy wants transfer listed also and is on massive wages! Caro is our central defender but its pointless as he is almost certain to leave, what did the previous manager do to this team!!

The African Cup Of Nations

So we gave it a good go! Egypt are not the powerhouse of African football as you would have expected we began really well beating Angola 5-0 but a shock defeat against Burkina Faso meant we had to beat Mali. Mali are ranked 7th in the world and are also the current holders so it was a very hard game.

We met Algeria in the quarter final winning four two but an old friend came back to score twice to put my brave Egypt side out of the tournament. Thats right Olawale my brilliant ex Seoul frontman scored twice including the winner as we we out in the semi final.

So my aim was to win the African Cup of Nations and I had failed so I walked away, I probably walked before I was pushed but that said they were pretty happy with our performance. I guess it time to focus on my awsome St Gallen side…..

Transfers In And Out

So an overhaul was needed, so out went my overpaid, overhyped problem players and in came young talent with the want to do well!

I wont post them all instead I will post my best three in my opinion :

Javier Angel Da Silva

So despite his nationality he is also Spanish and is a promising central midfield player, he will be more of a back up player but is fairly decent for the level we are at.

Francisco Javier Luque

So another Spaniard in Luque and he is a centre back, I had scouted Spain so four of my five new players were based there. Am fairly happy with him probably as good as Caro but on a lot less wages!!

Rodrigo

So my final in the best players I had bought is Rodrigo a Brazilian who had played in Spain. He is an attacking midfield player who can also play upfront and is probably the best player we have at the moment.

Results Before I Took Over (Or My Boyfriend Did!)

Results After I Took Over

So when we began I was in 12th with no hope and we ended up only five points behind the leaders in second.

We havent got promotion yet as we must win a two legged playoff against the side that finished in the relegation playoff in the top division but was really happy with our turn around.

Our form was brilliant over the last seven games and had we had a few more am sure we would have caught the leaders Luzern, not bad for a team I really dont want to be at!

The Promotion Playoff Final

Promotion! Really easy two wins also as Yverdon were a pretty poor side, not that we are full of star players or anything but the first leg won it really as we ran out comfortable three zero winners.

So at least I did something in my brief spell here!!

Final Player Ratings Of The Season

So this will mean nothing to you! And seeing as I am leaving they mean nothing to me! But my stars were my new players Rodrigo scoring 14 times in as many games and my back two of Luque and Bindewald were really solid.

This club is already in so much more of  a better state than I left, I managed to clear them of debt and have a bit of money in the bank, they have a really hard working team with bags of potential, I am well under the wage budget and they have a promotion to celebrate!

So they might forgive me for spending such a brief spell at St Gallen, thankfully my reputation hasnt dropped and I have already left for a club that I will unveil in my next post.

So thats it! Again am really sorry for this but I couldnt really do anything about it but next time I will make another save, and play everything myself! I guess I could have just resigned straight away but I really didnt want to do that so like I said earlier consider this a gap year to experience somewhere else before returning to my challenge.

So thanks for reading I hope it is not to dissapointing but if it helps it wasnt my fault! I look forward to reading your comments to find out!