SEASON STORY
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Joodi Kanppu comes back for one more season!
He couldn't leave this amazing club and players. After all the achieved glory, Kanppu couldn't say goodbye to his beloved Fukuoka. Last season he won the J1 for the first time in club history, plus a historical double for the first time as well.
This season it is time to really find out how legendary this team could become. Many players are familiar with the catenaccio system and most of the players want to run it back for one more season as well. It is time to push for the treble once again.
Could the 2024 Avispa Fukuoka add itself alongside the legendary 1987 Tokyo Verdy side? Time will tell!


AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE STORY
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Group Stage (6 games played):
1 Avispa Fukuoka 🇯🇵 - 14 pts
2 Al Nassr 🇸🇦 - 10 pts
3 Suwon Samsung 🇰🇷 - 5 pts
4 ATK Mohun Bagan 🇮🇳 - 3 pts

Quarter Final:
vs. Melbourne Victory 🇦🇺 5-0 (W)
@ Melbourne Victory 🇦🇺 0-2 (W)

Semi Final:
vs. Al Nassr 🇸🇦 3-1 (W)
@ Al Nassr 🇸🇦 3-1 (L) (1-3 W on pen.)

🏆 Final:
@ Al Hilal 🇸🇦 1-3 (W)



RULES
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#1 Each season I am obligated to replace at least 2 starting players to keep refreshing the squad. This can be done by selling / demoting (to bench/reserves) / loaning out a player.
⏩ I have to sell at least 1 of the 2 starting players. The 2nd player can also be demoted (to the bench/reserves) or loaned out.

#2 Players above a certain OVR combined with a certain age, have to be sold at the beginning of the season. See the following rules:
⏩ Older than 32:
- No 80+ players have to be sold.
⏩ Between 26 and 31 years old:
- All 80+ players have to be sold.
⏩ Under 25 years old:
- All 75+ players have to be sold.

#3 I am not allowed to buy more than 3 starting players per season.
⏩ Unless I sell more than 3, I can bring in the equal amount of starting players that have left the club.

#4 Each season I can buy a maximum of 1 player with an OVR of 75+.

#5 I am not allowed to buy starting players from:
>> 1st Division teams in England, Germany, Spain, Italy and France.
>> Top teams from smaller leagues like Ajax, Porto, Benfica, Sporting, Salzburg, Spartak Moscow, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo Kiev, etc.
>> Fukuoka's rivals: Oita Trinita and Sagan Tosu.
>> Current J1 League champion.
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There is one exemption:
>> I can buy Japanese players that are older than 27 and under 80 OVR, regardless of what club they play at, but not from Oita Trinita, Sagan Tosu and the current J1 champion.


TRANSFERS
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Transfer in:
WINTER
- Son Jun Ho (CB) for €1.200.000 from Shangdong Taishan
- Y. Segawa (ST) for €1.200.000 from Shonan Bellmare
- Y. Matsushita (CDM) for €700.000 from Vegalta Sendai
- H. Saruta (GK) for €630.000 from Kashiwa Reysol
- M. Hosoya (ST) for €2.500.000 from Kashiwa Reysol
SEPTEMBER
- B. Matuidi (CDM) as a free agent signing

Transfers out:
WINTER
- Hong Si Hoo (ST) sold to Werder Bremen
- T. Shigehiro (CDM) sold to Paris FC
- T. Nagaishi (GK) sold to CF Fuenlabrada
- Y. Wakatsuki (ST) sold to Schalke 04
- S. Inoue (CB) sold to Valenciennes


DIFFICULTY
Ultimate / competitive mode OFF / difficulty based on player ON


RATINGS ARE UPDATED AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2024