We cross the border of Italy and stops at Normandy in France where we find the oldest football club in France – Le Havre Athletic Club or simply Le Havre, which was originally founded in 1872 by English University graduates. With an average squad age of 25.7 and bolstering 27 players in the first team you’ll have a great option to sell players and form your squad into your liking.īy putting faith at Mattia Viviani – a deep-lying playmaker with much potential, centre-back Andrea Cistana, Slovak attacking midfielder Nikolas Spalek and continue the development of current Italian Under-20 international Andrea Papetti and latest Brescia debutant Andrea Ghezzi you’ve got a force to be reckoned with.įrom one historical region to another. From the out-of-favoured Mario Balotelli, who might leave before FM21 release to Finnish goalkeeper, and former Fulham academy player, Jesse Joronen. The current squad features a number of interesting players. Even Gheorghe Hagi played two seasons for Brescia in between his Real Madrid and Barcelona period, which he might be more famous for.
Whilst Pirlo, Tonali and actually Marek Hamsik began their career at Brescia, former legends have either ended their career or had short stints when their career is coming to an end.ġ993 Ballon D’Or winner Roberto Baggio, reckoned to be one of the best managers in the world the last 10 years, Pep Guardiola, and prolific goalscorer and nomadic striker Luca Toni have all wear the Brescia jersey. What they can be proud of is their history of developing one of the greatest deep-lying playmakers of all time Andrea Pirlo, with his successor, Sandro Tonali already making a name for himself. 4 Serie B champions and a runner-up in the Inter-Toto Cup (2001) is not much to be proud of.īrescia’s blue and white club colours draw similarities to my own local club Sprint-Jeløy, which I played for when I was a kid. In fact, no other clubs in Italy has ever spent more seasons in Serie B! Their 18 consecutive seasons in Serie B between 1947 to 1965 is a record.ĭespite celebrating their 110th anniversary next year, the club’s trophy cabinet and achievements aren’t many. Exactly the same thing that happened in the 2019/20 season. In 2009/10 they earned a promotion to Serie A before finishing in the 19th place. Their previous league history is in fact quite interesting. After a short stint in the Serie A last season, they were relegated back to Serie B ahead of 2020-2021 season. Italy’s history, culture, cuisine and landscape have always attracted me.īased in the wonderful Lombardy region, only an hour drive from Bergamo we find the town of Brescia and its football club Brescia Calcio.
If you are an Italophilia like me, then an Italian save is always one to consider for each new edition of Football Manager. Nickname: Le Rondinelle or I Biancazzurri
Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti (Capacity: 19,500)