Challenges Foggia's Glorious Zemanlandia

[Kanegan]

Calcio Foggia 1920 S.S.D., commonly referred to as Foggia, is an Italian football club based in Foggia, Apulia. It currently plays in Serie D, having last been in the top level Serie A in 1995.

Following their relegation back to Serie B, Foggia were then dealt with a further blow with relegation to Serie C. They battled their way in Serie C1 throughout much of the 1980s. This was a particularly tough time for Foggia as their regional rivals, Bari, Lecce, Barletta and Taranto were all playing at higher levels.

In 1989, with the appointment of Czech coach Zdeněk Zeman, the club began to enter the greatest period in its history. The aggressive and entertaining football of the Bohemian coach was based on a 4–3–3 formation. Pressure, offside tactics and frenetic movement of both players and the ball made up the trademark style of Zeman's Foggia. The club first returned to Serie B, and then the following season in 1990–91, they won the Serie B by a large margin and returned to Serie A.

After returning to Serie A in the 1991–92 season, Foggia dei Miracoli, as they were known, proved to be competitive with any opponent and was appreciated by the press because of the attractive football they played. The term Zemanlandia was then coined to indicate the style created by Zeman, and became strictly associated to the Foggia team of the 1990s. The Foggia team also featured star players, especially attacking trio of Giuseppe Signori, Francesco Baiano and Roberto Rambaudi, as well as Russian star Igor Shalimov. That season, Foggia achieved the amazing feat of scoring 58 goals while also conceding 58. Foggia soon lost many of these quality players, including their three key forwards, and had to replace them with young talent. The club completed three Serie A campaigns finishing mid-table. In Serie A 1993-94, Foggia's football continued but the depleted squad was no longer as competitive and the club was relegated back to Serie B in 1995.

Zeman left to join Lazio at the end of that season, marking the end of Zemanlandia whilst the club was beset with financial problems. The Foggia glory days had come to an end.

Can you re-create history??

 

RULES

1. Load Italy(all leagues) and any other league you want and take charge of any Serie C club. 

2. Choose three Italian strikers. You can use any formation but you have to always play with 3 strikers at the top.

3. Your challenge ends when you have played one season in Serie A, which means you have to gain promotion all the way to Serie A and play one season there without getting relegated. Getting relegated means challenge finished.

4. The total points will be the total goals scored by your three strikers + 10 points for any league title + 5 points for any cup + 5 points for every award won by your three Italian strikers divided by total number of seasons it took to complete the challenge.

5. No cheating/re-loading/hex-editing/IGE etc.

 

2021 LEADERBOARD

 

2020 LEADERBOARD

@FlexBrendt - 81.33 pts Career