TOUCHLINE / FM27
25 clubs. Your next obsession.
A Champions League debut. A title drought. A last dance for a superstar. Find an FM27 career with a story you want to finish.
Career concepts with real football stories behind them. Suggested difficulty and house rules are editorial choices. Check the released FM27 database for squads, starting divisions, finances, and competition entries.
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Como
The lake is beautiful. Europe should fear it.
Your first Champions League campaign. Make sure they remember more than the view.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DEBUT ↗Fenerbahçe
Twelve years waiting. No more next year.
End the league-title wait. After an 18-year Champions League absence, make the return mean something.
END THE TITLE DROUGHT ↗Coventry City
Twenty-five years to get here. Stay.
Keep a promoted side in the Premier League, then turn survival into a top-five ambition.
SURVIVAL OUTSIDER ↗Troyes
The promotion party is over. Now survive.
Keep Troyes in Ligue 1, then make the top five a destination rather than a fantasy.
SURVIVAL OUTSIDER ↗İstanbul Başakşehir
They have the spotlight. Take the title.
Challenge the big names from outside their circle. Make Başakşehir champions again.
THE OTHER ISTANBUL ↗Villarreal
Surface above the Spanish giants.
The Yellow Submarine has scared Europe. Can you make it rule Spain?
THE TITLE OUTSIDER ↗Bursaspor
A champion belongs back at the top.
Bring a former Turkish champion back from the second tier, then make the country fear Bursa again.
THE CROCODILE RETURNS ↗Sampdoria
Give the Scudetto its colours back.
Restore a fallen Italian champion. Build a team Genoa can believe in again.
A CHAMPION IN SERIE B ↗Boca Juniors
Light the fire. Let the world hear Boca.
Turn the noise into silverware. Conquer South America, then take Boca’s football to the world.
LA BOMBONERA CALLING ↗River Plate
Make the next great River generation.
Keep the ball, raise the kids, beat Boca—and make South America yours.
THE MONUMENTAL STANDARD ↗Santos
The next legend starts at Vila Belmiro.
Build a new generation under the shadow of the greatest. Make Santos the team the world watches again.
THE WEIGHT OF THE SHIRT ↗LA Galaxy
Reus has a final act. Make it golden.
Give Marco Reus a winning final chapter—and outlast Messi’s Miami in the MLS Cup race.
THE MLS STAR CHALLENGE ↗Orlando City
Griezmann in purple. Florida up for grabs.
Build around Griezmann, take on Messi’s Miami, and put Orlando at the top of MLS.
THE FLORIDA CHALLENGE ↗Dinamo Zagreb
The league is the warm-up. Europe is the test.
Make domestic success routine, then prove your team belongs in the Champions League knockout rounds.
OUTGROW THE DOMESTIC STAGE ↗Partizan
Win Belgrade. Then make Europe listen.
Make the domestic league your platform, not your ceiling. Take Partizan back towards a European final.
BACK TO THE BIGGEST STAGE ↗Trabzonspor
Salah supplies. Franculino finishes.
Turn a superstar creator and a hungry centre-forward into the partnership that brings the title to Trabzon.
STAR PARTNERSHIP ↗Schalke 04
Make the title last longer than four minutes.
Write a new ending to the heartbreak of 2001. Build a Schalke side that can lift the trophy for real.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ↗Deportivo La Coruña
Super Dépor, another generation.
Bring title-winning football back to Riazor without trying to buy a ready-made superteam.
RESTORE A CHAMPION ↗Parma
European nights at the Tardini.
Build a new Parma side worthy of the club’s great European nights, then win the league title that makes the story your own.
NINETIES NOSTALGIA ↗Saint-Étienne
Finish the journey to Glasgow.
Turn the memory of 1976 into the motivation for a new European final.
A EUROPEAN REDEMPTION ↗Palermo
Make pink the colour of Italian football.
Build an Italian title contender with a Sicilian core and an identity that survives every promotion.
A SICILIAN DYNASTY ↗Athletic Club
Win Europe with your own football world.
Turn a limited recruitment pool into your greatest advantage. Build the next great Athletic generation.
IDENTITY FIRST ↗FC Nordsjælland
Develop them. Sell them. Beat them.
Build a conveyor belt of first-team talent, then win in Europe against the clubs that buy your best players.
THE TALENT FACTORY ↗Sunderland
Give Wearside a new European memory.
Build a Sunderland team remembered for European nights, not simply for reaching the next division.
A CITY ON YOUR SIDE ↗Ajax
Build the team you cannot afford to keep.
Create a generation good enough to win Europe before the market pulls it apart.
AN ACADEMY LEGACY ↗No careers match that combination. Try another challenge or clear the search.
Quick answers
What can I find on Touchline FM?
Touchline FM publishes 25 FM27 career ideas, country guides, and a briefing on SI’s announced features. Future-date save downloads and ten player and budget guides are planned, with data verification still to come.
Are the FM27 future saves available to download?
Not yet. The 5-, 10-, and 20-year unemployed saves are planned. A download will only be offered after its file, setup, and compatibility details are checked.
Are player prices and starting budgets already verified?
No. Wonderkid, bargain, free-agent, and annual budget guides remain unpublished drafts. The public guide hub shows the planned topics without claiming tested figures.
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