Michael Blanques

Successes:

1997 - French Ligue 2 Winner and Promotion to Ligue 1 - Epinal (Fifa Soccer Manager)

1999 - French Ligue 1 WINNER - Epinal Fifa Soccer Manager

2000 - French Ligue 1 WINNER - Epinal Fifa Soccer Manager

2001 - French Ligue 1 Winner - Paris SG (CM 00/01)

Individual:

2001 - FRENCH MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Players:

2001 - French Ligue 1 TOP RATED PLAYER - Nicolas Anelka 8.16 avg rate

2001 - French Ligue 1 TOP SCORER - Nicolas Anelka 37 goals

2001 - French Ligue 1 PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Nicolas Anelka

2002 - French Ligue 1 TEAM OF THE YEAR - Lionel Letizi, Dejan Stankovic

2002 - French Ligue 1 PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Nicolas Anelka

2002 - French Ligue 1 GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR - Lionel Letizi

Memorable Games

10.08.1996 - Epinal 0:1 Guengnon - French Liegue 2 FIRST CARRIER GAME

07.09.1996 - Epinal 2:1 Toulon - French Liegue 2 FIRST WIN

08.01.1997 - Epinal 3:0 Chatearounx - French Liegue 2

26.02.1997 - Epinal 4:1 Charleville - French Liegue 2

23.04.1997 - Amiens 1:4 Epinal - French Liegue 2

08.11.1997 - Epinal 3:1 Marsille - French Ligue 1

29.04.1998 - Marsille 0:1 Epinal - French Ligue 1

30.09.1998 - Monaco 1:3 Epinal - French Ligue 1

10.10.1998 - Epinal 4:0 RC Lens - French Ligue 1

30.01.1999 - Epinal 1:0 PSG - French Ligue 1

08.09.1999 - Levski Sofia 1:3 Epinal - Champions League Group stage

13.10.1999 - Lierse 0:3 Epinal - Champions League Group stage

27.10.1999 - Epinal 2:0 Levski Sofia - Champions League group

13.11.1999 - Monaco 1:2 Epinal - Ligue 1

17.11.1999 - Borussia Dortmund 0:2 Epinal - Champions League group

30.11.1999 - Epinal 3:0 Lierse - Champions League group

13.09.2000 - PSG 3:1 Manchester Utd. - Champions League Group Phase 1

19.09.2000 - Hsv Hamburg 0:4 PSG - Champions League Group Phase 1

29.09.2000 - PSG 4:0 Marsille - French Ligue 1

22.11.2000 - PSG 3:1 Juventus - Champions League Group Phase 2

10.12.2000 - PSG 5:0 Strasburg - French Ligue 1

13.01.2001 - PSG 5:0 Bordeaux - French Ligue 1

31.01.2001 - PSG 5:1 Metz - French Ligue 1

14.03.2001 - PSG 4:1 Valencia - Champions League Group Phase 2

07.04.2001 - PSG 4:0 Auxerre - French Ligue 1

20.10.2001 - PSG 3:1 Marsille - French Ligue 1

07.11.2001 - VfB Stuttgart 1:4 PSG - Champions League Group Phase 1

23.01.2002 - PSG 3:2 Monaco - French Ligue 1

10.03.2002 - Marsille 2:4 PSG - French Ligue 1

TRANSFERS

Mamadou Bagayoko - Strasborug -> Paris SG - 5.75 M pounds

Andrzej Juskowiak - FREE -> Paris SG

Steve Marlet - FREE -> Paris SG

Ale Fernandez - FREE -> Paris SG

Dejan Stankovic - FREE -> Paris SG

Edmundo - Parma -> Paris SG - 12.75 M pounds

BIO

1996/1997 - Epinal (France, Ligue 2, Fifa Soccer Manager)

1997/1998 - Epinal (France, Ligue 1) Fifa Soccer manager

1998/1999 - Epinal (France, Ligue 1) Fifa soccer Manager

1999/2000 - Epinal (France, Ligue 1) Fifa Soccer Manager

2000/2001 - Paris SG (France, Ligue 1) CM 00/01

2001/2002 - Paris SG (France, Ligue 1) CM 00/01

SEASON 96/97 EPINAL FIFA SOCCER MANAGER

French Ligue 2 - 1st place WINNER PROMOTION!
What a FINISH! I did not expect winning the league, although we were aiming high after signing Roy Keane, Radek Bejbl, Akpoborie and Ayala. A huge problems with finances cost us some good players we had to sell but we kept it over the red. Epinal started slowly and gained positions from match to match. One game before the end of the season we climbed to the first place, although we drawn the last game team managed to stay in the top and won the league!

French Coupe de France - 1st Round
We lose 0:1 with Troyes.

French Coupe de la Ligue - 2nd round
We beat Niort after a cup replay. In first game we drawn 2:2 in second we win 2:0. In second round scenario is similar but this time we are the one who losts after replay. Valence first drawn us 1:1 then beat us 2:1

STATS
Team: Epinal
Country: France
Division: Ligue 2
Games: 46

Wins: 23

Draws: 13

Losts: 11

League: 1st

League Cup: 2nd Round

Cup: 1st Round

SEASON 97/98 EPINAL FIFA SOCCER MANAGER

French Ligue 1 - 8th

Good premier season in premier class. Team is building up strongly looking good and playing better and better.

Coupe de la Ligue - Quater Final

We beat Beauvais and Laval but in quater finals Marsille was too strong.

Coupe de France - 1st Round

Well tough games with Toulouse but after a replay and penalties we lose by narrow.

STATS

Team: Epinal
Country: France
Division: Ligue 1
Games: 46

Wins: 16

Draws: 16

Losts: 14

League: 8th

League Cup: Quater Final

Cup: 1st Round

SEASON 1998/99 EPINAL FIFA SOCCER MANAGER

French Ligue 1 - WINNER!

Just second season in Ligue 1 and we win it! Great play right from the begining has given us the championship 5 games before end of the season!

Coupe de la Ligue - 3rd Round

We beat Nates but could not handle Monaco.

Coupe de France - 3rd Round

Again it's damn Monaco who puts us out. In second round we beat Perpignan.

STATS

Team: Epinal
Country: France
Division: Ligue 1
Games: 44

Wins: 29

Draws: 7

Losts: 8

League: WINNER

League Cup: 3rd Round

Cup: 3rd Round

SEASON 1999/00 EPINAL FIFA SOCCER MANAGER

French Ligue 1 - WINNER

Another great season and Epinal are still the Champions of France. This time we had some ups and downs (lost 2 first games for example) but when we got on the right truck the team was unstoppable.

Coupe de la Ligue - 2nd Round

Unlucky we were beaten by Nice away goals made the differance.

Coupe de France - 3rd Round

First we beat Lyon but the after Cup Replay we lose with Bordeaux (first game 1:1 second 0:4)

Champions League - Quater Final

We easily win the group stage beating Levski Sofia, Lierse and Borussia Dortmud. Then in Quater Finals drawn 2:2 and 1:1 with Ajax but away goals decided.

STATS

Team: Epinal
Country: France
Division: Ligue 1
Games: 51

Wins: 31

Draws: 11

Losts: 9

League: WINNER

League Cup: 3rd Round

Cup: 3rd Round

Champions League: Quater Final

SEASON 00/01 - CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 00/01 - PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN

French Premier Divison - WINNER
It was a season of great play form PSG! We started nice winning first 4 games. Finaly in the fifth week we were stopped by Rennes but after that...
Bordeaux 0:3 PSG (Anelka 3)
PSG 3:1 St. Etienne (Bagayoko 2, Robert)
Metz 1:2 PSG (Anelka 2)
PSG 4:0 Marsille (Anelka, Dalmat, Ducrocq, Bagayoko)
Bastia 0:4 PSG (Anelka 2, Okocha, Bagayoko)
PSG 2:0 Lens (Anelka 2)
Nates 0:3 PSG (Cisse 2, Dalmat)
PSG 3:0 Monaco (Bagayoko, Anelka 2)
Auxerre 2:3 PSG (Dalmat, Bagayoko, Anelka)
Sedan 0:3 PSG (Thetis OG, Bagayoko, Anelka)
PSG 3:0 Guingamp (Dalmat, Benarbia, Bagayoko)
Lille 2:3 PSG (Bagayoko 2, Anelka)
PSG 5:0 Strasburg (Okocha, Bagayoko, Christian 2, Yanovski)
Troyes 0:2 PSG (Christian 2)

That is 14 straight wins! After that we got a draw with Rennes. Then for a few games we could not get any series of scores, we draw and win games form week to week. On that stage we were so far ahead that championship was practicly the matter of time. To be sure we won 5 last games of the season.
PSG 2:0 Sedan (Anelka)
PSG 4:1 Lyon (Dalmat 2, Bagayoko, Anelka)
PSG 2:0 Bastia (Robert, Anelka)
Guingamp 1:3 PSG (Anelka, Rabesandratana 2)
PSG 1:0 Touluse (Bagayoko)

French Cup - Quater Final

You know how it is in French Cup, always some suprises, guess we were one of them.

9th Round

PSG 4:1 Angers (Anelka 3, Ducrocq)

10th Round

Auxerre 1:2 PSG (L.Leroy, Anelka)

11th Round

PSG 3:0 Guingamp (Anelka, Okocha, Molnar)

Quater Final

Lille 2:1 PSG (Anelka)

French League Cup - 2nd Round

If you win league that impresively, you just don't have strengh for nothing else.

2nd Round

Nates 1:0 PSG

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

We were one of the strongest teams in the group stage, in fact both group stages. I was thinking about reaching the final, but first we had to beat Inter Milan in the Quater Finals...

PHASE 1 - Group E - 1st Place

PSG 3:1 Manchester Utd. (Anelka 2, Bagayoko)

HSV Hamburg 0:4 PSG (Anelka 2, Bagayoko, Leroy)

PSG 2:3 Herfloge (Rabesandratana 2)

Herfloge 0:3 PSG (Anelka, Cisse, Dehu)

Manchester Utd. 1:1 PSG (Bagayoko)

PSG 2:1 HSV Hamburg (Anelka, Benarbia)

PHASE 2 - Group C - 1st Place

PSG 3:1 Juventus (Okpara, Benarbia, Anelka)

Valencia 1:2 PSG (Okocha 2)

PSG 1:1 Sporting Lisbon (Anelka)

Sporting Lisbon 1:1 PSG (E.Cisse)

Juventus 2:1 PSG (Bagayoko)

PSG 4:1 Valencia (Bagayoko, Robert, Okocha, Anelka)

Quater Final

Inter Milan 1:0 PSG (Cordoba 89)

PSG 2:1 Inter Milan (Dalmat 2, 30 - Pirlo 82)

SQUAD:

29.07.2000 - Toulouse 2:3 PSG (first game in the club)

16.Lionel Letizi

6.Godwin Okpara

22.Igor Yanovski

13.Frederic Dehu

12.Stephane Dalmat

20.Eduard Cisse

19.Laurent Leroy

15.Eric Rabesndratana

9.Nicolas Anelka

10.Jay Jay Okocha

11.Laurent Robert

22.11.2000 - PSG 3:1 Juventus 

16.Lionel Letizi

6.Goodwin Okpara

22.Igor Yanovski

13.Fredric Dehu

20.Eduard Cisse

23.Pierre Ducrocq

14.Mamadou Bagayoko

12.Stephane Dalmat

9.Nicolas Anelka

8.Ali Benarbia

19.Laurent Leroy

07.04.2001 - PSG 4:0 Auxerre

16.Lionel Letizi

6.Godwin Okpara

17.Jimmy Algerino

13.Frederic Dehu

20.Eduard Cisse

12.Stephane Dalmat

14.Mamadou Bagayoko

11.Laurent Robert

9.Nicolas Anelka

10.Jay Jay Okocha

8.Ali Benarbia

STATS

TEAM: Paris Saint-Germain

Country: France

Division: Premier Division

Games: 53

Wins: 40

Draws: 7

Losts: 6

League: Winner

League Cup: 2nd Round

Cup: Quater Final

Champions League: Quater Final

SEASON 00/01 - CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 00/01 - PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN

French Ligue 1 - Runner-up

Good start of the season and we were on the first place for all the autumn winter season. But spring suprised us with a lack of form. St.Etienne took advantage of it and won the title, we came second.

Champions Trophy - Runner up

We lose against Rennes 1:2

Champions League - Group Phase 2

We win the first group beating Lokomotiv, Vfb Stuttgart and Dinamo Kiev. In the second Phase we again played VfB Stuttgart, Fiorentina and Milan. Lack of form cost us last place in this group.

League Cup - 2nd Round

We lose 1:3 against Monaco

French Cup - Semi Final

We had a decent campaign in this one. We beat, Angers, Sedan, Grenoble and Dunkerque. In the final 4 we played against Lens, after a tight 3:3 game penalties decided - we lost 2:4.

SQUADS

17.08.2001 - PSG 4:1 Guingamp

16.Lionel Letizi

6.Godwin Okpara

21.Javier Margas

4.Dejan Stankovic

23.Pierre Ducrocq

38.Alex Fernandez

14.Mamadou Bagayoko

5.Peter Luccin

12.Nicolas Anelka

8.Ali Benarbia

11.Laurent Robert

08.12.2001 - PSG 3:2 St.Etienne

16.Lionel Letizi

6.Godwin Okpara

13.Fredric Dehu

4.Dejan Stankovic

23.Pierre Ducrocq

38.Alex Fernandez

14.Mamadou Bagayoko

8.Ali Benarbia

12.Nicolas Anelka

29.Leandro

11.Laurent Robert

06.05.2002 - PSG 3:1 Lens

16.Lionel Letizi

6.Godwin Okpara

13.Fredric Dehu

4.Dejan Stankovic

5.Peter Luccin

38.Alex Fernandez

14.Mamadou Bagayoko

32.Steve Marlet

12.Nicolas Anelka

10.Jay Jay Okocha

8.Ali Benarbia

All Time Stats

Games: 240

Wons: 139

Losts: 51

Draws: 51

League Championships: 4

Domestic Cups: 0

International Trophies: 0

International Club Trophies: 0

Successes:

1997 - French Ligue 2 Winner and Promotion to Ligue 1 - Epinal (Fifa Soccer Manager)

1999 - French Ligue 1 WINNER - Epinal Fifa Soccer Manager

2000 - French Ligue 1 WINNER - Epinal Fifa Soccer Manager

2001 - French Ligue 1 Winner - Paris SG (CM 00/01)

Individual:

2001 - FRENCH MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Players:

2001 - French Ligue 1 TOP RATED PLAYER - Nicolas Anelka 8.16 avg rate

2001 - French Ligue 1 TOP SCORER - Nicolas Anelka 37 goals

Memorable Games

10.08.1996 - Epinal 0:1 Guengnon - French Liegue 2 FIRST CARRIER GAME

07.09.1996 - Epinal 2:1 Toulon - French Liegue 2 FIRST WIN

08.01.1997 - Epinal 3:0 Chatearounx - French Liegue 2

26.02.1997 - Epinal 4:1 Charleville - French Liegue 2

23.04.1997 - Amiens 1:4 Epinal - French Liegue 2

08.11.1997 - Epinal 3:1 Marsille - French Ligue 1

29.04.1998 - Marsille 0:1 Epinal - French Ligue 1

30.09.1998 - Monaco 1:3 Epinal - French Ligue 1

10.10.1998 - Epinal 4:0 RC Lens - French Ligue 1

30.01.1999 - Epinal 1:0 PSG - French Ligue 1

08.09.1999 - Levski Sofia 1:3 Epinal - Champions League Group stage

13.10.1999 - Lierse 0:3 Epinal - Champions League Group stage

27.10.1999 - Epinal 2:0 Levski Sofia - Champions League group

13.11.1999 - Monaco 1:2 Epinal - Ligue 1

17.11.1999 - Borussia Dortmund 0:2 Epinal - Champions League group

30.11.1999 - Epinal 3:0 Lierse - Champions League group

13.09.2000 - PSG 3:1 Manchester Utd. - Champions League Group Phase 1

19.09.2000 - Hsv Hamburg 0:4 PSG - Champions League Group Phase 1

29.09.2000 - PSG 4:0 Marsille - French Ligue 1

22.11.2000 - PSG 3:1 Juventus - Champions League Group Phase 2

10.12.2000 - PSG 5:0 Strasburg - French Ligue 1

13.01.2001 - PSG 5:0 Bordeaux - French Ligue 1

31.01.2001 - PSG 5:1 Metz - French Ligue 1

14.03.2001 - PSG 4:1 Valencia - Champions League Group Phase 2

07.04.2001 - PSG 4:0 Auxerre - French Ligue 1

BIO

1996/1997 - Epinal (France, Ligue 2, Fifa Soccer Manager)

1997/1998 - Epinal (France, Ligue 1) Fifa Soccer manager

1998/1999 - Epinal (France, Ligue 1) Fifa soccer Manager

1999/2000 - Epinal (France, Ligue 1) Fifa Soccer Manager

2000/2001 - Paris SG (France, Ligue 1) CM 00/01