#sovietsurge

It's the end of an era. The end of our FM21 adventure conquering Eastern Europe with Russian manager Vladimir Latunov. After 13 titles in 22 years, we've reached the end of our Soviet Surge. So we took a look back at the highlights and some of our favourite players during this save. Do...

Vladimir Latunov's goal of winning every top-tier title in Eastern Europe was very much in sight as his FC Ural side headed into 2042 topping the Russian Premier League. And an epic title battle with Zenit St Petersburg soon ensued and went all the way to the final day. Read on here: Soviet...

Vladimir Latunov's second year managing in the Motherland of Russia saw his FC Ural side made title favourites by the Russian media. That was largely due to the signing of wonderkid left-winger Yury Yarygin, who started the season in excellent form along with striker Enes Vrbnjak. And, after a...

Vladimir Latunov's first season in his Motherland of Russia hadn't gotten off to the greatest of starts. However, a winter break gave him the opportunity to rebuild for a strong conclusion to the campaign. So good, in fact, that he led Ural Yekaterinburg side to the best finish in the club's...

Vladimir Latunov wraps up the 12th title out of the 13 available on his Soviet Surge. He leads his CSKA-Sofia side to glory in Bulgaria, in so doing ending Ludogorets' 14 years of domination! He then goes on the hunt for a new club in the motherland of Russia. Read here: Soviet Surge Part 40 |...

Vladimir Latunov continues to rebuild his CSKA-Sofia in the summer of 2039 in an attempt to take a title challenge to Ludogorets, who've won the last 14 Bulgarian titles! The season starts superbly as his new signings gel to give CSKA an eight-point advantage heading into the winter break...

Vladimir Latunov moves on to country 12 of 13 on his Soviet Surge as he takes the reins at CSKA-Sofia. Despite the club struggling, he discovers a club that should be challenging for the title and has a familiar face among its ranks. Latunov begins a massive clearout, which includes snapping up...

Vladimir Latunov's first season in Belarus sees his Dinamo Minsk side embroiled in a tight title battle with Dinamo Brest. Their bid was aided by a 16-year-old striker bagging 13 goals and a favourite player of the save Lukas Kalman scoring 10 and assisting 18. Read here: Soviet Surge Part 37...

Vladimir Latunov's Soviet Surge continues to an 11th country in Eastern Europe as he takes the reigns at Belorussian side Torpedo Zhodino. He quickly finds himself embroiled in a relegation battle and, despite some concerning moments, just about manages to drag some decent performances out of...

Russian manager Vladimir Latunov joins his 11th club in a 10th Eastern European nation on his Soviet Surge adventure. The newly second-best Russian manager of all time took the reigns at Slovenian side NK Celje. And the signing of a familiar face helps him to make a flying start in Slovenia...

Vladimir Latunov's bid to win the Serbian SuperLeague is aided by the free transfer signing of attacker Diego Maradona! A tight title battle with Red Star Belgrade sees it to go to the final day of the season, led by 35 goals from star striker Nikola Milosevic. Read here: Soviet Surge Part 32 |...

Vladimir Latunov strengthens his FK Radnicki 1923 Kragujevac side with 11 summer signings in an attempt to challenge the big boys in the Serbian SuperLeague. A strong start sees them sitting top of the table heading into a winter break, led by Nikola Milosevic bagging 22 goals in 22 games. Read...

A first season up in the Serbian SuperLeague sees FK Radnicki 1923 Kragujevac perform well above expectations led by the Nikola M strikeforce of Milosevic and Mitrovic. The homegrown pair are the two highest-scoring players in the club's history and were crucial to the team finishing in an...

After breezing through the Serbian First League, Russian manager Vladimir Latunov had to strengthen his FK Radnicki 1923 Kragujevac side for the SuperLeague. They made a strong start but fell away slightly as the winter break edged closer and as they faced some of the Serbian big boys. Read on...

Vladimir Latunov's first year in Serbia concludes with his FK Radnicki 1923 side smashing all the records in the First League. That included club and league records for most wins, most points, least defeats and striker Nikola Mitrovic breaking the club record for most goals in a season, most...

Vladimir Latunov's FC Nitra side continue their good form in the Slovakian First Division, all the way through to a dramatic final day title decider with Slovan Bratislava. Read here: Soviet Surge Part 26 | FC Nitra #4: Epic Title Battle

After strolling to success in Slovak Second Division, Vladimir Latunov led his FC Nitra side into the top tier. After an opening day defeat, which was Latunov's first in Slovakia, things go well for the new boys as they beta perennial champions Slovan Bratislava and sit in a surprise second...

It turns out that Vladimir Latunov's new team FC Nitra is far too good for the Slovak Second Division, largely thanks to having a great youth academy producing the likes of Lukas Kalman. He not only leads them to an unbeaten league campaign and wins the league at a canter, but also reaches the...

Having conquered more than half of the nations (available on the standard FM21 database) in Eastern Europe, Russian manager Vladimir Latunov takes a significant step down in quality on his Soviet Surge. He joins FC Nitra, who are favorites to win the Slovakian Second Division, and it's...

Shakhtar Donetsk snaps up Amine Gouiri on the way to pulling clear of Dynamo Kyiv and wrapping up the Ukrainian title in 2031 - and come oh so close to an unbeaten season. They also wrap up a league and cup double in a record-breaking season for the club, which wrapped up Vladimir Latunov's...

Vladimir Latunov is on the move once again as he begins life in country 7 and club 8 of his Soviet Surge. The latest leg of his journey sees him join one of the biggest clubs in Eastern Europe, Shakhtar Donetsk. And it looks like he has a tough challenge on his hands up against Dynamo Kyiv, who...

Vladimir Latunov moves from Croatia to Romania to take the reins at FCSB. He finds his new league to be an absolute doddle as he wraps up the national title of his 6th country on his Soviet Surge at a canter. So just the 7 more to go... The league win was inspired by 18-year-old striker Petre...

Superstar striker Zijad Handzic breaks his own Croatian First League goalscoring record and becomes HNK Rijeka's all-time leading goalscorer - after just two seasons! - as he leads the club to only its second-ever Croatian title. The Bosnian scores 43 goals in 40 games, which also wins him the...

Vladimir Latunov had a tough task on his hands at HNK Rijeka as he sought to try and topple Dinamo from their perch at the top of Croatian football. To do so, he splashed out on some relatively big-name transfers in the summer of 2028, which saw the likes of Kingsley Coman, Antonio Marin and his...

Vladimir Latunov's first season in Croatia with HNK Rijeka ends in a relatively successful manner but, for just the second time on his Soviet Surge, there's no trophy to add to his cabinet, as Dinamo dominate the league yet again. That said, his summer signing Zijad Handzic carries the team...

Having wrapped up the Czech Republic national title, Russian manager Vladimir Latunov continued his Soviet Surge by moving on to club 6 in country 5. And that club was... HNK Rijeka in Croatia. He makes a strong start, snaps up a potential star striker, but things begin to crumble a little...

Vladimir Latunov's mission to conquer Eastern Europe continues as he moves on to a fourth country in his Soviet Surge. In this episode, he completes his move to the Czech Republic with Viktoria Plzen. He discovers a wealth of exciting young talents lying in wait and brings a familiar face along...