Football Manager 2016: 10 Challenging Teams You Will Need To Use

Raise a classic Serie A team up through five divisions? Challenge accepted.

By Michael Potts /

Football Manager season may seem like a while away, but with the real-life football season about to get underway, it won't be long before attention turns to the virtual world with the painstaking first team selection process set to prove tricky once again. Some people will immediately throw themselves at the untold riches of Manchester City, the unparalleled quality of Barcelona, or the hometown appeal of their beloved Stockport County, but some of the best game come when there's a major challenge involved. Any half-prepared manager can win the Premier League and more in their first lavish season with City, while La Liga is a walk in the park for Messi, Neymar, Suarez and Co. Stockport would be a challenge, but if they're your hometown team, you already know the setup, the players and the way things work. Throwing yourself headlong into a tricky challenge is the way forward. Rangers were the team of choice for lovers of strife during the last game. They started out in the Scottish Championship and the challenge would be to crawl up to a level where they would be capable of reclaiming the Scottish crown from the otherwise unrivalled Celtic. This time around, there's a whole new set of challenging teams ready for you to take control of, but which one will you opt for?