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ELECTRICO FUTEBOL CLUBE (PORTUGAL) SEASON 7 – 2030/31 Finances | League Results I | League Results II | League Table | Portuguese Cup Results | League Cup Results | Europa Conference League Results | Squad | U19 Squad | B Team Squad | Under 19 Results | Under 19 Table | Under 19 Championship Results | Under 19 Championship Table | Youth Preview | Youth Intake I | Youth Intake II | Transfers | Released Players | YOUTH CANDIDATES ELITE | Diego Sebastiao | Sergio Careto | Marco Galego | Malam Djalo | Henrique Leao | TOP | Pedro Sabino Babarroxa | Alexandru Popivici | Joao Nepomuceno | Joao dos Santos | Nuno Isidro | Maxime Pfister | GOOD | Mussa Djalo | Rodolfo Branco | Miguel Felix | Ibrahima Sambu | DECENT | Antonio Rodrigues | INTERNAL MATTERS We found out in the summer that I had won the Best Manager of the Year and the Best Portuguese Manager Award. Right after the last season ended the TV money came in and it was time ask the board the start improving things again after some tough times financially for the club over the last few years. We started with the training facilities and youth facilities. They weren’t willing to training facilities, but they did agree to improve the youth facilities with a cost of £300k. Eventually we would try again, and they would grant an improvement to the training facilities with a cost of £950k. They agreed to improve both junior coaching and youth recruitment, so major success on that front. We had elections again at the club and we got a new President. Avellino Filipe took the reigns from exiting President Renato Pires. A lot of work was done this year to attempt to tie our main guys to long contracts and trying to omit release clauses. In the main we managed it well. Goncalo Casqueiro was the main hold out now. I could have signed him earlier to a contract with a bad release clause but now he is saying that he won’t sign until the squad improves. Eventually we would be able to lock him down to a 4-year extension, but it would come at the cost of a £3m release fee. That fee I probably wouldn’t be too happy with, but looking at it another way, it would pay for facility upgrades on its own and it is an area of the pitch where we have a lot of potential ability. Hopefully we can negotiate it out in a future deal. Fabio Leite, we did get to sign a new 5-year contract. But then he came saying that he might need to move clubs. We agreed on a fee of £11.5m if he is to move. I think if that happened, we would both be happy. I don’t want to lose him, and in 4 and half years a lot of things can happen. So, we will see how that plays out. Towards the end of the season, I did start to see that PSG and AC Milan had become interested in him so we might need to start making peace with the fact he might end up going, but I will take the money if it comes. With plenty of money in the bank, we asked again for the training and youth facilities to be improved and this time without problems both were agreed to. The training facilities will set us back £1.8m and the Youth Facilities will set us back £1.6m. However, they will only complete in the summer. A little bit later we were able to convince the board to increase our youth recruitment once again. With both exceptional junior coaching and youth recruitment I believe that is now the maximum available for us, so we should hopefully see the fruits of that labour in the future. This year we were also allowed to study for our Continental B Licence. As the season was ending, we made a massive call that we had been contemplating for the last two seasons. The last two youth intakes had underwhelmed me a bit and we had already lined up a potential replacement for Igor Araujo our Head of Youth Development since the start of the save. He had done a great job overall from our start, but now I wasn’t sure that he was up to the next task to bring me better and better players. Also, some of the personalities of the youngsters were not to my liking. So, after the youth intake had come, I considered everything and decided to make the move. We bring Keith Steele as our new Head of Youth Development. He has a slightly better personality; his formation is the same so there is no problem there. One concern was that he wasn’t Portuguese and whether he would be as well versed in the Portuguese market, where many of our players come from, but it is a gamble. I felt that now was the right time and would give around 8 months until the next youth preview and that should be enough time to get going. He joins on a 4-year deal, so he will have that long to prove his worth, otherwise we might be looking for his replacement. Right at the end of the season, Ivan Monteiro told us that he wanted to move to a more ambitious club. We couldn’t agree on a fee, so he is annoyed about that. He had another 4 years, but he does have a release fee of £2.3m so that could be a problem for us. Although again the money would be handy, I wouldn’t want to lose him. PLAYER MOVEMENTS Up to the first team came Jan Reffet, who now can play left-back and Fernando Carloto who looked good enough to play at centre back. Later in the season, after the youth intake we brought up a few more players. Umar Chidiabere being the main one that could have a spot in the first team, the others were better than B Team fodder, but probably needed a loan move and that would be what we would try and do next year. RESULTS This felt like a much tougher season. We ended up in 9th place which I am very happy with, however we started the season awfully and were down in the relegation zone. We only won our first game of the season in week 6 of the league, and things would continue to be very rocky for the first 10 games or so but then we beat Sporting at home and from there we found patches of form that kept us far away from relegation concerns all season. We got a fair few batterings in the league, including once again losing 7-1 to Benfica away and 5-1 at home for good measure. In the League Cup we made it as far as the Group stage, but only picked up a point, we couldn’t even beat Second Division Anadia at home, so that was little disappointing. In the Portuguese Cup we got as far as the Fifth Round where were knocked out away to FC Porto. I didn’t mind because it came with a lovely gate receipt and to be fair it only finished 2-1 to them. In the UEFA Europa Conference League, we were really suffering especially with bad early season form. We narrowly managed to get past Apollon Limassol of Cyprus before eventually succumbing to AZ Alkmaar of The Netherlands due to a disastrous away performance. PERFORMANCES Players That Performed – Ivan Monteiro, Ismael Toure, Aneximandro Carmelo, Jan Reffet and Rui Pires Players That Improved – Ivan Monteiro, Fabio Leite, Ismael Toure, Aneximandro Carmelo, Miguel Ribeiro, Pedro Guilherme, Fernando Carloto Awards - Ismael Toure wins Golden Boy Toure, Monteiro and Ribeiro 1,2,3 at NXGN UNDER 19s We did great this season with the Under 19’s as they won the Southern Section, and qualified for the Championship Group and there we managed to finish in 3rd place, which is extremely respectable for us. LOCATIONS OF YOUTH INTAKE Link to Updated Map SUMMARY

ELECTRICO FUTEBOL CLUBE (PORTUGAL) SEASON 6 – 2029/30 Finances | League Results I | League Results II | League Table | Portuguese Cup Results | League Cup Results | Squad | U19 Squad | B Team Squad | Under 19 Results | Under 19 Table | Under 19 Championship Results | Under 19 Championship Table | Youth Preview | Youth Intake I | Youth Intake II | Transfers | YOUTH CANDIDATES ELITE | Rui Simoes | Joao Silva | Pedro Silva | Rufino Junior | Leonel Pulver | Pedro Paulo | Hugo Barradas | Paulo Roberto | TOP | Bruno Nkondi | Rui Vallejo | Miguel Jesus | Sana Dabo | Antonio Nunes | GOOD| Jorge Silva | Diogo Aragonez | Ricardo Almeida | INTERNAL MATTERS The board announced after the last season that we would be building a new stadium, this was because the expanding stadium we had just gotten would not be permitted in the league as all stadiums need at least 4,000 capacity. The new stadium is anticipated to hold 9,833 people. Early in the season we learned that Rui Pires made the Liga SABSEG Team of the Year With our not permitted with that capacity we did a deal with the council in another city to play there until the new stadium is built. We will be playing in Alcanena, a little way north of Lisbon at the Estadio Municipal Joaquim Maria Baptista, that holds 5,400 people. Having moved up to the top division it was time to make some sweeping changes in the staff. The following staff came in Joao Sousa, Luis Mesquita, Marcio Ramos, Pau Marti (a new assistant manager), Said Zaibila, Rui Tavares, Mariana Campos, Pedro Emanuel, David Lucas, Alexandre Melo, Shadel Samuel, Joao Raimundo, Damia Abella Towards the end of the season we signed a new 3 year deal again with another pay increase. PLAYER MOVEMENTS FOR THE SEASON This season there were some tough decisions to be made with the Under 19s. I could have brought up more, but I don’t want people to be blocked from playing time. So, in the end we brought up Goncalo Casqueiro, Miguel Ribeiro, Fabio Leite and Vitor Ferreira. Jan Reffert could have come up, but I am trying to retrain him to left back and I want him to get more accustomed to the position before he comes up. Nuno Compadrinho could come up as goalkeeper, but we are already pushing Alexandre, so it is important that Compadrinho gets football before he becomes a backup. Aneximandro Carmelo is probably ready to play a part in the first team, but with Casqueiro a little further along and both playing of the right wing, I don’t want them to compete with each other in the first team. Ivan Monteiro was another candidate, but Miguel Ribeiro came from last years intake looking ready, so he will have another season behind the strikers with the Under 19s. In the early part of the season, I start to see the team a little differently and brought him up as I felt he could get enough football this season. In the January window we had to sell young goalkeeper Henriques as he was never going to be up to the standard and he wanted to leave, so this meant that Compadrinho was brought up to the first team, to the backup. In mid February Casqueiro got a long term injury and this meant it was time to bring up Aneximandro Carmelo RESULTS We absolutely smashed it this season. All the beliefs I had that it would probably be a step too far were not correct as we managed to get 6th place in the league and thanks to the Portuguese Cup result, this qualified us for UEFA Europa Conference League football next season. We did get a few batterings along the way which contributed to us ending with a negative goal difference, such as the 7-1 battering we got at the hands of Benfica early in the season, but the boys really rose to the challenge and we were never really in danger of relegation. We mostly flirted around mid table, then looked nailed on for Europe, then wavered before on the final day securing qualification with a 1-0 win at Casa Pia and other results going our way. In the Portuguese cup we went a step further than we have ever gone going all the way to the semi final, where we lost to Familicao over two legs, so that was a great achievement. In the League Cup we only made as far as the 2nd Round, it was early in the season and not really a big priority for me, plus we were up against Sporting CP. A superb season. The link shows the gulf between us and remainder of the league. This was taken part way through the season. Our total wage expenditure per year is just under £500k, and Benfica's is £109m PERFORMANCES Both young goalkeepers this season went from strength to strength and had over a 7 rating with Joao Alexandre with a 7.03 and Nuno Compadrinho with a 7.12 albeit with much less games played, as he only filled in when Alexandre was injured. Alexandre is even nominated this season for Goalkeeper of the Season which a great achievement at just 17 years old. Rui Pires defies logic, a player that was already on the books in the youth team when we showed up somehow continues to contribute at every level we pass through. His ability rating had fallen relative to the talent we now have but he is still solid. He got 14 goals this season and wasn’t even playing every game. Ivan Monteiro came up past way through the season and was a revelation, he got the highest average rating at 7.10 of those that played a lot and he got 14 goals from attacking midfield. Ismael Toure has really improved and was the top goalscorer last season with 19 goals as well as 6 assists. A great all round performance from him. Then we had some players who didn’t really stand out on the pitch but have really come on this year in Goncalo Casqueiro, Fabio Leite, Aneximandro Carmelo, Miguel Ribeiro and Pedro Guilherme. They have all really improved and I am excited to see the team next season. Another thing to mention is that we now quite a few players away with the youth international set ups. We also have our first internationally capped player with the team as Innocent Ishimwe made his debut for Rwanda. Ismael Toure is also considered Number 1 in the NXGN 2030 - Best Wondkids UNDER 19s The Under 19s performed well again, once again making through the Southern League, finishing in second place. However the Championship Group didn’t go to plan and we finished 7th, only above Estoril Praia. Still a great performance from the youngsters. LOCATIONS OF YOUTH INTAKE Link to Map SUMMARY

ELECTRICO FUTEBOL CLUBE (PORTUGAL) SEASON 5 – 2028/29 Finances | League Results I | League Results II | League Table | Playoff Results | Portuguese Cup Results | League Cup Results | Squad | U19 Squad I | Under 19 Squad II | B Team Squad | Under 19 Results | Under 19 Table | Under 19 Championship Results | Under 19 Championship Table | Youth Preview | Youth Intake I | Youth Intake II | Transfers | Released Players | YOUTH CANDIDATES ELITE | Miguel Ribeiro | Emanuel Gavinha | Diogo Sa | Fernando Carloto | David Marques | Pedro Guilherme | Pedro Marques | Bruno Mendes | Ivo Tome | Manuel Tarouco | TOP | Marco Conchinha | Umar Chidiebere | Thiago | GOOD | Marcio Gulec | Serhiy Hrebeniuk | Jonatan | INTERNAL MATTERS We learned before the new season started that we had won the Liga 3 Manager of the Year award. Rui Pires had finished second in the Top Goalscorer award. With our ground undergoing work, we would be moving to Abrantes for this season to play at the Estadio Municipal de Abrantes which holds 1,500 people. In July we signed a new 3-year deal, with a significant wage increase. PLAYER MOVEMENTS FOR THE SEASON Into the first team came Ismael Toure and Joao Alexandre from the Youth Intake just gone last year. They looked too good to keep down for a year with the Under 19s. Joao Alexandre will be starting every game we can get him to this season, it is time to dispense with Gustavo Moreira as starting keeper and hopefully move up in goalkeeping terms. In the end I made a last-minute call on Bruno Reia to bring him from last seasons class, as I have a feeling, he probably may not have the potential, but we could use him in the team. At the end of the season Innocent Ishimwe, our only Rwandan youth intake so far also made it to first team as he reaches 18 years old, hasn’t yet played for us and no guarantees he will. RESULTS This was meant to be a difficult challenge to us. Despite the back-to-back promotions, we really have a squad that shouldn’t be able to compete very well with the kind of opposition we are facing this season, however the truth ended up being very different, we started well and kept recovering from a loss with a win. The competition was clearly tougher, and we were losing regularly but we managed to keep this momentum going until we managed to secure 4th place. Ordinarily this would mean we would miss out all promotion spots but because Benfica B were in 2nd place and can’t be promoted, we picked up the playoff match game. We were a long way behind Lusitania Lourosa who finished 3rd and in the final automatic spot, but we would have an opportunity this season to make it the top division. The opposition was tough in the form of Pacos de Ferreira, the key was that we had the momentum and morale going our way and they had raw ability going their away. We were at home for the first fixture of the two-legged affair and we rode our luck a bit but the result was brilliant as we won 3-0. In the return leg we just needed to be competitive to gain promotion. An Ismael Toure equaliser on 25 minutes calmed the nerves and dented Pacos momentum in the game, that would finish 1-1 and we were promoted to the Liga Portugal Betclic. We went back to back to back promotions. Incredible from the boys, but now I am really daunted. How on earth we will get on in the top division I have no idea anymore. PERFORMANCES Only three players breached the 7 mark this season, the quality difference probably didn’t allow our boys to consistently perform. The three that did manage it were Rui Pires, Holger Albustin and Raphael Le Quellec, they deserve the plaudits for sure. Rui Pires ended up with 21 goals this season and 7 assists which is a great return. Le Quellec ended with 14 goals and 3 assists in what was an injury hit season and Holger Albustin had a breakout season with 2 goals and 14 assists, to be our top assister this season. It should be worth noting that Antonio Almeida came from pretty much nowhere to be probably the best player at the club, his development has exploded. Ismael Toure had exploded on to the scene this season with regular football in the first team. Joao Alexandre also has now at least matched Gustavo Moreira as a goalkeeper. Joao Alexandre also became the first player to get an international callup. He was called up to play for Portugal Under 19s and I believe got two caps. UNDER 19s The Under 19s continued their good form by making it to the Championship Ground again with a 3rd place finish in the Southern Region table, we could only finish 6th in the final championship table. LOCATIONS OF YOUTH INTAKE To View The Map Yourself with other information Click Here SUMMARY

ELECTRICO FUTEBOL CLUBE (PORTUGAL) SEASON 4 – 2027/28 Finances | League Results | League Table | Championship Results | Championship Table | Portuguese Cup Results | Squad | U19 Squad | B Team Squad I | B Team Squad II | Under 19 Results | Under 19 Table | Under 19 Championship Results | Under 19 Championship Table | Youth Preview | Youth Intake I | Youth Intake II | Transfers | YOUTH CANDIDATES ELITE | Joao Alexandre | Goncalo Casqueiro | Ismael Toure | Fabio Leite | Fabio Marinho | Aneximandro Carmelo | Ivan Monteiro | Victor Ferreira | Bruno Reia | Andrew Norton | Jan Reffet | TOP | Helder Borrecho | Paulo Marchao | GOOD | Bruno Esperanchinha | Sergio Petas | DECENT | David Faria | INTERNAL MATTERS Just after the previous season had finished we found out that Diogo Jorge had won the The Most Assists award in the Cameponato Nacional. Raphael Le Quellec would finish second in the Young Player of the Season for the Campeonato Nacional. Finally we would win the Manager of the Year for the Campeonato Nacional. Diogo Jorge would make the Team of the Year for the Campeonato Nacional. In June we signed a few new coaches and other assistant staff. Diogo Pimenta, Pedro Felizardo, Nuno Furtardo Upon turning professional we started to hand out some professional contracts. One particular concern was that of Raphael Le Quellec, who signed a new deal keeping him with us until 2030 but it does not have a £29k release fee in it. So that could be problematic. Rui Pires once again does not want to sign a new deal with us because he now believes we aren’t a strong enough club for him. However, he would eventually come around and we would manage to get him to sign a new deal. We even were able to get rid of Le Quellec’s release clause later in the year. Before the pre-season started, we signed a new 2-year deal. I finally managed to get to studying my National B Licence, which required me threatening the board, and when we got that they then allowed us to study for our National A Licence which was a surprise. We had new elections at the club and Renato Pires won a second term, so no changes there. Later in the season we would get agreement to proceed with our Continental C Licence, which is great, and I might start becoming useful in training. At the end of the season the board decided to expand the stadium by 800 seats which will bring the redeveloped stadium to around 1,900 seats. Unfortunately, we also got the news that our youth facilities rating had been downgraded to below average. We don’t have the money now to deal with these issues, but if we do get a bit of cash, it will be a big priority for us. At the end of the season we signed another coach. Joao Borges RESULTS I was very fearful of this season; my expectation was relegation or at best to just survive the drop. August seemed to confirm my worst fears as we lost two and drew two, but we had enough of the games to suggest we might be able to do something this season. Then we went on what I can only describe as a “tear” through the league. We would remain unbeaten from that point until the end of the first phase of the season. That would be enough to avoid the relegation phase and instead be in the championship phase as we finished 3rd in the league. That moment continued with us as we just could not be stopped when it came to the Championship Group. We won our first four games and didn’t lose until we were confirmed as Liga 3 Champions. We then lost our final two games as I rotated the team to get some more youngsters on the pitch. An unbelievable season, and not one that I am able to really explain with the resources that we had, it just seemed as if the momentum carried us through each game and as we kept winning, we would just turn up at another impossible fixture and pick up the points. We beat the likes of Belenenses 5-0 away, Freamunde 4-1 away, Varzim 5-1 at home. These are teams that would expect to beat us handily. A superb season, but the squad really worries me for next season. I am not sure that momentum can get us through the kind of calibre of opposition that we will be facing next season. To add to our remarkable league form we had a great cup run as well, as we got all the way to the Fifth Round and away tie against giants Sporting CP. We would lose 3-0, but the money from the tie was a godsend. We made around £500k just from that and that helped us immensely this season. PERFORMANCES Rui Pires has gone on from strength to strength and he picked up 25 goals and 9 assists in all competitions this season. His strike partner Raphael Le Quellec got 19 goals and 6 assists, and this while getting injured for the final five or six games. We have built a formidable strike partnership at this level. Diogo Jorge was again great this season picking up 12 assists this season. The other fullback Holger Albustin, who has dethroned Miguel Rosa in the starting lineup did well as well with 3 goals and 6 assists and good performances all season. Matheus Lacerda has been reduced to a bit part player for us, and a good option from the bench. He got just 327 minutes from the bench this season but was good when needed. It will be his last season with us as he is confirmed as moving back to Brazil at the end of the season. UNDER 19s The Under 19s were once again brilliant. They once again managed to get us out of the Southern Section of the League to make it to Championship rounds finishing in 3rd place ahead of Benfica. In the Championship rounds they finished a very respectable 3rd place, as Benfica recovered to win the league. LOCATIONS OF YOUTH INTAKE World Map of Youth Intakes Map of Western Europe Youth Intakes Map of Portugal Youth Intakes Lisbon Region Youth Intakes The town of Ponte de Sor youth intakes The city of Elvas youth intake Cape Verde Youth Intake Guinea-Bissau Youth Intake Ivory Coast Youth Intake Map of Nigeria Youth Intake Map of Angola Youth Intake Map of Rwanda Youth Intake Map of Brazil Youth Intake SUMMARY

ELECTRICO FUTEBOL CLUBE (PORTUGAL) SEASON 3 – 2026/27 Finances | League Results | League Table | Playoff Results | Playoff Table | Portuguese Cup Results | Squad | B Team Squad | U19 Squad | U19 Squad II | Under 19 Results | Under 19 Results II | Under 19 Table | Under 19 Championship Table| Youth Preview | Youth Intake I | Youth Intake II | Transfers | YOUTH CANDIDATES ELITE | Nuno Compadrinho | Antonio Almeida | Daniel Gomes | Claudio Casqueiro | TOP | Denilson Monteiro | Luis | Innocent Ishimwe | Fabio Libanio | Leonardo Furtardo | GOOD | Antonio Goncalves | Vasco Duarte | Cristiano Moreira | Joaquim Goncalves | Fabio Vilela | DECENT | Markus Feitknecht | Nuno Farto | INTERNAL MATTERS Over the summer we learned that we would be moving back to Serie C for the Campeonato de Portugal. Some new coaches came into the B Team, which has been far more of headache that it has been worth (I don’t think the game particularly likes B Teams that are not playing league games, it has even seemingly broken my staff responsibilities screen when I lost B Team coach. We had some new joiners to the B Team establishment Sergio Coelho, Bruno Tome and Paulo Rodrigues At the start of the summer we decide which players will be playing where in the club. The options are the first team, B team and Under 19 team. The Under 19s is obvious, everyone who at 16 or below plays there unless we have a major need, like we do this year. At 17, if they still have potential and have already decent ability to move to the main team, if they don’t have either then they remain for a final season. At 18 while they could play in the Under 18’s generally they move to main team or B team. The B Team is really for players who are too old for the Under 19s, but not good enough for the main team. We also check for a cursory look as to whether any B team players are ready to move to the main team and also whether there are any first teamers that are no longer part of my plans, they move to the B team. I tried again to get studying for my National B Licence over the summer but again I was knocked back. In December we signed a new 2-year deal with the club. In January when the transfer window was open, we had a few issues with some of the young lads. Rui Pires was wanted by Maritimo, and when we rejected the bid, we had to have a meeting with him. We did however manage to make him a promise to see whether we could blood young talent into the team. However, Ricardo Fernandes was wanted by Estrela da Amadora, and he was having none of it. He stopped short of handing in a transfer request. Both contracts run out at the end of next year and they don’t have any transfer value, so losing either of them would be a big setback for us. In the end we managed to convince both to extend their contracts for a further year to avert a crisis. I also noticed this season that B Team is finally playing league games, so theoretically they are now participating in the District Division of Portalegre. We can't see their results or league position, so we will only know about them if they are promoted, but you can now see in the B Squad picture, data for the players. RESULTS Early form was decent if a bit patchy, but we hit a period between October and early January where we were imperious, winning all out games. January would be patchy again before we would recover to perfection in February. Our end of season form would be patchy again but this time we had done it, we had reached the Championship Playoff finishing 2nd behind Anadia, who were top of our group by a mile. I didn’t hold out much hope in the Champions Playoff as we were drawn against Anadia, who had been brilliant all season and Marco09 and Sporting Braga B. It ended up being one of the bizarrest groups I have ever witnessed. We won our first game against Sporting Braga B with a single penalty and then never won another game for the five remaining games. Every remaining game would be a draw, and somehow that would be enough to make it to the next round. Marco 09 had also drawn every game but one which they lost and they were third. A weird way to make it, perhaps the only way this team would have made it, but we are promoted to the Third Division PERFORMANCES Raphael Le Quellec was the best player this season, he led the team with 18 goals and was deadly with his Under 19 strike partner up front Rui Pires who got 17 goals himself in the league. Miguel Rosa and Diogo Jorge were still amongst the best performers for the side. Veteran Paeco put some great performances this season and was key to getting us up. Holger Albustin deserves a mention as he deputised for Miguel Rosa for most of the season and did a pretty good job. Rodrigo Petas was good in midfield and was an ever present. UNDER 19s The Under 19s did amazingly well in their first season in the top division. Again there are two phases a first stage and then a Championship phase. They won their league group which represents all the clubs in the south of Portugal including teams like Benfica and Sporting. In the Championship Group it was a little harder for the boys as they ended up finishing in 4th place behind eventual champions Feirense. LOCATIONS OF YOUTH INTAKE World Map of Youth Intake Western European Youth Intake Youth Intake from the town of Ponte de Sor Youth Intake from Cape Verde Youth Intake from Guinea-Bissau Youth Intake from Nigeria Youth Intake from Angola Youth Intake from Rwanda Youth Intake from Brazil SUMMARY

ELECTRICO FUTEBOL CLUBE (PORTUGAL) SEASON 2 – 2025/26 Finances | League Results | League Table | Portuguese Cup Results | Squad | B Squad | U19 Squad I | Under 19 Squad II | Under 19 Results | Under 19 Table | Under 19 Championship Table | Youth Preview | Youth Intake I | Youth Intake II | Transfers | Released Players | YOUTH CANDIDATES ELITE | Joaquim Ribeiro | Pedro Semedo | Joao Rocha | Junior Buso | TOP | Carlos Barros | Antonio Reis | Ricardo Ferreira | Jose Praxedes | Ricardo Silva | Julio Cabral | GOOD | Guilherme Leite | Nuno Silva | Kevin Uchenna | Diogo Funenga | Marcelo Silva | Rui Mancos | INTERNAL MATTERS Over the summer I tried to get going on my next coaching badge after completing the National C Licence, but the board felt that if they allowed it, I would leave them. Some of the other staff over season had been studying and so this was good as it was improving the level of training available to the players especially in the Under 19s. An area where the board were happy to acquiesce was to allow us to appoint a First Team Performance Analyst. This would be useful to me to get some information back about how the players were doing and how we were doing as a team. We opted for Ricardo Goncalves. He really isn’t great, but he will have to do for now. We learned when the fixtures came out that due to the teams relegated and promoted, we would be moving to Serie D which covers the south of the country. At the moment I am not sure if this beneficial or not. The board came to us soon after the fixtures came out asking us if we wanted to create a B Team. This was something I was hoping for, just to reduce the number of players that were in the first team, and that we could still hold onto players that I deemed not good enough, so that they could contribute to our B team. The B Team will start in the district divisions. We won’t see their results until and only if they are promoted which probably won’t happen for some time. In early July we got in Sergio Santos from Boavista Leiria to be the Manager of the B Team. He had decent coaching stats and lay a similar way to the way we play. A little bit later we got in Pedro Simoes, who was the Assistant Manager with the Macau national team to be the Assistant Manager for the B side and Andre Ignacio from Brazilian side Forte Carrazedense to be the B Team Goalkeeping Coach. The final appointment for the B side was Bruno Vidinha who comes in as B Team coach, but his focus will be mostly on the fitness side. We tried in September to get the board to agree to look at Youth Recruitment and Junior Coaching again, but they were not persuaded on this occasion. In October I asked the board for another coach for the First Team and that request was granted. We opted for Mauro Martins as a Fitness Coach. He had good fitness training for our level and probably the better mental attributes of the available candidates. Training our players of Quickness and Strength at this level are probably the most important attributes so it made sense. In December, the board offered me a new 2 year contract and we duly accepted. Antonio jose was added to the Under 19 team as a physio in around January, we didn't have any physio so he comes in to speed up recovery for the youth players. In February we got agreement to increase our Junior Coaching and Youth Recruitment. One great thing that happened right at the end of the season at Club Vision meeting is that the club inserted that we should Develop players using the club’s youth system into our objectives. That’s great and should hopefully make it easier to make improvements in this area. DISCLAIMER: I noticed that the B team signed a player this season named Rui Oliveira (I must not have set up the manager responsibilities correctly at the time of the setting up of the B Team). He has not played any games for the club, he is sitting in the B Team which does not currently play any games. He is on a part-time contract, I have attempted to release him but the club won't allow me to do that. He will leave when his contract ends in 2027. Hopefully it does not disqualify me. RESULTS We started off the campaign badly with a 5-2 loss away to Juventude de Evora, but we rebounded very well from there and we went on an unbeaten run until we lost 5-3 away at Sintrense who were dominating the league at this stage. After that our form was never quite as good, and because of that we were never really in contention of getting to the playoffs as the top two ran away with it. We did finish 3rd which is a fantastic achievement for a club that is expected to go down and relying on youth to make the difference. It’s overall a season that I am very happy with. In the cup we had a pretty great run, as we got past Imortal in the First Round 5-0 away. Followed by beating Braganca, a good side of our standard 2-1 at home. Then we took an almighty scalp as we knocked out Second Division Vitoria de Guimaraes 2-1 at home to make it to the Fourth Round. Our adventure ended at that stage as Desportivo de Chaves beat us 5-0 at home. A good run for us, a great win over Guimaraes and a bit of extra money in the coffers. PERFORMANCES Diogo Jorge was by far our best player this season with 1 goal and 14 assists. Miguel Rosa was not far behind with 3 goals and 12 assists from the other full back position. Matheus Lacerda was still good this season with 8 goals and 5 assists, but he was noticeably down from last year. Rodrigo Petas has a good season with 9 goals and 4 assists. The final person I will mention is young Raphael Le Quellec, who came through our youth intake last season. He was the top goalscorer with 12 goals and he got three assists. Normally I would have left him un the Under 19 team, as I like the players to develop there first, but we have some issues at striker in the squad and so we decided to throw him up to first team at just 15 years old and see what he could do. This was primarily precipitated by knowing that the Under 19s would play a lot more games this season and so he would missing if we didn’t bring him up. He repaid the faith and he looks like our best striker now. U19 RESULTS The youth team got promoted last year to National II Division, and they did absolutely brilliantly. There are two stages, the first a league stage and then a championship league stage. In the first stage they managed to top the division losing just twice to reach the championship phase and in that very stage they were promoted with a game to spare, meaning they will be playing in the top division next season. A great performance and that will really allow the youth players to be tested at the top level. LOCATIONS OF YOUTH INTAKE World Map of Youth Intake Youth Intake From Western Europe Youth Intake from the town of Ponte de Sor, Portugal Youth Intake from Cape Verde Islands Youth Intake from Guinea-Bissau Youth Intake from Angola Youth Intake from Nigeria SUMMARY

I am by no means an expert, but professionalism is the main stat that I have seen that allows for quick development in players. Therefore you would want to have staff members with Professional, Resolute, Model Citizen (there other personalities that have high professionalism). Your Head of Youth Development I believe probably has the biggest impact on the the starting personality of the youth players (not every single one, but on some). If you are saying that the personalities are getting worse, this often is because they spend a lot of time around players with worse personalities. You often get a message saying that the club has had a positive or negative impact on a particular player. If both your first team and youth team are filled with bad personalities that is a tough situation, it might be worth culling some of those that have particularly bad personalities. If you had some good personalities in the main squad then you could bring up youth players that have good personalities into the main squad, where they wouldn't be as affected by bad personalities in the youth squad. Admittedly I have never seen youth players badly affected by being a player with a good personality in a sea of bad personalities in the youth team but it may happen. If you have a few players in the main squad that have good personalities you could also attempt to mentor young players coming through the youth ranks. That should mean that they will be mostly affected by the mentoring group. Determination is an important stat but not the most important stat. The other thing you might want to consider is that personality in staff is not a replacement for actual coaching quality. So if you have great personalities but bad coaches, they probably will hold back development considerably, albeit you would expect them to positively impact personalities if they are Resolute, Professional etc personalities. Not sure this totally helped but hopefully it does.

ELECTRICO FUTEBOL CLUBE (PORTUGAL) SEASON 1 - 2024/25 Finances | League Results | League Table | Portuguese Cup Results | Squad I | Squad II | U19 Squad | Under 19 Results | Under 19 Table | Youth Preview | Youth Intake I | Youth Intake II | Transfers | Released Players YOUTH CANDIDATES ELITE | Andre Henriques | Ricardo Fernandes | Dany Mariquito | Ricardo Correia | Raphael Le Quellec | David Alfredo | Holger Albustin | Nelson Alfredo | TOP TALENTS | Martim Mendes | Jose Pica | Denilson Furtado | Luis Lima | Helder Aires | GOOD TALENTS | Ivadro Mendes | Rafael Silva | Sebastien Larrieu | SET UP AND EVENTS The first thing we needed to deal with was to set up general and individual training which we did as we wanted to. We then focussed on getting part-time contracts to the players since almost everyone was on a non-contract verbal agreement. I am pretty sure the club had changed from amateur status to semi-professional status during the time we were waiting. Eventually the pre-agreed transfers came into the club, and we immediately released them from their contracts. Our next job was then to get some staff for the spots that we had missing in the team. All of them were key. We were missing a Head of Youth Development, and Under 19 Manager and an Under 19 coach. For our Head of Youth Development at our lowly level, we opted for Igor Araujo. His stats for this level are okay, the favoured formation is not too far away from what we will play, and his personality is Fairly Professional. Really for my purposes at this level he will fit the bill quite nicely. Miguel Silva was my choice for Under 19 Manager. He has good mental attributes, but his coaching attributes aren’t great, it still should mean he can train the players adequately. He only has a National C Licence, which means if we wanted to invest in him those coaching attributes could grow and most importantly, he has a good personality of Fairly Professional. His Working with Youngsters is good for this level and scouting abilities are about as good as we could get. We were allowed one Under 19 coach, and we opted to get in an Assistant Manager in the form of Felipe Goncalves. He had some good coaching attributes, good scouting, good working with youngsters, very good mentals for our level. He has a good personality of Resolute. He already has his Continental B Licence, so he adds some experience. He should complement Silva quite well working with youth players. In August with the team having started well, we tried for the first time to get the board to agree to increase Junior Coaching and Youth Recruitment, but they were both denied even apart appeal. So, we decided to try and get a coaching course, but they denied this as well. In November we tried again with both youth recruitment and junior coaching, and we got Junior Coaching up to Adequate academy coaching. In December we received the youth preview, and it looked like we had top talents at centre back, winger and striker which are all players I can use or adapt them to use. Goalkeepers, central midfielders, and wide midfielders were average, full backs were bad and defensive midfielders bad. So pretty good overall, obviously it was an early view of things, but I was happy with the report. In the same month we were allowed to start on our badges, so we started on the National C Licence. By the end of the month the board finally allowed the Youth Recruitment to be approved under appeal, so we were now up to average youth recruitment. In early January, sitting Club President, Vitor Martins was ousted and replaced by Renato Pires, but it didn’t change anything, and in fact the first meeting they called was to discuss a new contract for me. We would duly sign a new 1-year deal. In February we managed to convince the board via an appeal meeting to increase both Youth Recruitment and Junior Coaching again this time to Above Average Youth Recruitment and Good Academy Coaching In March we managed to get another coaching position for our Under 19s. Our first choice was Bruno Duarte who was at Recreios Algueirao. I like his defensive coaching stats and while his personality was only balanced, we already had some good personalities in the team to offset that. Right at the end of the season, our training facility rating was downgraded. We don’t have the money to repair that damage now, it shouldn’t affect us too much for now. RESULTS We started the season well with five league wins to start the campaign before we would lose our first game of the season. We were upper mid table for the majority of the season before towards the end we had a real push towards the playoff spots. A run which saw us win 5 and draw one of our last six games before the final game of the season. We needed to beat top side Sintrense and hope results would go our way in the other game between Marinhense and Uniao 1919. We however would lose our game to drop us down for a safe 5th place finish in the league which I would have snapped your hand off had your offered it to me before the season started. The Portuguese cup campaign was not as good, we drew Merelinense in the 1st Round, a team from the District Divisions, but not an easy task especially away from home. The game would finish 1-1 and we would lose on penalties. That was disappointing not least because it was a route to some much-needed money into the club. PERFORMANCES Matheus Lacerda was pretty much the standout above everyone as he topped goalscoring, assist making and top average rating this season. He was the heartbeat of the side and now that he has gotten to 30 years old it is a little worrying now as to how we would replace him. Diogo Jorge was good from left back, got three goals and 7 assists this season, which good Miguel Rosa from right back got two goals and 8 assists this season, which was equally good to Jorge, so another standout performer. Diogo Lobato had a very good season from centre back. He contributed six goals mostly from corners and just one assist. UNDER 19s The Under 19 team had no problems navigating the Distrital Junior AS.19 – Portalegre division winning it and getting promoted next season to the Nacional II Division, which should bring some much-needed increases in competition for the boys we are hoping to kick on and develop. In terms of individuals one player particularly Rui Pires, was an ever present in the first team this season, this was partly because he has good potential, so I want to give him opportunities to improve as a footballer, but also because it allowed us to play Arthur Veiga in attacking midfield and play Rui up top. In 23 games and 1 substitute appearance he scored only 5 goals and 4 assists, not great but not bad for a player who started the year 15 years old. No one else from the youth side made any appearance in the first team. LOCATIONS OF YOUTH INTAKE & YOUTH REGENS ALREADY AT THE CLUB SUMMARY

They were on amateur contracts, so I released them. I don't think it will make much difference.

ELECTRICO FUTEBOL CLUBE (PORTUGAL) SEASON 0 | Manager Profile | Finances | Pre-Agreed Transfers | First Team Squad 1 | First Team Squad 2 | Under 19 Team | Club Facilities Information | Proof of Eligibility | I completed this challenge back in FM21 I think and was thinking about it the other day and how it was a lot of fun. So we decided to go back to Portugal to see if we could repeat the feat. The club that we chose from those eligible is Electrico Futebol Clube. They are from a similar region to the last and only team I have ever managed the feat with Portalegrense. We are newly promoted to the top division and expected to go back down to the District Divisions. I am hoping very much for my sake and the sake of my participation in this challenge that that does not happen. Looking over the squad it is not great as is it be expected. We have Matheus Lacerda, who I think will be a real help to us for the coming seasons before we are hopefully able to blood some youngsters into the team. On a different note, we have taken over on the 29th June 2024 and in a few days a few players are due to arrive at the club arranged by the previous regime. I believe I would not be allowed to use these players, so I will be releasing them as soon as they arrive at the club. Our manager is Paulo Marques, 19 years old with no badges and no reputation in the game. I will report back once we have completed the first season.

No just need to get 500 points within each rung, can come from any of the clubs in the countries in the rung.

OUALICHI (SINT MAARTEN) SEASON 2050/51 KAMPIOENSCHAP VAN SINT MAARTEN We won the league again this season. I did not feel it was super impressive but it was good enough to win the league by 12 points which is quite a margin. 50 points for the win. SINT MAARTEN CUP We won the Sint Maarten Cup, and we did it pretty comfortably. The closest match in the whole run was a tight home win in the semi final to SCSA Eagles where we scored in the second half to win that game. 40 points bagged SQUAD This team is still not really expected to win the league, we were expected to finish 4th this season, especially when we got rid of some of the players that weren't getting a game and they wanted to go. However we seem to be getting the job done so all we can say is that the team is more than the sum of its parts. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS A great season for us as we pick up a double and we now get to 330 points in this leg and that is now looking pretty good to advance hopefully in the next few seasons. Our time in Oualichi is over, we have won everything we could and we need to move to pastures anew.

OUALICHI (SINT MAARTEN) SEASON 2049/50 Surprisingly we would only be out of job for about 5 months or so. We would find a job in Sint Maarten just before the league season was about to start in the form of Oualichi. It was a risk as they were seen as the worst side in the top division but they had just finished 4th last season which gave me some hope. KAMPIOENSCHAP VAN SINT MAARTEN It was really tough early on because we were out of the transfer window and we had a threadbare poor squad and all we could do early on is promote the youth players into the first team, but eventually we were able to get to the transfer window and that completely changed our team. We went from just above the relegation place up the table and in the end won the league quite easily. We were helped by the fact that there was no side that really took the league by the scruff of the neck and dominated and that allowed us back into the league chase later in the season. SINT MAARTEN CUP We were in the early part of the season and despite Belvedere being a lower league side the team was just not cut out to go far in this competition, so I accept the defeat that we had in the Quarter Final and don't think we could have done more. SQUAD All the signings came in at the end of January and it changed our seaosn completely. Before they came in I could see us getting relegated but with the added reinforcements and with the gap having not become insurmountable we were able to improve drastically. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS It was a little surprising that we won the league, but I would bank that we now have the team to do it again and in the cup you never know what could happen. For that reason I feel like it's a good idea to remain for another season and see what we can do.

Your absolutely flying at the moment. Keep it going!

ACADEMY EAGLES (TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS) SEASON 2048/49 We were out of work for about a year and half, and the first few jobs that came up were for clubs that looked relegated already. Eventually we would get the job Academy Eagles in the Turks and Caicos Islands which was a mid-table club, albeit in a very small league structure. WIW PROVO PREMIER LEAGUE A good start and middle of the season were what we needed to kick on and win this league title. To be honest we were never really troubled. Early on Beaches and SWA Sharks looked like they might hang with us but that never materialised. 100 points for us. TCI President's Cup We were fortunate to get through the Quarter Final first stage of the competition, but from there it was very comfortable as we won the cup for 40 points. SQUAD Transfer-wise we just did what we normally do and tried to get who we could. This was harder than normal because we struggled for staff and we only got a scout right at the end of the season so we were a bit blind in buying players, and were reliant on agent offers and just got who we could. The team is proven for the league and the double win proves that but there are lots of gaps in it. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS This leg of the journey was mostly complicated by staff. This made it difficult to train, difficult to spot players, but most annoyingly it meant we had to be the manager for the U21 team and the Reserves. Incidentally we won the U21 league and the Reserve league as well, but it was pretty bloody annoying, and it has kind of forced my hand to move on from the club. It might well be the best decision anyway to move on as we have the 140 points in the bag and there will be diminishing returns from here in both competitions. I am however concerned that it could take a while to find the next job.

Yeah thanks, took a little while there in NA12 but we got it done eventually.

IDEAL SC (MONTSERRAT) SEASON 2046/47 MONTSERRAT CHAMPIONSHIP We won the league at a canter this year. We won it early enough I can resign at the end of December with the points required for NA12 secured. SQUAD The team was more or less good enough anyway, we just got a few players through where we felt they added a bit of depth to the team. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS We finally complete NA12 via Anguilla and Montserrat. We really didn't come under much strain during our time in this region. The fact that there was no continental competition to compete in made it longer but I knew as soon as we got going at Ideal that were soon to be done here. Up next we will be moving on to NA11

IDEAL SC (MONTSERRAT) SEASON 2045/46 We were out of work for about a year before we managed to finally get the first job available and it ended up being a very good one for our purposes as we could land the job at Ideal SC, one of the best sides on the island of Montserrat. The season had just finished and they had just finished in 3rd place. In Montserrat there is only the league to compete for, so that's not ideal but it will do. MONTSERRAT CHAMPIONSHIP We walked the league in very easy fashion to collect the Montserrat Championship and with it 100 points. SQUAD The squad needed a bit of work and we mostly managed to get players from Police, our main rivals on the island and that contributed to us being able to walk away with the league this year. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS Another league title, now brings us to within just a few points of completing NA12. If we can be half as good next year as this year we should have this sewn up. I think as a manager now we haven't lost a game of football in about 4 years so that is very impressive in and of itself.

UPRISING (ANGUILLA) SEASON 2044 AFA LEAGUE Another league title and 25 points. ANGUILLA PRESIDENT'S CUP Another President's Cup win for 20 points. SQUAD A few signings, mostly Anguillans, but this season we had to replace a lot of the foreign players at the club and the likes of Loyola and Garba had great seasons. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS This is our final season at Uprising. We managed to complete what we set out to do and we won another double. This puts us just short of the 400 points and another successful job should get us to the finish line in NA12.

UPRISING (ANGUILLA) SEASON 2043 AFA LEAGUE Another perfect league season sees us collect another league title. PRESIDENT'S CUP We finally managed to get rid of the hoodoo with the President's Cup as we destroyed most teams we played. With a 9-1 win over West End, 6-0 over Attackers and 6-1 in the final against Diamond. We finally get 40 points on the board for the President's Cup. SQUAD The focus was on bringing in Anguillan talent in general and we managed to continue to improve the squad, to the point now where it is undoubted that we have the best team in the country. Fleming was key this season with 15 goals and hopefully we can keep a hold of him going forward. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS A good season for us as we managed to finally collect a league and cup double. I was thinking it over, as to whether it would be best to move on, but I think we will stay for another season and that should put us then with touching distance of completion at our next club. It's a bit of gamble to get possibly on 45 points for the whole season if we win the double but if we do, it should hold us in very good stead from here.

UPRISING (ANGUILLA) SEASON 2042 We left West End Predators and we found a job pretty quickly at fellow Anguillan side Uprising, which was very nice. They were certainly not at the same level as West End but we would have the full transfer window to correct that. AFA LEAGUE We were originally predicted to finish in 6th place but we worked hard in the transfer window and this translated to the league we were imperious throughout the eight games the league season lasts. We pick up another 100 points for the league win. ANGUILLA PRESIDENT'S CUP The curse of the President's Cup seems to follow us around as we lose to our former side West End Predators, and fail to get out of the group. SQUAD We did a fair bit of business to bring in players that could improve us. A lot of the transfers were domestic players who didn't count towards the number of foreigners as we already had quite a few. In the end we had three top goalscorers on 7 goals showing that it was squad performance this season when it came to our endeavours. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS A good start at Uprising as we pick up the league title, but the President's Cup just seems so very far away from our grasp. Next season we will be looking to see if we could win the double as that would help a lot. So far at least from a points total perspective we sit on the half way mark of 250 points gained so far.

WEST END PREDATORS (ANGUILLA) SEASON 2041 AFA LEAGUE We managed to retain our AFA League title without losing a game, the same as last season although this season I felt the team was little more convincing and this time around we had wont he league before we even kicked off our final game as the final fixtures were not played at the same time. It is worth 50 points to us. ANGUILLA PRESIDENT'S CUP Not too sure what it is about the cup that has been difficult for us, it could be that it sits right at the start of the season and we aren't really ready for it but this time we made it out of the groups and promptly again lost 1-0, this time to Doc United. Very disappointing and a trophy I had banked we would win this year. So it's annoying not to bag the points for it. SQUAD Palermo was a big loss and not one we could replace. All we could do was to give up having a quality full back and redistribute the quality into central defence with Mazinho. I think it might have made us a better team and more difficult to beat but I would have also liked to have kept Palermo. Overall the squad is very good for this level of football. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS A real shame about the cup but at least we did get the points again this year for league win. Part of me considered staying but its just not worth it, since the league is getting to be practically worthless. Not many jobs have come up so I am bit concerned we may be waiting for a while but I think at this stage we just don't have much of a choice but to leave West End and see if we can land somewhere else in a decent length of time.

WEST END PREDATORS (ANGUILLA) SEASON 2040 AFA LEAGUE It was imperative that in this short league season we got off to a good start and we did just that winning our first four games before two draws in March. The win against Attackers in April, meant that Doc's United needed a massive swing in goal difference to win the league and hope that we lost. We won the game anyway to win the league and collect our first 100 points in North America. ANGUILLA PRESIDENT'S CUP Where the league was great, prior to that we had the President's Cup and that was a bit of a disaster as we were knocked out in group stages. The whole group came down to the final game against Roaring Lions after we had both beaten Attackers. At the time it worried me a lot that we lost, but in the end we got the league so I would have definately taken the league over the cup, but it was a shame to exit the competition so early. SQUAD We needed a lot of reinforcements to be competitive, this team was not at all good. We raided Eagle's Claw, and for some reason the players were open to coming to play for us. Then we eventually got some foreigners that really would make the difference. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS It was a sturdy season as we picked up the league title. I am open to remaining for another season and seeing if we can complete a double which next season would give us 90 points. However I think whatever happens we will probably be leaving at the end of next season. The job market has been very slow across the countries that make up NA12, so I am not really looking forward to looking for another job. With no sign of a Champions League anywhere on the horizon, since I don't think we even qualify for it, we will need to work hard domestically to get these points. Obviously I should add that even if we did qualify for the Champions League we would have absolutely no chance with the calibre of player that we have at the club.

WEST END PREDATORS (ANGUILLA) SEASON 2039 We waited for almost a year, until a job came up and to be honest we took the first job we could in the form of West End Predators from Anguilla. They are predicted to be relegated this season, but by the time we arrived in the job they were already in 4th place and sitting pretty. However I would find out that they had barely register a first team player and instead had registered all their Under 21s. it made no sense, but I assumed that was what had happened to several other teams in the league. So this season was right off because there were just a few games to go and things were bizarre. AFA LEAGUE There were only three games to go of the league season ad we did pretty well, dragging ourselves to 2nd place in the league which I will take. Diamond won the league, not sure if they were affected by the registration issues or not, but the funny thing is I have no idea whether I expect next season to be more difficult or easier. It should also be noted that the league season is as short as some of the shortest league season in the Pacific. Something that I am not a big fan of. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS Well the positive is that we have finally arrived in North America and we have a club, although I am not so sure this is the best club to be at, and the welcome has been a little bit weird. There are two competitions in Anguilla, the league and the cup and if I can walk away with both that would be a great achievement for me. We will work in the off season to improve the squad. I haven't even shown you the squad since the registration issue would make it meaningless at this stage to see.

HIENGHENE SPORT (NEW CALEDONIA) SEASON 2038 OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE We always had a good chance of winning the Champions League and this year we managed to put what happened last year behind us and lift the Champions League beating Auckland United a team whom we have played so many times during our time in Oceania in the final. SQUAD This year was just about getting rid of some of the players that had not contributed much and see if we could improve the team in the odd area. There is no doubt that there is a massive Brazilian influence on the team built over the last few years and we have completely iradicated the New Caledonians from the squad which is a shame, but ultimately they were a grade below the level of football we have now. The Champions League ends early in the season so there isn't a huge amount to say in terms of performances but it is visible above that the likes of Lima and Wagner Cardoso were key to our efforts. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS Just like that our time in Oceania comes to and end as we capture our third OFC Champions League as a manager. We will now be moving on to North America.