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SEASON 4 – 2027/28 – Tanzanian Premier League Fixtures: 1 2 - First Team Squad: 1 2 – Under 19s Squad 1 2 - Competition Review Manager Profile: Characteristics - Attributes Club Profile - General - Facilities - Honours - Finances - Transfers League Season Season 4 and our pre-season odds were still a hefty 1000-1. The plan was to improve on the previous seasons and close the gap to the top, but by the halfway mark it was clear that the season was going to go pretty much how the previous ones had gone. By the end of the season, we found ourselves in 7th place with our lowest finish yet and our lowest points haul. Not the worst season, but no improvement. Federation Cup A really poor showing in the cup this year. Out at the 2nd hurdle and humiliated 4-0 at home to Azam FC. THE PLAYERS Daudi Mseja Decent breakout season for Mseja. THE YOUTH INTAKE Superb intake with a number of players ready to step into the first team next season. Frustratingly, we keep producing high quality left wingers!! We need to spread it out a little. OFF THE FIELD The leagues reputation is increasing and is now the 7th most reputable in Africa. Coaching badges are now at continental C licence level. SEASON REPORT Slightly disappointing season, with the 7th place finish and early cup exit. The money from the 2nd season cup run is all but gone and the youth recruitment and coaching costs are crippling us really. We really could do with getting back into a continental competition next season.

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SEASON 3 – 2026/27 – Tanzanian Premier League Fixtures: 1 2 3 - First Team Squad: 1 2 – Under 19s Squad 1 2 - Competition Review Manager Profile: Characteristics - Attributes Club Profile - General - Facilities - Honours - Finances - Transfers League Season Season 3 and our pre-season odds had halved, although we were still 1000-1 to win the league. Once again, we get off to a great start and found ourselves in 4th position after five games with 4 wins and 1 loss. The form didn’t quite stay at that pace, but we were sat in a handy 5th place with 10 games remaining and it was 5th that we would find ourselves by the end of the season. No continental qualification, but a place higher than the previous season. Federation Cup We faced the league and cup holders, Young Africans, in the 2nd round away from home and came away with an exceptional 5-2 victory. In the round of 16 we despatched of Azam FC 3-1 away from home, meaning we had knocked out two of the favourites. That was as good as it got unfortunately, with Cosmopolitan knocking us out 2-0 in the quarter final. A really disappointing result as Cosmopolitan were relegated from the 2nd tier to the 3rd this season. A big chance missed to get back into continental competition. THE PLAYERS Raphael Aloba Aloba the top goalscorer, with 22 in 29. Apart from him, not much to write home about. THE YOUTH INTAKE By far the best intake yet, with the youth coaching and recruitment improvements clearly having an impact. Musa Salum with 4-star ability the particular highlight. OFF THE FIELD More progression with the youth coaching and facilities SEASON REPORT A decent season, consolidating our place in the league. Didn’t manage to kick on from last season though.

SEASON 2 – 2025/26 – Tanzanian Premier League Fixtures: 1 2 3 - First Team Squad: 1 2 – Under 19s Squad - Competition Review Manager Profile: Characteristics - Attributes Club Profile - General - Facilities - Honours - Finances - Transfers Community Shield Having won last seasons Federation Cup, we entered the Community Shield. Unlike in most countries, Tanzania’s version is a four-team knockout. We faced Simba in the Semi-final and were put to the sword 4-1, before beating Fountain Gate FC on penalties in the 3rd/4th place playoff. League Season Season 2 and African Lyon are back in Tanzania’s top league. Judging by the pre-season odds of 2000-1, it was going to be a long season. It wouldn’t be right to start the new season in the top tier without a top tier kit, so introducing the new home and away strip for African Lyon. The league season itself couldn’t have got off to a better start. A 5-1 win at home against Ihefu SC in the 3rd game saw us sat joint top with Young Africans. Locals were starting to dream of back-to-back titles. However, by the time we played Young Africans in game 11, reality was starting to set in. 3 points from our next 8 games had seen us slip down to 11th place. Things started to pick back up and we worked our way back up the table and was sat in 6th place after 17 games, with an 11-point gap to the relegation places. The form seemed to play out in blocks and a little run of three wins on the bounce at the end of the season saw us finish the campaign in a respectable 6th place. Federation Cup We went into the Federation Cup as holders and with big expectations, having won the trophy last season. The 2nd round pipped us against Copco, where we came out 2-0 winners. The round of 16 was a close affair but we got past Pamba SC with a 2-1 win. In the quarters we met last seasons semi-final opponents Tabora United and progressed with a 3-1 win. Then in the semi-final it was a repeat of last season’s final against Young Africans. This time it wasn’t to be though, as we lost 3-1 in a difficult match. CAF Confederation Cup After winning last seasons cup, we had managed to get ourselves into Africa’s version of the Europa League. I wasn’t sure what the level was or how we would compete, but we ended up with an excellent run. Entering the competition in the Preliminary Round, we came up against Medlow Megbi of Eritrea. A great performance in Eritrea saw us come home with a 5-2 lead. It was a closer game back in Tanzania, but we came out on top 3-2 and 8-4 on aggregate to progress. The 1st round proper pipped us against Jwaneng Galaxy of Botswana. In the away leg we demolished them 5-0. The 2-2 draw back in the home leg didn’t matter, as we were through 7-2 on aggregate to progress to the Group stage. The first group game was a tricky one against SuperSport United of South Africa going down 3-2 at home. Next was a trip to the Republic of the Congo to face Diables Noirs and we manged to come away with a 2-2 draw, getting our first point on the board. SuperSport United again next (for some reason) and we came away from South Africa with an excellent 4-2 win. We had arrived in the group. This was followed up with a 3-1 home win over JS Kabylie, of Algeria, and a 7-1 thumping at home to Diables Noirs. A 2-0 defeat in Algeria didn’t matter and we were through to the Quarter Final stage, where we would face Remo Stars of Nigeria. It was a close tie in Nigeria with the game ending 2-2, but we put them to bed back in Dar Es Salaam with a comfortable 5-0 victory. Next up was Al-Masry of Egypt. Our biggest test yet. 6,000 flocked into the Uhuru Stadium to watch African Lyon take on one of our toughest opponents to date. They weren’t disappointed as we came out of the game with a 3-1 win and one foot in the final. Off we went to Egypt to seal the deal, or so we thought. We were battered 7-1 and brought back down to earth. The CAF Confederations dream was over, but what a journey it had been. Till next time… THE PLAYERS Mussa Gadi Another great season for Gadi, with 32 goals in 43 games. Raphael Aloba Aloba also continued his goalscoring with 31 goals. 63 goals between the front two. THE YOUTH INTAKE Another good intake, with Mwinyi, Bocco and Haule hopefully able to add to the first team numbers next season. OFF THE FIELD After a little persuasion, the board agreed to improve on both the youth recruitment and junior coaching. The finances look in good shape with the money from the CAF Confederation Cup run having a massive impact. SEASON REPORT Overall, an excellent season, with a respectable 6th place finish and progression to two cup semi-finals. Plenty to build on for the future.

SEASON 1 – 2024/25 – Tanzanian Championship (Tier 2) Fixtures: 1 2 - First Team Squad – Under 19s Squad - Competition Review Manager Profile: Characteristics - Attributes Club Profile - General - Facilities - Honours - Finances - Transfers League Season First season in management and it’s the Tanzanian 2nd tier. We got off to an absolute flyer and after 14 games we had P14 W12 D0 L2 for our record. First season promotion was a real possibility with 2 automatic places and 2 play-off positions available. A hiccup at home to Cosmopolitan did little stop the momentum and by the time we got to game week 26, we had a nice 7-point lead with 4 games left to play. A 1-0 away victory over Pan-African sealed promotion with 3 games left to take the title. The following week we managed a 2-0 home win to Mbao meaning promotion at the first attempt and our first trophy. Federation Cup With our super form in the 2nd tier, it would be interesting to see how this translated to the Tanzanian Cup. We faced Stand United, from the lower leagues in early December, and ran out comfortable winners, 4-2 on the night. The 2nd round took us to Mbeya City of the Premier League. A superb 3-1 victory showed that we could hold our own with the league above. For the round of 16 we were again drawn against Premier League opposition, this time Ihefu SC at home. A much closer game, but we managed to edge it 4-3. Azam FC, again of the Premier League, for the quarter-final saw us overcome then with a great 3-1 victory, meaning we was into the semi-final in our first season. Tabora United were no match for us as we swept them aside 4-0 to book our place in the final, where we would meet Young Africans, a team who had walked the Premier League. It was a crazy game and Young Africans were always on the attack. Despite this, we managed to open up an early two goal lead with goals from left winger Adallah in the 18th minute and striker Aloba in the 33rd. Straight after the break Kitandu pulled a goal back for the opposition, only for Abola to re-instate our two-goal lead with half an hour left to play. Young Africans went straight down the other end to cut the lead back to one, before we added a fourth with an own goal. A third goal from Young Africans with ten left meant it would be a cagey ending, but we closed up shop and held out to win 4-3, to take the cup and qualify for next seasons CAF Confederation Cup. THE PLAYERS Winning the league and cup double meant a lot of great performances. The standouts were: Morice Malaki Our 29-year-old attacking full back managed to register 16 assists in 31 games. Kassim Simbaulanga On the opposite side to Malaki, Simbaulanga managed 9 assists as well as chipping in with 4 goals. Omary Wayne Our main man in the middle of the park. 6 goals, 13 assists and an impressive 7.46 average rating for the season. Ramadhani Hashim Playing on the right of a 4-man midfield, Hashim contributed with an impressive 16 goals and 11 assists. Mwarami Abdallah Abdallah played on the opposite flank and chipped in with 10 goals and 13 assists. Mussa Gadi The main man for our goals. Gadi finished the season with 30 in 31 games and an average rating of 7.70. Raphael Aloba Gadi’s strike partner finished with 20 goals in 31 games meaning the two of them had contributed to 51 goals for the season. THE YOUTH INTAKE A good intake to get us running, with Adam Tanzman and John Mzamiru the standouts. Hopefully they can contribute next season. OFF THE FIELD Off the field not much to write home about yet. Finances are decent but the projection doesn’t look great as things stand.

After about 10 attempts, I think I may have found my save for this years version. African Lyon in Tanzania is the next stop.

Whats the best underdog tactic to use at the moment?

About to start my 5th attempt at this challenge on this version of FM. It's been so frustrating this year. In the past I've literally had one youth save for the whole year and not had any other saves. Had a great save going in Kazakhstan, only for the 4th season not to load the league fixtures. Anyway, I've had relative success in Iceland in the past, so lets give that one a go again...

Time to go again. Got a good feeling about this one. Cyprus here we come.

Where is everyone getting their database add-ons from when using leagues outside of the original game? I'm tempted by Luxembourg or maybe somewhere like Kazakhstan. I just don't want to get into a save and then discover the format is incorrect or there are bugs. Cheers,

Thought this was quite harsh as well, after 21 years and 559 games in charge

Didn't do any updates on my Sweden save apart from a youth intake. Took me 20 years to get out of tier 4 (can't believe I kept going) and then when I finally get to tier 3 we finish on 12 points and are straight back down. The board expect 11 points from the next 15 and all my players want to leave. So despite not posting the updates on here, it's time to start again (with more frequent updates). Can't make my mind up where to go.

What's the best tactic for a major underdog on the beta?

Just finished my first season in Sweden and I've only just noticed that we never entered the Swedish Cup. I'm presuming this is a bug that will be rectified in future updates? If so, am I ok to continue or do I need to start again?