First update in a long time with my 5 continents challenge...
So I conquered Asia with Suwon and was able to finally land a job in South Africa. Sundowns were in 14th out of 16th place two months into the season so they fired their manager and I got the job.
South Africa has a clear ranking status in terms of teams. Orlando Pirates have the most talent, then it's Keizer Chiefs. After that comes a small group which includes my team, Sundowns, Supersport, FS Stars . Then it's a group bellow that, and then the teams fighting to not relegate. It's hard because most good players are in the first two teams, then from teams that are around my reputation level it's fairly hard to snatch players from them so I have slim picking from teams underneath me. Some teams fall in that sweet spot where they have decent talent but are also prone to sell their talent to a team in my position. That led to me getting three players from Maritzburg Utd in the winter transfer period.
I am surprised with the financial level of the clubs. My board gave me adequate money to buy players. Since South Africans are relatively cheap, if you get a few million you can do alot with that money.
My team didn't have proper players at every position so I was a little weak until the winter transfer window. I was able to add a few foreigners and South African players from smaller clubs to fortify my team. I've secured transfers for next season so when that comes I expect to challenge for the title. I haven't played continental football yet so I'll have to see first hand how tough the Tunisian and Egyptian teams are.
Onto results...
Once my team got clicking they did very well and slowly started rising up the table. They finished 2nd which was my goal so that I can play in the CAF Champions League (only 1st and 2nd place get to). I had to win the large majority of games to be able to get 2nd so it was quite the achievement.
Here is my team. I have a star player, Langerman, who plays for the South African national team and is by far my most skilled player. At first I wasn't able to renew his expiring contract but later in the season I was able to, which was a big move.
These are my results with Egypt:
(The Japan result was extra bitter because all I needed to do was beat the US in the final to win the tournament.)
Since I probably can't get a better NT job for the world cup coming up I'll stay with Egypt for that tournament and try my luck. After that I'll resign and get another NT job. I really want an Asian team so I can win the Asian Continental competition but I haven't seen any pop up.