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June 2023 A much quieter month with just three league games plus a seven-goal thriller over Futuro Kings in the Equatoguinean Cup quarter-finals. The play-off teams are decided.

May 2023 An unbeaten month that includes two draws. Play-offs confirmed.

May 2023

April 2023 Another seven-game month and unfortunately it included our first dropped points of the season with a loss to Cano Sport and a poor draw against a much improved Deportivo Unidad. We were a much-improved team ourselves in the back half of the month with wins over Hermandad, Teka and Semu. We already at 100 goals scored in 19 games so far this season, we have another nine league games to play.

March 2023 Another busy month with six league games and a cup game thrown in too. Our winning streak continues and have some big wins in there too, Deportivo Unidad concede another eight goals to us. Goalscoring has slowed a little in recent weeks, I think due to how thick and fast the games have been coming, standards are slipping slightly. 12 wins from 12 as we sit 14 clear of second-placed Hermandad.

March 2023 I must have missed the initial inbox item. As long as whoever it is comes in and sorts the finances then I'm happy.

February 2023 I'll do updates monthly this season, they've split quite nicely through the seasons' calendar. Wow. Have we broken the league already? I felt that the squad was weaker than last season but maybe because we are more familiar with the formation, tactics and playing style we've got into the groove quicker. Anyway, a few stats for this month. Six games, six wins, 42 goals from 184 shots at 30.67 shots per game. 29.9 xG amassed so we're +17 against that metric. Unsurprisingly, we're top and the only unbeaten team in the division. Cano Sport who finished 2nd last season, are second bottom.

Transfers - Jan 2023 We got our business done early with just three players joining. Juan Obama spent last season on loan with us, we secured the signature of the now 33-year-old on a free transfer. The other two players to join are both on loan. Arthmael Kouma joins from Bamboutos, a Cameroonian national who will play at right-back this season. Marvin Anieboh is the other loanee, arriving from Spanish side Montijo, he will slot in beside Kouma at RCB.

2022 Season Review A really poor-looking Champions Play-off, losing early in the five-game group stage was a kiss of death for us. We didn't deserve anything once we lost to fellow Insular side Cano Sport. We actually finished in 2nd despite losing twice. Most Minutes - Diosdado Mbele Mangue (3360) - an ever-present for the club this season, the 25-year-old centre-back has signed a new one-year deal plus an optional year. Most Goals - Jose Angel Efa Nchama (26) - outscored his xG by 7 goals, a goal every 85 minutes. Most Assists - Juan Nsi (16) - also scored 19 times for the club from the left-wing but I don't expect him to be here next season as he is looking at his options. Average Rating - Viera Doualla (7.82) - the veteran midfielder was the cream of the crop in the early season before fitness became an issue, he scored 20 goals and made 10 assists. U21 POTY - Bartolome Mesa Nchama - the teenager scored 14 goals and made 12 assists as a right winger in 1969 minutes on the pitch. We hardly made any money this season, gate receipts are very low due to tickets being so cheap, hopefully, the dynamic ticket pricing will kick in a bump them up slightly to help.

August 2022 A pretty poor intake with just one top talent in Manuel Kouoh. He'll likely get some game time next season due to the fact he can cross and has some work rate. A couple of Brazilian second nationalities amongst all the Spanish.

July 2022 Another loss this time to Real Teka, around that game, we've been pretty imperious in the league. We reached the semi-finals of the Equatoguinean Cup before losing out to Futuro Kings after extra time. That was the first team we played one of the other big teams in the Eq. Guinea pyramid. We top the table to qualify for the Champions Play-Off. A nice little windfall to help with the finances.

Unlucky with the last game of the campaign but to pick up two wins in that group is quite an achievement. Good Luck for the next campaign.

Thanks @sherwinriga its a tough challenge to compete in the continental competitions for sure. Domestically I doubt it will take long to dominate. Thanks for following!

May 2022 A really good month of April but May has been anything but good. Yes, we won 9-0 over The Panther but we drew twice and lost once, seeing our unbeaten run end after 19 games. We're still top but our lead has been reduced to seven points.

We're actually professional, so full-time contracts. Most of the first team's contracts are set to expire at the end of this season but renewals are going to be a pain, I've tested the waters and most want wage increases. So I'm going to have to be fairly picky in who I give new deals to and then utilise the youth players to fill in the gaps. We're also bleeding money, currently -£48k balance.

May 2022 An uninspiring intake on the way.

April 2022 We reach April still unbeaten in the next quarter of league games. Our goal-scoring form continued by scoring six against Sony Ela Nguema and Deportivo Ebenezer in the league, whilst scoring five against Atletico Semu in the league and against Akamayong in the second round of the Equatoguinean Cup. We ended the month with a poor score draw against Deportivo Unidad, the team we had previously put eight past in our meeting in the league. 11 points clear of Cano Sport in second.

Probably not. I've never really been inspired by international management but once we're settled in a dominant phase then it could become an option.

February 2022 The first quarter of the season completed and its going well so far. We're unbeaten after seven games, dropping points in just one game. We had to rotate our strikeforce at the beginning of the season but players came back and we settled into a first-choice XI which culminated in a 4-1 win over league favourites Cano Sport and then an 8-1 demolishing of Deportivo Unidad with Nsi and Nchama both netting hat-tricks. We're the only unbeaten team remaining in the division.

Thanks @Ronaldo Beckham There's always a glimmer of international management but sometimes it never becomes an option, like in Gambia, I was never offered the opportunity. Thanks @Cheez3y

January 2022 Just two players joined the club in the pre-season transfer window, both on loan due to the lack of funds and available wage budget. Both require no fee or wages to move which is an added bonus. We line up in a 4-3-3 formation with a defensive midfielder and two inside forwards. A pretty straightforward tactic as things stand, we've previously used formations with just two defenders and regista's/segundo volantes, etc but we're not at that stage yet.

Thanks @phnompenhandy so far so good with the port over.

Reputation - Dec 2021

Thanks, I'm slowly going to smaller and smaller nations in Africa. Yes Eq. Guinea used to be a Spanish colony, when I did some tests on FM23 when creating the save file, there were a number of players with Brazilian second nationality and some EQ players playing in Brazil albeit in the lower leagues. In truth, I could have loaded Italy, France and Germany too but from past experience with these types of saves having too many leagues loaded really slows the game down when you reach the 2050's / 2060's. Spanish-based players dominate the national setup in the senior squad. A U20 side hasn't been selected yet but briefly looking at Spanish clubs there are a few Eq. Guinea players in youth teams.

League Setup & Key Rules This league file has two tiers; Liga Nacional de Futbol and Segunda Division. Each tier is split into two leagues; Region Insular and Region Continental which are related to the island and mainland. In the Segunda Division, each region has two groups. Liga Nacional Each team plays each other four times (28 games) The top 3 go into Champions Play-Off They play each other once (5 games) and the team top wins the league and qualifies for the Champions League Preliminary Round The bottom two teams are relegated Maximum of 10 foreign players. Segunda Division Teams play each other four times (28 games) The top two are promoted to the top tier Maximum of 8 foreign players Qualification Places We're 35th in the rankings with one place in each of the AFC and ACC.