Ana — FM 2011 : Sao Paulo, Season 22

Hola everyone!

Sorry for not posting when I said but we have been having some house problems, thankfully everything is now fixed and I can get onto my PC to post.

When I last left you I decided to leave the nightmare league setup in Mexico, having just claimed my third champions league of five. Next up the Copa Libertadores if you hadnt guessed by the name! Sao Paulo a massive club in Brazil and hopefully one I can turn into champions league winners.

So again this will be a whole season post but bear in mind I joined them sort of halfway through their season, they do have two leagues! But believe me, this is no way near as confusing as Mexico infact the first league is sort of pointless but I will explain later.

So lets get on with it!

— Cheonan (July 2010 – January 2013)

Nothing won.

— South China (June 2013 – June 2016)

Hong Kong League Title : 2014, 2015, 2016

Senior Shield : 2013, 2016

League Cup : 2014, 2015, 2016

Asian Confederation Cup : 2014, 2016

— F.C.A.K (December 2016 – November 2019)

South African First Division :  2018, 2019

South African First Divison Cup : 2019

— Moroko Swallows (November 2019 – January 2023)

South African FA Cup : 2020, 2021

South African Premier League : 2021, 2022

South African Charity Cup : 2020

South African Knockout Cup : 2021

South African Super Eight : 2021

African Champions League : 2022

— FC Seoul (February 2023 – February 2026)

The K-League : 2023, 2024, 2025

The Korean League Cup : 2023, 2024

The Pan-Pacific Championship : 2024, 2025

The Korean FA Cup : 2024

Asian Champions League : 2025

— St Gallen (October 2026 – July 2027)

Nothing won.

— Veracruz (July 2027 – June 2031)

Mexican Opening Stage : 2029

Superliga : 2030

Champions Cup : 2030

North America Champions League : 2031

— Sao Paulo (June 2031 — Present)

Nothing Yet

International Teams :

— Morocco (Febraury 2015 – December 2016)

Nothing won.

— Senegal (November 2021 – February 2023)

African Cup Of Nations : 2023

— Egypt (October 2025 – February 2027)

Nothing Won.

— Mexico (September 2028 –  September 2029)

The Gold Cup : 2029

So RED means we won something last post and PINK shows a champions league win, only two to go! :)

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So I have a decent transfer budget and a decent wage budget but the club must have been ran very well as the finances are very good.

We have about £30 million pounds in the bank but I was given only a fraction of that, and only three foreign players (foreign being non-Brazilian) but seeing as Brazil produce so many amazing players I dont mind too much!

A pretty good club in all honesty with a decent team, I wont post them all! That would take forever, instead I will post our best player so here he is :

Marcelo

:) Not too bad! Only 21 and already has amazing stats for a striker. Quick, strong and good technique he has it all so I will build my entire team around him as he has a long four year contract.

Hopefully he can fulfill his amazing potential.

Transfer Window

So I made a couple of new additions, most of them for the future as Nikao, Tiago, Gilson were all 15 years of age and  Willian and Maringa 18. My main signing was Duda and due to the league rules he cant play for us until next season, so a hopeless transfer window and not a great start!! But here is his profile :

Duda

A centre forward who should be a good partner for Marcelo next season!

Results Before I Took Over

Results After I Took Over

So the previous manager was sacked after a couple of shacky results and I made the worst possible start! Losing three one at home to Vitoria but we did react well and I was very pleased with the first half of the season but Cruzeiro have an amazing squad hence why they are miles ahead of everyone!!

Results And Table Second Half Of The Season

Wow! Cruzeiro have just won their sixth title in a row and believe me it will take some stopping them. They have one player valued at £35 million! And two at £20+ million infact the whole squad is just full of quality.

This league is more or less what you would see in Europe like England or Spain, top four qualify for the Copa Lib the rest for the Copa Sudamericana like the Europa league.

We did qualify for the Copa Lib but guess who are the holders?

Yes, Cruzeiro who will easily win it again next season. It will be difficult to top them.

Final Player Ratings Of The Season

Star Man — Marcelo

So no surprise that my tip at the start was our player of the season, 39 goals in 44 games says everything really but my squad was not as good as I hoped. Infact its quite old with many players at 30 or over so if I want to topple Cruzeiro I must build for the future.

So I will look to sell of a huge amount of players but keep Marcelo, and hopefully get some better players around him. The club is in a mess with high wages for poor players and the previous manager payed almost £5 million in those loan players and they are not even that good.

But I will do my best to turn this club around as it has massive potential.

So thats it! A fairly short-ish post compared to my others but the fun begins next time as I try to explain this ‘other’ league! But like I said earlier its means nothing, the main league is the one I posted which is set-up like the European leagues so its very easy to understand.

We have qualified for the Copa Libertadores which is set-up like the Uefa champions league so again will be easy to follow and understand!

I am not confident in winning it, as Cruzeiro’s side is way too stong, I mean look how far they finished ahead of the rest of us and thats been like that for the past 5-6 years.

So until next time wish me luck (this time I will need it!) and my next post will be sooner than this one, so thanks for reading and bye for now!!