JohnConnor
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Because no African league apart from South Africa exists in the game, I decided to activate the leagues in the editor to get a clear picture of their newgen quality. No attributes were changed. The most accurate measure of newgen quality is the median CA/PA of the intake. Given that very few newgens come out of these clubs normally, it's more of a curiosity than of practical benefit for normal play. FM19 was used, but there shouldn't be much variation from year to year. This isn't an exhaustive test, but every club of relevance in every African nation has been tested, with the exceptions of Chad, Comoros, Mayotte, Reunion and Cape Verde which did not have existing divisions to activate - but these nations are irrelevant anyway. Accuracy for clubs with 6 samples is roughly within ~5 PA of the 'real' average. I should also mention, for those who have not read my posts before, that a reason to do these tests instead of simply inferring from the facilities & youth rating, etc. is that there appears to be a hidden factor or set of factors that renders such calculations inaccurate and therefore useless - for instance, simply changing the unique nation ID from that of 'England' to 'Romania' reduces PA by ~25%, even if all visible attributes are made identical.
Best African teams (average of 6 samples):
ASEC Mimosas (Ivory Coast) 116.25
Paradou AC (Algeria) 112.16
Wadi Degla (Egypt) 109.25
Raja Casablanca (Morocco) 107.5
Zamalek (Egypt) 105.5
Ismaily (Egypt) 104.9
Kano Pillars (Nigeria) 104.5
Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) 100.41
Heartland (Nigeria) 98.25
Enyimba (Nigeria) 97.83
Hearts of Oak (Ghana) 96.75
AFAD Djekanou (Ivory Coast) 96.33
Generation Foot (Senegal) 96.33
ES Setif (Algeria) 95.5
ES Tunis (Tunisia) 94.16
Al-Ahly (Egypt) 94.08
Al-Masry (Egypt) 93.41
Akwa Utd (Nigeria) 92.58
Stade Tunisian (Tunisia) 90.75
ES Sahel (Tunisia) 90.08
Honourable mentions:
APEJES (Cameroon) 89.08
TP Mazembe (DR Congo) 88.66
Enugu Rangers (Nigeria) 87.8
Ashanti Gold (Ghana) 87.75
OC Khouribga (Morocco) 87.5
CR Belouizdad (Algeria) 86.25
NA Hussein-Dey (Algeria) 86.6
Union Douala (Cameroon) 86.5
Club Africain (Tunisia) 86
Dakar Sacre-Coeur (Senegal) 85.08
CA Bizerte (Tunisia) 84.6
USM Alger (Algeria) 84.5
Africa Sports (Ivory Coast) 83.8
FAR Rabat (Morocco) 82.8
US Monastir (Tunisia) 82.8
WAFA SC (Ghana) 82.2
Asante Kotoko (Ghana) 82.1
Coton Sport (Cameroon) 79.5
Analysis:
For comparison, the best median you will get in the world is somewhere around ~130-145. 120+ is also excellent. 100+ is what you want. 90 is about the lower bound for what you should load, as many nations have clubs that can achieve that, and anything under 80 isn't going to produce world class players. ~80-100 is typically going to produce your bread and butter players, and this is about the best you can expect from Africa, with a few exceptions.
Using the subjective method I have described here, the recommended leagues to load (or scout) for Africa are as follows:
Egypt Div 1 = 3 x 100, 2 x 90 = 13/18 = 0.722 <-- Equal to Portugal Div 2 or Hungary Div 1>
Algeria Div 1 = 1 x 110, 1 x 90, 3 x 80 = 9/16 = 0.562 <-- Equal to China Div 1 or N. Ireland Div 1>
Ivory Coast Div 1 = 1 x 110, 1 x 90, 1 x 80 = 7/14 = 0.500
Morocco Div 1 = 2 x 100, 2 x 80 = 8/16 = 0.500
Nigeria Div 1 = 1 x 100, 3 x 90, 1 x 80 = 10/20 = 0.500
Ghana Div 1 = 1 x 90, 2 x 80 = 4/16 = 0.250 <-- Worse than Ireland Div 1>
Senegal Div 1 = 1 x 90, 1 x 80 = 3/14 = 0.214
Cameroon Div 1 = 2 x 80 = 2/18 = 0.111
DR Congo Div 1 = 1 x 80 = 1/16 = 0.062
After those nations, it's worth noting that there's a quite steep dropoff in quality. Zimbabwe's best club only manages 35 PA. Most of the other nations you'd expect to do decently only have one club producing ~65 PA. Angola (66.4), Mali (69.1) and Libya (60.5) serve as examples, and they're the better performers. For comparison, I got a result of 47 PA for Indian Arrows in India. Bullets FC from Malawi managed a respectable 58.1 PA, and Mozambique has 3 clubs at ~60-65 PA, but apart from that it's a sea of mediocrity.
Best African teams (average of 6 samples):
ASEC Mimosas (Ivory Coast) 116.25
Paradou AC (Algeria) 112.16
Wadi Degla (Egypt) 109.25
Raja Casablanca (Morocco) 107.5
Zamalek (Egypt) 105.5
Ismaily (Egypt) 104.9
Kano Pillars (Nigeria) 104.5
Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) 100.41
Heartland (Nigeria) 98.25
Enyimba (Nigeria) 97.83
Hearts of Oak (Ghana) 96.75
AFAD Djekanou (Ivory Coast) 96.33
Generation Foot (Senegal) 96.33
ES Setif (Algeria) 95.5
ES Tunis (Tunisia) 94.16
Al-Ahly (Egypt) 94.08
Al-Masry (Egypt) 93.41
Akwa Utd (Nigeria) 92.58
Stade Tunisian (Tunisia) 90.75
ES Sahel (Tunisia) 90.08
Honourable mentions:
APEJES (Cameroon) 89.08
TP Mazembe (DR Congo) 88.66
Enugu Rangers (Nigeria) 87.8
Ashanti Gold (Ghana) 87.75
OC Khouribga (Morocco) 87.5
CR Belouizdad (Algeria) 86.25
NA Hussein-Dey (Algeria) 86.6
Union Douala (Cameroon) 86.5
Club Africain (Tunisia) 86
Dakar Sacre-Coeur (Senegal) 85.08
CA Bizerte (Tunisia) 84.6
USM Alger (Algeria) 84.5
Africa Sports (Ivory Coast) 83.8
FAR Rabat (Morocco) 82.8
US Monastir (Tunisia) 82.8
WAFA SC (Ghana) 82.2
Asante Kotoko (Ghana) 82.1
Coton Sport (Cameroon) 79.5
Analysis:
For comparison, the best median you will get in the world is somewhere around ~130-145. 120+ is also excellent. 100+ is what you want. 90 is about the lower bound for what you should load, as many nations have clubs that can achieve that, and anything under 80 isn't going to produce world class players. ~80-100 is typically going to produce your bread and butter players, and this is about the best you can expect from Africa, with a few exceptions.
Using the subjective method I have described here, the recommended leagues to load (or scout) for Africa are as follows:
Egypt Div 1 = 3 x 100, 2 x 90 = 13/18 = 0.722 <-- Equal to Portugal Div 2 or Hungary Div 1>
Algeria Div 1 = 1 x 110, 1 x 90, 3 x 80 = 9/16 = 0.562 <-- Equal to China Div 1 or N. Ireland Div 1>
Ivory Coast Div 1 = 1 x 110, 1 x 90, 1 x 80 = 7/14 = 0.500
Morocco Div 1 = 2 x 100, 2 x 80 = 8/16 = 0.500
Nigeria Div 1 = 1 x 100, 3 x 90, 1 x 80 = 10/20 = 0.500
Ghana Div 1 = 1 x 90, 2 x 80 = 4/16 = 0.250 <-- Worse than Ireland Div 1>
Senegal Div 1 = 1 x 90, 1 x 80 = 3/14 = 0.214
Cameroon Div 1 = 2 x 80 = 2/18 = 0.111
DR Congo Div 1 = 1 x 80 = 1/16 = 0.062
After those nations, it's worth noting that there's a quite steep dropoff in quality. Zimbabwe's best club only manages 35 PA. Most of the other nations you'd expect to do decently only have one club producing ~65 PA. Angola (66.4), Mali (69.1) and Libya (60.5) serve as examples, and they're the better performers. For comparison, I got a result of 47 PA for Indian Arrows in India. Bullets FC from Malawi managed a respectable 58.1 PA, and Mozambique has 3 clubs at ~60-65 PA, but apart from that it's a sea of mediocrity.