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South Africa FM23 Guide - Managing South Africa in Football Manager 2023 - FM2023 Tips for South Africa

This page refers to an older game FM23. View South Africa in all games.

South Africa Newgen Rating

Adequate

Newgens are the new players that the game generates and join the club on Youth Intake Day. The Newgens produced by South Africa will be Adequate

South Africa in FM 23
WONDERKIDS - Best South Africa Wonderkids in Football Manager 2023
All South African Competitions in FM2023
Best South African Teams in FM2023
South Africa National Team Staff in FM2023
Random Team to manage in South Africa

South Africa is a nation found in Football Manager 2023. South Africa is also known as Bafana Bafana in FM2023. People from South Africa are known as "South African" in FM 2023.

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South African Competitions in FM 23

Name	Total Teams	Avg Budget	Avg Age	Avg Training	Avg Youth	Avg Academy	Avg Rep	Avg Att	Avg Rating	Avg Potential
South African Premier Soccer League	16	£1m	24.26	12.08	10.43	9.21	107	7063	67.54	70.79
South African National First Division Championship	16	£218k	24.72	9.07	8.5	8.14	83	873	61.41	65.79
SAFA Gauteng Division 2	16	£30k	26.39	8	7.83	9.8	45	800	13.21	14.28
SAFA KwaZulu Natal Division 2	17	£74k	27.62	7	6.33	6.67	44		12.6	13.44
SAFA Limpopo Division 2	14	£0	33.85	5	3	5	43		4.36	4.64
SAFA Western Cape Division 2	17	£69k	23.9	6.57	6.86	8	49	1167	21.18	23.02
SAFA Eastern Cape Division 2	19	£5k	28.32	6	5	7.5	43		13.47	14.37
SAFA Free State Division 2	16	£30k	31.34	5.5	4.83	5.67	43	1200	7.96	8.34
SAFA Mpumalanga Division 2	20	£7k	28.5	6	4	7.25	46	900	9.91	10.49
SAFA North West Province Division 2	15	£0	26.94	9	4	8	43		6.78	7.36
SAFA Northern Cape Division 2	17	£0	26.82		3	5	39		8.51	9.24
SAFA Eastern Cape Division 3	49	£6k	31.2	5	4.19	5.83	29	650	4	4.23
SAFA Free State Division 3	26	£3k	20.5	5.5	3.86	6.8	31	1050	0.39	0.43
SAFA Gauteng Division 3	45	£484	20.52	4.65	5.14	5.63	28	817	1.54	1.76
SAFA Kwazulu Natal Division 3	42	£5k	27.06	5.45	4.77	6.14	29	2600	3.38	3.78
SAFA Limpopo Division 3	62	£182		5	2.57	5.67	26	4000	0	0
SAFA Mpumalanga Division 3	38	£8k	28.82	4.67	3.39	4.29	29	1500	1.92	2.08
SAFA North West Province Division 3	30	£0	34.5		2.8	7.5	32		0.36	0.36
SAFA Western Cape Division 3	48	£6	26.47	5.78	5.43	6.72	30	1700	1.58	1.73
SAFA Northern Cape Division 3	17	£40		2	1.92	3.5	29	1000	0	0

Best South African Teams in FM 23

Name	Balance	Budget	Wage	Avg Age	Avg Att	Training	Newgens	Yth Recruitment	Rating	Potential
Sundowns	£5m	£2m	£151k	24.56	18,000	Excellent	Great	Average	72	76
Orlando Pirates	£3m	£757k	£92k	25.21	16,000	Excellent	Good	Good	70	73
Cape Town City	£484k	£353k	£67k	21.37	6,000	Good	Good	Average	69	72
SuperSport Utd	£1m	£504k	£52k	23.4	7,500	Excellent	Great	Average	69	73
AmaZulu	£2m	£126k	£59k	24.02	8,000	Average	Below Average	Average	68	72
Kaizer Chiefs	£2m	£504k	£104k	22.87	24,000	Excellent	Good	Average	68	71
Stellenbosch FC	£819k	£101k	£50k	22.72	4,000	Good	Adequate	Adequate	68	72
Swallows FC	£174k	£76k	£37k	24.8	4,000	Adequate	Below Average	Fairly Basic	67	70
Sekhukhune Utd	£157k	£63k	£42k	25.11	2,500	Poor	Poor	Limited	67	69
Royal AM	£5m	£3m	£58k	26.52	2,000	Average	Below Average	Fairly Basic	67	69
Marumo Gallants	£1m	£500k	£42k	26.26	1,500	Adequate	Poor	Basic	67	68
TS Galaxy	£188k	£50k	£42k	24.54	3,000	Good	Average	Adequate	67	70
Golden Arrows	£301k	£151k	£48k	22.89	4,000	Below Average	Average	Fairly Basic	66	70
Maritzburg Utd	£343k	£177k	£31k	24.65	7,500	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	66	70
Chippa Utd	£-115k	£126k	£39k	23.81	4,000	Poor	Adequate	Average	65	70
Richards Bay	£41k	£0	£24k	25.49	1,000	Poor	Poor	Limited	65	68
Cape Town Spurs	£0	£0	£30k	22.43	1,200	Excellent	Great	Average	65	70
All Stars FC	£0	£0	£12k	24.28	400	Adequate	Poor	Adequate	63	68
Polokwane City	£252k	£101k	£21k	24.93	800	Basic	Below Average	Adequate	62	65
Venda FA	£0	£0	£19k	25.2	500	Adequate	Adequate	Fairly Basic	62	66
City Rovers	£0	£0	£17k	26.31	800	Poor	Poor	Limited	62	65
Baroka	£126k	£101k	£19k	23.29	2,500	Adequate	Adequate	Limited	62	68
Tshakhuma	£0	£0	£16k	25.43	800	Below Average	Below Average	Fairly Basic	62	65
Casric Stars	£0	£0	£13k	24.19	500	Adequate	Adequate	Average	61	66
JDR Stars	£0	£0	£18k	24.87	800	Adequate	Below Average	Adequate	61	65
AmaTuks	£352k	£202k	£15k	24.26	800	Excellent	Good	Good	61	67
Pretoria Callies	£0	£0	£19k	23.98	800	Adequate	Below Average	Fairly Basic	61	67
TS Sporting	£0	£0	£0	27.27	800	Adequate	Below Average	Adequate	61	64
Uthongathi	£1m	£100k	£21k	25.13	800	Adequate	Below Average	Fairly Basic	60	64
NB La Masia	£0	£0	£13k	25.06	400	Adequate	Adequate	Fairly Basic	60	65

South Africa Staff

Name	Age	Job	Expires
Hugo Broos Belgium	70	Manager (First Team)	30-06-2026
Shawn Bishop South Africa Sundowns	52	Assistant Manager (U19 Team)
David Nyathi South Africa	53	Chief Scout
David Notoane South Africa Sundowns	53	Manager (U23 Team)
Duncan Crowie South Africa Cape Town Spurs	59	Manager (U19 Team)
Aaron Mokoena South Africa	41	Scout
Sinesipho Mali South Africa	36	Performance Analyst (U20 Team)
Ephraim Nematswerani South Africa	56	Head Physio
Helman Mkhalele South Africa	52	Assistant Manager (First Team)
Shu-aib Walters South Africa	40	GK Coach (U20 Team)
Josh Smith South Africa AmaZulu	35	Sports Scientist (First Team)
Lucky Shiburi South Africa	48	GK Coach (U20 Team)
Nhlanhla Maphanga South Africa	43	Physio (U20 Team)
Walter Steenbok South Africa	49	Chief Scout
Vela Khumalo South Africa Kaizer Chiefs	44	Manager (U20 Team)

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South Africa Newgen Rating

Adequate

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