Go Forth & Conquer, Leo!

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Club
Go Leo F.C.
Kuching, Malaysia

Kits


Stadium


Matías Madrid Arena
260,000

Fan Clubs
Goles

History
Go Leo was formed in October 2013 as Gin Tonic FC by a delusional social media junkie, after some coercion by insecure local keyboard warriors, most of whom reside in the city of Kuching. The team plays wearing the colours Green & White, just because it is quite uncommon and especially to avoid the popular red or blue kit colurs.

In the club's first competitive season, they narrowly missed qualification to the Champions League, losing out to now traditional rivals Xaitan FC by a single point. They surprisingly lost their final league match 0-1 a club languishing in the lower half of the league.

Go Leo won their first ever league title in Season 7-Level 7, pipping VSOP to the title by 2 points on the last day of the season. They came close to securing a semi-final spot in the Champions League but lost out on away goals in the quarterfinals.

Honours & Achievements
Season 1-Level 1 - 5th
Season 2-Level 2 - 5th, Cup semifinalists
Season 3-Level 3 - 3rd
Season 4-Level 4 - 2nd (W22-D0-L4)
Season 5-Level 5 - 3rd (17-4-5)
Season 6-Level 6 - 3rd (20-3-3)
Season 7-Level 7 - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS (22-1-3)
Season 8-Level 8 - 4th (18-2-6)
Season 9-Level 9 - 2nd (17-2-7), CL CHAMPIONS
Season 10-Level 10 - 6th
Season 11-Level 11 -3rd
Season 12-Level 12 - 4th, CL Runners-up
Season 13-Level 13 - 4th
Season 14-Level 14 - 2nd
Season 15-Level 15 - 2nd
Season 16-Level 16 - 3rd
Season 17-Level 17 - 4th, CL Runners up
Season 18-Level 18 - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS (21-2-3)
Season 19-Level 19 - 4th (15-4-7), CL CHAMPIONS

Biggest win
Season 10-Level 10 - 16-0, home to colakspor, League

Biggest loss
Season 2-Level 2 - 5-0, home to unknown, Cup

Highest number of goals scored in a league season
Season 4-Level 4 - 97 goals

Least number of goals conceded in a league season
Season 6-Level 6 - 13 goals

Longest serving player
Stergios Kolokas, Seasons 4-8

Reserves & Academy
Go Excel Football Academy

Club Legends and Heroes
AML, Matias Madrid, Argentina
The Argentinian winger is practically a striker and is often pushed forward to play as a 2nd or 3rd striker. He joined Go Leo in Season 7 and took no time to announce his talents to the rest of the league with his goals and assists.

AMR/MR, Stergios Kolokas
Free-scoring Greek winger who was the star of the team prior to Madrid's arrival. A bout of injuries saw him struggle to recapture his early form. Together with Madrid, he led Go Leo to their first ever league title in Season 7.

Formations
Some preferred formations and how it is generally set up

3-5-2V
Best used against defensive or neutral formations

Mentality Normal
Pressing depending on what is necessary
Passing Short down one or both flanks
Tackling Normal
Offside trap
Zonal Marking

Strength
Two strikers supported by two motivated wide attacking midfielders.
Defensive midfielder with blue arrow supporting the three narrow central defenders

Weakness
Lack of wide defensive players
Mitigation - Avoid use of counter attacks or going all out attacking.

4-2-2-2 aka the Hexagon
Best used against attacking or neutral formations

Mentality Normal
Pressing whole pitch, but change depending on what is necessary
Passing Depending on your player strength
Tackling Normal
Offside trap
Zonal Marking

Strength
Two strikers supported by two wide attacking midfielders.
Sufficient midfield support

Weakness
Weak defensive setup could hurt the use of the hexagon. Lack of defensive cover i.e DMC means that there is a void between midfield & defence.
Mitigiation - Blue arrow on one midfielder if necessary

4-5-1V
Best used against neutral formations

Mentality Attacking
Pressing depending on what is necessary
Passing Short down one or both flanks
Tackling Normal
Offside trap
Zonal Marking

Strength
Lone striker supported by two motivated wide attacking midfielders.
Defensive midfielder with blue arrow supporting the defence

Weakness
Vulnerable against teams playing with motivated wide men
Mitigation - Use normal mentality when required

4-1-3-2
Best used against neutral formations

Mentality Normal or defensive
Pressing depending on what is necessary
Passing Short down one or both flanks
Tackling Normal
Offside trap (Normal)
Zonal Marking (Normal)
Man to man marking (Defensive)
Force counterattacks (Defensive)

Strength
Three midfield player spread across the field
Defensive midfielder with blue arrow supporting the lone central midfielder

Weakness
Vulnerable against teams playing narrow
Mitigation - Play a motivated defensive midfielder (red arrow)

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Latest News

Top Eleven Season 5 Cup Competition

FULL TIME
Tsv Sparfuchs 0
Go Leo 1
(Zainal A.H. 12')

A weakened Go Leo secured a precious 1-0 away first-leg victory over Tsv Sparfuchs this evening. the solitary goal came from defender Zainal Abidin Hassan. Despite dominating the majority of the match, Leo was unable to score more goals to bring a more comfortable lead back to Lion's Way.

The Boss believed that they should have scored more goals and the return leg at home will be tricky.

"We had ten, eleven shots on target and we should've buried two or three of those. In the end we probably made it harder for ourselves for the second leg."

"But I was pleased overall with the performance considering it was our first match at this level."

The match saw debuts for new signings defender Franci Ferraj & goalkeeper Giuseppe Scognamiglio.

"I thought both played very well. Pepe is young but very experience. He will provide some needed competition for that number one spot."

[Cat Harrison]

A really cool showcase... great title, too!

I wish you much luck in conquering!

[Qambu Yaasi]

A really cool showcase... great title, too!

I wish you much luck in conquering!

Thanks mate. Created this page to maintain my interest in the game and make it fun.

Been to your page, it was impressive as well. Good luck this season!

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Latest News

All Go for the new season

Go Leo look all set to start the new season, announcing the arrivals of three new signings today.

Goalkeeper Giuseppe Scognimiglio, defender Franci Ferraj & winger Ryan Owens were unveiled this evening at Lion's Way. Scognimiglio, 22 and Ferraj, 20, made their debut at the cup prior to the unveiling and impressed the Boss.

"They are not yet the finished article and they have a long way ahead of them. Both put in really good shift this evening."

Scognimiglio was rarely tested in the match against Tsv Spurfuchs, but looked commanding especially at set-pieces.

"We brought him in as an understudy to (Illyias) Fyntanis but I hope he starts giving me a headache."

Current number one, Illyias Fyntanis, has already declared his retirement at the end of the season.

The transfers of the three new playes cost Go Leo over $8 million and 11 tokens, which could be relatively considered a bargain. It was believed that interest in Ferraj was high and the Boss was obviously happy to have beaten rivals to his signature.

"The club was always on the lookout for a defender and I am pleased to have captured Franci, the boy can also play in the centre or left of defence."

"A couple of clubs were chasing him but in the end we got him. As for Pepe & Ryan, we had managed to keep it under wraps. I think their transfer surprised a lot of people."

The Boss declared that the club will not be bringing in anymore players for now.

"We've completed our piece of business for this season. I don't forsee the need to bring anymore new faces."

Today also saw the departure of Shahrol Samadi (GK), youngsters Giannis Abaris (MR) and Emran Firtina (DL).

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Latest News

Go Leo roar forward

FULL TIME
Go Leo 2 (Syazwan Aiman 51', Anani 76')
Tsv Sparfuchs 0

Go Leo advance with 3-0 aggregate


A sublime Quentin Anani freekick helped Go Leo progress to the next round of the Top Eleven Cup competition at the expense of Tsv Sparfuchs. Go Leo won 2-0 on the night and 3-0 on aggregate.

A capacity crowd of 7000 filled the newly upgraded Lion's Way but they had to wait until the second half to see a breakthrough. The home side dominated proceedings from the start but failed to find a way past a disciplined Sparfuchs defence.

Striker Syazwan Aiman had earlier missed a glorious opportunity in the first half to break the deadlock, but he amends just six minutes after the restart. A nice piece of skill saw him breakaway from the visitors defence which ended with him blasting the ball past the hapless visiting keeper.

The home side rarely gave Sparfuchs a look at goal and French play-maker, Anani made sure of the victory 14 minutes from time as his freekick beat everyone to nestle at the back of the Sparfuchs net.

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Breaking News

Muhmer joins the Lions

Go Leo made a surprise move for experienced German striker Manfred Muhmer. The transfer is believed to have cost $2M with the striker signing a 3-year contract.

When asked about the shock signing, the Boss explained that the club needed more options upfront and that it would help them compete on all fronts this season.

"We have always favoured strike partnerships and with three different competitions to play for, we need to have two pairs of strikers to rotate when required."

"Peter (Tracz) is injured now and it leaves us thin on options. Muhmer will add some much needed quality competition and experience to our existing forward players."

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Latest News

See them Go!

Go Leo started their league and champions league brightly, winning their opening matches today.

The first match of any competition will always be a tricky one and this proved to be the case for Go Leo as they scraped a 1-0 win at Rosjana FC. Quentin Anani provided the solitary goal in a scrappy encounter. The match also saw the return of striker Peter Tracz from an injury.

Earlier this morning, Go Leo hosted Nuengruethai in their Champions' League Group G match and an almost capacity crowd witness the home side race to a 3-0 first-half lead. Go Leo scored another two after the break to run out 5-0 winners.

The Boss spoke at a press conference after the match against Nuengruethai, "We are obviously pleased to have gotten to a 100% start to the season. I believe we have not conceded any so far in the league, champions league or the cup."

"This is definitely a confidence booster for our backline."

But the Boss also gave out a word of caution.

"It is still early in the season and there are a lot of things that we do not know about our league opponents. We need to take it one match at a time."

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TV Rights
This season (Season 5, Level 5), Go Leo has opted for Topkers, which is a challenging sponsorship to take up. The club will only gain tokens for every match won in the league and a bonus at the end of the season, depending on achievements. In taking up this TV Rights option, the club believes that this will be motivation for the players and staff to work hard to ensure success on the pitch.

[July Fourth]

Updated in first post

TV Rights
This season (Season 5, Level 5), Go Leo has opted for Topkers, which is a challenging sponsorship to take up. The club will only gain tokens for every match won in the league and a bonus at the end of the season, depending on achievements. In taking up this TV Rights option, the club believes that this will be motivation for the players and staff to work hard to ensure success on the pitch.

Big mistake. You should always take "extra for dedication" even if you go 26-0-0 with that contract you just taken, you would still end up with less than 35T in a season.