Pantev leads GU to eighth league title

The Bulgarian had to do it on his second job in the local league after an abrupt dismissal on his first. Pantev was announced as Orapa United head coach on July 1st last year. He arrived with less fanfare at Itekeng Stadium with a less traceable championship winning record.

The gaffer's resumè showed he had spent much of his coaching career in the lower leagues in Europe before having stints in Sierra Leone and Cameroon. The Orapa job was his only third in the continent. Faced with the CAF Confederations Cup assignment, Pantev quickly became the club’s best ever coach in the continental competition.