Take place of our team, getting promoted around end of year (5)
I believe the answer is:
usurp
'take place' is the definition.
'usurp' can be an answer for 'take' (usurping is a kind of taking). I am not certain of the 'place' bit.
'our team getting promoted around end of year' is the wordplay.
'our team' becomes 'us'.
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'promoted' becomes 'up' (I've seen this in other clues).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'end of' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'year' is 'r'.
'up' going around 'r' is 'urp'.
'us'+'urp'='USURP'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for usurp that I've seen before include "Appropriate without authority" , "Take possession of, illegally" , "Commandeer" , "Take control of without authority" , "Dethrone" .)