THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED SOCIALIST STATES OF PRIDNESTROVIA
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL TEAM It has been at least ten years since Field Marshal Stepan Stepanovich Stepanenko was defeated in glorious battle against the forces of the Democratic Republic of Abanhfleft, six years since the greatest field marshal the world has ever seen was undisputably beaten by the forces of a faraway country that was still in the midst of recovering from a devastating religious civil war. Those ten years have seen humiliation upon humiliation bestowed by these meddling foreigners upon the once and only rightful ruler of the United Socialist States, Field Marshal Stepan Stepanovich Stepanenko. The nation, and our Great Leader, was forced to accept a humiliating peace with the "Democratic" Republic, which saw our glorious nation become a mere "client state" of these troublesome foreigners. In exchange, Great Leader Field Marshal Stepan Stepanovich Stepanenko, would remain in position as rightful ruler of the Democratic People's Republic of the United Socialist States of Pridnestrovia, as befitting his station in life. Yet knowing that he is only ruler by virtue of a foreigner's whim has weighed down hard on the Great Leader Field Marshal. This resulted in the great United Socialist States closing itself off from the rest of the multiverse, so that no foreigner would see the shame that had been wrought upon the Great Leader.
But no longer. Great Leader Field Marshal Stepan Stepanovich Stepanenko has decided that the time for seclusion is over. No longer will Pridnestrovia remain under the shadow of the foreigners that had forced itself upon our great nation. We will show that Pridnestrovia has what it takes to become a real and true member of the multiversal community. But we will not do it through our military force. Instead, we will show that we are the best in the multiverse through sports! Sports, which is just codified barbarism! This will show the multiverse that Pridnestrovia is the best sporting country in the world! We will defeat every other nation that dares come up against us! And this time, we shall conquer the World Cup with our women, just like Abanhfleft attempted with the World Cup, but this time, we
will succeed!
(OOC: I love being a dictatorial country's propaganda writer)
BASIC INFORMATIONName of nation: The Democratic People's Republic of the United Socialist States of Pridnestrovia
Demonym: Pridnestrovian
Team colors: Green and red
Style modifier: +4 (Quite an attacking side)
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Head coach: Yakov Chernenko (50 y/o, Pridnestrovia)
STARTERSGK: Marfa Isayevna KIRILENKO 25 y/o, Rosenpfelblatz City Ladies
(Abanhfleft),
vice captainMarfa Kirilenko is one of the just many players on the Pridnestrovian women's football team who were born in Abanhfleft because their parents fled the Motherland during President Field Marshal Stepan Stepanenko's glorious revolution. It took a lot of convincing before Marfa, along with many other promising female Pridnestrovian-descended players in Abanhfleft, agreed to represent the Red Army. But who could blame Marfa for her decision to represent Pridnestrovia, the land that had kicked out her family just because her father spoke out against the President Field Marshal? With great keepers like Vicky Carter, Yannie Redborne, and Yelena Valinovskaya in the Fleftic women's team, it was a no-brainer decision. Decent and traditional keeper with only the occasional acrobatic save in her repertoire of skills.
RB: Petra Petrovna SHEVCHENKO 22 y/o, Sheriff Tiraspol Women
Petra is one of the few players in the current Pridnestrovian women's team to be born and raised in Pridnestrovian, as well as playing for a Pridnestrovian team. It's not hard to see why a lot of Pridnestrovia's players have to come from overseas: women's football doesn't receive as much attention from President Field Marshal Stepanenko as the men's game, and Shevchenko is only in the team because there are no other right backs available that are better than her, which is saying something because Petra has done nothing much for Sheriff Women to distinguish her in this field.
RCB: Tatiana Igorovna GEVORGIAN 27 y/o, Dinamo Bender Women
Tatiana Gevorgian is one of the few remaining players from the original women's team to keep her spot in the new national team, and for good reason. Not only is she one of the most dependable center backs in Pridnestrovia, she also has a very good partnership with her fellow center back, Yelena Tymoshenko, a partnership which Yakov Chernenko will be more than reluctant to mess with. Tatiana is a solid center back who can break up attacks at will and has the speed and pace to keep up with counterattacks, and her only weakness is an inability to defend aerial threats, but then again, that's what Tymoshenko is for.
LCB: Yelena Artyomovna TYMOSHENKO 29 y/o, Dinamo Bender Women
The other half of both Pridnestrovia and Dinamo Bender Women's effective center back partnership. Yelena Tymoshenko is a big and strong defender with great aerial ability and a neat left foot that looks very much like a forward's scoring foot, which makes a potent threat during set pieces. The only problem with her is that she's slower than a turtle, which allows sides with quick counterattacking tactics to take advantage and capitalize on a reduced back line. Well, that's where Tanya Gevorgian comes in, anyway.
LB: Oksana Yuriyevna ARTYOMOVA 24 y/o, Sheriff Tiraspol Women
Another Fleftic-born Pridnestrovian player who decided to represent the Motherland due to both loyalty and the fact that there are much better left-backs representing the blue, orange, and green Fleftics. On her day, Oksana Artyomova is a capable left-back who even has a possible future as a wing-back, but since Pridnestrovian footballing philosophy is that there is no need for a defensive player to join in on the attack if there is no pressing need, Oksana will have to stick to her defensive duties. But that doesn't mean that she doesn't try being a wing-back from time to time, and while this hasn't really harmed the national team yet, ruthless teams could take advantage of this and exploit the space on the left side that Oksana will inevitably leave during her attacking forays.
RDM: Yelena Demyanovna SHOSTAKOVICH 26 y/o, La Gorlions
(Schottia)
Yelena Shostakovich is listed as a defensive midfielder, but she's more than just that. While she can and does have a great tackle that can break up any and every kind of attack (provided that she can react to it in time), her main job is to receive the ball from the defense and then initiate the Pridnestrovian attack. She's also good for the occasional long shot or free kick when needed, but her main forte is really ball distribution and pitch vision.
LDM: Bogdana Alekseyevna FELTZER 33 y/o, Spartak Tiraspol Women
Bogdana Feltzer can be accurately described in just one word: an enforcer. Actually, that's two words. Nevertheless, Bogdana's strength lies in the fact that she is like a traffic enforcer: always looking out for anyone trying to go the wrong way, specifically, towards the goal that her team is defending. And like any halfway reliable enforcer, she will stop any opposing player bearing down on the goal and turn them back in the way that they came from. That's good, but now that she's 32, she's not exactly a spring chicken anymore, and who knows who's going to replace her in the midfield enforcer role after the World Cup?
RW: Greta Nikolayevna HEDERVARY 24 y/o, Sheriff Tiraspol Women
Greta Hedervary is an ethnic Hungarian living in Pridnestrovia, which has both its benefits and drawbacks. The Hungarian Pridnestrovians are generally considered as some of Pridnestrovia's best football players, and Greta is the daughter of Miklos Hedervary, one of the greatest Pridnestrovian players to ever grace the pitch. She inherited a lot of the talent and skill that made Miklos Hedervary one of the best and most beloved Pridnestrovian players, but living up to such a great heritage could be something that Greta might find just a bit too hard to do. Greta's skill set includes impressive crossing and striker-like composure and finishing in front of goal, but there's always that sort of hesitancy in her style of play.
CAM: Tanya Ilyinichna POROSHENKO 25 y/o, Dinamo Bender Women
Yet another player born and raised in Abanhfleft who nevertheless decided to go play in Pridnestrovia and represent it in international football because there were simply too many better players in her favored position playing for the Lady Revolutionaries. Tanya Poroshenko may not be as good with distributing the ball or scoring goals as Allison Torres, but that's only because Tanya didn't pursue football until she was in college and decided to take up a varsity sport. Looking at it that way, though, Tanya had much the same start into football as Sonny Torres, except for the fact that Tanya's university never won any trophies while she was playing, and also probably because she was Pridnestrovian. Who says institutional racism is dead?
LW: Bisera Hristova HARALAMPIEVA 25 y/o, Hunsen Loggers
(Anglatia)
Bisera Haralampieva is yet another Pridnestrovian player lured back to the Democratic People's Republic by the promise of actually getting to sit on the bench or even sometimes start for the national team, something that the
Samahang Futbol ng Abanhfleft wasn't able to offer, but that's mostly because the Fleftics have got the likes of Adelaide Singh and Cecilia Johnson on the left wing for them. Bisera actually once looked like she could compete for a place in the national team alongside Singh and Johnson; this was when she had her breakout season with Rosenpfelblatz City Ladies. When it became clear that she wasn't going to be considered for a spot in the Fleftic national team, though, Bisera accepted a move to Pridnestrovia's Union Rheinburg Women to be able to train more closely with the Pridnestrovian national team. But after getting benched in Rheinburg, Bisera is considering moving clubs yet again, with Anglatia's Hunsen Loggers being her most likely target, probably because it's also her only target.
CF: Irina Vladislavovna PAVLYUCHENKO 26 y/o, Sarvusdalamoive Ladies
(Abanhfleft),
captainOut of the slightly medium-sized shadow of Arkadia Zubarenko comes Irina Pavlyuchenko, yet another daughter of Pridnestrovian exiles come back to represent the Democratic People's Republic. There's nothing much to distinguish Irina from other strikers in the multiverse: she has great left and right feet but has a slight preference for her right foot, and she has good aerial ability. About the only thing that stands out with Irina is that she's a bit of a wind-up merchant. She has a tendency to play mind games with the opposition, and while some of her mind games involve words with the opposing players, most of her trickery has to do with the way she always flits about on the pitch. Irina is quite the witch when she moves around. A scarlet witch, even, given that she's playing for a country full of Reds.
RESERVESGK: Bogdana Stoyanova MARKOVA 30 y/o, Dinamo Bender Women
Bogdana Markova used to be Pridnestrovia's starting keeper before she lost her place to Marfa Kirilenko after she impressed in her debut season for Abanhfleft's Imperial Markovsky Women, and Kirilenko's twenty clean sheets were more than enough to help the Imperials get promoted to the Fleftic Ladies' Second Division. It's tough to be a backup keeper, especially when the keeper starting ahead of Bogdana is five years younger than her and has much bigger potential than Bogdana has. Yakov Chernenko may be looking to finally drop Bogdana from the team in favor of younger keepers, as his decision to bring on Sibylle Pfenning instead of Bogdana during the Copa Rushmori round of 16 game against Valladares will testify.
GK: Sibylle PFENNING 21 y/o, Ludogorets Markovsky Ladies
(Abanhfleft)
At just 20 years old, one would think that there would be a great deal more keepers who were better at, well, keeping, than Sibylle Pfenning, but apparently, this German Pridnestrovian girl living in Markovsky is much better than any other keeper playing in Pridnestrovia, aside from Bogdana Markova. But it looks as if even Markova is on her way out of the team, as it was Sibylle whom Yakov Chernenko sent on to replace the injured Marfa Kirilenko during the ill-fated round of 16 match against Valladares in which Pridnestrovia eventually lost 3-2 in extra time.
DEF: Irena "Irenka" SZWEDA 25 y/o, Union Rheinburg Women
Irena Szweda, nicknamed Irenka by her friends, is a good enough fullback coming from the bench. Her lack of any decent stamina means that she can't be relied on to last the full ninety minutes of a regular match, and she's definitely out of the question if extra time and penalties apply. However, she can come on in the first minute of extra time and make the difference in the team's defense.
DEF: Violetta Rurikovna UTKINA 24 y/o, Xemlice Rovers Ladies
(Abanhfleft)
Violetta Utkina is the eldest daughter of Pridnestrovian goalkeeping legend Rurik Utkin, back when he was just an 18-year-old barely scraping a living as a reserve keeper in Abanhfleft's lower leagues. Violetta is great on her feet and is a good defender, but to her father's chagrin and slight dismay, she couldn't become a decent keeper to save her life. But Violetta's happy enough playing outfield, so that's that.
DEF: Aygül KARTAL 22 y/o, Gryphons Nubalochi Mujeres
(Oontaz)
Aygül Kartal is one of few Turkish Pridnestrovians who had found fame and success both inside and outside of Pridnestrovia, although it should be said that Gryphons Mujeres barely got out of last season's Oontaznik Women's First Division with both hands on the title, as Ladies of Santos FC were constantly on their tail until the final matchday. Even though she's a defender, Aygül scored six goals, two of against Santos Ladies in both times that they faced each other in the league; the first goal tied the game between Gryphons and Santos, and her second goal gave Nubalochi all three points against their title rivals in the final matchday. Aygül's most probably going to be an impact sub for the World Cup qualifiers.
MID: Beyza KUNDAKÇI 24 y/o, Gryphons Nubalochi Mujeres
(Oontaz)
Beyza Kundakçi is basically the other half of Gryphons Mujeres' defensive unit that won them the Oontaz Women's First Division title last season. Whereas her partner-in-crime Aygül Kartal was the goalscoring half of their defense, Beyza was the solid wall of defense half of the equation. She had 15 clean sheets to her name, which is a very great thing considering that every team in the Women's First Division only has 18 games in the league. Like Aygül, her main job will be as an impact sub, but Beyza's job will be to help close out games, especially against better opposition.
MID: Oleksandra "Lesya" Ruslanovna KEDZIERSKA 30 y/o, Sarvusdalamoive Ladies
(Abanhfleft)
There's nothing much to describe Oleksandra Kedzierska, "Lesya" to her friends and family, except that she's a decent enough fullback to warrant a spot in the Pridnestrovian women's national team. And that's that for her, apparently. There's nothing much else to distinguish Lesya from any other fullback sitting on the bench of a national football team.
MID: Salome FALK 23 y/o, Dinamo Bender Women
If push comes to shove, Salome Falk can step in to replace her half-German, half-Russian compatriot Bogdana Feltzer as a defensive midfielder, but Salome still has a tendency to throw her whole body behind tackles and other ways of breaking up opposing attacks. She already has a lot of bookings to her name, and unless Feltzer can mentor her into a more responsible defensive midfielder, at least one yellow card is all but assured once Salome steps onto the pitch.
MID: Ursula ULLMAN 24 y/o, Vorpommern Nyqvist Women
Taking Ursula Ullman out on the pitch is a last resort for Yakov Cherhenko. It's not that Ursula is green around the gills when it comes to playing as a central midfielder, but her passing still needs some work. Ursula has great field vision, but whenever she tries to get a pass to a teammate, an opposing player or the referee gets in the way of the pass. If she could just improve her passing, then Ursula could be a great ball distributor like Yelena Shostakovich, but that's still a long way away.
MID: Yelizaveta Fyodorovna ISAYEVA 31 y/o, Union Rheinburg Women
Technically, Yelizaveta Isayeva is a midfielder, but more often than not, she's deployed as a winger or even an out-and-out striker. Let it be said that Yelizaveta is more suited as a winger or even a central attacking midfielder rather than as a striker or center forward. Yelizaveta is the kind of player who would rather pass the ball to a teammate even though she has the clearest shot at goal.
FW: Arkadia Gerasimovna ZUBARENKO 34 y/o, Keephall Valkyries
(Abanhfleft)
Back in the days when Pridnestrovia had a half-decent national team made mostly of locals playing within their borders, Arkadia Zubarenko was the rare player from outside the country who was given the chance to represent her motherland. It would be hard to deny that Abanhfleft let a great opportunity slip when the SFA allowed Arkadia to represent Pridnestrovia, the country that exiled her father due to his anti-Stepanenko statements in the days immediately following the President Field Marshal's ascension to the presidency. Arkadia has been the Pridnestrovian women's team's star player for almost a decade now, but with new talents such as Irina Pavlyuchenko and Bisera Haralampieva rising through the ranks and becoming stars in their own right, perhaps it's time for Arkadia to finally hang up the cleats, at least in international footy.
FW: Irina Vladimirovna SEVERTNIK 26 y/o, Ladies of Santos FC
(Oontaz)
Irina Severtnik is a basic striker: good shooting, balanced left and right feet, some aerial ability, and an oft-noted inability to defend or chase the ball. It's for this reason that she's been put under the wing of Irina Pavlyuchenko, although whether she'll learn the Scarlet Witch's wind-up skills along with a dogged determination to go after the ball remains to be seen.
STARTING LINEUPKITSClick here for image that cannot fit into postIMPORTANT STATISTICSWin-loss record: 18-4-18
First international match: VS
Aynard (W 6-0)
First win: VS
Aynard (6-0)
First loss: VS
Fratton (0-1)
Biggest win: VS
Nurkama (9-0)
Biggest loss: VS
Sameba (2-5)
SCHEDULEMD1: Pridnestrovia vs Super-Llamaland @ Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol (cap. 20,000)
W 3-2MD2: Nuevo Caracas vs Pridnestrovia @ Unknown stadium, Nuevo Caracas (cap. unknown)
D 4-4MD3: Pridnestrovia vs Cosumar @ Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol (cap. 20,000)
D 2-2MD4: Lons vs Pridnestrovia @ Kêlik Den, Kêlik (cap. 35,000)
D 2-2MD5: Bye
MD6: Pridnestrovia vs Acronius @ Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol (cap. 20,000)
L 1-2MD7: Kaboomlandia vs Pridnestrovia @ King Wulfric II Royal Stadium (cap. 75,600)
W 1-0MD8: Super-Llamaland vs Pridnestrovia @ Unknown stadium (cap. unknown)
L 1-4MD9: Pridnestrovia vs Nuevo Caracas @ Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol (cap. 20,000)
L 2-3MD10: Cosumar vs Pridnestrovia @ Leviathan Arena, Kaldukosic (cap. 99,114)
L 3-4MD11: Pridnestrovia vs Lons @ Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol (cap. 20,000)
W 3-1MD12: Bye
MD13: Acronius vs Pridnestrovia @ Unknown stadium, Acronius (cap. unknown)
W 3-2MD14: Pridnestrovia vs Kaboomlandia @ Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol (cap. 20,000)
W 2-1PO1: Pridnestrovia vs Damukuni @ Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol (cap. 20,000)
D 4-4PO2: Damukuni vs Pridnestrovia @ Atarashii-Damushuto International Stadium, Atarashii-Damushuto (cap. 100,000)
W 5-1 (Pridnestrovia advances to the World Cup on 9-5 aggregate!)WC1: Krytenia vs Pridnestrovia @ Isserson Olympic, Emberton, Krytenia (cap. 100,000+)
WC2: Semarland vs Pridnestrovia @ New City Stadium, Avidia, Krytenia (cap. 88,583)
WC3: Pridnestrovia vs Valanora @ Harbour Stadium, Stanton, Krytenia (cap. 60,662)
HOME STADIUM (SHERIFF STADIUM, TIRASPOL)Sheriff Stadium in Tiraspol can comfortably seat 20,000 spectators. There used to be clear areas for standing spectators, but seated stands have now been constructed over these open fields.
RP PERMISSIONSMy opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes (I decide severity)
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes (3 per game)
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes (1 per 2 games)
Godmod other events: Yes (TG me first)