World Cup 97 - Rosters Thread

by **Sajnur** » Thu Aug 08, 2024 9:54 am

Sajnur National Football Team: World Cup 97 Qualifying

Stadiums

National Stadium

The National Stadium is the largest stadium in Sajnur, with a capacity of 102,000 people. Located in the capital city of Javoser, home to more than 12.5 million people, it is the primary arena for big sporting events in the country, hosting a semi-final and most finals of Sajnur’s FA Cup, and several finals of the Tarvolan League, tarvolan being a code of football indigenous to Sajnur and traditionally Sajnur’s biggest sport. It has also hosted the biggest of Sajnur’s concerts and the inaugurations of two Presidents.

Built in 1952 and renovated in 2015, the stadium has a retractable roof, air conditioning, free Wi-Fi, and affordable food and drink options to provide a comfortable experience for all fans while the stadium has been designed to allow fans to produce a raucous atmosphere befitting of large sporting events. The stadium is easily accessible by public transport, and has thousands of parking spaces for those who choose to arrive in their own vehicles.

Niurka Stadium

Home of FK Khadur, arguably Sajnur’s biggest football club, Niurka Stadium is located in the Khadur area of Ciarkhan, a bustling metropolis of 4.6 million people that serves as Laghia’s state capital. Laghia was a territory acquired by Sajnur in a war stretching from 1982 to 1996, and it is the Laghian people that popularised football in Sajnur. As a result, the province has eight of Sajnur’s 32 professional football clubs despite having only 1/8 of the country’s population, and Niurka Stadium hosts the other semi-final and some finals of Sajnur’s FA Cup.

The stadium, built in 2006, was named after Nicolae Niurka, who was a Laghian partisan that served as a general against Laghia’s pre-1982 rulers and was killed in combat in 1995, aged just 46. With a capacity of 73,000, it is the largest stadium used by a team in the Sajnuran Premier League. Like the National Stadium, it has a retractable roof, air conditioning, free Wi-Fi, and plenty of affordable food and drink options, with many food options being traditional to Laghia. The stadium is easily accessible by public transport, but parking space may be limited on particularly busy days.

Queen Haqla Stadium

Queen Haqla Stadium is a 60,000 seat stadium near the centre of Roskjepa, the capital of Delta state and, with 6.7 million people, the second largest in Sajnur. Home to Rivers FC, the stadium is a regular venue for intimidating displays from Rivers fans, with flares, aggressive chanting, and large banners being a common sight, especially in derbies between Rivers and cross-town rivals Stormers FC.

The stadium was built in 1960 and renovated in 2016, and has all the amenities of the National and Niurka stadiums, while being a prominent sight on the Jagaroi River. As such, along with bus and train, the stadium is also accessible by the Jagaroi River’s ferry. However, like in Ciarkhan, access by car may be difficult. Queen Haqla, for whom the stadium is named, reigned over Sajnur from 681 to her death in 727.

Siyaka Island Stadium

Siyaka Island Stadium is the largest stadium in the Asulian states, with 66,000 people able to fit within its confines. Located in the outskirts of Tawqush, a city of about 5.4 million serving as the capital of Archipelago state, the stadium is the home of FC Mazigh, the foremost football club in the Asulian states. Fans on Siyaka Island often bring instruments to matches, ranging from the arghul to large drums to even accordions, posing both as support to those they like and a distraction for those who they wish to lose.

The stadium is the newest of the four national stadiums, being built in 2017 on what was the Mujar port before it was bombed by the Sajnuran navy during a war that stretched from 1990-2003. The stadium is easily accessible by both car and public transport, and with the New Mujar port being built as part of the stadium development, coastal and island hopping ferries can also stop right outside the stadium.

Full Roster

Core players in bold

Player                  Age  G  Position       Club

Natasha Kirai           38   F  GK             CA Paulinthal
Siana Avordyn           29   F  GK             Javoser Pirates

Silja Jorse             35   F  RB/RW/LB/LW    Unattached
Nelson Baziru           34   M  RB/CB/RM       Stormers FC
Hatu Raglan             38   M  CB/RB          Canalave Dragons 
Olah Pracia             34   M  CB             FK Khadur
Kahala Murje [vc]       37   F  CB/LB          Unattached
Hela Isarghie           39   F  LB/LM          Unattached
Coco Martenko           27   F  LB/LM          Capitals Javoser

Toljo Latvala           36   F  CDM/CB         Stormers FC
Kojete Bauman           26   F  CDM/CM         Border FC
Tova Dakher             29   F  RM/RW          Javoser Pirates
Aurora Merelu           25   F  CM/CDM/CAM     Stormers FC
Tatiana Pavlov          36   F  CM/LM/LW       Ciarkhan City
Jessica Siafik [c]      41   F  CM/CAM/CF      Unattached
Tia Parci               37   F  CM/CAM/CF      Stormers FC
Cristiano Karaji        38   M  LM/LB          Marinos Metropolis 

Parjazu                 39   O  CF/RW/RM/ST    Sarim Potato FC 
Ella Ciuru              36   F  CF/LW/ST/LB    Branvon CD 
Indigo Taylor           30   F  ST/CF/RW/CAM   Ashton Olympic 
Elyudi Samiryan         29   O  ST             Bearden FC
Violet Valera           28   F  LW/CF/ST/CAM   Stormers FC
Erin Taranov            25   F  LW/LM          Anro United

Manager: Chloe Saukanen
Typical Formations: 3-4-3, 3-5-2, 4-3-3
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Free Kicks: Siafik, Jorse, Parci
Corners: Siafik, Merelu, Jorse
Penalties: Anyone on a hattrick, otherwise whoever wins the penalty

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by **Banija** » Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:00 am

Banija National Team- The Kadongo Kamu

Three-Time World Cup Champions

Information
Country code: BNJ
Denonym: Banijan(s)
Association: Royal Banijan Soccer Association(RBSA)
Nickname: The Kadongo Kamu
Manager: George Wangolo, 61 years old. First ever Banijan to be Galactico long listed as a player. Former CB for the NT. Assistant manager between WC83 and WC 86. Manager for Quebec from WC87-89, club manager since then. First cycle in charge.
Senior Assistant Manager: Todd Malembe. 42 years old, Banijan native. Former Assistant manager with Capitol City FC.
Captain: Layvin Son-Saka
Alternate Captain: Opio Ssambwa

Green Home Kit
White Away Kit
Orange Alternate Kit

After 11 cycles using kits from Filindostan, the RBSA has switched to our new kit providers from Dantopia, a company called Nerio! All of Nerio's football kits are created exclusively with 100% polyester sourced from ocean plastics, as part of Nerio's 'cliMATE' campaign

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Brief National Team History
The Kadongo Kamu have played in exactly 805 games, as of the start of World Cup 97 Qualifying. This is the 23rd World Cup cycle overall for this NT. We have entered in 21 previous World Cup Qualification campaigns(WCQ73, WCQ74, WCQ75, WCQ76, WCQ77, WCQ79, WCQ80, WCQ82, WCQ84, WCQ85, WCQ86, WCQ87, WCQ88, WCQ89, WCQ90, WCQ91, WCQ92, WCQ93, WCQ94, WCQ95, and WCQ96), and have successfully qualified for 15 out of the last 17 World Cups, famously missing World Cup 89 and World Cup 96 while ranked in the top 6 in the KPB rankings each time. We have also participated in Baptism of Fire 60, and been a participant in four different Cup of Harmonies(CoH 66, CoH 67, CoH 71, and CoH 81). In four Cups of Harmony, Banija has only once moved past the group stage, in CoH 81, and they promptly fell on penalties in the Round of 16. In their lone Baptism of Fire, they earned a lone point.

After not competing at all during the World Cup 78 Cycle due to the RBSA's bankruptcy, they re-entered the world of international football in World Cup 79 cycle. A shocking World Cup 79 Qualification campaign saw them on the brink of qualifying, but the team simply ran out of gas and lost 4 of their final 5 matches to not make it to Ceni/Drawkland. Since then, the U21 team got 3rd place at the 42nd Di Bradini Cup, and the national team advanced to the quarterfinals of AOCAF LV, AOCAF LVI, and AOCAF LVII, establishing themselves as a strong regional side, falling to the eventual champs in the latter two tournaments. They stunningly qualified for World Cup 80, after starting poorly by losing 5 of their first 9, to going unbeaten in the second half of qualifying, where they won 7 of those games. In the World Cup 80 Qualification playoffs, a 3-0 first leg victory in Montreal, Royal Kingdom of Quebec, powered the team through to their first ever appearance in the World Cup Finals, advancing to sport's pre-eminent competition 5-3 on aggregate over Mercedini. While a pair of one goal losses saw them eliminated after two games, they earned their first ever victory at the World Cup Finals in a 2-0 win over New Gazi in their final group stage game. As they hosted World Cup 81, they went directly to the tournament, and went to their first ever knockout stages, winning Group A before falling, 1-1(2-1 AET) to Turori in the Round of 16. They cruised to qualification in World Cup 82, maintaining a top two spot in their World Cup Qualification group behind Brenecia for the entirety of the World Cup 82 Qualification campaign, getting to the tournament with relative ease before bowing out in the group stages.

The World Cup 83 cycle was their strongest yet. Starting with AOCAF LVIII on home soil, co-hosted with the Commonwealth of Baker Park, the Kadongo Kamu won 6 consecutive matches to open the tournament, taking their winning streak all the way to the final. Unfortunately, they were felled, 4-2, at home to their archrivals, the Equestrian States. Co-hosting World Cup 83 as well, the Banijans made a miraclous run at the World Cup, upending 5th ranked South Covelllo on penalties, and defeating the then two-time defending world champions Vilita in the quarterfinals, before falling, 3-2, at the national stadium to Starblaydia. They added to the trophy case, however, earning a bronze medal after defeating Cassadaigua in the 3rd place playoff game.

The World Cup 84 cycle, the first with real title expectations for the Banijans, was a disappointment in the regionals, as we fell 1-0 to Ko-oren in the AOCAF Round of 16, although we advanced to the quarterfinals of World Cup 84 before dropping to Eura in extra time. The World Cup 85 cycle seems to be a promise of hope for the Banijans. Although AOCAF LX was a rough tournament for the Banijans, it was surrounded by two excellent tournament performances for the Banijans. We won the U21 World Cup(DBC 47), and are just coming off earning our first ever senior-level trophy, by winning the 8th Eagle's Cup to be admitted as a full, permanent member of the Eagle's Club right before the beginning of World Cup Qualifying. Following that, the Banijans dominated World Cup 85 Qualifying, going wire-to-wire as the first place team in their World Cup Qualifying group, as well as earning more points in World Cup Qualifying(67) than any other team did throughout the entire campaign. Those strong performances both in the Eagle's Cup and World Cup Qualifying have caused fans to put an up and down AOCAF behind them, and heighten the standard for World Cup 85. While they escaped the group stages with four points, strong wins over Vilita and Zwangzug in the knockouts put them on course for a medal, as they eventually beat allies Baker Park in the bronze medal match, after falling 3-2 to the eventual champions Free Republics in the semifinal.

After a return to the AOCAF LXI Quarterfinals, their first quarterfinal appearance in the last 3 editions of the regional championships, they fell to Chromatika on penalties. The World Cup 86 Qualification campaign went rather swimmingly- the national team went a perfect 18-0-0 in World Cup Qualifying, the first time that had happened in well over 10 cycles. The multiverse's #1 ranked squad was brimming with confidence, the two-time bronze medalists entering World Cup 86 trying to win the biggest trophy in all of sports for the first time.

Marcus Waters has always preached the following- "you've got to win at home before you can win the World Cup." It's always meant you've got to win in Atlantian Oceania before you can expect to win the World Cup. And while we've never won the AOCAFs, our group was all Atlantian Oceania sides- Ko-oren, Chromatika, and Mriin. We finished in first place with a 1-0 win over Ko-oren, a 2-2 draw against Chromatika, and a 0-0 draw against Mriin being enough to earn 5 points. Then, we faced a gauntlet of former World champions. A 1-0 win over them put us in our fourth consecutive World Cup Quarterfinal, against 5 time World champions Valanora. A thrilling 4-3 win put us in the semifinal, again facing a GSW rival- World Cup 84 winners Farfadillis. In one of the wildest World Cup semifinals ever played, Banija came out on top 7-6, with a stoppage time winner to put them in the Final against the World Cup 85 winners Nephara. It was a true game of the century- neither team had lost a competitive match since the start of World Cup Qualifying, neither losing during Qualifying or the Finals. And in that thriller, it would be the Banijans who would win, taking a lead and holding onto it, winning by 3 goals to 2 against Nephara to lift the trophy and declare themselves World Cup Champions.

The ensuing AOCAF was strong, but not as strong as they wanted it to be. After starting slowly and losing their opening two games, they finished well done the stretch of group play, and even won a pair of knockout stage games before eventually falling to the champions, Baker Park, in the Semifinals. The Banijans redeemed themselves by earning a bronze medal against Sarzonia. The team took a B squad to Eagle's Cup IX, but a strong performance there landed them a silver medal, losing in the final to Valanora. World Cup 87 did not go the way they expected, getting eliminated in the group stages for the first time since World Cup 82. But we recovered in the World Cup 88 cycle. While a quarterfinal elimination at both Eagle's Cup X and AOCAF LXIII were not great, we were unbeaten in World Cup 88 Qualifying, and reached the World Cup 88 Semifinals, eliminating the defending champions Nephara and falling to the eventual champions Turori along the way. We used that momentum of the semfiinal run to finally earn a regional title, as on our 10th try, we finally won the AOCAFs, defeating Hapilopper in the semifinals and Valanora in the Final, winning both matches via penalty kick shootouts.

That regional title meant little in World Cup Qualifying, however, as Pemecutan and Zwangzug both pipped past Banija to automatically qualify for the World Cup, and left Banija in the dust, gasping for air. That called for a reset from the RSBA, which led to Marcus Waters resigning and Pam Scott be hired. While neither the Cup of Harmony nor the AOCAFs went particularly well, Pam Scott's laser focus on qualifying for the World Cup was a success, as the team not only went to World Cup 90, but showed up in style, winning a pair of penalty shootouts, before falling to the eventual winners, The Holy Empire, on PKs, in the semifinals. They still beat Valanora in the third place match, 2-1, to earn their third overall bronze medal. To reset things for World Cup 91, Banija easily won our qualification group, but flopped on our face in the Finals- losing our last two group stage matches after opening the tournament with 3 points, and promptly falling out at the group stages.

Pam Scott changed the mood entirely following, however, as the Banijans surprised many by winning AOCAF 67, including eliminating tournament favorites, Valanora, on home soil. The team built on that, in what was one of their best cycles ever- after going unbeaten in Qualifying (17 wins and 3 draws, with no losses), they went to the World Cup with confidence. After winning their group with ease, 7 points, they made it all the way to their Second ever World Cup Final, at World Cup 92. Wins over Squidroidia and world number ones Turori followed in the knockout stages, followed by a PK shootout victory over Valanora. But in the World Cup 92 Final, they fell at the final hurdle, as Zwangzug lifted the sport's ultimate trophy. While they could not retain their regional title, losing to the host nations, Valanora, in the AOCAF 68 Final, the lessons learned were paramount. They reached the World Cup and turned on another gear, earning their second ever World Cup title after defeating Chromatika, 4-3, in the World Cup 93 Final.

After they fell in the semifinals of AOCAF 69, the question was- could Banija repeat on the world stage? And the answer, undoubtedly, was yes. In sensational fasion, the Banijans earned their third ever World Cup title in a title defense- going a combined 25-0-2(W-L-D) across Qualifying and the World Cup Finals combined to earn a championship at World Cup 94. And they maintained the form at the AOCAFs- turning down worthy challenger after worthy challenger to do something they have never done before- be regional and world champions at the same time.

Unfortunately, the chase for the threepeat died miserably- World Cup 95 was a nightmarish campaign. The Qualifying campaign barely got off the ground, and it never really went anywhere- although we qualified, it was only via a last minute decider via a playoff- not what a team looking to win a World Cup title is looking to do. And the poor form carried over when it counted most, as it resulted in a group stage knockout for Banija. But that was not a one-off- it started a downturn for the Banijans. A disappointing result at the inauguaral ARC, followed by failing to qualify for World Cup 96, has put a lot of pressure on this team for the last ARCs. The old guard had their last chance and disapppointed- and ergo, there is a top to bottom cleaning of the house. 12 players from the last roster retired, as well as the manager- and so, with George Wangolo taking the reigns as NT manager, it is a new era for the Kadongo Kamu.

Statistics(Up to date as of right before the start of World Cup 97 Qualifying, friendlies included. Banijan statisticians count OT and PK shootout wins and losses as wins and losses, as opposed to draws like most international statisticians):
All-Time Record: 478-199-128(W-L-D)
All-Time Winning Percentage: 59.38% (Wins over total games played)
All-Time Points Percentage: 64.68% (Wins plus 1/3rd of draws over total games played)
Current WCC Rank: #27
Current ARC Rank:
Top 25 All-Time Leading Goal Scorers: Italicized players are retired from international duty. Bold players are active players. These are updated as of the beginning of World Cup 97 Qualifying.
1. Abel Wesoloski-Okafor(138 goals)
2. Ilman Jawara(110 goals)
3. Gitonga Kahara(109 goals)
4. Idai Uster(89 goals)
5. Sarafina Ikpeazu(74 goals)
6. Lolong Bokate(69 goals)
7. Kausu Dione(67 goals)
8. Namakula Kawesa(59 goals)
9. Madu Okparra(57 goals)
10. Chibuzo Afolayan(54 goals)
11. Mzukisi Nzo(49 goals)
12. Gereh Kama(45 goals)
13. Kiggwe Mavuto(43 goals)
T14. Toyuwa Okafor(37 goals)
T14. Dembo Savaneh(37 goals)
T16. Assefa Yitebarke(35 goals)
T16. Nwabudike Ugonna(35 goals)
18. Jônn Wérséô(33 goals)
19. Sergius Atieno(32 goals)
T20. Odongo Kagenda(27 goals)
T20. Isaac Georgiadis(27 goals)
T20. Kamara Touré(27 goals)
T23. Layvin Son-Saka(26 goals)
T23. Kizza Okafor(26 goals)
25. Aquila Hongo(25 goals)

World Cup Appearances: 15- World Cup 80, World Cup 81(co-hosts), World Cup 82, World Cup 83(co-hosts), World Cup 84, World Cup 85, World Cup 86, World Cup 87, World Cup 88, World Cup 90, World Cup 91, World Cup 92, World Cup 93, World Cup 94, World Cup 95
Times Ranked #1 in the KPB- First Stretch(5 rank updates): Pre-World Cup 86 Qualifying, Pre-World Cup 86 Finals, Pre-World Cup 87 Qualifying, Pre-World Cup 87 Finals
Second & Current Stretch(3 rank updates): Pre-World Cup 94 Finals, Pre-World Cup 95 Qualifying, Pre-World Cup 95 Finals

Trophy Cabinet:
Senior-Level
Champions of World Cup 94
Champions of World Cup 93
Champions of World Cup 86
Champions of Eagle's Cup VIII
Champions of AOCAF LXIV
Champions of AOCAF LXVII
Champions of AOCAF LXX
Winner of the Inaugural Afro-Caribbean Heritage Festival
2nd Place at World Cup 92
2nd Place at AOCAF LVIII
2nd Place at AOCAF LXVIII
2nd Place at Eagle's Cup IX(Winners of the tournament's Cup of Champions)
3rd Place at World Cup 83
3rd place at World Cup 85
3rd place at World Cup 90
3rd Place at AOCAF LXII
3rd Place atAOCAF LXIX
3rd place at the United Valhaven Regional Football Championships
3rd Place at the Second Afro-Carribean Heritage Festival

Youth Level
Champions of the 8th Sporting World Cup
Champions of the 47th Di Bradini Cup
3rd place at 42nd Di Bradini Cup
3rd place at the 17th RTC U18 World Cup

World Cup Hall of Famers
Adama Sowe(former RBSA Chairman, current WCC Vice President)
GItonga Kahara(all-time leading goalscorer, World Cup winning captain, all-time cap leader)
Marcus Waters(Banija's winningest manager, has led Banija to 100% of our World Cup Qualifications, and has never failed to qualify for the Finals)
Namakula Kawesa(first female star, 3rd all-time leading goalscorer at time of retirement)
Kuma Bultum(Champions League Winner, World Cup winner, most appearances on the Galacticos list for a Banijan)

World Cup 97 Qualifying

Starters: 4-2-1-3.
Players who are based in a foreign league are bolded.
Players who are making their NT debuts during World Cup 97 Qualifying are italicized.
BSL = Banijan Soccer League, Banija's second tier. National league. S-FPL is the joint first tier soccer league for Farfadillis, Banija, and the Busoga Islands.
GK #1 Biran Jarju. Age 26. Plays for FC Capri in the Elven Premiership in Valanora.
LB #44 Opio Ssambwa. Age 28. Plays for Herzegovina City FC in the S-FPL.
LCB #30 Kutaaka Muteesa. Age 28. Plays for Montreal City in the Q-League.
RCB #3 Ensa Janneh. Age 26. Plays for Hondo FC in the Elven Premiership in Valanora.
RB #15 Daraja Kanka. Age 24. Plays for La Querida in the S-FPL.
CM #6 Yob Yeyeh Aan. Age 26. Banijan/Farf dual-national. Plays for FK Arsika in Mytanija.
CM #14 Araba Fanja. Age 24. Plays for Herzegovina City FC in the S-FPL.
CAM #10 Yob Banda. Age 24. Plays for Busukuma AC in the S-FPL.
LW #7 Lavyin Son-Saka. Age 24. Plays for St. John's Arsenal in the Q-League. Captain.
ST #9 Jônn Wérséô. Age 26. Plays for Mâ Âlâmëómë in the S-FPL. Rulandea, Farfadillis. Farf/Banijan dual-national, born to Farf refugees in Busukuma.
RW/RM #11 Odongo Kagenda. Age 27. Plays for Herzegovina City FC in the S-FPL.
Bench:
GK #35 Kasozi Ssempewo. Age 23. Plays for Herzegovina City FC in the S-FPL.
GK #39 Salathiel Kavuuma. Age 25. Plays for the Busukuma Force in the S-FPL.
LB #20 Kabiru Suso. Age 25. Plays for Mar Sara FC in the Elven Premiership in Valanora.
CB #4 Otem Ssema. Age. 28. Players for Jinja City FC in the S-FPL.
CB #5 Opio Bikya. Age 30. Plays for Herzegovina City FC in the S-FPL.
RB #2 Adroa Kiryamunyolo. Age 29. Plays for Jinja City FC in the S-FPL.
CM #8 Aquila Hongo. Age 33. Plays for Maethoru SC in Ko-oren.
CM #25 Fafa Maloo. Age 25. Plays for Istria City FC in the S-FPL.
CAM #15 Zaharija Zdjelar-Siwangeh. Age 21. Plays for Kitara AA in the S-FPL. Formerly capped by the Farf NT, eligible for a U21 one-time switch.
LW/RW #21 Muhangi Wentibwa. Age 20. Plays for Istria City FC in the S-FPL.
RW/LW #22 Alanso Kambi. Age 26. Plays for Wexax United in the Elven Premiership in Valanora.
ST #12 Sabiti Yikala. Age 23. Plays for Herzegovina City FC in the S-FPL.

Notes:
- Our free kicks are taken by Layvin Son-Saka. Our corner kicks are taken by the winger on whatever side the corner kick is on.
- Our penalty kicks are taken by Jônn Wérséô.

Select Player Bios

1. Layvin Son-Saka

The most hyped prospect, in this sport anyways, is Gitonga Kahara for Banija. Those who are old enough to remember the hype coming out of DBC 42- well, you can say that he lived up to it, having a storybook ending for his career- his last game for Banija, captaining our country to our first ever World Cup title. Son-Saka has every bit the hype- and some say even more talent. "Gitonga Kahara will always hold a special place in the hearts of Banijans- but the next great winger is here, and Son-Saka has the potential to not be equalled by anybody."

Think of the exploits he's had for St. John's Arsenal as a teenager. Scoring the title-winning goal to lead St. John's Arsenal to their first Q-League title in 28 years, he's the main man in one of the biggest leagues in club football. And now, starring for his country too. He probably should have a WC title and been on the WC94 team- but Pam Scott opted to bring on her veteran, Sarafina Ikpeazu, for one last ride. Can't argue with those results, of course. But it's his team now. He got onto the team, got the #7 jersey and the starting job right away, and even has a regional title to show for it, being a key starter on Banija's AOCAF 70 winning team- the final AOCAF.

Of course, while he has been a bright spot, the team has gone quite far downhill since then. Widely recognized as the team's best player, he's been given the armband as the captain for the Kadongo Kamu not only this time around, but for the long-term, at just 24 years old. He's gladly taken on that responsibility, and despite there being senior players ahead of him, he will wear the armband for a decade+. He strong believes that he will compete for the biggest possible trophies for Banija, and that their brightest days are ahead- as opposed to behind.

2. Opio Ssambwa

The marauding left back garnered a lot of attention as part of Banija's World Cup winning squad, playing well as a starter in the World Cup Final. When he was 22 years old, the talented left back wrestled the permanent NT role from Sohna Kelley, and is one of the brightest players of the current generation. Coming up through the ranks at Kitara AA, he's off to Herzegovina City in Banija so he can experience the pressures of a title race. Originally trying to stay there for a season, he has liked the place, and inked a long-term contract to spend the majority of his prime years in Banija's oldest city.

Due to his extensive experience with the NT, he's the vice-captain- and, of course, a crucial player on the team. He's been an important contributor for the NT's greatest moments, and he is here trying to bring the team back to its heights. He is known for his relentless positivity, and his strong belief that Banija will get back to the top of the sport.

World Cup 97 Schedule
Matchday 1: Banija(26) v. Saint Eleanor(11) @ Norrion Park(cap. 65,352) in Norrion, Eastfield Lodge
Matchday 2: Mytanija(36) v. Banija(26) @ Norrion Park(cap. 65,352) in Norrion, Eastfield Lodge
Matchday 3: Banija(26) v. Eastfield Lodge(69) @ Lodger City Memorial Stadium(cap. 150,000) in New Lodger City, Eastfield Lodge

by **Legalese** » Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:35 am

Roster for the Legalese National Team for World Cup 97

Style Modifier: +5 . Viva Takil.
RP permissions
If you RP the match first, your permissions are my permissions. Seriously, whatever you’re okay with folks doing to your team is what I grant you for mine. I reserve the right to make minor “corrections”/disagreements in my narrative when it comes to my team (particularly when it comes to severity of injuries), but otherwise, you do you. On the off chance that your permissions are also a mirror, pretty much do what you want to my team, noting the above.

Along with shirt numbers, each player’s shirt name is listed in ALL CAPS

Keepers
##	Name					Age	Hometown
1	KAWACATOOSE Swamp Johnson		27	Weshongtun
22	Christy CHAPPLE				23	Berry
23	Emma PETT				21	Tavisford

Defenders
##	Name					Age	Hometown
3	Jack FARMER				31	Repods
12	Xalvador Connelly-HOULIHAN		26	Hitchfield
13	Matthew BOHAN				25	Empori
14	Isaac LONGBOAT				23	Perkir

Midfielders
##	Name					Age	Hometown
2	Faron HILL ADAMS			21	Surf City
4	Thomas TOAL				25	Spetz-Tessah
5	Gagan EPSOM				31	Bonghemtun
6	Jack MOSES				29	Chollam
7	Archibald Corcoran “AC” SHEEHY		29	Winne
8	Joseph DAMHAN				20	Tyrellia 
16	Derrick YOMKINS				26	Stephill Mill
17	Roddy NELSON				27	Centerville
18	Jonathan KINGMAN			25	Ashland
19	Dale MCINERNEY				29	Echelon
20	Sammy-Jo Hill-TANNER			22	Coneck

Forwards
##	Name					Age	Hometown
9	Richie FUNDERBUNK			27	Cenesirege
10	Lily TONAWANDA				21	Bekk
11	Hasana HIRST				23	Basswood
21	Leo HILL-Tanner				22	Coneck
24	Mark BRADY				26	Kelton
25	Slade PARKER				29	Groton

Text description of the kits: The primary team kit consists of a black shirt and shorts, with red socks. The shirt contains a double sash of solid red over solid white, stretching diagonally from the left shoulder to the right hip. Over the shirt-wearer's heart (as well as on the right hemline of the shorts) is the Legalese crest. The player's number appears to the right chest area on the shirt, and on the left leg of the shorts, both in white.

The secondary team kit consists of a red shirt and black shorts, with red socks. The shorts description is identical to the primary kit description, save for the number on the shorts being gold in color. The secondary shirt contains a black sash running from the left shoulder to the right hip; the sash is not solid, appearing as if it was splashed onto the shirt. The shirt has white collars and cuffs, and contains the Legalese crest in the same position as the primary kit shirt; the number is in the same position as the primary, but colored gold.

A new third kit, designed to honor the region (while firmly asserting a national identity). It consists of a multicolored shirt, along with black shorts and red socks. The shirt is mainly purple and green, with a progressing block-like pattern. Over the pattern is a red sash, containing the splash style seen on the secondary kit. The shirt includes black cuffs, and a black/red color.

The keeper kit is a longsleeve royal blue shirt with white cuffs and collars. The shirt has gold dots across it, shrinking in size moving up from the hem to the collar. a black-and-red sash runs diagonally from the right hip to the left shoulder; the sash consists of a series of thin lines, with the upper half of the lines being red, and the latter half black. The Crest and Numbers on the shirt and shorts are the same as seen on the secondary kit.

The crest contained on the primary, secondary, and keeper kits is a nonagon outlined in gold, with a black field, red sash, and white scales. The third kit contains a simplified crest of white scales only.

by **Qusmo** » Thu Aug 08, 2024 11:10 am

Qusmo dreams of returning to newly-expanded World Cup

After a long absence, Qusmo has returned to the world of international football. Qusmo was eliminated in deeply ignominious fashion from Copas Rushmori XLV & XLVI, but in their post-Reform reemergence on the WCC stage, they did manage to finish third in their World Cup 96 Qualifying group. The Quxruxy finished just three points behind Farfadillis for a playoff spot & only four behind Tanirinthia for an automatic qualification place, before eventually being eliminated from Cup of Harmony 88 by Saterun in the quarterfinals. Since that fixture, Qusmo has lost a program-record seven consecutive matches: its final Cup of Harmony 88 fixture, all three Xandrian Series friendlies it hosted, & all three matches in its Copa Rushmori XLVI campaign.

Manager Tlanx-Nulzk Hal remains in their role leading their home country’s national team ahead of World Cup 97 Qualifying, but the team’s dire recent run of form has led to calls for that to change. As a pot four team, which finished third in their most recent World Cup Qualifying group despite being unranked at the time, Qusma fans will fancy their chances to place in the top three of World Cup Qualifying again — and with the World Cup now expanded beyond thirty-two teams for the first time in the tournament’s history, seventy percent of third-place teams will qualify for the World Cup, meaning a return to the Multiverse’s biggest stage could very well be within reach. Although it will certainly be far from easy, that will be the goal. Now, it is up to Tlanx-Nulzk & their thirty chosen players to achieve it.

It’s a new dawn for Qusma football. It’s a new dawn for Qusmo. Glory to Qusmo, glory to Qusmi’y.

Personnel
N°   Ps     Name                  Pronouns   Age     Club                         Caps  Gls     AEF   Notes
 1   GK     OXOLT-ULUTU Nev       they/them   32     Wilmington City (MYR)           3    0           
12   GK     KARAR-FALAX Zev       they/them   36     Northern Union (BRE)            8    0           IFCF Champions League 2 & 17 champion; Super Cup 2 & 17 champion; UICA Youth Cup 25 champion
25   GK     KEPEX-CHENG Yan        she/they   24     Beian Bats (YZH)                0    0     YZH   
 3   CB     NIRLO-ZYLYZ Bel       they/them   33     Midtown AC (CBP)                2    0           
 4   CB     NEXEV-PILTA Val       they/them   35     Nyva Zvornik (MYT)             15    1     MYT   
13   CB     GAVAZ-AJARK Tez       they/them   28     Yassaca FC (SRS)               18    0     SRS   
17   CB     OLORZ-NEXEV Zev       they/them   28     Emerald Coast AC (SRS)          7    0     SRS   
26   CB     IBILX-IRTIX Ono       they/them   38     Northern Union (BRE)            9    0           IFCF Champions League 2 & 17 champion; Super Cup 2 & 17 champion; UICA Youth Cup 25 champion
15   LB     XELEZ-MATEZ Wek       they/them   22     Olympia Arkintoofle (SRS)      17    1     SRS   
20   LB     OTOLN-PRANT Ezi       they/them   37     Northern Union (BRE)           14    0           IFCF Champions League 2 & 17 champion; Super Cup 2 & 17 champion; UICA Youth Cup 25 champion
27   LB     Ida SEVET-STOKES       she/her    34     AFC Corvistone (NPH)           13    0     NPH   CB/LB/DM; records do not include 14 previous caps for Nephara
16   RB     SEVET-AJARK Tez       they/them   24     AFC Edencliff (KYP)             3    0           
29   RB     LYNUL-SEVET Pul       they/them   27     Occidental Olympic (EXT)        9    0           
 2   DM     BELAJ-TRENJ Marko       he/him    20     La + Querida (FFD)             13    1     SRS   
 5   DM     INTOV-GELAN Nun       they/them   32     Ituraitz Victory (ASG)         19    0           DM/CB
30   DM     Rax CHOLOPI           they/them   24     Mighty Rangers (BIY)            1    0     BIY   
 6   CM     JERAT-FORZU Mal       they/them   32     Sivolvia Capitalizt (SRS)      18    3     SRS   
14   CM     Chifuniro LENPI        she/her    24     Mansanduni Union (BIY)          2    0     BIY   
18   CM     WANAR-XALAN Tla       they/them   27     Golden Unicorn (EXT)            8    0           
28   CM     KYNDA-TYLYR Ezi       they/them   23     Sporting Jaglan (SRS)           1    0     SRS   
 7   AM     HELEK-PERTZ Zev       they/them   31     Megabrantid SC (SRS)           27    8     SRS   AM/ST
 8   AM     TANAR-ILINX Wek       they/them   32     FC Axel Heiburg (PIS)           2    0           CM/AM
22   LW     BELAJ-RILAN Dar       they/them   24     Latrobe Athletic (KSK)         26    5     SRS   LM/LW
23   LM     KRESP-KRESP Wek       they/them   33     Hillsborough FC (CBP)           1    0           
 9   RW     CULAK-ZELEZ Guv       they/them   22     Miradela GD (KOR)               6    1     SRS   ST/LW/RW
19   RW     ILINX-WINAD Bel       they/them   30     Hawthorne United (XAN)         16    4           CM/AM/RM/LM/RW/LW
21   RM     SEVET-ZORNO Faz       they/them   25     KFX Halazem (SRS)               0    0           
10   ST     SEVET-MATEZ Fox       they/them   30     Brantisvogan FC (SRS)          18    3     SRS   
11   ST     BELAJ-BLONZ Tez       they/them   32     Wansan Noksaekjeonsa (QUE)      1    0           
24   ST     XILIT-OXOLT Mal       they/them   32     Fraser Valley (TMB)            17    9     TMB   

Role        Name                  Pronouns   Age     Notes
Manager     TLANX-NULZK Hal       they/them   79     Former manager of KF Qastyr (QUS), Saltstead, Savigliane, & Starblaydia; two-time former Galactico Manager of the Season
Assistant   HELEK-NENZI Ono       they/them   45     Former KF Vlonz (QUS), KF Qastyr (QUS), & Qusmo national team left-sided midfielder
GK Coach    PRANT-TELEW Wek       they/them   50     Former KF Poldanz (QUS), Stahlburg City (NPH), & Qusmo national team  goalkeeper
Goalkeepers
Yamaj-Zorno Mal’s retirement has left a void in Qusmo’s goal. Former Champions League champion Karar-Falax Zev will get the first opportunity to fill it, but they have already announced their own retirement after the conclusion of this World Cup cycle. Moreover, the reason Yamaj-Zorno got the opportunity to play for their national team in the first place is that both Karar-Falax & Oxolt-Ulutu Nev failed to impress. If history repeats itself, Kepex-Cheng Yan could make her international debut. The former refugee, who fled Qusmo during its Reforms, Yuezhou during its Civil War, & Nyowani Kitara during its Crisis, is already an inspiring story, but with all Qusmo’s other international-calibre goalkeepers already in their thirties & a retirement wave having already begun, Kepex-Cheng has the potential to make the position their own for many cycles to come.

Centre backs
Qusmo’s entire Matchday One back line from their most recent tournament, Copa Rushmori XLVI, has been dropped for the start of World Cup 97 Qualifying. Faced with an aging player pool, Tlanx-Nulzk has struggled to find the balance between experience & obsolescence, with defence in particular emerging as a consistent trouble spot. Ibilx-Irtix Ono will captain the side in what will be their final World Cup cycle before retiring to focus on managing their business &, it is rumored, beginning a managerial career in football. They will be partnered by Baker Park National League champion Nirlo-Zylyz Bel. However, Nexev-Pilta Val, Gavaz-Ajark Tez, Olorz-Nexev Zev, & Ida Sevet-Stokes have all had spells as starting centre backs for the national team in the past, & any of them may be drafted in again if Ibilx-Irtix & Nirlo-Zylyz cannot arrest Qusmo’s defensive player churn.

Left backs
With two aging players in the middle of defence, Tlanx-Nulzk has opted for younger players on the outside. The youngest defender on Qusmo’s roster, at just twenty-two, Xelez-Matez Wek will return to Qusmo’s starting XI, where they have traded the starting left back job with Otoln-Prant Ezi for some time. The veteran Northern Union player has announced their retirement after the coming cycle, however, so this could be a preview of Qusmo’s left back situation for many years to come. Meanwhile, Ida Sevet-Stokes has been listed as a left back, despite being listed at centre back & defensive midfield in her previous appearances with the national team. She will be a versatile depth piece at all three positions.

Right backs
Lynul-Sevet Pul will get the nod on the right side of defence to open World Cup Qualifying, with Sevet-Ajark Tez waiting in the wings. With only two right backs listed, there is no spot on Qusmo’s thirty-player Qualifying roster for Wanar-Xeral Zyn, who was Qusmo’s starter at the position during their winning streak at the end of the team’s previous Qualifying campaign & was the opening-day starter at the position for both Cup of Harmony 88 & Copa Rushmori XLVI. However, they lost their starting place midway through both tournaments, & now they’ve lost their place on the roster entirely. At thirty-seven, they have played their final match in red & gold. Likewise, although Sevet-Stokes managed to scrap her way back to the team’s roster, fellow Nepharan-Qusma defender Ash Betva will not be joining her, as the most-capped right back in Qusmo’s post-Reform history will be watching the team’s Qualifying matches from home.

Defensive midfielders
There is more room on Qusmo’s roster for defensive-minded midfielders, however. Working backwards towards the front, Intov-Gelan Nun is the first player who began Copa Rushmori XLVI as a starter to retain their place after that dreadful performance. In fact, Qusmo’s whole midfield will be left in place for the beginning of World Cup 97 Qualifying. Intov-Gelan provides strength & steel in the middle of the park, providing an effective, experienced shield for the defence. The only U21-eligible player on the team, Belaj-Trenj Marko provides Tlanx-Nulzk with a different sort of profile, as the La + Querida player functions better as a deep-lying playmaker, but they aren’t nearly as imposing a physical presence as Intov-Gelan. Meanwhile, Biyambi First Division champion Rax Chalopi represents a compromise candidate, not quite as technical as Belaj-Trenj or as physical as Intov-Gelan.

Central midfielders
In central midfield, long a storied position in Qusma football, Jerat-Forzu Mal is the clear first-choice starter. The Squornshelan Superleague champion has been an integral piece in the middle of the park for Sivolvia Capitalizt, & they are the tempo-setter for their national team. However, Tlanx-Nulzk may play with multiple midfielders at a time who fit a more box-to-box profile, & they have brought along three additional younger options to fill that role. Chifuniro Lenpi, Wanar-Xalan Tla, & Kynda-Tylyr Ezi are all jostling for roles as the team’s primary backup, situational starter against certain opponents, & future first-choice midfielder after Jerat-Forzu. Only Wanar-Xalan has ever started a match for Qusmo before, but none of the three are head & shoulders above the others, & they may all have opportunities to prove themselves during Qualifying.

Attacking midfielders
Helek-Pertz Zev is an easy choice as the national team’s most creative midfielder. Helek-Pertz is Qusmo’s record post-Reform cap earner, has scored the second-most post-Reform goals for Qusmo, & has featured in every competitive fixture for Qusmo since the Reforms. It should be no surprise they’re often considered the best player on the team. There’s very little the Squornshelan Superleague champion can’t do on the pitch. They possess a lethal combination of technique & vision that allows Qusmo to contend against any opponent, whether unlocking a low block or creating a moment of magic against the run of play. They’re even clinical enough to play striker. However, the drop-off in quality behind Helek-Pertz is quite noticeable. Aside from them, attacking midfield is clearly the weakest position in the national team pool, & Tanar-Ilinx Wek plays a more reserved role in central midfield naturally. Although an improvement over a now-thirty-nine-year-old Raxat-Avarn Zev, Helek-Pertz’s previous backup on the national team, they aren’t expected to be a major contributor in Qusmo’s Qualifying campaign behind the ever-present Helek-Pertz.

Left wingers
Kelssek Championship champion Belaj-Rilan Dar is Qusmo’s young star. Firmly entrenched as a key national team starter at twenty-four, Belaj-Rilan’s streak of consecutive starts in Qusmo’s past twenty-two competitive fixtures represent more caps than anyone else in Qusma post-Reform history bar Helek-Pertz Zev. A prototypical Tlanxball winger, Belaj-Rilan can stay wide or cut inside & can set up others or finish off chances themself. However, the rest of Qusmo’s winger options are more complicated. The only other natural left winger on the roster is Kresp-Kresp Wek, a player nearly a decade older than Belaj-Rilan who plays with their club as a wide midfielder & has only one cap to their name: a substitute appearance in a shutout loss in a friendly.

Right wingers
The state of the other side of Qusmo’s front three is inverted, without such a clear-cut starter but with more credible options from which to choose. Getting the start, at least initially, will be Culak-Zelez Guv. Though a natural striker, Culak-Zelez can play every position across the forward line, & Tlanx-Nulzk is experimenting to see if they can fit as the national team’s starter on the right side. With very clear starters at left wing & striker, it’s Culak-Zelez’s best chance to get off the bench & make an impact for their national team. Waiting in the wings will be Ilinx-Winad Bel, an even more versatile player who is a natural central midfielder but has experience playing any other position more advanced on the pitch save for striker. Ilinx-Winad has been entirely serviceable as Qusmo’s starting right winger, so they could easily take over if Culak-Zelez’s transition to the wing is more difficult than expected, or they could deputize at any of several positions across the pitch. Meanwhile, Sevet-Zorno Faz has received their first-ever national team call-up. While they are not nearly as positionally flexible or as experienced on the international level as either Culak-Zelez or Ilinx-Winad, they are the lone natural right winger on the roster, & their presence can allow both their teammates listed at the position to fill any other gaps they can at the same time.

Strikers
Finally, we’ve reached striker, where the job is still somehow Xilit-Oxolt Mal’s. Players like Kai Dynom were left off the roster entirely despite playing their club football in the same nation & in a tier higher than Xilit-Oxolt. However, when Xilit-Oxolt got the opportunity to play for Qusmo, they played incredibly, scoring nine goals in seventeen matches, good for the most goals & best goals per match ratio of any player in Qusmo’s post-Reform era. The result is leaving players like Dynom off the roster, shunting players like Culak-Zelez Guv to other positions to find playing time, & relegating players like Sevet-Matez Fox & Belaj-Blonz Tez to the bench. Belaj-Blonz is a rare bright spot in the Q-League for a struggling Wansan Noksaekjeonsa team, while Sevet-Matez is one of the best strikers in the Superleague for Brantisvogan, but Sevet-Matez hasn’t been anywhere near as spectacular in a Qusma kit, & Belaj-Blonz only made it onto their first tournament roster for the national team thanks to the vacancy opened by Culak-Zelez’s move to right wing. Striker is the one position where Qusmo is genuinely spoiled for choice, but somehow, the player with a lock on the team’s starting position is someone who doesn’t even play for a club in a top-flight league.

Tactics

Tlanx-Nulzk will nominate the following players to start Qusmo’s opening match of the campaign against the Fourteen Stars. The team’s starting XI is subject to change throughout the course of Qusmo’s Qualifying campaign.
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|                          Xilit-Oxolt                          |
|       Belaj-Rilan                           Culak-Zelez       |
|                                                               |
|                  Helek-Pertz                                  |
|-------------------------------O--Jerat-Forzu------------------|
|                          Intov-Gelan                          |
|                                                               |
|  Xelez-Matez                                     Lynul-Sevet  |
|                  Ibilx-Irtix     Nirlo-Zylyz                  |
|                                                               |
|                       |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|                       |
|                       |  Karar-Falax  |                       |
|_______________________|__|_________|__|_______________________|
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Tlanx-Nulzk’s teams play in a dynamic, aggressive, high-pressing 4-3-3 shape. Historically, the system has been at its best with dynamo centre midfielders who can make a difference in both boxes and everywhere in between, as well as a technically gifted forward line which can equally create chances for each other or put those chances away. Fullbacks will not push very high in attack, but Tlanx-Nulzk’s goal is to liberate the rest of his squad to have freedom with the ball.

Kits

The official kit supplier of the Qusma national team is the Starblaydian-based enterprise ediraf. Though many expected Fuzpon Qusma to select uni·q to win the new Qusma national team contract, the federation has opted to equip the team in the same kit in which they competed in World Cups 82 and 83, as a link to Qusma footballing heritage.

Culture

Gender: All people of full Qusma descent are nonbinary and androgynous and use they/them pronouns. Male or female Qusmi’y generally are children of multinational heritage.
Names: For those with traditional Qusma names, family names are followed by given names.
Nomenclature: Qusmo refers to the country of Qusmo itself, Qusma is an adjective for something that is from or of Qusmo, a Qusmi is a person who is Qusma, Qusmi’y are a group of more than one Qusmi, Qusmi Bez is the title of the leader of Qusmo, & Qusmu is the native language of most Qusmi’y.

Competitive record

Qusmo debuted in World Cup 80 Qualifying & qualified for World Cups 82 and 83, but it had not played any more recent fixtures until the ninety-sixth World Cup cycle, & it failed to qualify for that edition of the tournament. Qusmo had advanced out of the group stage in each of the first six tournaments it had played in, but it was eliminated in the group stage of World Cup 83 & Copas Rushmori XLV & XLVI, with a quarterfinals run in Cup of Harmony 88 representing Qusmo’s only trip past the knockout rounds of a tournament since the Reforms.
Situational Records            M    W    D    L        P/M    W%    GF   GA    GD
All-Time Record              160   76   28   56       1.60   48%   236  209   +27
Competitive Matches          122   62   21   39       1.70   51%   181  145   +36
WCC Competitions             101   57   16   28       1.85   56%   163  115   +48
World Cup Qualifying          78   44   11   23       1.83   56%   129   91   +38
Post-Reform (All Fixtures)    28   10    3   15       1.18   36%    46   56   -10

Stadium

All World Cup 97 Qualifying matches hosted in Qusmo will be staged at Mastad Qusma, Qusmo’s national stadium. Located in Qanz, the nation’s capital, Mastad Qusma has a capacity of 80 000 people & has previously hosted the finals of UICA Youth Cup 24, UICA Series B Champions’ Cup 68, CRF Copa de Campeones 45, & CRF Copa Rushmori XXXII. Mastad Qusma has also previously hosted Qusma domestic cup finals & twenty-four Qusma national team matches, the majority of which ended in victory for the Quxruxy.

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by **Damukuni** » Thu Aug 08, 2024 11:41 am

Damukuni Football Association
公式の選手 | Official Roster | Roster Oficial

Nation Name: Damukuni
Trigramme: DKI
Manager: MaryBeth Jonas
Style Mod: +1.5

NO    POS      NAME                             G     AGE
23    GK       Miranda Muir                     F     22
1     GK       Claudia Foster                   F     30
12    GK       Galen Holmwood                   M     31

2     LF       Custodio Fukuzawa                M     27
3     CF       Eunice Sessions                  F     30
4     CF       Constance Barros                 F     35
5     RF       Mathew Jackman                   M     33
13    LF       Baldomero Nielson                M     31
14    CF       Vega Jinks                       F     28
15    CF       Terezinha Summers                F     28
16    RF       Peleg Bass                       M     25

6     LM       Rokuro Derby                     M     31
7     CM       Ibán Costa                       M     29
8     CM       Jaci Harlow                      F     29
9     RM       Lazaros Ogden                    M     30
17    LM       Deforest Akamatsu                M     27
18    CM       Heitor Clayton                   M     28
19    CM       Jerônimo Seaver                  M     29
20    RM       Saoul Underhill                  M     29

10    ST       Sly Yoxall                       F     31
11    ST       Eytan Kipling                    M     30
21    ST       Rae Viteri                       F     28
22    ST       Batyah Domínguez                 F     27

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by **Avisora** » Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:05 pm

Avisoran National Team

Barely 25 thousand people live in this small Anaian nation. Football is amongst the most popular sports in the nation, with the 4 biggest amateur clubs sending players to represent the Nation. This historically and culturally rich nation is now ready to write its first page in World Cup history.

At home, games will be played in the National Sports Complex, which includes a mini-stadium with a capacity for 2,500 people, making it the biggest stadium in the country, used exclusively for national matters.

The team is fresh off a great showing in the Baptism of Fire, where they reached the quarter-finals before being eliminated by a strong Kronbian team. The Avisorans had a great offensive display and were a very resilient team, scoring late several times during their deep run. Their defense faltered a bit however, allowing the most goals through the entire tournament, including some late ones due to tiredness. In their final game of the tournament, they couldn't get past the Kronbians, being eliminated by a score of just 1-0.

Top Avisoran scorers in the 84th Baptism of Fire:
1. Andrés Pacheco, Julio Sandoval - 5
2. Gabriel Delgado - 2
2. Eduardo Pérez, Diego Sanabria, Eurípides Urrutia - 1

The home kit is of course inspired in our National Flag, with details in light blue and green. The away kit is based on the elegant penguins of Avisora, with a half-and-half black-and-white kit.

The Penguins, taking on the banner of the national bird, are managed by a young, temperamental manager named Pedro Valencia. Valencia is known as a motivator, leading a tactically solid squad with great discipline. His personality often has him at odds with several of his players however, clashing due to an inability to channel his temperament adequately. The players still look up to him, as he is of course one of the few coaches able to handle this level of pressure. Valencia will most likely play a 4-2-3-1, adapting to a 5-2-3 when things get rough. His style of play is a patient one, with passing being the preferred means of reaching the goal, with all 3 attacking mids trying to feed balls into the box for the lone striker to smash in.

Here's the 23 man roster for Avisora:
(Bold means starter)

Nickname: The Penguins
Manager: Pedro Valencia (33)
Captain: Andrés Pacheco
Tactic: 4-2-3-1 (5-2-3 when we need to park the bus)
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Goalkeepers
Chibiu Bocachica - 19 - UD Costa
Alexander Alicea - 26 - CA Central
Gildo Pereira - 18 - CD Pikwee

Defenders
DL Gadiel Ayala - 26 - CD Pikwee
DL Horacio Vega - 20 - CA Central

DC Gabriel Delgado - 26 - CA Central
DC Edgardo Vega - 22 - CD Pikwee
DC Fernando Barrera - 28 - Juventud AA
DC Gabriel Hatón - 21 - Juventud AA

DR Oscar Cruz - 26 - Juventud AA
DR Ricardo Jiménez - 21 - CD Pikwee

Midfielders
MC Andrés Pacheco - 28 - CD Pikwee
MC Christian Zafra - 26 - CA Central
MC Carlos Bermúdez - 22 - CA Central
MC Victor de la Renta - 22 - CD Pikwee

Attackers
AML Benito Colón - 27 - UD Costa
AMC Eduardo Pérez - 27 - CA Central
AMR Diego Sanabria - 27 - CA Central
ST Julio Sandoval - 31 - UD Costa
AML - Eurípides Urrutia - 21 - CD Pikwee
AMC - Hiram Serrano - 24 - Juventud AA
AMR - Miguel Sánchez - 24 - Juventud AA
ST Dionisio Guerrero - 26 - CD Pikwee

We wish the best to our 23 brothers defending our honor in the World Cup Qualifiers!

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by **Alasdair I Frosticus** » Fri Aug 09, 2024 12:52 am

THE HOLY EMPIRE WC 96 SQUAD

While the nation took a long break from WCs 8 through 24, the Holy Empire is proud to be the only active nation to have participated in WC 1.

Though it pretends not to be, the nation is equally proud to have won 5 World Cup titles; and its sole Cup of Harmony title was COMPLETELY INTENTIONAL.

The oldest team in the World Cup returns to the fray! Can they add to their tally of World Cup titles? Can they qualify this time after winning the last Cup of Harmony? Can they continue their epic battle with Audioslavia over who gets to lose the most finals? Let's find out...

Having convinced themselves that Juan Tzimisces is still one of the greatest managers in World Cup history, the Holy Empire Football Association is back to its usual self. This time the Holy Empire is fielding a squad of....

Knee-high argumentative ankle-biting garden gnomes with springs in their football boots.

They're small, they're bearded, they wear pointy gnome hats, they run twice as fast as a normal human, they squabble a lot between themselves, they usually only communicate by going 'chitter-chitter-chitter-chitter', and 'WEEEEEEEE!' (the latter while flying through the air - see below); and they're prone to occasionally - and randomly - biting the ankles of their opponents while calling out "CHOMP CHOMP!".

Their speed is a natural advantage, as are their low centre of gravity, and extraordinary dribbling skills (passing the ball isn't really part of their core strategy); their lack of height an obvious disadvantage. To counter the latter, they have springs installed in their football boots, and the goalkeeper has spring-loaded extendable arms. The downside is that the gnomes absolutely love the spring-loaded football boots, and are prone to use them at random inappropriate moments, shouting out 'WEEEEEEEE!' while flying through the air, the wind whistling through their beards.

Where HEFA found them is anyone's guess.

The Team:

GK:
Gnomy

DEF:
Gnasher
Gnarly
Gnatsnapper

MID:
Gnawing
Gnocchi
Gnostic [CAP]
Gnap
Gnomon

FOR:
Gnomish
Gnorimoschema

SUBS:
GK - Gnomology
DEF - Gnomonical
MID - Gnotobiote
MID - Gnathothorax
FOR - Fred

Coaches:

The team coach remains World Cup Hall of Fame legend Juan Tzimisces.

The assistant coach remains Starblaydi World Cup Hall of Fame legend Simeone Di Bradini.

Style Modifiers / formation

Frosty football is attacking football. The Holy Empire always plays a 3-5-2 formation using overlapping wingers that turns into 3-3-4 on the counterattack.

[OOC'ly, for the purposes of scorination, the team uses the maximum attacking style modifier permitted by each cup's hosts.]

Kit
The team will wear famous Imperial Gold and Red, as worn by the Holy Empire since WC1...

Home first, away second.

OOC'ly, the kits were designed by Red Blackiland, and the crest by Audioslavia - and I'm entirely grateful; I'm very happy for RB and Audio to take OOC credit. IC'ly, HEFA deny the Mundies had anything to do with it.

The gnomes aren't entirely happy that they don't get to wear read and white - traditional garden gnome colours - but they'll live with it.

Stadium
The Holy Empire plays its home matches in the bejewelled, platinum-domed, and purple stone-walled Imperial Hippodrome, the oldest World Cup venue still in use, and one of the most famous - and impressive - stadiums in the multiverse.

Because reality is malleable in the Empire, the stadium never looks quite the same twice, but mundy reports from visiting teams suggest that it looks something like this:

Sort of; usually; maybe.

RP instructions:
Have fun and use your imagination - but don't kill anyone, and don't try and launch attacks on the Dreamed Realm; largely because you can't.

Some basic Dreamed Realm RP rules:
Remember that the Dreamed Realm lies entirely outside of Ordinary Reality, and is utterly impervious to harm from what we charmingly call 'mundies'.

Some points to remember about travel to, and playing in, the Dreamed Realm:

1) We control the nature of reality in the Dreamed Realm; reality and time are malleable within the Realm. This isn't used to cheat - all normal rules of football are strenuously followed - but it does have two major side effects:
A) Any injuries to either team in Imperial home matches are immediately healed.
B) No violent or riotous behaviour by visiting fans will be tolerated, unless permission is received in advance (please file applications for violent rioting in triplicate). Any such behaviour undertaken without appropriate permission will find those responsible immediately transported back to Ordinary Reality.

2) Direct travel from ordinary physical reality to the Dreamed Realm is impossible. Some 72 hours before your away qualifier in the Empire, a team of Archregimancy [Eastern Orthodox Christian] monks will arrive in your home stadium and construct a portal to the Dreamed Realm. You may then use this to travel to the Empire at your convenience.

by **Jeruselem** » Sat Aug 10, 2024 1:58 am

Jeruselem's roster for World Cup 97

"The Princesses"

Formation: 4-4-2

Style Modifier: +2

Manager/Coach:
* Astarte Venus

Official JGN reporters
* Iris Randolf, notorious nudist influencer from Jeruselem

GK (F,24) - Thea Ashwood - Resident tree hugger in the team. Rumoured to the Coven Witch as well.
GK (F,27) - Malenia Miquella - She's actually suffering from a terminal disease
GK (F,25) - Djana Dokic - Rather bad tempered but talented keeper. Plays better when you piss her off.

DEF (M,21) - Johnny Suns - A rather randy young man with no hair but girls still love him
DEF (M,28) - Randy Oldman - Despite his name, the least randy of the team.
DEF (F,29) - Yui Mikami - She doesn't look like much on the field often mistaken for similar looking JAV stars but one of the fastest girls on the field
DEF (F,26) - Priti Pundi - Has an bad attitude
DEF (F,24) - Brienne Batenshire - The tank of the team who is unusually large and strong for someone from Jeruselem
DEF (F,26) - Airi Kima - Has lots of side work in other unrelated jobs

MID (F,29) - Angela Wight - A football player with really large upper airbags
MID (M,25) - Friar Firestone - Giant player for a Jeruselem player, tallest player on the field
MID (F,20) - Lola Lockwood - Better known as the team Lolita
MID (M,26) - Drake Dragonskin - He loves all things Dragon, including the Dragron Dallas throne
MID (M,25) - Ricky Radahn - The general of the team, leads by example
MID (F,27) - Ranni Ranger - People think she's lot younger because she behaves like a witch child
MID (F,27) - Lunar Dallas - Resident slut but then she's a Dallas anyway

STR (M,26) - Adam Schiff - Jewish boy who was an orphan but raised by one of the Dallas clan
STR (F,25) - Loretta Haligtree - Loyal servant of team
STR (F,28) - Sally Sellen - The resident goal Sorceress
STR (M,24) - Ray Warren - Parents own a rabbit breeding farm
STR (F,28) - Sapphire Red - Girl with lots of side jobs as a model

RP Permissions
Choose my goalscorers Y
Godmod Scoring Events Y
RP injuries to my players N
Godmod injuries to my players N
Hand out Yellow cards to my players Y
Hand out Red cards to my players N
Godmod Other Events N

Dallas count = 1
Sallad count = 0

Home jersey
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dzodf1vv26a9xzw/Home.jpg
Awayjersey
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wrte0gyenvp6nh5/Away.jpg

Home Stadium
Dazza Dallas Stadium, home ground of Tel Aviv Sharks in Jerusalem city (aka RL Teddy Stadium in Israel)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... 023_03.jpg

by **Raspotochje** » Sat Aug 10, 2024 5:43 am

RASPOTOCHJEAN FOOTBALL ACOCCIATION

NATIONAL TEAM

Name  -  Position  -  Hometown  -  Team
Vladimir Donskoy  -  GK  -  Dvori  -  NK Dvori
Valentina Boltić  -  GK  -  Kotiga  -  NK Mladost Kotiga
Ivan Jolić  -  Left Back  -  Kotiga  -  NK Mladost Kotiga
Mak Makić  -  Left Back  -  Gajevo -  NK Višnjevac
Cidril Antić -  Center Back  -  Višnjevac  -  NK Kotiga
Pavao Kerović  -  Center Back  -  Maslenik  -  NK Rudar Maslenik
Ilija Matić  -  Center Back  -  Kotiga  -  NK Zmajevi Kotiga
Verislav Dropulić  -  Right Back  -  Kamengrad  -  NK Kamen 
Evelina Konopkina  -  Right Back  -  Kotiga  -  NK Kotiga
Jasenko Urdić  -  Left Wing  -  Višnjevac  -  NK Višnjevac
Marina Gerulić  -  Left Wing  -  Hlebin  - NK Dvori
Mirta Patoković  -  Central Midfielder  -  Korutska  -  NK Kotiga
Mladen Robulović-  Central Midfielder  -  Kamengrad  -  NK Kamen CAPTAIN 
Wan Su Huilin  -  Central Midfielder  -  Kotiga  -  NK Zmajevi Kotiga
Ivan Gero  -  Right Wing  -  Kotiga  -  NK Kotiga
Vili Sultić  -  Right Wing  -  Dvori  -  NK Dvori
[b]Katarina Gerotić[/b]  -  Striker  -  Kotiga   -  NK Zmajevi Kotiga
Robert Kiltić  -  Striker  -  Višnjevac  -  NK Višnjevac 
Vesmar Trotsky  -  Striker  -  Dvori - NK Kotiga

FIRST ELEVEN

Vladimir Donskoy  -  GK  -  Dvori  -  NK Dvori
Mak Makić  -  Left Back  -  Gajevo -  NK Višnjevac
Pavao Kerović  -  Center Back  -  Maslenik  -  NK Rudar Maslenik
Ilija Matić  -  Center Back  -  Kotiga  -  NK Zmajevi Kotiga
Evelina Konopkina  -  Right Back  -  Kotiga  -  NK Kotiga
Mladen Robulović-  Central Midfielder  -  Kamengrad  -  NK Kamen CAPTAIN 
Wan Su Huilin  -  Central Midfielder  -  Kotiga  -  NK Zmajevi Kotiga
Ivan Gero  -  Right Wing  -  Kotiga  -  NK Kotiga
Marina Gerulić  -  Left Wing  -  Hlebin  - NK Dvori
Katarina Gerotić  -  Striker  -  Kotiga   -  NK Zmajevi Kotiga
Robert Kiltić -  Striker  -  Višnjevac  -  NK Višnjevac

Manager: Marko Lešić
Typical Formations: , 3-5-2, 4-4-2
Style Modifier: +3
Free Kicks: Wan Su Huilin, Mladen Robulović, Robert Kiltić,
Corners: Evelina Konopkina, Ivan Gero , Mak Makić 
Penalties: Robert Kiltić, Katarina Gerotić,Mladen Robulović

I Give My Opponent Permission To:
=================================
Choose My Goalscorers:        Y
Godmod Goalscoring Events:    Y, but please nothing idiotic
Injure Players:               Y, but please nothing serious
Godmod Injury Events:         N
Red Card Players:             N
Yellow Card Players:          Y
Godmod other events:        Y,  why not

STADIUMS :

KOTIGA
Kotiga Arena : 54,600 seats

Kotiga is the capital and largest city in Raspotochje. In total, according to the census, there are slightly more than 5,000,000 inhabitants.
Kotiga is the main industrial, economic and political center of the country. It has two airports, a large network of underground and overground railways, but also the largest city park in the country.
the largest national library, the so-called National Library, is in Kotiga, as well as the largest university.

VIŠNJEVAC
Stadium Liquer : 36,000 seats

Višnjevac is a town known for the production of the famous cherry liqueur. It is also the best symbol of this city. The largest agronomic university in the country is also located in Višnjevac.

by **Savojarna** » Sat Aug 10, 2024 9:24 am

Savojar Roster for WCQ 97

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
I would prefer you choose these scorers: Roughly follow "normal" football distributions
Godmod scoring events: Yes within reasonable bounds (i.e. things that could conceivably happen IRL)
RP injuries to my players: Yes, I choose duration
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes, contact me for more than one per match
Godmod other events: Yes within reasonable bounds (i.e. things that could conceivably happen IRL)
Generate stadium happenings: Yes

MANAGING TEAM

Head Coach: Nikolai Kruul Jensen (49)
Assistant: Morten Poulsen (43)

Nikolai Kruul Jensen has led Partisan Sjoedrhavn out of a difficult rebuild back into the light, using a three at the back that he has experimented with in the youth outfit. Now, he brings similar tactics to Savojarna, demanding his players pressure the opponent and try to win the ball back in midfield. Kruul Jensen has managed to bring together an underperforming Partisan and showed in the SFS that he is adept at managing the different egos and playstyles in a team with expectations, but it remains to be seen whether he can form a stable Savojarna after two years of absence from the international scene. He is joined on the bench by a legend of the Savojar game: Former Northlights playmaker and captain, and Partisan Sjoedrhavn one-club-man and legend, Morten Poulsen is giving his debut as an assistant coach. He used to work in the Partisan Academy and followed his mentor Kruul Jensen to the SFS, working with plenty of former teammates.

Style Mod: +1.5

SQUAD

Nr.	Pos.	Name			Club*			Gender	Age**
1	GK	Olga VALUJEV		CASK Thorsborg		F	33
2	RB	Roman JARMOLENKO	Libertas Bergheim	M	29
3	CB	Hedvig RIKSDAL		Tihon United (CMT)	F	25
4	CB	Kenneth RÖYSVEIT	CASK Thorsborg		M	28
5	LB	Tom KROGSTRUP		Directus (EUR)		M	27
6	CB	Thea LEIFSEN		Partisan Sjoedrhavn	F	28
7	LM/RF	Ruslan NOVIKOV		Starling (NPH)		M	31
8	CM/DM	Anton VITOL		Libertas Bergheim	M	25
9	ST	Rasmus MEDBERG HANSEN	Tihon (CMT)		M	30
10	CM/OM	Knud VINGEGAARD		Partisan Sjoedrhavn	M	31
11	RM	ASMUNDUR Sigthorsson	Lokomotive Jarnstad	M	25
12	GK	Jonas HILDE		Libertas Bergheim	M	29
13	CB	Kristian THELANDER	Libertas Bergheim	M	27
14	CM/OM	Jelena TRETJAKOV	Dynamo Sjoedrhavn	F	33
15	CB	Henrik PEDERSEN		Dynamo Sjoedrhavn	M	21
16	CM	Roman SADIANOV		Lokomotive Jarnstad	M	29
17	RB/RM	Jekaterina IVANOV	Traktor St. Andrei	F	22
18	CM	Elina VANTANEN		Admiral Storevik	F	24
19	ST	MY MÄKELÄ		Lokomotive Jarnstad	F	23
20	LB	SIGFRIDUR Magnusson	Admiral Storevik	M	25
21	LM	Simon BARISJNIKOV	Lokomotive Jarnstad	M	25
22	GK	Andrei HATTANEN		FK Metall Jarnstad	M	20
23	ST/OM	Lasse HOLTBY		CASK Thorsborg		M	27

*: Foreign clubs as of last hiatus - may be outdated.
**: Ages are correct as of end of WCQ campaign. Savojarna uses a two-year international calendar, meaning players start out two years younger than listed and age over the course of qualifying.

TACTICS AND LINEUP

In most games, Kruul Jensen will line up in a 3-4-3, although 3-5-2 is occasionally used as well. In possession, the front three play relatively narrow, with the wingers trying to get between lines and carry the ball forward or link up with the more offensive midfielder, while the wingbacks are sticking more to the line and provide width. Of the central midfielders, one will be tasked primarily with winning the ball and carrying it forward, while the other acts as a more creative player (in the lineup provided below, Sadianov is the ball-winner and Vingegaard the creative player, although the lineup shifts depending on the opponent). Off the ball, the emphasis is on trying to win the ball in the midfield. Failing to do so, the wingbacks will fall back into a line of five with the three centre-backs. Attacks are generally supposed to happen quickly and over the wings, and Medberg Hansen plays mostly as a finisher. If two forwards are used, he is paired with a more technical, faster forward who plays more between the lines.

KITS

Designed and manufactured by NDCS

VENUE

Nationalstadion Carl Gustaf Bjurman, Sjoedrhavn (cap. 76'800)
The Nationalstadion Carl Gustaf Bjurman (shortly called “The Bjurman” by Sjoedrhaveners) is the largest stadium of Savojarna, located in the representative Revolutionsparken (Park of the Revolution) in the Savojar capital and largest city of Sjoedrhavn. It is not used by any club site, but serves as the home stadium of the Savojar National Team and the official stadium of the Savojarsk Cup final. Furthermore, it commonly hosts concerts, large events, and has gained international fame for being the final site of the 35th Copa Rushmori in Astograth and Savojarna, where Nephara beat the hosts. The Bjurman offers a high-quality, modern experience in a beautiful park by a canal, reachable in short time from the city centre by the Sjoedrhavn Metro, which stops minutes away from the stadium.

by **Farfadillis** » Sat Aug 10, 2024 9:50 am

The Freisan Farf Freitball Francitian hereby presents the Farf roster for the 97^th Edition of the World Cup
Plurinational Entity Name: The Outlandish Lands of Farfadillis
Demonym: Farf (plural Farves)
Team Nickname: La Vherderoja
Honours: World Cup 84 and AOCAF Cups 43, 48 and 57 Winners

KITS
Provided by Mons

ABOUT FARFADILLIS
potentially outdated map for reference

A nation is usually defined as “a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.” A country is usually defined as “a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.” As such, contrary to popular misconception, Farfadillis is neither a country nor a nation. The reasons are twofold: first, to what extent governments exist in Farfadillis in the current day is a matter of fierce scholarly debate, and second, there are various ethnicities in Farfadillis that appear to have diverged culturally centuries ago, although it is impossible to know for sure because historical records are very hard to come by in Farfadillis.

So, having clarified what Farfadillis is not, it would be perhaps helpful to give information on what it is. Again, academics haven't ironed out the details and reached a consensus, but it is generally agreed that somewhere between eight and fifteen ethnostates, depending on who's counting and how, coexist in Farfadillis, with the most cited figure being ten nowadays. We will henceforth assume that this last figure is, indeed, correct. As such, Farfadillis could be considered a “Plurinational Entity” in the literal sense that, whatever it is, it is definitely an entity, and it certainly has more than one nation in it. For simplicity, when we say Farf we will mean any ethnicity from the island of Farfadillis.

Although members of any given Farf ethnicity would spit on you for even implying they are similar to any other given Farf ethnicity, the reality is that all but one Farf ethnicity share a lot of cultural common ground. In fact, their cultural common ground is particularly distinctive and makes it hard for Farf refugees to set each other apart in other countries, where their differences between this common ground and the local culture tend to be far starker. This cultural common ground includes, but is not limited to: a general disregard for authority and order (in any sense of the word), a seemingly unhealthy obsession with fire (although some of it is down to fire being a very important part of the various Farf religions), recklessness (risk-taking behavior, if you want to be more charitable), and a very inconvenient ability for distraction and destruction.

The various Farf ethnicities do differ considerably, however, and this is reflected in the neverending political friction between the existing ethnostates, with a horrible war having recently ended. This is despite the fact that, ironically, Farves display omniglottery: the ability to learn any language to a native level with minimal exposition. They are not psychics, so can't just know what words mean without having heard them, but they can visit another country and speak like a native within a month if they want to. Most older Farves speak their local language, as well as Ferdullaelan, because in the past Farfadillis was a country, and Ferdullaele, as the capital, was a cultural hegemon. Farves who live on the border between two given ethnostates generally speak both languages, in many cases having picked up the other language passively and unintentionally. This heavily facilitates migration between ethnostates, as neighboring ethnicities are generally not too different-looking, and as such a Farf from any given ethnicity could cross a border and pretend to have always been a member of the other side's ethnicity. This has the interesting consequence of making the borders between ethnostates cultural melting pots, mish-mashing the cultures of both ethnicities far more than outside Farfadillis.

Regarding the ten (or so) ethnostates we have been referring to, here we present brief descriptions of those generally agreed to be “the” ten ethnostates, in alphabetical order:

Farolera is a very populous country, and was the most economically powerful until recently losing a genocidal war of conquest. Their capacity for self-sustenance during the anarchy years was far greater than their traditional competition, the Ferdullaelans, and Banijan foreign aid helped them pull even more ahead, but they ended up biting off more than they could chew. Their territory is filled with lush forests and fertile farmland, which is actually an important part of the Faroleran identity. After Karinthians, Farolerans are generally considered to be the least Farf of the big Farf ethnicities, but they nonetheless display all of the aforementioned cultural common ground to a very noticeable degree. Farolerans speak Faroleran, which to many foreigners sounds almost exactly like “Spanish”.

Ferdullaele is the ethnostate with the most fertile land, which historically gave them an enormous headstart. However, their population was the one that failed the most to adapt to the total collapse of society eighteen years ago, and as such the ethnostate is, forgive us for making things even more complicated, not strictly an ethnostate: order (in the loosest sense), hasn't quite returned to Ferdullaele, even now, three decades after the collapse of Farfadillis the nation; it has instead devolved into various subcommunities exercising what would best be described as anarcho-capitalism and they, of course, hate each other too.

Fröndt is a very mountainous region, and most urban centers are in those mountains. The weather is extremely dry and cold, and the fauna is unforgiving. The Fröndti are typically more hard-working and level-headed than other Farves—or so they like to believe—and think of themselves as the reasonable, neutral people of the island. The rest of the island disagrees, as do most scholars. They've had trouble with the extremely harsh winters and the flying jellyfish lately, but they're a resilient bunch, so they've adapted to the times.

Induja lies at the center of Farfadillis. All of the beautiful Farf biomes clash in Induja, which makes it the most naturally beautiful of the ethnostates. By driving less than two hundred kilometers, you can go from jungle to desert to plains to mountains. Due to this, Indujans are actually quite secluded, despite bordering a whopping six other ethnicities. Indujans are traditionally... well, forgotten. To most Farves, they're just that place you have to go through to reach other places, though this attitude towards them has been relenting in recent years. As a nation, it has recently experienced repeated economic crashes because they were overtaken by a cryptocurrency cult, and being the center of the most unforgiving warfront in the recent war has not helped matters. A chunk of it has even become a new nation with zero resistance.

Karinthia is a recently-discovered tribe of about thirty thousand people who live in the Szoirsian desert. Some scientists believe they'd flown under the radar for millennia, somehow. They seem to speak a language with no similarities with any other Farf language. The Farves that have come into contact with them have found them very bizarre, for the most part because they seemed to pay attention to detail and have a commendable work ethic, coupled with a fleshed-out concept of respect and hierarchy. One thing about them is shared with all other ethnicities, however: they venerate fire.

Kruviš is the most populated ethnostate, though only by a slight margin and only if you're willing to trust a Farf census from twenty-five years ago. This nation is mostly one huge jungle, but closer to the coast the jungle gives way to civilization... to a degree. The fauna here is perhaps the most dangerous you'll find on the island, which is really saying something. Wasps that explode (like bombs) when stinging, spider-snakes, frogs whose poison literally sends you to hell, etc. The Kruviši are even more fiercely nationalistic than the other ethnicities but tend to direct their xenophobia more towards non-Farves than the other Farves, and are generally just not involved in petty border squabbles because the humongous jungle doesn't let them.

Rülândéá is historically the poorest and most abused of the nations; it's safe to say the Rulandese have never had it good. Rampant crime, extreme pollution, terrible quality of life, genocide(s) and a very long etc. The region weathered the days of anarchy much better than most other places by virtue of already being used to misery. Nowadays, the region is controlled by the Rulandese Revolutionary Army, and a fairly idiosyncratic version of libertarian socialism is currently in place, but it is very hard to get information from Rülândéá due to how hazardous it is to get there in the first place. They're the most well-known Farf ethnicity by far because they produce better footballers than the rest of the island combined, to the point that some of the best players in the Multiverse come from this relatively small, run-down nation. Their language is also notorious for having too many diacritics. Farves from the other ethnicities feel very insulted when it is insinuated that they, too, speak languages with an orthography filled to the brim with diacritics.

Szoirsia is essentially one huge desert with small oases of civilization. Szoirsians are used to the extreme heat and dehydration that comes with their surroundings. They resort to violence first and foremost to solve problems, perhaps even more so than the Rulandese. Szoirsians speak one of the most distinct languages of the island: Szoirsian. As a language, it seems to very transparently be a creole between two ancestral languages that no longer exist, which in turn—along with what little archaeological evidence can be found—makes the scholarly consensus be that there used to be two distinct ethnic groups in Szoirsia that, somehow, fused into one.

Tanazza is rather uninhabited, being almost exactly fifty percent jungle, fifty percent desert in terms of surface area. The inhabited parts generally lie at the edge of both biomes. Tanazzans have a notoriously hard time getting out of Tanazza because there are no roads out. The collapse of supply chains during the anarchy years hit the Tanazzans particularly hard as a result, and they are still reeling from it. They are, nonetheless, very resilient and, supposedly, very good-humored.

Lithico™ is a new corporate-state that is quickly turning into another ethnostate (but doesn't, technically, fit the definition yet). They are a corporation focused on selling the Lithium that the bats authochtonous to their territory shit. Their territory used to be part of Induja, but it was mostly bought off or peacefully integrated throughout the war against Farolera. Unlike other Farf nations, they do not yet have any tensions with other Farf ethnicities, Farolera excluded.

As a general rule, it is very hard to travel to Farfadillis. Things have gotten better recently, as some working airports have been constructed in Farolera by the Banijan and Euran relief efforts. However, travel within the country is still notoriously hazardous unless you're willing to spend a lot of money bribing the locals. Do not travel by boat if you can afford to: krakens abound on the Farf coast.

STAFF

MANAGER:

Yuan Zilai - Age 68
ASSISTANT MANAGER:

Tuskoles Yagaras - Age 40
CHIEF SCOUT:

Zhonong Zhojo Sidike — Age 32
TEAM MEDIC:

Xa Turo Kij — Age 62
PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER:

Wuya Ya Johan - Age 25

PLAYERS

Starters in bold. Flag represents Farf nationality, or closest equivalent in the case of players from the diaspora.

Básilió Fórténté, GK, Age 29

Tusales de Lovandá, GK, Age 30

Régulo Bambino, GK, Age 22

Mâát Süná, LB, Age 20

Tôsgo Türrângel, CB, Age 29

Eloriján Mopiraja, CB, Age 27

Rôbé Wîjkár, RB, Age 31

Dîgö Uwársá, LB, Age 23

Sêvêr Fâerçâlenh, CB, Age 34

Zhosni Zhej Taipi, CB, Age 18

Éspéráns rue Cazade, RB, Age 20

Lajos Danzas, CM, Age 23

Xíxì Feêr, CM, Age 21

Lêyêló Jáánsêlà, TK, Age 28

Xíriêrín Byôrn, CM, Age 26

Tihomir Misita, CM, Age 24

Odalis Pokéésé, CM, Age 27

Tankaloo Delestre, CM, Age 22

Fulzhohu We Xi, OM, Age 20

Jôs Sürréo, LW, Age 30

Valën Pídí, RW, Age 23

Dénes Robineau, ST, Age 29

Wils Álbárrâó, LW, Age 21

Lihonhegeí Aixenxó, RW, Age 29

Edmün Léloj, ST, Age 19

Bálint Dyautias, ST, Age 26

STYLE MODIFIER: +5

HOME STADIUM

La Fantás — 70,000 seats — located in Ferdullaele, Ferdullaele

— inaugurated during cycle 65

The colossal stadium is situated in the ex-capital of what used to be the country of Farfadillis, Ferdullaele. It used to have a whopping hundred thousand seats, but ever since the whole anarchy situation, the northeastern stand has been inexplicably on fire, so that's one-fourth of the seats gone, plus those too close to the fire to be considered safe by Farf standards. And yes, those exist. Nobody can quite explain how the stand has managed to continue burning for about eighteen years. Pagan religions are common in Farfadillis, and they mostly venerate fire, so if you ask around you'll likely get some magical explanations. We are not saying the God of Fire is raining its wrath upon Ferdullaele, but we are saying that stand should've stopped burning long ago. Or, at least, the fire should've propagated to the other stands. We are also saying that if La Fantás were a map of Farfadillis, it would be Ferdullaele that is burning, being the most northeastern ethnostate. Again, speculation, but worth pointing out. We've gone on a tangent now. Anyway, huge stadium, fire, don't get burned, don't involve yourself with the surrounding ethnic tension or almost total breakdown of civil society.

ROLEPLAY PERMISSIONS

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:

Godmod scoring events: Yes.
RP injuries to my players: Yes, but I decide severity.
Godmod injuries to my players: TG me first.
Give red cards to my players: Yes.
Godmod other events: TG me first.

Style Modifier: +5

by **Natanians and Nosts** » Sun Aug 11, 2024 6:10 pm

Kits made by:K Kits

              CF              
           ST    ST           
                              
                              
                              
              AM              
                              
                              
          DM      DM          
                              
LB                          RB
          CB      CB          
                              
                              
              GK

# name position height club

1	Daniel Whitcliffe	 	goalkeeper 	35	 	Dínamo N-City
2	Rato Ret	 	 	r. wingback	44	1,80	Notrina Lat F.C.
27	Cláudius Petre Constantinescu	centre back	28	1,78	The N. Blue Lions
28	Mikhail Ioan Ionescu	 	centre back	28	1,80	The N. Blue Lions
69	Caeso Júlio Probus	 	d. midfielder	26	1,80	T-natanicus F.C.
6	Laço Tralto	 	 	l. wingback	44	1,80	Notrina Lat F.C.
5	Rodion Mihai Wafa	 	d. midfielder	31	1,83	The N. Blue Lions
7	John Cramer	 	  	a. midfielder	27	1,97	The N. Blue Lions
19	Públius Caeso Constantinescu	   striker	17	1,81	free agent (college)
10	Natan Gabriel Ademélsson-Vit	   striker	24	1,79	Dínamo N-City
11	Sheldon Ubuntu	 	 	centre-forward	27	1,90	The Northern Blue Lions
45	Mihai Xosé Apilescu	 	goalkeeper	37	1,90	S.C. N-City
13	Ion Petre Alencastre	 	centre back	28	1,79	T-natanicus F.C.
41	Dmítri Mihai Dolgostor	 	r. wingback	24	1,76	The Northern Blue Lions
15	Paulus Mihai D'Orville       	centre back	31	1,90	S.C. N-City
36	Públio Ion Mihailescu	  	l. wingback	36	1,83	S.C. N-City
17	Mihai Vladimir Duarte	 	a. midfielder	26	1,75	Rodion F.C.
18	Tătareanu	 	 	d. midfielder	27	1,80	T-natanicus F.C.
70	Mihai Publius Muniz	 	d. midfielder	23	1,73	Mkhedruli F.K
20	Márcus Mariano Livorno	 	   striker	27	1,78	Dínamo N-City
21	Márius C. Mureșan-Antonescu	   striker	22	1,78	The S. Blue Lions
12	Ioan Magnus Shroom	 	goalkeeper	29	2,15	F.C. Northern Light
23	John Mihai García	 	centre-forward	25	1,87	Notrina Lat A. A.

captain's name is in blue

Stadiuns/Stadia:Stadion Nacional (home games are likely to occur here)
Stadion Tyrannosaurus natanicus
Arenă N-City
Arenă Notrina Lat

RP Permissions
Choose my scorers:Yes*
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: No
Godmod Injuries to my players:No
Give Yellow Cards to my players:Yes (Maximum three per match)
Give Red Cards to my players:Yes (One per match,but never the goalkeeper)
Godmod other events:No
Style Modifier:-2

*Players that have the probability of scoring(in order from more probable to least,by number):
25,10,(21,23,20,)7,(70,)19,69,5,27,28,(18,41,15,19,16)

by **Sargossa** » Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:59 pm

World Cup 97

Sargossa - 'The Corsairs'

Head Coach

José Carlos Martínez

Some coaches meld their tactics around the players they have available to them. Some meld the players they have available around their tactics. Martínez tends to do a bit of both, creating a flexible, almost chimeric, tactical blueprint. But one that has been working well in Torreón, where he took Estrella into the global cup competitions with a fourth-place finish two years ago. He followed that up with sixth last campaign, earning plenty of plaudits along the way.

Backroom Staff

Assistant Head Coach: Luciano Velázquez
Defensive Coach: Luis Sánchez
Attacking Coach: Hugo Galán
Set Pieces Coach: Manuel Semprún
Goalkeeping Coach: Dario Almirón
Fitness Coach: Alberto Ocampo
Team Doctor: Dr Carla Segura

Talent

GK: 1. Antonio Reyes (28) – Sportivo Soluca
GK: 13. Imanol Sánchez (33) – Alianza Jucaro
GK: 25. Hilario Barreda (29) – Sportivo Cordova

Antonio Reyes has established himself as the nation’s number one after a second successive domestic title and a strong showing in the Copa Rushmori. Imanol Sánchez remains an experienced backup, while Hilario Barreda receives a first international call-up after being plucked from the El Nacional bench to have a starring role in Cordova.

DR: 2. Adrian Soriano (32) – Ciudad Soluca
DC: 5. Alan Fernández (25) – Sportivo Soluca
DC: 6. Nicolás Riesgo (26) – 1923 Esca (Mytanija)
DL: 3. Antonio Benito (29) – Sportivo Soluca
DRC: 12. Jorge Romero (31) – Sportivo Soluca
DC: 14. Asier Recio (24) – Estrella Torreón
DLC: 19. Iván Alegre (28) – Estrella Torreón
DC: 21: Joaquín Sanz (29) – El Nacional

Nicolás Riesgo remains the first name on the teammate sheet, regardless of the change of coach. The champions look set to be well represented with academy graduate turned defensive stalwart Alan Fernández and late bloomer Jorge Romero, plucked from Dunas Del Sol a year ago, both making their first appearances in the national side. Antonio Benito has made the left sided berth his own, while Joaquín Sanz and new boy Asier Recio look set to battle it out for a position in the centre. Iván Alegre returns to the national team after a long absence.

DMC: 4. Alberto Ribas (29) – Sportivo Soluca
AMRLC: 7. Moisés Garrido (30) – Ciudad Soluca
MC: 8. Enrique González (35) – Ciudad Soluca
AMLC: 11. Dani Azuaga (32) – Dínamo Maturín
AMR: 15. Jhon Rivas (28) – Estrella Torreón
MC: 16. Juan Esteban Collazo (27) – CDSA (Mytanija)
DMC: 18. Fernando Moruga (29) – Energija-Nuklearna (Mytanija)
MC: 22. Elías Pozo (26) – Sportivo Soluca
AMLC: 24. Martín de la Cavallería (29) – Dínamo Maturín

The new coach is faced with a good problem to have, with a trove of riches in the centre of the park. Alberto Ribas is a talented addition to a group that already includes the tireless Juan Esteban Collazo, the battling Fernando Moruga and the mercurial Elías Pozo. The veteran Enrique González remains in the mix too. Jhon Rivas is another new name in the frame, after a highly impressive season for Martínez at Estrella.

FC: 9. Adrian Rodríguez (23) – Sportivo Soluca
FRLC: 10. Pablo Alarcón (34) – El Nacional
FC: 17. Lucas Recoba (30) – El Nacional
FLC: 20. Jesús Blaya (29) – Sportivo Soluca
FC: 23. Rubén López (28) – Estrella Torreón

There is a new sharpshooter in town. To say Adrian Rodríguez’s debut Liga-S was spectacular still wouldn’t entirely do it justice. Thirty-seven starts yielded thirty-seven goals as he fired Sportivo to the title. Making his mere thirty-one strikes last season in a success title defence almost underwhelming. Strong, quick, agile, fearless, he really is the total package. Nine goals behind him in the scorer’s charts sat Pablo Alarcón, whose teammate Lucas Recoba may chaff at no longer being the top dog. The big question is whether the new coach will deploy a front three, which may see Jesús Blaya, who had another excellent domestic season alongside Rodríguez, get a starting berth. Rubén López led the line for Estrella last season, well enough for his former coach to give him a chance.

Style

In Sargossa the three at the back is king, unless you’re José Carlos Martínez. He likes a back three, and tends to use a 3-4-3. But he’s no stranger in keeping a back four in his pocket if necessary. The new coach is also a proponent of his side’s soaking up pressure before hitting the opposition with lightning fast counters. Lightning fast and with a directness that borders on old-fashioned in a world where tika-taka is increasingly the vogue. Set pieces will likely play a key role too. Specialised set piece coaches are much in vogue domestically and Manuel Semprún has been poached from domestic giants Ciudad Soluca to fill the role for the national side.

The Sargossan domestic league is quite a physical league so challenges can often be described as 'uncompromising' and cards are pretty common. Gamesmanship, while not encouraged, is not entirely uncommon. But diving is considered particularly stigmatic so Sargossan players are unlikely to be found doing it.

Style Modifier = (-1.5)

Kit
Courtesy of ediraf

Venues

Estadio Generalissimo Joaquín Delgado
City: Soluca
Capacity: 108,879
Tenants: Ciudad Soluca, Sportivo Soluca

The centrepiece of a major beautification development in the capital, the stadium sits within the Parque De Los Vencedores and alongside the Corazal River. Designed by Nethertopian architect Gert Naamloos and part financed by two SuperLiga clubs, the Sargossan government and Starblaydi sportswear giants ediraf it is a truly magnificent sporting arena. The Estadio Generalissimo Joaquín Delgado, as the ediraf Arena was rechristened when the naming rights deal expired, is the epitome of a modern football stadium. Consequently, it is the national side’s most commonly used venue. Unfortunately, the glamourous surroundings are marred somewhat by the Soluca crowds’ reputation for being both fickle and moody.

Permissions
If my opponent RP's first they can:
Choose my goalscorers: Please do
Godmod Scoring Events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes (within reason)
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out Yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out Red cards to my players: Yes
Godmod Other Events: Yes. Just no killing anyone.

by **Pasarga** » Wed Sep 04, 2024 12:00 pm

Choose my goalscorers Y
Godmod Scoring Events Y
RP injuries to my players N
Godmod injuries to my players N
Hand out Yellow cards to my players Y
Hand out Red cards to my players Y
Godmod Other Events Y

Pasarga Roster
Nickname: Wanderers
Ranking: 24th
Most Caps: Mór Császár (196)
Most Goals: Ingþór Auðbjörnsson (124)

Kits

Home Away Third
Modifier: +1

Manager: Ingþór Auðbjörnsson, age 54
Assistant: Jürgen Eisenhower, age 52

Goalkeepers
GK: Maja Topić, age 30, Brantisvogan

(F)
GK: Olivér Szatmári, age 33, Sardin United
GK: Kardos Szûcs, age 26, Club Stein-los

Thor has brought in accountability to the team and that takes the shape in taking players who are in form rather than just being a big name playing at a big club. That leaves Maja Topić surprisingly grabbing the number one shirt, though it is not without merit as her reflexes helped take Brantisvogan up to the top of the table and conceding less than a goal a game on average. She's developed into a real special talent, now it is her time to prove that she can do it with the national team as well as she does it at the club level. Olivér Szatmári might feel a bit aggrieved, having been relatively consistent for Sardin for years, but you can't discount the title credentials and looking forward, Maja is a few years younger and can prove more than a single cycle solution. That being said, he's a top tier domestic keeper and will be quite ready to fill in should he need be called upon. Kardos Szûcs gets the last call up for the keepers after a decent season with Club Stein-los but that the former U21 player being called upon does show that the pool looks shallow, a concern Thor had addressed in his initial press conference for all position. While good, it will be concerning if Kardos sees any time here in the Finals.

Defenders
LB: Slava Jakšić, age 30, Megabrantid

(F)
LB: Kati Máté, age 31, Jaglan Royals

(F)
CB: Margo Szôts, age 28, Syneca

(F)
CB: Irena Horvat, age 30, Avidë (F)
CB: Kamil Schneider, age 25, Sardin United
CB: Zétény Szatmári, age 26, Burnaby SC

CB: Ramih Juwain Nazari, age 24, Stein-los Turkish
RB: Remi van Blijderveen, age 30, Sardin United (F)
RB: Mislav Ivančić, age 30, Alnio

With lots of movement in the past two transfer windows, there has also been a shuffle in the backline, with Thor clearly respecting the league in Squornshelous, as three players from the defense playing there and five players overall. Slava Jakšić wins the duel on the left side with a better showing during the season with Megabrantid and concerns that Kati Máté has been slowing down over the last season. Both are good fullbacks who are more offensive minded, which is a big difference compared to the rightbacks who are far more defensive minded, of which Remi van Blijderveen's sustained defensive prowess with Sardin earns them the starting nod. The centerback selection is a diverse group but Szôts leadership and Horvat's raw talent sees them as the starting pair. After that, there is a trio of players in their mid 20s that does offer some promise that the future at least on the defensive end will not be as dour as some of the rest of the pool looks like. Zétény Szatmári's move to Kelssek and Burnaby could be a huge nmove as the player goes from Cassadaigua to the big leagues, where if they flourish they could be starting come the next cycle.

Midfielders

RW: Sumaiya Zakiyyah Aswad, age 30, Stein-los Turkish (F)
RW: Kat Földessi, age 31, CA Paulinthal (F)
A/MC: Zágon Schmid, age 26, Tanrısal
MC: Moore Lafontaine, age 32, Stein-los Turkish
A/MCLR: Sebestyen Sallay, age 30, Club Stein-los
MC: Mátyás Vass, age 26, Northbrook Diamonds FK

A/MC: Danica Jukić, age 30, Hellinic Rouge (F)
LW: Asztrik Biró, age 30, Mâ Âlâmëómë

LW: Mara Gyenis, age 30, Tanrısal (F)

The midfield has ever been the strength of Wanderers sides and yet despite the talent the previous team had, Thor has shaken things up here as well, dropping Földessi from her spot on the right and inserting Aswad from Turkish after their remarkable SuperLiga winning season. Offering a bit more balance than that of her CAP counterpart. On the left is another one of those near nailed on spots regardless of tactic or manager, as Asztrik Biró has been a real revelation and their brilliance at having broken into the Mâ Âlâmëómë first team as a teenager has definitely see them hit their full potential into a superstar now in their prime a near decade later. Dangerous as both a supplier as well as cutting in and finishing off attacking movements himself, he will be a real problem for any opposing players set to try to mark him. In the middle there is will be a shake up with Ilona Kárpáty having retired, so Tani's Schmid gets the call and having come up in their system he should be well accustomed to a play maker role in a more offensive system, while Moore Lafontaine looks to be his partner in a more support role and screening for the midfield. Off the bench there is Sebestyen Sallay, whose versatility in the midfield makes him quite the weapon to have, able to play nearly anywhere in the middle or slightly further forward with ease and will likely be the first man off the bench when Thor looks to change things up.

Strikers

AMLC/ST: Bogdan Laszlo, age 25, Algolia

ST: Nawar Taqwaa Bazzi, age 32, Stein-los Turkish
ST: Járngrímur Náttúlfsson

, age 26, CA Paulinthal
LW/ST: Katinka Fazakas, age 22, East Franz Athletic

(F)
ST: Szalyk Mezey, age 25, Paulinthal FC

There is no mistake, the Wanderers huge collection of attacking talent has come and gone and in response to that, Thor has kept faith with Bazzi despite them starting to get a bit long in the tooth, as well as the form the striker has had in the past few seasons including the last one where they were part of the SuperLiga winning effort with their goal contributions. Bogdan Laszlo's move from in the pool to a starting strike, whose preferred position is playing on the left or in behind the strikers. Their talent has been on display at the youth level and then with the first teams of Shamrock Cathair in Audioslava as well as the two seasons prior with Algolia following their transfer. It might be that this young lad is the answer to the questions of the future of the Wanderers attack, though for now he looks to be a depth option for the team either in attack or in a more withdrawn position. Katinka Fazakas had what seemed like a breakout year in Polar Islandstates with fifteen goals but is another in a long line of Pasargans who prefer to play on the wing instead of up front despite goal scoring talent. Járngrímur's paperwork for his nationality switch came in right before the Finals with Graintfjall having quit entering, and he will be the first player off the bench should the team need a change in the attack, having had two amazing seasons up front with CAP.

Tactics

Thor comes into the side and looks to merely right the ship rather than rock the boat like Orengo had when the Banijan took over, looking to build upon the stability that Mueller seemed to bring during their interim charge of the team. Thor maintains a four four two look but one where one of the midfielders often drops into a holding or screening position in front of the defense and allows the playmaker the luxury of moving forward with the more attack oriented players out on the wings. To make sure there is good link up, Thor is asking one of the strikers to play a bit more off of the other, which should allow both pressure on the opposing defense but also the potential for link up play with the midfield, so that the entire play of the team can be more fluid and less rigid than the previous systems employed seemed to dictate.

Captain: Moore Lafontaine
Corner Taker: Asztrik Biró
Set Pieces: Zágon Schmid
Penalties: Nawar Taqwaa Bazzi

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Fri Sep 06, 2024 5:51 pm

Eastfield Lodge Roster for World Cup 97

Manager: Robert Andrews
Age: 69. The former national team striker, who had over a century of international appearances to his name during his career, was specifically recruited by a former Eastfielder manager, his old friend and ex-teammate Shabeen Ahmad III. Being the national team's assistant manager was his first major job in football since his playing retirement, but his ability to calmly analyse situations even under immense pressure has earned him some plaudits from those in the know, and as such allowed the ICELFA some confidence in appointing him as the interim manager for Cup of Harmony 77 - however, things haven't gone well since, and Robert only remains in the job courtesy of it being a poisoned chalice no sane manager wants to approach, and through the fact that no sane team owner would risk their chances on him as a club manager either. Who knows, with a home World Cup, maybe this time things will be different

Player are listed higher are more likely to play – strongest starting XI listed in Tactics section


Starting XI			Age	Gen	Pos		Club
Amin Horak			26	 M	GK		VLC FC		[Dual national EFL/QUE]

Jazzmine Sky-Afzal		33	 F	CB		RGS Athletic
Jazzmine Guillou		28	 F	CB/DMF		VLC FC
Jarred Fawcett-Ferrand		31	 M	CB		Olympia FC

October Lie			33	 F	RB		VLC FC
Leyton Begum			32	 M	LB/DMF		RGS Athletic
Harun Farrow			27	 M	CMF/AMF/DMF	Langlois Océanic (Kelssek)

Monique Fredrich		29	 F	RWB/RMF/LMF	Olympia FC
Paisley Lysander		28	 F	AMF/DMF		RGS Athletic
Sundus Gebo-McGraw		29	 F	AMF/ST		Norrion Rovers

Fidelina Noble			26	 F	ST		Olympia FC

Reserves			Age	Gen	Pos		Club
Aryan Ross			32	 M	GK		Olympia FC
Nino Duncan-Berntsen		29	 M	CB		Royal Jam FC
Travis Boyd			30	 M	LB/CB/RB	Walston Brook Albion
Emmie Toure			32	 F	CB/DMF		Norrion Rovers
Lalo Allred			29	 M	AMF/RMF		Nile Bridge
Boet Caceres			25	 M	RMF/AMF		RGS Athletic
Ramsey Dean-Jamal		32	 M	ST		VLC FC

Dorinda Becker-Athena		34	 F	GK		RGS Athletic
Kristoffer Afshar		28	 M	DMF/CB		Walston Brook Albion
Zakaria Webber			25	 M	LB/CB		Norrion Rovers
Florian Mordecai		28	 M	DMF/CB		VLC FC
Emerson Miles			29	 M	RB/LB		Toclofania FC
Sadid St Cleer			28	 M	LB/LWB		Walston Brook Albion
Daniel Ashby			31	 M	RMF/AMF/CMF	FM Town
Bishop Messa			32	 M	ST/LWF		VLC FC

Style: +1.5
RP Permissions:
Select my scorers: Y
Give out yellow cards to my players: Y (maximum five, TG me with a reason for more)
Give out red cards to my players: Y (only one more than the number given to your team, maximum of three - i.e. I get two red cards, you must have at least one)
RP injuries to my players: Y (Maximum 3, no career-ending injuries without my explicit permission – I reserve right to how long players are out; you can RP how severe it looks)
Godmod injuries: Y (within some reason)
Godmod scoring events: Y (Have fun.)
Godmod other events: Y (TG me if you're planning on killing anybody though, or anything really extreme.)

If I do RP, I will include the line-up for the next match in my RP post, along with any suspensions/injuries. If there is no line-up, look through my posts and check for current suspensions/injuries, but otherwise it’s fine. Also, if you're RP'ing any part of my match, please use the full name Eastfield Lodge at least once, it helps me find the RP.

NB: As the people of EL are extremely compassionate, and very civilised (despite what you may say about the religion), it would be uncharacteristic for the coaches/players to lose their temper, dive deliberately (jumping out of the way of bad tackles and falling awkwardly doesn't count), to be sent to the stands (if the ref is clearly very biased however...), spit, argue with the ref or fight. Players will also tend to inform the referee about mistakes/clarifications in judgement regarding throw-ins, fouls given but with no contact and goal kicks/corner kicks (plus other bouts of honesty - up to you).[/quote]

World Cup 97 - Rosters Thread

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