World Cup 98 | roster thread

by **Libesia** » Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:57 pm

Style modifier: -5

Nickname: The Cheetahs
Home stadium: Hasimou Biri Sports Complex, Hayaale (60,000)
Home kit: Deep green, with gold trim
Away kit: White, with gold trim
Goalie kit: Orange, with black shorts and socks

Head coach: Debasis Garg

Garg is a former defender with Namiri Forest, and was a substitute when they won Champions League 9. Like most Forest alumni, he is strongly supportive of the -5, postcolonial ethos; however, he also has no managerial experience to speak of whatsoever. -- Bio written by Zwangzug
Assistant coach: Akun Boateng (53)

Players are listed in approximately descending order of how likely they are to start, followed by those likely to feature as first choice subs, then bench warmers, then reserves, etc. However unless I have RPed otherwise you have my permission to name any particular combination of players as taking part.

Goalkeepers

1. Khanya Ntombizanele (27) Wakothiya United
16. Sibusiso Nkosiphendule (30) ES Nadouime
19. David Umubyeyi (23) Union Langmonde-Herenlecht

Defenders

14. Busar Hamidi (24) CSKA Khaliko
2. Norbert Mboumoua (27) KSL Toreiende
5. Florian Kangulu (26) Estraj [SSF]
8. Mamoon Mahuroos Saba (26) Baboyer
18. Nick Frenzel (28) Blombeuren Ennegries
3. Thukile Ntshona (24) Diéboukologo
6. Michel Sarr-Bakayoko (18) Phénix Hoizieu
22. Trophimus Chilemba (31) Saint Luis United
17. Vinzenz Ayotunde (24) Bosahanhumei

Midfielders

4. DeShane Robinson (22) Estraj [SSF]
7. Oluwafuntan Musoke (22) FC Rotmunde 1932

20. Samuel Susungi (27) AEM
23. Uche Chukwuemeka (24) Flonice
13. Ramon (28) Périteaux
12. Muhammad Kabba (27) Al Maynah
11. Solocone Rajabu (23) Roargues
15. Ulwazi Nomvula (32) Northern [SSF]

Forwards

10. Kwamba Moléngo (28) Wöhler Lions
9. Leon Mzuzi (34) Kocakisla
21. Jairus Ndayisenga (25) Havlítec

Most likely...
Score from open play: Moléngo, Chukwuemeka, Mzuzi, Ramon, Ndayisenga... but feel free to choose anyone
Create an assist: Chukwuemeka, Musoke
Set-piece target: Saba, Sarr-Bakayoko
Take penalties: Moléngo, Mzuzi
Take free kicks: Susungi, Ramon
Take corners: Frenzel (left), Susungi (right)
Commit fouls/dirty play: Hamadi, Rajabu
Argue with ref: Moléngo, Mzuzi
Brilliant skill: Chukwuemeka, Frenzel
Schoolboy error: Hamidi, Mboumoua, Ntshona
Impact sub: Mzuzi, Kabba, Ramon

The team will play a highly defensive style with two holding midfielders in front of three centre-backs; reliance on full-backs for width; and a lone striker, except late in games. Squat, barrel-chested local hero Kwamba Moléngo takes the captain's armband, but much of the creative force should come from the temperamental young talent Uche Chukwuemeka. Libesia is a poor, newly independent postcolonial nation. Many facilities will be below those that visitors from wealthier nations are used to. Visitors are recommended to only attend games as part of organised tour packages by recognised operators, and not to travel beyond the capital, Hayaale. Sales of alcohol are restricted and women are requested to dress modestly. Homosexuals should not engage in public displays of behaviour likely to offend. Libesians are nonetheless enthusiastic fans and will be keen to welcome foreign visitors, show off their vibrant cultures including dance, music, and cooking. A love of football will be evident everywhere.

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
I would prefer you choose these scorers: Moléngo, Chukwuemeka, Mzuzi, Ramon, Ndayisenga... but feel free to choose anyone
Godmod scoring events: No
RP injuries to my players: Yes
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: No
Generate stadium happenings: ???

If in doubt, please send a TG, I am happy to collaborate on any roleplays. That said, it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission, so if you have a fun or cool or whatever idea, just go for it and I'll make it work, or not, whatever, who cares.

(Special note about matches against Riena:

For Riena, our squad will be:

Goalkeepers

12. Michelle Kruger
1. Asabe Abubakar
18. Zahra Yusuf

Defenders

2. Lucrecia Nkuadum Bilelo
5. Serofo Mosoane
22. Margaret Adu
14. Sikhangezile Ngungunyana
3. Temaswati Sibiya
4. Adaiba Chukwubuikem
13. Botlhe Rehana
15. Hadidjatou Njoya
19. Ntakuseni Marwala

Midfielders

6. Cazimira Haarhoff
17. Lillian Ramatlhodi
7. Kalambayi Midubu
10. Ntsubise Mohale
20. Thembekile Biyela
16. Vukosi Mathebula
23. Itumeleng Nkoeneane
8. Abiodun Olarinde

Forwards

9. Fatima ibn Mohammed
22. Zolakazi Ngoyi
21. Léa Bola

by **Saint Eleanor** » Fri Jan 03, 2025 6:24 pm

Style Modifier: -2.269

Notes

Shirts: visualised to your right.

Nickname: The White Stars is the historically-accepted nickname for Saint Eleanor, owing to the central symbol on their flag. Since their CoH84 win, the use of Falcons or Peregrine Falcons (previously lost in translation by Huayramarca's erstwhile Trome as "Peregrin Hawks") - a homage to the national animal, once avoided for fear of confusion with the Pink Falcons of Nova Aegis - has soared in popularity. Ahem.

Race, ethnicity and species: taFrexala [ethnically Gladom Newion] and Faleraneta [ethnically Sochean], are black. Hollenberg is white [but half-Tinhamptonian through her mum, half-Atoccian through her dad; never mind that they are almost identical shades of white anyway]. Vickers is white [but half-Tinhamptonian through her dad, half-Prahecqois through her mum]. Matsuda and Fujiwara are Squidroidian [i.e. Japanese]. All others are white [and ethnically Tinhamptonian].
Matsuda lives in a human body, but he is also one of Squidroidia's six feted Wunderbars, a victim/beneficiary of human experimentation intended - often, if not always, with success - to make the experimentees among the best footballers in the multiverse. Gentle Breeze, manager, is a pegasus (and the image of her linked towards the end of this roster was generously donated by EQS). Reniira Clevinger, co-assistant manager, is half-human, half-satyr. All others are fully human.

No drama: Eleanorians play football the way they're entirely convinced it's meant to be played. No gloves (goalies excepted), no long-sleeved thermal underthings, no obnoxiously-coloured boots, absolutely no cutting off the bottoms of their socks and sticky-taping a new one on, and no unjustified whinging, moaning or faking: just getting on with the job, having "fun," and trying to win somehow. Some call it non-league standard. Others call it dour, evangelical Christianity (never mind only 70% of the population believes it). We call it one of the twenty best forms of football in the world.

Additional information: The names of all players and staff in the Biography section are hyperlinks to their interviews with Jamie Rodgers, where available; they should not be treated as part of this roster.
cica.da accounts of note are also NOT in this roster, as they were in WCQ95; I've moved the list to my domestic newswire.

Players' languages: All Eleanorians speak

Terranean, it is the language of intrasquad communication, and many - including in this squad - will have a Westcountry accent. The vast majority do not know any other languages. Despite this...
--> Coombe is a de-facto fluent speaker of

Azertienne (mostly picked up from her time at Kelssek).
--> VIckers also has a strong-ish understanding of

Azertienne (her mum is Prahecqois and moved to Saint Eleanor between its independence and her birth).
--> Launceston has a fairly good understanding of

Akhdari (out of bona-fide interest... and pressure on her mum's part for her 15-year-old self to learn a second language).
--> Hollenberg has a decent grasp of

Vojovitican (from years playing in front of a highly xenophobic fanbase in the Vojovitica region of Mytanija every other week) and

Azertienne (foreign language education actually exists in Atoccian schools).

How to read my roster's short list: Every position in the short list has a colour code: goalkeepers are orange; defenders red; midfielders green; strikers blue; managers purple; assistant managers pink. Major palmares (WC, CoH, BoF ----- CAFA, AOCAF, CR, CE, IAC ----- CL/CC, ChC/GC, AT, CWC, LBCT/SBCC, RSC/YC) are in golden yellow, and - for staff - distinguished by whether won as a [P]layer, [M]anager or [A]ssistant manager.
In a new, desperate, gloriously post-Martin effort to reduce space, takers of setpieces (LCK, RCK, FK, PK) are now in very, very dark green after palmares. Simply because a player is down as the free-kick taker does not mean they take all free-kicks, however: those from wide positions, eighty yards from goal and so on will be taken by those in the best position.
Dual nationalities go at the end, after any other shortlist tags. Currently these are Vickers ("dual PRH;" Prahecq's national team has never appeared at a major competition); Matsuda ("dual SQR;" appeared at WC91 and won IAC17); and Fujiwara ("dual SQR;" never won a cap as far as SEFA knows).

Timestamp: This roster was ICly issued on 1st January 2013. Club information is accurate as of 1st December 2010 - just before TW47, which hasn't OOCly been held - and should be taken as an accurate information of the situation on that date.

Roleplay Permissions: Yes, but...

No wholesale changes of the Eleanorian squad ("wholesale" being whatever I define as wholesale - but please don't be afraid to start or bring on a few listed subs)
No more than two red cards or other forms of ruling players out per match, unless I send you a telegram (from Saint Eleanor) or Discord message (from tinhampton) to the contrary
No injuries longer than one game or beyond the last sixteen, again unless I say otherwise
Please no other violations of bodily autonomy. Yes, that means no deaths too, here or elsewhere in Saint Eleanor. Or of Eleanorians elsewhere :P
No trying to remove the manager, her assistants, or Eleanorian government officials from office (this includes no giving my staff members, named or unnamed, red or yellow cards - an area of the IRL Laws of the Game which I strongly disagree with on principle)
Absolutely no destruction of Saint Eleanor or significant areas thereof
The Eleanorian media - especially SESB and The Reporter - reserves the right to fact-check obviously false claims about the national team and those surrounding it
Eleanorians do not take part in anthem protests, taking the knee or other similar political gestures in or around matches - but can, and sometimes do, speak their minds off the pitch

THE SAINT ELEANOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

ROSTER FOR THE 98^TH WORLD CUP
To be held in Tikariot, the Kytler Peninsulae, Qusmo, and Yuezhou

All home qualifiers will be played at the National Liberation Arena in Central district, capacity 68,184

Home kit: All black
Away kit: White shirts with a blue sash from the bottom-left to the top-right, white shorts, white socks
Goalkeeper kit: All green

UP THE WHITE STARS!
Short list of players

Typical starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
.GK. .CoH84. Arielle RICHARDSON (she/her; Occidental Olympic; born 10th March 1981)
.LB. .VCPT. .CoH84. .LCK. Cathy WINCHESTER (she/her; Independence 1975; born 29th August 1978)
.RB. Rachel CURRAN (she/her; Occidental Olympic; born 27th May 1982)
.CB. .dual PRH. Lydia VICKERS (she/her; Athletic Saint Eleanor; born 6th September 1987)
.CB. .CoH84. Esther LAUNCESTON (she/her; Athletic Saint Eleanor; born 30th June 1981)
.CDM. .CPT. .CoH84. .FK, PK. Bridget COOMBE (she/her; Athletic Saint Eleanor; born 2nd November 1975)
.LM. Graham LAWSON (he/him; Athletic Saint Eleanor; born 14th February 1980)
.CDM. .IAC17. .dual SQR. Kichirō MATSUDA (he/him; Independence 1975; created 1984 [precise date unknown])
.ST. Olympia WOODWARD (she/her; Sword and Shield; born 1st February 1989)
.CAM. Kavezalea FELARANETA (he/him; Independence 1975; born 19th September 1984)
.RM. .RCK. Angelica NORTHEND (she/her; Capital Cove Defense Forces [Capital Cove]; born 23rd July 1981)

Substitutes (depth chart):
.RM. Naclé ÖHÂN (he/him; Sword and Shield; born 5th May 1988)
.GK. Rose CARTER (she/her; Army and Navy; born 30th August 1985)
.LM. Lily EMMERSON (she/her; Occidental Olympic; born 20th September 1986)
.CDM. .CoH84. Lydia NICHOLLS (she/her; Heart of Saguenay [Quebec and Shingoryeo]; born 11th October 1980)
.CB. Katy WILSON (she/her; Independence 1975; born 23rd July 1984)
.ST. David KEY (he/him; Occidental Olympic; born 28th June 1982)
.CB. .dual SQR. Daiki FUJIWARA (he/him; Newbanks United; born 19th April 1980)
.CDM. .CoH84. Sylvia HOLLENBERG (she/her; Atletik Thessia [Mytanija]; born 29th May 1981)
.RB. Keith BARNETT (he/him; Good Hope Club; born 11th October 1988)
.LB. Tina FALCONER (she/her; Good Hope Club; born 25th March 1982)
.ST. Tim HART (he/him; Viathyn Park AFC [Tikariot]; born 17th March 1979)
.GK. Robby ELLIS (he/him; Independence 1975; born 16th October 1984)
.CB. .CoH84. LCpl. Denise LIVINGSTON (she/her; Army and Navy; born 7th August 1981)
.CAM. .CoH84. Steve PILCHARD (he/him; Occidental Olympic; born 8th September 1977)
.ST. Rick GOLDSMITH (he/him; Hiyashi Celestia; born 11th August 1980)

Members of staff:
.MG. .WC83[P]; AOCAF58[P], AOCAF59[P]; CWC49[P], ChC2[P]. GENTLE BREEZE (she/her; Equestrian national; age 47)
.AMG. .WC87[P]. Reniira CLEVINGER (she/her; Nepharan national; age 44)
.AMG. .CoH84[A]. Ltn. Stephen MITCHAM (he/him; age 46)
Biographies (written by Jamie Rodgers, chief football correspondent of Saint Eleanor State Broadcasting)

1: Arielle Richardson --- position: goalkeeper --- age: 31 (born 10/03/1981) --- club: Occidental Olympic [EXT] --- height: 6ft0in (183cm)
coffee preference: milk and one sugar --- appearance: brown ponytail; not-quite-as-brown eyes --- parental occupations: barista at an independent café in Collegiate district (father); florist (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: permanently booked to live in a library in Tsrvena
You almost certainly read the above mini-file and suspected that Richardson was a bit of a romantic. It would be accurate to call her a bookworm, but she has vouched for falling asleep at the opera, not wanting to follow her (University College) teammates to nightclubs, and - more than almost anything else - wanting to study. Whatever you do, do not hold your conversations with her during the match: she is far more likely to shake you into paying attention, actually pay attention to the proceedings herself, try to grab hold of the ball if the opposition ever thrusts it in her general direction, and move the ball where it makes most sense (rather than just kicking it out... somewhere). Luckily for Richardson, her somewhat self-induced collapse of Sword and Shield has been mostly reversed by Olympia Woodward and company; just don't ask about Crvena Zvezda, how old most of their players are, why she jumped ship to their rivals after exactly one season, or for that matter why she keeps moving from beknighted club to beknighted club.

2: Cathy Winchester --- position: leftback --- age: 34 (born 29/08/1978) --- club: Independence 1975 [EXT] --- height: 5ft3in (160cm)
coffee preference: milk and one sugar --- appearance: short blonde hair, but not really that short; blue eyes --- parental occupations: real estate agent (father); housewife (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: working a variety of temp jobs and internships while waiting to inherit the family business
Winchester has long progsesed past cult-hero status into the realms of Absolute Legendariness: a nailed-on starter for the Liberators in both good times and bad, she has also proven her worth for the national team (although some might argue that her winner against Juvencus many moons ago tips the scale well in her favour). Despite only having taken up football as a hobby aged nine, she has proven herself to be strong in making passes, cutting them out, and, of course, stopping them from ever happening. These might look like the fundamentals, but to misquote Derek Pittam, she is "a midfielder in completely the wrong place" - which is a compliment, not an insult. Ignore the fact he tried to change her mind about positions to no avail.

3: Rachel Curran --- position: rightback; sometimes a leftback --- age: 30 (born 27/05/1982) --- club: Occidental Olympic [EXT] --- height: 5ft8in (172cm)
coffee preference: milk and two sugars --- appearance: blonde ponytail; blue eyes; a smile, if it's called for --- parental occupations: Eleanorian Transport bus depot mechanic (father); Polytechnic student welfare worker (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: living in her car, drifting from cheer troupe to cheer troupe in some forsaken land elsewhere
While Curran was infamously captained by what used to be Juventud straight after her exit from high-school cheerleading, her road to the starting lineup has been rather more prolonged and will in all likelihood come up short in a few years. She is more of a transitional starter than anything else in this day and age, combining a smothering of learned, almost-exciting attacking edge with pragmatic positional flexibility, the ability to hound opposing wingers when it's necessary, and a willingness to get stuck in as a last resort - in all fairness, almost the complete opposite of the newly-retired Exandra Davies' approach to the game.

4: Lydia Vickers --- position: centreback --- age: 25 (born 06/09/1987) --- club: Athletic Saint Eleanor [EXT] --- height: 5ft11in (180cm) ~ Prahecqois dual national by birth
coffee preference: milk and no sugar --- appearance: short blonde hair; green eyes --- parental occupations: decently high-ranking Eleanorian government official (father); cleaner (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: an Eleanorian diplomat of some sort somewhere in the azertophonie world
As well as having made an instant positive impression on everyone involved - even the Indy fans - Vickers is tough, somewhat irritating to get up against and almost a pure defender (if not exactly, given that she's been known to get forwards when appropriate); some would describe her as a better-behaved, less vocal Sam Newbridge. Although privately-educated, firmly religious and softly-spoken off the pitch, there is almost no mistaking either the excellent relationship she has with Launceston or the strong nature of her defending, whether physically or attributionally.

5: Esther Launceston --- position: centreback --- age: 31 (born 30/06/1981) --- club: Athletic Saint Eleanor [EXT] --- height: 6ft2in (188cm)
coffee preference: only drinks water --- appearance: stereotypically blonde ponytail; brown eyes --- parental occupations: regular human resources employee (father); the meteorologist on Channel 4's news bulletin (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: a notable small-screen actress with a couple of horribly autotuned hit singles to her name (although she released one in 2004!)
Once upon a rather more uneasy time, Launceston was wrenched into the national team based on what summed up to one or two seasons' knowledge. The scouting must have been pretty good, given that Launceston is now one of the objectively best Eleanorians in any position: one of Athletic's cult heroes, a not-insignificant part in the country's Cup of Harmony triumph and recent World Cup qualifications. While definitely imposing both aerially and on the ground, and (unlike certain other defenders) willing to tackle to win the ball if needs must, it almost feels like she just seems to know where the supporting players are when she does have possession - that and who it's best to give it to. Hardly spectacular stuff - although you would expect someone of her background to be - but it's proven.

6: Bridget Coombe [captain] --- position: defensive midfielder; actually wouldn't be that bad as a centreback --- age: 37 (born 02/11/1975) --- club: Athletic Saint Eleanor [EXT] --- height: 5ft11in (180cm)
coffee preference: green tea with a drop of honey --- appearance: brown ponytail; brown eyes; unshakable glow of positivity --- parental occupations: retired Army sergeant (father); secondary school philosophy teacher (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: a science teacher at the Parkside Community School
When people love you, they love you. Coombe is certainly loved in most circles: venerated by Olympic, skippered by Latrobe, well-regarded by Athletic, idolised by the rest of her country and somehow still one of the best midfielders anywhere in the world. Little can be said about her as a player that has not already been said, defined as she still is by her physical strength, defensive solidity, creative proficiency, pure undistilled resilience - and very occasional goals (although they are generally very big ones when they come). Where I can offer novel, substantiative comment is about her leadership abilities: it takes a very, very special person to take a nation of 550,000 that failed to qualify for the previous two World Cups into the last sixteen of the following edition. It takes a bit more resilience to keep at it after whatever happened in the tournament after that.

7: Graham Lawson --- position: left midfielder --- age: 32 (born 14/02/1980) --- club: Athletic Saint Eleanor [EXT] --- height: 5ft8in (173cm)
coffee preference: standard-issue black --- appearance: buzzed blonde hair; brown eyes --- parental occupations: Eleanorian Power electrician (father); housewife (mother)
if he wasn't a footballer, he'd probably be: working the afternoon shift at the local bottle shop
Some people know Graham Lawson best for clocking a teenaged Brianna Austen in the face with a wayward penalty. Football aficionados know him best for regularly delivering for Athletic when it was at its pomp (he still does) - and for his preference to cut inside and make his own luck if he can, as the great Jessica Martin would have, rather than simply crossing. His tactical and positional awareness is also a bonus, he isn't a bad shot - he can't be for his own sake - he's a proudly working-class voice in the Chamber of Commerce's club and he's outspoken on football too when the situation demands it. Lawson has at this point long crossed from "the new order of things" to "typically consistent and reliable;" it's incumbent on him, as much as it is on us, to enjoy his game while he can.

8: Kichirō Matsuda [Wunderbar Quatro] --- position: central midfielder, leaning CDM --- age: 28 (created 1984) --- club: Independence 1975 [EXT] --- height: 6ft2in (188cm) ~ Squidroidian dual national by birth
coffee preference: black, but with just a little cream --- appearance: almost-perfect black hair; brown eyes --- parental occupations: none; created in a lab
if he wasn't a footballer, he'd probably be: an engineer for some vehicle manufacturer you've never heard of. But we all know he was doomed to be a footballer
Does this man need any introduction? As it turns out, yes: one of the six Wunderbars who took Squidroidia to such places as the World Cup knockouts and the Independents Cup trophy-lift, Quatro moved to Saint Eleanor shortly after his homeland's withdrawal from international football and has arguably done better for himself than any of his peers. On his best days, he can be one of the best in the world, just as originally advertised: calm, composed, able to shift from attack to defence without a second thought, and proven quality on the highest level (including the knockout stages of both major IFCF tournaments, two Cup Winners' Cup finals and the World Cup's last sixteen). On his worst days, though, he can get mad - very mad - and has already clocked up a few red cards for the trouble. It's very likely you'll get the nice Matsuda when it comes to it - but it's absolutely not certain.

9: Olympia Woodward --- position: striker --- age: 23 (born 01/02/1989) --- club: Sword and Shield [EXT] --- height: 5ft9in (175cm)
coffee preference: almond milk, specifically, and no sugar --- appearance: short blonde hair; dark blue eyes, rolled whenever necessary --- parental occupations: professor of history at the University (father); professional pianoist (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: the executive director of her own umbrella pro-life charity
Although a firm and politically-engaged idealist off the pitch, to the extent that politics exists in Saint Eleanor, Woodward can be very much pragmatic on it; there's no other way she could have gathered so many admirers at this age. Her years in the Sword and Shield setup have taught her how to effectively move the play on to more well-positioned players, or indeed when to go for it, a skill that seems critically underrated by Eleanorian commentators - although the expectations now on her may belie that in due course. She is also good at moving the ball around by herself, something that has taunted opposing defenders throughout time and gotten more than a couple of them in the referee's bad graces - and has also discharged her setpiece duties for the club well enough in the few years she's had them.

10: Kavezalea Felaraneta --- position: out-and-out attacking midfielder --- age: 28 (born 19/09/1984) --- club: Independence 1975 [EXT] --- height: 5ft9in (175cm)
coffee preference: standard-issue black --- appearance: bushy black hair; brown eyes; excessive gesturing --- parental occupations: Eleanorian Telecom engineer (father); retired Army sergeant (mother)
if he wasn't a footballer, he'd probably be: the man who does press conferences on behalf of Central district's Major
If you think that Felaraneta is a bit of an obscure player, you have a good reason: he remains in the shadows of pretty much everyone else in the Indy squad. He is a bona-fide playmaker, at least, and one who still has room for growth at that - fond of feeding the ball into the frontlines and preferring to wait for a good opportunity to make things happen rather than simply push forwards, he can also drop back and work from there if needs absolutely much. He can also be readily exasperated, more so than even Pilchard, and has been known to waft his arms about to express his dismay (or sometimes just to make a simple point he thinks hasn't quite gotten though yet). Eleanorians may have little time for drama but they have already shown that they have more than enough time for the dramatician.

11: Angelica Northend --- position: right midfielder --- age: 31 (born 23/07/1981) --- club: Capital Cove Defence Forces [CPC] --- height: 5ft9in (175cm)
coffee preference: milk and no sugar --- appearance: short dark brown hair; blue eyes --- parental occupations: serving Army lieutenant (father); serving Army sergeant (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: a nondescript but nevertheless respected Army officer
Northend continues to consolidate her status as the luckiest guess in national team history: she was called up on the basis of suppositions that she had done rather well for her club, and has stayed there on the back of a few years of good IFCF performances, regular shows of quality in the Capital Cove - and yes, actual World Cup minutes. Adept at scoring and assisting as you'd expect, she isn't the most noticeable when it comes to speed or power, but is deadly accurate with her passing, will take any chance she gets to push forward, and has attracted notoriety since her schooldays for either getting into shouting matches or plainly dismissing them as a waste of time. She isn't only a good choice; at this point, she's effectively the best choice at right-wing.

12: Naclé Öhân --- position: right midfielder --- age: 24 (born 05/05/1988) --- club: Sword and Shield [EXT] --- height: 5ft7in (170cm)
coffee preference: standard-issue black --- appearance: short black hair; blue eyes; usually clean-shaven --- parental occupations: bartender at one of the local private pubs (father); certified firearm safety trainer (mother)
if he wasn't a footballer, he'd probably be: trying his level best to work the night shift at his nearest White Star fuel station
The first ethnically Rulandese player ever to turn up for the White Stars, Öhân has been pointedly described by Arsenal captain (and former national team member) Hugh Roanoke as "a good method actor." As usual, the comment is not that far off the mark: he is an effective, if somewhat disorganised, operator who has all the attacking skills expected of a wide player, is about as good at defending as you would expect a Rulandese man in his position to be, and has shown enough further dedication to his craft that it would only make sense for him to ascend to the starting lineup in due course.

13: Rose Carter --- position: goalkeeper --- age: 27 (born 30/08/1985) --- club: Army and Navy [EXT] --- height: 5ft10in (178cm)
coffee preference: no milk, one sugar --- appearance: blonde ponytail, sometimes braided; green eyes; normally semi-excitable --- parental occupations: serving Army lieutenant (father); manager of one of the local Premium Coffee stores (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: devoting her energy towards watching television instead. yes, there are Eleanorians who do that
Georgia Wood, always the sensible one in the squad, has left the picture. In her place arrives the rather unheralded Carter, not so much in the squad because she keeps to the traditional definition of Eleanorian goalkeeping - she is hardly exceptional, although she is above-average if anything - as because she keeps to the traditional definition of actually being an Eleanorian. Somewhat of a disciplinarian, somewhat of a beer drinker, somewhat of a pop culture lover and somewhat of a functional Army member is probably enough to keep anybody in the country sane.

14: Lily Emmerson --- position: left midfielder --- age: 26 (born 20/09/1986) --- club: Occidental Olympic [EXT] --- height: 5ft6in (168cm)
coffee preference: milk and one sugar --- appearance: light brown ponytail; darker brown eyes --- parental occupations: OPAL warehouse forklift operator (father); customer service agent (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: delivering government-mandated gun safety training at her local World of Safety firearms store
Fairly-recently praised by Naresmet taFrexala as "almost as annoying as she's good" - not a bad compliment from one of the defenders who's gotten to know how she plays best - Emmerson inherited Olympic's left from former captain Samuel Short and has since proceeded to behave almost exactly unlike him. She more than knows how to attack and go for goal with aplomb, she has enough skill in her to really evade defenders, she can be assertive when she has (even physically so, despite her size) and she is generally an extremely creative player in a team and a league that values creativity little. If she can't deliver, hardly anyone in her position can.

15: Lydia Nicholls --- position: central midfielder; now fairly adept at CDM --- age: 32 (born 11/10/1980) --- club: Heart of Saguenay [QUE] --- height: 6ft0in (183cm)
coffee preference: standard-issue black --- appearance: short ginger hair with the freckles to match; brown eyes --- parental occupations: line manager at the Hiyashi factory (father); actually-trustworthy car saleswoman (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: working for the First Bank of Saint Eleanor's investment banking division
In the absolutely politest sense possible, Lydia Nicholls has no morals whatsoever. Some of those who have met her insist that she is a rather nice - even wonderful - person who'll most likely leave you alone but has no tolerance for inane bullshit or otherwise veiled threats. This might be true off the pitch (please ignore the fact she has two young children already), but there is very little chance of her leaving you alone on it, especially not if you look like you might be threatening a goal. This is not to say she is indiscriminate or that stopping the opposition at all costs is her only strategy - of course she also knows how the old Eleanorian arts of distribution work, despite not being particularly fond of going forward for the most part - but it is, at least at this moment, what she is best known for. That and her lob from the halfway line against Juventud many moons ago. And what she did in the IFCF after that.

16: Katy Wilson --- position: centreback, "without apology" --- age: 27 (born 23/07/1984) --- club: Independence 1975 [EXT] --- height: 5ft10in (178cm)
coffee preference: milk and one sugar --- appearance: short but wavy black hair; brown eyes --- parental occupations: primary school headteacher (father); hospital clerk (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: selling tobacco to anyone who needed it, for "a fair price"
Wilson's callup to Indy was a bit of a gamble. It paid off, judging by the fact that her callup here is not. What can easily be said about her is that she is one of the most responsible players this nation has ever seen - she took Matt Morrison under her wing a few years into her career; both now both play for Indy and just about any defender can learn her lessons on how to get the ball cleanly, how to pass it to the right person at the right time, when to co-ordinate the press (if it's necessary)... and, as Avondale City once learned, when it's justified to get out there and latch onto that setpiece. She may be on the bench here, but she will always be one for the future - a cult hero, so to speak.

17: David Key --- position: striker --- age: 30 (born 28/06/1982) --- club: Occidental Olympic [EXT] --- height: 5ft10in (178cm)
coffee preference: milk and one sugar --- appearance: black hair; brown eyes; unreasonably thick accent --- parental occupations: bus mechanic (father); supermarket cashier (mother)
if he wasn't a footballer, he'd probably be: doing much-needed housekeeping and other estates-department stuff for Olympic
Every generation has its dynamic, playmaking and somewhat lithe Olympic striker who turns out to be good enough for a spot around the national team - and Key is this generation's striker. A Golden Backpack winner in his 1999 schooldays for getting involved in just about every goal Parkside CS scored on their way to the Charles Trump Shield, he hasn't proven any worse at the higher level of quality, regularly finding the net, working almost in synergy with his more traditionally-minded attacking partners, knowing when to time his dribbles and (unlike certain others of his ilk) being pretty much as squeaky-clean as you can get.

18: Daiki Fujiwara --- position: centreback --- age: 32 (born 19/04/1980) --- club: Newbanks United [EXT] --- height: 5ft11in (180cm) ~ Squidroidian dual national by birth
coffee preference: supermarket own-brand energy drink --- appearance: short dark-brown hair; brown eyes; no facial hair whatsoever --- parental occupations: IT technician (father); died in a car crash (mother)
if he wasn't a footballer, he'd probably be: the international technology correspondent for one of the Eleanorian papers
It's easy to see why Fujiwara is still on the team - he's clean, consistent, an actual full-time centreback, and recently made eligible to represent Saint Eleanor. He's learned well from Kōji Katou, for a decade his older and rasher partner at United (the all-Squidroidian pairing a holdover from the days when it was a plaything of their government) - having earned a firm awareness of when to go into tackles and interceptions, where to move the ball, and how to gauge the needs of his fellow defenders and deeper-lying midfielders. The national team is still a totally different kettle of fish in terms of personnel, but Fujiwara should continue to gel in well with them if he knows how to apply the principles he's learned in the Saint Eleanor League.

19: Sylvia Hollenberg [H.R.H. Princess Sylvia of Atoccia] --- position: defensive midfielder; roughly as good at CM --- age: 31 (born 29/05/1981) --- club: Athletic Saint Eleanor [EXT] --- height: 5ft9in (175cm)
coffee preference: milk and no sugar --- appearance: short blonde hair ("a break from decades of royal tradition"); blue eyes --- parental occupations: the King and Queen of Atoccia
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: representing the Atoccian royal family on business much less important than the World Cup
Some royals are born into celebrity status. Hollenberg got there through hard work, routine Challengers' Cup heartbreak, lots of coffee and bloody-minded persistence. If you think that sounds quite unlike her, you'd be right: she's more conservative as a player - and perhaps a person - in general, being adept at breaking up play (sometimes perceptively, very occasionally by force) and starting it back up again, staying away from audacious passes and one-in-a-bazillion shots... and quite possibly being tall enough to challenge for headers, too. Her position here, even if now on the bench, is doubly vindicated by a few years as the undisputed best player in the Energija-Nuklearna lineup, if not the one who dragged them to the IFCF's second-tier tournament in her first season there, triply vindicated by her ongoing service at the one and only Atletik (sorry, Emma, but looks like someone needed a move to a big club)... and I'm not even getting started on her latest move.

20: Keith Barnett --- position: rightback --- age: 25 (born 27/05/1988) --- club: Good Hope Club [EXT] --- height: 5ft9in (175cm)
coffee preference: milk and no sugar --- appearance: well-kept black hair; brown eyes; barely noticeable facial hair, on a good day --- parental occupations: Eleanorian Post deliverer (father); hairstylist (mother)
if he wasn't a footballer, he'd probably be: selling tickets to the Good Hope Stadium, while looking for a less morally transient job
In common with this cycle's other new entries, Barnett is a thoroughly boring player: someone who can, and arguably must, do his job; who has a firm grounding in both sides of the game; who has been tipped for a move to somewhere, perhaps anywhere, else; and who has very much adapted to being a jack of many, if not all, tricks - all very "nothing to see here." However, his relative youth comes as an advantage: he is "only" twenty-five, still has many cycles ahead of him, is one of Mary Kirkport's most cherished players, and is hardly hated by anyone (although his relative lack of star power might account for that, as well).

21: Tina Falconer --- position: leftback --- age: 30 (born 25/03/1982) --- club: Good Hope Club [EXT] --- height: 5ft6in (168cm)
coffee preference: no milk, one sugar --- appearance: neat brown ponytail; brown eyes --- parental occupations: tree surgeon (father); NLF Club administrator (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: a nurse with the Eleanorian Health Services
Part of one of the best generations of footballers ever raised by the Trident Community School, Falconer has proven herself to be an eager fullback... perhaps too eager. More of a conservative, linehugging sort than most, she has slowly started to gain a reputation for pushing up as needs be when the designated wide midfielder cuts inside (and many of them do, even at GHC), while also proving herself to be hotheaded in her dealings with attacking players from the right flank even when they aren't playing for Grand Beach. Yes, she can be a fun person on and off the pitch - and often is - but her serious side is outrageously driven, even if it's relatively harder to get on the wrong side of it just through your own actions.

22: Tim Hart --- position: striker --- age: 33 (born 17/03/1979) --- club: Viathyn Park AFC [TKT] --- height: 5ft11in (180cm)
coffee preference: milk and no sugar --- appearance: surprisingly well-kept black hair; clean-shaven; brown eyes --- parental occupations: Polytechnic lecturer (father); charity shop worker (mother)
if he wasn't a footballer, he'd probably be: illegally selling inordinate numbers of cigarettes on the streets of Buckhead
With long-time Polytechnic hater Aaron Francis out, it would only make sense for a man who loves the Polytechnic so much as to have been Juventud's best-ever striker (back when it was called that) to come into the squad. Despite his reputation here as a Juventud icon and Golden Unicorn benchwarmer, Hart has been no slouch since his move to Tikariot half a decade ago, having banged in the goals first for the Veriasod Wolves and then, after they came down, Viathyn Park AFC - where he has been at his scintillating best so far, taking them to the IFCF on his debut and delivering regularly. He may be a typical pace-and-power striker who learned his stuff in the most depressing circumstances a reasonable Eleanorian can imagine, but he did so anyway, he's been well worth the money, and his presence here remains a potential harbinger of tactical things to come.

23: Robby Ellis --- position: goalkeeper --- age: 26 (born 16/10/1984) --- club: Independence 1975 [EXT] --- height: 6ft0in (182cm)
coffee preference: "coffee" --- appearance: shorter-than-average black hair; blue eyes --- parental occupations: firefighter (father); Army logistics worker (mother)
if he wasn't a footballer, he'd probably be: Bill Patrick's assistant manager at the Eleanorian Academy
There are two things that can readily be said about Robby Ellis: he is boring and he has had the good fortune to crest a recent wave of excellent finishes for Indy. A solid but nondescript goalkeeper who can handle just about anything that comes towards him, he isn't a man-manager so much as he is someone who can mind his own business and leave the better defenders out of it. When you're with the national team, or the nation's team, you know you'll have good defenders - meaning that he won't have much of a problem beyond getting stuck behind Richardson in the pecking order.

24: Denise Livingston [Army rank: Lance-Corporal] --- position: centreback --- age: 31 (born 07/08/1981) --- club: Army and Navy [EXT] --- height: 5ft10in (178cm)
coffee preference: no milk, one sugar --- appearance: short, if slightly frizzy, brown hair; hazel eyes --- parental occupations: scaffolder (father); serving Army sergeant (mother)
if she wasn't a footballer, she'd probably be: that one construction worker who thinks that working more than twelve hours a day or so is a good idea
Army and Navy have had its good years (2006 most famously) and its bad years (such as most of the years before that), but Livingston has stayed the course for the past decade and was very recently rewarded with its captaincy... as she was with the Army School when she won the Golden Backpack starring for them in 1998. She was known then, and is still known now, for her ability to chase the ball almost ruthlessly, get strikers off the ball before they could do much with it, and generally just be diligent with everything she does. Although unlikely to get many minutes for the national team for various reasons, none of them have anything to do with her quality; you would not bet against her making a good, if not particularly shouty, impression should she get the time.

25: Steve Pilchard --- position: attacking midfielder; rarely a striker in disguise --- age: 35 (born 08/09/1977) --- club: Occidental Olympic [EXT] --- height: 5ft6in (168cm)
coffee preference: milk and one sugar --- appearance: short but slightly unkempt blonde hair; brown eyes; almost clean-shaven --- parental occupations: groundskeeper at the Liberators' Park (father); housewife (mother)
if he wasn't a footballer, he'd probably be: part of the front-of-house staff at a trendy independent café
Pilchard was at one point Olympic's best-known player and as close as you could get to being a nailed-on starter for the national team. Today, with Felaraneta having more than earned his chops, he hangs on as a much-needed piece of national heritage: more of a natural playmaker than just about any other Eleanorian who calls themself one, on a good day, he is infamously okay at dribbling at a level where you should be good at it - but more than compensates with a good eye for goal (from reasonable distances that might somehow be worthy of an eyeroll) and a well-developed sense of good and bad passing (especially from reasonable distances that, by international standards, actually are reasonable nowadays).

26: Rick Goldsmith --- position: striker --- age: 32 (born 11/08/1980) --- club: Hiyashi Celestia [EXT] --- height: 6ft0in (183cm)
coffee preference: milk and one sugar --- appearance: relatively "neatly"-cut brown hair; only the slightest of moustaches, blue eyes --- parental occupations: corner shop shelf stacker (father); two part-time jobs (mother)
if he wasn't a footballer, he'd probably be: organising a local crime gang made out of Eleanorians dedicated to taking down the local crime gangs made out of Farves
Thankfully for Goldsmith, the Farf crime gangs have been decimated by the Army - so he can get on with his real job, which is now to wait for Olympia Woodward to give up, hang around in front of goal in her stead, and snatch as many good opportunities as he can. He is still being a regular contributor to his club's attack, proving to be an effective asset in both the IFCF and the World Cup, and has even demonstrated that his speed can be a serious asset rather than a fancy trinket that doesn't do anything. But, having spent five of Saint Eleanor's ten cycles as a starter and with a couple of more cycles still in the tank, despite the rise of Woodward and the doubts about his own accuracy that he has never truly been able to shake off, nobody can seriously question his legacy - or his new position in the squad.

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Manager: Gentle Breeze --- former position: goalkeeper --- age: 47 --- clubs of note: Whitetail Foresters [EQS], Ponyville Galaxy [EQS], Mardi Lopunnies [NSI], Astograth University [ASG], Northbrook Diamonds FK [PIS], Dwile Warriors [APX], Celtic Noviodunum [NGD], AC Izotz Zubia [AUD], Wyvernscrest [MRN], Herzegovina City FC [BNJ] --- height: ~4ft (122cm) on four legs; ~6ft (183cm) on two legs, but would rather fly if needs must --- nationality: Equestrian
coffee preference: would much rather have a cup of tea --- appearance: yellow fur, blue mop; take a guess --- parental occupations: not known to SEFA
The record says it all, and not just because it's exhausting to read out. Priscilla Evans, Saint Eleanor's first manager, ran into one clique too far - she was taken down due to a combination of arguably the most unimpressive qualifiers in Eleanorian history, a widely-criticised failure to properly manage the "Class of 2007" on the field, and the largest player revolt ever at the end of it all. Gentle Breeze - one of the greatest Equestrians ever to play hoofball - handled the transition with rather more dignity in her first cycle-and-a-half after retiring from playing; she's kept the more defensive tilt that the side adopted in Evans' final days, although this doesn't indicate that she's a defensive manager so much as it does that she is a manager with a firm but flexible gameplan of the kind that Evans could lack at times.

Assistant Manager: Reniira Clevinger --- former position: centreback --- age: 44 --- clubs of note: Sabrefell Athletic [NPH], Herzegovina City FC [BNJ] --- height: 6ft8in (203cm) --- nationality: Nepharan
coffee preference: "coffee" --- appearance: blue skin; massive pair of horns up top; otherwise perfectly normal --- parental occupations: also not known to SEFA
Roped into the Eleanorian setup on the behest of the new manager, and almost certainly because they both spent their final days with the Trumpeteers, early indications would appear to suggest that Clevinger's other main purpose on the team is to get it moving again. Something of a goalscoring defender in her time as a player - and I must remind you that she was still playing for Nephara when Saint Eleanor won their Cup of Harmony - Clevinger will broadly be handling the "general outlook" for the team, while Mitcham looks at tactics and Gentle Breeze at the more micro aspects of the system. Whether that means helping to plug gaps in the playbook when necessary, pushing the team to transition between roles more effectively, identifying the best interplay between different positions or telling the press what she's really thinking... well, it means all of those things. Who would I be kidding?

Assistant Manager: Stephen Mitcham [Army rank: Lieutenant] --- former position: none --- age: 46 --- clubs of note: none --- height: 6ft1in (185cm) --- nationality: Eleanorian
coffee preference: milk and no sugar --- appearance: black hair, short back and sides; brown eyes; inappropriately ginormous beard --- parental occupations: President (father); First Lady (mother)
Being Priscilla Evans' assistant was not a fun job. Serving as part of Gentle Breeze's fairly limited experiment in rule by committee has already proven more exciting for Mitcham, who has indicated he will carry on serving the national team until he reaches "an inappropriate age." Having been effectively forced to learn the arts of good communication, better tactics, even higher-quality informal mental healthcare and possibly the best emergency announcements in the world in his first decade on the job, it is the Lieutenant's hope that he will be able to teach the new people the ways of handling a completely unfamiliar squad that may well not be what they're used to. Certainly they will be less stubborn than Evans was...

Hall of Captains
Liam WEST (cycles 89-93)
Bridget COOMBE (cycles 94-date)

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Hall of Managers
Priscilla EVANS [TIN] (cycles 89-95Q)
GENTLE BREEZE [EQS] (cycles 95F-date)

by **United Hawkland** » Fri Jan 03, 2025 6:52 pm

by **Saterun** » Fri Jan 03, 2025 9:01 pm

Saterun Squad for the 98th WCQ

Staff

Manager: Kameron Boyd
Assistant Coach: Lisa Lleget
Offensive Coordinator: Kandice Soyt
Defensive Coordinator: Kyle Latrow
Goalkeeping Coach: Sadio Sane

Player Pool

Goalkeepers

Ralf Abiatti (Real Anasb, SAT) #1
Antoñio (Mieteng City, SAT) #12
Rahul Marković (Futsworth United, SAT) #32

Defenders

Avishai Demare (Anasb FK, SAT) #18
Ruben De Santiago (Real Anasb, SAT) #2
Rodrygo Sienna (Futsworth United, SAT) #23
Abbas Alil (Ajac Football Club, SAT) #3
Matt Saez (Xaiv 1919, SAT) #4
Cipriano Dalca (Real Anasb, SAT) #30
Lewis Salazar (Tsear AC, SAT) #21
Leandro Alfienk (Futsworth United, SAT) #5
Fabian Cruz (Real Anasb, SAT) #19

Midfielders

Hans-Jürgen Becker (Futsworth United, SAT) #13 Captain
Max Nicoloasi (Real Anasb, SAT) #31
Glenn Lundquist (Tsear FC, SAT) #8
Vidar Washington (Mieteng City, SAT) #10
Andrei Coiro (Real Anasb, SAT) #17 
Oscar Carlisle (Anasb FK, SAT) #24
Crespo Antonsen (Mieteng City, SAT) #7
Dimitri Kirken-Brice (Ias Club Football, SAT) #6

Forwards

Caesar Ibañez (Tihon United, CMT) #9
Maksymillian Bates (Chalesm FC, SRS) #11 Vice-Captain
Thiago Esparza (Tsear FC, SAT) #33
Adrian Schlimme (Mieteng City, SAT) #15

*Bold indicates Starting XI

Preferred Lineup

The Claws are fresh off a respectable IAC finish of 3rd place, and are now looking to build on what they achieved last cycle in World Cup Qualifying. They made Saterun history by being the first Claws squad to ever qualify for the World Cup, although they bowed out early in a difficult group. This time, they'll be looking to do even better, as several new faces appear in the team. Saez and Carlisle have been making waves in the A. Liga, although there is no hotter prospect in Saterun football right now than Caesar Ibañez. A NSD 6 million transfer to Tihon United made Ibañez the first ever Saterunalian to reach the pinnacle of club football, the Red League, and now all eyes are on him. Kameron Boyd rewarded the excellent season Ibañez had with Real Anasb by giving him a starting place, and now only one question remains: will Tihon's starboy be able to bring Saterun farther than ever before?

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by **Eraman** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:57 pm

Persatuan Sepakbola Eraman
Eraman Football Association

Eraman National Football Team
Trigramme: ERM
Demonym: Eramanian
Nickname: The Monkey Kings
Style Modifier: 3.17

Staffs & Tactics

Head Coach: Agung Suryanantha (Pemecutan)

Agung Suryanantha took charge of the Eraman national team before the 82nd Cup of Harmony. He is the former head coach of the Pemecutan national team. Under his guidance, Pemecutan qualified for the World Cup for the first time. He resigned from the Pemecutan national team after bad results in the 9th Melayu Archipelago Cup.

He guided Eraman to the knockout stage of the 82nd Cup of Harmony in his first competitive tournament as the head coach of Eraman national team, led Eraman to their first-ever Melayu Archipelago Cup title a few months after that but fell short of qualifying for the World Cup after finishing 4th in the 91st and the 92nd World Cup qualifiers and 3rd in the 93rd World Cup qualifiers.

Style Modifier : 3.17
Formation : 4-2-3-1

Players

Team Line Up
Starting Line Up in bold
Goalkeeper

Kilau Janggut, (31/GK) - Royal Pasirpura
Bijaya Puteh, (27/GK) - Royal Daulapura
Putra Muda, (27/GK) - Royal Puncakpura

Defender

Along Widana, (32/RB) - Royal Daulapura
Anton Mora, (37/DC) - Royal Daulapura
Mahar Mina, (37/DC) - Royal Daulapura
Uri Kesiman, (34/LB) - Anara
Tanggang Jaya, (29/RB) - Royal Pasirpura
Andik Kesum, (33/DC) - Anara
Jebat Derhaka, (30/DC) - Royal Pasirpura
Deraman Bulat, (31/LB) - Royal Pasirpura

Midfielder

Karipa Senawang, (36/MC) - Royal Daulapura
Nyoman Jelantik, (36/MC) - Soma
Nyoman Widya, (36/AM) - Mitra
Milo Kaulawi, (35/MC) - Pesjem Jematang (Pemecutan)
Kinta Biru, (37/MC) - Royal Daulapura
Bongsu Desa, (28/AM) - Royal Pasirpura

Forward

Samara Grawira, (36/RW) - Malkan
Era Hitam, (33/LW) - Royal Daulapura
Putra Daulapura Wikra Petara, (33/ST) - Royal Daulapura
Perda Nasar, (36/RW) - Royal Daulapura
Adi Putra Surya, (34/LW) - Damaisari
Bandi Neraca, (32/ST) - Siasari

Stadium (Feel free to choose where you want to play)

Daulapura Stadium
Location: Daulapura, Daula
Capacity: 40,000

Daulapura Stadium is the national stadium of Eraman and home to the richest club in the
country, Royal Daulapura. Located in the royal capital of Eraman, it is the biggest stadium
in the country. The city is the seat of the Daula Dynasty, the ruling family of Eraman. Home
to every billionaire in the country, Daulapura is the richest city in Eraman.

Arupura Stadium
Location: Arupura, Aru
Capacity: 20,000

Arupura Stadium is located in the capital city of the State of Aru, the northernmost
state in the country. It is the home of Royal Arupura. The city is the third biggest city in the
country after Anara and Daulapura and is very industry-driven, home to most of the major
manufacturing companies from Eraman. If you have a product made in Eraman, chances are
it is made in this city. However, this also makes the city face pollution problems. When
visiting, wear your mask.

Pasirpura Stadium
Location: Pasirpura, Pasir
Capacity: 15,000

Pasirpura Stadium is located in the biggest city in South Eraman. It is the home of Royal Pasirpura.
The city is the most popular tourist destination in the country, well known as a resort city as well
as the red-light city of the country. The beaches are arguably the most beautiful in the region, the
casinos are visited by high-rollers from across the globe and the brothels are state-owned. It is strictly
not suitable for family vacations. Located just across the island of Soma in Mitra and Soma, Pasirpura is
home to a very large Mitranese and Somanese diaspora.

Kits

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by **PotatoFarmers** » Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:27 am

Poafmersia's squad for WCQ98

Other name: The Red Panjias (Panjia is the Poafmerian equivalant of a horse)
Kit Colours: Red, Orange

Poafmersia will present the following 26 players for the 98th World Cup Qualifier

Num  Player Name         Age Pos(s)  Sex  Current Club
1    Aleksandar Malloye  29  GK      M    Zenit Attawapiskat (QUE)                  
12   Hynek Jahoda        27  GK      M    FC United of Mancodas                     
23   Daniel Kolen        23  GK      M    Bikarish              
                    
2    Jimmy Couch         31  LB      M    FC United of Mancodas                     
3    Queralt Gagliardi   28  RB      M    Fiskadaha FC                              
4    Nikkita Alfaro      31  CB      M    Sarim Potato FC                           
5    Gioia Tyson         29  CB      M    Mancodas City                             
13   Jacob Snowdon       23  LWB     M    Dury FC                                   
14   Elazar Spinks       22  RWB     M    Dury FC                                   
15   Zoie Durnin         27  CB      F    Dury FC                                   
16   Quispe Nordström    29  CB      M    Mancodas City                             
24   Kristeen Herrera    25  CB      F    Trimidau Rukiya       
                    
6    Julius Mayer        27  CM      M    Dury FC                                   
8    Tate Maynard        29  CM/DM   M    Dalaris City                              
10   Stephen May         27  CM/AM   M    Mancodas Athletic FC                      
17   Aneta Jackson       24  CM      F    Bikarish                                  
19   Ruthie Magee        30  CM      M    Bikarish                                  
21   József Boyle        23  CM      M    Dalaris Sports FC        
                 
7    Taliah Alcock       31  LW      M    Kistina Galaxy                            
9    Dagur Lawrence      32  CF/AM   M    Serrapince FC (TMB)                       
11   Findlay Herczeg     27  RW/RM   M    Mancodas City                             
18   Jolánka Hadaway     27  LW/LM   M    Mancodas City                             
20   Kealan Philip       26  CF      M    Mancodas City                             
22   Joseftina Hamilton  24  RW      F    Sarim Potato FC                           
25   Katy Devine         22  LW      F    Sarim Potato FC                           
26   Pal Lowry           26  LW/RW   M    Holhot City

Captain: Aleksandar Malloye
Vice-Captain: Dagur Lawrence
Penalty Taker: Dagur Lawrence
Free Kick Taker: Julius Mayer
Corner Takers: The prevailing LB/RB

Head Coach: Lu Jialan (YZH)
Assistant Head Coach: Jabik Henderson
General Playing Style: This is no longer the old Poafmersia that we used to know. With many of the old guard moving out of play, and the time lapse in Poafmersia confusing one and all, Jabik Henderson has helped to handpick a much younger squad this time - and one that is more inexperienced. While the team attempted to flirt around with a more attacking pace of football during practice & friendlies, the coaching team quickly realised that this batch of young players prefer the more steady and stable style - slowly push the ball forward, look for short passes to create opportunities, then slowly bring it forward to the front to finish off games. As such, the emphasis of defense comes further from the players - and why you would expect more defensive oriented games from this team.

Formations: 4-3-3
Style Modifier: -2.75

First Match: Poafmersia 8-2 Barfleur, BoF 71 Group Stage @ Zwangzug
First Win: Poafmersia 8-2 Barfleur, BoF 71 Group Stage @ Zwangzug
Biggest Win:
(Only WCC-sanctioned) Poafmersia 8-2 Barfleur, BoF 71 Group Stage @ Zwangzug
(All) Poafmersia 8-0 North Alezia, IAC 12 @ Almuzahara
Heaviest Defeat:
(Only WCC-sanctioned)
Farfadillis 5-0 Poafmersia, WCQ 87 @ Farfadillis
Pasarga 5-0 Poafmersia, WCQ 90 @ Pasarga
(All)
Poafmersia 2-8 Commonwealth of Baker Park, International Friendly @ Poafmersia
Baker Park 6-0 Poafmersia, International Friendly @ Baker Park
Highest Scoring: Lionsroar 4-8 Poafmersia, World Cup Qualifiers 93 @ Lionsroar

Fans
Poafmersian fans are crazy about football, and their loud cheers ring about in the stadiums they visit. They are very willing to disturb the peace in the area to celebrate their win after matches, so matches are best held in the afternoon or early evenings. You can spot Poafmers booking large meeting rooms in hotels, going to bars in groups. Apart from that, they do pick up after themselves, and prevent causing much trouble apart from celebrating. You can be assured, however, that they would be travelling around to support their team, so do reserve half the spots in stadiums for them because they would pack it to the brim.

Home Stadium
For the entire duration of the qualifiers, Poafmersia will be playing their home games at the Libira National Stadium, a 70 thousand capacity stadium, which has witness a lot of history with regards to Poafmersian football. The stadium is located in Fiskadaha City, capital of Poafmersia. To travel to the city, direct flights are provided from many major capital cities around the world. Within Poafmersia, however, public transport, such as trains and buses, are the preferred mode of transport, and there are rail lines available between Fiskadaha and many major cities in the country.

RP Permissions
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers - Yes
Godmod scoring events - Yes (Realistic events only, such as long range shots)
Roleplay injuries to my players - Yes (You determine what happened, I decide the severity.)
Godmod injuries to my players - Yes (As above)
Hand out yellow cards to my players - Yes
Hand out red cards to my players - Yes (1 more than what you give yourself)
RP any pandemic-related events - No pandemic exists in Poafmersia, or on Poafmers.
Godmod any other events - Yes (TG/Inform me before hand)
Note: If your RP permissions are more restrictive than mine, then I will take your RP permissions. (With the exception about the pandemic events)
I am very open to cooperative RPs, such as joint press conferences, match-side drama, out-of field events, etc. Do drop me a Telegram in-game (to this account or Poafmersia) or a DM on Discord (You can find me on the NS Sports Discord - Freg#0420).

by **Britonisea** » Tue Jan 07, 2025 1:37 pm

Britonish Roster
for the
98th Football
World Cup

Style Modifier: +2
Trigramme: BRI
Demonym: Britonish, Briton(s), Brits
Official (Main) Language: English
Other Languages: Britonish, French

The Squad & Starting XI

#9 Gabriel Castello ⭐
#10 Nate Sampson ------- #7 Peter Hogan-Howard ------- #8 Caspar Hosseini
#31 Sam Sydenham ------- #16 Morris Jack [AM]
#2 Damien Amédée ------- #6 Arad Samuels ------- #5 Tomas Martense ------- #3 Thomas Dailey-Harrison
#1 Kameron Clifton [GK]

Main Reserves

Additional Reserves

Staff

Manager - Thomas Lisseman
Assistant Manager - Kiain Thompson-Keeley
Physio - Jacob Lister

Tourist Guide: Welcome to Britonisea

Football has a moderate following in the country, but international football teams won't have to worry about stadiums not appearing full as Britons love a good day out and so will sign up for anything, even if they're not huge fans of what they're watching. The Britons won't be rowdy and while they may celebrate rambunctiously if they win or are in the lead - they don't mean it in a rude way (they've just hardly experienced sporting success before!). Britons will be nice and cordial to international fans and you'd be able to flag a Briton down for help or directions as they'd be happy to help. Depending on where you go, they may be able to help you in multiple languages. While we're not expecting any international fans to understand Britonish, most people who speak that language are in the west of the country. If you speak French, you're most likely to be fine in the East (near Telm, Boschke and Eaux City). Other languages that will pop up in Britonisea are Spanish, Scotatrovan and Arabic (due to there being large immigrants or descendants from countries that speak those languages) but you may also be able to get help in Korean with the language being one of the most taught in the country due to the nation's proximity to one of it's closest allies, the Taeseon Republic. All in all, if you can speak English - just go with that!

Map of Britonisea (including cities)

Britonisea recently hosted the largest "regional" tournament, the Independents Cup 22, where 42 nations competed. At the moment, Britonisea is undergoing an increased interest in international football. It is thought that there is going to be a lot more Britonish support in the stands than before. More cities and venues have been interested in playing matches at the World Cup Qualifiers as well.

Teams playing in Aloquirbe City
Teams ranked 1st - 45th playing against Britonisea
Aloquirbe City Stadium, cap. 56,000

Teams playing in Quickenden
Teams ranked 45th - 120th playing against Britonisea
Greenock Stadium, cap. 53,230

Teams playing in Aronyk
Teams ranked 121st or lower
Arena Aronyk (30,000)

As always, BTVB will be in charge of broadcasting Britonish matches at the World Cup Qualifiers across its channels - BITC, C4:B and IGBK.

RP Permissions

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Minor ones, please TG/DM me on Discord
Godmod injuries to my players: Minor ones, please TG/DM me on Discord
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: Minor ones, please TG/DM me on Discord
Godmod other events: When it comes to football, most fans are quite blasé to a loss and so unlikely to set anything on fire or get all up in arms but will defend themselves if the opposing team taunts/shows off. Do let me know if you'd like to do anything.

Style Modifier: + 2.0

by **Delitai** » Tue Jan 07, 2025 6:08 pm

OFFICIAL DELITAI ROSTER FOR THE WORLD CUP 98

Style Modifier: +2.5

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
I would prefer you choose these scorers: Kwame Mensah (6) - Central Midfielder (Captain) and Liam Johnson (9) - Center Forward and Santiago Rodriguez (8) - Central Midfielder
Godmod scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y
Godmod injuries to my players: Y
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Y ( telegram me first )
Hand out red cards to my players: N
Godmod other events: Y
Generate stadium happenings: Yes

Manager: Andrei Petrovich
Assistant Manager: Maria Gonzalez
Goalkeeping Coach: Mark Davis
Defensive Coach: Paolo Rossi
Attacking Coach: Miguel Silva
Fitness Coach: Sarah Johnson
Physiotherapist: Anna Smith
Team Doctor: Dr. David Lee

Starting Squad:

Daniel Martinez (1) - Goalkeeper
James Wilson (7) - Left Wing
Liam Johnson (9) - Center Forward
Oliver Smith (11) - Right Wing
Santiago Rodriguez (8) - Central Midfielder
Kwame Mensah (6) - Central Midfielder (Captain)
Ethan Harris (10) - Attacking Midfielder
Maxwell Sterling (4) - Center Back
Xander Wu (5) - Center Back
Charlie Evans (2) - Central Midfielder
Juan Hernandez (3) - Right Back

Substitutes
Adisa Adebayo (12) - Goalkeeper
Amir El-Masry (13) - Goalkeeper
Nikos Papadopoulos (14) - Left Wing
Wei Chen (15) - Right Wing
Ethan Williams (16) - Center Forward
Isaac Cohen (17) - Attacking Midfielder
Yusuf Olatunji (18) - Central Midfielder
Stavros Georgiou (19) - Defensive Midfielder
Benjamin Levy (20) - Right Back
Olufemi Adeboye (21) - Left Back
Dimitrios Papadakis (22) - Center Back
Ran Alon (23) - Center Back

Players to look out for

James Wilson- the 28 year old left wing has an incredible playstyle. Pace abuses through players who unmatch his talent. Elegant skills and straightforward shooting. Vision is a 6/10 but that doesn't stop him from scoring. Usually scores goals than assists due to his positioning and being the fastest on the team. Knows when the attack and doesn't waste time. Dribbling is also a 6/10 however when he wants to humiliate a player, he will do it accordingly.

Kwame Mensah- the 24 year old CM plays as a defensive player. Passes to the attackers within a short time with his perfect curves. Opposing players get dizzy just seeing him dribble between their legs. As the Captain, his strategy/playstyle is a major contribution to the success of the National Team. Doesn't seem interested in shooting but has good accuracy. Tackles most of the time when he sees an opposing player is free but is cautious when doing it.

Xander Wu- the 38 year old CB is known for his aggressive tactics and playstyle. Tackles multiple times with no mercy for the attackers and shows his force by kicking the ball really hard. His scary appearance makes attackers sluggish and cautious when approaching him. Humbles opposing players and acts like a wall. Has the most red cards on the National team but still saves the team in important matches. Xander may be old but he's a machine when it comes to defending. Dribbling is a 6/10, Passing is a 4/10, Shooting is a 7/10, Defending is a 8/10.

Uniform - Players ( updated ) | Uniform - Goalkeeper ( updated )

by **Natanians and Nosts** » Tue Jan 07, 2025 6:42 pm

Kits made by:K Kits

           CF    CF           
                              
                              
                              
                              
              AM              
                              
                              
          DM  DM  DM          
                              
LB                          RB
          CB      CB          
                              
                              
              GK

# name position height club

1	Daniel Whitcliffe	 	goalkeeper 	36	 	Dínamo N-City
2	Rato Ret	 	 	r. wingback	45	1,80	Notrina Lat F.C.
27	Cláudius Petre Constantinescu	centre back	29	1,78	The N. Blue Lions
28	Mikhail Ioan Ionescu	 	centre back	29	1,80	The N. Blue Lions
69	Caeso Júlio Probus	 	d. midfielder	27	1,80	T-natanicus F.C.
6	Laço Tralto	 	 	l. wingback	45	1,80	Notrina Lat F.C.
5	Rodion Mihai Wafa	 	d. midfielder	32	1,83	The N. Blue Lions
18	Tătareanu	 	 	d. midfielder	28	1,80	T-natanicus F.C.
10	Natan Gabriel Ademélsson-Vit	a. midfielder	25	1,79	Dínamo N-City
23	John Mihai García	 	centre-forward	26	1,87	Notrina Lat A. A.
11	Sheldon Ubuntu	 	 	centre-forward	28	1,90	The Northern Blue Lions
51	John Pirassununga	 	goalkeeper	27	1,83	F.C. Southern Light
13	Ion Petre Alencastre	 	centre back	29	1,79	T-natanicus F.C.
41	Dmítri Mihai Dolgostor	 	r. wingback	25	1,76	The Northern Blue Lions
15	Paulus Mihai D'Orville       	centre back	32	1,90	S.C. N-City
36	Públio Ion Mihailescu	  	l. wingback	37	1,83	S.C. N-City
17	Mihai Vladimir Duarte	 	a. midfielder	27	1,75	Rodion F.C.
70	Mihai Publius Muniz	 	d. midfielder	24	1,73	Mkhedruli F.K.
19	Numa Mihai Montes	 	centre-forward	26	1,79	Vanadiu A.C.
20	Márcus Mariano Livorno	 	   striker	28	1,78	Dínamo N-City
7	John Cramer	 	  	a. midfielder	28	1,97	The N. Blue Lions
22	Ion Vladimir Lennin	 	goalkeeper	27	1,89	Rodion F.C.
21	Márius C. Mureșan-Antonescu	   striker	23	1,78	The S. Blue Lions

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:-0,075

*Players that have the probability of scoring(in order from more probable to least,by number):
11,10,(21,)23,(19,20,7,70,17,)69,5,27,28,18,(41,15,36)

by **Farfadillis** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:07 pm

The Freisan Farf Freitball Francitian hereby presents the Farf roster for the 98^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 70
ASSISTANT MANAGER:

Tuskoles Yagaras - Age 42
CHIEF SCOUT:

Zhonong Zhojo Sidike — Age 34
TEAM MEDIC:

Xa Turo Kij — Age 64
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 31

Tusales de Lovandá, GK, Age 32

Régulo Bambino, GK, Age 24

Siloxtihuk Iwaszkiewicz, GK, Age 21

Mâát Süná, LB, Age 22

Tôsgo Türrângel, CB, Age 31

Eloriján Mopiraja, CB, Age 29

Éspéráns rue Cazade, RB, Age 22

Dîgö Uwársá, LB, Age 25

Alexon Sirujano, CB, Age 19

Severino Gaesatae, Age 22

Ügüs Hâx, CB, Age 19

Rôbé Wîjkár, RB, Age 33

Lajos Danzas, CM, Age 25

Xíxì Feêr, CM, Age 23

Lêyêló Jáánsêlà, TK, Age 30

Xíriêrín Byôrn, CM, Age 28

Míkêl Lôçô, CM, Age 16

Odalis Pokéésé, CM, Age 29

Nerianeknoé Ócandefé, TK, Age 20

Fulzhohu We Xi, OM, Age 20

Jôs Sürréo, LW, Age 32

Valën Pídí, RW, Age 25

Dénes Robineau, ST, Age 31

Wils Álbárrâó, LW, Age 23

Fikri di Riccivento, LW, Age 20

Qehu Daj Zhdihi, RW, Age 20

Edmün Léloj, ST, Age 21

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 **Lisander** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:27 pm

LISANDER NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM
The National Eleven
Mod: +3

Ricardo Navarre faces a problem: lack of renovation. For the last years, we've barely seen new talent happening. And when we see, they're really too young to be around at NT level. The national eleven always stay by the road on the qualifiers, as the renovation of the local clubs isn't working. The average age of goalkeeper is high, while the remaining team is around their 27-28 years. These guys come from a "old Premiership". Football is popular, but the professional sides require a lot of commitment, and when it isn't the most popular sport in the nation, is not like most people would really commit like this. Salaries, outside the biggest three teams (AS Virtus 1904, Club Sparta and AC Kasandora) aren't that awesome also. So this put the Lisanderian men in a less-than-comfortable position. FLF and Premiership, however, keep putting more money on the lower strata, and in the formation of the new players, sending teams for DBC and U18WC. However, we know this is a long-term strategy, that's always possible to fail.

How they play
Navarre is known by a fast-paced, pass-oriented football, as dozens of other coaches. He'll use the agility of names like Nantel, Artemon and Étienne to try confusing defenders. The defense is a problem this season, since the primary goalkeeper of the nation, Anders Michaelichen (Club Sparta) is currently out of action. Without his leadership, Navarre will count with two good veteran keepers (a safe position in Lisander, back in Premiership they are hardly replaced no matter how bad the situation is). Nonetheless, they usually mark man-to-man, trying to offer the less of possible space.

Names to follow
Leo Artemon - Club Sparta striker, he's very popular among the Spartiate fanbase, and also famous by being married to the famous DJ, a.mi.
Tássio Camden - 3 times elected Best of the Season in Premiership, he's a very technical midfielder with precise passing and a lot of game vision.
Arjun Étienne - Usually coming from the bench, Étienne is a slight, agile young forward, hailing from AS Virtus 1904, and was the last Premiership Top Scorer
Martin Garmin and Vitor Marin - two seasoned goalkeepers, will keep rotating in the position as the Starter Goalkeeper and NT Captain Anders Michaelichen is injured, so wasn't medically cleared to join the team.

Roster

#	Name			Pos.	Age	Club
1	Vitor Marin		GK	35	AC Kasandora
2	Cyril Florian		RB	28	AS Virtus 1904
3	Marian Valens		DF	28	AS Virtus 1904
4	Luís Rosell		DF	32	Club Sparta
5	Saber Neville		DMF	30	AS Virtus 1904
6	Milen Kaplanoski	LB	28	Racing Soria
7	Lucas Brax		FW	26	AC Kasandora
8	Christian Nantel	MF	31	AS Virtus 1904
9	Leo Artemon		FW	24	Club Sparta
10	Tássio Camden		MF	30	Club Sparta
11	Leon Wiel		FW	28	Sporting Grandeville
12	Arjun Étienne		MF	22	AS Virtus 1904
13	Bruno Lasses		RB	28	Dawson FC
14	Tiago Gamache		LB	22	Soria Union
15	Edward Rosell		MF	28	Club Sparta
16	Martin Garmin		GK	32	Shamrocks FC
17	Victor Potenza		FW	31	AC Kasandora
18	Ricardo Santander	MF	31	Racing Soria
19	Robert Leem		FW	23	CF Thiéry
20	Nico Thorn		MF	23	AC Kasandora
21	Christian Hill		FW	31	Racing Soria
22	Lukas Hiltmann		FW	24	AS Virtus 1904
23	Gregório Mader		GK	24	Sporting Grandeville
24	Bruno Belard		DF	24	Club Sparta
25	Sérgio Fons		DF	27	CF Thiéry
26	Lucas Dass		DF	28	Soria Union

#	Ricardo Navarre		Coach	48	Lisander NT

Uniforms
Last seasons had being of failure in commercial ventures for FLF. The new rebranding failed to gain traction and uniforms from the previous manufacturer stalled on the shops. The federation decided to change its approach then. Focusing on the market of young people wearing "vintage" football jerseys, one of the most growing market in Lisander sports scene, they approached the manufacturer that created the shirt the team used 30 years ago, asking to develop a new version of that shirt (that wasn't particularly iconic or victorious, after all Lisander football was never a victorious side), to cater equally for the saudosists, the fashionists and the football fans. Moving from a combo of bluish green and fluo green to a striking, warm green, paired with a slightly golden yellow, the old/new uniform bring back one of the jerseys from the 90s,that was a moment where they could be bold. The remaining of the collection is somewhat plain-er, however the striking appearance comes from the colour. The green in the accent of the white jersey and also on the shorts is more blue than never before. Some people joked "They made cricket whites for LCB and its teal logo, then mixed the logos at the embroidery table". The goalkeeper is a jersey in black, with bold yoke graphics in blue, a depart from the simple jerseys with fluo on unconventional colours by the old manufacturer.

RP Permissions
I'm sorry I have nothing else to offer at the moment. I'll update this as soon as possible. For now, No killing, no creeping, you're allowed to do everything else.

by **Cheetahs and reptiles Coalison** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 6:05 pm

# name age position height club

starters:1-11 reserves:12-23

1	Ubiratã Ubirajara Ubiraci	36	goalkeeper	1,98	F.C. Loch Blue
2	Nozâ Norõwada			34	r. back	 	1,62	Napigixo F.C.
3	Tata'a Tapixi Xaxim		36	centre back	1,80	High Plains F.C.
4	João Miguel Irima		36	centre back	1,80	Pira Guaçu E.C.
5	Indaje Nhakyrã Iraity		35	d. midfielder	1,85	Goj Kyfé F.C.
6	Natalagha Napiini		34	l. back	 	1,62	Natena F.C.
7	Noledi Noniciwagha		33	a. midfielder	1,97	Goj Kyfé F.C.
8	Meiruguassu Moacir Silveira	34	d. midfielder	1,76	Guassu Guaçu F.C.
9	Peri Ubiratã Tibiriçá		35	a. midfielder	1,77	F.C. Loch Blue
10	Anacárdio Caju	 	 	26	a. midfielder 	1,78	
11	Bursić	 	 	 	24	striker	 	1,73	Goj Kyfé F.C.
12	Cláudio Alberto Vieira		36	goalkeeper	1,96	High Plains F.C.
13	Napocenigi Natenaghaneghegi	36	centre back	1,90	Napigixo F.C.
14	Natenoghodi Natena		37	r. back	 	1,72	Napiini F.C.
15	Ion Mihai Sorinescu		20	centre back	1,85	Goj Kyfé F.C.
16	Natenaghanagha Natena		37	l. back	 	1,72	Napiini F.C.
17	Na'arew Nàrà'zyw		40	a. midfielder	1,77	F.C. TatáResape
18	Nhanarã Norõwede		40	d. midfielder	1,84	Awaru F.C.
19	Tawato Inaje Akaju'y		33	striker	 	1,60	Cheetah Dinamo
23	Martim Nhana'i Nhamokyrã	38	a. midfielder	1,75	Aruanãs Azuis F.C.
22	Guaraci Ubiratã da Silva	39	goalkeeper	1,95	F.C. Loch Blue
20	Rhinić				35	striker	 	1,77	F.C. Loch Blue
21	Sinusić				35	striker	 	1,77	F.C. Loch Blue

captain's name is in blue

Style modifier:-4,227

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Just make it be by Bursić (or Rhinić and Sinusić when they get in),with the ocasional goal of Peri Ubiratã Tibiriçá,anyone else's is rarer
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: No
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes (only two per game)
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes (but never the goalkeeper)
Godmod other events: No

by **Sel Appa** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 10:22 pm

Sel Appa National Football Team
"The Turtles"

Style Mod: +3
Form: 4-4-2 or 4-3-3

After nearly 60 50 Cups out of contention, Sel Appa is vying for the international title once again. A fairly last minute decision to enter, the team is on the younger side, but no less accomplished domestically. The hope is that the players will develop international style over time and become a formidable team in the future.

STADIA:

Turtle Stadium
Location: Nemnenait
Capacity: 128000
The National Stadium of Sel Appa and home to the Nemnen Turtles, this massive venue is world class and modern. Rebuilt from the ground up in the 2000s, it remains fresh to fans from all over. Amenities are replete with numerous food, shopping, and other entertainment options for all budgets. Transit is a cinch with the metro directly underground, providing a seamless journey from any direction. Nemnenait itself is a massive capital city blending cultures from Sel Appa and abroad. Visitors will find endless things to do in between matches.
Matchday 1 vs. Mytanija
Matchday 13 vs. Sangti and the Filindo Isles

Grand Archduke Kirby I Stadium
Location: Anila City
Capacity: 80000
The namesake of Sel Appas beloved late monarch, who was mysteriously assassinated in 2005, Anila City FC plays here. Located in the second largest city, it certainly stacks up well to their rivals in the capital. One will find everything they need here and more. With a metro station across the street, and numerous other options, getting in and out is no problem. Anila is more distinctly Anglo than the multicultural capital, but still showcases a variety of cultures and diversions.
Matchday 7 vs. Captina Island
Matchday 11 vs. Farfadillis

Royal Field
Location: Fizroe
Capacity: 72000
Football doesnt get more serious than at Royal Field, home to Royal Fizroe, the beloved team of unrepentant monarchists. While Anila City got the name, Fizroe has the spirit of the late Grand Archduke. With a gorgeous view of Fizroe Bay, this is where the annual Turtle Classic between the top two Premier League teams is held. Despite their plucky nature, the home side rarely makes it, with a longtime rivalry between Nemnen Turtles and Anila City FC the most common matchup. To get to this stadium, visitors will have to hop on a plane or take a ferry, most likely from the two major cities. Transit on island is a bit more limited, with buses serving the bulk. Despite the forward-thinking efforts of Grand Archduke Kirby I, he focused development on the mainland. The stadium itself doesnt come up short, but is known for being a bit higher class. Be warned, republican sentiments are not taken kindly here
Matchday 3 vs. Sajnur

Stade d'Or
Location: Les Fleuves
Capacity: 66000
Nestled between two rivers, the aptly named city of Les Fleuves hosts the top French team: Fleuves FC. While less populous, French cities in Sel Appa are no less than their counterparts. Known for fantastic architecture, culture, and of course, cuisine, visitors will get a classic French experience. While English is understood by pretty much everyone, French is predominant. Whereas other Francophones are said to be rude, Sel Appan francophones welcome any effort in their tongue. The stadium itself features French favorites from crepes to poutine, and some of the more unique aspects of football culture in Sel Appa, namely the wildly designed hats. The city itself is a feast for the eyes as much as the stomach, and one will enjoy the many riverwalks.
Matchday 5 vs. Estorvipa and Estorpiva

NativeZone
Location: Natives Province
Capacity: 32000
The illustrious NativeZone is home to Natives FC, one of the fiercest teams in the nation. While small, it is a unique experience to see the football culture that calls a home here. Designed in the earthly natural style, the stadium is a beauty. The tropical heat may scare some off, but will be a nice respite for others. Food in the stadium is on the healthier and interesting side, with fruits and local delicacies and treats everywhere. Transit to the venue consists of a train followed by a connecting bus. There is no metro and infrastructure otherwise is less developed. Between matches, there are many food and music options, as well as markets selling local crafts, and numerous nature tours.
Matchday 9 vs. Igratia

ROSTER:

FFSA President:
Gérard Duceppe - Recently elected president of the Football Federation of Sel Appa, Duceppe an accomplished businessman who owned Côte Athlétique for years before joining the FFSA Board. His stern nature was felt needed at the Association helm.

Coach:
Marek Löwy - An unorthodox pick of a former player for Anila City FC, who was selected from outside Sel Appa. Löwy prefers a defensive style, but is known to get more aggressive when that fails to produce results.

GOALKEEPERS
Bobby Boyd - Starting keeper
Kenny Rounds - Backup
Ian Rash - Third

DEFENSE
Danny Lagrotte - Starter and sturdy defender, Lagrotte doesnt quit.
Johnny Montana - Starter and heavy duty defenseman, who rarely lets a ball past him.
Kal Muosa - Starter from Natives Province and star player of Natives FC, Muosa is a brutal defender. (Captain)
Tobias Hart -Starter who can be a bit gun shy, but reliable and loyal.
Sam Valencia - An all around defender known for his sweet demeanor off the pitch.
Tyler White - The erratic White is a hard worker in play.
Tristan Wick - Wick enables quick turnaround on defense and often straddles the midfield.

MIDFIELD
Jesse David - Starter who doesnt mess around and does what needs to be done.
Finnley Bernard - Starter with a tough nature, who gets plays going and will turn around a difficult play without a second thought.
Myron Barnes - Starter commonly seen with Rivers on and off the pitch, the two work together well in moving the ball up to the forwards.
Elmo Rivers - Starter friend of Barnes, coordinating easily to get the ball where it needs to go.
Tino Rouleau - Rouleau can always be counted on when needed, and plays a straight midfield style.
Stéphane du Bois - Reliable at times, but known for being distracted during important plays, du Bois can snipe some goals when least expected.
Andy Ayak - Despite mental health struggles, Ayak plays well and moves things forward or helps protect the defense when needed.

STRIKERS
Lucien Barthélemy - Starter who pairs well with de la Rue, the two have played together since childhood and have a fantastic chemistry to score set pieces.
Henni de la Rue - Starter who is never without sandbox buddy Barthélemy, the duo are thought to be twins and function as a contiguous unit on the pitch.
Gary Tyson - Tyson is known off the pitch as a party animal and claims about his nights with numerous women, his play is sturdy but laid back.
Dmitri Ram - Aggressive and unpredictable, Ram is not a striker any defender want to face.
Kris Welck - Hardworking and reliable, Welck is injury-prone, leaving him to alternating plays.
Allan Reddy - Supportive forward who has an independent streak, but never fails his team.

Schmeck Travel Guide - Sel Appa (incomplete)

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
I would prefer you choose these scorers:
Godmod scoring events: No
RP injuries to my players: No
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: No, but ask.
Godmod other events: Yes/No
Generate stadium happenings: Yes, if realistic

by **Brusseldorf** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 3:18 am

At a media conference delivered this morning, manager Hakeem al-Araibi announced the squad he will be taking to the 98th World Cup Qualifiers:

No.    Name                    Pos.         Club                
12     Gimenza Azoulay         GK        Atlas United        
2     Boronia                 RB        Casablanca City    
3     Gabriel Lellouche       LB        Oahu FC            
4     Ricard Sciolan          CB        Real Marrakesh     
5     Andrea Zidane           CB        Meknes al Morocco  
6     Sarah Pickett           CDM       Salé United        
 7     Michael Hernández       CAM       Behotzadt Casablanca
8     Vindark Al Maghribī     CDM       Sahara Compétitif  
 9     Teddy Wolfenden (CAP)   ST        Atlas United        
23     Marcev Steyr            ST        Casablanca City     
20     Aktha Akiveal           CAM       Bahias Serenadamiata
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 1     Antony Providence       GK        Tangier Lions       
13     Dom Harrak              LWB       Tangier Lions       
14     Phil Lataste            RM        Salé United         
15     Leila Abidi             CB        Fez FC              
16     Dieter Van den Berg     CDM       Siem Reapers        
17     Amina Khelifi           LW        Oahu FC             
10     Santa Dominguez         ST        Real Marrakesh      
 19     Yasmine Benamar         CDM       FK Kragujevac 1928   
11     Giroud Sidi             CAM       Casablanca City     
21     Harry Koehl             CM        Club de Fútbol Rabat
22     Sven Prote              CB        Club de Algiers     
18     Lukas De Wit            GK        FC Stockholm        


Managing Staff
Hakeem al-Araibi  Team Manager    
      Fatima El-Khouri  Assistant Team Manager
Marc Verstraeten  Head Coach      
             Ahmed Benali  Assistant Coach (Offense)
         Jan Vandenbroeck  Assistant Coach (Defense)
Mustafa Al-Mansouri  Technical Director 
Franz Müller  Head Scout  
Youssef El-Mansour  Fitness Coach     
  Hugo Vandenberg  Goalkeeping Coach
          Amina Abidi  Team Physiotherapist 
  Sofie Van Damme  Team Psychologist
      Nadia Fassi  Team Nutritionist
            Ali Ibrahim  Media Relations Manager
     Sophie Leclercq  Team Liaison Officer
               Hassan Belhadj  Youth Development Coordinator
 Matthias Wouters  Equipment Manager
  Karim Ben Youssef  Performance Analyst
    Isabella De Jong  Language Interpreter

Home Stadium
The Fennec Stadia is the largest stadium in Australialia, with a monstrous capacity of 93,000 spectators.
As the premier footballing facility in Brusseldorf, Fennec Stadia is the de facto national stadium and serves as a frequent venue for Brusseldorf's national team. During international tournaments such as this one, the stadium hosts all home matches. Throughout the remainder of the calendar year, Casablanca City is lucky enough to call this stadium home, though usually only the lower tier is filled with spectators.

I Give My Opponent Permission To:

Choose My Goalscorers:        Y
Godmod Goalscoring Events:    Y
Injure Players:               Y
Godmod Injury Events:         Y
Red Card Players:             Y
Yellow Card Players:          Y
Godmod Other Events:          Y
Style Modifier               +4

by **The Kytler Peninsulae** » Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:14 am

THE KYTLERIAN NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM FOR WORLD CUP 98
Manager: Andrew PATTERSON
Assistant manager: Jay JENNINGS

 # Name (SHIRT NAME)		Age  Position  	Club			2nd nation
 1 Kuno ZEELEN			 28  GK		Bay City United
 2 Teun DONK*			 27  CB/LB	FC Alaer
 3 Wecoisus GACKBANG		 31  RB/CB	FC Alaer
 4 Shrifflu MOCKS		 26  CDM/CB	FC Alaer
 5 Álfar JVARSSON		 27  RB/RWB	Zeiven City		GRF
 6 Zachary EDWARDS-HILLIER*	 25  CDM/CM	Galatica (PAS)
 7 VICENTE Bautista Oleandro  	 24  CM/CAM/LM	Miposojeon (QUE)
 8 Dings MOCKS			 30  CAM/RW/ST	Bay City United
 9 Rick FLASH			 26  RW/CAM/ST  AFC Edencliff		 
10 Joanne WALGRAVE		 23  LW/LM/ST	Evenfar FC (PAS)
11 Joke FELTKAMP		 30  RW/ST	Eyrods (CMT)
12 Jonas JVARSSON		 25  GK		Zeiven City
13 PARK Si-Woo*			 25  LWB/CDM/CM	Capitolians		QUE
14 Ceedast BASPAALT*		 26  CM/CDM	Bay City United
15 Xavier LaMOTTA		 25  CB/LB/CDM	AFC Edencliff
16 Raven LOMU			 26  ST		AFC Edencliff
17 Pétur INGÓLFSSON		 31  ST/LW	Bay City United
18 Marwin MIKKELSEN*		 30  RM/RW	Roddens City
19 Jón SVENSSON			 21  LB/LWB	Ranford & Willsbrook
20 Oliver VANDOME*		 22  CB/RB	Ranford & Willsbrook
21 Borgþór DAÐASON*		 28  RB		Capitolians 		GRF
22 Agnes ODDKELLSDÓTTIR		 23  LW		AFC Edencliff		GRF
23 Alan EDMONDS			 30  GK		AFC Edencliff

NOTE: Players with an asterisk* are considered the more aggressive on this team. They are more likely to pick up yellow cards, and are the only players who should pick up red cards.

Potential starting XI (4-2-3-1): Zeelen; Daðason, Gackbang, S. Mocks, Donk; Edwards-Hillier, LaMotta; Feltkamp, Vicente, Walgrave; Lomu. This is very subject to change, especially in the attacking positions bar Vicente - who himself might play on the left rather than centrally as listed here. Flash is expected to make an appearance off the bench in every match, and Park will also be a regular substitute.

Kits: Kits: All Margaret green (RGB 10,90,3) with yellow and dark blue trim for the home kit; all white with Margaret green trim for the away kit; all yellow with dark blue horizontal stripes on the shirt and Margaret green trim for the third kit. Actual visuals coming!

If my opponent RPs our match first, I give them permission to:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: No
RP injuries to my players: Yes, but tread carefully and perhaps TG/DM first.
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes, but mostly to the players marked.
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes, but only to the players marked.
Godmod other events: No

Style modifier: -1.618

The Kytlerian team is in a perhaps-surprising, perhaps-not state of flux ahead of a home World Cup, the first one they've ever entered with any sort of real expectations. Expectations that may have been damaged by the injury to star striker Danny Markusson, who has been the central point of attack for this team for seemingly an eternity already. Rick Flash and his blazing pace inherits the #9 shirt and could be one option in his position - or on the right, a spot which has been in constant flux anyway - but manager Andrew Patterson prefers to have him as a bench weapon to run at weary defenders, a finisher rather than a starter. Fellow Edencliff title-winner (that still feels wrong to say) Raven Lomu is another option, the more archetypal big centre-forward, but he wasn't even in the squad for the last WC cycle. Dings Mocks as a false nine? Pétur Ingólfsson? Joke Feltkamp? Joanne Walgrave, she of that campaign-launching winner against Aphrilia in Eastfield Lodge two years ago? All of these are an answer; none of them feel entirely like the answer.

At least one of the front four in Patterson's 4-2-3-1 is locked the heck in. Much of the burden for direct goalscoring as well as assists will now be lying on the shoulders of one of the obvious faces of the tournament in Vicente Bautista Oleandro. You can call him Vicente, you can call him Vincent, you can play him on the left, you can play him centrally, you just cannot call him anything other than the heartbeat of this team. Regardless of what name's on his shirt (it's Vicente these days) or which position he nominally starts in, he wants to pick up the ball in the left channel and curl the ball either directly goalwards with his right foot or into the danger zone with either.

That might favour Feltkamp to start. Joke by name, but no joke on the field - and it's pronounced YO-keh anyway - she specialises in sneaking into goalscoring positions from out wide, and if you can be productive in the Red League (at a club that unexpectedly managed to survive the contraction season whilst not even playing in their home city!) you can probably be productive anywhere. Mocks also fits that bill to be fair, as does Walgrave from the other side if Vicente is centrally deployed. There will be fluidity, either way, and assuming Flash is deployed later in proceedings he'll bring a different kind of it with his searing pace. Expect this team to double down on their possession-based style of play in the absence of their semi-BFG striker, and to create most of their openings through movement both on and off the ball to create space; they're also known for their endurance, which will further help them create openings in the latter stages.

This theme really extends to the other end of the pitch, as the defenders are also comfortable in possession whilst being (as we saw in their octofinal defeat to Banija last time around) most vulnerable from set pieces. The big question marks here surround exactly how to deploy Edencliff lynchpin Xavier LaMotta and Capitolians' Quebecois-Kytlerian Park Si-Woo; both have been converted from the back line to defensive midfield at club level with success, but Shrifflu Mocks has done the same in reverse for his country, Pasarga-based Zachary Edwards-Hillier looks to have one half of the double pivot locked down, and it would probably help to have some sort of enforcer at the back. At least right-back is now spoken for thanks to Daðason being Kytlerian-eligible now that Græntfjall (whom he represented at under-21 level) is no longer a thing that exists; always too good for the Cluitt SC side that bought him over the Alps, and still thriving at Capitolians following a relegation-induced transfer, he is a well-rounded defensive right-back who is also very comfortable in possession. "SFG" Álfar Jvarsson - who has thrived at Zeiven City and was a dual national all along having been born to Græntfjaller parents who moved to Carroll Lewiston when he was four - remains a good alternative, one more likely to push forward and provide overlaps as (insert right-sided forward here) cuts inside; there is even speculation that Patterson may be preparing to go to a 5-2-3 in the absence of Markusson, with a third central defender (who could be Daðason) freeing up two wing-backs, almost certainly Park and Jvarsson, to charge. Jvarsson thrived in that system at Zeiven, but it's not a setup most of this squad have familiarity playing in, so file this under "wild speculation" until you hear otherwise. The rest of the back line is basically a long-proven FC Alaer unit who have grown through the Giisost Era together and will probably implode together - though Teun Donk and Shrifflu Mocks (no relation to Dings) are at least still in their prime. Behind them lies Kuno Zeelen, the other end of the two-man show that was Bravin Rangers before their calamitous relegation, and (thanks to being a Kytlerian Aboriginal, probably) made a scapegoat for it by the club's numerous racist fans despite basically everyone else being pure poop for the entire second half of the season; he now plays at Bay City United, who have accepted him unequivocally.

by **Tikariot** » Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:36 pm

Football is the by far most popular sport in Tikariot. The Tikariot Premier League is the highest tier of the Tikariotian football pyramid and is one of the most competitive leagues in the multiverse.
With nine World Cup participations, including third place at World Cup 97, Tikariot is part of the Rushmorean sub-region of Pavola. Coming off their second Copa Rushmori win, Tikariot is trying to replicate their third-place finish on home soil!

The fans of the Snowy Owls, called the Dark Tide, also deserve particular mention. Not only are they renowned for their chants, but they are also bringing the Thunder Clap (Click here for example) to the stadium, something that the players join in as a pre-game ritual that has left an impression on the opponents and opposing fans more than once (OOC: similar to the Haka of the New Zealand All Blacks). The players will form a triangle near the kick-off circle and lift their arms, which the fans do as well. Then a lone drum will start to signal the rhythm and both players and fans alike will move in unison, each clap accompanied by a loud cry, the claps (and cries) speeding up, creating an overwhelming sense of impending doom.

Brian McAllister - 52

After having been assistant to now former coach Stuart Ekstrom, Brian McAllister made the move to Sargossa and enjoyed a lot more success than his former mentor, having two Copa Rushmori victories under his belt. With him, the Snowy Owls continue to utilize their flexible 4-3-3, in which the fullbacks can push forward and the wingers drop back depending on the game situatin, add unpredictability. With this formation, he also won Tikariot's Copa Rushmori at its 42nd and 47th editions, bringing his personal total to 4.

GOALKEEPER

GK | Vincent LITMAN | 33 | Parakleion Firebirds FC | 55 caps
classic sweeper keeper, strong on the line and excellent penalty box presence

DEFENDERS

LB | James WINTERSHAM | 31 | Parakleion Firebirds FC | 33 caps | 4 goals | 1 assist
horselung of a leftback, can also play on the right, wicked crosses, also has a strong shot

CB | Connlaodh MACGOFRAIDH | 26 | Tikariot City FC | 22 caps | 3 goals | 1 assist
physically imposing but very agile, not the best technique but very fierce and fair tackler

CB | Sebastian KARLSBAKK | 28 | Fort Viljan Northern FC | 29 caps | 4 goals | 5 assists
tall, good aerial abilities, can open up the game with strong diagonal passes, rocket of a shot

RB | Anders SKOGENSBERG | 30 | Tikariot City FC | 32 caps | 4 goals | 3 assists
tall, quick, can run up and down the byline, excellent positioning

MIDFIELDERS

LM | Sérigne AYANBADEJO | 28 | Eivora Athletic FC | 26 caps | 3 goals | 14 assists
Cobre dual national, graceful and fleetfooted, has a surprisingly powerful shot, great standards

CM | ÞORGRÍMA VIGDIS Ástþórsdóttir | 30 | Chromatik (CMT) | 64 caps | 13 goals | 17 assists
not the fastest, but has incredible stamina and knows how to get and distribute the ball, can orchestrate the offence and strong standards

RM | Markus SIVERTSTRAND | 24 | Tikariot CIty FC | 11 caps | 4 goals | 5 assists
quick but physical, great passer and crosser, excellent stamina

FORWARDS

W | Annika NURMSALU | 28 | Miruan City FC | 54 caps | 22 goals | 18 assists
dazzling speed and great technique, can both shoot and assist with great precision

CF | Mathias VERCAUTEREN | 26 | Parakleion Firebirds FC | 26 caps | 12 goals | 3 assists
fast, agile, powerful, can score from any position, has uncanny scoring instinct

W | Adrian GRIMAUD | 37 | Port Tacassam FC | 134 caps | 48 goals | 33 assists
very good technique, can score from anywhere, also great eye for team mate, all-rounder

GOALKEEPERS

GK | Magdalena VON YXKULL | 25 | Fort Viljan Northern FC | 1 cap
not the tallest, but amazing reflexes and can play sweeper keeper, could, in the worst cases, play a midfield position, too

GK | Arthur SATCHWELL | 25 | Emerald Coast Raiders FC | 0 caps
outstanding distribution skills, can launch precise counterattacks with long throws or kicks

DEFENDERS

LB | Michael VAN DER HEYDEN | 29 | Emerald Coast Raiders FC | 0 caps | 0 goals | 0 assists
tactically disciplined, maintains positional awareness, supporting the defensive line

CB | Yann-Erik FORGAARD | 27 | Avanaroch White Wings FC | 0 caps | 0 goals | 0 assists
commanding and physical, excellent in aerial duels, shrugs off attackers.

CB | Ásgeir STEINGRÍMSSON | 28 | Viathyn Park AFC | 17 caps | 2 goals | 0 assists
agile centreback with supreme tackling abilities, great speed as well

RB | Eutímio SEQUEIRA | 24 | Avanaroch White Wings FC | 6 caps | 0 goals | 1 assists/b]
strong positioning, balances defensive duties with overlapping runs

MIDFIELDERS

[b]LM | Tobias GRANDELIUS | 30 | Tihon United (CMT) | 23 caps | 7 goals | 10 assists
technically skilled, fast midfielder who can also slot into a left wing role

CM | François DAGENAIS | 33 | Avanaroch White Wings FC | 9 caps | 1 goal | 4 assists
classical playmaker, can dictate the tempo with precise passes and distribution

RM | Ashleigh FAULKNER | 27 | Eivora Athletic FC | 0 caps | 0 goals | 0 assists
playmaker on the side, precise crosses and threading balls to attackers

FORWARDS

W | Morris NIGHTHORSE | 32 | Port Rhovanyon AFC | 217 caps | 131 goals | 73 assists
fast, technically strong, can score goals out of nowhere, defender nightmare

CF | Hamish STAINTHORPE | 32 | Tikariot City FC | 74 caps | 28 goals | 13 assists
lethal in box, strong physique, also has technique. Great anticipation

W | Magdalena STRANDBERG | 25 | Fort Viljan Northern FC | 9 caps | 2 goals | 4 assists
agile centreback with supreme tackling abilities, great speed as well

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My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes-ish (TG me and I can give you the names for scorers, assists and more, but we'll figure this out one way or another)
Godmod scoring events: No
RP injuries to my players: Yes (just please be reasonable)
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes (again please be reasonable)
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes (same deal)
Godmod other events: No

by **Qusmo** » Fri Jan 24, 2025 6:42 pm

Qusmo welcomes the Multiverse to its shores for World Cup 98

After a long absence, Qusmo has returned to the world of international football. & today, the very best of the world of international football will assemble in Qusmo. Drolx-Dalox Aka’s regime is keen to use the World Cup to project its status as a leading nation in the Multiverse. However, Qusmo still has not qualified for a World Cup on sporting merit since the tournament’s eighty-third edition, & it stands outside the top fifty nations in the new KPB+ rankings, which would have made it a pot four team if the tournament was held anywhere else. Furthermore, uncomfortable parallels may be made to Qusmo’s political situation fifteen cycles ago, when Drolx-Dalox’s government successfully suspended the constitution & declared martial law to consolidate total control over the country in the midst of the tournament. The reverberations of the Reforms — or the Collapse, as some call it — are still being felt, & Drolx-Dalox still rules Qusmo as its Qusmi Bez.

On the pitch, World Cup 83 marked a turning point in Qusma football as well. The sport was banned for many years. That tournament marked the national team’s last match until Copa Rushmori XL, & this is only the third World Cup cycle Qusmo has competed in since. A nascent twelve-club professional domestic league has only completed a single season, & even that had to borrow four clubs from one of Qusmo’s Pavolan neighbors. Before World Cup 83, Qusma teams in the World Cup, Cup of Harmony, Copa Rushmori, Champions’ Cup, & Globe Cup had never been eliminated in a group stage before, with runs to the World Cup octofinals, Cup of Harmony semifinals, & Copa Rushmori & Champions’ Cup quarterfinals achieved in not much time at all. Since then, Qusma teams have only made it out of a group stage in any WCC, CRF, or IFCF tournament on one occasion, & the national team has only managed a single win each at its most recent Cup of Harmony & Copa Rushmori.

Vulav-Wanar Tla was hired specifically to ensure there would be no repeat of the team’s failures under Tlanx-Nulzk Hal. Whereas Tlanx-Nulzk focused on rebuilding Qusma footballing culture & growing for a sustainable future, even at the cost of short-term performance, Vulav-Wanar has a single mission: win — right now, & right here. The good news is that Qusmo’s manager has had twenty-two matches to get acclimated with their role in their home nation’s dugout & that, in that time, they’ve delivered Qusmo their best post-Reforms performance at every tournament they’ve been to. The bad news is that adds up to four points in four matches at a single Copa Rushmori, eighteen friendlies, & nil else. There are still plenty of questions as to which players or tactics would deliver Qusmo’s best squad, much less how the manager should approach each opponent specifically.

Vulav-Wanar is renowned for their focus on defensive football, & perhaps that will allow Qusmo to steal a point or even a win. However, surely there will be momentous pressure for Qusmo’s squad to find the back of the net in a tournament they hosted. There will also be pressure to advance as far through the tournament as possible — or at least to finally return to the knockout rounds, to prove Qusmo didn’t get to the World Cup for its political connections with members of the World Cup Committee alone, to prove the nation belongs among the Multiversal elite. After all, when will Qusmo ever get a better opportunity than this? In front of a nation of its own fans, with no group-stage opponent ranked in the top sixteen, the third-ranked opponent in its own group when the majority of third-placed teams advance to the knockouts? If Vulav-Wanar can reach the knockouts, or even win Qusmo’s first-ever World Cup knockout match, they will achieve glory that could be eternal. If Qusmo goes the way so many expect it to, Vulav-Wanar won’t be sticking around — & not would only Fuzpon Qusma be embarrassed, but the nation, & its leader, as well.

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     KRESP-JERAT Tez          they/them   35     KFX Halazem (SRS)                     1    0           
26   GK     XELEZ-LENPI Fox          they/them   18     Atlov (QUS)                           0    0           
25   GK     KEPEX-CHENG Yan           she/they   26     Beian Bats (YZH)                     19    0     YZH   
 4   LCB    OLORZ-NEXEV Zev          they/them   30     Emerald Coast AC (SRS)               10    0     SRS   
14   LCB    Ida SEVET-STOKES          she/her    36     AFC Corvistone (NPH)                 34    2     NPH   CB/LB/DM; records do not include 14 previous caps for the Nephara national team
31   RCB    BRELK-WELAR Max          they/them   24     Voraxan (QUS)                         0    0           
13   RCB    GAVAZ-AJARK Tez          they/them   30     Yassaca FC (SRS)                     22    0     SRS   
32   LB     DYNOM-WANAT Ban          they/them   32     Knetyohai City FC (CMT)               2    0           
15   LB     XELEZ-MATEZ Wek          they/them   24     Olympia Arkintoofle (SRS)            25    1     SRS   
16   RB     SEVET-AJARK Tez          they/them   26     AFC Edencliff (KYP)                   9    0           
17   RB     LYNUL-SEVET Pul          they/them   29     Occidental Olympic (EXT)             31    0           
 2   DM     BELAJ-TRENJ Marko          he/him    22     La + Querida (FFD)                   24    2     SRS   
 5   DM     INTOV-GELAN Nun          they/them   34     Ituraitz Victory (ASG)               38    1           DM/CB
 6   CM     JERAT-FORZU Mal          they/them   34     Sivolvia Capitalizt (SRS)            40    8     SRS   
41   CM     TRENJ-WULAT Fox          they/them   20     Qastyr (QUS)                          0    0           
18   CM     KYNDA-TYLYR Ezi          they/them   25     Sporting Jaglan (SRS)                 6    1     SRS   
23   CM     Fen KEPEX-POTTS            he/him    21     West Couno United (TMB)               1    0     TMB   Previously played for the Tumbra U18 national team
19   AM     ILINX-WINAD Bel          they/them   32     Atlov (QUS)                          23    5           CM/AM/RM/LM/RW/LW
20   LM     KRESP-KRESP Wek          they/them   35     Hillsborough FC (CBP)                 4    1           
22   LW     BELAJ-RILAN Dar          they/them   26     Latrobe Athletic (KSK)               48   15     SRS   LM/LW
 9   RW     CULAK-ZELEZ Guv          they/them   24     Millsburgh Revolutionaries (TMB)     27    9     SRS   ST/LW/RW
46   RW     PILTA-OXOLT Can          they/them   34     Emerald Coast Raiders FC (TKT)       15    5           RW/ST
 7   ST     HELEK-PERTZ Zev          they/them   33     Megabrantid SC (SRS)                 49   19     SRS   AM/ST
10   ST     SEVET-MATEZ Fox          they/them   32     Brantisvogan FC (SRS)                37   17     SRS   
24   ST     XILIT-OXOLT Mal          they/them   34     Fraser Valley (TMB)                  25   10     TMB   

Role        Name                  Pronouns   Age     Notes
Manager     VULAV-WANAR Tla       they/them   75     Former manager of KF Niom (QUS), Fraser Valley (TMB), SC Montfort (TLI), & Pacitalia; CAFA Cup 9 champion with Pacitalia

Cap & goal figures are accurate as of the beginning of Copa Rushmori XLVII

Tactics

Vulav-Wanar will nominate the following players to start Qusmo’s opening match of the tournament against Valentine Z. The team’s starting XI is subject to change throughout the course of Qusmo’s World Cup campaign, & confirmed lineups will be posted for each matchday.
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|                  Helek-Pertz     Sevet-Matez                  |
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Vulav-Wanar’s teams play in a safe, defensive-minded 4-4-2 shape. It may be a bit basic or boring, but there’s just not enough time to drill complicated tactical instructions in international breaks. Still, given the manager’s sterling resume — which, while with Pacitalia, featured more tournament trophies than match losses in competitive national team fixtures — it’s hard to argue with.

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.

Technical details

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Starting XI: Will be posted at the end of each RP for the subsequent matchday
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