Ariddia blind football team

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Ariddia
Nickname l'Escadron Noir
Association Ariddian Football Association / Ariddian Paralympic Committee
Coach Philippe Elbeskini
Most caps E Ol (4)
Top scorer Ashraf al Ragadi (3)
First International
Malabra 1-1 Ariddia
(Ariddia, World Cup 1)
Largest win
Ariddia 2-1 Rejistania
(Ariddia, World Cup 1 group stages)
Worst defeat
The Great Monty Python 3-1 Ariddia
(Ariddia, World Cup 1 quarter-finals)
Blind World Cup
Appearances 1
Best result quarter-finals

Ariddia's blind football team represents the PDSR Ariddia in the Blind World Cup.


Team

The following team represented Ariddia in World Cup 1:

GK: Jean Damier (1)
DEF: Lucy Miles (4)
MID: E Ol (2, capt)
FWD: Leah Rain (5); Ashraf al Ragadi (3)

Substitutes:
GK: Iu Ial (6)
DEF: Ivan Zajac (10)
MID: Pála Sigurdsdóttir (9)
FWD: Henry Shorn (7); Bastien Tailleur (8)

Like its sighted counterpart, the team focuses on attack rather than defence. It contains three female players (Miles, Rain and Sigurdsdóttir).

Colours

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Matches

Played: 4
Won/Drawn/Lost: 1 2 1
Current World ranking: n/a
Goals scored: 5
Goals conceded: 6

Head to head statistics

Malabra

Played: 1
(0-1-0)
Goals: 1-1

Rejistania

Played: 1
(1-0-0)
Goals: 2-1

Saxon Cross

Played: 1
(0-1-0)
Goals: 1-1

The Great Monty Python

Played: 1
(0-0-1)
Goals: 1-3

Caps

# Player Caps
1 E Ol 4
1 Jean Damier 4
1 Lucy Miles 4
1 Leah Rain 4
1 Ashraf al Ragadi 4
6 Henry Shorn 2
6 Ivan Zajac 2
8 Pála Sigurdsdóttir 1
8 Bastien Tailleur 1
10 Iu Ial 0

Goal ranking by player

# Player Caps
1 Ashraf al Ragadi 3
2 Leah Rain 1
2 E Ol 1

The ulek

The ulek is an ancient Wymgani war chant performed by the team's players at the beginning of every match. For more information, see the article on the ulek.

See also