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This page contains information on the current football team of the People’s Democratic Social Republic of Ariddia.

Like several other organisations in Ariddia, it is known as "les Rouge-et-Noirs", in reference to its colours, which are also the national colours.

Note This page refers only to the "new" Ariddian team, not to the teams that played for Ariddia from World Cup 1 to World Cup 11, at which point the PDSRA withdrew from international football. All statistics concern only this "new" team.

In the 32nd edition of the Cup, Ariddia won the competition for the first time ever, 124 years after having founded it.

Squad

Squad

The following will represent Ariddia in World Cup 33:

GK: Xavier Xu (22)
DEF: Selan Mataitai (23); Eo La (17); Ke Sho (20)
MID: Chloé al Safi (capt, 12); Christophe Argentier (19); Keshet Zandberg (14); Giorgos Charisteas (7)
ATT: Trevor Komu (10); John Andrews (18); Sébastien Lescrit (6)

Substitutes:
GK: Sio Epa (1); Cassie Lee (11)
DEF: Masashi Hasebe (2); John Cohen (4); Rafael Sneijder (8); Myo Thet Myint (3)
MID: Ie O (15); Richard James (21); Sa Ley (5); Raphaëlle du Valdor (13)
ATT: Lucas Arbustier (9); Thomas Dargeau (16)

Six players retired after Ariddia won World Cup 32, including the team’s captain, Hanifah Kyaw. She was replaced as captain by Chloé al Safi.

Formation

Half-way through the qualifying stages of World Cup 25, facing a dismal 0-1-8 record and having scored only one goal in nine matches, Ariddia switched from a balanced style to one of all-out attack – and from a 5-3-2 formation to 3-4-3. This formation has been maintained ever since.

Former players

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Ariddian players training

Retired :
Phillip Lukeson (def, 18) , now aged 53
Uol Lat (mid, 6), now aged 56
Karim Chem (gk, 22), now aged 54
E Te (def, 3), now aged 55
E Lel (fwd, 20), now aged 52
Kolo Kouassi (def, 7), now aged 52
André Delherbe (mid, 15), now aged 51
Anan Bounthaiyavong (def, 16), now aged 54
Ludovic Hue (gk, 4), now aged 54
Frédéric Clément (fwd, 8), now aged 54
Yves al Jahdali (def, 9), now aged 54
Jean Kitenge (def, 11), now aged 54
Ue Alt (cpt/mid; 12), now aged 56
Peter Roberts (def, 13), now aged 54
Michael Swimmer (mid, 21), now aged 54
Sandrine Leduc (gk/capt, 1), now aged 56
Clémentine Ramirez (fwd, 2), now aged 50
James Fields (def, 5), now aged 51
Ismail Faraj (fwd, 10), now aged 50
Tim Wald (def, 14), now aged 52
Ta I (mid, 17), now aged 51
Cyril Lange (mid, 18), now aged 48
John Sanjeeb (mid, 19), now aged 51
Ul U (fwd, 23), now aged 50
Awad al Maharmeh (gk, 22), now aged 47
Eot Ja (def, 20), now aged 48
Aush Song (def, 7), now aged 43
Wol Eosh (mid, 6), now aged 46
Michelle Dru (fwd, 2), now aged 45
Jeanne Finnan (mid, 18), now aged 40
William Smith (fwd, 15), now aged 43
Cécile Granville (gk, 11), now aged 42
Thérèse Chantier (def, 4), now aged 41
Julien Prévert (def, 8), now aged 40
Nam Hyok-Jun (fwd, 16), now aged 40
Damien Dhiver (gk, 1), now aged 36
Hanifah Kyaw (capt/mid, 3), now aged 40
Uha Teh (mid, 13), now aged 37
Tadjou Sheyi Senaya (mid, 9), now aged 41
Nathalie Simon (fwd, 5), now aged 38
Dave Rider (fwd, 21), now aged 39
Najmah Majrashi (fwd, 16), now aged 39

Colours

Home

Red top with a black slash going from the left shoulder to the right hip, and the same on the back. Black shorts. Red socks. No other markings, and no sponsors.

Away

The exact reverse. Black top, red slash, red shorts, black socks.

Goalkeeper

Dark green top, with the same black slash. Pale, apple-green shorts. Black socks.

Kits courtesy of JMC, Krytenia.

Matches

Played: 200
Won/Drawn/Lost: 110 31 59
Current World ranking: 9th
Goals scored: 507
Goals conceded: 263

In taking part in World Cup 25, Ariddia ended its fifty-six year absence from the competition.

Ariddia's first qualification for the Cup finals came in World Cup 28, with a 1-0 win over Elrich in the final qualifying match.

In World Cup 32, Ariddia finally won the competition, scoring an average of over 3 goals per match in the process, and defeating Jeruselem 2-1 in the final.

Head-to-head statistics

Players

Sio Epa

Number: 1
Position: goalkeeper (substitute)
Gender: fa'afafine
Age: 27
Current Club: FC Tajers (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 32

Masashi Hasebe

Number: 2
Position: defender (substitute)
Gender: male
Age: 31
Current Club: FC E'auville (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 31

Myo Thet Myint

Number: 3
Position: defender (substitute)
Gender: male
Age: 22
Current Club: Druvaux FC (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 33

John Cohen

Number: 4
Position: defence (substitute)
Gender: male
Age: 30
Current Club: none
First WC appearance: World Cup 32

Like Xavier Xu, John Cohen benefited from the ubhashinim scholarship and attended the prestigious Errinundera Football Academy.

Sa Ley

Number: 5
Position: midfield (substitute)
Gender: female
Age: 23
Current Club: Club Espérence FC (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 33

Sébastien Lescrit

Number: 6
Position: forward
Gender: male
Age: 30
Current Club: CR Submiria (Cafundeu)
First WC appearance: World Cup 31

Giorgos Charisteas

Number: 7
Position: defence
Gender: male
Age: 33
Current Club: Cité-Belle FC (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 31

Charisteas is a confessed member of the Eastern Orthodox Church, which makes him one of few Ariddian football players ever to have stated their religion.

Rafael Sneijder

Number: 8
Position: defence (substitute)
Gender: male
Age: 29
Current Club: Valvert FC (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 32

Lucas Arbuster

Number: 9
Position: forward (substitute)
Gender: male
Age: 23
Current Club: Etangville FC (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 33

Arbustier is an Indigenous Ariddian.

Trevor Komu

Number: 10
Position: forward
Gender: male
Age: 37
Current Club: Club Espérence (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 30

Cassie Lee

Number: 11
Position: goalkeeper (substitute)
Gender: female
Age: 25
Current Club: Southern University FC (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 32

Chloé al Safi

Number: 12
Position: midfield, captain
Gender: female
Age: 35
Current Club: Riviera Canaries (Nedalia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 29

Like Thérèse Chantier (#4), Cécile Granville (#11) and Uha Teh (#13), al Safi joined the female national team before being selected to the "mixed gender" team as well. She was one of few non-professional players on the team until she was recruited by the Nedalian club Riviera FC.

She became captain of the Rouge-et-Noirs for World Cup 33.

Raphaëlle du Valdor

Number: 13
Position: midfield (substitute)
Gender: female
Age: 21
Current Club: Cité-Belle Centre FC (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 33

Du Valdor is an Indigenous Ariddian.

Keshet Zandberg

Number: 14
Position: midfield
Gender: female
Age: 36
Current Club: Jonard-le-Ruisseau FC (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 30

Ie O

Number: 15
Position: midfield (substitute)
Gender: male
Age: 30
Current Club: Shejeh'ha Weh (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 31

Thomas Dargeau

Number: 16
Position: forward (substitute)
Gender: male
Age: 22
Current Club: none
First WC appearance: World Cup 33

Dargeau is a direct descendant of Annabelle Laurier, a famous Ariddian writer of the 19th century.

Eo La

Number: 17
Position: defence
Gender: male
Age: 35
Current Club: Cité-Belle Centre FC (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 30

John Andrews

Number: 18
Position: forward
Gender: male
Age: 29
Current Club: none
First WC appearance: World Cup 31

Christophe Argentier

Number: 19
Position: midfield
Gender: male
Age: 34
Current Club: CR Submiria (Cafundeu)
First WC appearance: World Cup 30

Ke Sho

Number: 20
Position: defence
Gender: male
Age: 27
Current Club: Atlético Jutense (Cafundeu)
First WC appearance: World Cup 31

Ke Sho lives in a traditional Indigenous community deep within the forests of Wueliw island. His arms and torso are painted with the motifs of his people, and his hair is rarely tidied. He speaks only Wymgani. When not wearing his team suit, or attending some formal ceremony, he will often be clad in nothing more than patanja-leaf wrappers around his waist and thighs.

Richard James

Number: 21
Position: midfield (substitute)
Gender: male
Age: 23
Current Club: Rêvane-Est FC (Ariddia)
First WC appearance: World Cup 33

Xavier Xu

Number: 22
Position: goalkeeper
Gender: male
Age: 31
Current Club: Dunboor FC (Cafundeu)
First WC appearance: World Cup 31

Xu is thought to be one of the best Ariddian football players of his generation. At the age of 19 he benefited from the ubhashinim scholarship and attended the prestigious Errinundera Football Academy.

Selan Mataitai

Number: 23
Position: defence
Gender: male
Age: 35
Current Club: Petardos S/A (Cafundeu)
First WC appearance: World Cup 30

Caps

Italics denote a player who has now retired from the national team, or who was only a temporary member.

Statistics not not include caps earned by female players while playing for the women's national team.

Goal ranking by player

Not counting penalty shoot-outs

Italics denote a player who has now retired from the national team.

Statistics not not include goals scored by female players while playing for the women's national team.

World Cup performances

World Cup 1 (old team): host; second round
World Cup 2 (old team): quarter-finals
World Cup 3 (old team): group stages
World Cup 4 (old team): second round
World Cup 5 (old team): quarter-finals
World Cup 6 (old team): quarter-finals
World Cup 7 (old team): second round
World Cup 8 (old team): group stages
World Cup 9 (old team): group stages
World Cup 10 (old team): third
World Cup 11 (old team): group stages
World Cup 12: did not enter
World Cup 13: did not enter
World Cup 14: did not enter
World Cup 15: did not enter
World Cup 16: did not enter
World Cup 17: did not enter
World Cup 18: did not enter
World Cup 19: did not enter
World Cup 20: did not enter
World Cup 21: did not enter
World Cup 22: did not enter
World Cup 23: did not enter
World Cup 24: did not enter
World Cup 25 (new team): did not qualify

Cup of Harmony XVII (new team): did not qualify

World Cup 26 (new team): did not qualify

Cup of Harmony XVIII (new team): second round

Draggonni Inviyatii Pre WC Showcase (new team): 12th (out of 16)

World Cup 27 (new team): did not qualify

Cup of Harmony XIX (new team): second round

2nd Draggonni Inviyatii (new team): 15th (out of 24)

World Cup 28 (new team): group stages

3rd Draggonni Inviyatii (new team): 19th (out of 20)

World Cup 29 (new team): second round
World Cup 30 (new team): quarter-finals
World Cup 31 (new team): quarter-finals
World Cup 32 (new team): World Champions

Stadia in Ariddia

Stadia in Ariddia, a relatively underdeveloped country, may well be suitable for casual and domestic games, but with the nation opening up anew to the international football stage, it was felt necessary to redo a few stadia for home matches against foreign teams.

Until recently, five stadia were used for welcoming foreign national teams: Stade National Rêvane-Sud, Wavecrest City Stadium, Haven-Port-Nouveau Stadium, Darras Olympic Stadium (in the vicinity of Rêvane), and the Arctic National Stadium. Wavecrest City Stadium was the first to host an international match, shortly before the beginning of World Cup 25: a friendly against Alasdair I Frosticus. The Arctic National Stadium was redone to current standards after World Cup 25, and was used in World Cup 26; it is located in the Ariddian Arctic Islands, and has seen only a handful of matches.

Subsequent to World Cup 30, it was decided that ubhashinim Ahwa'u Stadium would henceforth be the country's sixth international stadium.

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.

Related links

• Bedistan national football team
• Bettia National Football Team
• Football in North-West Ariddia
• Fbrenia's national football team
• Krytenia national football team
• National team of the Macabees
• Oglethorpia national football team
• Spruitland Wabbits (Spruitland's football team)
• Starblaydia national football team
• West Ariddia's national football team
• Ariddian women's football team
• Domestic football in Ariddia