Ariddia national football team
Nickname | les Rouge-et-Noirs |
Association | Ariddian Football Association |
Coach | to be announced for World Cup 33 |
Most caps | Hanifah Kyaw, 125 |
Top scorer | Hanifah Kyaw, 113 goals |
First International Ariddia 6 - 3 Tanah Burung (Tanah Burung, friendly) | |
Largest win Florida Oranges 0 – 8 Ariddia (Ariddia, World Cup 32, qualifying) Ariddia 10 – 0 Bram the Bored | |
Worst defeat Ariddia 0 - 5 Legalese (Legalese, World Cup 26, qualifying) New Montreal States 7 - 2 Ariddia | |
World Cup | |
Appearances | 8 (First in World Cup 25) |
Best result | World Champions (World Cup 32) |
Nickname | les Rouge-et-Noirs |
Association | Ariddian Football Association |
Coach | varied |
Most caps | no available statistics; estimated to have been Ranjit Khan |
Top scorer | no available statistics |
First International Bravlek 0 - 0 Ariddia (World Cup 1, group stages) | |
Largest win Ariddia 6 - 0 Etria (World Cup 7 qualifying) | |
Worst defeat Livland 7 - 3 Ariddia (World Cup 1, second round) | |
World Cup | |
Appearances | 11 (First in World Cup 1) |
Best result | Third (World Cup 10) |
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.
Contents
- 1 Squad
- 2 Colours
- 3 Matches
- 4 Head-to-head statistics
- 5 Players
- 5.1 Sio Epa
- 5.2 Masashi Hasebe
- 5.3 Myo Thet Myint
- 5.4 John Cohen
- 5.5 Sa Ley
- 5.6 Sébastien Lescrit
- 5.7 Giorgos Charisteas
- 5.8 Rafael Sneijder
- 5.9 Lucas Arbuster
- 5.10 Trevor Komu
- 5.11 Cassie Lee
- 5.12 Chloé al Safi
- 5.13 Raphaëlle du Valdor
- 5.14 Keshet Zandberg
- 5.15 Ie O
- 5.16 Thomas Dargeau
- 5.17 Eo La
- 5.18 John Andrews
- 5.19 Christophe Argentier
- 5.20 Ke Sho
- 5.21 Richard James
- 5.22 Xavier Xu
- 5.23 Selan Mataitai
- 6 Caps
- 7 Goal ranking by player
- 8 World Cup performances
- 9 Stadia in Ariddia
- 10 The ulek
- 11 Related links
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
</div>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
Tanah Burung Played: 1 |
Alasdair I Frosticus Played: 2 |
Bram the Bored Played: 2 |
Backwardistan Played: 1 |
Nouvelle Macedoine Played: 1 |
Chicanada Played: 6 |
System Karela
Played: 2 |
Israel4Ever
Played: 2 |
Alan Shearer Heaven
Played: 2 |
Milchama
Played: 2 |
Limbrogidlia
Played: 2 |
Oglethorpia
Played: 2 |
Liverpool England
Played: 2 |
Druida
Played: 2 |
Fmjphoenix
Played: 4 |
Cuation
Played: 1 |
Pastorville
Played: 2 |
Elrich
Played: 5 |
The Lowland Clans
Played: 1 |
Tonissia
Played: 2 |
Lovisa
Played: 2 |
Audioslavia
Played: 4 |
Thergo
Played: 2 |
Legalese
Played: 2 |
Havl
Played: 2 |
Nanakaland
Played: 1 |
Collonie
Played: 1 |
Nedalia
Played: 3 |
Hypocria
Played: 2 |
Sarzonia
Played: 1 |
New Montreal States
Played: 3 |
Andossa Se Mitrin Vega
Played: 2 |
The Islands of Qutar
Played: 1 |
Wentland
Played: 6 |
Kelse
Played: 3 |
Berner Street
Played: 2 |
Pedriana
Played: 2 |
Ocmeoub
Played: 2 |
Commerce Heights
Played: 2 |
Georgeonia
Played: 1 |
Bazalonia
Played: 4 |
Tadjikistan
Played: 3 |
Qazox
Played: 3 |
The Kazoo Peoples
Played: 1 |
Dorian and Sonya
Played: 2 |
Spaam
Played: 3 |
Raging Penguins
Played: 2 |
Spaamanian Plijous
Played: 2 |
The Emperialist
Played: 2 |
Rejistania
Played: 3 |
Bedistan
Played: 2 |
Turori
Played: 1 |
Jeruselem
Played: 6 |
The Archregimancy
Played: 1 |
Kelsey Purple Knights (Vegan club)
Played: 1 |
North-West Ariddia
Played: 1 |
ESAT
Played: 1 |
Gnatanamo
Played: 1 |
West Ariddia
Played: 1 |
Artoonia
Played: 2 |
Sliponia
Played: 2 |
Khenas
Played: 2 |
Mahaliastan
Played: 2 |
Squornshelous
Played: 1 |
Total n Utter Insanity
Played: 1 |
Uncle Pete
Played: 2 |
Maxxe
Played: 2 |
Ropa-Topia
Played: 3 |
Rordia
Played: 2 |
Virginia Nova
Played: 2 |
Nouvelle Angleterre
Played: 2 |
Yafor 2
Played: 2 |
Los Mexico
Played: 2 |
Lylybium
Played: 2 |
Spruitland
Played: 2 |
McPsychoville
Played: 1 |
Northern Caesarea
Played: 2 |
Oliverry
Played: 1 |
Errinundera
Played: 1 |
Cyredel
Played: 2 |
Montegrande
Played: 2 |
The Macabees
Played: 2 |
Tryanny
Played: 2 |
Kericia
Played: 2 |
Geisenfried
Played: 2 |
Magnus Valerius
Played: 2 |
Uhuh-Ropa
Played: 2 |
Feidippides
Played: 2 |
San Adriano
Played: 1 |
Uhuh-Topia
Played: 2 |
Aurendia
Played: 1 |
Krytenia
Played: 3 |
Stromboland
Played: 2 |
The Mushroom Kingship
Played: 2 |
Lisburn Mateys
Played: 2 |
Assegai Developments
Played: 2 |
Schiavonia
Played: 2 |
Florida Oranges
Played: 2 |
Cafundéu
Played: 1 |
Bettia
Played: 1 |
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
# | Player | Caps |
---|---|---|
1 | Hanifah Kyaw | 125 |
2 | Ta I | 107 |
3 | Sandrine Leduc | 105 |
4 | Ismail Faraj | 103 |
5 | Clémentine Ramirez | 95 |
5 | Tadjou Sheyi Senaya | 95 |
7 | Ue Alt | 94 |
8 | Uha Teh | 89 |
9 | Thérèse Chantier | 81 |
9 | Nathalie Simon | 81 |
11 | Nam Hyok-Jun | 78 |
11 | Michael Swimmer | 78 |
13 | Yves al Jahdali | 76 |
13 | Tim Wald | 76 |
15 | Frédéric Clément | 73 |
16 | Wol Eosh | 70 |
17 | Chloé al Safi | 67 |
18 | André Delherbe | 59 |
18 | John Sanjeeb | 59 |
18 | Dave Rider | 59 |
21 | James Fields | 55 |
22 | Selan Mataitai | 54 |
23 | Jean Kitenge | 49 |
24 | Eot Ja | 48 |
24 | Ul U | 47 |
26 | E Lel | 42 |
26 | Aush Song | 42 |
28 | Awad al Maharmeh | 40 |
29 | Julien Prévert | 38 |
30 | Peter Roberts | 36 |
30 | Michelle Dru | 36 |
32 | Eo La | 34 |
33 | Ke Sho | 34 |
34 | E Te | 32 |
35 | Cyril Lange | 28 |
36 | Xavier Xu | 27 |
37 | Cécile Granville | 26 |
38 | Najmah Majrashi | 25 |
39 | Trevor Komu | 24 |
39 | Christophe Argentier | 24 |
41 | William Smith | 21 |
42 | Keshet Zandberg | 20 |
43 | Phillip Lukeson | 19 |
44 | Anan Bounthaiyavong | 18 |
45 | Ludovic Hue | 15 |
46 | Uol Lat | 12 |
46 | Kolo Kouassi | 12 |
48 | Jeanne Finnan | 11 |
48 | Ie O | 11 |
50 | John Andrews | 10 |
50 | Masashi Hasebe | 10 |
52 | Sébastien Lescrit | 9 |
53 | John Cohen | 6 |
54 | Giorgos Charisteas | 5 |
55 | Karim Chem | 4 |
55 | Carl Labarque | 4 |
55 | Rafael Sneijder | 4 |
58 | Ie Ewe | 2 |
58 | Damien Dhiver | 2 |
60 | Sio Epa | 1 |
61 | Cassie Lee | 0 |
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
# | Player | Goals |
---|---|---|
1 | Hanifah Kyaw | 113 |
2 | Tadjou Sheyi Senaya | 38 |
3 | Nam Hyok-Jun | 35 |
4 | Frédéric Clément | 34 |
4 | Ismail Faraj | 34 |
6 | Nathalie Simon | 32 |
7 | Clémentine Ramirez | 31 |
8 | Dave Rider | 26 |
9 | Ta I | 19 |
10 | Ul U | 18 |
11 | Uha Teh | 15 |
12 | Michelle Dru | 14 |
12 | Ue Alt | 14 |
12 | John Sanjeeb | 14 |
15 | Wol Eosh | 13 |
16 | E Lel | 10 |
16 | Najmah Majrashi | 10 |
18 | Chloé al Safi | 8 |
19 | Trevor Komu | 7 |
20 | Michael Swimmer | 5 |
21 | Cyril Lange | 4 |
21 | Thérèse Chantier | 4 |
23 | André Delherbe | 3 |
24 | James Fields | 2 |
24 | Jeanne Finnan | 2 |
24 | Ie O | 2 |
24 | Sébastien Lescrit | 2 |
28 | Jean Kitenge | 1 |
28 | Tim Wald | 1 |
28 | Keshet Zandberg | 1 |
28 | Eot Ja | 1 |
28 | John Andrews | 1 |
28 | William Smith | 1 |
28 | Aush Song | 1 |
28 | Giorgos Charisteas | 1 |
28 | John Cohen | 1 |
28 | Christopher Argentier | 1 |
28 | Ke Sho | 1 |
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
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