Bostopian National Football Team
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| Nickname | Fighting Geesemonkeys |
| Association | Bostopian Football Association (BFA) |
| Coach |  Adam Collick
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| Captain | Stuart Flambriff |
| Most caps | Steven Serring (71) |
| Top scorer | Jamie Trent (27) |
| Country Code | BOS |
| KPB rank | 43 |
| Highest KPB ranking | 43 (Current) |
| Lowest KPB ranking | NR (World Cup 29 Quali) |
 
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| First international Liverpool England 2 - 2 Bostopia (Liverpool England, World Cup 29 Qualifying, Matchday 1) | |
| Largest win Collonie 0 - 7 Bostopia (Collonie, World Cup 33 Qualifying, Matchday 7) | |
| Worst defeat Krytenia 6 - 2 Bostopia (Krytenia, World Cup 32 Qualifying, Matchday 17) | |
| Highest scoring match Bostopia 6 - 4 Green Wombat (FBA, World Cup 29 Qualifying, MD4) | |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 5 (Qualis; 29, 30, 32, 33,34) |
| Best result | 4th, Group 10, WC 34 Qualifying |
| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | 1 - As Under 21s (Ashford) |
| Best result | Bronze - U21 Team |
The Bostopian National Team is the professional football team representing the Confederate States of Bostopia. They regularly enter World Cup tournaments, only missing World Cup 31 due to war since entering their first World Cup, World Cup 29.
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History
The Bostopian Football Association, being set up in 1876, moved quickly to organise friendly games between the two isles of Bostopia, with the first game between East Isle and West Isle being played in the summer of 1877, after the full first season of league-scruitinised Bostopian football.
The game being a large success, with around 19,000 people attending at the Bostopia Stadium, (along with many others who were watching from rooftops) which had been built some years previous for use as a showgrounds for the best in Bostopian technology, and had saw some use in horse racing events. The two remarkable events about this game was that an attendance of 19,000 for a sporting event was unprecedented in the United Free Republics, and also the fact the Bostopia Stadium only had a "true" capacity of 5,000 at the time.
Bostopia soon played their first international match as a unified team in 1881, playing Outer Sygon in a match with ended 3 - 0 to the Bostopian side. Goalscorers on the day were listed as a "Mr. F.Hughes", "Mr. J.Price" and "Mr. G.H.Wills".
The Bostopian FA, on believing they had the ability to best the region, quickly set up a knockout tournament in which nations could send their national team. This tournament quickly became known as the UFR Cup of Nations.
Unfortunately for Bostopia, they found themselves knocked out in the first round by the Arbad Islands. However, some revenge was gained when the Bostopian Navy were fired upon from the Arbad Islands, and war was declared, with Bostopia ending up victors and conquering the islands in a rather "dubious" period.
However, it went from heartbreaking to outright humiliating for the hosts, as their rivals, Outer Sygon, ending up winning in the final.
This spurred the FA to invest heavily in youth training, a policy which has continued to this day.
The first manager of Bostopia was Terrance Florfale, and Bostopia have never had a foreign manager.
Recent History
Bostopia is currently facing a managerial search, due to the announcement of Adam Collick's retirement from the game. Adam, who has managed Bostopia for the past 30 years, is a hugely popular figure, and is seen as key to Bostopia breaking into the top 50 sides in the world, and becoming a lesser-spoken household name across the world.
Currently, the Bostopian squad is made up of a team of 10 year olds, with their goalkeeper being nearly 11. This "master plan" by Adam Collick is an attempt to build the team up from youngsters to superstars by the time they hit their football peak in their late 20's, early 30's.
This plan seems to be working to good effect, with the side recording their best finish in WC qualification ever in the most recent tournament, World Cup 34.
Home Stadium
- Main article(s): Bostopia Stadium
Bostopia have played most of their international games at the Bostopia Stadium, in central Fort Boston, until recent times. During qualification, the team will play at least two games at a fixture outside of Fort Boston, and occasionally both these fixtures will be outside of East Isle. It has now become regular practice for the team to play one game in Fenton's Copsequay Stadium, providing an ample boost to the local economy. The Fenton State officials do however, allow opposition supporters to wear clothes if they choose to do so in what is other a mandatory nude State.
Kits
Bostopia traditionally play in an all-red kit, though for WC35 and WC36, they are adopting a design that features the Bostopian flag more prominently. Their away kit is currently a blue shirt, with the Bostopian flag in each corner, and red shorts. Their third kit is Royal Green with Royal Gold trim and Royal Green Shorts.
For World Cup 35 and 36, their home kit will be the Bostopian flag superimposed ontop of the shirt and shorts. Their away kit will be Royal Green with Royal Gold pinstripes, and their third kit is black and white stripes.
