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The Golden Generation of Starblaydi Football were the most-successful crop of players ever to come through and play for Starblaydia, both the Under-21 and senior sides. Specifically, it refers to those who won the 14th Under-21 World Cup before going on to win competitions such as the World Cup and AOCAF.

Their first achievement was to win the 14th Under-21 World Cup, Starblaydia's only Championship in the competition to date. They defeated Nedalia 2-1 in the Final in Total n Utter Insanity. The Starblaydia Under-21s programme has always produced great teams throughout its existence, but the team for U21WC14 managed to go all the way to the Final and win it, having lost the previous (and later the suceeding) Final to Fmjphoenix.

Such was the talent of this team that they later proved themselves in other tournaments, winning the Four Nations Invitationl, the Atlantian Oceania Cup of Association Football and, most importantly, the World Cup itself.

Under-21 World Cup 14 Winners

Undefeated in the seven matches they played in the tournament, Starblaydia scored, on average, three times each game, conceeding less than a goal per match.

 Starting XI
  # Name                  Pos    Age
  1 Corominas             GK     18
  2 Albert Graydon        R/LB   19
  3 Justin Hawke          C/LB   18
  4 Alejo Cuevo           C/DM   19
  5 Nunzio Gre (Captain)  CB     19
  6 Alex Vidal            R/CB   21
  7 Juan Santiago         RM     18
  8 Itechton Matranga     AM/SC  18
  9 Florencio Zaragoza    CF/SC  19
 10 Christian Macia       SC     17
 11 Surachai Buathiang    L/CM   18
 
 Substitutes
  # Name                  Pos    Age
 12 Nicholas Mathias      GK     15
 13 Joe Kippenberger      CB     17
 14 Raymundo Hernandez    CB     16
 15 Ernesto Fortuna       DM     17
 16 Kip Faison            CM     20
 17 Juan Miguel Aguilera  C/AM   19
 18 Michalis Mitrofanis   SC     21
 
 Reserves
  # Name                  Pos    Age
 19 Ahab Maestas          GK     13
 20 Leopoldo Lopez        L/CB   16
 21 Lazaro Rivera         A/LM   16
 22 Augusto Diaz          R/CM   16
 23 Giovanni Lopez        RW/SC  14

World Cup 25 Winners

In World Cup 25, Starblaydia were 10th in the KPB Rankings as they travelled to Kaze Progressa and Audioslavia. It was seen as the last attempt for the Golden Generation to win the Cup, as realisitcally only Corominas and the other Goalkeepers were considered to be either young enough or good enough to still be playing for the national team in four years' time. With a solid core of Under-21 winners throughout the entire squad, Starblaydia managed to make it all the way to the Final and defeat four-time Champions Rejistania 2-1 in Extra time with the winning goal coming from Giovanni Lopez.

 Starting XI
  # Name                  Pos    Age
  1 Angelos Prokopsis     GK     35
  2 Danzir Garahildim     R/CB   26
  3 Leopoldo Lopez        L/CB   29 * U21WC14 Winner
  4 Alejo Cuevo           C/DM   32 * U21WC14 Winner
  5 Nunzio Gre (Captain)  CB     32 * U21WC14 Winner
  6 Raymundo Hernandez    CB     29 * U21WC14 Winner
  7 Cherry Garcia         RW     22
  8 Menecrates            AM     24
  9 Zhorin Tumunzahar     SC     36
 10 Raphaelo              SC     22
 11 Surachai Buathiang    L/CM   31 * U21WC14 Winner
 
 Substitutes
  # Name                  Pos    Age
 12 Corominas             GK     31 * U21WC14 Winner
 13 Ulysses Zielinski     R/LB   25
 14 Jaime Oberlander      L/CB   22
 15 Virgil Ernesto        DM     23
 16 Itechton Matranga     AM/SC  31 * U21WC14 Winner
 17 Giovanni Lopez        RW/SC  27 * U21WC14 Winner
 18 Mercutio              SC     24
 
 Reserves
  # Name                  Pos    Age
 19 Nicholas Mathias      GK     28 * U21WC14 Winner
 20 Alex Vidal            R/CB   34 * U21WC14 Winner
 21 Jamal Nguyen          CM     27
 22 Reynaldo              L/CM   24
 23 Roberto Vega          SC     19

Other Cup Wins

Four Nations Invitational 2

Florencio Zaragoza, Corominas, Alex Vidal and Surachai Buathiang were all teenaged members of the squad that won the Second Four Nations Invitational - hosted in Liverpool England - before they progressed to the Under-21s

AOCAF7

With little cover for players at the World Cup, Michalis Mitrofanis and Juan Santiago were called up for this Cup-Winning Squad, with Mitrofanis scoring his first senior goal against Vilita.

AOCAF8

Michalis Mitrofanis, Alex Vidal, Albert Graydon, Itechton Matranga, Juan Miguel Aguilera and Florencio Zaragoza successfully defended Starblaydia's AOCAF title, with Mitrofanis as their top-scorer, bagging five goals.

AOCAF10

Starblaydia's record-equalling fourth AOCAF has a squad which included Corominas, Alex Vidal, Lazaro Rivera, Ernesto Foruna, Juan Miguel Aguilera, Ahab Maestas and Augusto Diaz.

NationStates Champions League 7

As part of Starblaydia's most famous and successful league team, Iskara Daii, Leopoldo Lopez was an integral part of the side that won the seventh Champions League, cementing the club's place as one of the best ever in the world.