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Starblaydia national football team

Nickname	Officially None (formerly The Blades, also called The Purple Peril or Men In Mauve by other nation's fans)
Association	Starblaydi Football Association
Coach	Khim Azanulbizarn
Most caps	Zhorin Tumunzahar (91)
Top scorer	Simeone Di Bradini and Zhorin Tumunzahar (44)
First international Vilita 2 - 1 Starblaydia (Vilita, World Cup 15 Qualifying, Matchday 1)
Largest win Starblaydia 8 - 0 Obsidianus (Starblaydia, World Cup 27 Qualifying, Matchday 13)
Worst defeat Squornshelous 5 - 1 Starblaydia (Squornshelous, World Cup 19 Qualifying, Matchday 5)
Highest scoring match Hypocria 6 - 5 Starblaydia (ASMV, 3rd Draggonnii Inviyatii Group Stage, Matchday 5)
World Cup
Appearances	12 (First in World Cup 17)
Best result	Champions, World Cup 25, World Cup 28
AOCAF
Appearances	13 (First in AOCAF2)
Best result	Champions, AOCAF4, 7, 8, 10 & 14

The Starblaydia national football team represents Starblaydia in international football competitions such as the World Cup and the Atlantian Oceania Championships. It is controlled by the Starblaydi Football Association (SFA), the governing body for football in the nation.

Starblaydia the most recent of the Atlantian Oceania nations who have won the World Cup, winning both World Cups 25 and 28. Regional rivals Crystilakere, Vilita, Bedistan and Sarzonia all won the World Cup in its recent history, giving them an edge over Starblaydia, who were perhaps the strongest of the AO nations not on that list until that heady night in Kaza.

Starblaydia have also won the Atlantian Oceania Cup of Association Football - the premier regional football tournament in the world - five times, a record tally. Formerly 'stuck' on four titles alongside the great NEWI Cefn Druids teams of the past, who hold four AOCAF trophies in their cabinet far, far away, Starblaydia took the record by beating age-old enemies Lamoni in the AOCAF 14 Final. This also made Starblaydia only the second team to do the much-vaunted 'Double' of winning World Cup and AOCAF at the same time. Previously only Vilita had such an acheivement, beating Starblaydia in the AOCAF6 Final as well as winning the 20th World Cup, which Starblaydia co-hosted with Druida. The Starblaydia Under-21s won the 14th Under-21 World Cup. The other trophy in the national cabinet is that of the second Four Nations Invitational.

History

World Cup 15

Starblaydia first entered the World Cup Qualifiers for World Cup 15 in an attempt to travel to The Eagles Nest and Eauz. Led by Ryan Garry, Starblaydia were ranked 115th in the World thanks to their impressive debut a year earlier at the 3rd Under-21 World Cup. Their first Qualifying match ended in defeat away at the hands of regionmates Vilita, with Nikola Lazerevski scoring Starblaydia's first senior goal. These Qualifiers saw Starblaydia's perhaps most-impressive ever victory, defeating Dance 2 Revolution 5-1 in Starblaydia to record what would be the best-ever victory for many years. The first international hat-trick by a Starblaydia player came in this match as Lazerevski bagged three, with Stefan Haldorsson and Guylain N'Dumbu-Nsungu rounding out the 5-1 thrashing. A 3-2 victory over Vilita in the return leg and 3-1 over Svecia. Overall Starblaydia ended up with a 6-6-6 record, scoring 31 goals and conceeding 26 in their 18 matches.

Cup of Harmony 7

By finishing 7th out of 9 in their Qualifying Group, Starblaydia were invited to enter the Cup of Harmony. Simeone Di Bradini scored his first ever goals for the senior side as he bagged two of the three goals Starblaydia scored in all their six matches. Lazerevski also bagged one, but Starblaydia won two, drew one and lost three of their Group Stage matches in Krytenia and Melmond.

International Recreation Cup 1

Starblaydia's first non World Cup-related tournament was in Cockbill Street. With what some would consider now to be a historical 'dream team' striking partnership of Lazerevski and Di Bradini, Starblaydia scored precisely zero goals in five matches. It also included the first meeting with the soon-to-be very familiar NEWI Cefn Druids. It also provoked much dislike for Streetian-held tournaments. Starbladyia in IRC1:

The Lowland Clans - 0-2

NEWI Cefn Druids - 0-1

Rejistania - 0-1

Cockbill Street - 0-2

Vilita - 0-1

World Cup 16

The second attempt at Qualification for the World Cup came with a shot at getting to Rejistania and Brazillico for World Cup 16. Simeone Di Bradini bagged himself 6 goals in 10 games, though Starblaydia as a whole floundered, winning only two games, drawing five and losing three. The finished, unsurprisingly, behind Iansisle, Commerce Heights and Cockbill Street.

Cup of Harmony 8

Starblaydia were at somewhat of an all-time low at this point, as they only scored two goals in four games. J.J. Stark with a consolation in a 3-1 defeat to Turori and Nikola Lazerevski earning their only point of a Group Stage with a 1-1 draw against Kylaai.

AOCAF 2

Having just missed out on participating in the first Regional Tournament, Starblaydia went to Vilita and Ahmed Ol-wairain burst onto the international scene. The long tradition of unpronouncable Starblaydi striking combinations was continued with Guylain N'Dumbu-Nsungu and Christian Kabeya-Mbaya, though they only managed a goal each. Starblaydia fell in the Quarter-Finals to Crystilakere.

Eagle's Cup 3

Here, in The Eagles Nest, the highly-fruitful partnership of Simeone Di Bradini and Eomer Hall was first brought together. 26 and 22 respectively, the two strikers began a partnership at international level that would reach until World Cup 18. Stablaydia only won a single match, however, drawing two and losing three in the Group Stage, including a 4-0 thrashing by Vilita, Stablaydia's worst record to date. It was this match that sealed the departure of Jean-Paul Georges-Ringeaux as national manager.

World Cup 17

A fairly abysmal striker, Guylain N'Dumbu-Nsungu had been a relatively-successful manager of the Starblaydia Under-21s, winning the 3rd Place Playoff of the 5th Under-21 World Cup against Krytenia. Guylain's management technique started off with Starblaydia's largest-ever win, a record that continues to this day. 6-0 against Pure Evil. Simeone Di Bradini (2), Ceri Salisbury, Eomer Hall, J.J. Stark and Roberto Di Bradini scored the goals that got Guylain's senior management career off to a flyer. In an excellent qualifying performance, Simeone Di Bradini equalled Nikola Lazerevski's record of 11 goals in a World Cup campaign. Critics would point out that three of Di Bradini's came from a one-off extra Qualifying match against Tanah Burung and two in the World Cup itself, but Nikola had 18 Qualifying games to score his goals, while Simeone had just 14 to bag his. Overall, they come about about equal.

Though getting through to their first ever World Cup Finals, Starblaydia didn't start well as they lost 2-1 to Audioslavia and 1-0 to The Lowland Clans, both of whom were considered to be much better teams than Starblaydia at the time. Needing a 3-0 win over NEWI Cefn Druids on the final matchday, Simeone Di Bradini, Stefan Haldorsson and Ki-Jana Carter duly obliged with the goals, while Rodriguez Da Silva duly kept his clean sheet and Starblaydi progressed.

An 2-1 extra-time win over Europa Brittania with Michael Hawthorne scoring in the first ninety minutes and a Simeone Di Bradini winner sent Starblaydia into the last-eight. Unfortunately, Melmond, the only other team as lowly-ranked as 46th-in-the-world Starblaydia at number 42, smashed and grabbed a one-nil win over Starblaydia.

Home Stadium

Starblaydia do not have a single 'national stadium' like many other nations, instead the national team takes on the role of a travelling cricus and tours the nation's primary stadia to bring the team to all parts of the country for home matches.

Jhanna City's Jader Barbahlo stadium is the largest in the country, seating 96,000 fans and is most often used for the most-important occasions. The main Stadia in the cities of Jhanna, Tabeck, Corinth, Vecchio and Penningworth play host to the national team most regularly.

World Cup Record

• World Cup 1 to 14 - Did not enter
• World Cup 15 - Did not qualify
• World Cup 16 - Did not qualify
• World Cup 17 - Quarter-finals
• World Cup 18 - Group Stage
• World Cup 19 - Group Stage
• World Cup 20 - 2nd Round
• World Cup 21 - Group Stage
• World Cup 22 - 2nd Round
• World Cup 23 - Quarter-finals
• World Cup 24 - Group Stage
• World Cup 25 - Winners
• World Cup 26 - 2nd Round
• World Cup 27 - 3rd Place
• World Cup 28 - Winners

AOCAF Record

• AOCAF1 - Did not enter'
• AOCAF2 - Quarter-Finals
• AOCAF3 - Runners-Up
• AOCAF4 - Winners
• AOCAF5 - Quarter-Finals
• AOCAF6 - Runners-Up
• AOCAF7 - Winners
• AOCAF8 - Winners
• AOCAF9 - Quarter-Finals
• AOCAF10 - Winners
• AOCAF11 - Quarter-Finals
• AOCAF12 - Third Place
• AOCAF13 - Quarter-Finals
• AOCAF14 - Winners

Distinguished Players

As of the end of World Cup 28, the twenty most-capped players for Starblaydia are:

Top Starblaydia goalscorers

Starblaydia Managers

• World Cup 15 to 16: Jean-Paul Georges-Ringeaux
• World Cup 17 to 21: Guylain N'Dumbu-Nsungu
• World Cup 22: Rikaard Van Honjiik & Nikola Lazerevski
• World Cup 23 to 25: Nikola Lazerevski
• World Cup 26 to Present: Khim Azanulbizarn

Team Records

• Most appearances: Zhorin Tumunzahar, 91
• First captain: Ryan Garry
• Most appearances as captain: Nunzio Gre, 39
• Youngest captain: Spike Martin, 26
• First goal: Nikola Lazerevski, World Cup 15 Qualifiers, MD1 vs Vilita
• Most goals: Simeone Di Bradini & Zhorin Tumunzahar, 44
• Most goals in a single match: 4, Simeone Di Bradini
• Most times scoring four or more goals in a single match: Simeone Di Bradini, 1
• Most times scoring three or more goals in a single match: Menecrates - 3
  

- Dasha Tolkacheva, Roberto Vega & Johan Keifner - All 2

- Nikola Lazerevski, Simeone Di Bradini, Syku Lyku-Agbayani, Zhorin Tumunzahar & Paul Noble - All 1

• Most goals in a single AOCAF tournament: Simeone Di Bradini, 9 (AOCAF5)
• Most goals in a single World Cup campaign: Dasha Tolkacheva, 16 (WC27)
• Most red cards: Francisco Ibanez, 7; Paulo Bachchan, 3
• Youngest player: Darius Belizaire, 15 years, 5 months, 25 days
• Youngest goalscorer: Surachai Buathiang, 15 years, 8 months, 7 days
• Oldest debutant: Elwood Deangelo, 38, AOCAF11
• First substitute: Fabricio de Souza Lima, World Cup 15
• Shortest player: Hurin Menegroth
• Tallest player: Eomer Hall
• Heaviest player: Duncan Jacob

Kit

Ediraf have always provided the kits for Starblaydia's team, giving them a major overhaul before World Cup 25.

The Starblaydia Home and Away shirts for World Cup 17, the basic design of before and after this has varied very little.

See Also

• Starblaydia All-Time XI
• Starblaydia women's national football team
• Starblaydia Under-21s
• Starblaydis in the World Cup Hall of Fame