Vephrall national football team

Vephrall
Nickname None Association Vephraller Foutbiller Restritris (VFR) Manager Rhoetang Dotsmens (interim) Captain Going Sytrobes Most caps1 Unknown player Top scorer Sorrah Wais, 14 Home stadium Multiple stadia used Three-letter code VPH First international1 Candelaria And Marquez 2 – 0 Vephrall (Limassol, the Lowland Clans, Baptism of Fire 23, 1735) Largest win Vephrall 4 – 0 New Montreal States (Seibeng state, Vephrall, World Cup 36 qualifying, 1736) Worst defeat Vephrall 0 – 3 Sel Appa (Vephrall, World Cup 37 qualifying, 1740) Highest-scoring match Three-way tie; all matches with 4 – 2 score World Cup Qualification attempts 2 Appearances 0 Best result N/A Current KPB rank 53
1 Does not include BoF 23 challenge stages, in which matches were not held as 90-minute football games.

The Vephrall national football team represents the Commonwealth of Vephrall in the World Cup and related events. It is operated under the auspices of the Vephraller Foutbiller Restritris.

As of March 1742, the team's official record is 12–7–16 (11–7–15 in competitive matches), with 47 goals scored and 50 conceded. Although the team finished the group stage of the Baptism of Fire with a 5–1–0 record, this is not included in the official statistics due to those not being football matches per se. Vephrall is currently ranked 53rd in the KPB ranking system. The team has so far yet to qualify for a World Cup.

History

The Vephrall national team's first international competition was the famous unorthodox-format Baptism of Fire 23, for which all of Vephrall's matches were held in the Lowland Clans. The team was part of the nearly-unstoppable Group 7, which was so dominant that Vephrall's 5-1-0 group stage record was sufficient for only third place out of four in the group. Unluckily, they faced groupmates Candelaria And Marquez in the first knockout round, and in what is considered the first official match for the team, Vephrall endured a 0-2 loss and an early exit from the Tournament.

Nevertheless, the team's Baptism of Fire run propelled them to a very strong showing in World Cup 36 qualifying, where the team finished with a winning record and had a shot at qualification until very late in the qualifiers. Highlights of the qualifying run included a win and a draw with heavily-favored Turori and a pair of four-nil wins over the New Montreal States. The team continued into the Cup of Harmony, where they successfully exacted revenge for a pair of qualifying losses against Lovisa and proved themselves the equal of the C&M squad that knocked them out of the Baptism of Fire. However, it would be hosts and neighbors Kura-Pelland that would be the downfall of the Vephrese side, with the hosts finally recording a win in the repechage after losing to Vephrall on three previous occasions.

World Cup 37 qualifying started poorly and went down from there. The team recorded only a lone win over Kansiov in the first half of qualifying, dropping an embarrassing number of points against inferior opposition. A second loss to British Londinium on matchday eight resulted in the sacking of manager Ostalir Pasarap; his assistant, Rhoetang Dotsmens would take over as interim manager for the remainder of qualifying. The team was officially eliminated from qualifying consideration with two matches remaining and finished the stage with only three wins total, finishing a distant sixth.

Competitive record

World Cup qualifying

Other related tournaments

Managers

Name	Career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Won %	Win + draw %	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Ostalir Pasarap	1733–40	29	10	6	13	34.5%	55.2%	36	36
Rhoetang Dotsmens	1740–42	6	2	1	3	33.3%	50.0%	11	14
Umsaasad Pentove	1742—	0	0	0	0	—	—	0	0