Fluvique

General information
Nation	Fluvique
Nicknames	The White Foxes, Les Tricolores
Home stadium	South Lane (90,000)
Trigramme	FLU
Colours	White, red and yellow
Association	The Royal Football Association
Staff and Players
Manager	Ricardo Carusso
Assistant Manager	Rafael Cremonesi
Captain	Sam Gonza
Most caps	Jack Gabriel (104)
Most goals	Danny Pitt (54)
Kit
Manufacturer	Adidas
Rankings
KBP Rank	40
Highest ranking	40 (Post WC76)
World Cup
Appearances	1
First appearance	World Cup 76
Best result	Group Stage (WC76)
World Cup Qualifying
Appearances	5
First appearance	WC 73 Qualifying
Best result	2th Place (WCQ 76)
Cup of Harmony
Appearances	4
First appearance	CoH 65
Best result	Fourth Place (CoH 66)
Baptism of Fire
Appearances	1
First appearance	BoF 60
Best result	Runner-up (BoF 60)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2
First appearance	Games of the X Olympiad
Best result	Bronze medal (Games of the XI Olympiad)
First international
Official	Transpadana 0-1 Fluvique (BoF 60 Group G)
Biggest defeat	Nova Anglicana 3–0 Fluvique (WCQ 74 Group 14)

The Fluvique national football team represents Fluvique in football and is controlled by the Royal Football Association (RFA), the governing body for football in Fluvique. Fluvique's home stadium is South Lane Stadium in Betham. The national team, also known as The White Foxes has appeared in four World Cup qualifiers, although never qualified for the final stage of the tournament. The team first official tournament was at Baptism of Fire 60, which they lost 3-2 to New Gelderland. Fluvique also is a regular in the Cup or Harmony, reaching semifinals at CoH 66. At the Olympics, the team won the bronze medal.

Fluvique also is a regular in the Cup or Harmony, reaching semifinals at CoH 66. At the Olympics, the team won the bronze medal. Fluvique main rivals are New Gelderland (after the BoF final), Nova Anglicana for recent matches in qualifiers group stages and neighbour countries of Cohina and Baho.

History

The first match ever recorded by Fluvique was against Baho. The game was held in Mevosa on 14 May 1900 and Fluvique won 4-3. During the first years of its existence Fluvique national team only played friendly matches against other neighboring nations. In 1908, in the context of the April Revolution's Centennial, a friendly cup was contested between Fluvique and Baho, won by Fluvique 3-2. That tournament eventually became the Yellow River Cup contested between the Football Associations of Fluvique and Baho from 1908 to 1960.

The White Foxes have appeared in four World Cup qualifiers, with a record of 20 victories, 9 draws and 18 defeats. The team qualified for the World Cup 76 in Ceni and Eura, the first in team's historty. The first official international match was in the Baptism of Fire 60, when Fluvique defeated Transpadana 1-0. Les Tricolores advanced unbeaten to the final with four victories and two draws, before loosing 3-2 in the final.

The Olympic history of the team began in the Games of the X Olympiad. Fluvique was placed in Group B. The beaten 1-0 to Wray and 4-2 to Frenline Delpha and tied 0-0 to Mattijana. In round of 16, Fluvique defeated Welcomzia 2-1 in extra time, thanks a late goal of Paul Di Angello. In quarterfinals, the White Foxes lost with hosts New Gelderland to 3-1.

The Games of the XI Olympiad were the firsts with qualifiers. Fluvique defeated Free Swiss States with a overall result of 6-0. After loose 2-1 with Kaboomlandia, the team defeated them 3-1 and qualified for the Olympics Games. The White Foxes were placed in Group D. In their first match, they lost 2-1 to Eonstar. Then they defeated Ferkas by 4-0 and tied 1-1 to San Jose Guayabal. In the quarterfinales, they crushed Independent Olympic Athletes to 5-0. In the semifinals, the team lost on penaly shoot outs to Vilitan Union. In the bronze medal match, Fluvique tied 2-2 with Eonstar and 3-3 at extra time. Then, The White Foxes secured the medal winning 4-3 on penalty shootouts.

The White Foxes made their debut in World Cup 73 qualifiers. They had to wait until the sixth match to defeat Chiata at home. The team finished fifth. However, they were invited to the Cup of Harmony 65. Fluvique lost to Nassau-Hessen and Ko-Oren (both by 1-0) and tied 0-0 to New Gelderland, being eliminated in the group stage.

The World Cup 74 qualifiers were the best so far of the national side, winnning winning five matches and ending in the fourth position. The improvement continued in the Cup of Harmony 66. The team started loosing 3-1 to Falatulu, but then won 3-2 over Acronius and 3-0 over Whovian Tardisia. They qualified for the R16 after a 0-0 draw to Amazonesta. Then, the team beaten Chromatika on penalty shootouts. In the quarter finals, the White Foxes achieved one of its great feats, beating hosts Red Blackiland 1-0. In semifinals, the team lost 6-4 to Falatulu and 3-2 to Matthewsiania in the 3rd Place Playoff. Despite the defeats, the national side was received by thousands supporters at their arrival.

The World Cup 75 qualifiers began with a 4-3 victory to West-East Timor at home. However, Fluvique was five matches without a victory. Alfred Cook was sacked after five years in the bench and Danny Pitt became interim. The team finished sixth. Alexander Lavigne was hired to the Cup of Harmony 67. However, the team received another hard punch after being eliminated in the group stage. As aftermath, Alexander Lavigne resigned and Sam Gonza announced his retirement from international football.

World Cup 76 Qualifiers

Shortly after the Olympic Games, Ricardo Carusso was confirmed as manager of the senior team. One of his first actions was travel to Abanhfleft to convice Sam Gonza to return to the squad. The captain published on his Facebook page that "If we have to suffer, let's suffer together" and announced his return. Gonza also called all other players who followed his resignation and convinced them to return to the team.

For this cycle, the Royal Football Association announced that three venues will be host qualifiers matches: The Little Box stadium, Mevosa; The Little Creek stadium, Port Elizabeth; The Circle stadium, Geneva; and King George Stadium, Greencastle. After the World Cup Committee banned the South Lane Stadium for a pepper spray attack over Abanhfleft supporters in the past qualifiers.

Fluvique started with two victories and one draw, to be leading the standings. Despite the last-minute defeat at home with Nova Anglicana, the team won two consecutive matches, before loosing with Semarland. The team had to win almost every single match to have a hope to reach a play-off spot. After that defeat, Fluvique won four matches in-a-row, including a historic win at Nova Anglicana by 2-0, scoring nine goals and only conceding one. Thus, the team earned a spot in the play-offs for the first time.

The first leg of the play-offs was played in Frenline Delpha, due to the best position of the tricolor side in the overall standings. In a tough match, a 90+3 minute goal of Sam Gonza gave the victory to the Fluviquean team. Greencastle's stadium King George was venue for the second leg, chosen by Carusso, and after 90 minutes of battle and tension, Fluvique tied 0-0 and qualified to the World Cup for the first time.

Hundreds of thousands went out to streets of each city and town to celebrate the qualification. On their arrival to Mevosa Airport, a caravan of cars, trucks, motorcycles and buses, welcomed the team. The players paraded in the Revolution Avenue into a open bus, until reach a scenario mounted in the April Square. Two days before their flight, they had an audience with the Queen Eugenie at the White Palace and an orchestra from the Home of Orphans played a couple of songs and the National Anthem. After, thousands of people greeted the national side at the Airport.

World Cup 76

Fluvique was drawn into Group G, altogether with Nephara, Pasarga and Chromatika. The team's basecamp was in Centralis, Electrum. The first ever appearance in World Cups was in Somersville Stadium, Somer. Fluvique lost 2-0. A days before, the team was eliminated in group stage after a 1-4 defeat with Pasarga at Walkers Stadium, Agri. As highlight, Sam Gonza scored the first ever goal of the team in the World Cup finals. The last match as another 1-4 defeat to Chromatika in Centralis Arena, Centralis.

Despite the bad performance, one of the surprises of the tournament was the huge amount of Fluviquean supporters in every stadium. In the first match, more than 10.000 paysans were backing their national team. In the overall, it's estimated that around 36.000 Fluviqueans witnessed the three matches. When the team returned home, more than 100.000 people gathered in the street to welcome their players in the April Square. The entire performance of the team in both qualifiers and World Cup was captured in a film called 'The world is ours' and released in June 2017.

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