Kelssek national football team
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| Association | Football Kelssek |
| Manager |  Kirk McDonagh
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| Captain | Ruslan Demetriev |
| Highest KPB ranking | 10 |
First international Kelssek 0-0 Starblaydia  (1-1 aet, 5-4 pens) (Kaze Progressa, Kaza 2008 first round) | |
The Kelssek national football team represents Kelssek in international football competitions. The team has participated in the World Cup since World Cup 33. It first qualified for the finals at World Cup 41, where the team were eliminated in the group stage. The team has also participated in the Coupe de la Francophonie; in a match at the Haven-Port-Nouveau Stadium widely viewed as a defining point in Kelssekian football, Kelssek drew 2-2 against an Ariddian team playing at home who at the time were defending World Cup champions. The national football association, Football Kelssek (FK), is responsible for the administration of the national team.
The team's main home stadium is Exhibition Place in Kirkenes, which hosts around one-third of home matches as a rotation of other venues around the country are also utilized. FK chooses two other stadiums to be used during World Cup qualifying, with one typically being in a region where the sport is more popular such as Konoha or Haligonia, and the third a smaller venue in a region where they hope to grow the popularity of soccer.
Kelssek recorded its first World Cup finals win at World Cup 44 in a 3-1 group stage win against Jaseuyeon. Its biggest defeat was a 5-0 group stage loss to Septentrionia in World Cup 45. Kelssek advanced to the knockout stage for the first time on home ground at World Cup 46, when they were defeated in the second round by Dancougar. The furthest Kelssek have advanced in the World Cup is to the quarter-finals.
Kelssek achieved its highest world ranking in January 2010 when they were ranked 10th. The team's biggest achievement, and only major international title, came in June 2010 when they won the 43rd Cup of Harmony while winning every match in the tournament, a consolation after being the highest-ranked team to fail to qualify for the finals of World Cup 51.
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Tournament records
World Cup
| Qualification | Main tournament | Manager(s) | KPB rank (pre-WC) | |||||||||||||||
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| Cycle | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Comp | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||||
| 33 | BoF 20 | R16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 48 | did not qualify | Mathieu de Jenken | UR | ||||||||||
| 39 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 19 | did not qualify | Jeffrey Pruitt^ | 58 | |||||||||
| 40 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | did not qualify | Nicolas Manchet^ | 48 | |||||||||
| 41 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | WC 41 | Group | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Mark Tupper | 48 | ||
| 42 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | WC 42 | 4th in group | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | Mark Tupper | 36 | ||
| 43 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | did not qualify | Mark Tupper | 33 | |||||||||
| 44 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | WC 44 | 3rd in group | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Mark Tupper | 35 | ||
| 45 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 18 | WC 45 | 4th in group | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | Mark Tupper | 30 | ||
| 46 | qualified as hosts | WC 46 | R16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Mark Tupper | 30 | |||||||
| 47 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 17 | WC 47 | R16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Mark Tupper | 15 | ||
| 48 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | WC 48 | R16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Mark Tupper | 14 | ||
| 49 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 14 | WC 49 | QF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | Mark Tupper | 13 | ||
| 50 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 18 | WC 50 | QF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | G. Mark Tupper | 10 | ||
| 51 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 31 | CoH 43 | Champions | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | G. Mark Tupper | 11 | ||
| 52 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 17 | WC 52 | 4th in group | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | G. Mark Tupper | 18 | ||
| 53 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 14 | WC 53 | R16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | G. Mark Tupper | 21 | ||
| 54 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | WC 54 | R16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | G. Mark Tupper | 11 | ||
| 55 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 15 | WC 55 | R16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | G. Mark Tupper | 14 | ||
| 57 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | did not qualify | G. Mark Tupper | ||||||||||
| 81 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 34 | CoH 73 | QF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | Kirk McDonagh | UR | ||
| 82 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 40 | did not qualify | Kirk McDonagh | 86 | |||||||||
| 83 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 24 | WC 83 | 4th in group | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | Kirk McDonagh | 65 | ||
- ^ Interim manager
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Olympic Games
- This section is a work in progress
A senior women's team competes in the Olympics, while under-23 age group teams with a maximum of three over-age players are sent to the men's competition.
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| Games | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 13 | R16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | R32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 16 | |
Other tournaments
| Name | Round | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| Coupe de la Francophonie | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Position playoffs | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | |
| Final placing: 6th of 8 | |||||||
| 3rd Valhala Invitational | 5th of 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
Players
Current squad
This list includes all players who appeared in at least one match during qualification or finals of World Cup 82 or World Cup 83.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Age | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Kai Poirier | 32 | 43 | 0 |  Treftadeth Alliance
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| 30 | GK | Marc-Henri Normand | 29 | 7 | 0 | Langlois Océanic
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| 29 | GK | Cathal Gallagher | 22 | 12 | 0 |  FK Vlaikograd 1896
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| 2 | DF | Thamior Liadon | 118 | 47 | 5 | Burnaby SC
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| 3 | DF | Damien Halliger | 21 | 46 | 3 |  Holdenburg City
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| 17 | DF | Kassel Pokorný | 27 | 34 | 3 | Coquitlam United
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| 4 | DF | Tim Bowler | 22 | 48 | 3 |  Bayern Phoenix
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| 12 | DF | Christian Arbour | 29 | 22 | 0 | Latrobe AFC
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| 15 | DF | Gabriel Farahani | 25 | 24 | 1 | ASC Arvika
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| 27 | DF | Mason Curtin | 29 | 17 | 0 | Kirkenes FC
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| 26 | DF | Ryan Dumont | 28 | 6 | 0 | Strathcona Internationals
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| 25 | DF | Ashley Douglass | 26 | 6 | 0 | CF Outineau
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| 5 | MF | Ruslan Demetriev | 29 | 56 | 8 | Honeybadgers
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| 8 | MF | Adrian Tremblay-Fillon | 24 | 37 | 2 | 1912 Stellburg
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| 22 | MF | Blake McDonagh | 31 | 39 | 11 |  Everfree Forest
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| 13 | MF | Rémy Dionne | 25 | 31 | 2 | Trenton AC
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| 14 | MF | Victor Clinton | 33 | 35 | 3 | Clayquot City
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| 6 | MF | Rory Canning-Meagher | 31 | 35 | 4 | NGSA Ulyanof
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| 7 | MF | Gabriel Lapierre | 22 | 48 | 9 | 1093 Club de Atlantea
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| 20 | MF | Patrice Champetier | 23 | 7 | 1 |  Fontvielle Impact
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| 21 | MF | Matts Bogdanor | 21 | 12 | 1 | Marketville
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| 19 | MF | Colm Ó Tuathail | 22 | 19 | 5 |  Oldem Knights
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| 18 | MF | Cory Greenwood | 27 | 7 | 1 | Ulsa Rovers
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| MF | Adam Corvin | 29 | 2 | 0 | CF Outineau
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| 10 | FW | Brayden Custworth | 26 | 47 | 20 | Oldem Mechanical
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| 9 | FW | Patrice Langelier | 30 | 29 | 9 | Latrobe AFC
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| 11 | FW | Matthew Lister | 27 | 46 | 19 | CS Saint-Rémy
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| 16 | FW | Shaheen Taleb | 21 | 27 | 15 | Sleepy Hollow
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| 24 | FW | Louis Kuelvic | 25 | 8 | 0 |  Birdingstone United
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| 36 | FW | Arjan Singh | 23 | 2 | 0 | Coquitlam United
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Honours
Cup of Harmony
- Winners (1): 43
