Latrobe Athletic

Latrobe Athletic

Full name	Latrobe Athletic and Football Club
Ground	Macquarie Docklands, Latrobe
Ground Capacity	55,800
Manager	Obey Chidebere
League	KFL Championship
Home colours Away colours

Latrobe Athletic is a professional multi-sports club known primarily for its rugby union and football teams, which both play in Kelssek's highest leagues, the Rugby Superleague and Kelssek Championship, respectively. Known for most of its history as Latrobe AFC, the club made the controversial decision to go by "Latrobe Athletic" in 185 FE.

Both the rugby and football team have provincial rivalries with Clayquot-based teams. The rugby section has contested the People's Cup challenge trophy against the Clayquot Reds for over 150 years. The football section's version of this rivalry is against Clayquot City. Latrobe Athletic was the first Kelssek sports club to have reached an international final, losing in the 35th Rugby Union Challenge Trophy to the Torino Terriers of Neu Engollon.

On the football side, with Nepharan manager Warner Dranz taking the helm Latrobe was also the first Kelssek team to reach an international club football final, losing to FC Yassaca in Challengers Cup 6. Dranz went on to deliver the club's first league championship in 16 years by winning the 69th KFL season and reaching the Champions League 10 final for another historic high. Dranz was unable to sustain his early success however, and despite strong fan support and a catchy chant to the tune of "Bad Romance" working in his favour, his contract was not renewed after the KFL 73 season after three straight years of failing to qualify for IFCF competitions.

Former Banija international Obey Chidebere was recruited from Coquitlam United, where he had managed the Easties above Latrobe in the table and won a Patriotes Cup, to replace Dranz. Latrobe finished as league runners-up in his first full season in charge and Chidebere soon delivered silverware as Latrobe won Patriotes Cup 24 in his second season at the helm.

Honours

• KFL Championship (7): 2, 14, 21, 24, 34, 53, 69
  • Runners-up: 55, 64, 65, 74
• Patriotes Cup (2): 4, 24
  • Runners-up: 1, 12

International

• IFCF Champions League
  • Runners-up: 10
• IFCF Challengers Cup
  • Runners-up: 6

Results

Key

• nQR–nth qualifying round; nR–nth round; PO–Playoff round; GS–Group stage; R16–Round of 16; R32–Round of 32; QF–Quarterfinals; SF–Semifinals; F–Finalist; W–Winner
• CL Champions League; ChC Challengers Cup; AT Associations Trophy; CWC Cup Winners' Cup

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	League									Cup	IFCF/UICA	Other
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Rank
65	Cship	38	21	6	11	67	43	69	2nd	4R	ChC PO
66	Cship	38	16	11	11	41	27	59	9th	4R	ChC F
67	Cship	38	19	9	10	83	56	66	5th	QF
68	Cship	38	19	8	11	64	49	65	7th	SF	ChC GS
69	Cship	38	23	8	7	62	31	77	1st	3R	ChC 3QR
70	Cship	38	24	6	8	83	38	78	4th	QF	ChC 3QR
71	Cship	38	21	5	12	69	44	68	7th	3R	ChC R32
72	Cship	38	19	8	11	55	38	65	7th	5R
73	Cship	38	19	4	15	59	46	61	8th	5R
74	Cship	38	22	11	5	85	43	77	2nd	5R
75	Cship	38	20	8	10	71	45	68	6th	W	CL QF
76	Cship	38	19	6	13	63	52	63	6th	5R		CWC 1R

International club competitions

Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
Globe Cup 41	Group B
		Mardi Lopunnies (NSI)	1-1	2-2	4th
		Ciudad Soluca (SRG)	1-1	0-2
		File:Kaje Football logo.png Kaje Football (UGO)	3-0	1-2
Globe Cup 42	Group G
		Astograth University (ASG)	2-2	0-2	4th
		Iturributa United (ITB)	1-3	3-2
		Rolalas FC (VAL)	1-0	2-4
Cygnus Cup 43	1st round	Colonial Sile (VIL)	1-2	0-3	1-5
Challengers Cup 6	Group E
		René Skaé (FFD)	0-1	2-0	2nd
		Langmere Green Rovers (FVA)	0-2	1-4
		Sporting Iturributa (ASG)	4-2	4-1
	Round of 32	Rosenpfelblatz City (AFT)	1-1	3-2	4-3
	Round of 16	Admiral Storevik (STL)	2-1	3-2 (aet)	5-3
	Quarterfinal	Aleiusia Capital (ZRH)	0-1	1-0	1-1 (pen.)
	Semifinal	Rülândéá Kôstä (FFD)	1-1	5-2	6-3
	Final	FC Yassaca (SRS)	0-3 (N)

Players

Current squad

As of KFL season 77

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under World Cup Committee eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WCC nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Iroha Irei 19 GK Cassie Mrythe 22 GK Alison Troczyski 2 DF Karon Murrell 3 DF Ross Vetrone 14 DF Marc Wenger 16 DF Nicole Boudrias 20 DF Brendan Crawford 21 DF Crispin Fremont 6 MF Cormac Ó Conneely 7 MF Dominic Lee 8 MF Émîróînó Üjíkân 10 MF Lubruose Prape

No. Position Player 11 MF Enyinnaya Udegbunam 15 MF Neil Ferry 17 MF Tessa Locke 18 MF Kieran McCurdy 19 MF Anke Waechter (captain) 26 MF Chike Obident 27 MF Miles Gerry 37 MF Kevin Joseph 21 FW Aidan Caoidheach 23 FW Caspian Garberg 26 FW Ariana Coulter

Notable players

• Ruslan Demetriev - Former Kelssek captain, played for Workers Union and Honeybadgers in the Euraleague, before returning to Kelssek and finishing his career with two seasons in the Championship at Star of Confederation.
• Aleksandr Lukonov
• Erland Stromby
• Bridget Coombe - Rock in the midfield, captain of the Patriotes Cup 24 winners, left for a bunch of money
• Hermann Eld - Key striker in the Patriotes Cup 24 win, though he didn't stay long.

Played in major international tournaments while at the club

• Ruslan Demetriev (WC85)
• Raïf Ducharne (WC92-93)
• Hela Ishargie (WC93)
• Cassie Mrythe (WC93-95)
• Bridget Coombe (WC94)

Coaching staff

• Manager: Obey Chidebere
• Assistant manager: Reeve Sheehan
• Coaches: Kristian Mashtian, Ryan Dumont

Managerial history

• Darach Salthill (58-64)
• Warner Dranz (65-73)
• Obey Chidebere (74-)

Rugby section

Honours

• Rugby Union Challenge Trophy
  • Runners-up: 35
• Rugby Superleague: 17

International competitions

Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
RUCT 35	Group C
		Albertville Ibex	6-10	20-11	1st
		Pearl City Icelandic	9-3	18-6
		Rujahan Riflemen	24-0	17-0
	Intermediate round	Kiambang Cobra	10-3	20-13	30-16
	Quarterfinal	Rogerton Blues	10-3	7-10	17-13
	Semifinal	Coastal Golden Chiefs	27-17	17-21	44-38
	Final	Torino Terrors	0-24 (N)
RUCT 36	Group B
		Aubury Swans	7-23	10-21	4th
		Tourseilles	0-10	7-20
		Schoenwetter Academy	10-15	10-10