Latrobe Athletic

Latrobe Athletic
Full name	Latrobe Athletic and Football Club
Ground	Macquarie Docklands, Latrobe
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 Football League, 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 him.

Success has followed quickly, as Chidebere won two Patriotes Cups in his first three years. With key signing of Marten Solomonson and Caspian Garberg, this was followed by Latrobe's first league championship in nine years in KFL78.

Honours

Kelssek Championship (8): 2, 14, 21, 24, 34, 53, 69, 78
- Runners-up: 55, 64, 65, 74
Patriotes Cup (3): 4, 24, 26
- Runners-up: 1, 12

International

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

Results

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season	League									Cup	IFCF/UICA	Other
Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Rank	Cup	IFCF/UICA	Other
68	Champ	38	19	8	11	64	49	65	7th	SF	ChC GS
69	Champ	38	23	8	7	62	31	77	1st	3R	ChC 3QR
70	Champ	38	24	6	8	83	38	78	4th	QF	ChC 3QR
71	Champ	38	21	5	12	69	44	68	7th	3R	ChC R32
72	Champ	38	19	8	11	55	38	65	7th	5R
73	Champ	38	19	4	15	59	46	61	8th	5R
74	Champ	38	22	11	5	85	43	77	2nd	5R
75	Champ	38	20	8	10	71	45	68	6th	W
76	Champ	38	19	6	13	63	52	63	6th	5R	CL QF
77	Champ	38	22	4	12	71	44	70	3rd	W
78	Champ	38	29	5	4	105	36	92	1st	4R	AT R32	CWC SF

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 79

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	Alison Troczynski
29	GK	Chelsea McLain
47	GK	Dominic Tessier
2	DF	Ross Vetrone
3	DF	Sasha Stepanov
4	DF	Karon Murell
14	DF	Marc Wenger
16	DF	Nicole Boudrias
27	DF	Crispin Fremont
7	MF	Tessa Locke
8	MF	Émîróînó Üjíkân
10	MF	Marten Solomonson
12	MF	Miles Gerry

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Neil Ferry
16	MF	Senad Tkalcic
18	MF	Kieran McCurdy
19	MF	Anke Waechter (captain)
21	MF	Akhil Neviud
23	MF	Belaj-Rilan Dar
26	MF	Chike Obident
37	MF	Kevin Joseph
9	FW	Caspian Garberg
11	FW	Aidan Caoidheach
22	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 KFL Championship at Star of Confederation.
Aleksandr Lukonov
Erland Stromby - Stalwart striker always reliable for goals during the Salthill/Dranz era.
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.