Kanzlia national football team

Kanzlia
(KNZ)

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Prowlers
Association	Kanzlian Football Federation
Confederation	Esportiva
Head coach	Karl Schmidt
Home stadium	Szbedansk Arena
Team Records
Most caps	Ardentius van Coevorden
Top scorer	Sylverio van Coevorden
KPB ranking
Current	=27
Highest	=27 (101.2)
Lowest	Unranked
First international
Kanzlia 4-0 Vaishnavaria
Biggest win
Kanzlia 6-0 Burikinia
Biggest defeat
Katzeburg 6-1 Kanzlia
Highest scoring match
Kanzlia 8-3 Cassadaigua
Best result	Round of 16 (WC101)
Campionato Esportiva
Appearances	4 (first in Campionato Esportiva 39)
Best result	Champions (41,42)
Cup of Harmony
Appearances	2 (first in CoH 89)
Best result	Round of 16 (89)
Baptism of Fire
Appearance	BoF 84
Result	RO16

The Kanzlian national football team represents Kanzlia in international football matches since its debut in Baptism of Fire 84. The national football team is controlled by the Kanzlian Football Association (VVK), the governing body for football in Kanzlia, which is under the jurisdiction of Esportiva. Kanzlia plays their home matches in the Szbedansk Arena.

The team is known as the Prowlers, in reference to the Kanzlian Giant Seaprowler, the country's national animal.

Competitive History

Cycle 97

VVK Logo (WC97-WC99) The first logo of the Federation and National Team was generously made by Dantopia.

The Kanzlian National Team played it's first official match against Vaishnavaria in the Baptism of Fire 84. The game ended 4-0 and Kanzlia would go one to win the remaining two group stage matches against the Martian Independent Republic and New Jarwel. Through to the knockouts, Kanzlia would fall short in the first knockout match in the Round of 16 against Avisora. And thus concluded the Prowlers Baptism of Fire.

In fact, Kanzlia went under a different nickname at the time as 'The Exiles'. This was supposed to be in reference to the fact that in the 1960s, the Kanzlian National Team played exclusively outside of the famine-struck country. This has been switched over to 'The Prowlers' by WC99. The Prowlers of course, referencing to the Giant Seaprowlers.

Kanzlia entered it's first World Cup qualification campaign for WC97 hosted by Eastfield Lodge and Pasarga under manager Vassilis van Coevorden, the father of the van Coevordens trio (Reiner, Ardentius, and Sylverio). As the 259th ranked nation, Kanzlia was drawn into Group 5 of the qualifiers as one of the weakest sides. There Kanzlia joined the likes of United Mandaran States, Vdara, Crpostran, and Aleirave amongst others. Despite rather impressive wins over United Mandaran States and Aleirave, Kanzlia finished 4th and failed to progress to the World Cup Proper. All things considered though, the 4th place finish was a respectable performance for a minnow side and by 97.2, Kanzlia jumped up to rank 117.

Kanzlia was invited to the Cup of Harmony 89 in Banija and the Prowlers squeezed through their group containing Audioslavia, HOT-DAMN, Patriotlandia, North Oharan Valley Union, and Receucn. Wins over Patriotlandia and Audioslavia was enough for Kanzlia to go through the Round of 16 where they faced HUElavia. Kanzlia lost 3-0 and was knocked out. Kanzlia concludes Cycle 97 ranked 105th.

The Prowlers took part in their first regionals after joining Esportiva in August of 2024. In Campionato Esportiva 39, was drawn into a group containing defending champions Tumbra, Irithoren, and Doubeia. Kanzlia failed to make it out of the group with 2 defeats and a lone victory against Doubeia.

The Prowlers also took part in the Di Bradini Cup and U-18 World Cup in this cycle.

Cycle 98

Heading into the qualification campaign for World Cup 98 hosted by a plethora of Rushmori nations by the 'Xandrian Sea'. Kanzlia ranked 103rd, entered as a pot 5 team for Group 10 joining the likes of Vdara, Flavovespia, Calgasia, and fellow Esportivan side Kamijiro. Despite a valiant effort, with notable wins such as 6-1 over Qasden, 5-2 over Calgasia, and even a 3-2 win over eventual champions Flavovespia, Kanzlia finished 4th, just a spot away from a play-off ticket. Kanzlia was ranked 75th at the end of the qualification campaign. After a 6-2 loss to Vdara, manager Vassilis van Coevorden was sacked and replaced by his assistant Karl Schmidt.

The Prowlers were therefore invited to the Cup of Harmony 90 hosted in Valanora and drawn into Group B as a Pot 3 side along the likes of Omerica, Indusse, and Patriotlandia amongst others. Kanzlia finished 2nd and head for the play-offs to face Drawkland. The Prowlers would fall short 3-2 after extra time to the eventual runners-up.

Seeding Table

Seed	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
E3	Eshialand	5	3	1	1	12	10	+2	10
F3	Esportivan Darmen	5	2	2	1	11	8	+3	8*
A3	Kamijiro	5	2	2	1	13	10	+3	8
D3	Kanzlia	5	2	2	1	8	6	+2	8**
B3	Kaumann	5	2	2	1	8	6	+2	8
C3	Xanneria	5	2	1	2	4	3	+1	7

*Esportivan Darmen was placed ahead of Kamijiro to avoid a group stage rematch between Katzeburg and Esportivan Darmen.

**Kanzlia ahead of Kaumann via coinflip/simulated match without rank.

For Kanzlia's second foray into the Campionato Esportiva, the 40th edition was a Sporting Festival hosted by South Newlandia. Drawn to Group D with familiar faces Tumbra and Irithoren, Kanzlia finished third in the group. And by virtue of a coin-flip, Kanzlia progressed through the Round of 16 over Kaumann as the 4th best 3rd-placed team. Facing Fhulghamous Peninsula, it took a 2-4 penalty shootout for the Prowlers to win its first ever knockout match. Through to the Quarter-Finals against Vielfaltig, the Prowlers narrowly lost 1-0. Funnily enough, Kanzlia and Vielfaltig would play a friendly match after and Kanzlia won 2-0. The Prowlers end Cycle 98 ranked 72nd.

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  World Cup 98 Graphic produced by Kanzlia's Centraal News Platform
  Made to "commemorate" our failure in qualifying.

The RP arc for Kanzlia in the WC was about VVK Bureaucracy through e-mails.

The RP arc for Kanzlia in the Campionato revolved around Karolin Hale-Forrester, the karting racer for the festival.

Cycle 99

VVK Logo (WC99-) The VVK changed logos in this cycle to one created by Kanzlia themselves.

Kanzlia entered the Qualification campaign for World Cup 99 hosted by Banija, Siovanija and Teusland, and Squornshelous Remnant States ranked 65th. Kanzlia was drawned to Group 8 alongside the likes of Crpostran, Audioslavia, Martian Independent Republic, Sel Appa, Mertagne, Kandorith, Carpathia and Ruthenia among others. Drawn as a Pot 4 side, in 18 qualification matches Kanzlia finished a then record high 2nd place finishing above the likes of Crpostran and Mertagne. Kanzlia was to head to its very first World Cup Proper. By the end of the qualification campaign, Kanzlia broke through the Top 50 as they were ranked 49th.

Drawn into Group E alongside Reçueçn, Ko-oren, and hosts Banija, Karl Schmidt's Prowlers were to head into their first World Cup Proper. The first match was a highly hyped game against hosts Banija. Which ended in a 0-0 draw. The next match against Reçueçn ended slightly better with a 2-1 win, the Prowlers first ever win in the World Cup Proper. This was followed by a 1-3 defeat to Ko-oren. Kanzlia would therefore finish third in Group E.

Third Place Table

Seed	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
G3	Kelssek	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
I3	Aleirave	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
E3	Kanzlia	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
D3	Kwrpania	3	1	1	1	8	9	−1	4
K3	Huayramarca	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
F3	West Barack and East Obama	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
A3	Audioslavia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
B3	HOT-DAMN	3	1	0	2	9	11	−2	3
L3	Pyazhnaya	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
C3	Juvencus	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
J3	Cardenao	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
H3	Baggieland	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3	1

As per the rules of the tournament, the best 8 of 12 third-placed teams were to qualify to the knockouts. Kanzlia as it turns out were the 3rd best 3rd-placed teams and therefore was through to the knockouts. Drawn against Chromatika in the Round of 32, the Prowlers would fall short 3-2 over the more experienced side. And thus concludes Kanzlia's world cup dreams for this cycle.

Kanzlia entered the Campionato Esportiva 41, hosted by Katzeburg and South Newlandia, as the 7th best ranked Esportivan side. The Prowlers were drawn to Group D alongside Kamijiro, Kaumann, Fhulghamous Peninsula, and Moladea. The format was slightly unique in that each team would play a team outside of their group once. In Kanzlia's case they played hosts South Newlandia for their 4th match which ended 3-3. Kanzlia would finish 2nd in their group, behind Kamijiro by two points and qualified for the Round of 16 where they faced Esportivan Darmen.

A narrow 1-0 victory over Esportivan Darmen saw Kanzlia progress through to the Quarter-Finals against defending champions Eshialand. Another narrow win, 3-2, saw the Prowlers to their first Semi-Finals in official competitions. Faced with Gouvanarch, the repeat scoreline, 3-2, saw Kanzlia to their first ever official final, facing Paradystopia, a surprise package for the Campionato that edition. The final went to extra time after the match remain in standstill 3-3 in the first 90 minutes. But the game went to penalties instead where the Prowlers defeated Paradystopia on penalties 1-4. The Prowlers end Cycle 99 with their first silverware and ranked 36th.

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  World Cup 99 Poster produced by Kanzlia's Centraal News Platform
  This piece was made by me to commemorate the qualifiers.

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  A second World Cup 99 poster produced by Centraal
  This piece was made to commemorate the World Cup proper. Largely inspired by Dave Murray.

The RP arc for Kanzlia in the WC was the Souzans Warship Journal. Whilst the RP arc in the Campionato was the Kanzlian White Navy.

Cycle 100

The tremendous Centennial cycle was highly anticipated and Kanzlia entered WC100 Qualifiers ranked 40, a few places dropped for the first time. Before the World Cup commences, Kanzlia emerged triumphant in a friendly tournament hosted by the Osnari Federation named the Federation Shield.

The World Cup was to be held in Rushmore once more, with The Kytler Peninsulae, Tikariot, Kwrpania, and Qusmo as hosts. Kanzlia was drawn to Group 10 as the Pot 2 side. Joining them are Pot 1 side Farfadillis, returning former World Cup Champions Cassadaigua, Solarampa, Solgavden, and Igratia among others. The Prowlers under Karl Schmidt plowed through Group 10. It became a theme of the tournament with victories in remarkable margins and Kanzlia didn't miss out. 6-3 against Windows 7 Bliss, 8-3 against Cassadaigua, and 6-1 against Solarampa is just some of Kanzlia's statement wins that campaign. They were on an 14-game undefeated streak in the qualifiers before losing away at Farfadillis in a rather controversial match. Winning streak or not, Karl Schmidt's Prowlers escaped the fate of the play-offs and is through to the World Cup Proper. By the end of the qualifiers, Kanzlia was ranked 31st.

Kanzlia was drawn to Group H alongside Valanora, Auprussia, and HUElavia. The first match was an unsurprising defeat to the Vanorians, followed by a 1-1 draw to Auprussia. Kanzlia was dead last in Group H heading into the match against HUElavia, who themselves were fresh off a triumph against Valanora. A win was absolutely necessary for the Prowlers to even have a shot at the play-offs. In the moment of their greatest desperation, Kanzlia won 1-0 against HUElavia. It was heartbreak for the latter as they were pushed down to dead last.

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Valanora	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
2	Kanzlia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4*
3	Auprussia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4*
4	HUElavia	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3

*Kanzlia ranked above Auprussia on rock-paper-scissors tiebreaker.

Kanzlia though was tied on points and goal difference with Auprussia. With H2H results being a draw, a coinflip tiebreaker saw Kanzlia finish second in Group H in the very last group match. Kanzlia was through to the Round of 32 Hexadecifinals. The Prowlers faced The Commonwealth of Baker Park in the Hexadecifinals, and lost 2-0. Funnily enough, the Kanzlians would play Baker Park again in a friendly post-tournament and would win said friendly game.

Karl Schmidt's Prowlers would enter Campionato Esportiva 42 as defending champions. And they certainly played like defending champions, going on to win all seven Campionato matches, emerging triumphant in the final over hosts Tumbra 1-0. Kanzlia ends Cycle 100 with another Campionato title and ranked 30th.

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  Centraal Magazine Cover about new Kanzlian jerseys and Qualification
  

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  Commemorative Stamp for the Centennial World Cup
  

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  Commemorative Stamps of Host Nations
  

The RP arc for Kanzlia in the WC was about Kanzlian Aeroplanes and Aviation in general through the perspective of curators of the Kanzlian Aviation Museum.

The RP arc for Kanzlia in the Campionato revolved around native Kanzlian cat species. Alive and extinct.

Cycle 101

The first Post-Centennial cycle saw Kanzlia ranked 28th, which just so happens to be this users favourite number. After an intriguing bidding process (one calling themselves the Evil Bid), the hosting rights to edition 101 was handed over to Farfadillis, Paradystopia, and Wight. Drawn once more to Group 10, Kanzlia entered as the Pot 2 behind Tikariot as Pot 1. Otherwise Kanzlia was drawn to a group including Shin-Zetsubo, Masraya, Myrtle Beach, United States of Devonta, Jeckland, Bongo Johnson, and record five-time World Cup winner The Holy Empire.

Starting off with a relatively bumpy first 4 matches, Kanzlia was expected to finish second as the Pot 2 side. But it took the Prowlers until the 6th Matchday to reach 2nd place tied on points even with surprise Mandalanusa side Masraya. Meanwhile top-spot was tightly defended by Tikariot, who dropped points for the first time on MD9 with a 3-3 draw over the Prowlers. The Prowlers seemed destined to finish second, the gap between Kanzlia and Tikariot lingered on 8-points as Tikariot kept up a win-streak.

MD14 Table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Tikariot 14 13 1 0 40 11 +29 40 2 Kanzlia 14 10 2 2 34 16 +18 32 3 The Holy Empire 14 8 1 5 35 30 +5 25 4 Myrtle Beach 14 6 2 6 27 25 +2 20 5 Masraya 14 6 2 6 23 21 +2 20 6 Shin-Zetsubo 14 5 3 6 21 29 −8 18 7 United States of Devonta 14 3 4 7 21 30 −9 13 8 Gyaromia 14 4 1 9 16 27 −11 13 9 Bongo Johnson 14 3 2 9 21 33 −12 11 10 Jeckland 14 3 0 11 17 33 −16 9

MD16 Table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Kanzlia 15 12 1 2 37 17 +20 37 2 The Holy Empire 14 9 1 4 38 29 +9 28 3 Masraya 14 7 2 5 28 18 +10 23 4 Shin-Zetsubo 14 6 3 5 24 25 −1 21 5 Myrtle Beach 14 6 2 6 28 25 +3 20 6 Gyaromia 15 5 1 9 18 28 −10 16 7 Jeckland 14 5 0 9 19 29 −10 15 8 United States of Devonta 14 3 4 7 21 29 −8 13 9 Bongo Johnson 14 3 2 9 24 37 −13 11

Everyone's results with Tikariot was voided and the table reflects that.

That was until MD14 however when Tikariot was expelled from the qualification campaign. The previous 3-3 draw was voided. Suddenly the 8-point gap was gone and Kanzlia found themselves first, making Kanzlia maybe one of the only teams to close an 8-point gap with a 6-point window. At the end of it, Kanzlia finished first in Group 10 and qualified to the World Cup Proper for the 3rd time in a row.

But the Qualification campaign had more surprises. After the conclusion of said qualifiers, just before the play-offs were to start, news broke out that matches MD15 to MD18 had been scorinated without all necessary data - and as a result will be re-scored. The delay took several days and though the scores might've changed slightly for Kanzlia in particular, the results were the same and Kanzlia still finished first. Prior to the rescorination, Kanzlia jumped two spots up to rank 26th, but with the rescorination Kanzlia instead jumped a place up to rank 27th.

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kanzlia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	7
2	The Kytler Peninsulae	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1	4
3	Hanalia	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2*
4	Crpostran	3	0	2	2	5	6	−1	2*

* Hanalia and Crpostran finished with equal records. IC 'coin-flip' (single match, only using RP bonus, draws disabled) won by Hanalia (Crpostran 1–1 Hanalia (3–3 AET) (3–4 pen.))

The Prowlers were drawn to Group J joining the likes of The Kytler Peninsulae, Crpostran, and Hanalia. Drawn as the Pot 2 side, Kanzlia won its opening match against Crpostran 2-1, which just so happens to be their sixth match against the Sapphire Strikers. This makes Crpostran at the time, the team the Prowlers played the most against, just beating Indusse. A disappointing draw with Hanalia followed and it seemed Kanzlia was destined with another 1-1-1 finish heading to the match against the Kytlerians. But a 2-0 victory over the Kytler Peninsulae broke free that supposed curse and led to Kanzlia finishing to a historic first-place of Group J.

Drawn against Yangchenia in the Round of 32, the Prowlers would go on to actually win a World Cup knockout match for once as they defeated the Yangchenians 2-0. It was also the first knockout match which Kanzlia was actually the higher ranked side. That would not continue however as the Kanzlians were drawn against the then 7th-ranked Audioslavia. The Bulls showcased their class with a comfortable 4-1 win over the Prowlers despite the valiant effort. Audioslavia would go on to win the entire tournament, which as it turns out echoed World Cup 99 when Audioslavia defeated Kanzlia 3-1 in the qualifiers and the Bulls would go on and win that tournament.

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  Commemorative World Cup 101 Poster
  

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  Match Programme cover for Kanzlia-Crpostran
  

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  Match Programme cover for Kanzlia-Hanalia
  

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  Match Programme cover for Kanzlia-The Kytler Peninsulae
  

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  Match Programme cover for Kanzlia-Yangchenia
  

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  Match Programme cover for Kanzlia-Audioslavia
  

The RP arc for Kanzlia in the WC was everywhere. The qualifiers followed a story of 1910s old flames meeting one another, whereas the proper tournament the RP arc featured a 'Cambrian Chronicles'-esque analytical breakdown of a historic document.

Competitive Record

World Cup

World Cup record										World Cup qualification record							Manager
Edition		Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
World Cup 97		Did not qualify								16	7	2	7	30	23		Vassilis van Coevorden
World Cup 98										14	7	2	5	34	31		Vassilis van Coevorden/Karl Schmidt
World Cup 99		Round of 32	4	1	1	2	5	7		18	12	4	2	49	25		Karl Schmidt
World Cup 100		Round of 32	4	1	1	2	2	4		16	14	1	1	59	21
World Cup 101		Round of 16	5	3	0	2	8	6		16	12	1	3	41	20
Total		3 qualifications	13	5	2	6	15	17		80	52	10	18	213	120

Cup of Harmony

Cup of Harmony record									Manager
Edition	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Cup of Harmony 89	Round of 16	6	2	2	2	10	8		Vassilis van Coevorden
Cup of Harmony 90	Playoffs	5	2	0	3	10	8		Karl Schmidt
Cup of Harmony 91	Qualified for World Cup
Cup of Harmony 92
Total	2 appearances	11	4	2	5	20	16

Campionato Esportiva

Campionato Esportiva record									Manager
Edition	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Campionato Esportiva 39	Group Stages	3	1	0	2	5	7		Karl Schmidt
Campionato Esportiva 40	Quater-Finals	7	3	2	2	9	8
Campionato Esportiva 41	Champions	9	6	2	1	19	13
Campionato Esportiva 42	Champions	7	7	0	0	21	9
Total	4 appearances	26	17	4	5	54	37

Phantom Matches

Due to plenty of circumstances, certain matches has been re-scored, and sometimes completely ignored (ie they dont contribute to the table). This is very much OOC and in my RP arcs, no IC explanation has ever been given as to why.

In World Cup 100, the first window for the qualifiers had to be rescored. In that same WC, Jeruselem was ousted mid-tournament and it made for very unique tables at the end of the qualifiers. A repeat of this incident and subsequent table-messing occured in the next edition.

Kanzlia v Cassadaigua

WC100Q Group 10 MD1	Kanzlia	1-0 4-2	Cassadaigua
	?		?	Attendance: ?

Solarampa v Kanzlia

WC100Q Group 10 MD2	Solarampa	0-4 0-1	Kanzlia
	?		?	Attendance: ?

In World Cup 101, Kanzlia was drawn to Group 10 joining the like of Pot 1 side Tikariot. Tikariot would be expelled mid-tournament in MD14. As a result, the 3-3 draw scored by the hosts on MD9 was voided.

Tikariot v Kanzlia

WC101Q Group 10 MD9	Tikariot	3-3	Kanzlia
	?		?	Attendance: ?

But WC101 saw a bit more of these phantom matches. Matches from MD15 to MD18 had to be rescored due to technical difficulties. Thanks to magic maths, most of these results ended the same way and Kanzlian results were no different.

Bongo Johnson v Kanzlia

WC101Q Group 10 MD15	Bongo Johnson	4-5 2-4	Kanzlia
	?		?	Attendance: ?

Kanzlia v Masraya

WC101Q Group 10 MD16	Kanzlia	1-0 2-0	Masraya
	?		?	Attendance: ?

The Holy Empire v Kanzlia

WC101Q Group 10 MD17	The Holy Empire	5-4 5-4	Kanzlia
	?		?	Attendance: ?

In addition to this, the scheduled Kanzlia-Tikariot game was also scorinated in the rescinded window. The game was void of course.

Kanzlia v Tikariot

WC101Q Group 10 MD18	Kanzlia	4-2	Tikariot
	?		?	Attendance: ?