Abanhfleft men's national football team

Abanhfleft

Nickname(s)	Revolutionaries
Association	Samahang Futbol ng Abanhfleft (SFA) Football Association of Abanhfleft
Confederation	IAC (Independent)
Head coach	Ranulph Bustamante
Captain	Kareem Dagen
Most caps	?
Top scorer	?
Home stadium	May 26 Revolution Memorial Stadium
Code	AFT
Home colours Away colours Third colours
KPB ranking
Current	65 (2)
Highest	21 (Pre-World Cup 80 Qualification)
Lowest	95 (Post-World Cup 70)
First international
Pays d'en haut 1–2 Abanhfleft (Setter, The Sarian; Baptism of Fire 57)
Biggest win
Abanhfleft 5–0 Ramosverg (Imgortur, Abanhfleft; World Cup 70 Qualifying) Abanhfleft 7–2 The Icemark (Releinthi, Abanhfleft; World Cup 70 Qualifying) The Icemark 0–5 Abanhfleft (The Icemark; World Cup 70 Qualifying)
Biggest defeat
Turori 5–0 Abanhfleft (Turori; World Cup 71 Qualifying Abanhfleft 3–8 Turori (Riuwiee, Abanhfleft; World Cup 71 Qualifying
World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in WC 73)
Best result	Group stage (73, 75, 77, 79)
Independent Associations Championship
Appearances	12 (first in IAC 1)
Best result	Third place (IAC 1)
Cup of Harmony
Appearances	4 (first in CoH 62)
Best result	Round of 16 (CoH 73, CoH 75)
Baptism of Fire
Appearance	BoF 57
Result	Quarterfinals

The Abanhfleft men's national football team (Fleftic: Pambansang koponang pangkalalakihan ng Abanhfleft) represents Abanhfleft in men's international football. The team is controlled by the Samahang Futbol ng Abanhfleft (English: Football Association of Abanhfleft) and has been a member of NSWC since Baptism of Fire 57 and an IAC member since IAC 1. The team enjoyed moderate success in the 70s cycles, qualifying to the World Cup on four separate occasions. However, the team has never gone beyond the group stage in all four appearances at the World Cup.

History

The first official Abanhfleft national football team was formed in 1932, two years after the establishment of the Samahang Futbol ng Abanhfleft. It was made up entirely of players from Effelenendro Football Club, the champions of the Liga ng Abanhfleft Unang Liga that season. They played a friendly match against a team from the Sultanate of Oontaz to celebrate the visit of Sultan Abdul-Malik of Oontaz to Abanhfleft. Over the next 80 years, due to Abanhfleft's isolationist policies Abanhfleft played exclusively with only three other nations: the Sultanate of Oontaz, Copper Cuprum, and Pridnestrovia.

In 2013, President Makhdoum Be formally ended the country's policy of isolationism, paving the way for Abanhfleft's membership in the NSWC. Delegates from the SFA visited Apox and The Holy Empire during World Cup 69 to observe the proper protocols for NSWC members. According to t was these observations which led to the formation of a mixed gender team in time for their entry into Baptism of Fire 57. Seven out of the 23 players selected for the Baptism of Fire team came from the men's team, including captain Luke Edwards. The team performed well, sweeping their group and advancing to the quarterfinals before getting knocked out by Isula ge Ru. Abanhfleft then took part in the qualifiers for World Cup 70, and while they didn't qualify for the World Cup itself, the team secured a historic 2-0 victory over The Holy Empire.

World Cup 71: Return to separate teams for genders

In preparation for World Cup 71, the SFA made the decision to once again split the national team into separate teams for men and women, a decision that became controversial in some parts of the multiverse. Another controversial decision was the one to send out both teams to qualify for the World Cup on alternating cycles, with the men's team participating in the odd-numbered World Cup cycles.

The men's team took part in the qualifiers for World Cup 71 with high hopes of mounting a good campaign to challenge for a spot in the World Cup. Unfortunately, this would not come to pass, and the team would tally their biggest losses in their history in this qualifying cycle with 5-0 and 8-3 losses, both against Turori away and at home. Despite what many pundits in the country called "a shoddy performance", Abanhfleft received an invite to Cup of Harmony 63, but things only went from bad to worse. Abanhfleft crashed out of the 63rd Cup of Harmony bottom of their group with three losses, the nation's worst record in the competition.

Players

The following 23 players were named to the squad for the World Cup 87 qualifying fixture against Netop.
Caps and goals are correct as of the match against Netop.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Guildenstern Cardew (co-captain)	(aged 26)	?	0	Sporting Ceneisis
13	1GK	Orestes Katsouranis III	(aged 32)	?	0	Riuwiee United
23	1GK	Carlos Cohen	(aged 37)	?	0	Sporting Ceneisis
2	2DF	Melisizwe Afolayan	(aged 34)	?	?	Locomotive Imgortur
3	2DF	Caleb Wayne	(aged 29)	?	?	Wanda Island Wanderers
4	2DF	Apolloscleiyali	(aged 29)	?	?	Rosenpfelblatz City
5	2DF	Paco Matundan	(aged 26)	?	?	Xemlice Rovers
14	2DF	Masakazu Chiba	(aged 23)	?	?	Riuwiee United
15	2DF	Ram Walia	(aged 29)	?	?	Sporting Ceneisis
16	2DF	Kenneth Owobowale	(aged 32)	?	?	Rosenpfelblatz City
17	3MF	Vipin Nagarkar	(aged 29)	?	?	Admiral Porcusces
6	3MF	DeAngelo Levin	(aged 33)	?	?	Ludogorets Markovsky
8	3MF	Andor Gaal	(aged 29)	?	?	Malabon SC
10	3MF	James Carmichael	(aged 26)	?	?	Xemlice Rovers
18	3MF	Max Pierce	(aged 31)	?	?	Rosenpfelblatz North End
19	3MF	Toumain Vincelot	(aged 32)	?	?	Sarvusdalamoive F.C.
20	3MF	Trevor Iñiguez	(aged 29)	?	?	Ludogorets Markovsky
7	3MF	Marcus Tabarez	(aged 26)	?	?	Arsenal de Releinthi
9	4FW	Kareem Dagen (captain)	(aged 31)	?	?	Rosenpfelblatz City
11	4FW	Arthur MacAlistair	(aged 29)	?	?	Wanda Island Wanderers
12	4FW	Mustafa Bensoussan	(aged 24)	?	?	Bananas F.C.
21	4FW	Palmer Hicks	(aged 21)	?	?	Electric Yugal
22	4FW	Elmo Bevan	(aged 28)	?	?	Riuwiee United