Shearwater FC
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| Full name | Shearwater Football Club | ||
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| Ground | Kingswharf, Breton | ||
| Capacity | 40,500 | ||
| Manager |  Ernias Huniani | ||
| League | Kelssek Championship | ||
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Shearwater FC is a professional football club playing in the first division of the Kelssek Football League. It takes its name from the Shearwater district of Breton, where it was founded as a sports club for members of the Kelssek Navy. While no longer officially linked to the armed forces, the club's badge references this heritage in its resemblance to a ship's badge. The club's stadium is now located across Breton Harbour from the Shearwater naval base adjacent to Breton's central business district in a redeveloped docklands area.
Shearwater's triumph in the Champions League 11 final made it the first Kelssek club to win a major international trophy. This followed its first Kelssek Championship title win in thirty years coming in the first season under manager Olaf Jurtanen. The managerial change that heralded Jurtanen's arrival was widely seen as a risky move in replacing Ryan Potter, who had brought the club consistently into the top four but had failed to win the title or make progress in the Patriotes Cup in his six years at the club. Olaf Jurtanen was manager for ten years in all, before being replaced by assistant manager Jacqueline Lapierre. Neither she nor the retired club legend Tzevaada Muir could push the club back into the Kelssek Championship's elite from the manager's chair in the following four years.
Notable players developed at Shearwater include Kelssek internationals Shaheen Taleb and Damien Halliger, as well as Farfadillis international Kurispin Moloses.
Honours
- Kelssek Championship
- Champions (4): 36, 40, 70, 71
- Runners-up: 69, 73
- IFCF Champions League
- Winners (1): 11
- Patriotes Cup
- Winners (1): 21
- Runners-up: 27
- Kelssek National South (level 2)
- Winners: 56
- Doubles
- League and IFCF Champions League: 180-81 (KFL71/CL11)
Results
- Key
- nQR–nth qualifying round; nR–nth round; PO–Playoff round; R16–Round of 16; R32–Round of 32; QF–Quarterfinals; SF–Semifinals; F–Finalist; W–Winner
- CL Champions League; ChC Challengers Cup; CWC Cup Winners' Cup
| Season | League | Cup | IFCF/UICA | Other | ||||||||
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| Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Rank | ||||
| 61 | Cship | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 63 | 58 | 52 | 12th | 3R | ||
| 62 | Cship | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 56 | 69 | 42 | 14th | SF | ||
| 63 | Cship | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 54 | 59 | 45 | 12th | 3R | ||
| 64 | Cship | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 43 | 51 | 11th | 4R | ||
| 65 | Cship | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 73 | 57 | 66 | 3rd | 4R | ||
| 66 | Cship | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 59 | 50 | 66 | 4th | SF | ChC R32 | |
| 67 | Cship | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 9th | QF | ChC R32 | |
| 68 | Cship | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 68 | 46 | 70 | 3rd | 4R | ||
| 69 | Cship | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 64 | 35 | 74 | 2nd | 4R | ChC R16 | |
| 70 | Cship | 38 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 82 | 34 | 82 | 1st | 4R | ChC R32 | |
| 71 | Cship | 38 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 85 | 37 | 89 | 1st | 4R | CL W | |
| 72 | Cship | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 41 | 60 | 9th | W | CL R16 | |
| 73 | Cship | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 70 | 42 | 83 | 2nd | 3R | CWC 1R | |
| 74 | Cship | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 42 | 70 | 4th | 4R | ChC R32 | |
| 75 | Cship | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 70 | 51 | 61 | 9th | 3R | ChC 3QR | |
| 76 | Cship | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 62 | 44 | 67 | 5th | SF | ||
| 77 | Cship | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 54 | 43 | 61 | 6th | 3R | ChC 4QR | |
| 78 | Cship | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 63 | 55 | 57 | 8th | F | ChC GS | |
| 79 | Cship | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 68 | 38 | 75 | 4th | 4R | ||
| 80 | Cship | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 76 | 53 | 62 | 7th | 3R | ChC GS | |
| 81 | Cship | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 59 | 54 | 56 | 10th | 4R | ChC 4QR | |
| 82 | Cship | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 62 | 58 | 53 | 10th | 4R | ||
Players
Current squad
- As of KFL season 83 (FY202-03)
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under World Cup Committee eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WCC nationality.
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Notable former players
Coretta Corcrain - Right midfielder who captained the club for two years in the mid-60s.
Tomasz Janaczek - Retired at age 40 after backstopping the club to the KFL70 title and winning the Champions League. Was also Delaclava's number two goalkeeper during his career.- Shaheen Taleb - Cool-headed attacker who was key player for Kelssek. Moved on to Aries Chariots in Nephara.
- Damien Halliger - Stalwart centre-back for the national team, transferred to Eura's Holdenburg City.
Tara Kreidel - Arguably the club's greatest player, the defensive backbone of the team that won two league titles, the Patriotes Cup, and the Champions League.- Brion Steinno - The other player that comes up in the argument about club's greatest, the striker and captain of that same team.
- Manda Iara
Tzevaada Muir- Cathal Gallagher
Larissa Campanella - Was the team's captain and key striker for 9 years
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Managerial history
- Ryan Potter (62-69)
Olaf Jurtanen (70-79)- Jacqueline Lapierre (79-80)
- Tzevaada Muir (81-82)
- Ernias Huniani (83-present)