Indusse national football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Flocking Blues | ||
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| Association | Indussean Football Association | ||
| Confederation | IAC-OC | ||
| Head coach |  Pierre Camanin | ||
| Captain | Mersiás | ||
| Most caps | Baskar H Kumar | ||
| Top scorer | Baskar H Kumar | ||
| Code | INS | ||
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| KPB ranking | |||
| Current | 56th | ||
| Highest | 26th (Post-96) | ||
| Lowest | 253rd (Post-79) | ||
| First international | |||
 Indusse 2–2 West Violence( Baptism of Fire 66) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Indusse 6–1 Sekela (World Cup 98 qualification) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Indusse 0–6  Gnejs(World Cup 94 qualification) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in WC 96) | ||
| Best result | Round of Sixteen (WC 96) | ||
| Independent Associations Championship | |||
| Appearances | 15 (first in 7) | ||
| Best result | Champions ( IAC 13) | ||
| Cup of Harmony | |||
| Appearances | 9 (first in CoH 78) | ||
| Best result | Third Place Playoff ( CoH 89) | ||
| Baptism of Fire | |||
| Appearance | BoF 56 | ||
| Result | Round of 32 | ||
The Indussean national football team is the representative football team of Indusse in international association football. It is currently controlled by the Indussean Football Association (IFA), the governing body for football in the nation of Indusse.
Indusse has been an active participant in multiple football tournaments for decades starting their journey during the World Cup 79 Cycle. The national team has participated in multiple regional and international tournaments including the World Cup, Cup of Harmony, Independent Associations Championship etc. The Team was able to showcase its strength and rise as a major team in the IAC tournaments where they were crowned champions in the 13th Edition of the tournament. Indusse has also been able to reach the round of sixteen of World Cup 96, which has been their most celebrated perfomances yet.
History
The Era of Genesis (WC 79 to IAC 24)
The Indussean National Football Team was established in 1921 according to the Indussean calendar. The team was established by the emperor of Indusse Adityavarma Kulashekara III. The emperor established Royal Soccer Administrative Board, which later was renamed into Indussean Football Association or IFA. Adityavarma Kulashekara III who was a soccer player himself played and managed the first-ever Indussean national team. After his death, the royal control over the federation was removed and the federation was named into the Indussean Football Association. General Chitrakar Das became the first captain after the king and he was removed after the season due to certain internal issues. David E Beckham became the next captain and continued till Baskar H Kumar was made the captain. While Adityavarma Kulashekara III made himself the first captain and manager, the federation later decided not to recognise him other than being the Founder of the federation. After this resolution was adopted, it was decided that De Consrantin Wan would be recognised as the first manager of the national team. The Team although they started contesting from World Cup 79, was never able to qualify for the World Cup proper. De Consrantin Wan continued to be the team manager until the end of World Cup 84.
Joseph Moteudi succeeded Wan as the new manager of the national team. Moteudi had to take up this responsibility after the federation was in search of a young manager with a lot of plans. Moteudi played a major role in reforming the national camp by presenting the "Moteudi Plan" which emphasized on developing the national football infrastructure, setting up provincial camps, nation wide selection for youth talent and more. When Moteudi was leaving Indusse during the end of World Cup 88, the team and the national federation had been changed from what it was in the beginning. Moteudi also saw the peak form of Baskar H Kumar, who is considered to be a legend of Indussean Football. Moteudi is also vital for the development of players like Bechun Butea and Mersiás.
Moteudi was succeeded by Baker Park manager Shane Newman during the commencement of Cup of Harmony 80. Shane Newman is considered to be the greatest manager the team has ever got. Newman took over what Moteudi had left behind and carved the team to be one of the strongest it ever was. After the 80th edition of CoH, Newman and his team took part in the Independent Associations Championship 13 at Poafmersia. This tournament saw Newman showcasing their best, winning the 13th edition of IAC. After that IAC has been one of the tournaments where Indusse has been able to show their best performances. Indusse then reached the third place playoffs in IAC 14, IAC 15, IAC 24 and the finals in IAC 18. Under Newman, Indusse was able to reach their all time best performance in the World Cup in its 96th Edition, where they reached the round of sixteen but lost against Brookstation who eventually won the championship that edition. Newman also got Indusse into the third place playoff of Cup of Harmony 89 but lost against Audioslavia.
Newman eventually grew into a very famed individual in the nation and when he decided to retire after the World Cup 99 cycle, the governmrnt of Indusse and IAF jointly announced that they are offering him dual citizenship and was selected to be the successor of Baskar H Kumar as the new chairman of IFA from World Cup 100 cycle. Newman was also given a deserving farewell by the association with a bunch of retiring players during the final match of The Unity Series's inaugural edition.
The Centennial Era (WC 100 to Present)
Team Culture
Kits and Crest
Indusse has always worn kits that were themed on the colours, Blue and Orange. Indusse had signed its first contract for uniforms with Filindostan based No Nonsense Sportswear (NNS) during its first world cup campaign. The Indussean Football Association (IFA) was later sued by NNS for breaching their contracting and trying to purchase new kits before the contract period ended. As part of this, NNS stripped off their logo from the Indussean Kits. IFA decided to keep the kits until the end of World Cup 82. IFA later approached Starblaydi kit makers, Ediraf for their new kits. The Kits provided by Ediraf introduced the red coloured away jersey which was nicknamed as the "Red Devil". This was the only time, Indusse wore a jersey without the blue and orange colour palette. Ediraf is also credited to be the jersey worn by the Indussean legend, Baskar H Kumar in the majority of his career.
When Shane Newman was appointed as the new head coach of the national team during the beginning of World Cup 89 cycle, Indusse dropped their Ediraf kits and signed contract with Kirola, an Audioslavia based sportswear brand. The Kirola kits were worn by both veteran players like Baskar H Kumar, Bechun Butea, Steve Longhorn, Alexis Budjetson as well as the younger generation players like Goblin Grundjee, Rahul B Kumar and Mersiás. The team had transitioned to a more systematic and stronger team during the transfer from Ediraf to Kirola kits. Kirola continued to provide uniforms to Indusse until the end of World Cup 96 when IFA signed a contract with Dantopian Kitmakers, Nerio.
| Kits | Kitmaker | Based on | Cycle |
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No Nonsense Sportswear | Filindostan | WC 79 to WC 82 |
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Ediraf | Starblaydia | WC 83 to WC 88 |
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Kirola | Audioslavia | WC 89 to WC 96 |
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Nerio | Dantopia | WC 97 to Present |
Competitive Record
WC statistics updated to the end of World Cup 99 Cycle
Overall
| Total record - all matches | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| World Cup Finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| World Cup Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| World Cup Qualifying | 358 | 141 | 83 | 134 | 645 | 634 |
| Cup of Harmony | 45 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 68 | 100 |
| Baptism of Fire | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Independent Associations Championship | 94 | 50 | 15 | 29 | 197 | 136 |
| Total | 506 | 205 | 111 | 190 | 925 | 884 |
World Cup
| World Cup Finals record | World Cup Qualification record | Manager | |||||||||||||||
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| Edition | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||||
| World Cup 1 to World Cup 78 | Did not enter | Did not enter | No Manager | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup 79 | Did not qualify | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 26 | De Consrantin Wan | |||||||||
| World Cup 80 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 39 | |||||||||||
| World Cup 81 | Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 34 | ||||
| World Cup 82 | Did not qualify | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | ||||||||||
| World Cup 83 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| World Cup 84 | Did not qualify | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 42 | ||||||||||
| World Cup 85 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 51 | Joseph Moteudi | ||||||||||
| World Cup 86 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 32 | |||||||||||
| World Cup 87 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 28 | |||||||||||
| World Cup 88 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 31 | |||||||||||
| World Cup 89 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 35 | Shane Newman | ||||||||||
| World Cup 90 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 40 | |||||||||||
| World Cup 91 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 33 | |||||||||||
| World Cup 92 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 30 | |||||||||||
| World Cup 93 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 23 | |||||||||||
| World Cup 94 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 35 | |||||||||||
| World Cup 95 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 24 | |||||||||||
| World Cup 96 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 18 | ||||
| World Cup 97 | Did not qualify | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 29 | ||||||||||
| World Cup 98 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 16 | |||||||||||
| World Cup 99 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Total | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 358 | 141 | 83 | 134 | 645 | 634 | 3 | |||
Cup of Harmony
| Cup of Harmony Finals record | CoH Qualification record | Manager | |||||||||||||||
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| Edition | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||||
| Cup of Harmony 1 to Cup of Harmony 77 | Did not qualify | Did not get Invited | No Manager | ||||||||||||||
| Cup of Harmony 78 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | Joseph Moteudi | ||||||||||
| Cup of Harmony 79 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Cup of Harmony 80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Cup of Harmony 81 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Cup of Harmony 82 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | Shane Newman | ||||||||||
| Cup of Harmony 83 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Cup of Harmony 84 to Cup of Harmony 88 | Did not get Invited | ||||||||||||||||
| Cup of Harmony 89 | Third Place Playoff | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Cup of Harmony 90 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Cup of Harmony 91 | Eliminators | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | ||||
| Total | - | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 62 | 93 | 2 | |||
Independent Associations Championship
| Independent Associations Championship Finals record | IAC Qualification record | Manager | |||||||||||||||
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| Edition | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||||
| IAC 1 to IAC 6 | Did not enter | Did not enter | No Manager | ||||||||||||||
| IAC 7 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | De Consrantin Wan | |||||||||
| IAC 8 to IAC 9 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| IAC 10 | Octofinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | Joseph Moteudi | |||
| IAC 11 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
| IAC 12 | Did not qualify | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||
| IAC 13 | Champions | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Shane Newman | |||
| IAC 14 | Third Place | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | Shane Newman | |||
| IAC 15 | Third Place Playoff | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | Shane Newman | |||
| IAC 16 | Round of Sixteen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| IAC 17 | Quarter Finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | ||||
| IAC 18 | Runners Up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | Shane Newman | |||
| IAC 19 | Round of Sixteen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | Shane Newman | |||
| IAC 20 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| IAC 21 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| IAC 22 | Round of Sixteen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| IAC 23 | Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| IAC 24 | Third Place Playoff | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Total | - | 30 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 84 | 56 | 67 | 34 | 16 | 17 | 129 | 90 | 3 | |||