Kelssek national football team

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 Kelssek
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AssociationFootball Kelssek
Head coachBanija Obey Chidiebere
CaptainKaiden Pépin
KPB ranking
Current4
Highest3 (pre-WC98)
First international
Kelssek Kelssek 0-0 Starblaydia Starblaydia
(1-1 aet, 5-4 pens)
(Kaze Progressa, Kaza 2008 first round)
World Cup
Appearances28 (first in WC 41)
Best resultRunner-up (WC96)
Cup of Harmony
Appearances4 (first in CoH 43)
Best resultWinners (CoH43)


The Kelssek national football team represents Kelssek in international football competitions. The national football association, Football Kelssek, is responsible for the administration of the national team.

The team has participated in the World Cup since World Cup 33. It first qualified for the finals at World Cup 41, where the team were eliminated in the group stage. The team has also participated in the Coupe de la Francophonie; in a match at the Haven-Port-Nouveau Stadium widely viewed as a defining point in Kelssek football, Kelssek drew 2-2 against an Ariddian team playing at home who at the time were defending World Cup champions.

Kelssek recorded its first World Cup finals win at World Cup 44 in a 3-1 group stage win against Jaseuyeon. Its biggest defeat was a 5-0 group stage loss to Septentrionia in World Cup 45. Kelssek advanced to the knockout stage for the first time on home ground at World Cup 46, when they were defeated in the second round by Dancougar. Kelssek's best performance was reaching the World Cup 96 final, which they lost 2-1 against Brookstation. Before this breakthrough Kelssek had lost four times in the quarterfinals and never advanced beyond that stage.

Kelssek's current and highest world ranking is fourth. In its historical era it peaked at 10th in the WC50 cycle. The team's biggest achievement, and only major international title, came when they won the 43rd Cup of Harmony while winning every match in the tournament, after being the highest-ranked team to fail to qualify for the finals of World Cup 51.

Stadiums

Around one-third of home matches are played at Exhibition Place in Kirkenes, with other matches rotated around the country. Currently, Football Kelssek's policy is to select two venues outside Kirkenes each cycle that will also host World Cup qualifying matches and friendlies.

Tournament records

World Cup

Qualification Main tournament Manager(s) Rank
(pre-WCQ)
Cycle Pld W D L GF GA Comp Result Pld W D L GF GA
33 BoF 20 R16 6 5 1 0 20 3
10 8 5 5 29 48 did not qualify Mathieu de Jenken UR
37 14 2 4 8 8 28 did not qualify Gregory Babcock UR
38 14 2 5 7 14 35 did not qualify Gregory Babcock
39 14 6 1 7 20 19 did not qualify Jeffrey Pruitt† 58
40 10 3 0 7 13 20 did not qualify Nicolas Manchet† 48
41 10 4 4 2 15 10 WC 41 Group 3 0 2 1 1 3 Mark Tupper 48
42 12 7 4 1 22 10 WC 42 4th in group 3 0 0 3 3 8 Mark Tupper 36
43 14 6 4 4 25 19 did not qualify Mark Tupper 33
44 14 6 3 5 20 19 WC 44 3rd in group 3 1 0 2 3 5 Mark Tupper 35
45 14 9 3 2 26 18 WC 45 4th in group 3 0 0 3 1 12 Mark Tupper 30
46 qualified as hosts WC 46 R16 4 2 1 1 4 3 Mark Tupper 30
47 14 9 2 2 39 17 WC 47 R16 4 2 0 2 6 2 Mark Tupper 15
48 14 9 3 2 27 13 WC 48 R16 4 2 0 2 4 5 Mark Tupper 14
49 16 10 4 2 36 14 WC 49 QF 5 2 1 2 8 9 Mark Tupper 13
50 18 12 3 3 37 18 WC 50 QF 5 2 1 2 8 9 G. Mark Tupper 10
51 18 10 5 3 47 31 CoH 43 Champions 8 8 0 0 26 6 G. Mark Tupper 11
52 22 16 3 3 59 17 WC 52 4th in group 3 0 1 2 3 8 G. Mark Tupper 18
53 18 3 2 3 35 14 WC 53 R16 4 3 0 1 8 2 G. Mark Tupper 21
54 14 10 2 2 26 9 WC 54 R16 4 1 1 2 4 5 G. Mark Tupper 11
55 20 16 3 1 46 15 WC 55 R16 4 1 1 2 2 6 G. Mark Tupper 14
57 16 4 6 6 21 18 did not qualify G. Mark Tupper
81 18 8 3 7 34 34 CoH 73 QF 5 3 0 2 8 6 Kirk McDonagh UR
82 18 7 6 5 43 40 did not qualify Kirk McDonagh 86
83 15 9 3 3 31 24 WC 83 4th in group 3 0 0 3 3 10 Kirk McDonagh 65
84 20 13 1 6 55 38 CoH 76 QF 7 4 1 2 25 22 Andrea Crowe 47
85 24 19 3 2 63 24 WC 85 R16 4 1 1 2 5 6 Andrea Crowe 35
86 18 13 2 3 45 22 WC 86 3rd in group 3 1 0 2 6 7 Andrea Crowe 22
87 18 14 1 3 44 24 WC 87 QF 5 3 0 2 13 12 Andrea Crowe 21
88 18 13 2 3 44 18 WC 88 3rd in group 3 1 1 1 3 3 Andrea Crowe 10
89 18 12 3 3 38 23 WC 89 4th in group 3 0 2 1 3 4 Andrea Crowe 14
90 14 7 5 2 35 20 WC 90 3rd in group 3 0 2 1 4 5 Andrea Crowe 15
91 20 11 3 6 42 33 CoH 83 R32 7 3 0 4 9 9 Jorge Guardia 27
92 20 14 4 2 47 19 WC 92 3rd in group 3 0 3 0 3 3 Jorge Guardia 37
93 22 14 5 3 47 22 WC 93 QF 5 4 0 1 14 9 François St-Louis 31
94 qualified as hosts WC 94 R16 4 2 0 2 10 7 François St-Louis 8
95 16 14 2 0 31 13 WC 95 R16 4 2 2 0 5 3 Calen Reamsey 7
96 12 7 3 2 28 15 WC 96 2nd place, silver medalist(s) F 5 1 1 0 9 3 Calen Reamsey 7
97 16 9 6 1 40 21 WC 97 R16 5 4 0 1 16 12 Calen Reamsey 4
98 14 10 3 1 35 16 WC 98 R16 5 2 1 2 8 8 Obey Chidiebere 3
99 18 13 4 1 43 21 WC99 R16 5 2 1 2 9 9 Obey Chidiebere 7
† Interim manager

Olympic Games

Kelssek first competed in the 2nd Summer Olympics, but did not compete in the Olympic tournament from the 5th to 7th Olympics. A senior women's team competes in the Olympics, while under-23 age group teams with a maximum of three over-age players are sent to the men's competition.

  Women's Men's
Games Result Pld W D L GF GA Result Pld W D L GF GA
II Group stage 5 0 0 5 2 14 Group stage 5 1 0 4 4 9
III Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 5 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 10
IV Group stage 3 0 1 2 5 7 R16 3 2 0 1 6 5
VIII Group stage 3 0 2 1 3 4 did not enter
IX R16 5 3 1 1 7 3 did not enter
X Group stage 3 1 1 1 1 3 did not enter
XI QF 4 1 1 2 5 5 did not qualify
XII QF 4 0 1 3 5 9 Group stage 4 1 1 2 5 10
XIII R16 7 4 2 2 10 7 R32 6 3 1 2 17 16
XIV R16 6 4 1 1 9 2 Group stage 5 1 0 2 2 6
  Hosted

Other competitions

Competition Result Pld W D L GF GA WC cycle
Coupe de la Francophonie 6th of 8 9 3 3 3 12 18
3rd Valhala Invitational 5th of 8 7 2 1 4 9 11
Independents Cup 8 QF 7 4 1 2 12 9 pre-84
Independents Cup 9 QF 5 3 1 1 13 8 pre-85

Players

Current squad

Squad for World Cup 99
Pos. Player Age Caps Goals Club
GK Jenas Maraipu 33 50 0 Kelssek Kirkenes FC
GK Megan Woodwell 30 27 0 Kelssek Burnaby SC
GK Maxime Carrieri 28 11 0 Kelssek CF Outineau
DF Ella Bastien 29 17 2 Pasarga Baskita
DF Sandrine Lalande 26 23 2 Kelssek CF Outineau
DF Alain-Elric Sauvé 28 32 0 Kelssek CF Outineau
DF Iain Vergland 29 22 0 Squornshelan Remnant States Sivolvia Capitalizt
DF Jérôme Nyhof 23 15 1 Chromatika Eyrods
DF Volodymyr Casiraghi 22 9 1 Kelssek Langlois Océanic
DF Eilwen Loew 30 33 0 Darmen Guard FC
DF Lourence Hupe 25 10 0 Kelssek CF Outineau
DF James Jouppi 24 19 2 Kelssek Shearwater FC
MF Logane Nordet 27 14 0 Kelssek CF Outineau
MF Terence de Landa 31 69 6 Kelssek CS Saint-Rémy
MF Sammy Mao 24 30 7 Kelssek Shearwater FC
MF Titan Pogbacar 24 57 10 Kelssek Burnaby SC
MF Kaiden Pépin 32 69 4 Kelssek Kirkenes FC
MF Agapeto Licea 25 37 1 Kelssek Burnaby SC
MF Sofie Mylonakis 26 9 3 Kelssek Hamiltonian Cambria
MF Alberto Rendon 29 14 2 Chromatika Anomalies
MF Chike Obident 27 57 12 Kelssek CF Outineau
MF Ella Moore 31 22 7 Valanora Raynor City United
FW Rolando Cutter 21 32 9 Siovanija and Teusland Olympia Borograd
FW Rémy Niemi 22 24 13 Kelssek CF Outineau
FW Ariana Coulter 26 5 2 Kelssek Latrobe Athletic
FW Lionel an Deòir 28 76 37 Siovanija and Teusland Metropola Borograd

Individual records

Modern era only
Most appearances
Player Caps Goals Position Cycles
Gabriel Lapierre 193 34 MF 81–93
Colm Ó Tuathail 188 32 MF 82–94
Shaheen Taleb 156 51 FW 81–93
Loïc Maçon-Petrault 149 61 FW
Thamior Liadon 142 18 DF
Damien Halliger 140 4 DF

Captains

  • Colm Ó Tuathail
  • Ingrid Lambert
  • Kaiden Pepin

Honours

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