Sel Appa national football team

Sel Appa

World Cup Nation Hall of Fame (WC98)
Nickname(s)	The Turtles
Association	Football Federation of Sel Appa
Head coach	Walter Daviande
Captain	Johnny Dong
Home stadium	Turtle Stadium
KPB ranking
Current	103rd (6.95) 101.1
Highest	20th
Lowest	228th (1.14) (Post WC98 Quals)
Independent Associations Cup
Current	7th (7.00) 25
Highest	7th
Lowest	Unranked
SRS ranking
Current	107th (18)
First international
Sel Appa 1-3 Casari (World Cup 30 Qualifiers, Matchday 1)
Biggest win
Sel Appa 7-2 Algal States Philodox Weltschmerz 0-5 Sel Appa
Biggest defeat
Kimi-Suomi 11-2 Sel Appa (World Cup 100 Qualifiers, Matchday 6)
Highest scoring match
Kimi-Suomi 11-2 Sel Appa (World Cup 100 Qualifiers, Matchday 6)
World Cup
Entered	19 (First in World Cup 30)
Finals Apps	8 (First in World Cup 33)
Best result	3rd in World Cup 37
Independent Associations Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 23)
Best result	Fourth place (25)

The Sel Appa national football team represents Sel Appa in international football competitions such as the World Cup and the Independent Associations Championship. It is controlled by the Football Federation of Sel Appa (FFSA), the governing body for football in the nation. Formerly a Cup contender in the 30s, Sel Appa has struggled to find its footing since returning in World Cup 98. The team also began to compete in the Independent Associations Championship, starting with 23. There, the team did poorly until a strong run in the 25th edition, when they made it to the semifinals and took 4th place, from an overall rank of 29th and jumped to 7th after.

History

Sel Appa began their quest for international footballing dominance in World Cup 30 - without participating in a Baptism of Fire - and qualified for their first World Cup at World Cup 33. Since then, they have qualified for every World Cup, twice entering the Round of 16.

First Era

World Cups 30 to 32

Sel Appa's first three Cup runs were met with little success. The team lost more matches than it won. However, they were able to forge a record that put them on the rankings and slowly improved to enable a qualification. A very controversial match against Qutar led to Sel Appa's inability to qualify for World Cup 32, despite being very close. The opportunity came in the next Cup, when the Turtles qualified for the first time.

World Cup 33 to 36

Sel Appa first qualified for World Cup 33, placing second in the Group Stage group and losing to Demot in the Round of 16. Although the team qualified for Cups 34 and 35, it did not pass through the group stage again until World Cup 36. This Cup saw Sel Appa through second in their group, but lost again in the Round of 16 to Schiavonia.

World Cup 37

World Cup 37 marked a large change for the team with the retirement of FFSA President Henri LePoivre and 18 of the 20 players. Only Colin Patette, Miqeulinho, and Arthur Mercator V stayed on with Coach Charles DuPont to maintain a constant for the incoming players. The election of Sharon Eiboln as FFSA President opened the team up to female players; five signed on. The new team went all the way to the Semifinals and then defeated by Az-cz, but they were able to win over Zwangzug and take 3rd place, earning much prestige and honor in international football.

Second Era

Sel Appa returned to the World Cup for the 98th Edition. The team was inducted into the World Cup Nation Hall of Fame for World Cup 98. Marek Löwy was fired after the team failed to make World Cup 99.

Gérard Duceppe took over as acting coach for World Cup 100 qualifiers, when the Turtles failed again to make it. Riots ensued across the nation culminating in the assassination of Duceppe at a press conference.

Team image

Media

• The Turtle Times (newspaper)
• Sel Appa SportsNet (television)
• Radio Sel Appa (radio)
• "Mad Mike and Joe in the Morning!" (radio program)

Fanbase

Sel Appa fans are world famous for their extremely passionate support of the team. A sea of blue, yellow, and white is ever-present at stadiums. Many fans also wear turtle hats or dress up as turtles. Over the years, supporters have been known to protest and riot after matches that went against the team, as well as for. A handful have also been arrested domestically and abroad for attempted acts of terrorism, however as of yet, none have succeeded.

Home Stadium

Sel Appa's National Stadium is Turtle Stadium, also known as Grand Nemnenait Stadium. Turtle Stadium is the home of the Nemnen Turtles and is the largest stadium in Sel Appa. It's capacity is 128,000 for football matches and can be expanded for concerts or other events.

Coaches

Tournament	Coach
World Cup 30	Charles DuPont
World Cup 31
World Cup 32
World Cup 33
World Cup 34
World Cup 35
World Cup 36
World Cup 37
World Cup 38
World Cup 39
CoH 31	Estevez
World Cup 40
World Cup 41
World Cup 42
World Cup 50	Robert Paquette
World Cup 52
World Cup 98	Marek Löwy
IAC 23
World Cup 99
IAC 24	Gérard Duceppe (acting)
World Cup 100
IAC 25	Walter Daviande
World Cup 101

Players

Current squad

As of Independent Associations Championship 25

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Bobby Boyd				Reddingham Raiders
27	1GK	Sam Sabesić				Royal Fizroe
28	1GK	Kalmen Goldberg				Fleuves FC
4	2DF	Tobias Hart
29	2DF	Alex Cécile				Fleuves FC
30	2DF	Winston George				Reddingham Raiders
31	2DF	François Jean				Fleuves FC
32	2DF	Karlo Metassis				Nemnen Turtles
33	2DF	Chris Nelson				Royal Fizroe
34	2DF	Raven Sampson
24	3MF	Brian Roberts				Nemnen Turtles
35	3MF	Armen Alan				Anvorbuod Rebels
36	3MF	Arthur Cahse				Reddingham Raiders
37	3MF	Jae-Min Kim				Anila City FC
38	3MF	Vinny Perrault				Les Serpents
39	3MF	Ashin Pons				Nemnen Turtles
40	3MF	Kazun Tayit				Natives FC
26	4FW	Johnny Dong (Captain)				Anila City FC
41	4FW	Adam Bittler				Anvorbuod Rebels
42	4FW	Billy Orange				Royal Fizroe
43	4FW	Olivier Roche				Les Serpents
44	4FW	Antonio Rodriguez				Nemnen Turtles
45	4FW	Joe Visser				St Elmos Fire

Former players

Eighty-two footballers have retired from playing in at least one World Cup cycle for Sel Appa between World Cups 30 and 52. Twelve played in only one cycle. Fourteen played in seven cycles, and one (Colin Patette) in ten. Patette is honored as the "Dean" of the team, and is expected to hold this title for a long time. Estevez was also accorded dean status, including his three cycles as coach.

  Captain    Acting Captain    Coach    Female player

First era

Cup →				30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	50	52
Player	No.	Pos.	Apps.
Vasily Kashchenko	1	GK	7	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Dominique Pidon	2	GK	7	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Qa Qrif	3	DF	1	30
Richard Smythe	4	DF	2	30	31
Wilhelm Van der Spart	5	DF	2	30	31
Bernard Apple	6	DF	7	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Jimmy Peech	7	DF	7	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Fo Chang	8	DF	7	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Pho Nguyen	9	MF	4	30	31	32	33
Jacques LaTortue	10	MF	7	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Colin Patette	11	MF	10	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39
Chaim Steinberg	12	MF	7	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Michael Gold	13	MF	7	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Théo Matou	14	MF	2	30	31
Larry Emerson	15	MF	2	30	31
Alan Dubrov	16	FW	7	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
George Bedding	17	FW	7	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Fuji Kawagaji	18	FW	7	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Lee Rehsom	19	FW	3	30	31	32
Estevez	20	FW	10 (7)	30	31	32	33	34	35	36				40	41	42
Alex Nart	21	FW	7	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Phil Lo	4	DF	5			32	33	34	35	36
Kash Vasou	5	DF	5			32	33	34	35	36
Zik Bam	14	MF	5			32	33	34	35	36
Arthur Mercator IV	15	MF	5			32	33	34	35	36
Miquelinho	22	FW	7				33	34	35	36	37	38	39
Arthur Mercator V	23	MF	6					34	35	36	37	38	39
Mongke Bokegalbaatar	24	GK	6								37	38	39	40	41	42
Anastasia Vadov	25	GK	6								37	38	39	40	41	42
Karli Rengel	26	DF	4								37	38	39	40
Mohammed al-Jafari	27	DF	3								37	38	39
Nikole Barr	28	DF	3								37	38	39
David Davidson Jr.	29	DF	3								37	38	39
Bum Dae Kim	30	DF	3								37	38	39
Natalie Dubrov	31	MF	6								37	38	39	40	41	42
Dzheighcymn Ghotiolo	32	MF	6								37	38	39	40	41	42
Miroc Szwtrz	33	MF	3								37	38	39
Mish Vasou	34	MF	6								37	38	39	40	41	42
Karl Gepardo	35	FW	6								37	38	39	40	41	42
Michael Ebe	36	FW	3								37	38	39
Samantha Sitran	37	FW	3								37	38	39
Klarence Morreau	38	FW	4								37	38	39	40
Angus Kahn	39	DF	3											40	41	42
Sid Plank	40	DF	1											40
Ashley Seal	41	DF	3											40	41	42
Nara Burton	42	DF	3											40	41	42
Nathan Kolts	43	MF	3											40	41	42
Hannah Bari	44	MF	3											40	41	42
Bill Schmidt	45	MF	3											40	41	42
Lenny Nkuma	46	FW	3											40	41	42
Flavio Tartaruga	47	FW	3											40	41	42
Karisi Kopel	48	FW	3											40	41	42
Elmo	49	DF	2												41	42
Simba	50	DF	2												41	42
Darius	51	FW	2												41	42
Hiro Mitsubishi	1	GK	2														50	52
Félix Ormont	2	DF	2														50	52
Chaim L'Chaim	3	DF	2														50	52
Roger Rodriguez	4	DF	2														50	52
Erin Eavonkrad	5	DF	1														50
Ali Zaliwa	6	MF	2														50	52
Larry LeMand	7	MF	2														50
Lee Haybloom	8	MF	1														50
Habari Gani	9	FW	2														50	52
Dmitrius	10	FW	1														50
Hujambo Sijambo	11	FW	2														50	52
Dénis Ici-lá	12	GK	2														50	52
Donny Gui	13	GK	2														50	52
Sal Kitomon	14	MF	2														50	52
Tsagaan Ulaan	15	DF	2														50	52
Benjamin Silver	16	DF	2														50	52
Anastasia Krasnayeva	17	MF	2														50	52
David Davidson	18	MF	2														50
Kevin Splos	18	MF	1															52
Marina Kasanova	19	FW	2														50	52
Viktoria Alamasi	20	FW	2														50	52
Robert Laphoque	21	FW	2														50	52
Bernardinho	22	FW	2														50	52
Ashley Sieg	23	DF	1															52
Otto Parek	24	MF	1															52
Farouk al-Wasy	25	MF	1															52
John Richards	26	DF	1															52

Second era

Cup →				98	99	100
Player	No.	Pos.	Apps.
Kenny Rounds	2	GK	1	98
Ian Rash	3	GK	3	98	99	100
Danny Lagrotte	4	DF	3	98	99	100
Johnny Montana	5	DF	3	98	99	100
Kal Muosa	6	DF	3	98	99	100
Sam Valencia	8	DF	3	98	99	100
Tyler White	9	DF	3	98	99	100
Tristan Wick	10	DF	3	98
Jesse David	11	MF	3	98	99	100
Finnley Bernard	12	MF	3	98	99	100
Myron Barnes	13	MF	3	98	99	100
Elmo Rivers	14	MF	3	98	99	100
Tino Rouleau	15	MF	1	98
Stéphane du Bois	16	MF	3	98	99	100
Andy Ayak	17	MF	3	98	99	100
Lucien Barthélemy	18	FW	3	98	99	100
Henni de la Rue	19	FW	3	98	99	100
Gary Tyson	20	FW	3	98	99	100
Dmitri Ram	21	FW	3	98	99	100
Kris Welck	22	FW	3	98	99	100
Allan Reddy	23	FW	3	98	99	100
Archie Lamb	25	MF	2		99	100

National Hall of Fame

• Estevez (30-36) forward
• Charles DuPont (30-39) coach
• Colin Patette (30-39) midfielder
• Miquelinho (33-39) forward
• Mongke Bokegalbaatar (37-42) goalkeeper
• Dzheighcymn Ghotiolo (37-42) midfielder

Competitive record

World Cup

Sel Appa first entered the Qualifiers for World Cup 30 and made two more attempts before debuting at the 33rd edition and made it to the Round of 16. The Turtles qualified four more times, culminating in their World Cup 37 bronze. The next cup saw them knocked out in the Quarterfinals and they did not qualify for 39, but returned in World Cup 40 and 41. After not making the 42nd Finals, the team boycotted the next seven cups due to a controversial group stage disqualification in 41, before returning for the 50th and 52nd editions. Their next entry would come 46 cups later, starting a new era in Sel Appan football.

World Cup record										World Cup qualification record							Coach
Edition		Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
World Cup 1 to 29		Did not enter								Did not enter
World Cup 30		Did not qualify								14	4	2	8	16	23		Charles DuPont
World Cup 31										18	5	2	11	25	41		Charles DuPont
World Cup 32										16	7	5	4	36	31		Charles DuPont
World Cup 33		Round of 16	4	1	1	2	5	7		18	11	2	5	53	36		Charles DuPont
World Cup 34		Group stage	3	0	1	2	5	9		12	7	3	2	29	18		Charles DuPont
World Cup 35		Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	6		10	8	1	1	17	6		Charles DuPont
World Cup 36		Round of 16	4	1	1	2	6	8		14	11	2	1	34	14		Charles DuPont
World Cup 37		Third place	7	4	1	2	13	13		14	9	2	3	36	21		Charles DuPont
World Cup 38		Quarterfinals	5	4	0	1	13	10		14	13	1	0	46	9		Charles DuPont
World Cup 39		Did not qualify								14	8	4	2	36	13		Charles DuPont
World Cup 40		Quarterfinals	5	2	2	1	13	10		10	8	2	0	46	17		Estevez
World Cup 41		Group stage	3	2	0	1	5	4		10	8	0	2	24	6		Estevez
World Cup 42		Did not qualify								12	5	2	5	21	16		Estevez
World Cup 43 to 49		Did not enter								Did not enter
World Cup 50		Did not qualify								20	6	5	9	25	31		Robert Paquette
World Cup 51		Did not enter								Did not enter
World Cup 52		Did not qualify								22	10	2	10	31	32		Robert Paquette
World Cup 53 to 97		Did not enter								Did not enter
World Cup 98		Did not qualify								14	2	0	12	15	35		Marek Löwy
World Cup 99										18	2	2	14	14	44		Marek Löwy
World Cup 100										16	4	2	10	17	50		Gérard Duceppe
Total		Third place	34	14	7	13	62	67		266	128	39	99	521	443		Total

Cup of Harmony

Cup of Harmony record										Coach
Edition		Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
[[]] to [[]]		Did not enter
Cup of Harmony 31		Third place	8	7	0	1	23	5		Estevez
[[]] to [[]]		Did not enter
Total		Third place	0	0	0	0	0	0		Total

Independent Associations Championship

Sel Appa first entered the Independent Associations Championship for the 23rd edition after controversially failing to make the Cup of Harmony after World Cup 98. The roster was the same as those qualifiers and the team pulled a 1-1-2 record, showing some improvements over the qualifiers. The Turtles returned for the 24th edition, going 2-0-2 with Gérard Duceppe acting as coach. The 25th tournament marked a major breakthrough for the team with coach Walter Daviande leading them to 4th place. Sel Appa went 2-1-0 in the group stage before crashing into the Semifinals, where they lost to Reçueçn. Unexpectedly finding themselves in the 3rd place match, they managed a 1-1 draw at full time, before conceding a goal (and bronze) to Drawkland in extra time.

Independent Associations Championship record										Coach
Edition		Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Independent Associations Championship 1 to 22		Did not enter
Independent Associations Championship 23		Group stage	4	1	1	2	2	6		Marek Löwy
Independent Associations Championship 24		Group stage	4	2	0	2	6	6		Gérard Duceppe
Independent Associations Championship 25		Fourth place	8	5	1	2	14	10		Walter Daviande
Total		Fourth place	16	8	2	6	22	22		Total

Tournaments won

• Oxen CUP 2 — Sel Appa 1-0 (a.e.t.) Jeru FC

See also

• Football Federation of Sel Appa
• Professional Sports in Sel Appa