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| Nickname(s) | Şvornağa (National selection) Naşa Zemlağaşkiy (Our Countrymen) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Gregahouvian Football Association | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
| Head coach | Fedor Dsarnaev | ||
| Captain | Alexi Neuer | ||
| Most caps | Fontenay DuBois (105) | ||
| Top scorer | Fontenay DuBois (43) | ||
| Home stadium | Twelfth of May Stadium | ||
| Code | GRG | ||
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| First international | |||
 Gregahou 1-3 Bermuda  (Stolitsemlağa, Gregahou; 16 August 1985) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Gregahou 8-2 Curaçao  (Stolitsemlağa, Gregahou; 26 May 2017) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Gregahou 0-7 Mexico  (Stolitsemlağa, Gregahou; 8 July 2000) | |||
The Gregahou national football team (Gregahouvian: Komanda futbol natsionalniy Greğahouğani) represents Gregahou in men's international association football competitions, and is controlled by the Gregahouvian Football Association, or, in Gregahouvian: Assosiğatsiğa Greğahouğaniy Futbolniy. The team's colors are white and light blue, and the storm petrel, the country's national bird, is its symbol. The Gregahouvian national team is colloquially known as Şvornağa (National selection). Gregahou plays its home matches at the Twelfth of May National Stadium in the nation's capital, Stolitsemlağa, and is currently managed by Fedor Dsarnaev. The team was not a major football force in its home confederation of CONCACAF until the turn of the 21st century, when Gregahouvian football became professionalized domestically.
History
Association football has been present on the archipelago semi-professionally as early as 1965, with the founding of the Worker's Football League on offshore Tatneft oilrigs under Soviet rule. Teams from different settlements competed with each other as opponents, but professional football and an internationally-represented team was not created until 1985, five years after the nation gained its independence.
The Gregahouvian Football Association (Gregahouvian: Assosiğatsiğa Greğahouğaniy Futbolniy) was founded on March 17, 1985 under the administration of President Murat Bragin after a quick rise to popularity of what now is the Premyer Liga, Gregahou's top flight of football. The national team was created first under the impression that it might build patriotism and community among the country's still-new and growing population, but Bragin's advisors were quickly surprised at the level of interest that was shown in the national team in its first few years. Within two years of its original founding, the team had secured enough resources to begin training at a specified facility and played abroad only until the completion of the country's national grounds, the Twelfth of May Stadium in the capital city, Stolitsemlağa in 1990.
Early matches did not show much for the newly-formed Gregahouvian side, but the turn of the 21st century saw the team rise in power among its equally-sized Caribbean counterparts with more devotion and resources spent towards the team's expansion. Sheldon Montenegro, a Gregahouvian-American, signaled his final choice to play internationally for Gregahou in 1995 with 22 years of age and began to play full time. Porte Nouvellaise prospect player Fontenay DuBois became eligible to play internationally in 2002 with the transfer of sovereignty of the player's homeland to Gregahou and became the team's lead goalscorer over the course of his continuing 16-year career. After the territory handover in 2002, many of the incoming Gregahouvian players were Nouvellaise, which, at first created dissent among other ethnic groups present, but with following success, fans began to accept the growing demographic in the national team, which remains statistically significant today. Despite the team's continued rise and success since the turn of the century, the team has not attempted to qualify for either the CONCACAF Gold Cup or the FIFA World Cup, and, as such, has not played in either to date. Team success has since continued in the 2010s, and notable victories include an upset of 3-1 versus Canada in 2019 as well as a powerful 7-2 victory over the Curaçao national team in 2017, with gradually better results against powerhouse teams as well.
Team image
Kits and crest
Generally, since the team's inception, Gregahouvian sides have used a light blue kit taken from the color of the Gregahouvian flag for the team's first colors. In the early 1990s and notably in 2012 through 2018, a red and white kit was used. The team crest has not changed since its creation in 1985 but was not featured on the team's uniforms until 2012, when it replaced the national flag on the left chest of the uniform.
     1985-1989
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1989-1992
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 1993-1994
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   1995-2000
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   2001-2005
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 2006-2009
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  2010-2011
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2012-2018
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2019
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Kit suppliers
| Kit supplier | Period |
|---|---|
| Charly |
1985-1995 |
 361° |
1995-2000 |
 New Balance |
2000-2005 |
| Nike |
2005-2010 |
 Adidas |
2010-2020 |
| Nike |
2020–present |
Home stadium
The home stadium of the Gregahouvian national team is the Twelfth of May National Stadium, which is the largest stadium or venue in the country with a capacity of almost 50,000. In 1985 and 1986, no games were played at a home stadium and the team trained on a former military ground, but construction began on the stadium, named after the day of the nation's independence, in 1987, two years after the national team's founding. The stadium was completed in 1990 and originally featured a capacity of approximately 28,000 with over 10,000 spaces as standing room.
Numerous updates to the stadium since its opening have resulted in a capacity of 42,300 with approximately 15,000 of that capacity being standing room in 2005 after a 3 year construction period as well as a 2015 addition of lower grandstands resulting in almost 5,000 additional seats and a present capacity of approximately 49,600. The team's training ground is also present on the site, with underground training facilities given the lack of land on the archipelago and gymnasium and physical therapy facilities for the team's use are also present.
Fixtures and results
Win Draw Loss
2018
| 23 May Friendly | Gregahou | 1 – 3 |  Canada | Halifax, Canada |
| 19:00 AT |
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Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador) |
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64| 12 June Friendly | Gregahou | 2 – 0 | Bermuda | Hamilton, Bermuda |
| 17:00 AT |
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Stadium: Bermuda National Sports Centre Attendance: 5,350 Referee: John Pitti (United States) |
| 22 June Friendly |  Jamaica | 1 – 0 | Gregahou | Stolitsemlağa, Gregahou |
| 18:00 AT |
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Stadium: Twelfth of May National Stadium Attendance: 9,700 Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica) |
| 26 June Friendly |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0 – 4 | Gregahou | Stolitsemlağa, Gregahou |
| 18:00 AT |
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Stadium: Twelfth of May National Stadium Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica) |
| 30 June Friendly |  El Salvador | 2 – 2 | Gregahou | Stolitsemlağa, Gregahou |
| 18:00 AT |
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Stadium: Twelfth of May National Stadium Attendance: 10,150 Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica) |
| 28 July Friendly | Gregahou | 1 – 6 | Mexico | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 15:00 AT |
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Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 14,300 Referee: Héctor Said Martinez (Honduras) |
| 24 August Friendly | Gregahou | 2 – 1 |  Honduras | San Pedro Sula, Honduras |
| 18:00 AT |
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Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico) |
| 2 September Friendly | Gregahou | 1 – 0 |  Panama | Panama City, Panama |
| 20:00 AT |
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Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 13,600 Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica) |
Players
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Yuriy Akhmadov | 23 May 1993 | 15 | 0 | CFC Stolitsemlağa
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| 2 | GK | Artur Kadyrov | 7 January 1998 | 2 | 0 | Shenzhen F.C.
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| 25 | GK | Adam Toussaint | 15 February 1999 | 1 | 0 | AS Porte Nouvelle
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| 3 | DF | Atisan Bougrassa (vice-captain) | 18 July 1984 | 81 | 6 | Stolitsemlağa
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| 12 | DF | Noël Idzedin | 22 October 1997 | 24 | 1 | Les Frères Molina
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| 13 | DF | Bacary Usah | 8 January 1983 | 90 | 4 | SK Beltsk
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| 15 | DF | Natan Hayek | 20 February 2001 | 3 | 0 | FF Farneuil
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| 17 | DF | Yanis Balthazar | 28 September 1998 | 10 | 0 | Les Frères Molina
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| 18 | DF | Costin Cozbaru | 22 June 1999 | 8 | 0 |  Rayo Vallecano
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| 20 | DF | Ariy Tsnarnaev | 17 April 1987 | 58 | 3 | AK Severskiy
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| 21 | DF | Nikita Dazhaev | 2 November 2000 | 3 | 0 | AS Beausejour
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| 23 | DF | Grégoire Kuba | 7 March 1996 | 18 | 0 | AS Porte Nouvelle
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| 5 | MF | Avan Joğa | 5 August 1994 | 48 | 7 | AF Azğa
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| 6 | MF | Alexandre Weisner | 1 March 1990 | 62 | 28 | Verşina Onel
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| 9 | MF | Emmanuel Binz | 16 December 1997 | 24 | 6 | Les Frères Molina
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| 11 | MF | Dieuson Élie | 24 February 1998 | 20 | 3 | KF Almata
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| 14 | MF | Edwin Thompson | 8 July 1992 | 42 | 18 | Les Frères Molina
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| 19 | MF | Abea Belhadj | 27 April 1985 | 97 | 25 | SK Beltsk
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| 22 | MF | Dzogaev Nazareso | 12 August 1987 | 68 | 21 | Olimpyets Suvğansk
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| 4 | FW | Arçil Avto | 8 July 1994 | 28 | 9 | Verşina Onel
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| 7 | FW | Saleh Gomaa | 15 December 1990 | 73 | 27 | KF Almata
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| 8 | FW | Jerôme Mils | 3 May 1997 | 30 | 18 | AS Porte Nouvelle
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| 10 | FW | Alexi Neuer (captain) | 18 June 1993 | 91 | 36 | CFC Stolitsemlağa
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| 16 | FW | Aslan Adarbayev | 9 January 2001 | 6 | 1 |  Grêmio
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| 24 | FW | Raphael Messier | 11 April 1999 | 16 | 7 |  Valenciennes FC
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Coaching staff
As of January 14, 2020:
| Coaching staff | Name |
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| Manager | Fedor Dsarnaev
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| Assistant Manager | Ruslan Başarov
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| Goalkeeping Coach | Damir Yandarbin
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| Striking Coach |  Sheldon Montenegro
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| First-Team Doctor |  Johnathan Green
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| Fitness Coach | Alim Arçakhanov
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| Masseur | Teodor Pitalúa
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| Physiotherapist | Abel Blochart
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