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Dzeia national football team

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Dzeia
Nickname(s)Pʻuł̣unx̣ṭeḿ (Blue Archer)
Sʻtaaŋł̣utʻiq (The Nighthawks)
AssociationDzean Football Association (DFA)
ConfederationEKFA
Sub-confederationTFC
Head coachTix̣ł̣utʻ Pʻuł̣un
CaptainXax̣łńux̣ Qihuutli
Most capsŁaaqńoł̣q Ńiitli (177)
Top scorerXeł̣x̣ḿeŋ Çaamun (101)
Home stadiumAstral Sky Stadium
CodeDZE
First colours
Second colours
World ranking
Current4
Highest1 (February 2010 - October 2012; November 2015 - December 2016)
Lowest13 (January 1981 - April 1982)
First international
Dzeia Dzeia 0–3 Etrius
(Ŋołtʻokeq, Dzeia; 17 November 1953)
Biggest win
Dzeia Dzeia 11–0 Khali'tur
(Łʻysxḿoˮniq, Dzeia; 23 June 1997)
Biggest defeat
Etrius 10–1 Dzeia Dzeia
(Kiros, Etrius; 5 August 1981)
World Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1982)
Best resultChampions (2010)
Sunrise Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1980)
Best resultChampions (2000, 2012, 2016, 2020)

The Dzeia national football team, also known by the nickname Pʻuł̣unx̣ṭeḿ (Blue Archer), represents Dzeia in men's international football and is supervised by the Dzeia Football Association (DFA), the governing body for football in Dzeia.

Founded in 1957, until the 1980's it was a small and amateur team. For a long time traditional sports were overwhelmingly dominant and the niche was only found in those foreign expats living in Ŋołtʻokeq. After 1981, when football was fully professionalized, Dzeia has emerged as one of the most successful teams in the East, achieving second place in 1994 and 1998, as well as third place in 2002 and 2006, before becoming world champions in 2010, with 11 world cup appearances so far. They have won the Sunrise Cup a total of three times, the second most in the EKFA, as well as it being three back-to-back victories.

Dzeia's progress in a short period has served as an inspiration and example of how to develop football. Their principal rivals are the nations of Otyken, Etrius and Brennus, with whom the nation routinely contends the semi-finals and finals, as well as a more recent rivalry arising with the nations of Honalulu and Eldamar.

History

Pre-modernization (1950's-1970's)

The first interactions the nation had with the sport occured during the founding of Ŋołtʻokeq in 1951, where those moving to the etrian sector introduced football to the Tsotʻaan, Xanaaq̇ut, who would take a liking to it. By 1953, an amateur team, mostly comprised of etrian migrants and a few dze from the neighbouring tribes, would be formed to play the first international matches, though it would suffer from a lack of matches, as only the nations of Etrius and Brennus had agreements with the Dze this far back, hampering their ability to professionalize.

This continued into the 60's, where the nation played a total of twenty matches throughout the decade, though the entry into REK allowed for the nation to begin playing with a more diverse set of nations, though the team remained almost entirely amateur, with little in the way to pay for the improvement of the standards as the nation entered a period of reclusion under the rule of Ł̣utʻtońat in the mid-60's. This meant that during the next decade, even less matches were played, with the players being exclusively from Ŋołtʻokeq or the neighbouring clans as not even a professional domestic league could be created; regardless, it was this decade that saw the sport start to gain a following with the autochtonous populations, slowly, as the nation re-entered the world stage during it's role as a safe haven for refugees during the Cipher War.

1980's-1990's: Rise

It was in the Tsodzuńńi of 1979 that Ł̣utʻtońat would be persuaded to open the country once more, through a ten year process to prepare the nation for the 15-year period of modernization. One of the things brought forward during the meeting, via a popular petition from Ŋołtʻokeq's citizenry, was the professionalization of dzean football, which was agreed upon. A professional league and team were created in 1980, being admitted into KFA in that same year just in time for the 1980 EKFA Sunrise Cup and the 1982 Qualifications, in which they managed to narrowly beat Averius for 3rd place in their group, avoiding a knock-off match with Honalulu, though they would lose at the group stage with only 1 point. With a similar story in 1986, the nation would qualify first of its group to the World Cup, but fail to qualify to the semi-finals, achieving 7th place overall.

Despite the lackluster results during the decade, it was during this time that the nation gained the experience and play-time required to become an internationally competitive team, with the nation scoring 2nd place in the 1990 Qualifications and reaching 4th place over-all, having lost the third-place match against Otyken. The full results of the work came in 1994 where the nation got to the finals, losing 1-0 to the host nation, Brennus, on aggregate time; four years later, the same miracle would be played, though this time the nation would lose the final 2-0 to Etrius.

Becoming one of the top five nations worldwide by the end of the decade, the national team had made quite the impression due to their tenacity during matches and the un-orthodox strategies used by its coach at the time, Kilo Farrassi, who made use of the dze's physical edge to its fullest extent, as well as the work of his student and successor as coach, René Leclère, having reached the finals with both coaches.

2000's

Entering the century as one of the best teams worldwide, becoming champions of the 2000 EKFA Sunrise Cup, winning the tournament for the first time in a magnificent 5-1 victory over Otyken, the previous champions. Two years later, the nation would once again reach the semi-finals during the 2002 KFA World Cup, however they would lose 2-1 against Nonadia in a highly controversial match, nevertheless managing to win the third place by beating Etrius on penalties 4-2. A recurring story, they would reach the semi-finals in 2006, but they would be defeated by the would-be champions of Brennus in a 3-0 victory, relegated to winning 2-1 against Sodor for the first place.

2010's

2020's

Team image

Nicknames

Kits

Kit suppliers

Crest

Home stadium

Rivalries

Otyken

Brennus

Etrius

Honalulu

Eldamar

Supporters

Sponsorship

Mascot

Results and fixtures

Main article: Dzeia national football team results and fixtures

2021

2022

Coaching staff

Current Staff

Managerial history

Last Updated on the 3rd of September, 2022, after the match against Etrius.

Manager Period Record
Matches Won Draw Lost Win %
ETR Vallen Nomanov 1981-1984 11 4 3 4 36.36%
BRN Simon Beaumont 1984-1987 12 8 4 1 66.67%
ETR Kilo Farrassi 1988-1995 29 18 6 5 62.07%
BRN René Leclère 1995-2000 12 7 4 1 58.33%
BRN Timothé Boffrand 2000-2003 18 11 3 4 61.11%
GOR Gavel Avon Gar 2004-2007 17 10 4 3 58.82%
DZE Tʻuuqaḳeełʻ Ç̇uˮin 2008-2012 19 14 3 2 73.68%
BRN Arsène Giraud 2013-2016 20 13 5 2 65%
SOD Freyr Taimiasala 2017-2018 7 3 2 2 42.86%
DZE Tix̣ł̣utʻ Pʻuł̣un 2019- 26 23 2 1 88.46%
Manager Period Record
Matches Won Draw Lost Win %

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Records

Most appearances

Most goals

Captains

Competitive record

KFA World Cup

EKFA Sunrise Cup

Head-to-head record

Honours

International

Continental

Regional

Minor-friendly

Awards

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