Besmenian national football team

Besmenia national football team
Nickname(s)	Lions; Green-Whites; Green-White Lions
Association	Besmenian Football Association
Confederation	Nortua Football Confederation
Sub-confederation	Central Nortua Football Association
Head coach	Johannes Remens
Captain	Stefan Untermann
Most caps	Klaus Hahnknecht (132)
Top scorer	Tom Liebmann (68)
Home stadium	Various
First colours	Second colours
First international
	East Besmenia 3-1 Zamastan ; (Laitstadt, East Besmenia; 31 August 1923)
Biggest win
	East Besmenia 11-2 West Besmenia ; (Tofino, Zamastan; 1 August 1958)
Biggest defeat
	Besmenia 0-6 Vitosium ; (Richtersberg, Besmenia; 6 May 1997)
World Cup
Appearances	27 (first in 1974)
Best result	Runner-up (1979, 1986, 2000, 2009)

The Besmenian national football team represents Besmenia in men's international football and played its first match in 1923. The team is subordinate to the Besmenian Football Association.

History

1920-1967

The (East) Besmenian Football Association was founded on August 18, 1920. About 3 years later, on August 31, 1923, the first official match of the naional team took place between East Besmenia and Zamastan. The East Besmenian national team received special international attention at the 1958 Summer Olympic Games. in Tofino, Zamastan, when they defeated the West Besmenian national football team with a score of 11:2. To date, this is the largest win of the Besmenian national football team.

Since 1967

After the reunification and the dissolution of the West Besmenian Football Association and the West Besmenian national football team in November 1967, players from the West Besmenian league were integrated into the team.

Venues

In accordance with the federalist structure in Besmenia, the larger geographical regions also play an equal role in football. The home games have always been held in changing stadiums, with the selection depending on the importance of the game and the opponent.

Team image

Media coverage

The first television broadcasts of Besmenian national football team matches began in the late 1950s. Since then, the matches have been broadcast by the BRF. They are currently being commented on by Frank Krüger, Michael Huhn and Holger Fraymann.

Players

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Anton Fengler	(1995-12-12) December 12, 1995 (age 28)	85	0	FC Schwarz-Weiß Melmingen
15	1GK	Martin Siegmann	(1993-01-21) January 21, 1993 (age 31)	12	0	Lemberland Union
7	1GK	Torben Lachner	(1997-04-10) April 10, 1997 (age 27)	26	0	FC Sümmingen

9	2DF	Max Steiner	(1993-03-29) March 29, 1993 (age 31)	43	5	FC Sümmingen
24	2DF	Daniel Schlag	(2000-02-04) February 4, 2000 (age 24)	19	1	FC Sümmingen
13	2DF	Leon Kreutzberg	(1995-10-22) October 22, 1995 (age 28)	50	12	FC Peggau Laitstadt
14	2DF	Moritz Kleiber	(1999-10-10) October 10, 1999 (age 24)	47	2	FC Helmfurt
20	2DF	Marcel Koeppen	(1996-01-03) January 3, 1996 (age 28)	64	13	FC Halsholm Jakartaburg
6	2DF	Erik Nagelberg	(1990-08-29) August 29, 1990 (age 33)	60	3	Shakhayya FC
19	2DF	Alexander Teller	(2001-04-29) April 29, 2001 (age 22)	4	0	SV Richtersberg 04

4	3MF	Christopher Büchner	(1993-12-02) December 2, 1993 (age 30)	99	39	FC Schwarz-Weiß Melmingen
2	3MF	Stefan Untermann (captain)	(1991-07-05) July 5, 1991 (age 32)	102	20	Målea FF
22	3MF	Jannik Welcker	(2002-03-13) March 13, 2002 (age 22)	5	0	FC Peggau Laitstadt
8	3MF	Roman Schneider	(1988-11-03) November 3, 1988 (age 35)	63	11	Rød Sol
3	3MF	Thomas Neuhäuser	(1989-02-24) February 24, 1989 (age 35)	86	14	FC Helmfurt
21	3MF	Matthias Baumschlag	(1994-06-12) June 12, 1994 (age 29)	65	8	SV Richtersberg 04
16	3MF	Paskal Hencke	(2002-08-05) August 5, 2002 (age 21)	7	0	FC Sümmingen
12	3MF	David Stehmann	(1997-05-23) May 23, 1997 (age 26)	24	3	FC Neidenstein-Rot

5	4FW	Ralph Reuter	(1994-09-19) September 19, 1994 (age 29)	96	11	FC Schwarz-Weiß Melmingen
10	4FW	Christian Weber	(2000-06-22) June 22, 2000 (age 23)	16	0	Lemberland Union
17	4FW	Armin Haßler	(1995-01-26) January 26, 1995 (age 29)	46	4	FC Neidenstein-Rot
11	4FW	Florian Schmidt	(1999-02-28) February 28, 1999 (age 25)	22	6	FC Schwarz-Weiß Melmingenn
18	4FW	Sebastian Meidel	(1993-11-09) November 9, 1993 (age 30)	37	6	FC Schwarz-Weiß Melmingen
23	4FW	Lukas Böse	(1998-10-31) October 31, 1998 (age 25)	28	0	AIF Sjédal

Player statistics

Manager history

Competetive record

Year	Round	GF	GA	Top scorer
1973	Did not qualify
1974	Round of 16	5	5	player
1975	Did not qualify
1976	Boycotted
1977	Round of 32	0	1	player
1978	Round of 16	4	2	player
1979	Runner-up	21	16	Erich Tetzler
1980	Did not qualify
1981	Round of 32	3	5	player
1982	placement	0	0	player
1983	placement	0	0	player
1984	placement	0	0	player
1985	placement	0	0	player
1986	placement	0	0	player
1987	placement	0	0	player
1988	placement	0	0	player
1989	placement	0	0	player
1990	placement	0	0	player
1991	placement	0	0	player
1992	placement	0	0	player
1993	placement	0	0	player
1994	placement	0	0	player
1995	placement	0	0	player
1996	placement	0	0	player
1997	placement	0	0	player
1998	placement	0	0	player
1999	placement	0	0	player
2000	placement	0	0	player
2001	placement	0	0	player
2002	placement	0	0	player
2003	placement	0	0	player
2004	placement	0	0	player
2005	placement	0	0	player
2006	placement	0	0	player
2007	placement	0	0	player
2008	placement	0	0	player
2009	placement	0	0	player
2010	placement	0	0	player
2011	placement	0	0	player
2012	placement	0	0	player
2013	placement	0	0	player
2014	placement	0	0	player
2015	placement	0	0	player
2016	placement	0	0	player
2017	placement	0	0	player
2018	placement	0	0	player
2019	placement	0	0	player
2020	placement	0	0	player
2021	placement	0	0	player
2022	placement	0	0	player
2023	placement	0	0	player
2024	TBA

Kits

Home kit

Traditionally, the Besmenian national football team has played in white jerseys, green shorts and white socks since 1926. The colors white and green were then declared the official jersey colors by the BFB in 1927.