Cassier men's national soccer team

Cassier

Nickname(s)	Les Bleus (The Blues)
Association	Cassien Soccer Association (Association de Soccer Cassien, ASC)
Confederation	FPAF
Head coach	Alexandre Bouchard
Captain	Michel Dupont
Home stadium	BMC Field, Andade
NSWC code	CAS
First colours Second colours

The Cassier men's national soccer team (Gaullican: Équipe du Cassier de soccer masculin (ECSM)) represents Cassier at international soccer competitions at the senior men's level. The team is overseen by the Cassien Soccer Association and is a member of IFF and FPAF.

Formed in 1924 the ESCM has participated in numerous international soccer tournaments, such as the IFF Coupe du monde and FPAF Championships. The team's success overall has been limited, historically failing to make it past the first few rounds of the group knockout phase of the competition. The ESCM's tumultuous history and poor track has resulted in its nickname Les Bleus (The Blues), a reference to blue uniform's and the disappointment felt by Cassien sports fans due to the team's lack of success.

The ESCM's most recent IFF appearance was at the 2019 Coupe du monde, and will compete at the 2023 IFF Coupe du monde in Ardesia.

History

Early years

The Rex F.C. team that toured Rizealand in 1910

Soccer was first introduced to Cassier in the mid-19th century, athletes making appearences in both Euclean and Asterian football associations throughout the 1870s and 1880s. Before the team's foundation in 1924, the Andade-based Rex F.C. represented Cassier in internationally, making their first appearance at the 1902 Summer Invictus Games in Verlois. During their 1909 tour of Gaullica, Rex F.C returned to Cassier with a record of six wins, one draw, and three loses, a surprising success. This success encouraged other Cassien clubs to participate in unofficial friendlies, the most notable being F.C Ouapanogue from New Sylvagne and Boisblanc F.C from Montagne, each of were chosen represented Cassier before the formation of the ESCM.

The ESCM was first organized to particpate in tours where they would play against other Gaullican viceroyalties, the first of which was the 1924 tour in Satucin. Although the team's overall record during these tours was mediocre, breaking roughly even between wins and losses, these tours were very popular amongst Cassien sports fans. Public support and interest in soccer grew steadily in Cassier up until the outbreak of the Great War in 1927, which resulted in team's dissolution until the war's conclusion and Cassier's independence. The team would be reassembled in January 1937, and would go on to represent Cassier at innagurral 1939 Coupe du monde in Werania.

2019 Roster

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Kilian Rösch	(1988-04-17) 17 April 1988	2	0
17	1GK	Slavoljub Nikolić	(1994-04-11) 11 April 1994	41	0
22	1GK	Rémy D'Amboise	(1989-02-07) 7 February 1989	1	0
2	2DF	Patrick Cerf	(1990-06-06) 6 June 1990	5	0
3	2DF	Evan Moore	(1990-04-06) 6 April 1990	4	0
4	2DF	Ghislain Chevotet	(1998-10-06) 6 October 1998	17	0
15	2DF	Gaspard Favre	(1994-09-01) 1 September 1994	0	0
17	2DF	Alban Delafose	(1993-06-16) 16 June 1993	8	0
23	2DF	Ray Arnold	(1997-12-08) 8 December 1997	28	0
5	3MF	Michel Dupont (vice-captain)	(1989-05-04) 4 May 1989	47	8
6	3MF	Caireall Mac Duibh	(1989-05-04) 4 May 1989	43	5
7	3MF	Éadbhárd Ó Coigligh	(1989-05-04) 4 May 1989	25	2
8	3MF	Frédéric Vannier	(1996-05-22) 22 May 1996	18	0
10	3MF	Anatole Balzac	(1986-07-17) 17 July 1986	17	1
12	3MF	Roland Allard	(1991-09-04) 4 September 1991	27	9
13	3MF	Thibaud Martin	(1996-04-11) 11 April 1996	14	4
14	3MF	Reid Atkins	(1989-02-27) 27 February 1989	66	9
16	3MF	Leo Walsh	(1999-10-22) 22 October 1999	10	0
21	3MF	Aymeric Houdin	(1994-12-01) 1 December 1994	0	0
9	4FW	Jean-Guy Serre	(1998-01-31) 31 January 1998	8	10
11	4FW	Patrice Baumé	(1991-07-29) 29 July 1991	6	0
19	4FW	Édouard Pernet	(1995-01-05) 5 January 1995	20	5
20	4FW	Nathan Rapace (captain)	(1987-01-13) 13 January 1987	29	7