Gregahou national football team

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Gregahou
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Şvornağa
(National selection)
Naşa Zemlağaşkiy
(Our Countrymen)
AssociationGregahouvian Football Association
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachFedor Dsarnaev
CaptainAlexi Neuer
Most capsFontenay DuBois (105)
Top scorerFontenay DuBois (43)
Home stadiumThird of May Stadium
CodeGRG
First colours
Second colours
First international
Gregahou Gregahou 1-3 Bermuda Bermuda
(Stolitsemlağa, Gregahou; 16 August 1985)
Biggest win
Gregahou Gregahou 8-2 Curaçao Curaçao
(Stolitsemlağa, Gregahou; 26 May 2017)
Biggest defeat
Gregahou Gregahou 0-7 Mexico Mexico
(Stolitsemlağa, Gregahou; 8 July 2000)

The Gregahou national football team (Gregahouvian: Komanda futbol natsionalniy Greğahouğaniy) represents Gregahou in men's international association football competitions, and is controlled by the Gregahouvian Football Association, or, in Gregahouvian: Assotsiğatsiğa 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 Third 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 side facing Belize in a friendly in Mexico City, June 1989

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 Third 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 Nouvelais 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 Nouvelais, 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 8-2 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.

Kits throughout history
1985-1989
1989-1992
1993-1994
1995-2000
2001-2005
2006-2009
2010-2011
2012-2018
2019

Kit suppliers

Kit supplier Period
Mexico Charly 1985-1995
Wikipedia:China 361° 1995-2000
United States New Balance 2000-2005
United States Nike 2005-2010
wikipedia:Germany Adidas 2010-2020
wikipedia:United Kingdom Umbro 2020–present

Home stadium

Third of May National Stadium is the the national team's home stadium

The home stadium of the Gregahouvian national team is the Third 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. Additional temporary stands covering the stadium's track and field facilities can extend the capacity above 50,000 if needed. 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

2019

Players

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Yuriy Akhmadov (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 (age 31) 23 0 Gregahou CFC Stolitsemlağa
2 1GK Artur Kadyrov (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26) 2 0 Wikipedia:China Shenzhen F.C.
25 1GK Adam Toussaint (2001-02-15) 15 February 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Gregahou AS Porte Nouvelle
3 2DF Atisan Bougrassa (vice-captain) (1986-07-18) 18 July 1986 (age 38) 112 6 Gregahou CFC Stolitsemlağa
12 2DF Noël Idzedin (1999-10-22) 22 October 1999 (age 25) 24 1 Gregahou Les Frères Molina
13 2DF Bacary Usah (1984-01-08) 8 January 1984 (age 40) 87 4 Gregahou SK Beltsk
15 2DF Natan Hayek (2001-02-20) 20 February 2001 (age 23) 3 0 Gregahou FF Farneuil
17 2DF Yanis Balthazar (1998-09-28) 28 September 1998 (age 26) 18 1 Gregahou Les Frères Molina
18 2DF Costin Cozbaru (2006-06-22) 22 June 2006 (age 18) 7 0 Spain Rayo Vallecano
20 2DF Ariy Tsarnaev (1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 37) 11 0 Gregahou AK Severskiy
21 2DF Nikita Rybakov (2004-11-02) 2 November 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Gregahou CF Beausejour
23 2DF Grégoire Kuba (1997-03-07) 7 March 1997 (age 27) 18 0 Gregahou AS Porte Nouvelle
5 3MF Avan Joğa (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 30) 44 12 Gregahou AF Azğa
6 3MF Alexandre Weisner (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31) 58 28 Gregahou Verşina Onel
9 3MF Emmanuel Binz (1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 (age 26) 21 4 Gregahou Les Frères Molina
11 3MF Dieuson Élie (2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 24) 12 1 Gregahou KF Almata
14 3MF Edwin Thompson (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30) 41 14 Gregahou Les Frères Molina
19 3MF Abéa Belhadj (1986-04-27) 27 April 1986 (age 38) 90 25 Gregahou SK Beltsk
22 3MF Dzogaev Nazareso (1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 35) 65 21 Gregahou Olimpyets Solevatsk
4 4FW Arçil Avto (1998-07-08) 8 July 1998 (age 26) 19 6 Gregahou Verşina Onel
7 4FW Saleh Gomaa (1991-12-15) 15 December 1991 (age 32) 48 22 Gregahou KF Almata
8 4FW Jerôme Mils (1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 (age 27) 42 24 Gregahou AS Porte Nouvelle
10 4FW Alexi Neuer (captain) (1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 30) 91 36 Gregahou CFC Stolitsemlağa
16 4FW Aslan Adarbayev (2005-01-09) 9 January 2005 (age 19) 3 0 Brazil Grêmio
24 4FW Raphael Messier (2003-04-11) 11 April 2003 (age 21) 11 6 France Valenciennes FC

Coaching staff

As of January 14, 2020:

Coaching staff Name
Manager Gregahou Fedor Dsarnaev
Assistant Manager Gregahou Ruslan Başarov
Goalkeeping Coach wikipedia:Australia Johnathan Green
Director of Scouting and Analysis United States Sheldon Montenegro
First-Team Doctor Gregahou Damir Yandarbin
Fitness Coach Gregahou Alim Arçakhanov
Masseur Mexico Teodor Pitalúa
Physiotherapist Gregahou Abel Blochart
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