Insulamia national football team

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Insulamia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Engles
Les Angles
The Équipe
AssociationInsulamian Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachAlexander Tilbury
CaptainDanny Wilderspin
Most capsMichel Mayor (123)
Top scorerJacques Auvraie (49)
Home stadiumRiddlepark
NSWC codeINS
First colours
Second colours
NSWC ranking
Current6 Increase 3
Highest6 (July 2018)
Lowest55 (December 1992)
First international
Insulamia Insulamia 0–6 England England
(Whitecastle, Insulamia; 6 November 1908)
Biggest win
Cook Islands Cook Islands 2–9 Insulamia Insulamia
(Brisbane, Australia; 2 August 1981)
Biggest defeat
England England 10–1 Insulamia Insulamia
(London, United Kingdom; October 29 1910)
World Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1930)
Best resultThird place (2018)
UEFA European Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1996)
Best resultSemifinal (2020)
UEFA Nations League
Appearances2 (first in 2019)
Best resultChampions (2019)

The Insulamia national football team (French: Équipe d'Insulamie de football) represents Insulamia in men's international association football. It is controlled by the Insulamian Football Association (IFA), the governing body for association football in Insulamia, which is affiliated with UEFA and under the jurisidiction of the global football governing body FIFA. The team's home ground is the Riddlepark in Cabot and its manager is Alexander Tilbury.

Despite being geographically part of North America, Insulamia's football team competes in European competitions run by UEFA and has strong historical ties with European football. In recent years, the team has rapidly improved their results, going from 28th place in the FIFA World Rankings in January 2010 to 6th place as of January 2022. Insulamia placed third in the 2018 FIFA World Cup as the host nation, a result which exceeded many analysts' expectations. In European football, the team reached the semifinal of the UEFA Euro 2020 and were the champions of the 2019 UEFA Nations League.

History

Team image

Kits and crest

Kit suppliers

Kit supplier Period
McClaren Ltd. 1930–1940
Rosenburg 1940–1969
Umbro 1969–1976
Nike 1976–1984
Rosenburg 1984–present

Crest

The crest of the Insulamia national football team features a stylised Telstar football fused with a fleur-de-lis, a national symbol of Insulamia. The colour scheme of blue and yellow is based on the national colours of Insulamia. The crest was designed by David Rotterdam in 1972. Prior to 1972, Insulamia's kits displayed either the coat of arms of Insulamia, the flag of Insulamia, or a yellow fleur-de-lis.

Home stadium

Insulamia's official home stadium is the Riddlepark in Cabot, Henria, and has been for most of its existence. It had existed before the establishment of the team as a park and was chosen as the home grounds of Insulamia at its founding. A stadium was initially built on the site in 1911 and it has been rebuilt four times and renovated six times since, the most recent of which being the 2018 Riddlepark renovation for the FIFA World Cup. Since the 1960s, the team has also often played home games in and various other venues across the country. The stadium has a capacity of 55,230 and is also the home ground of Cohenia Football Club.

In the aftermath of the 1934 Cabot earthquake, a large portion of the Riddlepark was destroyed as well as most of Insulamia's training grounds. The reconstruction of the stadium took four years to complete. During this time, the Insulamia national football team moved to King George V Park in St. John's, Canada. The team chose a site in Canada because the only other suitable stadiums in Insulamia at the time were in Éteaux and the fully-English-Insulamian squad did not feel comfortable in French Insulamia, as most of them could not speak French.

Media coverage

All Insulamia matches are broadcast live on television networks FBN Sports, Téléquipe, Cassidy Sport, and Channel 7, as well as on the IFA's website. Insulamia matches in the World Cup, European Championship, and Nations League are broadcasted live on FBN One, Télégraphique, and the Cassidy Network.

Nicknames

The Insulamia national football team is popularly referred to by the nickname The Engles (French: Les Angles), after the colloquial term referring to English Insulamians. The name is in contrast to the nickname The Frenchies (French: Les Franchiers), a colloquial name for French Insulamians that also refers to Insulamian rules football players. These names come from the fact that Insulamian rules football originates in French Insulamia and that association football is more popular in English Insulamia.

Coaching staff

Denis Madison Rousseau, the current coach of the Insulamian national football team.
As of April 2022.
Position Name
Head coach Insulamia Denis Madison Rousseau
Assistant coach Insulamia Amber May
Goalkeeper coach Insulamia Connor Alstead
Trainer Wikipedia:Canada Dante Taylor
Doctor Insulamia Noah Hope
Video analyst Insulamia Campbell Reyes
Osteopath Insulamia Anastacia Krause
Physiotherapists Insulamia Alexandre Celice
Insulamia Jonathan Singh
Insulamia Riley Tran
Team manager Insulamia James Al-Qudsi
Chef Insulamia East London
Security officer Insulamia Emma St. Patrick
Steward Insulamia Lee Carson
Media officer Insulamia Xuan Le Nguyen

Players

The following players were called up for the friendly match against Portugal on 22 May 2022.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Murdoch Lewisham (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 33) 88 1 England Arsenal
96 1GK Anthony Coldenhoff (1996-12-29) 29 December 1996 (age 27) 10 0 France Lille