Kelssek national football team

Kelssek

Association	Football Kelssek
Confederation	The East Pacific
Head coach	Calen Reamsey
Captain	Ingrid Lambert
Most caps	Gabriel Lapierre
Top scorer	Loïc Maçon-Petrault
Home stadium	Varies
World ranking
Current	4
Highest	4
First international
Kelssek 0-0 Starblaydia (1-1 aet, 5-4 pens) (Kaze Progressa, Kaza 2008 first round)
World Cup
Appearances	25 (first in 41)
Best result	Runner-up (WC96)
Cup of Harmony
Appearances	3 (first in 43)
Best result	Winners (CoH43)

The Kelssek national football team represents Kelssek in international football competitions. The national football association, Football Kelssek, is responsible for the administration of the national team.

The team has participated in the World Cup since World Cup 33. It first qualified for the finals at World Cup 41, where the team were eliminated in the group stage. The team has also participated in the Coupe de la Francophonie; in a match at the Haven-Port-Nouveau Stadium widely viewed as a defining point in Kelssekian football, Kelssek drew 2-2 against an Ariddian team playing at home who at the time were defending World Cup champions.

Kelssek recorded its first World Cup finals win at World Cup 44 in a 3-1 group stage win against Jaseuyeon. Its biggest defeat was a 5-0 group stage loss to Septentrionia in World Cup 45. Kelssek advanced to the knockout stage for the first time on home ground at World Cup 46, when they were defeated in the second round by Dancougar. Kelssek's best performance was reaching the World Cup 96 final, which they lost 2-1 against Brookstation. Before this breakthrough Kelssek had lost four times in the quarterfinals and never advanced beyond that stage.

Kelssek's current and highest world ranking is fourth. In its historical era it peaked at 10th in the WC50 cycle. The team's biggest achievement, and only major international title, came when they won the 43rd Cup of Harmony while winning every match in the tournament, after being the highest-ranked team to fail to qualify for the finals of World Cup 51.

Stadiums

Around one-third of home matches are played at Exhibition Place in Kirkenes, with other matches rotated around the country. Currently, Football Kelssek's policy is to select two venues outside Kirkenes each cycle that will also host World Cup qualifying matches and friendlies.

Tournament records

World Cup

Qualification								Main tournament									Manager(s)	Rank (pre-WCQ)
Cycle	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Comp	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
33								BoF 20	R16	6	5	1	0	20	3
	10	8	5	5	29	48		did not qualify									Mathieu de Jenken	UR
37	14	2	4	8	8	28		did not qualify									Gregory Babcock	UR
38	14	2	5	7	14	35		did not qualify									Gregory Babcock
39	14	6	1	7	20	19		did not qualify									Jeffrey Pruitt†	58
40	10	3	0	7	13	20		did not qualify									Nicolas Manchet†	48
41	10	4	4	2	15	10		WC 41	Group	3	0	2	1	1	3		Mark Tupper	48
42	12	7	4	1	22	10		WC 42	4th in group	3	0	0	3	3	8		Mark Tupper	36
43	14	6	4	4	25	19		did not qualify									Mark Tupper	33
44	14	6	3	5	20	19		WC 44	3rd in group	3	1	0	2	3	5		Mark Tupper	35
45	14	9	3	2	26	18		WC 45	4th in group	3	0	0	3	1	12		Mark Tupper	30
46	qualified as hosts							WC 46	R16	4	2	1	1	4	3		Mark Tupper	30
47	14	9	2	2	39	17		WC 47	R16	4	2	0	2	6	2		Mark Tupper	15
48	14	9	3	2	27	13		WC 48	R16	4	2	0	2	4	5		Mark Tupper	14
49	16	10	4	2	36	14		WC 49	QF	5	2	1	2	8	9		Mark Tupper	13
50	18	12	3	3	37	18		WC 50	QF	5	2	1	2	8	9		G. Mark Tupper	10
51	18	10	5	3	47	31		CoH 43	Champions	8	8	0	0	26	6		G. Mark Tupper	11
52	22	16	3	3	59	17		WC 52	4th in group	3	0	1	2	3	8		G. Mark Tupper	18
53	18	3	2	3	35	14		WC 53	R16	4	3	0	1	8	2		G. Mark Tupper	21
54	14	10	2	2	26	9		WC 54	R16	4	1	1	2	4	5		G. Mark Tupper	11
55	20	16	3	1	46	15		WC 55	R16	4	1	1	2	2	6		G. Mark Tupper	14
57	16	4	6	6	21	18		did not qualify									G. Mark Tupper
81	18	8	3	7	34	34		CoH 73	QF	5	3	0	2	8	6		Kirk McDonagh	UR
82	18	7	6	5	43	40		did not qualify									Kirk McDonagh	86
83	15	9	3	3	31	24		WC 83	4th in group	3	0	0	3	3	10		Kirk McDonagh	65
84	20	13	1	6	55	38		CoH 76	QF	7	4	1	2	25	22		Andrea Crowe	47
85	24	19	3	2	63	24		WC 85	R16	4	1	1	2	5	6		Andrea Crowe	35
86	18	13	2	3	45	22		WC 86	3rd in group	3	1	0	2	6	7		Andrea Crowe	22
87	18	14	1	3	44	24		WC 87	QF	5	3	0	2	13	12		Andrea Crowe	21
88	18	13	2	3	44	18		WC 88	3rd in group	3	1	1	1	3	3		Andrea Crowe	10
89	18	12	3	3	38	23		WC 89	4th in group	3	0	2	1	3	4		Andrea Crowe	14
90	14	7	5	2	35	20		WC 90	3rd in group	3	0	2	1	4	5		Andrea Crowe	15
91	20	11	3	6	42	33		CoH 83	R32	7	3	0	4	9	9		Jorge Guardia	27
92	20	14	4	2	47	19		WC 92	3rd in group	3	0	3	0	3	3		Jorge Guardia	37
93	22	14	5	3	47	22		WC 93	QF	5	4	0	1	14	9		François St-Louis	31
94	qualified as hosts							WC 94	R16	4	2	0	2	10	7		François St-Louis	8
95	16	14	2	0	31	13		WC 95	R16	4	2	2	0	5	3		Calen Reamsey	7
96	12	7	3	2	28	15		WC 96	F	5	1	1	0	9	3		Calen Reamsey	7

^† Interim manager

Olympic Games

Kelssek first competed in the 2nd Summer Olympics, but did not compete in the Olympic tournament from the 5th to 7th Olympics. A senior women's team competes in the Olympics, while under-23 age group teams with a maximum of three over-age players are sent to the men's competition.

	Women's								Men's
Games	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
II	Group stage	5	0	0	5	2	14		Group stage	5	1	0	4	4	9
III	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	5		Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	10
IV	Group stage	3	0	1	2	5	7		R16	3	2	0	1	6	5
VIII	Group stage	3	0	2	1	3	4		did not enter
IX	R16	5	3	1	1	7	3		did not enter
X	Group stage	3	1	1	1	1	3		did not enter
XI	QF	4	1	1	2	5	5		did not qualify
XII	QF	4	0	1	3	5	9		Group stage	4	1	1	2	5	10
XIII	R16	7	4	2	2	10	7		R32	6	3	1	2	17	16
XIV	R16	6	4	1	1	9	2		Group stage	5	1	0	2	2	6

  Hosted

Other competitions

Competition	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	WC cycle
Coupe de la Francophonie	6th of 8	9	3	3	3	12	18
3rd Valhala Invitational	5th of 8	7	2	1	4	9	11
Independents Cup 8	QF	7	4	1	2	12	9	pre-84
Independents Cup 9	QF	5	3	1	1	13	8	pre-85

Players

Current squad

Squad for World Cup 96

Pos.	Player	Age	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Jenas Maraipu	28	25	0	Kirkenes FC
GK	Alison Troczynski	26	2	0	Latrobe Athletic
GK	Ryan Terlock	32	29	0	Holdenburg City
DF	Ingrid Lambert	32	47	2	Burnaby SC
DF	Timo Thomsen	29	4	0	Langlois Océanic
DF	Alain-Elric Sauvé	26	4	0	CF Outineau
DF	Loisé Camserhe	31	29	0	Stahlberg City
DF	Nacuémiró Buené	32	72	3	Mâ Âlâmëómë
DF	Bleke Durocher	25	2	0	Kirkenes FC
DF	Eoin Bream	31	23	0	Revolutionaries
DF	Eilwen Loew	25	13	0	Guard FC
DF	Tobert Usher	27	17	2	CF Outineau
MF	Êsêkïl dí Völará	33	65	5	Mâ Âlâmëómë
MF	Terence de Landa	26	18	1	Directus
MF	Julius Heer	29	25	0	Schemerdrecht SVV
MF	Titan Pogbacar	20	3	1	Burnaby SC
MF	Kaiden Pépin	25	11	0	CF Saint-Richard
MF	Agapeto Licea	21	3	0	Burnaby SC
MF	Rory Joseph	27	12	2	Burnaby SC
MF	Eamon Breault	26	33	3	Olympique Chuckio
MF	Miles Mann	32	35	4	Falourr
MF	Chike Obident	23	0	0	Latrobe Athletic
FW	Zoé Goh-Lemaire	27	21	3	1923 Esca
FW	Danielle Maradrogba	33	73	19	Coret Hawks
FW	Thor Ibrahim Ahmad	31	84	27	Directus
FW	Lionel an Deòir	24	21	11	Spartangrad

Individual records

Modern era only

Most appearances

Player	Caps	Goals	Position	Cycles
Gabriel Lapierre	193	34	MF	81–93
Colm Ó Tuathail	185	32	MF	82–94
Shaheen Taleb	156	51	FW	81–93
Thamior Liadon	142	18	DF
Damien Halliger	139	4	DF

Honours

• Cup of Harmony (1): 43
• Ad'ihan Challenge Trophy (2): 15, 16