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Merenolitovina national football team

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Merenolitovina Merenolitovina
FMF member 2013–
Confederation WMFA
Home stadium Astopov Stadium
FMF code MLV
First FMF intermicronational
Fort Kolgrad Fort Kolgrad 0–3 Merenolitovina Merenolitovina
Biggest win
MLV Merenolitovina 17–0 Franklin Islands Franklin Islands
Biggest defeat
Mercury Mercury 7–1 Merenolitovina Merenolitovina
FMF World Cup
Appearances 1 (first in 2021)
Best result Group stage
Benacia Cup
Appearances 2 (first in 2018)
Best result Fourth place

The Merenolitovina national football team is the football team which represents the Tellian autonomous territory of Merenolitovina. It is a member of the WMFA.

The team is seen as the spiritual successor of Ashkenatza in that the vast majority of its players originate from this nation's team, but it does not retain its records.

History

The team was founded in late 2013 after Merenolitovina applied successfully for FMF membership following Tellia's Micrasian claim being successful. In the following year's qualifiers, the team finished bottom of their group with three points after winning only one of their six matches.

In the 2015 qualifiers, the team finished second in their four-team group with nine points.

The 2016 Benacia Cup qualification rounds saw the team finish third in their six-team group with 15 points.

The team finished second in their four-team 2017 World Cup qualifying group with seven points.

The team competed in the 2018 Benacia Cup qualification rounds, where they topped their five-team group unbeaten with 22 points, and advanced to the finals to secure a first ever tournament appearance. In the Benacia Cup, the team finished second in their three-team group with two points and advanced to the semi-finals before losing to hosts Shireroth 3–1 and Tellia 4–1 to finish in fourth.

In the 2019 World Cup qualifiers, the team finished second in their six-team group with 23 points and advanced to the interconfederational play-off against Talenore, to whom they lost 3–1 on aggregate.

In the following year's Benacia Cup qualifiers, the team finished second in their four-team group with 13 points and advanced to the play-offs, where they were beaten by Kasterburg on penalties after a 1–1 aggregate tie.

In the 2021 FMF World Cup qualification rounds, the team finished top of their five-team group with 15 points and qualified for a first World Cup finals, where they were eliminated at the group stage with a sole point to their name.

In the following year's Benacia Cup qualifiers, the team finished third in their five-team group with 13 points.

The 2023 FMF World Cup qualification rounds saw the team again finish third in their five-team group with 13 points.

The team competed in the Benacia Cup qualifiers the following year, where they topped their four-team group with 13 points to qualify. At the finals, the team were eliminated at the first hurdle after finishing bottom of their four-team group without gaining a point or scoring a goal.

Chronological competitive participation

Honours

Flag

Merenolitovina has used the following flag during the entirety of its FMF affiliation:

2013–
Merenolitovina
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