Victoria national football team

 Victoria

Nickname(s)	The Pack
Association	VFA
FMF member	2010–12, 2013–
Confederation	AEFA
Home stadium	Murrayburn Stadium
FMF code	VIC
First FMF intermicronational
Novatainia 0–1  Victoria
Biggest win
Victoria 5–0  Phinbella
Biggest defeat
Victoria 0–5  Craitland
FMF World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2011)
Best result	Group stage
Copa Apollonia
Appearances	1 (first in 2014)
Best result	Group stage

The Victoria national football team is the football team which currently represents the Storish protectorate of Victoria, and previously represented the independent nation and Gotzborger constituent nation of the same name. It is a member of AEFA and is run by the VFA.

The team has existed twice in the FMF's history; firstly between 2010 and early 2012 as an independent nation, and secondly since late 2013 as a constituent nation of Gotzborg and in its current form.

History

The team was founded in 2010 after Victoria's Micrasian claim was successful. The team competed in the World Cup qualifiers the following year, finishing top of their tightly-fought three-team group, and qualified. The team finished with an identical record to Novatainia, but topped the group by virtue of their 4–3 aggregate head-to-head record. In the finals, the team finished third in their group with three points, ahead of fellow débutants Ashkenatza on goal difference. Victoria left Micras in early 2012 after being declared dead.

Victoria returned to Micras in late 2013 as a constituent nation of Gotzborg, and successfully reapplied for separate FMF membership in the process. In the following year's qualifiers, the team finished second in their six-team group with 19 points to reach the 2014 Copa Apollonia, where they finished third in their group with three points. Also in 2014, Victoria became a founding association of the Triple Crown Championship and competed in the inaugural tournament later in the year, where they finished second with three points.

In 2015's qualifiers, the team finished third in their five-team group with twelve points.

The 2016 Copa Apollonia qualification rounds saw the team once again finish third in their five-team group with twelve points; missing-out on a play-off spot by a point.

Victoria's fortunes improved in the following year's World Cup qualifiers, as they topped their four-team group on goal difference with nine points and qualified for a first World Cup finals in six years. In the finals, the team could only finish bottom of their group after losing all four of their matches.

In early 2018, ahead of the year's qualifiers, Victoria was annexed by Stormark but maintained its separate FMF membership. In the qualifiers, the team finished third in their six-team group with 15 points.

In the 2019 World Cup qualifiers, the team finished third in their five-team group with eleven points, ahead of Astaronia by virtue of goal difference.

Chronological competitive participation

• 2011 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2011 FMF World Cup
• 2014 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2014 Copa Apollonia
• 2014 Triple Crown Championship
• 2015 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2016 Copa Apollonia qualification
• 2017 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2017 FMF World Cup
• 2018 Copa Apollonia qualification
• 2019 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2020 Copa Apollonia qualification

Kit and badge

Kit

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  Home kit 2010–11

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  Away kit 2010

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  Away kit 2011

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  Training kit 2010–11

Badge

Victoria has used the following badges during both of its FMF affiliations:

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  FVF badge, 2010–12

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  VFA badge, 2013–

Honours

• Triple Crown Championship: 0
  • 2014 – Runners-up

Flag

Victoria has used the following flags during both of its FMF affiliations:

2010–12	2013–

See also

• Victoria national under-21 football team