Floria-Senya football rivalry

Floria-Senya derby

Federation logos of both nations
Teams	Floria Senya
First meeting	Senya 2–0 Floria (7 August 2018)
Latest meeting	Floria 0–0 Senya (12 January 2022)
Statistics
Meetings total	7
All-time series	Floria wins: 2 Draws: 1 Senya wins: 4
Largest victory	Senya 4–0 Floria (9 August 2019)

The Floria-Senya rivalry is a highly competitive sporting rivalry between the national football teams of the nations of Floria and Senya, as well as between their two sets of fans. Games between the two are often fierce and highly competitive. Whilst Senya and Floria had traditionally viewed Gerenia and the Kingdom of Coria as their primary rivals respectively, the demise of both of those nations led to an increased rivalry between Senya and Floria directly. Whilst initially the rivalry was one-sided, with the fixture meaning more to Florian fans, the increased competitiveness of the fixture, coupled with cultural and political differences between the two countries, had led to increased passions and feelings surrounding the fixture causing the rivalry to intensify in both countries.

The two nations are both members of the AEFA confederation and as such compete for both the FMF World Cup and the Copa Apollonia against one another.

History

During the 2018 Copa Apollonia, supporters of both Floria and Senya clashed with each other in what became known as the Battle of Glasbridž, during which the ultras group of Senya (Naldas) fought the ultras of Gerenia (Marauders). Naldas were joined in the fight by the ultras of Coria (Zeleni), who were then attacked themselves by the Florian ultras (The Red Army). Many people in the ultras groups of Senya and Coria subscribed to the ultra-nationalistic notion of an Apollonian Brotherhood, in which fighting for one another's nations was to fight for the Apollonian continent, As such the Florian ultras who fought back against the Corians (and as a result, their Senyan counterparts), as they had fought against the Corians during the War of Lost Brothers. Whilst this incident did see direct fighting between the Naldas and the Red Army, many in Senya were concerned more pressing internal issues in the Senyan team's camp to care about a hooligan fight, and whilst Floria lost the respect of the Senyan ultras scene as a result of the battle, even by the next game, where the two teams played each other at the tournament, the fighting was much more limited, as a combination of general apathy from supporters and of increased security and police presence at the fixture, which Senya eventually won 2–0.

Cultural differences

In the football world, another aspect that makes this rivalry so fascinating is the almost polar opposite approaches to football in the two countries.

Results

Florian Republic v  Senya

7 August 2018 Copa Apollonia semi-final

Florian Republic	0 – 2	Senya
		Danetskë  19' (pen.) Minyorletsken  56'

English Park, Glasbridž

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Florian Republic v  Senya

19 June 2019 Friendly

Florian Republic	1 – 0	Senya
Butcher  37'

Sports City, Northcliff

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Senya v  Florian Republic

9 August 2019 FMF World Cup quarter-final

Senya	4 – 0	Florian Republic
Danetskë  47' K. Volinsk  48' Hands  74' Minyorletsken  88'

Mutfak Stadium, Mutfak

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Senya v  Floria

10 March 2021 Friendly

Senya	1 – 0	Floria
Williams  57' (o.g.)

The Snakepit, Senya

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Floria v  Senya

2 June 2021 Friendly

Floria	1 – 2	Senya
Saint-Pierre  83'		Ƨarkœvič  15' Zvet  22'

Sports City, Northcliff

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Floria v  Senya

10 August 2021 FMF World Cup semi-final

Floria	2 – 1	Senya
Ramirez  51', 70'		Danetskë  88'

Thunder Park, Oldhaven

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Floria v  Senya

12 January 2022 Friendly

Floria	0 – 0	Senya

Sports City, Northcliff