The Hexarchy national football team

 The Hexarchy

Nickname(s)	The Eagles
FMF member	2020–
Confederation	EMUFA
Captain	Balshazzar Bel-Dagon
Home stadium	Kobol Stadium
FMF code	HEX
First FMF intermicronational
Normark 2–3  The Hexarchy
Biggest win
DBI 0–4  The Hexarchy The Hexarchy 4–0  Saint Salvation Saint Salvation 0–4  The Hexarchy
Biggest defeat
Passas 4–1  The Hexarchy
FMF World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2021)
Best result	Group stage
EMU Championships
Appearances	2 (first in 2022)
Best result	Third place

The The Hexarchy national football team is the football team which represents the micronation of The Hexarchy. It is a member of the EMUFA.

History

The team was founded in mid-2020 after The Hexarchy's Micrasian claim was successful. They first competed in the 2021 FMF World Cup qualification rounds, performing well to finish top of their five-team group with 16 points and qualify for the finals at the first time of asking. In the finals, the team were eliminated at the group stage after finishing with four points.

In the following year's EMU qualifiers, the team finished second in their five-team group with 19 points, behind Normark in the automatic qualification spot on goal difference, to advance to the play-offs, where they beat Passas on away goals after tying on aggregate to reach the finals. At EMU 2022, they advanced from their group in second place with six points to reach the semi-finals where they lost to eventual winners Nouvelle Alexandrie 2–1 before beating hosts Phinbella 2–1 in the third-place play-off to place third overall.

The 2023 FMF World Cup qualification rounds saw the team top their six-team group unbeaten with 26 points and qualify for the finals, where they were eliminated at the first hurdle after placing bottom of Group D with a sole point to their name.

The team competed in the EMU 2024 qualifiers the following year, where they placed second in their six-team group with twenty points to reach the play-offs. There they defeated New Sussex 2–1 on aggregate to qualify. At the finals, the team were eliminated at the first hurdle after finishing third in their four-team group with three points.

Chronological competitive participation

• 2021 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2021 FMF World Cup
• 2022 EMU Championships qualification
• 2022 EMU Championships
• 2023 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2023 FMF World Cup
• 2024 EMU Championships qualification
• 2024 EMU Championships

Players

The team's composition following the 2021 qualifying matches is listed below. The squad consists of 25 players, with Belshazzar Bel-Dagon acting as the captain and Kara Arad-Indash as the current vice-captain. The captain and vice-captain always wear numbers 1 and 2, respectively. The rest were allotted numbers 3-25 in order of their position on the pitch.

The team's players chosen on a permanent basis through the Six Nations Football League, a domestic competition in which the annual regional champions qualified to represent The Hexarchy as a whole. The national team acts as an independent football club, so players may be traded into or out of the team as needed, with the difference being that the Praetor typically signs off on final deals in consultation with the team's players and management. The qualifying national team for 2020 was the Ashtaroth Eagles. However, given its second-place status in the previous tournament, Pyrax United was awarded the right to fill the first vacancy. It exercised this right almost immediately in early 2021, replacing the previous goalkeeper, Izami Haruhashi, found to be using steroids, with Hammurabi Gilgamesh-Pilagga U-Marduk, one of several sons of the country's Praetor. Both of those teams reconstituted during and after the 2022 season, with the impending retirement of older players.

The national government announced that, from the 2022 season, future players would be chosen from both domestic and international clubs, aligning with the norm (albeit doing so on a permanent basis as before), with recruitment to begin following the team's participation in the 2022 EMU Championships.

The team is known for its heavy use of the uncommon 5-2-3 formation, though the formation often becomes 5-3-2 during certain portions of the game.

No. Pos. Player Age Club 1 7FW Balshazzar Bel-Dagon 27  Hexarchy Eagles 2 1GK Kara Arad-Indash 31  Hexarchy Eagles 3 1GK Takeshi Yuukizawa 28  Hexarchy Eagles 4 1GK Hammurabi Gilgamesh-Pilagga U-Marduk 21  Hexarchy Eagles 5 3DF Shoshenq Arad-Kadesh 35  Hexarchy Eagles 6 3DF Necho Adatta-Pilotto U-Enkidu 26  Hexarchy Eagles 7 3DF Sasuke Uzimiya 27  Hexarchy Eagles 8 3DF Shutruk Arad-Uruk 23  Hexarchy Eagles 9 3DF Nakhunte Bel-Ereshkigal 29  Hexarchy Eagles 10 3DF Utu Neriglassar 19  Hexarchy Eagles 11 3DF Robert Aradlugal-Asshur 20  Hexarchy Eagles 12 3DF Kidu Sinnassar 31  Hexarchy Eagles 13 3DF Ikki Naram-Sin 30  Hexarchy Eagles 14 3DF Estil Naram-Basha 23  Hexarchy Eagles 15 5MF Sargon Arad-Nuzi 25  Hexarchy Eagles 16 5MF Raameses Arad-Bau 26  Hexarchy Eagles 17 5MF Tiger Bel-Karnak 22  Hexarchy Eagles 18 5MF Shin Yamagawa 31  Hexarchy Eagles 19 5MF Shala Naram-Gilil 24  Hexarchy Eagles 20 5MF Cil Bel-Eshunna 19  Hexarchy Eagles 21 7FW Nahum Baqqanum 24  Hexarchy Eagles 22 7FW Norman Naram-Ishkur 30  Hexarchy Eagles 23 7FW Ieqi Bel-Karbala 24  Hexarchy Eagles 24 7FW Ered Arad-Khufu 28  Hexarchy Eagles 25 7FW Sirius Uruhani 25  Hexarchy Eagles

Kit

The team's home colours are those found in the national flag: blue and yellow. The team's away colours are red and black, as used by the Ashtaroth Eagles. Before 2021, there was no standard away kit, with the team instead intending to use the colours of the qualified representative club. However, in early 2021, these away colours became permanent. Zathara Fashion Co. is the official manufacturer of the team's apparel.

Stadium

The team itself is nominally headquartered in multiple sites, usually according to who qualifies at the national level. The cities of Azul'an, Kobol, Kanaloa, Ashtaroth, and Enkidu serve as the headquarters of each respective regional team, with others hosting visiting arenas of their own. In reality, once qualified, the national team rarely travels to other cities than Kobol, Kanaloa, or Ashtaroth during their tenure as champions of the Six Nations League as these are the sites of the three dedicated stadiums in the country currently set aside for international matches. The one most often in use is Eventide's Kobol Stadium, on a popular resort island to the west of the eponymous city mostly dedicated to outdoors and sporting activities. It is also commonly called the "Gilgamesh Stadium" by the locals, as he was the one whose assets made the country's first and only specialized football stadium a possibility. The second is located in Kanaloa, Elam, and is a multipurpose stadium usually used for far less innocuous sports than association football. International matches are rarely held here, due to costs associated with traveling to and visiting the city. The newest stadium, completed in late 1688 AN, is located in Ashtaroth.

Honours

• EMU Championships: 0
  • 2022 – Third place

Flag

The Hexarchy has used the following flag during the entirety of its FMF affiliation.

2020–