Stormark national football team

Stormark

Nickname(s)	Storish Dynamite The Ballbusting Beserkers The Ravishing Rude Runners
Association	SBU
FMF member	2007–
Confederation	AEFA
Head coach	Gunnar Strachan
Captain	Ilmjerstadt Lekallaviestadt
Home stadium	Haraldsborgs Idrætsvøllur
FMF code	STO
First FMF intermicronational
Leon and Venezia 4–0 Stormark
Biggest win
Stormark 10–0 Lucerne
Biggest defeat
Leon and Venezia 4–0 Stormark
FMF World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2008)
Best result	Quarter-finals
Copa Apollonia
Appearances	3 (first in 2012)
Best result	Group stage

The Stormark national football team is the football team which represents the micronation of Stormark. It is a member of the AEFA and is run by the SBU.

History

The team was founded in 2007 after Stormark was granted FMF membership after existing on Micras since before the organisation's founding. Later on the year, the team competed in their first qualifiers for the FMF World Cup, losing 6–0 to Leon and Venezia on aggregate in the first AEFA round.

Stormark's fortunes improved the following year, with the team successfully qualifying from their group without losing a match. In the finals, however, the team finished bottom of their group without gaining a point.

In 2009's qualifiers, the team finished third in their five-team group, finishing behind Novatainia and missing-out on a place in the play-offs by one point.

The following year, the team gained the eligibility of a number of Hurmudanic players after Hurmu left Micras. With the addition of these players in the team, Stormark successfully topped their five-team qualifying group with an unbeaten record. In the World Cup, the team managed to advance from a tough group, beating holders Alexandria 2–0 in the process, before being beaten by Toketi in the quarter-finals.

In 2011, the team had a relatively successful qualifying campaign, finishing second in their group and missing-out on qualification on goal difference to Antica, who advanced to their first World Cup finals appearance by topping the group.

The team improved in 2012's qualifiers, topping their group with twelve points, ahead of Safiria, to qualify for the finals and the first Copa Apollonia. In the World Cup, the team finished bottom of their group after losing all three of their matches, before finishing second in their Copa Apollonia group with three points later in the year.

In the 2013 qualifiers, Stormark guaranteed their appearance in the second Copa Apollonia by finishing second in their five-team group with 21 points, but missed-out on the World Cup on goal difference to Novatainia. In the Copa Apollonia, the team could only draw two of their matches as they finished bottom of their group with two points.

The team's fortunes lessened the following year, as they could only finish third in their qualifying group and failed to reach any finals tournaments. However, in early 2014, Stormark became a founding association of the Triple Crown Championship and competed in the inaugural tournament later in the year, where they finished third with a sole point.

In the 2015 qualifiers, Stormark finished second in their five-team group with 15 points.

The 2016 Copa Apollonia qualification rounds saw the team lose just once to top their five-team group with 21 points and advance to the finals. In the Copa Apollonia, the team finished third in their group with three points and failed to advance.

Chronological competitive participation

• 2007 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2008 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2008 FMF World Cup
• 2009 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2010 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2010 FMF World Cup
• 2011 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2012 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2012 FMF World Cup
• 2012 Copa Apollonia
• 2013 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2013 Copa Apollonia
• 2014 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2014 Triple Crown Championship
• 2015 FMF World Cup qualification
• 2016 Copa Apollonia qualification
• 2016 Copa Apollonia

Players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Age Club 1 1GK Jean-Marie Le Roux 32 Racing Quimper 2 3DF Knut Ragnarsson 28 Seven Sisters 3 3DF Kjartan Hellvik 19 Dexy's Midday Runners 4 3DF Ilmjerstadt Lekallaviestadt 29 Blue Boys Differance 5 3DF Gaeton Osvold 25 Queen's Hall Rangers 6 5MF Stefalian Brégy 23 Lynnette 7 5MF Kjell Elkjær 28 Jeunesse d'Iduna 8 5MF Arnio Morivari 27 Queen's Hall Rangers 9 7FW Erik Thorstvedt 25 Lynnette 10 7FW Stuart McCall 21 Queen of the South 11 7FW Bjarne Jensen 19 Lynnette 12 7FW Alan Parsons 28 Hibernians 13 3DF Mads Nannskog 20 Hearts of the Heartland 14 5MF Friðþjófur Thorsteinsson 21 Haraldsborg Cool Cats F.C. 15 3DF Michel Valéry 24 Racing Quimper 16 5MF Bjarki Gunnarsson 23 Jeunesse d'Iduna 17 7FW Dorian Detari 17 Lynnette 18 1GK Ralf Forsberg 25 Hedeby Rockers 19 7FW Håvard Tvedten 23 Celtic Inverness 20 3DF Guðjón Sigurðsson 24 Bohemians Tromsø 21 5MF Vignir Svavarsson 18 Blue Boys Differance 22 3DF Kjetil Strand 23 Lynnette 23 1GK Mick Alanson 32 Hedeby Rockers

Player traditions

• When playing for the national football team, Storish players always wear light blue shoestrings, as light blue is one of the Storish national colours;
• During international matches the players of the Storish national football team wear the favour of the Lady they share their lives with, usually a ribbon, around their right wrist. The aforementioned Ladies tie the said ribbons around the players' right wrists just before kick-off;
• In the event that Stormark should win the Triple Crown Tournament, the players of the Storish national football team may select one random woman from the audience to crown her the Queen of Love and Beauty with a wreath of flowers made of the national flowers of Stormark;
• Stormark still adheres to the practice of awarding a cap (an item of headgear) to every player in an international match of association football. The item of headgear which is given is usually a horned or winged helmet.

Honours

• Triple Crown Championship: 0
  • 2014 – Third place

Flag

Stormark has used the following flags during its FMF affiliation:

2007–11	2011	2011–