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{{Infobox national team
| Name               = '''{{team flag|Nova England|nolink=yes}}'''
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| Association        = [[NEFA]]
| FMF years          = 2006&ndash;08, 2008&ndash;
| Confederation      = [[EMUFA]]
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| Home Stadium       = [[West Grinstead National Stadium]]
| FMF Trigramme      = NEN
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| First game         = {{team flag-rt|Nova England|nolink=yes}} 1&ndash;0 {{team flag|New Oscland|football}}
| Largest win        = NEN {{team flag|Nova England|flag}} [[Nova England 57–0 Franklin Islands|57&ndash;0]] {{team flag|Franklin Islands|football}}
| Largest loss       = {{team flag-rt|Nova England|nolink=yes}} 0&ndash;6 {{team flag|Taesong|football}}
| World cup apps     = 8
| World cup first    = 2006
| World cup best     = Runners-up
| Regional name      = EMU Championships
| Regional cup apps  = 8
| Regional cup first = 2007
| Regional cup best  = Runners-up

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The '''Nova England national football team''' is the [[wikipedia:Association football|football]] team which currently represents the micronation of [[Nova England]], and previously represented the [[Riponia]]n autonomous territory and [[Mercury|Mercurian]] autonomous region of the same name. The team is a founding member of both the [[FMF]] and the [[EMUFA]], and is run by the [[NEFA]]. 

The team has existed twice in the [[FMF]]'s history; firstly between the organisation's foundation and 2008 as an independent nation and an autonomous territory of Riponia, and secondly since mid-2008 as an autonomous region of Mercury and again independently. The team is traditionally seen as one of the strongest national sides on [[Micras]], having appeared in eight [[FMF World Cup]]s, reaching the final in [[2009 FMF World Cup|2009]].

==History==
Nova England was one of the founding members of the [[FMF]] when the organisation was created in October 2006 prior to the [[2006 FMF World Cup|first FMF World Cup]]. The national team competed in the tournament, advancing from their group with four points. After beating [[Craitland national football team|Craitland]] in the quarter-finals on penalties, the team lost to [[Gaia national football team|Gaia]] by the same means before losing 1&ndash;0 in the third-place play-off to finish in fourth.

The following year, the team was less successful in their World Cup campaign, only managing third in their [[2007 FMF World Cup qualification|qualifying group]], meaning that they even missed-out on a play-off place. Later in the year, [[Nova England]] and [[Nova English Korea]] were announced as joint-hosts of the [[2007 EMU Championships|inaugural EMU Championships]]. The team topped their group and beat invitees [[New Brittania national football team|New Brittania]] 2&ndash;1 in the quarter-finals, before losing 1&ndash;0 to both [[Passas national football team|Passas]] and Craitland to come fourth in their second consecutive tournament.

In early 2008, Nova England was annexed by Riponia but retained its separate national team. However, only a few months later, Riponia was declared dead and left Micras, along with Nova England. In mid-2008, Nova England returned to [[Micras]] as an independent nation again, and was granted FMF membership in time to be involved in [[2008 FMF World Cup qualification|that year's World Cup qualifiers]]. The team topped their six-team group, only losing once, and successfully qualified for the [[2008 FMF World Cup]]. In the finals, the team could only manage third in their group, finishing behind fellow [[EMUFA]] members [[Bobalania national football team|Bobalania]] and [[Hamland national football team|Hamland]].

The following year again saw a successful Nova English [[2009 FMF World Cup qualification|qualfying campaign]], with the team being unbeaten as they won their group. The team came third in the sole five-team [[2009 EMU Championships|EMU 2009]] group, sealing third place in the process. They continued their good form into the [[2009 FMF World Cup|World Cup finals]], topping their group on goal difference, seeing-off Passas after extra time in the quarter-finals and beating [[2006 FMF World Cup|2006 champions]] [[Beaugium national football team|Beaugium]] in the semi-finals. In the final, however, the team lost 2&ndash;0 to hosts [[Alexandria national football team|Alexandria]], but still secured their best finish as runners-up.

In [[2010 FMF World Cup qualification|2010's qualifiers]], the team again qualified successfully by comfortably topping their group unbeaten. Despite winning their opening game in [[2010 FMF World Cup|the finals]], the team then lost their following two matches to finish third in their group to miss-out on advancing to the knock-out stages.

The team continued their good form in qualifiers [[2011 FMF World Cup qualification|the following year]], again going unbeaten as they topped their group by a point. In their [[2011 EMU Championships|EMU 2011]] group, the team finished second behind Hamland without losing, before being beaten by [[Interland national football team|Interland]] in the third-place play-off. In the [[2011 FMF World Cup|World Cup finals]] later in the year, the team had their worst performance, finishing bottom of their group without gaining a point.

In [[2012 FMF World Cup qualification|2012's qualifiers]], the team failed to qualify for the [[2012 FMF World Cup|the finals]] for the first time since 2007. However, a second-placed finish in their five-team group meant that they would appear in a [[2012 EMU Championships|fourth EMU Championships]]. Following qualification, Nova England left Micras but the team was granted permission to remain playing due to [[Mercury]]'s foundation of a non-successive autonomous region of the same name soon afterwards. In EMU 2012, the team finished second in their group behind hosts and eventual runners-up [[Mercury national football team|Mercury]]. Later in the year, the team competed in the [[2012 Territories Cup|first]] [[Territories Cup]], where they finished second in the [[2012 Territories Cup#Football|football tournament]].

The [[2013 FMF World Cup qualification|2013 qualification rounds]] saw success for the team as they won their group with 19 points to reach both the [[2013 FMF World Cup|World Cup]] and [[2013 EMU Championships|EMU 2013]]. In EMU 2013, the team finished second in their three-team group with three points. In the World Cup, the team could only finish bottom of their group with only one point to their name.

Nova England finished third in their four-team [[2014 FMF World Cup qualification|2014 qualifying group]] with seven points, but automatically qualified for [[2014 EMU Championships|EMU 2014]] after successfully bidding to host the tournament for a second time. In the tournament, the team topped their group with four points but were then heavily beaten by Passas and Hamland, and finished in fourth place.

In the [[2015 FMF World Cup qualification|following year's qualifiers]], the team struggled in an evenly-matched five-team group, and finished in fourth place with ten points to their name.

The [[2016 EMU Championships qualification|qualifying rounds]] for [[2016 EMU Championships|EMU 2016]] saw Nova England win their five-team group with 15 points to qualify for the finals. In the finals, the team's success continued as they topped a difficult group on goal difference with six points to advance before beating Mercury on penalties in the semi-finals, but were well beaten 4&ndash;0 by Passas in the final to finish as runners-up.

In early 2017, during the progress of [[2017 FMF World Cup qualification|that year's World Cup qualifiers]], Nova England regained independence. In the qualifiers themselves, the team was unbeaten as they finished top of their five-team group with twenty points and advanced to [[2017 FMF World Cup|their seventh World Cup finals]]. In the finals, the team finished fourth in their group with five points, behind the advancing [[Elwynn national football team|Elwynn]] on goal difference.

The team competed in the [[2018 EMU Championships qualification]] rounds, where they topped their five-team group unbeaten with 22 points to qualify for [[2018 EMU Championships|the finals]]. At EMU 2018, the team finished third in their four-team group with four points, one point below holders Passas, and did not advance.

In the [[2019 FMF World Cup qualification|2019 World Cup qualifiers]], the team finished second in their six-team group, behind Passas on goal difference, with 27 points, and qualified for their [[2019 FMF World Cup|eighth tournament finals]]. In the finals, the team placed fourth in their five-team group with three points.

==Chronological competitive participation==
*[[2006 FMF World Cup]]
*[[2007 FMF World Cup qualification]]
*[[2007 EMU Championships]] (co-hosts)
*[[2008 FMF World Cup qualification]]
*[[2008 FMF World Cup]]
*[[2009 FMF World Cup qualification]]
*[[2009 EMU Championships]]
*[[2009 FMF World Cup]]
*[[2010 FMF World Cup qualification]]
*[[2010 FMF World Cup]]
*[[2011 FMF World Cup qualification]]
*[[2011 EMU Championships]]
*[[2011 FMF World Cup]]
*[[2012 FMF World Cup qualification]]
*[[2012 EMU Championships]]
*[[2012 Territories Cup#Football|2012 Territories Cup]]
*[[2013 FMF World Cup qualification]]
*[[2013 EMU Championships]]
*[[2013 FMF World Cup]]
*[[2014 FMF World Cup qualification]]
*[[2014 EMU Championships]] (hosts)
*[[2015 FMF World Cup qualification]]
*[[2016 EMU Championships qualification]]
*[[2016 EMU Championships]]
*[[2017 FMF World Cup qualification]]
*[[2017 FMF World Cup]]
*[[2018 EMU Championships qualification]]
*[[2018 EMU Championships]]
*[[2019 FMF World Cup qualification]]
*[[2019 FMF World Cup]]

==Kit==
[[File:Nova england kits.png|Kit]]

==Honours==
*'''[[FMF World Cup]]: 0'''
**[[2009 FMF World Cup|2009]] &ndash; Runners-up
**[[2006 FMF World Cup|2006]] &ndash; Fourth place

*'''[[EMU Championships]]: 0'''
**[[2016 EMU Championships|2016]] &ndash; Runners-up
**[[2009 EMU Championships|2009]] &ndash; Third place
**[[2007 EMU Championships|2007]], [[2011 EMU Championships|2011]], [[2014 EMU Championships|2014]] &ndash; Fourth place

*'''[[Territories Cup]]: 0'''
**[[2012 Territories Cup|2012]] &ndash; Runners-up

==Flag==
Nova England has used the following flag during both of its FMF affiliations:

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!2006&ndash;08<br>2008&ndash;
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|{{team flag big|Nova England|flag}}
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[[Category:National football teams]] [[Category:Nova England]]