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| Nickname(s) | Guiderna (The Guides) The Templates (Nicknames, non-English ones italicized with translation in parentheses if possible, English ones non-italicized) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Templatonia Football Association (Templatonia Footballia Associa) (The country's football association, local name italicized and in parentheses) | ||
| Head coach | Tom Template, 3333- (Name of current coach and year of appointment) | ||
| Captain | Bob Template | ||
| Most caps | Timmy Templaton (333) (Name of most capped player and caps) | ||
| Top scorer | Timmy Templaton (33) (Name of most top scoring player and goals) | ||
| Home stadium | Templaton Temple of Sports | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 100  5 (date at which rankings were updated at www.fifa.com) | ||
| Highest | 1 (August 1993) (Highest ranking by FIFA, with month first reached) | ||
| Lowest | 205 (September 1993) (Lowest ranking by FIFA, with month first reached) | ||
| First international | |||
| Categoria 33 – 33 Templatonia (Category Town, Categoria; 33 Thranuary 3333) (Opposing team, score, town, country and date of first international) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Templatonia 33 – 0 Categoria (Template City, Templatonia; 33 Thranuary 3333) (Opposing team, score, town, country and date of largest win) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Categoria 33 – 0 Templatonia (Category Town, Categoria; 33 Thranuary 3333) (Opposing team, score, town, country and date of worst defeat) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 33 (first in 3333) | ||
| Best result | Third place, 3333 (Appearances, first appearance and best result in World Cup) | ||
| Wikipedian Championship | |||
| Appearances | 33 (first in 3333) | ||
| Best result | Third place, 3330, 3333 (Appearances, first appearance and best result in continental cup) | ||
The Templatonia national football team is controlled by the Templatonia Football Association ...
(Introduction of the national team)
(History of the national team)
- Note: History sections can become very long with more detail than appropriate for a general overview. If the overall article and the history section become quite lengthy, much of the history material can be moved to a History of the _____ article (using the main template), with the main article containing just a summary of the history.
(Official and unofficial nicknames, their etymology and history)
(Description of kits and common themes)
| Kit provider | Period | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Template tops | xxxx–xxxx | |
| Template kits | xxxx–xxxx |
Template plays their home matches on...
(Stadium of the national team)
(History of rivalries)
(Supporter nicknames and facts)
(Broadcasting rights for the national team)
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
(If there are multiple pages listing the team's results, use See Also, directed at the latest page. If there is only one page, use Main article instead)
(Use TBD instead of listing the potential opponents, as discussed here)
Current coaching staff
- As of 1 July 2018
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Guy Guides | Manager |
| Ed Example | Assistant coach |
| Stan Standard | Goalkeeping coach |
(Keep the list limited to key personnel, as per this discussion)
The following managers have been in charge of Templatonia's national squad:
- Caretaker managers are listed in italics.
| Name | Period | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Template | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 00.0% | |
| Sam Sample | 2010–2012 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% | |
| Last updated: 1 January 2018 | |||||||
(If statistics are unavailable, display former coaches in bulleted list form)
(Display coaches multiple times if they have had several periods as national manager, per this discussion)
The following 21 players were called up for the match against Categoria on 1 January 2020.[1]
- Information correct as of 1 January 2020.[2]
- (Players are listed within position group by kit number, order of caps, then alphabetically)
- (Players' ages, caps, goals and clubs should be up to date - not as of the squad announcement, as per this discussion)
- (This section should include the most recently released squad - including preliminary squads if available - as per this discussion)
- (If the team hasn't played a match in over two years, change Current squad to Latest squad)
The following players have also been called up to the Templatonia squad within the last twelve months.[note 1]
(Players are listed within position group by order of latest call-up, caps, and then alphabetically)
(Injury icons should not be used in rosters as they violate MOS:TEXTASIMAGES as outlined in this discussion)
(Once a player is removed from the recent call-ups list, the national team timeframe in their infobox should also be closed; see discussion)
(Former players of national or international note)
(List of former captains and their achievements with the national side)
- As of 1 January 2020
- Players in bold are still active with Templatonia.
(If a player has not appeared for the national team in over two years, they can no longer be considered active per this discussion.)[note 1]
(If the section features an image, remove the columned formatting and copy this format if different players have the most appearances and most goals, and this format if the same player has the most appearances and goals)
Champions Runners-up Third place
| FIFA World Cup | Qualification | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Squad | Pos. | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | |
| 1930 to 1954 | Part of Greater Guideland | Part of Greater Guideland | |||||||||||||||
| as Guideland | as Guideland | ||||||||||||||||
| 1958 to 1962 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | |||||||||||||||
| as Templatonia | as Templatonia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1966 to 2010 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Brazil | Did not qualify | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||
| 2018 | Russia | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Squad | 1st | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| 2022 | Qatar | Champions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Squad | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2026 | Canada Mexico United States |
To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | Third place | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 49 | — | 9/21 | 147 | 62 | 29 | 56 | 218 | 194 | ||
(The former format was amended as it did not comply with MOS:FLAG as discussed here)
(Fourth place is not given a colour, as per WP:FOOTYCOLOURS)
Last update was on 25 October 2018.
Worst Ranking Best Ranking Worst Mover Best Mover
| Templetonia's FIFA world rankings | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Year | Games Played |
Won | Lost | Drawn | Best | Worst | ||||
| Rank | Move | Rank | Move | ||||||||
| 28 | 2019 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 33 | 7 | ||
| 50 | 2018 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 7 | 61 | 5 | ||
| 57 | 2017 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 7 | 57 | 11 | ||
The following table shows Templonia's all-time international record, correct as of 1 October 2020.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 14.29 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Samoa[a] | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 83.33 |
| Total | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 43.75 |
- ^ Includes results as Western Samoa.
- Bronze medalists: 1968
- Runners-up: 2001
(Internal links)
(Place for notes)
- ^ a b It's disputed whether the timeframe should be 1 or 2 years; see discussion.
(A Current Competition section is not necessary as the information should be available elsewhere in the article)
(Place for references)
(Place for external links)
- Templatonia national football team – official site
- Templatonia Supporters – supporter site
(Place for templates)