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Templatonia
Nickname(s)Guiderna (The Guides)
The Templates
(Nicknames, non-English ones italicized
with translation in parentheses if
possible, English ones non-italicized)
AssociationTemplatonia Football Association
(Templatonia Footballia Associa)
(The country's football association,
local name italicized and in parentheses)
Head coachTom Template, 3333-
(Name of current coach and year of appointment)
CaptainBob Template
Most capsTimmy Templaton (333)
(Name of most capped player and caps)
Top scorerTimmy Templaton (33)
(Name of most top scoring player and goals)
Home stadiumTemplaton Temple of Sports
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current100 Increase 5 (date at which rankings were updated at www.fifa.com)
Highest1 (August 1993)
(Highest ranking by FIFA, with month first reached)
Lowest205 (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
Appearances33 (first in 3333)
Best resultThird place, 3333
(Appearances, first appearance and best
result in World Cup)
Wikipedian Championship
Appearances33 (first in 3333)
Best resultThird 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

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(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.

Team image

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Nicknames

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(Official and unofficial nicknames, their etymology and history)

Kits and crest

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(Description of kits and common themes)

Kit suppliers

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Kit provider Period Ref
Template tops xxxx–xxxx
Template kits xxxx–xxxx

Home stadium

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Template plays their home matches on...

(Stadium of the national team)

Rivalries

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(History of rivalries)

Supporters

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(Supporter nicknames and facts)

Media coverage

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(Broadcasting rights for the national team)

Results and fixtures

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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

2019

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12 November UEFA Euro 2020 Qualification Templatonia 4–0 Categoria Templonia
20:45 CET (UTC 01:00)
Stadium: Template Park
Attendance: xx,xxx
Referee: T. Templatini (Templatia)
16 November UEFA Euro 2020 Qualification Categoria Cancelled Templatonia Categoria
17:45 CET (UTC 01:00) Stadium: Instructive Arena
Referee: T. Templatini (Templatia)
Note: The reason that the fixture was cancelled

2020

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23 March UEFA Euro 2020 Play-offs Templatonia v TBD Templonia
Stadium: Template Park

(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)

Coaching staff

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Current coaching staff

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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)

Manager history

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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)

Players

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Current squad

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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]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Tim Template (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24) 0 0 His Club

2 2DF Tim Template (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Unattached
4 2DF Tim Template (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24) 0 0 His Club

7 3MF Tim Template Unknown 0 0 His Club
8 3MF Tim Template (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24) 0 0 His Club

9 4FW Tim Template (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24) 0 0 His Club
10 4FW Tim Template (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24) 0 0 His Club
(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 a player's club has a prefix or a suffix that identifies it as a football club (e.g. F.C, AC or SC) it should be piped, as per MOS:PIPE)
(If a player is without a club, display either Unattached or Free Agent instead of leaving the section blank, as per this discussion
(If information regarding a player's club or age is not available, write Unknown rather than leaving the section blank, as per this discussion)
(If the team hasn't played a match in over two years, change Current squad to Latest squad)

Recent call-ups

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The following players have also been called up to the Templatonia squad within the last twelve months.[note 1]

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Tim Template (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24) 0 0 His Club UEFA Euro 2020

DF Tim Template (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24) 0 0 His Club v. Examplonia; February 1, 2020 INJ

MF Tim Template (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24) 0 0 His Club v. Examplonia; February 1, 2020

FW Tim Template (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24) 0 0 His Club v. Guideton; October 1, 2019 RET

Notes
  • INJ = Withdrew due to injury
  • PRE = Preliminary squad / standby
  • RET = Retired from the national team
  • SUS = Serving suspension
  • WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.
(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)
(The Latest section should show the most recent fixture that the player was available for, unless the player was last called up for a tournament squad - in which case the tournament should be displayed. If a player was only called up to the Preliminary squad, display PRE next to the first fixture of that particular international window)

Notable players

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(Former players of national or international note)

Captains

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(List of former captains and their achievements with the national side)

Individual records

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As of 1 January 2020
Players in bold are still active with Templatonia.
Most appearances
Rank Name Caps Goals Career
1 Tim Template 50 2 1996–2007
2 Ed Example 49 4 1992–2006
3 Guy Guides 45 0 1996–2006
Bob Template 45 10 2006–present
5 Sam Samples 42 2 1995–2007
Top goalscorers
Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Bob Template (list) 10 45 0.22 2006–present
2 Bill Illustration (list) 8 40 0.2 2000–2012
3 Frank Framework 7 10 0.7 1990–1994
4 Moe Model 4 11 0.36 1998–2004
Ed Example 4 49 0.08 1992–2006

(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, this format if the same player has the most appearances and goals, and this format if there are two players with joint-most goals or appearances.)

Competitive record

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FIFA World Cup

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  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)

FIFA world rankings

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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

Head-to-head record

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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
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Includes results as Western Samoa.

Honours

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Intercontinental

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  Bronze medalists: 1968
  Runners-up: 2001

Continental

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  Champions: 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011
  Runners-up: 2019

Regional

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  Champions: 1930

See also

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(Internal links)

Notes

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(Place for notes)

  1. ^ 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)

References

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(Place for references)

  1. ^ "Example Domain - Latest Squad Release".
  2. ^ "Example Domain - Caps & Goals Statistics".
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