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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)
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
First colours Second colours
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

Main article: History of Templatonia

(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

Nicknames

(Official and unofficial nicknames, their etymology and history)

Kits and crest

(Description of kits and common themes)

Kit suppliers

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

Home stadium

Template plays their home matches on...

(Stadium of the national team)

Rivalries

Main article: Templetonia–Exampleville football rivalry

(History of rivalries)

Supporters

(Supporter nicknames and facts)

Media coverage

(Broadcasting rights for the national team)

Results and fixtures

Main article: Templatonia football team results

See also: Templatonia football team results (2020–present)

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

Templatonia v Categoria

16 November UEFA Euro 2020 Qualification	Templatonia	4–0	Categoria	Templonia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Template 41' Example 49' Demo 55', 83'			Stadium: Template Park Attendance: xx,xxx Referee: O. Fischal (Templatia)

(Matches within the former, or upcoming, twelve months)

(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)

Coaching staff

Main article: Templatonia national football team manager

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)

Manager history

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%

(If statistics are unavailable, display former coaches in bulleted list form)

Players

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the match against Categoria on 1 January 2020.

Information correct as of 1 January 2020

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Tim Template	(1980-01-01) 1 January 1980	0	0	His Club
2	2DF	Tim Template	(1980-01-01) 1 January 1980	0	0	His Club
4	2DF	Tim Template	(1980-01-01) 1 January 1980	0	0	His Club
7	3MF	Tim Template	(1980-01-01) 1 January 1980	0	0	His Club
8	3MF	Tim Template	(1980-01-01) 1 January 1980	0	0	His Club
9	4FW	Tim Template	(1980-01-01) 1 January 1980	0	0	His Club
10	4FW	Tim Template	(1980-01-01) 1 January 1980	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)

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Tim Template	(1980-01-01) 1 January 1980	0	0	His Club	v. Examplonia; February 1, 2020 INJ
MF	Tim Template	(1980-01-01) 1 January 1980	0	0	His Club	v. Examplonia; February 1, 2020
FW	Tim Template	(1980-01-01) 1 January 1980	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)

Notable players

(Former players of national or international note)

Captains

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

Records

Main article: Template national football team records and statistics

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.)
(If the section features an image, remove the columned formatting)

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

FIFA World Cup											Qualification
Year	Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Squad		Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	F	A
as Guideland											as Guideland
1930 to 1962		Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
as Templatonia											as Templatonia
1966 to 2010		Did not enter									Did not enter
2014	Brasilien	Did not qualify									2nd	6	3	2	1	11	4
2018	Russland	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	4	4	Squad	1st	8	5	3	0	15	5
2022	Katar	Champions	1	1	0	0	5	0	Squad	1st	4	4	0	0	4	0
2026	Kanada Mexiko Vereinigte Staaten	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)

FIFA world rankings

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

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
Argentinien	7	1	1	5	6	15	−9	14.29
Tschechische Republik	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	33.33
Samoa	6	5	1	0	19	0	+19	83.33
Total	16	7	3	6	28	18	+10	43.75

Source:
Notes:

Honours

Intercontinental

• Olympic Games

Bronze medalists: 1968

• FIFA Confederations Cup

Runners-up: 2001

Continental

• AFC Asian Cup

Champions: 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011

Runners-up: 2019

Regional

• Far Eastern Games

Champions: 1930

• Dynasty Cup

See also

• Templatonia women's national football team

(Internal links)

Notes

(Place for notes)

(A Current Competition section is not necessary as the information should be available elsewhere in the article)

References

(Place for references)

External links

• Templatonia national football team – official site
• Templatonia Supporters – supporter site

(External links)

(Place for templates)