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The team was first organised by the Pan-Kiravian Soccer Promotion Association (PKSPA) in [YEAR] in order to play exhibition matches and arouse popular interest in the sport to lay the foundation for a domestic professional league. It was unsuccessful in this goal, as watching their team routinely get shafted on the pitch by foreign squads did little to stoke the enthusiasm of Kiravian fans. The team's organisational fortunes improved under Kirosocialism, when it was integrated into the Unified National Sporting System under the [[List of Government Agencies Defunct after Kirosocialism|Department of Sport]], and made the apex of a government-run {{wp|football league system|league system}} that stretched all the way down to the local amateur and youth soccer leagues. The team's performance improved under Kirsok, as the government invested somewhat heavily in promoting soccer as the primary youth sport and as an educational tool. More children playing soccer in school and in state-run youth leagues resulted in a stronger bench of players for the national team. The team also became homogeneously Kiravian during this period, as the government ended the practice of recruiting and naturalising foreign players, which it denounced as "bourgeois cosmopolitanism". After Kirosocialism, the Department of Sport and Unified National Sporting System, and the reconstituted PKSPA resumed control of the team as a private organisation. | The team was first organised by the Pan-Kiravian Soccer Promotion Association (PKSPA) in [YEAR] in order to play exhibition matches and arouse popular interest in the sport to lay the foundation for a domestic professional league. It was unsuccessful in this goal, as watching their team routinely get shafted on the pitch by foreign squads did little to stoke the enthusiasm of Kiravian fans. The team's organisational fortunes improved under Kirosocialism, when it was integrated into the Unified National Sporting System under the [[List of Government Agencies Defunct after Kirosocialism|Department of Sport]], and made the apex of a government-run {{wp|football league system|league system}} that stretched all the way down to the local amateur and youth soccer leagues. The team's performance improved under Kirsok, as the government invested somewhat heavily in promoting soccer as the primary youth sport and as an educational tool. More children playing soccer in school and in state-run youth leagues resulted in a stronger bench of players for the national team. The team also became homogeneously Kiravian during this period, as the government ended the practice of recruiting and naturalising foreign players, which it denounced as "bourgeois cosmopolitanism". After Kirosocialism, the Department of Sport and Unified National Sporting System, and the reconstituted PKSPA resumed control of the team as a private organisation. | ||
On [October 14 2023], an explosion destroyed the KiliGas liquefied natural gas depot in Béyasar Harbour, less than | ==2023 Béyasar Harbour Tragedy== | ||
On [October 14 2023], an explosion destroyed the KiliGas liquefied natural gas depot in Béyasar Harbour, less than a kilometer from Pitchblende Field. The blast tore through Pitchblende during a workout, killing the most of the national team and its coaching staff, including head coach Yves LeBœuf, along with eight other team employees and twelve facilities workers. | |||
On [January 9, 2024], the PKPSA announced that it would attempt to field a reconstructed national team for upcoming international matches. Players would be recruited from the {{wp|Semi-professional sports|semi-pro}} Great Kirav Soccer League and top prospects from Kiravian university teams. Dieudonné Labbé was transferred from his position as head coach of the national women's team, in a move that was criticised by the newspaper ''[[Ɣábravik]]'' on gender-equalitarian grounds for cannibalising an intact (albeit underperforming) women's team in order to field a hastily-organised men's team with little hope of success. | On [January 9, 2024], the PKPSA announced that it would attempt to field a reconstructed national team for upcoming international matches. Players would be recruited from the {{wp|Semi-professional sports|semi-pro}} Great Kirav Soccer League and top prospects from Kiravian university teams. Dieudonné Labbé was transferred from his position as head coach of the national women's team, in a move that was criticised by the newspaper ''[[Ɣábravik]]'' on gender-equalitarian grounds for cannibalising an intact (albeit underperforming) women's team in order to field a hastily-organised men's team with little hope of success. | ||
===2024 Albalitor=== | ===2024 Albalitor=== | ||
Following the Béyasar Harbour Tragedy, the hastily-reconstructed team under Dieudonné Labbé went straight to work at | |||
===2026 World Cup=== | ===2026 World Cup=== | ||
Round 1: 1-0 win against Zaclaria<br> | Round 1: 1-0 win against Zaclaria<br> | ||