Lovia national football team

The Lovia national football team is the official national association football team of Lovia, representing it in all international soccer matches. Nicknamed The Jackpines, they are currently ranked third in the WNFA's world rankings, ahead of such nations like Mäöres and Kemburg.

History
The club was founded in 2010. There had been no national team previously, so a team was established in 2010 by Justin Abrahams. It was not officially recognized, however, until February 2012. The Jackpines' first official tournament wass the 2012 World Football Championship, where they were in a group with Mauritius, Cook Islands and highly-ranked Singapore. Lovia made it to a fourth-place finish.

Lovia is presently in the qualifiers for WFC 2014, with Strasland, Maldives and ANdorra in the group. Lovia won their first group match against Strasland at home.

Official venues
The LFA currently uses two large arenas as the principal venues, the Newhaven Stadium in Newhaven, KI and The Soccerfield in Noble City. Newhaven Stadium is the principal venue, since it is the largest one in the country. The Soccerfield is also used since it is quite new and modern, and is the second largest lovian venue..

Newhaven Stadium
The Newhaven Stadium located in Newhaven, Kings is one of the official venues. It is the largest staduim in Lovia, with a capacity of 30,154 people. It is the home to the Newhaven Rockets.

The Soccerfield
The Soccerfield, in Downtown, NC, Sylvania is the other official venue. It is the second largest, at a capacity of 10,000 people. It is the home to the very popular FC Caltrava football club.

Uniform
The team's home uniform is a blue and red one, representing the colors of Lovia. The away uniform has blue and red, but is mostly white. A new team jersey was designed in anticipation of WFC 2014, with a more modern design.



Squad
The squad is composed of players from different clubs around Lovia. The team has 10 starting players and 1 goalkeeper. There are also 10 other players in reserve, though any other Lovian footballer may be called up to the squad by coach Donia.

Youth and reserves
Ross Allen - Kinley Town - FW

Assistance personnel
Head Coach- James Masters

Assistant coach - Marcus Villanova

Fitness trainer- Taisho Kumato

Team doctor - Semyon Breyev

Assistant Chairman- Otto Eichel

Recent matches

 * 1) USA vs. Lovia 2-0 (L) Friendly
 * 2) Panama vs. Lovia 1-1 (D) Friendly
 * 3) Lovia vs. Cettatie 1-0 (W) Friendly
 * 4) Lovia vs. San Marino 3-0 (W) Friendly
 * 5) Lovia vs. Strasland 3-2 (W) WFC 2014 qualifier
 * 6) Lovia vs. Andorra 3-0 (W) WFC 2014 qualifier

Official Sponsors

 * Edison Electric