Monday, January 23, 2012

Central Europe Regional National Team

What if Europe divided into Regional National Teams? Here is TB11's Central Europe NT.



TB11's Rules for squad selection:

20 Players - 3 GK, 6 DF, 6 MF, 5 FW

Maximum of 4 players from a single country
Minimum of 1 player from every nation in the region must be included

Central: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland

GK (3)
Petr Čech (Czech Republic: Chelsea)
Manuel Neuer (Germany: Bayern Munich)
Wojciech Szczęsny (Poland: Arsenal)

DF (6)
Philipp Lahm (Germany: Bayern Munich)
Mats Hummels (Germany: Borussia Dortmund)
Martin Škrtel (Slovakia: Liverpool)
Stephan Lichtsteiner (Switzerland: Juventus)
Johan Djourou (Switzerland: Arsenal)
Emanuel Pogatetz (Austria: Hannover 96)

MF (6)
Jakub Błaszczykowski (Poland: Borussia Dortmund)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany: Bayern Munich)
Balázs Dzsudzsák (Hungary: Dynamo Moscow)
Marek Hamšík (Slovakia: Napoli)
Sandro Wieser (Liechtenstein: 1899 Hoffenheim)
Gökhan İnler (Switzerland: Napoli)

FW (5)
Milan Baroš (Czech Republic: Galatasaray)
Josip Iličić (Slovenia: Palermo)
Tim Matavž (Slovenia: PSV)
Eren Derdiyok (Switzerland: Bayer Leverkusen)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland: Borussia Dortmund)



Feel free to make suggestions and/or create your own Central Europe team.

6 comments:

  1. This was quite fun. My list:

    GK (3)
    Petr Čech (Czech Republic: Chelsea)
    Samir Handanovič (Slovenia: Udinese)
    Wojciech Szczęsny (Poland: Arsenal)

    DF (6)
    Johan Djourou (Switzerland: Arsenal)
    Christian Fuchs (Austria: Schalke 04)
    Michal Kadlec (Czech Republic: Bayer Leverkusen)
    Phillip Lahm (Germany: Bayern Munich)
    Stephan Lichtsteiner (Switzerland: Juventus)
    Martin Škrtel (Slovakia: Liverpool)

    MF (6)
    Martin Büchel (Liechtenstein: FC Zurich)
    Balázs Dzsudzsák (Hungary: Dynamo Moscow)
    Josep Iličić (Slovenia: Palermo)
    Gökhan Inler (Switzerland: Napoli)
    Mesut Özil – (Germany: Real Madrid)
    Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany: Bayern Munich)

    FW (5)
    Milan Baroš (Czech Republic: Galatasaray)
    Eren Derdiyok (Switzerland: Bayer Leverkusen)
    Marek Hamšík (Slovakia: Napoli)
    Miroslav Klose (Germany: Lazio)
    Robert Lewandowski (Poland: Borussia Dortmund)

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  2. GK (3)
    Cech(Cze)
    Handanovic(Slo)
    Szczesny(Pol)

    Def (6)
    Piszczek(Pol)
    Skrtel(Svk)
    Pogatetz(Aut)
    Lichsteiner(Sui)
    Lahm(Ger)
    Hummels(Ger)

    Mid (6)
    Inler(Sui)
    Shaqiri(Sui)
    Hamsik(Svk)
    Schweinsteiger(Ger)
    Gera(Hun)
    Wieser(Lie)

    FW (5)
    Lewandowski(Pol)
    Blaszczykowski(Pol)
    Derdiyok(Sui)
    Müller(Ger)
    Baroš(Cze)

    Interesting idea to do those squads with these restrictions :)

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  3. GK (3)
    Petr Čech (Czech Republic: Chelsea)
    Ron-Robert Zieler (Germany: Hannover 96)
    Wojciech Szczęsny (Poland: Arsenal)

    DF (6)
    Mats Hummels (Germany: Borussia Dortmund)
    Marcel Schmelzer (Germany: Borussia Dortmund)
    Lukasz Piszczek (Poland: Borussia Dortmund)
    Emanuel Pogatetz (Austria: Hannover 96)
    Johan Djourou (Switzerland: Arsenal)
    Martin Škrtel (Slovakia: Liverpool)

    MF (6)
    Sandro Wieser (Liechtenstein: TSG Hoffenheim)
    Zoltan Stieber (Hungary: Mainz 05)
    Valter Birsa (Slovenia: FC Genoa)
    Gökhan Inler (Switzerland: Napoli)
    David Alaba (Austria: Bayern Munich)
    Mario Götze (Germany: Borussia Dortmund)

    FW (5)
    Marko Arnautovic (Austria: Werder Bremen)
    Eren Derdiyok (Switzerland: Bayer Leverkusen)
    Marek Hamšík (Slovakia: Napoli)
    Jakub Blaszczykowski (Poland: Borussia Dortmund)
    Robert Lewandowski (Poland: Borussia Dortmund)


    Would prefer Huth (Stoke) in the defense, but five Germans are to much, so I decided to take Pogatetz as third austrian player. Nice idea!!!

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  4. Thanks guys. It's good to know I'm not the only one that enjoys doing stuff like this.

    Most of the players listed were in my initial list of players as well but there are also some interesting choices that I hadn't thought of (Alaba, Schmelzer, Büchel, etc.). I'm slightly surprised that nobody included Mario Gómez. In retrospect I think I would trade Neuer for Handanovič and one of my forwards for Gómez.

    Thanks again for participating guys, enjoyed looking at your squad selections.
    Keep an eye out this week for the rest of the European "regional national teams".

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  5. GK (3)
    Petr Čech (Czech Republic: Chelsea)
    Manuel Neuer (Germany: Bayern Munich)
    Wojciech Szczęsny (Poland: Arsenal)

    DF (6)
    Philipp Lahm (Germany: Bayern Munich)
    Mats Hummels (Germany: Borussia Dortmund)
    Martin Škrtel (Slovakia: Liverpool)
    Stephan Lichtsteiner (Switzerland: Juventus)
    Johan Djourou (Switzerland: Arsenal)
    Emanuel Pogatetz (Austria: Hannover 96)

    MF (6)
    Jakub Błaszczykowski (Poland: Borussia Dortmund)
    Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany: Bayern Munich)
    Balázs Dzsudzsák (Hungary: Dynamo Moscow)
    Marek Hamšík (Slovakia: Napoli)
    Sandro Wieser (Liechtenstein: 1899 Hoffenheim)
    Gökhan İnler (Switzerland: Napoli)

    FW (5)
    Tomaš Necid (Czech Republic: CSKA Moscow)
    Josip Iličić (Slovenia: Palermo)
    Tim Matavž (Slovenia: PSV)
    Eren Derdiyok (Switzerland: Bayer Leverkusen)
    Robert Lewandowski (Poland: Borussia Dortmund)

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  6. Sorry I did the Eastern European one and didn't see the rules..whoops..

    GK:
    Wojciech Szczęsny (Poland: Arsenal)
    Petr Čech (Czech Republic: Chelsea)
    Diego Benaglio (Switzerland: Wolfsburg)

    DF:
    Martin Škrtel (Slovakia: Liverpool)
    Philipp Lahm (Germany: Bayern Munich)
    Michal Kadlec (Czech Republic: Bayer Leverkusen)
    Christian Fuchs (Austria: Schalke 04)
    Benedikt Höwedes (Germany: Schalke 04)
    Roland Juhasz (Hungary: Anderlecht)

    MF:
    Jakub Błaszczykowski (Poland: Borussia Dortmund)
    Sandro Wieser (Liechtenstein: 1899 Hoffenheim)
    Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland: FC Basel)
    Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany: Bayern Munich)
    Gökhan Inler (Switzerland: Napoli)
    Balázs Dzsudzsák (Hungary: Dynamo Moscow)

    FW:
    Robert Lewandowski (Poland: Borussia Dortmund)
    Tim Matavž (Slovenia: PSV)
    Miroslav Klose (Germany: Lazio)
    Martin Harnik (Austria: VFB Stuttgart)
    Milan Baroš (Czech Republic: Galatasaray)

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