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{{Infobox football club
| clubname      = Firewood City F.C.
| image         = [[File:FirewoodCityLogo.png|150px|Badge of Firewood City Football Club]]
| fullname      = Firewood City Football Club
| nickname      = the Fire
| short name    = Firewood
| founded       = 2104
| ground        = [[The Cauldron (stadium)|The Cauldron]], [[Firewood]]
| capacity      = 54,000
| owner         = [[JA Holdings Ltd.]] (majority share) <!-- Jeffrey Atkinson's Holdings company --><br />[[Metis plc.]]
| chairman      = [[Myles Atkinson]] <!-- Son of Jeffrey Atkinson -->
| CEO           = [[Andrea Cossu]]
| manager       = [[D'Antoni Williams]]
| league        = [[LigAnaia]] [[LigAnaia One North East|One: North East]]
| season        = [[LigAnaia season 9]]
| position      = Champions
| current       = LigAnaia season 10
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'''Firewood City Football Club''' (also known as '''''Firewood''''', '''''The Fire''''') is a professional [[wikipedia:Association football|football]] club based in [[Firewood]], [[Fourge]], who play in [[LigAnaia One North East]], part of the highest level of the [[COCANEFA]] [[COCANEFA football league pyramid|football league pyramid]]. Originally founded in 2104, Firewood City were founder members of the [[Football League of Osarius]] in 2137. They have played at their current home ground, [[The Cauldron]], since 2147. 

Firewood City are among the oldest and the most successful football clubs in the history of Osarian football. Firewood won the [[Champions Cup 42|42nd edition]] of the [[UICA Champions Cup]], and the [[Cygnus Cup 14|14th edition]] of the [[Cygnus Cup]], and are the only Osarian club to win either trophy. They have the highest total of major honours won by an Osarian club, having won the highest level of the Osarian football league championship twenty five times, the [[OFA Cup]] and [[OmniCup]] a combined fifteen times, and the [[League Cup]] eight times. In addition, the club has won the [[Aeropag Football Invitational]] and have finished as runners-up in both the [[UICA Super Cup]] and [[UICA Globe Cup]], as well as being the losing finalists in the Cygnus Cup on two other occasions.

They have fierce local rivalries with [[Hastmead Diamante]] and [[Trothwands Evolution]], though historically, their biggest rivals have been [[Greeningham City]]. The club's traditional [[wikipedia:Kit (association football)|kit]] colours are red and black striped shirts with black shorts.

== History ==

[ coming later ]

== Colours and badge ==
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The club colours are a red shirt with black vertical stripes, black shorts with a red trim, and red and black hooped socks. Firewood's colours at the outset generally comprised plain red shirts, with either white or black shorts. By 2110, red jerseys with a white flame embroidered on the chest were introduced by then-chairman [[Wilfred Zouma]]. This remained the first choice strip for six years. In November 2116, the club adopted a new kit: white shirts with red vertical stripes and red shoulder trim; red shorts with a white trim; plain white socks. This kit would remain first choice until the creation of a new club badge in 2131 &ndash; which is still in use as the current badge &ndash; and a new kit was commissioned to go with it. The new design has remained in use ever since.

===Kit sponsorship===

Firewood City, like almost all professional Osarian football clubs, forwent commercial kit sponsorship until 2153, when they signed a deal with Metis plc. The investment firm had bought a sizeable stake in the club, and the partnership was considered to be mutually beneficial. Firewood have not known another kit sponsor since, but have affiliated with other companies and causes as secondary kit sponsors &ndash; displaying messages on sleeves, or below shirt numbers on the rear of shirts &ndash; such as their partnership with mental health charity [[Mentesana]] in the 2190s.

== Stadium ==
:''Main article: [[The Cauldron (stadium)]]''

Firewood City's current home venue is The Cauldron, which is an OLAF Elite rated stadium, having previously played at Pareille Manor Park (2104-2109) and Firewood Lower Grounds (2109-2115). The Cauldron is the largest football specific stadium in Fourge, and the third largest in Osarius. It has hosted several Osarius internationals at various levels, the first in 2162, and the most recent in 2220. 

The current training ground is located at Pareille Manor, just outside northern Firewood, the site for which was purchased by former chairman Michael Atkinson in the early 2150s. Throughout the 2100s, the training facilities were frequently upgraded to keep Firewood at the forefront of technical advances in sport technology, though funds have since been redirected elsewhere.

== Ownership ==
The first shares in the club were issued in 2137 as a result of legislation that was intended to codify the professional teams and players in the newly established Professional Football Leagues of Osarius. Like many of the clubs going professional, Firewood had formerly been members of the Osarian Football Combination, and already had a board of directors as part of the OFC Charter. This made it easier for them to distribute shares among members, while also making some available to investors. The distribution of shares was to as a way of facilitating trading among the teams without implicating the OFA, and it worked, continuing for decades. Michael Atkinson started buying up many of the shares in the latter part of the 2140s, eventually becoming chairman and substantial shareholder of "Firewood City F.C." from 2148-2157 and the majority shareholder from 2163 until his death in 2165. His 65% share of the club was passed on to his son, Jeffrey. Upon Jeffrey's death in 2212, the majority share of the club was passed on to Myles Atkinson.

Myles Atkinson went on to sell another 10% of the club's shares to Metis plc in 2215, increasing the investment firm's involvement in the club's business management, but retaining the controlling stake. In 2220, Atkinson announced that he would be willing to sell his share in the club "for the right price", though Metis plc would retain power of veto on any proposed sale.

== Supporters and rivalries ==
:''See also: [[Great Northern rivalry]], [[Northern Fourge rivalry]] and [[Southern Fourge rivalry]]''



== Statistics ==

== Club honours ==

=== Domestic ===
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=== International ===



== Players ==

=== First-team squad ===

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1 |nat= OSR|pos= GK|name=[[Gianluca Bottego]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2 |nat= BRE|pos= RB|name=[[Scout Given]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3 |nat= OSR|pos= LB|name=[[Theodore Prince]]}} ''([[wikipedia:Captain (association football)#Club|club captain]])''
{{Fs player|no=4 |nat= NPH|pos= CM|name=[[Kath Boston]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5 |nat= NPH|pos= CB|name=[[Daniel Kruse]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6 |nat= BAR|pos= CB|name=[[Akio Sweet]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7 |nat= OSR|pos= RW|name=[[Darell Marshall]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8 |nat= OSR|pos= CM|name=[[Emilio Tapia]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9 |nat= OSR|pos= ST|name=[[Riccardo Carbone]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat= VLD|pos= AM|name=[[Juan Pablo Reyes]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat= OSR|pos= LW|name=[[Tobias Clarke]]}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat= BVL|pos= GK|name=[[Cesare Marchetti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat= PAT|pos= ST|name=[[Mohammed Essa]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat= OSR|pos= CB|name=[[Violetta Trimboli]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat= AUD|pos= CB|name=[[Olivier Thierault]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat= FFD|pos= RB|name=[[Jallerrhé Ljungman]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat= SEM|pos= RW|name=[[Dequane Saint Etienne]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat= AUD|pos= CM|name=[[Conor Magellan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat= VLD|pos= DM|name=[[Pedro Pedretti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat= OSR|pos= LB|name=[[Nino Pellegrini]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat= OSR|pos= LW|name=[[Lloyd Allen]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat= BRE|pos= CM|name=[[Brooke Searle]]}}
{{fs end}}

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=== Notable players ===
:''See also: [[List of Firewood City F.C. players]]''

There have been many players who can be called notable throughout Firewood City's history. These can be classified and recorded in several forms. The World Cup Hall of Fame and OFA Players of the Year are noted below. Firewood City have had several players who were one-club men. Several Firewood City players have won the OFA Players' Player of the Year award. At the end of every Osarian football season, every player registered to a club affiliated with the Osarian Football Association is entitled to vote on which player has played the best football in the previous year. The record for most wins of this award is jointly held by two former Firewood City captains, Benedict di Corradi and Benni Watson.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Player
! Golden Phoenix
! WC Hall of Fame
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Benedict di Corradi]]
| 2163, 2164, 2166, 2167
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Jermain Lewis]]
| 2175, 2176
| 2215
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Benni Watson]]
| 2179, 2180, 2181, 2182, 2184
| 
|}

The Osarian National Football Centre administers the Osarian Football Hall of Fame, which currently contains three Firewood teams, nine Firewood players and one Firewood manager (not counting Jermain Lewis and Benedict di Corradi, who were both inducted as players).

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Inductee
! Year inducted
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Benedict di Corradi]]
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Firewood City 2169-70 season|Firewood City 2169-70]] <!-- di Corradi's season as manager; Lewis' emergence -->
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Jermain Lewis]]
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Benni Watson]]
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Rene Wilson-Ouaddou]]
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|EFL}}&nbsp;[[Ronald Ceasar]]
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Firewood City 2194-95 season|Firewood City 2194-95]] <!-- Champions Cup winners -->
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Orlando Florian]]
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Giorgio Cassetti]]
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Roberto Barzaglione]]
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Firewood City 2164-65 season|Firewood City 2164-65]] <!-- Won the treble with di Corradi, Cassetti and Barzaglione partnership -->
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Serenity Lewis]]
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|KRS}}&nbsp;[[Gerardo Lopez]]
| 
|}

In 2200, Firewood City announced the creation of a "Firewood City Hall of Fame." This was voted for by fans, and the inaugural induction saw 12 former players and managers named.

{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
! colspan="3" | Firewood City Hall of Fame inductees
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Benedict di Corradi]]
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Orlando Florian]]
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Geert Bakker]]
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Jermain Lewis]]
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Benni Watson]]
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Roberto Barzaglione]]
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Giorgio Cassetti]]
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Reiss Ryerson]]
| {{flagicon|EFL}}&nbsp;[[Ronald Ceasar]]
|-
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Serenity Lewis]]
| {{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Rene Wilson-Ouaddou]]
| {{flagicon|KRS}}&nbsp;[[Gerardo Lopez]]
|}

=== Notable captains ===


== Management ==

=== Current backroom staff ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name 
!Role 
|-
|[[D'Antoni Williams]]|| Manager
|-
|[[Logan Yorke]]|| Assistant Manager
|-
|Rafael Hernandez|| First Team Coach
|-
|[[Geneva Cleveland]]|| Goalkeeping Coach
|-
|[[Joshua Nurse]]|| Development Coach
|-
|Leonard Kuper|| Performance Analyst
|-
|Michael Henderson|| Strength and Conditioning Coach
|-
|Remi Foucan|| Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
|-
|Anna Villemont|| Physiotherapist
|-
|[[Kieran Parker]]|| U21 Team Manager
|-
|Dion Georges|| Youth Team Manager
|-
|Nicholas Sunderland|| Academy Director
|-
|Michael Lambreau|| Assistant Academy Director
|-
|Matthias Ljungberg|| Sporting Director
|}

=== Notable managers ===
The following managers have all won at least one trophy when in charge or have been notable for Firewood in the context of the League, for example [[Ronald Ceasar]] was the first Firewood City manager who was not born in Osarius.

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Name
!colspan="2"|Period
!rowspan="2"|Played
!rowspan="2"|Win
!rowspan="2"|Draw
!rowspan="2"|Lose
!rowspan="2"|Win%
!rowspan="2"|Honours
|-
!From
!To
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|EFL}}&nbsp;[[Ronald Ceasar]]
|align=left| 
|align=left| 
{{WDL|align=center|3|1|1|1}}
|align=left|First foreign Firewood City manager
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Jermain Lewis]]
|align=left|1 June 2200
|align=left|31 May 2201
{{WDL|align=center|48|29|10|9}}
|align=left|[[OFA Cup]], [[Golden League]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}


[[Category:Football clubs in Firewood]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Fourge]]
[[Category:LigAnaia clubs]]
[[Category:OLAF]]
[[Category:Sport in Osarius]]