Kivu national football team

Kivu

Nickname(s)	Die Haie (The Sharks)
Association	Kivuian National Football Association
Confederation	LFE (Ecros)
Manager	Thomas Lorber
Captain	Antonin Lange
Home stadium	Buchthafen Stadion
Home colours Away colours
First international
1920

The Kivuian Men’s National Football Team (Kivuian: Kivuische Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Kivu in men's international football competitions. It is managed and run by the Kivuian Football Association (Kivuische Fußballverband). The team was founded in 1920, and played its first match in 1922.

Team Image

Kits and Crest

With the exception of 1967-1972, the team has historically worn kits with colors derived from the Flag of Kivu. Kivu typically wears a green shirt, black shorts, and blue socks for home matches; for away matches the team wears a white shirt, black shorts, and blue socks. From 1967-1972, the team wore a red shirt, blue shorts, and green socks for home matches; and a white shirt, blue shorts, and red socks. Due to a lack of support from fans, the team changed back to the orginial colors in 1973.

In 1992, Kit manufacturer released a third "alternate" kit, that consists of a blue shirt with yellow shorts and socks.

The logo of the Kivuian Football association, which serves as the team's crest, is worn over the left breast. The current logo was designed in 1953. Before 1953, the team wore the Coat of Arms of Kivu in the same place as the current logo.

Kit Suppliers

Since 1975, Kit manufacturer has manufactured most of the team kits, except for 1997-2001 when Kit Manufacturer supllied the kits after company and the team couldn't come to an agreement to renew the contract. Before 1975, the kits were made by Kit manufacturer (1920-1929), Kit manufacturer (1929-1942), and Kit manufacturer (1943-1974).

In 2001, the team and company came to an agreement on a ten year, $100 million QSC contract, the contract was extended for another ten years in 2017.

Rivalries

Kit supplier	Period
X	1920–1929
X	1929–1942
X	1943–1974
X	1975-present
X	1975-1997
X	1997-2001
X	2001-present

Home Stadium

Buchthafen Stadion

For the first 60 years of their existence, Kivu played their home matches at various football stadiums across the country, they played in college soccer stadiums until 1960, when they began playing matches in professional football team stadiums. In 1984, the team announced that they would play most future home games in the brand new Buchthafen Stadion.

Media Coverage

All matches played by the team are broadcast on the KBC Sports soccer channel, and radio station KBC Sports Radio 66.

Coaching staff

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Thomas Lorber
Assistant coach	Karl Dahn
Fitness coach	Theresa Brugmann
Goalkeeping coach	Jörn Liebermann
Team doctor	Sarah Dreifuss
National team director	Mike Gottschalk

Players

Current squad

The following 26 players were called up to the final squad for LFE Ecros 2023 Championship.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Benjamin Fehrenbach	(1997-12-18) 18 December 1997	N/A	0	N/A
12	1GK	Abraham Kornberg	(1998-07-13) 13 July 1998	N/A	N/A	N/A
13	1GK	Hannes Auffarth	(1995-08-09) 9 August 1995	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	2DF	Jannik Steinhäuser	(1987-02-12) 12 February 1987	N/A	0	N/A
3	2DF	Benjamin Friedl	(1998-05-06) 6 May 1998	N/A	N/A	N/A
4	2DF	Jacob Totleben	(1997-12-07) 7 December 1997	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	2DF	Jens Springborn	(1987-03-14) 14 March 1987	N/A	N/A	N/A
8	2DF	Konstantin Hannig	(1989-05-24) 24 May 1989	N/A	N/A	N/A
15	2DF	Achim Vom Bruch	(1984-12-11) 11 December 1984	N/A	N/A	N/A
16	2DF	Ian Fassbender	(1996-07-24) 24 July 1996	N/A	N/A	N/A
21	2DF	Heinrich Heilbronner	(1990-01-27) 27 January 1990	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	2DF	Kim Heidrich	(1986-08-16) 16 August 1986	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	3MF	Kaleb Kehrer	(1999-10-18) 18 October 1999	N/A	0	N/A
10	3MF	Johannes Kuechler	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002	N/A	N/A	N/A
14	3MF	Ferdinand Maisel	(1993-03-02) 2 March 1993	N/A	N/A	N/A
17	3MF	Silvio Heitmann	(1987-01-29) 29 January 1987	N/A	N/A	N/A
18	3MF	Louis Heineken	(1998-05-07) 7 May 1998	N/A	N/A	N/A
19	3MF	Flori Berlepsch	(1991-08-01) 1 August 1991	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	3MF	Piet Heuberger	(1990-12-24) 24 December 1990	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	3MF	Konstantin Priesner	(1983-09-28) 28 September 1983	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	3MF	Reiner Wexler	(1997-05-27) 27 May 1997	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	4FW	Thomas Pickler	(2002-03-25) 25 March 2002	N/A	N/A	[N/A]]
9	4FW	Nicola Heidler	(1998-03-17) 17 March 1998	N/A	N/A	N/A
11	4FW	Antonin Lange (captain)	(1994-09-18) 18 September 1994	N/A	N/A	N/A
20	4FW	Manuel Herzfeld	(2000-11-17) 17 November 2000	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	4FW	Gabriel Werfel	(1999-07-07) 7 July 1999	N/A	N/A	N/A