Illegitimate National Teams

  • About 10 years ago I started a massive ranking website for many team sports. I have been inactive with it for a few years, but have begun to update it. In the new update, I want to remove certain regions in certain years that do not have at least 75% of their roster born or raised in the region. If anyone has any input on this I would appreciate it. The following is a draft I have so far, but I am still running it through AI to get most of the mistakes out:

    Albania (2016-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Algeria (2010-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Antigua Barbuda (2011-2024): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Armenia (2018-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Aruba (2018-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Ascension Island (2015-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Benin (2012-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    British Virgin Islands (2019-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Cameroon (2022-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Cape Verde (2016-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Cascadia: Largely heritage roster rather than native roster.
    Central Africa (2023-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Chagos Islands: Mostly made up of colonial troops.
    Comoros (2014-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Cook Islands (2015-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Curacao (2014-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Darfur (2022-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Dominicana (2022-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Dutch Saint Martin (2019-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Equatorial Guinea (2006-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    East Congo (2017-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    East Timor (2012-2015): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Falkland Islands: Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    French Saint Martin (2019-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Gabon (2017-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Gibraltar: Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Grenada (2019-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Guam (2012-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Guinea (2022-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Guinea Bissau (2023-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Guyana (2012-2013, 2019-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Hong Kong (2015-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Indonesia (2024-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Iraq (2024-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Ireland (1979-2019): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Jamaica (1997-1998, 2014-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Kosovo (2014-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Lebanon (2017-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Madagascar (2020-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Malaysia (2021-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Mali (2014-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Mauritania (2019-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Montserrat (2014-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Morocco (2012-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Northern Mariana Islands (2014-2016): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Palestine (2012-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Philippines (2008-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Puerto Rico (2018-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Qatar (2005-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Saint Helena (2019-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Saint Kitts Nevis (2015-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Saint Lucia (2023-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Saint Vincent Grenadines (2024-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Salvador (2021-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Samoa (2011-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Sealand: Recruits players from outside of Sealand.
    Senegal (2015-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Sierra Leone (2022-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Sudan (2023-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Suriname (2019-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Syria (2021-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Taiwan (2021-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Togo (2009-2010): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Tonga (2015-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Tunisia (2014-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Turkey (2016, 2024-2025): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    Turks Caicos Islands (2023-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.
    West Bengal: Made up of league players, not necessarily natives.
    West Papua: Predominately heritage roster rather than native roster.
    Western Sahara (2011-present): Largely heritage roster rather than native.

    Edited 11 times, last by abramjones (March 25, 2026 at 11:46 PM).