Holy Stone FC - The Official Website

Technical problems

2008-12-26T09:16:00.001-08:00

Due to technical problems and severe work load, the website of the team has not been updated over the last weeks. The problems have been solved and we are back to informing you about the progress of Holy Stone FC!!!

Holy Stone FC qualify to the quartefinal of the official EEFA Cup

2008-11-25T06:03:00.000-08:00

Adrian Ricchiuti scores the golden goal for Holy Stone FC

Holy Stone FC have quilified to the quarterfinal of the official EEFA Cup after a close win against the portuguese of Carrilense FC. Holy Stone FC was leading the match in chances but not in goals. It was obvious that for once more the players were nervous... Only in the last minute of the extra time Adrian Ricchiuti scored the golden goal for Holy Stone FC. After the end of the match, Adrian stated:

'Congratulations to all my teamates and the manager for this great moment that we have offered to our fans. This win was a team effort, I was lucky to be in the right place and score. We are doing a great joc and we have to keep on working hard.'

The fans of the team were extatic after the final blow from the referee and the celebrations continued until early in the morning in the streets of the town'

Harsh defeat for Holy Stone FC in the Oktoberfest Final

2008-11-23T12:00:00.000-08:00

After a close two legged final, Death Note were the ones who won the Oktoberfest Cup. The final 2-2 aggregate score was enough to provide Death Note with the cup. The away goals defined the winner.

Fernando Torres lifting the Octoberfest Cup

Holy Stone FC won the first match at M's PIT stadium 1-0 but they could not keep their lead in the second match since Death Note managed to scrape a victorious 2-1 at Holy Stone Arena. Although the 'saints' of Holy Stone FC took the lead with an amazing long range shot by Lluis, Death Note turned the final around with two fine strikes by the world class striker Fernando Torres!!!

Holy Stone FC through to the Oktoberfest Cup FINAL

2008-11-22T09:25:00.000-08:00

Holy Stone FC have managed to qualify to the final of the Oktoberfest Cup after winning the Greeks of REDACES in a two legged match that ended with a final score of 2-2.

Holy Stone FC won the first match at Holy Stone Arena 1-0 and lost the second at Themistocles Stadium with a score of 2-1. The golden away goal was enough to provide Holy Stone FC with a ticket to the final.

Lluis celebrates the golden away goal

Celebrations took place after the final whistle from the referee that brought the team to their first Cup Final match ever.

Holy Stone FC hit by financial crisis

2008-11-22T09:12:00.001-08:00

The financial crisi is knocking at Holy Stone's FC door. The changes that have been implemented by the world football association have resulted in a 50% less daily profit by Holy Stone FC. In an unscheduled press interview, the manager of the team stated:

'Unfortunately, we are obliged to change our financial plan. Those changes found us unprepared and we need to work on how we are going to overcome this. We were thinking that keeping our wages under 100k would be an advantage for us, but apparently this can be an advantage only in the long term and only if the team is performing well.

Therefore, we are planning on investing in the U-21 team sooner than expected. The financial team of the company is having daily extra meetings. We hope that we are going to be back to the high profits as soon as possible'

Nonetheless, the performance of the team has not been affected by this crisis as Holy Stone FC are finding themselves ranked as 143rd best team in the gameworld.

Holy Stone FC youth academy planning

2008-11-20T10:25:00.000-08:00

Holy Stone FC are planning to invest in youth teams!!! As the manager of the team stated today, the team is currently developing its scouting network all over the world. The final selection of the youth academy will be made until the end of this season. The aim is to bring those children to the Holy Stone FC family and help them improve in order to join the senior team in the future.

The team is going to focus on children aged maximum 17 with high potential of becoming the next stars of Holy Stone FC.

We will keep you updated with the evolution of this project.

Holy Stone FC striving for promotion

2008-11-19T03:23:00.000-08:00

Holy Stone FC find themselves in 7th place of the EEQ 2 league. Top five teams will qualify for next season's Super League. Manager Manos Chalk stated in a press conference:

'Things dont look as good as we expected. We have lost valuable points from teams that are considered to be of less quality. We will continue to work hard and we hope that our efforts will have the result that we all want; to promote.'

Regarding the rumours that Holy Stone FC had offered a 2 year contract to the high profiled Xabi Alonso the manager stated:

'It is true that we offered a contract to Xabi Alonso but apparently it was not enough to steal his signature. We would like to wish all the best in his future plans. At this moment it is very unlikely that the team is going to bid for any players. We will focus on the planning of the next season'

In the table below you can see the senior stats of the players in the total matches played so far:

Dream start for Holy Stone FC

2008-11-13T12:41:00.000-08:00

Holy Stone FC have won their first ever official match!!! It was obvious that the players were nervous as the players could got perform their best against a team that was focusing more on not conceding than scoring!

Lluis was the scorer of the first official goal of the team. After the match he stated:

'It was a dream start for the team. We wont get carried away by this victory. Our aim is to look every match as a final and reach as high as possible in the league. The goal is not a personal success, it is a success of all the team.'

We will keep you informed for the upcoming official matches of Holy Stone FC.

First Week Overview

2008-11-13T12:24:00.000-08:00

The first week of Holy Stone FC in the world of football is history. During this week the team focused on tactics and gave friendly matches which will be the base of the official matches of the season. The manager of Holy Stone FC stated the following in a press interview:

'It has been a very deamnding week for both the players and the training staff. The experience that we have gained during those friendly matches will create the base for the season to come. In general we had some good and promising performances.

I would like to wish the best for my players for the official matches. Regarding the fans of the team I would suggest to remain calm and continue supporting the team...we need them by our side.'

In total Holy Stone FC gave 252 friendly matches during those 7 days. The final record of the team was 134 wins, 64 draws and 54 losses. Nonetheless promising results for the future.

As for the rankings Holy Stone FC started their season ranked 27th in the first day but since then it kept losing ranks. After a week they find theirselves in the 61st position of the world rankings.

Holy Stone FC manager press interview after 1st week

2008-11-12T09:06:00.000-08:00

The start we have made is promising for the future. The team has potential but we still have o long way in front of us in order to see our team where we all want.

During the 1st week of friendly matches the team managed to win a friendly trophy and work on its public relations. I want to state for once more that it is still early to make any predictions regarding the official matches. We aim for the best.

We are dealing with some financial issues since the team is not making enough profits. We might consider selling some of our star players when the tranfer season starts.

The work done is intensive but the dressing room atmosphere is very good.

Thank you for your time, we will keep you informed about the progress of our team.

Holy Stone FC senior squad

2008-11-12T08:49:00.000-08:00

After negotiations that lasteed for hours Holy Stone FC have come up with their final squad that will start the 1st season of the club.

Special thanks to the board of directors that contributed to the completion of this very important task by confirming the projected budget.

The current senior squad is the following:

General Manager Manos Chalk stated the following:

'I wish a healthy and productive season for all the selected players. Competition will be fierce and they all have to stay focused on their duties.'

Holy Stone FC established

2008-11-12T06:25:00.000-08:00

Holy Stone FC was established on 7th of November 2008 and is participating in Clough Gameworld.

The new board of directors stated:
'After so many years of participating in local LAN championships, the time we were all waiting for has come... Holy Stone FC is going out to the world!!! The team's objective is to bring trophies to our city and make Holy Stone FC a club that will be respected and recognized by its opponents for its sporting spirit and solid performances in the field.'