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3 unusual facts about First Squad


Battle of the Ice

In a 2009 Russian-Canadian-Japanese WWII-related anime, First Squad, the Battle on the Ice plays a vital part in the plot.

First Squad

Film is produced by Studio 4°C and recently created for this purpose studio Molot Entertainment, distributed by Amedia.

Directed by Studio 4°C director and animator Yoshiharu Ashino, cowritten and produced by Michael Spritz, Alexey Klimov, with Eiko Tanaka, featuring character development by Hirofumi Nakata, and music by Japanese musician DJ Krush.



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1947–48 Colchester United F.C. season

Manager Ted Fenton's first squad had numbered 28 part-time professionals, but this was reduced to just 17 for the 1947-48 campaign.

Adrian Neaga

After an altercation with Gigi Becali, he was sent to the second team, but he was called back into the first squad by new coach Dorinel Munteanu, who took charge of the team after Marius Lăcătuș resigned from the club.

Jurijs Ševļakovs

His first squad was the reserves of FC Skonto, later he became assistant manager of Latvia U21 under Jurijs Andrejevs, after Andrejevs was elected Latvia national football team manager, Ševļakovs succeeded him as manager of U21.

Kenneth Vermeer

Vermeer's opportunities in the first squad were limited due to the presence of Maarten Stekelenburg and Dennis Gentenaar, so Vermeer was loaned out for the 2007-08 season to Willem II to gain Eredivisie experience.

Mostafa Afroto

Afroto made his first squad club debut on February 12, 2010, when he came as a substitute for Osama Hosny in the 63rd minutes, when his team was down 0-1 against Ittihad El-Shorta.

Paitoon Tiepma

Paitoon was called up to the national team, in coach Peter Withe first squad selection for the 2002 Asian Games,2002 Tiger Cup winners and squad selection for the 2004 Asian Cup.

Riga Vanderer

As the majority of the Vanderer footballers in its first squad came from RFK, there started a deep rivalry between these two clubs and several of their matches ended in violence.

Seta Sōjirō

Nobuhiro Watsuki has stated that the character design of Sōjirō is loosely based on Okita Sōji, the captain of the first Squad of the Shinsengumi.

Shipston-on-Stour Rugby Football Club

Formed in 1963 by a group of teachers and old pupils from Shipston High School, the first squad came from wide across the region.

Stephen McPhail

In May 2008, new manager Giovanni Trapattoni selected McPhail for his first squad for the friendly games against Serbia and Colombia.

West Perry School District

Ten years later the football team, led by future University of Georgia and Baltimore Ravens running back Musa Smith, became the first squad in school history to make the post-season.