San Marino national football team

"San Marino football team" redirects here. For the club that competes in Italy's Lega Pro Prima Divisione, see San Marino Calcio.
 San Marino
Nickname(s) La Serenissima
Association Federazione Sammarinese Gioco Calcio
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Pierangelo Manzaroli [1]
Captain Andy Selva
Most caps Andy Selva (73)
Top scorer Andy Selva (8)
Home stadium Stadio Olimpico
FIFA code SMR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 200 Steady (May 2016)
Highest 118 (September 1993)
Lowest 208 (July 2014 – October 2014)
Elo ranking
Current 203 (9 September 2015)
Highest 191
Lowest 205 (2014)
First international
Unofficial
 San Marino 0–1 Canada (Olympic) 
(Serravalle, San Marino; 23 August 1986)
Official
 San Marino 0–4 Switzerland  
(Serravalle, San Marino; 14 November 1990)
Biggest win
 San Marino 1–0 Liechtenstein 
(Serravalle, San Marino; 28 April 2004)
Biggest defeat
 San Marino 0–13 Germany 
(Serravalle, San Marino; 6 September 2006)

The San Marino national football team (Italian: Nazionale di calcio di San Marino) is the national football team of San Marino, controlled by the San Marino Football Federation (FSGC). The team represents the second smallest population, of any UEFA member.

The first official game played by a San Marino team was a 4–0 defeat in a European Championships qualifier by Switzerland in 1990. Previously, a San Marino side had lost 1–0 to a Canadian Olympic team in 1986, but this was not an official match. Since making their competitive bow, San Marino have competed in qualifying for every European Championships and World Cup, but have never won a match in either competition. They have only ever won one game, beating Liechtenstein 1–0 in a friendly match on 24 April 2004.

Until November 2014 San Marino were tied in last place in the FIFA World Rankings, a run that lasted since the rankings were given a new calculation methodology. They were tied for last with Bhutan, (208th) in the October 2014 rankings,[2] a 0–0 draw with Estonia during the Euro 2016 qualifying rounds ensured their departure from the foot of the rankings. The national side made their first away goal in fourteen years against another Baltic side, Lithuania during the same qualifying rounds.

History

Though the San Marino Football Federation formed in 1931, the federation did not establish a national team until 1986, when a team representing the Federation played Canada's Olympic team in an unofficial international. San Marino gained affiliation to governing bodies FIFA and UEFA in 1988,[3] allowing the team to participate in major championships. Prior to this, Sammarinese players had been considered Italian in international football contexts.[4]

San Marino's first match in a FIFA sanctioned competition was against Switzerland on 14 November 1990 in a qualifier for the 1992 European Championships. San Marino lost 4–0, and went to lose all eight qualifiers. The team particularly struggled in away matches, losing every one by at least four goals. San Marino scored only one goal, a penalty in a 3–1 defeat at home by Romania,[5] and conceded 33 goals in total.[6]

For their first World Cup qualifying campaign, San Marino were drawn in a group with England, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Turkey. The opening match resulted in a 10–0 hammering at the hands of Norway. The return match was less one-sided, finishing 2–0 to the Norwegians. A 4–1 defeat in Turkey saw San Marino score their first World Cup goal, and a 0–0 draw against the same opposition on 10 March 1993 gave them their first ever point. In their final qualifier, against England, Davide Gualtieri scored the fastest goal in World Cup Qualifying history—after 8.3 seconds—though the team went on to lose 7–1.[7] San Marino finished the campaign with one point, and conceded 46 goals in 10 matches.[8]

The team's qualification campaign for Euro 1996 followed a similar pattern to that of the previous European championships, as they lost every game. A match away to Finland gave San Marino their first goal away from home in the European championships, but the team lost 4–1.[9] Their only other goal came in a 3–1 home defeat by the Faroe Islands; the two wins over San Marino were the only points gained by the Faroe Islands in the group. In the return match, a 3–0 scoreline in Toftir, is the Faroe Islands record competitive win.[10]

Even by Sammarinese standards, qualification for the 1998 World Cup was disappointing. Losing every game by three goals or more, San Marino failed to score a single goal.[11] This is the only World Cup qualifying tournament in which they have failed to score. Qualification for Euro 2000 again resulted in defeats in every game. The closest game was against Cyprus, a 1–0 defeat on 18 November 1998.[12]

In April 2001, San Marino gained their first ever away point, drawing 1–1 with Latvia in Riga.[13] The team ended the 2002 World Cup qualifying group with a new best of three goals, though one of these came in a 10–1 defeat by Belgium. In Euro 2004 qualifying San Marino lost all eight matches, failing to score. The closest result was a 1–0 home defeat by Latvia, with the winner scored in the last minute.[14]

In April 2004, San Marino gained their first, and as of September 2012 only, win in their 65th attempt, a 1–0 victory over Liechtenstein in a friendly on 28 April 2004 courtesy of a fifth-minute goal by Andy Selva. The match was Martin Andermatt's debut as Liechtenstein manager.[15] Results during qualification for the 2006 World Cup followed a similar vein to previous qualifying groups. Matches were generally one-sided defeats, with the exception of single goal defeats at home by Lithuania and Belgium.[16]

San Marino's opening Euro 2008 qualifying match resulted in a record 13–0 defeat at home by Germany on 6 September 2006.[17] They scored only twice and conceded fifty-seven goals in losing all twelve matches, although the home matches against Ireland, Cyprus and Wales were each lost by a single goal.[18]

In the qualification tournament for the 2010 World Cup, they lost all ten matches played and failed to qualify. They conceded 47 goals in those fixtures, including 10 in a defeat by Poland, which became Poland's highest scoring victory of all time,[19] and scored just once, in a 3–1 defeat by Slovakia.[20] Qualifying for UEFA Euro 2012 started in a similar way, the first nine matches all being defeats with an aggregate of 49 goals conceded and none scored, their best result being a one-goal loss to Finland at home, with the worst being a heavy 11–0 loss to the Netherlands, which became the Netherlands' highest scoring victory of all time and San Marino's worst-ever away defeat.[21] This was then followed up by two lighter defeats, a 5–0 home loss against Sweden, before completing the campaign with a 4–0 away loss to Moldova.

On 10 September 2013, Alessandro Della Valle scored San Marino's first competitive goal for 5 years. With the score 0–1 to Poland in the Serravalle stadium, he headed in a free-kick in the 22nd minute, beating A.F.C. Bournemouth goalkeeper Artur Boruc at his front post. Poland then regained the lead a minute later, winning 5–1. It was the first international goal of any kind scored by San Marino since the national team lost 3–2 at home to Malta, the sole time the national team has scored more than once in any given international at senior level.

On 15 November 2014, San Marino drew 0–0 at home against Estonia.[22] It was the first time in 10 years that the team had not lost a game, ending a 61–match losing streak,[22] and securing the country's first ever point in a European Championship qualifier.[22]

Stadium

San Marino play home matches at the Stadio Olimpico, a municipally owned stadium in Serravalle which also hosts the matches of club side San Marino Calcio. It has a capacity of 7,000.[23] Crowds are low, and on occasion travelling supporters outnumber the Sammarinese support. For example, in the fixture against the Republic of Ireland in February 2007, 2,500 of the 3,294 crowd were Irish supporters.[24][25]

San Marino have played two "home" matches outside their borders. For World Cup qualifiers against England and the Netherlands in 1993 the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in Bologna was used.

Reputation

San Marino once had the smallest population of any UEFA country,[23] until the May 2013 election of Gibraltar.[26] The republic has never won a competitive fixture and its poor record has led the country to gain a very low reputation in world football. A 2004 1–0 friendly win against Liechtenstein remains their sole victory to date.

The national side is mainly composed of amateur players. Only a small number of players are professionals, with many holding second jobs outside of the sport. Their 13–0 defeat at home by Germany is a European Championship record,[17] and they have conceded ten goals on four other separate occasions. In media terms they are constantly referred to as the 'whipping boys', a remark regarding their emphatic number of goals conceded in each tournament entered.

In the FIFA World Rankings, San Marino traditionally have the lowest rank of any UEFA country. Since the creation of FIFA rankings in 1992, San Marino's average position has been 176th.[27]

In 2001, Latvia manager Gary Johnson resigned after failing to beat San Marino in a World Cup qualifier.[28] The Republic of Ireland's 2–1 win in February 2007 (due to a last-second goal) resulted in scathing press criticism.[29]

San Marino set a European record when they went over 20 games without scoring between October 2008 and August 2012.[30] On 8 September 2015, San Marino scored its first away goal in 14 years when Matteo Vitaioli scored against Lithuania in Euro 2016 qualification.[31]

Results and fixtures

10 June 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
Germany  v  San Marino
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

4 September 2017
18:00
(21:00 UTC+5)
Azerbaijan  v  San Marino
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

San Marino all-time record against all nations

Matches official

As of 13 October 2015
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD % Won
 Albania 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0%
 Austria 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0%
 Belgium 6 0 0 6 3 33 −30 0%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0%
 Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0%
 Croatia 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0%
 Cyprus 4 0 0 4 0 6 −6 0%
 Czech Republic 4 0 0 4 0 20 −20 0%
 England 6 0 0 6 1 37 −36 0%
 Estonia 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 0%
 Faroe Islands 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0%
 Finland 4 0 0 4 1 15 −14 0%
 Germany 2 0 0 2 0 19 −19 0%
 Greece 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0%
 Hungary 4 0 0 4 0 19 −19 0%
 Israel 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0%
 Italy 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0%
 Latvia 4 0 1 3 1 6 −5 0%
 Liechtenstein 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1 25.00%
 Lithuania 4 0 0 4 1 9 −8 0%
 Malta 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 0%
 Moldova 4 0 0 4 0 10 −10 0%
 Montenegro 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0%
 Netherlands 6 0 0 6 0 39 −39 0%
 Northern Ireland 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0%
 Norway 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0%
 Poland 8 0 0 8 1 33 −32 0%
 Republic of Ireland 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0%
 Romania 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0%
 Russia 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0%
 Scotland 6 0 0 6 0 19 −19 0%
 Serbia 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0%
 Slovakia 4 0 0 4 1 22 −21 0%
 Slovenia 4 0 0 4 0 16 −16 0%
 Spain 4 0 0 4 0 26 −26 0%
 Sweden 4 0 0 4 0 22 −22 0%
  Switzerland 4 0 0 4 0 22 −22 0%
 Turkey 4 0 1 3 1 16 −15 0%
 Ukraine 2 0 0 2 0 17 −17 0%
 Wales 4 0 0 4 1 16 −15 0%
Total 133 1 4 128 21 559 −538 0.775%

Matches unofficial

As of 15 October 2013
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD % Won
 Lebanon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0%
 Syria 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0%
 Turkey 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0%
  Vatican City [32] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 4 0 2 2 07−70%

List of matches the San Marino team did not lose

San Marino  0-0  Turkey
Report
Stadio Olimpico, San Marino
Attendance: 957
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Latvia  1-1  San Marino
Pahars  1' Report Albani  59'
Skonto Stadium, Latvia
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

20 August 2003 Friendly
Liechtenstein  2-2  San Marino
Frick  16' Burgmeier  23' Report B. Gasperoni  39' Ciacci  45'
Rheinpark Stadion, liechtenstein
Attendance: 850
Referee: Guido Wildhaber (Switzerland)

28 April 2004 Friendly
San Marino  1-0  Liechtenstein
Selva  5' Report
Stadio Olimpico, San Marino
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ruaidhri Laird (Scotland)

15 November 2014 Euro 2016 qualification
San Marino  0-0  Estonia
Report
Stadio Olimpico, San Marino
Attendance: 759
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994 Did Not Qualify 10 0 1 9 2 46
France 1998 8 0 0 8 0 42
South KoreaJapan 2002 8 0 1 7 3 30
Germany 2006 10 0 0 10 2 40
South Africa 2010 10 0 0 10 1 47
Brazil 2014 10 0 0 10 1 54
Russia 2018 To be determined
Qatar 2022
Total 0/20 56 0 2 54 9 259

European Championship record

Managers

From 1986 to present days:

Dates Name
1986–1990 San Marino Giulio Cesare Casali
1990–1996 San Marino Giorgio Leoni
1996–1998 San Marino Massimo Bonini
1998–2013 Italy Giampaolo Mazza
2014– San Marino Pierangelo Manzaroli

Players

Current squad

Players called up for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Switzerland on 9 October and Slovenia on 12 October 2015.[33]
Caps and goals as of 12 October 2015 after the game against Slovenia.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Aldo Simoncini (1986-08-30) 30 August 1986 52 0 San Marino Libertas
1GK Elia Benedettini (1995-06-22) 22 June 1995 2 0 San Marino Murata
1GK Giacomo Muraccini (1990-10-15) 15 October 1990 0 0 San Marino Domagnano
2DF Alessandro Della Valle (1982-06-08) 8 June 1982 57 1 San Marino Folgore
2DF Carlo Valentini (1982-03-15) 15 March 1982 43 0 San Marino Murata
2DF Fabio Vitaioli (1984-04-05) 5 April 1984 41 0 San Marino Murata
2DF Davide Simoncini (1986-08-30) 30 August 1986 40 0 San Marino Libertas
2DF Mirko Palazzi (1987-03-21) 21 March 1987 25 0 San Marino Tre Penne
2DF Manuel Battistini (1994-07-22) 22 July 1994 13 0 San Marino Juvenes/Dogana
2DF Cristian Brolli (1992-02-28) 28 February 1992 12 0 San Marino Folgore
2DF Alex Della Valle (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 7 0 San Marino Faetano
2DF Marco Berardi (1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 2 0 San Marino Folgore
2DF Davide Cesarini (1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 2 0 San Marino Tre Penne
3MF Alex Gasperoni (1984-06-30) 30 June 1984 35 0 San Marino Tre Penne
3MF Maicol Berretti (1989-05-01) 1 May 1989 23 0 San Marino Murata
3MF Matteo Coppini (1989-05-05) 5 May 1989 13 0 San Marino Tre Penne
3MF Pier Filippo Mazza (1988-08-20) 20 August 1988 12 0 San Marino Juvenes/Dogana
3MF Luca Tosi (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 9 0 San Marino Folgore
3MF Nicola Chiaruzzi (1987-12-25) 25 December 1987 8 0 San Marino Tre Penne
3MF Lorenzo Gasperoni (1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 8 0 San Marino Juvenes/Dogana
3MF Enrico Golinucci (1991-07-16) 16 July 1991 3 0 San Marino Libertas
4FW Andy Selva (Captain) (1976-05-25) 25 May 1976 73 8 San Marino La Fiorita
4FW Matteo Vitaioli (1989-10-27) 27 October 1989 42 1 San Marino Murata
4FW Danilo Rinaldi (1986-04-18) 18 April 1986 23 1 San Marino La Fiorita
4FW Adolfo Hirsch (1986-01-31) 31 January 1986 11 0 San Marino Folgore
4FW Mattia Stefanelli (1993-03-12) 12 March 1993 7 0 San Marino Juvenes/Dogana

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Andrea Manzaroli (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 0 0 San Marino Juvenes/Dogana v.  Lithuania, 8 September 2015
DF Lorenzo Buscarini (1991-05-27) 27 May 1991 10 0 San Marino Murata v.  Lithuania, 8 September 2015
DF Giovanni Bonini (1986-09-05) 5 September 1986 23 0 San Marino Tre Penne v.  England, 5 September 2015
DF Matteo Colonna (1990-05-10) 10 May 1990 0 0 San Marino Tre Penne v.  Estonia, 14 June 2015
MF Alessandro Golinucci (1994-10-10) 10 October 1994 2 0 San Marino Domagnano v.  Lithuania, 8 September 2015
MF Michele Cervellini (1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 27 0 San Marino Pennarossa v.  Estonia, 14 June 2015
FW Alessandro Bianchi (1989-07-19) 19 July 1989 5 0 San Marino Folgore v.  Estonia, 14 June 2015

Coaching staff

[34]

Head coach Pierangelo Manzaroli [1]
Technical assistant Stefano Ceci
Fitness coach Tomaso Mazzoli
Goalkeeping coach Marcello Teodorani
Team doctor Pietro Bugli
Physiotherapist Loris Balzani
Masseur Tiziano Giacobbi
Official accompanying Cesare Vitaioli
Match analyst Lorenzo Vagnini
Warehouseman Benito Ballato
Marco Crescentini
Mauro Montanari

Kit manufacturers

Period Kit provider
1990–2010 Italy Virma
2011–present Germany Adidas

Records

In January 2006, the Sammarinese Football Association named Massimo Bonini as their greatest ever player.[4] Three-times Italian Serie A champion, he is the only Sammarinese player to have won an official international competition including the European Champions' Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. Bonini represented Italy at under-21 level in the early 1980s, and he played for Juventus from 1981 to 1988, but was prevented from gaining full honours due to a rule change.[4] By the time San Marino became a full UEFA member, Bonini was in his thirties, but gained 19 caps between 1990 and 1995.[35]

After retiring from playing, Bonini became San Marino's manager,[4] succeeding Giorgio Leoni. He held the position until 1998, when he was replaced by Giampaolo Mazza. As of 2012, Mazza is the longest-serving manager of any European national team. Though he gave up his position after their 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification campaign, giving way to former u-21s boss Pierangelo Manzaroli.[36]

The appearance record for San Marino is held by Andy Selva, whose 68 caps and he also is the record goalscorer with 8 goals.[37]

San Marino's player Davide Gualtieri scored the fastest goal ever in a Fifa match against England. In the match, which took place in Bologna, Italy, San Marino had the kick-off and the ball was quickly played through the inside-right channel. England defender Stuart Pearce attempted a back-pass to goalkeeper David Seaman. Pearce's pass was under-hit and Gualtieri ran on to touch the ball past Seaman. The goal was timed at 8.3 seconds, which remains the fastest World Cup goal scored in either qualifying or the finals. England took 20 minutes to equalise and eventually finished winning the match 7–1.

Most appearances

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Andy Selva 1998–present 73 8
2 Damiano Vannucci 1996–2012 68 0
3 Simone Bacciocchi 1998–2013 59 0
4 Alessandro Della Valle 2002–present 56 1
5 Mirco Gennari 1992–2003 48 0
6 Paolo Montagna 1995–2011 46 0
7 Marco Mazza 1991–1997 45 0
8 Ivan Matteoni 1990–2003 44 0
9 Carlo Valentini 2002–present 42 0
10 Federico Gasperoni 1996–2005 41 0
Luca Gobbi 1990–2002 41 0

All goalscorers

# Name Career Goals (caps) Goals for caps Opponents and dates
1 Andy Selva 1998–present 8 (70) 0.116  Austria, 14 October 1998 –  Belgium, 28 February 2001, 6 June 2001 and 30 March 2005 –  Liechtenstein, 28 April 2004 –  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 4 June 2005 –  Wales, 17 October 2007 –  Slovakia, 11 October 2008
2 Manuel Marani 2003–present 2 (34) 0.059  Republic of Ireland, 7 February 2007 –  Malta, 14 August 2012
3 Alessandro Della Valle 2002–present 1 (49) 0.02  Poland, 10 September 2013
Nicola Albani 2001–2011 1 (40) 0.025  Latvia, 25 April 2001
Nicola Bacciocchi 1991–2000 1 (33) 0.03  Turkey, 9 September 1992
Nicola Ciacci 2003–2011 1 (16) 0.063  Liechtenstein, 20 August 2003
Pier Domenico Della Valle 1991–2000 1 (21) 0.048  Finland, 14 December 1994
Bryan Gasperoni 1994–2005 1 (28) 0.036  Liechtenstein, 20 August 2003
Davide Gualtieri 1993–1999 1 (9) 0.111  England, 17 November 1993
Valdes Pasolini 1990–1996 1 (18) 0.056  Romania, 27 March 1991
Danilo Ezequiel Rinaldi 2008–present 1 (16) 0.063  Malta, 14 August 2012
Mauro Valentini 1991–1999 1 (23) 0.043  Faroe Islands, 11 October 1995
Matteo Vitaioli 2007–present 1 (40) 0.025  Lithuania, 8 September 2015

See also

Notes

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