List of San Marino international footballers

This article is about San Marino national football team players. For a list of all national team players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:San Marino men's international footballers. For the current national team squad, see San Marino national football team § Current squad.

The San Marino national football team (Italian: Nazionale di calcio di San Marino) represents the nation of San Marino in the international association football. It is fielded by the San Marino Football Federation (Italian: Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio), the governing body of football in San Marino, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. The San Marino Football Federation became affiliated with the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (English: International Federation of Association Football) (FIFA) in 1988 and the country's first international match took place two years later on 14 November 1990 against Switzerland in a UEFA Euro 1992 qualifier.[1][2] San Marino's first result that was not a defeat was a 0–0 draw at home to Turkey in a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier on 10 March 1993,[2] and the team's first and only win came over 10 years later after Liechtenstein were beaten 1–0 in a friendly on 28 April 2004.[3]

Since 1990, 97 players have appeared for the San Marino national team,[4] all of whom are listed here. Defender Damiano Vannucci holds the record for most caps, having appeared 64 times for San Marino from 1996 to 2011.[4] The side's all-time top scorer is Andy Selva, who with eight goals from 57 caps is the only player to have scored more than one goal for San Marino.[4] The team's most-capped goalkeeper, Federico Gasperoni, represented San Marino 41 times between 1996 and 2005.[4] While San Marino have yet to qualify for the finals of a major international tournament, Davide Gualtieri holds the record for the fastest goal in a FIFA World Cup qualifier, scoring eight seconds into a 1994 World Cup qualifier against England on 17 February 1993.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "Profile". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 3, 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Courtney, Barrie (30 November 2002). "San Marino – International Results – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  3. ^ "San Marino 1–0 Liechtenstein". ESPN Soccernet. 28 April 2004. Archived from the original on June 22, 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d "San Marino". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 July 2012. Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu.