Monaco national football team

Not to be confused with AS Monaco FC, a Monégasque club side that competes in the French football league system.

Monaco
AssociationFédération Monégasque de Football
ConfederationConIFA (Former)
Head coachThierry Petit
Most capsOlivier Lechner (9)
Top scorerOlivier Lechner (7)
Home stadiumStade Didier Deschamps (Cap-d'Ail, France)
FIFA codeMON[1]
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Gibraltar 5–0  
(Gibraltar; 11 June 2000)
Biggest win
  13–1 Chechnya 
(Cap-d'Ail, France; 18 February 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Sápmi 21–1  
(Hyères, France; 24 November 2006)
VIVA World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2006)
Best resultRunners-up (2006)

The Monaco national football team is a national side that represents Monaco in association football. The team is controlled by the Monégasque Football Federation, the governing body for all football in Monaco. Monaco is not a member of FIFA or UEFA, and therefore cannot enter the FIFA World Cup nor the UEFA European Championship.[3] Monaco was a founding member of the N.F.-Board in 2003, and finished second in the 2006 VIVA World Cup inaugural edition. However, due to political opposition, Monaco severed ties with the organization in 2010.[4]

Although Monaco has a National Olympic Committee and has therefore been eligible for the Summer Olympics and Mediterranean Games, they have never entered either games' football tournaments.[3]

History

Beginnings

After the foundation of the Monégasque Football Federation in April 2000, Monaco played its first match in June of the same year against Gibraltar, losing 5–0. After this match, Monaco would return to play a match a year later against Tibet, in Freiburg, in Germany, winning 2–1.

Overview

Since 2001, Monaco has participated in twenty-seven games, winning eight, drawing six, and losing thirteen. The team competes against local clubs, nations, unrecognized states, people groups, and territories. Monaco is managed by Martino López, and competes at the Stade Didier Deschamps in Cap-d'Ail, France.[5] According to Elo Ratings, Monaco is ranked 200th in the world as of November 2020.[6]

The team's roster is composed of roughly sixty men; only five offer professional experience, since the team is mainly made up of civil servants and employees of the Société des bains de mer de Monaco. [7]

Last squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
16 1GK Anthony Minioni 2
1 1GK Thierry Vatrican (1975-08-19) 19 August 1975 5
2DF Marc Vassallo (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999
2DF John Landau
2DF Eric Fissore
2DF Julien Sirio
2DF Jean-Paul Pennacino
3MF Romain Armita
3MF Anthony Rinaldi
3MF Fabien Gallis
3MF Remy Rinaldi
3MF Olivier Pasquier
3MF Anthony Houry
3MF Benoît Biancheri (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000
4FW Guy Platto
4FW Olivier Lechner
4FW Sergio Bonnaventura (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000

Competitive record

VIVA World Cup
Year Result Position GP W D L GS GA Squad
2006 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 7 37 Squad
2008 Did not enter
2009
2010
2012
ConIFA World Football Cup
2014 Did not enter
2016
2018
Total Runners-up 1/9 4 2 0 2 7 37 –

Complete international results

2000s

11 June 2000 Friendly Gibraltar  5–0   Gibraltar
?' [Report] Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Note: Monaco fielded players from the Monaco league, some of them French nationals[8]
14 July 2001 Friendly   2–1  Tibet Freiburg, Germany
Damien Choisit ?'
Serge Turuan ?'		 [9] ?' Stadium: Dreisamstadion
18 February 2002 Friendly   2–2  Gibraltar Cap-d'Ail, France
[10] Olivier Pasquier 25'
Jean-Paul Pennacino 47'[8]		 Report Dylan Moreno 15' (pen.)
Lee Casciaro 70' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
23 November 2002 Friendly Vatican City  0–0   Albano Laziale, Italy
[11] Stadium: Stadio Pio XII
12 February 2005 Friendly Occitania  0–0   Béziers, France
[12] Stadium: Stade Raoul-Barrière
17 May 2005 Friendly   1–1  Occitania Cap-d'Ail, France
[13] Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
27 May 2005 Friendly Gibraltar  4–0   Gibraltar
[14] Stadium: Victoria Stadium
17 December 2005 Friendly   2–1  Occitania Cap-d'Ail, France
[15] Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
18 February 2006 Friendly   13–1  Chechnya Cap-d'Ail, France
Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
22 April 2006 Friendly   1–7  Kosovo Cap-d'Ail, France
Olivier El Missouri ?' Report Haxhi Zeka 15'
Uliks Emra 17', 65'
Dukagjin Gashi 29'
Sunaj Keqi 75'
Isuf Llumnica 82'
Shpëtim Idrizi 83' [8]		 Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
20 November 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup   3–0  Ambazonia Costebelle, France
13:30 CET walkover
[16]		 Stadium: Stade Gaby Robert
Note: [17]
21 November 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup   3–2  Occitania Hyères, France
15:30 CET Olivier Lechner 20'
Guy Platto 53'
Anthony Houry 59'		 (Report) Patric Léglise 51'
Sebastian Rojas 72'		 Stadium: Stade L’Ayguade
23 November 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup   0–14  Sápmi Hyères, France
15:30 CET (Report) Trond Olsen 5', 17', 45', 50'
Steffen Nystrøm 12', 16', 23', 28'
Magnus Andersen 26'
Olav Råstad 40'
Eirik Lamøy 57'
Espen Bruer 66'
Tom Høgli 77'
Jonas Johansen 83'		 Stadium: Stade L’Ayguade
24 November 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup   1–21  Sápmi Hyères, France
15:30 CET Romain Armita 50' (Report) Trond Olsen 5'
Tom Høgli 7', 20', 40'
Eirik Lamøy 32', 39', 51', 55'
Steffen Nystrøm 35'
Olav Råstad 38', 45' (pen.)
Espen Bruer 59', 81'
Jonas Johansen 62', 65', 88'
Leif Arne Brekke 72' (pen.)
Torkil Nilssen 76', 78'
Espen Minde 84'
Matti Eira 87'[18]		 Stadium: Stade L’Ayguade
8 November 2008 Friendly Occitania  2–2   Caraglio, Italy
?' [19] ?'
20 December 2008 Friendly   2–3  Provence Cap-d'Ail, France
Gregory Campi ?', ?' [20] ?' Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail

2010s

3 April 2010 Friendly   1–5  Occitania Saint Dalmas-de-Tende, France
?' [21] ?'
3 May 2011 Friendly Vatican City  1–2   Albano Laziale, Italy
Alessandro Quarto ?' [22] Olivier Lechner ?', ?' Stadium: Stadio Pio XII
11 June 2011 Friendly   1–3  Croatia Amateurs Cap-d'Ail, France
?' [22] ?' Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
6 October 2012 Friendly   1–2  Raetia Beausoleil, France
?' (pen.) [23]
0–1 (Half time);
1–1; 1–2		 ?' Stadium: Stade des Moneghetti
13 February 2013 Friendly Provence  6–1   Saint-Zacharie, France
Pape Fall 16', 22', 36'
Anthony Mendy 30'
Nicolas Ferrero 44'
Romain Campagna 55'		 [24] Olivier Lechner 32' Stadium: Stade François Coulomb
22 June 2013 Friendly   2–0  Vatican City Cap-d'Ail, France
Morgan Escarras 9'
Eric Fissore 34'		 [25] Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
6 April 2014 Friendly Ellan Vannin  10–0   Douglas, Isle of Man
  • Ciaran McNulty 1'
  • Calum Morrissey 2', 45'
  • Julian Ringham ?'
  • Sean Quaye 66'
  • Chris Bass Jr 69'
  • Joey Morling ?'
  • Sam Caine ?', ?'
 [26][27] Stadium: King George V Bowl stadium
Attendance: 1,100
10 May 2014 Friendly Vatican City  0–2   Rome, Italy
[28] ?' Stadium: Campo Pio XI
27 April 2017 Friendly Vatican City  0–0   Rome, Italy
[28] Stadium: Campo Pio XI

Head-to-head record

As of 27 April 2017

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
 Ambazonia 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
 Chechnya 1 1 0 0 13 1 +12 100.00
 Croatia Amateurs 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0.00
 Ellan Vannin 1 0 0 1 0 10 −10 0.00
 Gibraltar 3 0 1 2 2 11 −9 0.00
 Kosovo 1 0 0 1 1 7 −6 0.00
 Occitania 6 2 3 1 9 11 −2 33.33
 Provence 2 0 0 2 3 9 −6 0.00
 Raetia 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0.00
 Sápmi 2 0 0 2 1 35 −34 0.00
 Tibet 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
 Vatican City 5 3 2 0 6 1 +5 60.00
Total 25 8 6 11 42 91 −49 32.00
Source: Results

Unofficial results

21 June 2004 Friendly AS Marsa 3–1   Tunis, Tunisia
?' Eric Fissore
28 May 2005 Friendly Amateur Alliance FA 4–0   Gibraltar
?' Stadium: Victoria Stadium
8 September 2007 Friendly HNK Orijent 1919 1–2   Rijeka, Croatia
?' ?'
7 June 2008 Friendly   2–3 HNK Orijent 1919 Cap-d'Ail, France
?' ?' Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
26 September 2009 Friendly FC Lucciana 2–5   Lucciana, France
?' ?'
5 June 2010 Friendly   3–2 Callas Beausoleil, France
?' ?' Stadium: Stade des Moneghetti
14 April 2012 Friendly   4–3 Piacenza Calcio 1919 Nice, France
Olivier Lechner ?', ?', ?'
Fernand Sabatel ?'		 ?'

Historical kits

2001 Home
2002 Away
Home 2006
Home 2011
Away 2011
Home 2012-13
Home 2014
Home 2014

Sources:[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]

Honours

Non-FIFA competitions

See also

References

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