San Marino national football team

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Template:National football team The San Marino national football team have enjoyed very little success, due to the tiny population of San Marino. They have only won a match once, 1-0 against another European microstate, Liechtenstein.

The first official game played by a San Marino team was a 0-4 defeat in a European Championships qualifier to Switzerland in 1990. Previously, a San Marino side had lost 0-1 to a Canadian Olympic team in 1986, but this was not an official match.

San Marino has only ever won one international game, a 1-0 win over Liechtenstein in a friendly 2004. Despite the lack of success at international level, San Marino holds the record for the fastest ever goal in World Cup history. In a World Cup qualifier against England in 1993, David Gualtieri scored after just 8 seconds. San Marino went on to lose the match 1-7. Arguably the best performance by San Marino came in another World Cup qualifier on 28 March 1993, when they held Turkey to a 0-0 draw in Serravalle.

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World Cup record

1930 to 1990 - Did not enter
1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify

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European Championship record

1960 to 1988 - Did not enter
1992 to 2004 - Did not qualify

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External links

RSSSF Archive of international results 1986- (list of results) (http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sanm-intres.html)
Archive of World Cup Qualifiers 1992- (http://www.fsgc.sm/sources/template.asp?id=1156) (in Italian)
Archive of European Championship Qualifiers 1990- (http://www.fsgc.sm/sources/template.asp?id=1097) (in Italian)
Archive of friendlies 1992- (http://www.fsgc.sm/sources/template.asp?id=1150) (in Italian)
UEFA match report on their only win (http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WorldCup/news/Kind=1/newsId=173384.html)