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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,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/index.html )〕 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, allowing the team to participate in major championships. Prior to this, Sammarinese players had been considered Italian in international football contexts. 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,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.rsssf.com/tablesr/roem-intres90.html )〕 and conceded 33 goals in total.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.rsssf.com/tables/92e.html )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-4050874-details/San+Marino+hero+who+humiliated+England/article.do ) 〕 San Marino finished the campaign with one point, and conceded 46 goals in 10 matches.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.rsssf.com/tables/94qual.html )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=European Championship 1996 )〕 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. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.rsssf.com/tables/98qual.html )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.rsssf.com/tables/00e.html )〕 In April 2001, San Marino gained their first ever away point, drawing 1–1 with Latvia in Riga.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2004/round=1579/match=68989/prematch/preview/index.html )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2004/round=1579/match=68989/postmatch/report/index.html )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsId=173384.html )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.rsssf.com/tables/2006q.html )〕 San Marino's opening Euro 2008 qualifying match resulted in a record 13–0 defeat at home by Germany on 6 September 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=197231& )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.rsssf.com/tables/08e.html )〕 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,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/news/newsid=1044678/ )〕 and scored just once, in a 3–1 defeat by Slovakia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.rsssf.com/tables/2010q.html )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2012/round=15171/match=2002054/postmatch/report/index.html#san+marino+record+netherlands )〕 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. It was the first time in 10 years that the team had not lost a game, ending a 61–match losing streak,〔 and securing the country's first ever point in a European Championship qualifier.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Marino national football team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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