Andorran national football team
Nickname (s) | La tricolor | |||
Association | FAF | |||
confederacy | UEFA | |||
Technical sponsor | Macron | |||
Head coach | Koldo Álvarez (since 2010) | |||
captain | Ildefons Lima | |||
Record scorer | Ildefons Lima (11) | |||
Record player | Ildefons Lima (119) | |||
Home stadium | Estadi Nacional | |||
FIFA code | AND | |||
FIFA rank | 135th (1082 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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Balance sheet | ||||
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159 games 7 wins 19 draws 136 losses |
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statistics | ||||
First international match Andorra 1: 6 Estonia ( Andorra la Vella , Andorra ; November 13, 1996 )
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Biggest victories Andorra 2-0 Belarus ( Andorra la Vella , Andorra ; April 26, 2000 ) Andorra 2-0 Albania ( Andorra la Vella , Andorra ; 17 April 2002 ) San Marino 0-2 Andorra ( Serravalle , San Marino ; 22. February 2017 )
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Biggest defeats Czech Republic 8: 1 Andorra ( Liberec , Czech Republic ; June 4, 2005 ) Croatia 7: 0 Andorra ( Zagreb , Croatia ; October 7, 2006 )
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(As of June 11, 2019) |
The Andorran national football team ( Catalan : Selecció de futbol d'Andorra) is the selection of the best football players in Andorra . They had their first official game in 1996 against Estonia , which was lost 6-1. Since its inclusion in the UEFA Andorra participated in any EM -Qualifikationsrunde part and was almost always last in the group. So far, the team has won six games, five at home and one away win in San Marino. In competitive games, Andorra won 1-0 against Macedonia in the course of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup and also 1-0 against Hungary in the course of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup and also 1-0 against the Republic of Moldova in the course of qualifying for the Euro 2020 .
Soccer world championships
European football championships
history
Andorra have never been able to qualify for a World or European Championship. The national soccer team of Andorra is one of the small national teams of international soccer. The national football association of the dwarf state (75,000 inhabitants) was founded in 1994 . His national team has been active on the international stage since 1996 after the association joined FIFA . Since the qualifying round for the European Football Championship 2000 , Andorra has participated in all European and World Cup qualifications. The last place in the qualification group was taken in all participations. In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil , Andorra met Estonia , the Netherlands , Romania , Turkey and Hungary . Andorra also ended this qualification as bottom of the group without winning points. Andorra ranks 136th in the FIFA world rankings as of 25 July 2019.
The goals scored against opponents such as Portugal and Ireland are already considered successes in Andorra . Apart from that, seven victories have been recorded so far, including the successes achieved in the context of World Cup qualification, the 1-0 against Macedonia on October 13, 2004 and the 1-0 against Hungary on June 9, 2017, and most recently in the European Championship -Qualification a 1-0 home win over Moldova on October 11, 2019. Andorra's selection was also successful against Albania (April 2002), Belarus (April 2000) and Liechtenstein (March 2018). On February 22, 2017, the only away win in the friendly game in San Marino was achieved so far. On October 10, 2016, Switzerland played in the qualification for the 2018 World Cup in Andorra and won 2: 1 and on August 31, 2017 in St. Gallen 3: 0. So far there have been no international matches against Germany and Austria (see also the list of international matches for the Andorran national soccer team ). The Spanish manufacturer Joma equipped the national team until 2006 . The current supplier is the Italian manufacturer Macron .
Problems
It is proving difficult for the association to find enough talented players from the 75,000 inhabitants of the small state, especially since there are no full-time professional teams in the country. Only two of the actors are professionals, the rest of them play on a semi-professional basis. To make matters worse, the Andorran laws hardly make naturalization of players possible. A player would either have to live in the state for 20 years, marry a citizen or graduate from university there.
In addition, there is no stadium or training facilities in Andorra, the team plays in the Estadi Communal with a capacity of almost 1200 spectators. However, since land in the Pyrenees is very expensive and the association has little money, hardly anything will change in this situation. International matches against attractive opponents have also been played repeatedly in Spain , for example in Barcelona and Lleida .
In 2014 the Estadi Nacional , the new national stadium with 3,306 seats, opened in the capital Andorra la Vella. In 2017, the reigning European champions Portugal came to a World Cup qualifier in the stadium, which was almost sold out with 3,193 spectators.
Extended squad
The following players were in the squad for the UEFA Nations League game against Latvia on November 19, 2018.
No. | Surname | society | birth date |
Calls | Gates | debut | Last use | ||
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1 | Josep Gómes | FC Santa Coloma | Dec 3, 1985 | 52 | 0 | Aug 16, 2006 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
13 | Ferran Pol | UE Sant Julià | Feb. 28, 1983 | 25th | 0 | June 2, 2010 | 21 Mar 2018 | ||
Defense | |||||||||
6th | Ildefons Lima | Inter Club d'Escaldes | Dec 10, 1979 | 118 | 10 | June 22, 1997 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
15th | Moisés San Nicolás | FC Santa Coloma | 17 Sep 1993 | 36 | 0 | Oct 12, 2012 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
16 | Adri Rodrígues | Lusitanos FC | Aug 14, 1988 | 15th | 0 | May 3, 2012 | May 28, 2016 | ||
20th | Max Llovera | UA Horta | Jan. 8, 1997 | 25th | 0 | 3rd Sep 2015 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
21st | Marc García | EC Granollers | 21 Mar 1988 | 40 | 0 | May 29, 2010 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
23 | Jordi Rubio | UE Santa Coloma | Nov 1, 1987 | 44 | 0 | Aug 16, 2006 | Nov 15, 2018 | ||
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3 | Marc Vales | Sandefjord Fotball | Apr 4, 1990 | 55 | 0 | 26th Mar 2008 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
5 | Emili García | FC Andorra | Jan. 11, 1989 | 43 | 1 | June 4, 2008 | Nov 15, 2018 | ||
8th | Marc Ferré | FC Andorra | Jan. 11, 1994 | 2 | 0 | 3rd June 2018 | Oct 16, 2018 | ||
11 | Sergi Moreno | Inter Club d'Escaldes | Nov 25, 1987 | 59 | 0 | Apr 14, 2004 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
17th | Joan Cervós | FC Santboià | Feb. 24, 1998 | 7th | 0 | 3rd June 2018 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
22nd | Víctor Rodríguez | FC Santa Coloma | Sep 7 1987 | 22nd | 0 | Oct 15, 2008 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
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2 | Cristian Martínez | FC Andorra | Oct 16, 1989 | 51 | 2 | 5th Sep 2009 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
7th | Alexandre Martínez | FC Andorra | Oct 10, 1998 | 14th | 1 | May 26, 2016 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
9 | Ricard Fernandez | FC Andorra U19 | 19 Mar 1999 | 5 | 0 | 21 Mar 2018 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
10 | July Sánchez | FC Santa Coloma | June 20, 1978 | 70 | 1 | Nov 13, 1996 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
14th | Jordi Aláez | FC Andorra | Jan. 23, 1998 | 16 | 1 | May 26, 2016 | 19 Nov 2018 | ||
19th | Sebastián Gómez | UE Engordany | Nov 1, 1983 | 31 | 0 | June 4, 2008 | Sep 10 2018 |
Records
Record player
So far, 17 Andorran players have played at least 50 internationals and two players more than 100 internationals. Ildefons Lima has been a record international player since August 15, 2017 when he replaced long-time leader Óscar Sonejee with his 107th international match .
rank | player | Games |
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1. | Ildefons Lima | 119 |
2. | Óscar Sonejee | 106 |
3. | Josep Ayala | 84 |
Marcio Vieira | ||
5. | Marc Pujol | 81 |
6th | Manolo Jiménez | 79 |
6th | Koldo Álvarez | 78 |
8th. | Txema García | 71 |
July Sánchez | ||
10. | Justo Ruiz | 67 |
11. | Jordi Escura | 65 |
12. | Antoni Lima | 64 |
13. | Sergi Moreno | 63 |
14th | Marc Vales | 57 |
15th | Josep Gómes | 53 |
As of November 19, 2018
Record goal scorers
rank | player | Gates |
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1. | Ildefons Lima | 11 |
2. | Óscar Sonejee | 4th |
3. | Emiliano González | 3 |
Jesús Lucendo | ||
Cristian Martínez | ||
6th | Marc Pujol | 2 |
Marc Rebés | ||
Justo Ruiz | ||
Fernando Silva |
As of November 19, 2018
International matches against German-speaking national soccer teams
International matches against Liechtenstein
date | place | Home team | result | Visiting team | |
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1. | August 14, 2012 | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | 1-0 | Andorra |
2. | March 21, 2018 | La Línea de la Concepción | Andorra | 1-0 | Liechtenstein |
International matches against Switzerland
date | place | Home team | result | Visiting team | |
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1. | October 10, 2016 | Andorra la Vella | Andorra | 1: 2 | Switzerland |
2. | August 31, 2017 | St. Gallen | Switzerland | 3-0 | Andorra |
There have been no matches against Germany , Luxembourg and Austria so far.
See also
Web links
- Official website of the Andorran Football Association (Catalan)
- Statistics of UEFA
- Statistics of FIFA
- RSSSF Archives: All the matches of the Andorra national team from 1996 to 2002
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ weltfussball.de: Match report Andorra against Portugal
- ↑ https://www.transfermarkt.de/andorra_lettland/aufstellung/spielbericht/2994212