Liechtenstein national football team
Association | LFV | ||
confederacy | UEFA | ||
Technical sponsor | Macron | ||
Head coach | Helgi Kolviðsson (since 2019) | ||
captain | Martin Büchel | ||
Record scorer | Mario Frick (16) | ||
Record player | Peter Jehle (132) | ||
Home stadium | Rheinpark Stadium | ||
FIFA code | LIE | ||
FIFA rank | 180. (926 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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197 games 15 wins 25 draws 157 defeats |
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First international match Liechtenstein 0: 1 Switzerland ( Balzers , Liechtenstein ; March 9, 1982 ) unofficial: Liechtenstein 1: 6 Malta ( Seoul , South Korea ; June 14, 1981 )
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Biggest win Luxembourg 0-4 Liechtenstein ( Luxembourg , Luxembourg ; October 13, 2004 )
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Biggest defeat Liechtenstein 1:11 Macedonia ( Eschen , Liechtenstein ; November 9, 1996 )
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(As of November 18, 2019) |
The Liechtenstein national football team is the selection team of the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) and represents Liechtenstein on an international level. Liechtenstein has been regularly participating in the qualification for the European Championship and the World Championship since 1994, but has never been able to qualify.
history
It only played its first international match counted by the association in 1982, although the Liechtenstein Football Association has been a member of FIFA and UEFA since 1974 . Four international matches against Malta, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, played in 1981 and not counted by the association, are now counted as internationals by FIFA.
Liechtenstein achieved their first victory on June 6, 1982 in Vaduz with a 2-0 win in a friendly against a club team from Beijing ( People's Republic of China ). The first victory in a competitive game came on October 14, 1998 against Azerbaijan (2-1) during the European Championship qualification.
Under Martin Andermatt , Liechtenstein achieved a 2-2 draw against Portugal in the 2006 World Cup qualification on October 9, 2004, which can be described as the greatest success for the Liechtenstein team to date. It was Liechtenstein's first point in a World Cup qualification. Four days later they achieved their first ever away win. They won 4-0 in qualifying for the World Cup in Luxembourg. Successes in 2005 were the 0-0 win against runners-up Slovakia and another convincing win against Luxembourg 3-0. In qualifying for the European Championship in 2008, a 1-0 win against Latvia on March 28, 2007 and a 3-0 win against Iceland on October 17, 2007 .
In 1999, 2004 and 2005 the national team was honored as Team of the Year at the athletes' meeting of the Liechtenstein Olympic Sports Association.
In the junior division, Liechtenstein was able to qualify for the U-16 European Football Championship in Scotland in 1998 , and it also took part in the U-19 European Football Championship in 2003 in its own country. In both cases, however, they lost all three preliminary round matches and were eliminated early. In 2010, the U-17 European Football Championship took place in Liechtenstein , but the association withdrew its automatically qualified selection from the tournament due to a lack of competitiveness.
In qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil , Liechtenstein met Bosnia-Herzegovina , Greece , Lithuania , Latvia and Slovakia . There were two draws in the home games against Latvia and Slovakia (1: 1 each) and one goal each in the two games against the eventual group winners and World Cup participants Bosnia-Herzegovina. But this was only enough for last place in the group.
In qualifying for the Euro 2016 , Liechtenstein met Russia , Sweden and Austria and for the first time Moldova and Montenegro . Liechtenstein won in Moldova on November 15, 2014, and won one point each in the home games against Montenegro and Moldova. All other games were lost and in the end the penultimate place was taken. In the last qualifying game, Mario Frick became the first player to ever lose an international match for the 100th time.
Current squad
Most of the players in the Liechtenstein national football team currently play for clubs in Swiss leagues, especially the Challenge League and the 1st League Classic .
With over 200 games in the Swiss Super League and the Italian Serie A, Mario Frick is the biggest export hit in Liechtenstein football, although a few other players also made the leap abroad. In principle, almost all of the team's top performers were employed by at least one club each abroad, and in the last twenty years the team has changed from an amateur team to a professional team.
Since 2008 in particular, there has been a natural generation change in the squad, with the players from the early days of Liechtenstein professional football being replaced by a new generation of young players due to their age.
Players in the squad for the European Championship qualifiers against Greece and Italy on March 23 and 26, 2019.
Surname | Date of birth | society | International matches (as of October 15, 2019) |
International goals (as of October 15, 2019) |
debut | Last use |
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goalkeeper | ||||||
Benjamin Büchel | 07/04/1989 | FC Vaduz | 27 | 0 | 11/19/2008 | October 15, 2019 |
Lorenzo Lo Russo | 07/08/1993 | FC Linth 04 | 0 | 0 | ||
Claudio Majer | 03/23/1996 | FC Vaduz | 0 | 0 | ||
Defense | ||||||
Daniel Brändle | 01/23/1992 | SV Pullach | 25th | 0 | 05/21/2014 | 09/08/2019 |
Fabian Eberle | 07/27/1992 | FC Konolfingen | 7th | 0 | 11/11/2011 | November 19, 2018 |
Maximilian Göppel | 08/31/1997 | FC Vaduz | 27 | 1 | 06/06/2016 | October 15, 2019 |
Jens Hofer | 10/01/1997 | FC Vaduz | 6th | 0 | November 19, 2018 | October 15, 2019 |
Daniel Kaufmann | 12/22/1990 | FC Balzers | 57 | 1 | 11/17/2010 | October 15, 2019 |
Andreas Malin | January 31, 1994 | FC Dornbirn 1913 | 17th | 0 | 06/06/2016 | October 12, 2019 |
Martin Rechsteiner | 02/15/1989 | FC Balzers | 45 | 0 | 03/26/2008 | October 15, 2019 |
Sandro Wieser | 02/03/1993 | FC Vaduz | 53 | 2 | 08/11/2010 | 09/08/2019 |
midfield | ||||||
Martin Büchel | 02/19/1987 | FC Red Star Zurich | 80 | 2 | 06/06/2004 | October 15, 2019 |
Noah Frommelt | 12/16/2000 | FC Balzers | 0 | 0 | ||
Nicolas Hasler | 05/04/1991 | FC Thun | 65 | 3 | 08/11/2010 | October 15, 2019 |
Livio Meier | 01/10/1998 | UPS Eschen-Mauren | 11 | 0 | December 14, 2017 | October 12, 2019 |
Michele Polverino | 09/26/1984 | FC Balzers | 77 | 6th | 06/02/2007 | October 15, 2019 |
Aron Sele | 09/02/1996 | FC Vaduz | 18th | 0 | 06/06/2016 | October 12, 2019 |
Noah Frick | 10/16/2001 | FC Vaduz | 2 | 0 | 03/23/2019 | October 15, 2019 |
Sandro Wolfinger | 08/24/1994 | UPS Eschen-Mauren | 30th | 2 | 11/19/2013 | October 15, 2019 |
Seyhan Yildiz | 04/30/1989 | FC Balzers | 35 | 1 | 02/06/2013 | October 15, 2019 |
Robin Gubser | 04/17/1991 | UPS Eschen-Mauren | 36 | 1 | 06/04/2013 | October 15, 2019 |
Storm | ||||||
Philippe Erne | 12/14/1986 | FC Balzers | 35 | 1 | 11/14/2009 | 11/16/2018 |
Yanik Frick | 05/27/1998 | FC Rapperswil-Jona | 9 | 1 | 10/06/2016 | October 15, 2019 |
Ridvan Kardesoglu | 10/12/1996 | UPS Eschen-Mauren | 0 | 0 | ||
Dennis Salanović | 02/26/1996 | FC Thun | 39 | 4th | 09/04/2014 | October 15, 2019 |
Source: Liechtenstein Football Association
Record holder
For a complete list of all players in the Liechtenstein national team, see the list of Liechtenstein national football players .
Record player
On June 11, 2017, Peter Jehle replaced the long-time record holder Mario Frick with his 126th international match .
rank | Surname | Calls | Gates | position | Period |
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1. | Peter Jehle | 132 | 0 | goal | 1998-2018 |
2. | Mario Frick | 125 | 16 | attack | 1993-2015 |
3. | Martin Stocklasa | 113 | 5 | Defense | 1996-2014 |
4th | Franz Burgmeier | 112 | 9 | midfield | 2001-2018 |
5. | Thomas Beck | 92 | 5 | attack | 1998-2013 |
6th | Martin Büchel | 82 | 2 | midfield | 2004– |
7th | Michele Polverino | 79 | 6th | midfield | 2007- |
8th. | Daniel Hasler | 78 | 1 | Defense | 1993-2007 |
9. | Martin Telser | 73 | 1 | Defense / midfield | 1996-2007 |
10. | Ronny Büchel | 72 | 0 | midfield | 1998-2010 |
11. | Michael Stocklasa | 71 | 2 | Defense | 1998-2012 |
12. | Nicolas Hasler | 67 | 3 | midfield | 2010– |
As of November 18, 2019
Record goal scorers
rank | Surname | Gates | Calls | Period |
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1. | Mario Frick | 16 | 125 | 1993-2015 |
2. | Franz Burgmeier | 9 | 112 | 2001-2018 |
3. | Michele Polverino | 6th | 79 | 2007– |
4th | Thomas Beck | 5 | 92 | 1998-2013 |
Martin Stocklasa | 5 | 113 | 1996-2014 | |
6th | Dennis Salanović | 4th | 41 | 2014– |
As of November 18, 2019
Trainer
- Hans Müntener (1982)
- Pius Fischer (1984)
- Erich Bürzle (1990, 1998)
- Dietrich Weise (1990–1996)
- Alfred Riedl (1997–1998)
- Ralf Loose (1998-2003)
- Walter Hörmann (2003-2004)
- Martin Andermatt (2004-2006)
- Urs Meier (2006)
- Hans-Peter Zaugg (2007–2012)
- René Pauritsch (2012-2018)
- Helgi Kolviðsson (2019–)
Balance sheet
Status: October 2019
Against Germany
date | place | Home team | result | Visiting team | |
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1. | June 4th 1996 | Mannheim | Germany | 9: 1 | Liechtenstein |
2. | June 7, 2000 | Freiburg in Breisgau | Germany | 8: 2 | Liechtenstein |
3. | September 6, 2008 | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | 0: 6 | Germany |
4th | March 28, 2009 | Leipzig | Germany | 4-0 | Liechtenstein |
Against Austria
date | place | Home team | result | Visiting team | |
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1. | June 7, 1984 | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | 0: 6 | Austria |
2. | September 7, 1994 | Ash trees | Liechtenstein | 0: 4 | Austria |
3. | April 26, 1995 | Salzburg | Austria | 7-0 | Liechtenstein |
4th | June 2, 1998 | Vienna | Austria | 6-0 | Liechtenstein |
5. | October 7, 2000 | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | 0: 1 | Austria |
6th | April 25, 2001 | innsbruck | Austria | 2-0 | Liechtenstein |
7th | October 6, 2006 | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | 1: 2 | Austria |
8th. | March 27, 2015 | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | 0: 5 | Austria |
9. | October 12, 2015 | Vienna | Austria | 3-0 | Liechtenstein |
Against Switzerland
date | place | Home team | result | Visiting team | |
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1. | March 9, 1982 | Balzers | Liechtenstein | 0: 1 | Switzerland |
2. | March 12, 1991 | Balzers | Liechtenstein | 0: 6 | Switzerland |
3. | May 27, 1994 | Basel | Switzerland | 2-0 | Liechtenstein |
4th | June 6, 2004 | Zurich | Switzerland | 1-0 | Liechtenstein |
5. | August 16, 2006 | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | 0: 3 | Switzerland |
6th | May 30, 2008 | St. Gallen | Switzerland | 3-0 | Liechtenstein |
7th | August 10, 2011 | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | 1: 2 | Switzerland |
8th. | June 10, 2015 | Tuna | Switzerland | 3-0 | Liechtenstein |
Against Luxembourg
date | place | Home team | result | Visiting team | |
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1. | April 17, 2002 | Hesperange | Luxembourg | 3: 3 | Liechtenstein |
2. | October 13, 2004 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0: 4 | Liechtenstein |
3. | September 7, 2005 | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | 3-0 | Luxembourg |
World championships
European championships
See also
- Football in Liechtenstein
- Liechtenstein national football team (U-17 juniors)
- Liechtenstein national football team (U-21 men)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
- ^ Liechtenstein: Games and results. In: FIFA.com. Retrieved August 22, 2012 .
- ↑ uefa.com: Liechtenstein throws in the towel , March 5, 2010.
- ↑ national team . Liechtenstein Football Association. Retrieved November 2, 2019.