San Marino National Football Team (U-21 Men)
Nickname (s) | La Serenissima | ||
Association | FSGC | ||
confederacy | UEFA | ||
Technical sponsor | adidas | ||
Head coach | Mirco Papini | ||
Assistant coach | Pietro Rossi | ||
captain | Eugenio Colombini | ||
Record scorer | Matteo Valli (4) | ||
Home stadium | San Marino Stadium | ||
FIFA code | SMR | ||
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91 games 3 wins 2 draws 86 losses |
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First international game San Marino U-21 0-5 Switzerland U-21 ( Serravalle , San Marino ; June 6, 1989)
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Biggest win San Marino U21 1-0 Wales U21 ( Serravalle , San Marino ; 6 September 2013)
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Biggest defeat Spain U-21 14-0 San Marino U-21 ( Almería , Spain ; February 8, 2005)
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(As of July 6, 2014) |
The San Marino U-21 national soccer team is the national team of San Marino soccer players . It is subject to the Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio (FSGC) and represents him at the U-21 level , in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also at the European Championship of the continental association UEFA . Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 21 and who are citizens of San Marino .
history
The San Marino U-21 national soccer team took part in the qualification for a U-21 European soccer championship for the first time in 1990 . So far, however, the team has never qualified for a European finals. So far the team has won three games, one of them against Sweden . The San Marinese lost the game 6-0, but the game was subsequently rated 3-0 for San Marino by UEFA because the Swedish team had suspended players in the squad. In 2007 the team lost 2-1 to Armenia , but this game was also rated 3-0 for San Marino because of irregularities on the part of the Armenians.
In qualifying for the U-21 European Championship 2013 , San Marino was able to achieve a 0-0 win against Greece , which was celebrated as a success by the San Marines. The team achieved their first sporting victory on September 6, 2013 against the U-21s from Wales , in front of their home crowd San Marino sensationally won 1-0 with a header from Juri Biordi in the 21st minute of the game. It was the second competitive win ever for a San Marino national team (the U-17 won 2-1 against Andorra in 2002), if you ignore the other two games rated 3-0 for San Marino. On March 5, 2014, a 0-0 win against Finland was achieved, meaning that San Marino has already achieved an historic four points in the group stage to qualify for the 2015 U-21 European Championship .
Giuseppe Canini coached the team from 1992 to 2010, after which the team was taken over by Pierangelo Manzaroli , who took over the seniors in 2014. Since then, the team has been trained by Mirco Papini .
See also
- San Marino National Football Team
- San Marino National Football Team (U-19 Juniors)
- U-21 European Football Championship