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| Nickname | Els Isards | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | Federació Andorrana de Rugby | ||
| Head coach | Jeannot Martinho | ||
| Captain | Jonathan Garcia | ||
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| World Rugby ranking | |||
| Current | 88 (as of 25 November 2024) | ||
| Highest | 72 (23 November 2020) | ||
| First international | |||
 Andorra 24 – 3Luxembourg  (1 July 1987) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Andorra 76 – 3Norway  (4 September 2004) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Andorra 3 – 89Malta  (24 March 2018) | |||
TheAndorra nationalrugby union team, nicknamedLes Isards ("thechamoises"), represent the Andorran Rugby Federation (FAR) in international rugby union competitions. They play most of their home games inAndorra la Vella, the country's capital, though have had some matches inFoix, which is in France.
They compete in theEuropean Nations Cup, and are currently in the second division. As well as playing numerous friendlies they have also taken part in the qualification stages of the Rugby World Cup, competing in every tournament since 1995.
The national side is ranked 83rd in the world, as of 3 November 2025.[1]
The first international game that Andorra played was on 8 November 1987 when they took onLuxembourg in the third division of the1987–89 FIRA Trophy. Andorra would win that match 24–3 to receive their only win in the third division as they lost both games toBulgaria and the reverse game.[2] After qualifying for the second division in thefollowing year, they would finish bottom of their group which would featureMorocco,Tunisia andPortugal.
Andorra attempted to qualify for the1995 Rugby World Cup. They competed in the preliminary round in the west group of the European qualification. They defeated Denmark, but lost to Switzerland, and were knocked out.
Andorra also attempted to qualify for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Andorra started off in Pool 3 of Round 1, and won all four of their fixtures, finishing at the top of the final standings to advance through to Round 2. However they were then knocked out of qualifying after Round 2 coming last in a five team group.
They competed in Pool B of Round 1 in attempting to qualify for the 2003 World Cup, but did not advance to the next stage coming third in a six team group.
The 2007 tournament saw many more fixtures and gained the small nation some greater publicity by playing in the first match of the tournament, beating Norway 76–3. They won a 2 leg match, came third in the ensuing five team group thus qualifying for a further 2 leg playoff, victory in which led to a further five team group in which they were last. Competing with the more populous Moldova, Netherlands, Spain and Poland, having beaten Norway, Hungary, Slovenia and Sweden certainly brought Andorra to the attention of more rugby followers, all in spite of a small population of just 70,000.
The popularity of football in Andorra has been on the decline due to a poor record at home and away. This has left room for Andorran rugby to rise out of the shadows. Mainly affected by the fanatical popularity of rugby in southern France, Els Isards continue to impress on the international stage. This has led to the rapid increase in the number of registered players in Andorra. Many are now suggesting that rugby in Andorra has grown to such an extent that it has now become the tiny nation'snational sport.
As well as a men's 15 aside team, the men have competed in the European Sevens competition since 2005. In 2005 they won promotion to the next division and in both 2006 and 2007 made the finals of the competition.
Also Andorra have a women's set up. They have only played sevens so far, competing in 2006 and 2007.
Youth rugby in Andorra is less developed and has to date only consisted of training camps.
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Andorra national XV at test level up until8 November 2025, updated after match with
Israel.
| Nation | GP | W | D | L | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Armenia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% |
 Austria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
 Bulgaria | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33.33% |
 Catalonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
 Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% |
 Croatia | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14.29% |
 Cyprus | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% |
 Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
 Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
 Hungary | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% |
| Israel | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 42.86% |
 Latvia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
 Lithuania | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20% |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60% |
| Malta | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20% |
 Moldova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
 Monaco | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Morocco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
 Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| Norway | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
 Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
 Poland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
 Serbia | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 36.36% |
 Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Slovenia | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 42.86% |
 Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
 Sweden | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40% |
 Switzerland | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14.29% |
 Tunisia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25% |
 Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
 Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| TOTALS | 117 | 36 | 2 | 79 | 30.77% |
Starting line-up for opening2023-24 Rugby Europe Conference match againstDenmark.
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined byWorld Rugby.
| Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lluc Cunill | Prop | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Irakli Berdzenishvili | Hooker | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Benjamin Franken | Prop | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
| Xavier Vicente | Lock | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Bastien Trape | Lock | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} |  Stade Niçois |
| Nil Tomé | Flanker | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Galdric Calvet | Flanker | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Tiago Macedo | Number 8 | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Leon Laguerre | Scrum-half | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Sacha Franken | Fly-half | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
| Storm Fachaux | Wing | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Josep Arasanz | Centre | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Adrià Calvo | Centre | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Adrià Santuré | Wing | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Thibaut Trape | Fullback | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
| Didac Garcia | Prop | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Pol Arias | ?? | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
| Miquel Ortega | Prop | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Ricardo Quintino | Lock | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Marcel Montella | ?? | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
| Arnau Granyena | ?? | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Ian Granyena | ?? | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | VPC Andorra XV |
| Victor Casajuana | Centre | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} |
