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TheSan Marino national football team (Italian:Nazionale di calcio di San Marino) represents the nation ofSan Marino in the internationalassociation football. It is fielded by theSan Marino Football Federation (Italian:Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio), thegoverning body offootball in San Marino, and competes as a member of theUnion of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. The San Marino Football Federation became affiliated with theFédération Internationale de Football Association (English: International Federation of Association Football) (FIFA) in 1988 and the country's first international match took place two years later on 14 November 1990 againstSwitzerland in aUEFA Euro 1992qualifier.[1][2] San Marino's first result that was not a defeat was a 0–0 draw at home toTurkey in a1994 FIFA World Cupqualifier on 10 March 1993,[2] and the team's first and only win came over 10 years later afterLiechtenstein were beaten 1–0 in afriendly on 28 April 2004.[3]
Since 1990, 97 players have appeared for the San Marino national team,[4] all of whom are listed here.DefenderDamiano Vannucci holds the record for mostcaps, having appeared 64 times for San Marino from 1996 to 2011.[4] The side's all-time top scorer isAndy Selva, who with eight goals from 57 caps is the only player except Nicola Nanni (2 goals) and Filippo Berardi (2 goals) to have scored more than one goal for San Marino.[4] The team's most-cappedgoalkeeper,Federico Gasperoni, represented San Marino 41 times between 1996 and 2005.[4] While San Marino have yet to qualify for the finals of a major international tournament,Davide Gualtieri holds the record for the fastest goal in aFIFA World Cup qualifier, scoring eight seconds into a 1994 World Cup qualifier againstEngland on 17 February 1993.[1][2]
Appearances and goals are composed ofFIFA World Cup andUEFA European Football Championship qualification matches, as well as numerous international friendly matches. The years given in the column marked "national team career" are those of each player's first and last international cap. Players are listed by number of caps, then number of goals scored. If number of goals are equal, the players are then listed alphabetically. Statistics are correct as of the match played on 11 October 2011.[4]
| † | Stilleligible for the national team[a] | ||
| GK | Goalkeeper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Defender | ||
| MF | Midfielder | ||
| FW | Forward | ||
