Monaco national football team
![]() | ||
Association | Fédération Monégasque de Football | |
---|---|---|
Confederation | ConIFA (Former) | |
Head coach | Thierry Petit | |
Most caps | Olivier Lechner (9) | |
Top scorer | Olivier Lechner (7) | |
Home stadium | Stade Louis II Stade Didier Deschamps | |
FIFA code | MON[1] | |
| ||
First international | ||
![]() ![]() (Gibraltar; 11 June 2000) | ||
Biggest win | ||
![]() ![]() (Cap-d'Ail, France; 18 February 2006) | ||
Biggest defeat | ||
![]() ![]() (Hyères, France; 24 November 2006) | ||
VIVA World Cup | ||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2006) | |
Best result | Runners-up (2006) |
The Monaco national football team is a national side that represents Monaco in association football. The team is controlled by the Monégasque Football Federation, the governing body for all football in Monaco. Monaco is not a member of FIFA or UEFA, and therefore cannot enter the FIFA World Cup nor the UEFA European Championship. Monaco was a founding member of the N.F.-Board in 2003, and finished second in the 2006 VIVA World Cup inaugural edition. However, due to political opposition, Monaco severed ties with the organization in 2010.[3]
History
[edit]Beginnings
[edit]After the foundation of the Monégasque Football Federation in April 2000, Monaco played its first match in June of the same year against Gibraltar, losing 5–0. After this match, Monaco would return to play a match a year later against Tibet, in Freiburg, in Germany, winning 2–1.
Overview
[edit]Since 2001, Monaco has participated in twenty-seven games, winning eight, drawing six, and losing thirteen. The team competes against local clubs, nations, unrecognized states, people groups, and territories. Monaco is managed by Martino López, and competes at the Stade Didier Deschamps in Cap-d'Ail, France.[4] According to Elo Ratings, Monaco is ranked 200th in the world as of November 2020.[5]
The team's roster is composed of roughly sixty men; only five offer professional experience, since the team is mainly made up of civil servants and employees of the Société des bains de mer de Monaco. [6]
Last squad
[edit]No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 | GK | Anthony Minioni | 2 | ![]() | |
1 | GK | Thierry Vatrican | 19 August 1975 | 5 | ![]() |
DF | Marc Vassallo | 28 November 1999 | ![]() | ||
DF | John Landau | ![]() | |||
DF | Eric Fissore | ![]() | |||
DF | Julien Sirio | ![]() | |||
DF | Jean-Paul Pennacino | ![]() | |||
MF | Romain Armita | ![]() | |||
MF | Anthony Rinaldi | ![]() | |||
MF | Fabien Gallis | ![]() | |||
MF | Remy Rinaldi | ![]() | |||
MF | Olivier Pasquier | ![]() | |||
MF | Anthony Houry | ![]() | |||
MF | Benoît Biancheri | 28 November 2000 | ![]() | ||
FW | Guy Platto | ![]() | |||
FW | Olivier Lechner | ![]() | |||
FW | Sergio Bonnaventura | 28 November 2000 | ![]() |
Competitive record
[edit]VIVA World Cup | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | Squad |
![]() |
Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 37 | Squad |
![]() |
Did not enter | ||||||||
![]() | |||||||||
![]() | |||||||||
![]() | |||||||||
ConIFA World Football Cup | |||||||||
![]() |
Did not enter | ||||||||
![]() | |||||||||
![]() | |||||||||
Total | Runners-up | 1/9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 37 | – |
Complete international results
[edit]2000s
[edit]11 June 2000 Friendly | Gibraltar ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | Gibraltar |
![]() |
[Report] | Stadium: Victoria Stadium | ||
Note: Monaco fielded players from the Monaco league, some of them French nationals[7] |
14 July 2001 Friendly | Monaco ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Freiburg, Germany |
Damien Choisit ![]() Serge Turuan ![]() |
[8] | ![]() |
Stadium: Dreisamstadion |
18 February 2002 Friendly | Monaco ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Cap-d'Ail, France |
[9] | Olivier Pasquier ![]() Jean-Paul Pennacino ![]() |
Report | Dylan Moreno ![]() Lee Casciaro ![]() |
Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail |
23 November 2002 Friendly | Vatican City ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Albano Laziale, Italy |
[11] | Stadium: Stadio Pio XII |
17 December 2005 Friendly | Monaco ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Cap-d'Ail, France |
[15] | Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail |
22 April 2006 Friendly | Monaco ![]() | 1–7 | ![]() | Cap-d'Ail, France |
![]() |
Report | Haxhi Zeka ![]() Uliks Emra ![]() Dukagjin Gashi ![]() Sunaj Keqi ![]() Isuf Llumnica ![]() Shpëtim Idrizi ![]() |
Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail |
20 November 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup | Monaco ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Costebelle, France |
13:30 CET | walkover [17] |
Stadium: Stade Gaby Robert | ||
Note: [18] |
21 November 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup | Monaco ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Hyères, France |
15:30 CET | Olivier Lechner ![]() Guy Platto ![]() Anthony Houry ![]() |
(Report) | Patric Léglise ![]() Sebastian Rojas ![]() |
Stadium: Stade L’Ayguade |
23 November 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup | Monaco ![]() | 0–14 | ![]() | Hyères, France |
15:30 CET | (Report) | Trond Olsen ![]() Steffen Nystrøm ![]() Magnus Andersen ![]() Olav Råstad ![]() Eirik Lamøy ![]() Espen Bruer ![]() Tom Høgli ![]() Jonas Johansen ![]() |
Stadium: Stade L’Ayguade |
24 November 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup | Monaco ![]() | 1–21 | ![]() | Hyères, France |
15:30 CET | Romain Armita ![]() |
(Report) | Trond Olsen ![]() Tom Høgli ![]() Eirik Lamøy ![]() Steffen Nystrøm ![]() Olav Råstad ![]() Espen Bruer ![]() Jonas Johansen ![]() Leif Arne Brekke ![]() Torkil Nilssen ![]() Espen Minde ![]() Matti Eira ![]() |
Stadium: Stade L’Ayguade |
20 December 2008 Friendly | Monaco ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Cap-d'Ail, France |
![]() |
[21] | ![]() |
Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail |
2010s
[edit]3 May 2011 Friendly | Vatican City ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Albano Laziale, Italy |
Alessandro Quarto ![]() |
[23] | Olivier Lechner ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Pio XII |
11 June 2011 Friendly | Monaco ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Cap-d'Ail, France |
![]() |
[24] | ![]() |
Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail |
6 October 2012 Friendly | Monaco ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Beausoleil, France |
![]() |
[25] 0–1 (Half time); 1–1; 1–2 |
![]() |
Stadium: Stade des Moneghetti |
13 February 2013 Friendly | Provence ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | Saint-Zacharie, France |
Pape Fall ![]() Anthony Mendy ![]() Nicolas Ferrero ![]() Romain Campagna ![]() |
[26] | Olivier Lechner ![]() |
Stadium: Stade François Coulomb |
22 June 2013 Friendly | Monaco ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Cap-d'Ail, France |
Morgan Escarras ![]() Eric Fissore ![]() |
[27] | Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail |
6 April 2014 Friendly | Ellan Vannin ![]() | 10–0 | ![]() | Douglas, Isle of Man |
![]() |
[28][29] | Stadium: King George V Bowl stadium Attendance: 1,100 |
10 May 2014 Friendly | Vatican City ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Rome, Italy |
[30] | ![]() |
Stadium: Campo Pio XI |
27 April 2017 Friendly | Vatican City ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Rome, Italy |
[31] | Stadium: Campo Pio XI |
Head-to-head record
[edit]As of 27 April 2017
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 100.00 |
![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0.00 |
![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0.00 |
![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0.00 |
![]() |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 33.33 |
![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0.00 |
![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | −34 | 0.00 |
![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 60.00 |
Total | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 91 | −49 | 32.00 |
Unofficial results
[edit]28 May 2005 Friendly | Amateur Alliance FA ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Gibraltar |
![]() |
Stadium: Victoria Stadium |
8 September 2007 Friendly | HNK Orijent 1919 ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Rijeka, Croatia |
![]() |
![]() |
7 June 2008 Friendly | Monaco ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Cap-d'Ail, France |
![]() |
![]() |
Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail |
5 June 2010 Friendly | Monaco ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Beausoleil, France |
![]() |
![]() |
Stadium: Stade des Moneghetti |
14 April 2012 Friendly | Monaco ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() | Nice, France |
![]() |
![]() |
Honours
[edit]VIVA World Cup runner-up: 2006
Historical kits
[edit]
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2001 Home
|
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2002 Away
|
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Home 2006
|
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Home 2011
|
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Away 2011
|
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Home 2012-13
|
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Home 2014
|
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Home 2014
|
Sources:[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Monaco Flag image FIFA
- ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Staff writer. "Monaco Quits N.F.-Board" (PDF). Soccer Business World. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "About the national team". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "World Football Elo Ratings". Elo Ranking. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ Steve Menary. "Monaco Struggles for Recognition". World Soccer. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Monaco International Matches".
- ^ "Tibet – Monaco". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Gibraltar – Monaco". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Monaco International Matches".
- ^ "Vatican – Monaco". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Occitania – Monaco". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Monaco – Occitania". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Gibraltar – Monaco". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Monaco – Occitania". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Monaco International Matches".
- ^ This result - and those of all of Southern Cameroons' matches - was declared a 3–0 walkover when Southern Cameroons were unable to show, due to visa problems
- ^ Walkover. This result - and those of all of Southern Cameroons' matches - was declared a 3–0 walkover when Southern Cameroons were unable to show, due to visa problems
- ^ "2006 VIVA World Cup finial". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Monaco – Occitania". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Monaco – Provence". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Occitania national football team results". Occitania Football Federation. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Vatican – Monaco". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Vatican – Monaco". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Match Monaco vs. Raetia (NF-Board friendly)". FA Raetia at YouTube. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Clinical Provence too strong for Monaco". Non FIFA Football Updates. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "L'equipe du Vatican en Principaute". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Ellan Vannin announce Monaco friendly". Non-FIFA Football Updates. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "Ellan Vannin thrash Monaco 10-0". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Monaco confirm May trip to Rome for Vatican friendly". Non FIFA Football Updates. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Monaco confirm May trip to Rome for Vatican friendly". Non FIFA Football Updates. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "2001 - 2002".
- ^ "2002".
- ^ "2006".
- ^ "2006".
- ^ "2011".
- ^ "2011".
- ^ "2012-13".
- ^ "2012-13".
- ^ "2014".