Monaco
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFédération Monégasque de Football
ConfederationConIFA (Former)
Head coachThierry Petit
Most capsÉric Fissore
Yohan Garino (7)
Top scorerOlivier Lechner (6)
Home stadiumStade Louis II
Stade Didier Deschamps
FIFA codeMON[1]
First colours
First international
 Gibraltar 5–0 Monaco 
(Gibraltar; 11 June 2000)
Biggest win
 Monaco 13–1 Chechnya 
(Cap-d'Ail, France; 18 February 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Sápmi 21–1 Monaco 
(Hyères, France; 24 November 2006)
VIVA World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2006)
Best resultRunners-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

Beginnings

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

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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
16 1GK Anthony Minioni 2 Monaco
1 1GK Thierry Vatrican (1975-08-19) 19 August 1975 (age 48) 5 Monaco
2DF Marc Vassallo (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 24) Monaco
2DF John Landau Monaco
2DF Eric Fissore Monaco
2DF Julien Sirio Monaco
2DF Jean-Paul Pennacino Monaco
3MF Romain Armita Monaco
3MF Anthony Rinaldi Monaco
3MF Fabien Gallis Monaco
3MF Remy Rinaldi Monaco
3MF Olivier Pasquier Monaco
3MF Anthony Houry Monaco
3MF Benoît Biancheri (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 23) Monaco
4FW Guy Platto Monaco
4FW Olivier Lechner Monaco
4FW Sergio Bonnaventura (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 23) Monaco

Competitive record

VIVA World Cup
Year Result Position GP W D L GS GA Squad
Occitania 2006 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 7 37 Squad
Sápmi 2008 Did not enter
Padania 2009
Gozo 2010
Kurdistan Region 2012
ConIFA World Football Cup
Sápmi 2014 Did not enter
Abkhazia 2016
Barawa 2018
Total Runners-up 1/9 4 2 0 2 7 37 –

Complete international results

2000s

11 June 2000 Friendly Gibraltar  5–0  Monaco 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  Tibet Freiburg, Germany
Damien Choisit ?'
Serge Turuan ?'		 [8] ?' Stadium: Dreisamstadion
18 February 2002 Friendly Monaco  2–2  Gibraltar Cap-d'Ail, France
[9] Olivier Pasquier 25'
Jean-Paul Pennacino 47'[10]		 Report Dylan Moreno 15' (pen.)
Lee Casciaro 70' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
23 November 2002 Friendly Vatican City  0–0  Monaco Albano Laziale, Italy
[11] Stadium: Stadio Pio XII
12 February 2005 Friendly Occitania  0–0  Monaco Béziers, France
[12] Stadium: Stade Raoul-Barrière
17 May 2005 Friendly Monaco  1–1  Occitania Cap-d'Ail, France
[13] Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
27 May 2005 Friendly Gibraltar  4–0  Monaco Gibraltar
[14] Stadium: Victoria Stadium
17 December 2005 Friendly Monaco  2–1  Occitania Cap-d'Ail, France
[15] Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
18 February 2006 Friendly Monaco  13–1  Chechnya Cap-d'Ail, France
Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
22 April 2006 Friendly Monaco  1–7  Kosovo Cap-d'Ail, France
?' Report Haxhi Zeka 15'
Uliks Emra 17', 65'
Dukagjin Gashi 29'
Sunaj Keqi 75'
Isuf Llumnica 82'
Shpëtim Idrizi 83' [16]		 Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
20 November 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup Monaco  3–0  Ambazonia Costebelle, France
13:30 CET walkover
[17]		 Stadium: Stade Gaby Robert
Note: [18]
21 November 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup Monaco  3–2  Occitania Hyères, France
15:30 CET Olivier Lechner 20'
Guy Platto 53'
Anthony Houry 59'		 (Report) Patric Léglise 51'
Sebastian Rojas 72'		 Stadium: Stade L’Ayguade
23 November 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup Monaco  0–14  Sápmi Hyères, France
15:30 CET (Report) Trond Olsen 5', 17', 45', 50'
Steffen Nystrøm 12', 16', 23', 28'
Magnus Andersen 26'
Olav Råstad 40'
Eirik Lamøy 57'
Espen Bruer 66'
Tom Høgli 77'
Jonas Johansen 83'		 Stadium: Stade L’Ayguade
24 November 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup Monaco  1–21  Sápmi Hyères, France
15:30 CET Romain Armita 50' (Report) Trond Olsen 5'
Tom Høgli 7', 20', 40'
Eirik Lamøy 32', 39', 51', 55'
Steffen Nystrøm 35'
Olav Råstad 38', 45' (pen.)
Espen Bruer 59', 81'
Jonas Johansen 62', 65', 88'
Leif Arne Brekke 72' (pen.)
Torkil Nilssen 76', 78'
Espen Minde 84'
Matti Eira 87'[19]		 Stadium: Stade L’Ayguade
8 November 2008 Friendly Occitania  2–2  Monaco Caraglio, Italy
?' [20] ?'
20 December 2008 Friendly Monaco  2–3  Provence Cap-d'Ail, France
?' [21] ?' Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail

2010s

3 April 2010 Friendly Monaco  1–5  Occitania Saint Dalmas-de-Tende, France
?' [22] ?'
3 May 2011 Friendly Vatican City  1–2  Monaco Albano Laziale, Italy
Alessandro Quarto ?' [23] ?' Stadium: Stadio Pio XII
11 June 2011 Friendly Monaco  1–3  Croatia Amateurs Cap-d'Ail, France
?' [24] ?' Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
6 October 2012 Friendly Monaco  1–2  Raetia Beausoleil, France
?' [25] ?' Stadium: Stade des Moneghetti
13 February 2013 Friendly Provence  6–1  Monaco Saint-Zacharie, France
?' [26] ?' Stadium: Stade François Coulomb
22 June 2013 Friendly Monaco  2–0  Vatican City Cap-d'Ail, France
Morgan Escarras 9'
Eric Fissore 34'		 [27] Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
6 April 2014 Friendly Ellan Vannin  10–0  Monaco Douglas, Isle of Man
?' [28][29] Stadium: King George V Bowl stadium
10 May 2014 Friendly Vatican City  0–2  Monaco Rome, Italy
[30] ?' Stadium: Campo Pio XI
27 April 2017 Friendly Vatican City  0–0  Monaco Rome, Italy
[31] Stadium: Campo Pio XI

Head-to-head record

As of 27 April 2017

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
 Ambazonia 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
 Chechnya 1 1 0 0 13 1 +12 100.00
 Croatia Amateurs 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0.00
 Ellan Vannin 1 0 0 1 0 10 −10 0.00
 Gibraltar 3 0 1 2 2 11 −9 0.00
 Kosovo 1 0 0 1 1 7 −6 0.00
 Occitania 6 2 3 1 9 11 −2 33.33
 Provence 2 0 0 2 3 9 −6 0.00
 Raetia 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0.00
 Sápmi 2 0 0 2 1 35 −34 0.00
 Tibet 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
 Vatican City 5 3 2 0 6 1 +5 60.00
Total 25 8 6 11 42 91 −49 32.00
Source: Results

Unofficial results

21 June 2004 Friendly AS Marsa Tunisia 0–0  Monaco Tunis, Tunisia
28 May 2005 Friendly Amateur Alliance FA Gibraltar 4–0  Monaco Gibraltar
?' Stadium: Victoria Stadium
8 September 2007 Friendly HNK Orijent 1919 Croatia 1–2  Monaco Rijeka, Croatia
?' ?'
7 June 2008 Friendly Monaco  2–3 Croatia HNK Orijent 1919 Cap-d'Ail, France
?' ?' Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail
26 September 2009 Friendly FC Lucciana France 2–5  Monaco Lucciana, France
?' ?'
5 June 2010 Friendly Monaco  3–2 France Callas Beausoleil, France
?' ?' Stadium: Stade des Moneghetti
14 April 2012 Friendly Monaco  4–3 Italy Piacenza Calcio 1919 Nice, France
?' ?'

Honours

VIVA World Cup runner-up: 2006

See also

References

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  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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  4. ^ "About the national team". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  5. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings". Elo Ranking. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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  7. ^ "Monaco International Matches".
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  17. ^ 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
  18. ^ 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
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