Monaco national football team facts for kids

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Monaco

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
First colours
Elo ranking
Current	200 1 (3 March 2019)
Highest	193 (2001)
Lowest	202 (2017)
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
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.

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. According to Elo Ratings, Monaco is ranked 200th in the world as of November 2020.

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.

Last squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
16	1GK	Anthony Minioni		2
1	1GK	Thierry Vatrican	(1975-08-19) 19 August 1975 (age 49)	5
	2DF	Marc Vassallo	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 25)
	2DF	John Landau
	2DF	Eric Fissore
	2DF	Julien Sirio
	2DF	Jean-Paul Pennacino
	3MF	Romain Armita
	3MF	Anthony Rinaldi
	3MF	Fabien Gallis
	3MF	Remy Rinaldi
	3MF	Olivier Pasquier
	3MF	Anthony Houry
	3MF	Benoît Biancheri	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 24)
	4FW	Guy Platto
	4FW	Olivier Lechner
	4FW	Sergio Bonnaventura	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 24)

Competitive record

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

Complete international results

2000s

Friendly 11 June 2000	Gibraltar	5–0	Monaco	Gibraltar
	?'	[Report]		Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Note: Monaco fielded players from the Monaco league, some of them French nationals

Friendly 14 July 2001	Monaco	2–1	Tibet	Freiburg, Germany
	Damien Choisit  ?' Serge Turuan  ?'		?'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion

Friendly 18 February 2002	Monaco	2–2	Gibraltar	Cap-d'Ail, France
	Olivier Pasquier  25' Jean-Paul Pennacino  47'	Report	Dylan Moreno  15' (pen.) Lee Casciaro  70' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail

Friendly 23 November 2002	Vatican City	0–0	Monaco	Albano Laziale, Italy
				Stadium: Stadio Pio XII

Friendly 12 February 2005	Occitania	0–0	Monaco	Béziers, France
				Stadium: Stade Raoul-Barrière

Friendly 17 May 2005	Monaco	1–1	Occitania	Cap-d'Ail, France
				Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail

Friendly 27 May 2005	Gibraltar	4–0	Monaco	Gibraltar
				Stadium: Victoria Stadium

Friendly 17 December 2005	Monaco	2–1	Occitania	Cap-d'Ail, France
				Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail

Friendly 18 February 2006	Monaco	13–1	Chechnya	Cap-d'Ail, France
				Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail

Friendly 22 April 2006	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'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail

2006 VIVA World Cup 20 November 2006	Monaco	3–0	Southern Cameroons	Costebelle, France
13:30 CET		walkover		Stadium: Stade Gaby Robert

2006 VIVA World Cup 21 November 2006	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

2006 VIVA World Cup 23 November 2006	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

2006 VIVA World Cup 24 November 2006	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'	Stadium: Stade L’Ayguade

Friendly 8 November 2008	Occitania	2–2	Monaco	Caraglio, Italy
	?'		?'

Friendly 20 December 2008	Monaco	2–3	Provence	Cap-d'Ail, France
	?'		?'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail

2010s

Friendly 3 April 2010	Monaco	1–5	Occitania	Saint Dalmas-de-Tende, France
	?'		?'

Friendly 3 May 2011	Vatican City	1–2	Monaco	Albano Laziale, Italy
	Alessandro Quarto  ?'		Olivier Lechner  ?', ?'	Stadium: Stadio Pio XII

Friendly 11 June 2011	Monaco	1–3	Croatia Amateurs	Cap-d'Ail, France
	?'		?'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail

Friendly 6 October 2012	Monaco	1–2	Raetia	Beausoleil, France
	?' (pen.)	0–1 (Half time); 1–1; 1–2	?'	Stadium: Stade des Moneghetti

Friendly 13 February 2013	Provence	6–1	Monaco	Saint-Zacharie, France
	Pape Fall  16', 22', 36' Anthony Mendy  30' Nicolas Ferrero  44' Romain Campagna  55'		Olivier Lechner  32'	Stadium: Stade François Coulomb

Friendly 22 June 2013	Monaco	2–0	Vatican City	Cap-d'Ail, France
	Morgan Escarras  9' Eric Fissore  34'			Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail

Friendly 6 April 2014	Ellan Vannin	10–0	Monaco	Douglas, Isle of Man
	?'			Stadium: King George V Bowl stadium Attendance: 1,100

Friendly 10 May 2014	Vatican City	0–2	Monaco	Rome, Italy
			?'	Stadium: Campo Pio XI

Friendly 27 April 2017	Vatican City	0–0	Monaco	Rome, Italy
				Stadium: Campo Pio XI

Head-to-head record

As of 27 April 2017

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Southern Cameroons	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
2	Chechnya	1	1	0	0	13	1	+12	3
3	Croatia Amateurs	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0
4	Ellan Vannin	1	0	0	1	0	10	−10	0
5	Gibraltar	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1
6	Kosovo	1	0	0	1	1	7	−6	0
7	Occitania	6	2	3	1	9	11	−2	9
8	Provence	2	0	0	2	3	9	−6	0
9	Raetia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
10	Sápmi	2	0	0	2	1	35	−34	0
11	Tibet	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
12	Vatican City	5	3	2	0	6	1	+5	11

Unofficial results

Friendly 21 June 2004	AS Marsa	0–0	Monaco	Tunis, Tunisia

Friendly 28 May 2005	Amateur Alliance FA	4–0	Monaco	Gibraltar
	?'			Stadium: Victoria Stadium

Friendly 8 September 2007	HNK Orijent 1919	1–2	Monaco	Rijeka, Croatia
	?'		?'

Friendly 7 June 2008	Monaco	2–3	HNK Orijent 1919	Cap-d'Ail, France
	?'		?'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Cap-d'Ail

Friendly 26 September 2009	FC Lucciana	2–5	Monaco	Lucciana, France
	?'		?'

Friendly 5 June 2010	Monaco	3–2	Callas	Beausoleil, France
	?'		?'	Stadium: Stade des Moneghetti

Friendly 14 April 2012	Monaco	4–3	Piacenza Calcio 1919	Nice, France
	?'		?'

Historical kits

2001 Home

2002 Away

Home 2006

Home 2011

Away 2011

Home 2012-13

Home 2014

Home 2014

Sources:

Honours

Non-FIFA competitions

• Viva World Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2006

See also

In Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Mónaco para niños

• Football in Monaco
• Monégasque Football Federation
• Non-FIFA international football