Monaco national football team Facts for Kids

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Monaco

Association

Fédération Monégasque de Football

Confederation

ConIFA

Head coach

Thierry Petit

Most caps

Éric Fissore
Yohan Garino (7)

Top scorer

Olivier Lechner (6)

Home stadium

Stade Louis II
Stade Didier Deschamps

FIFA code

MCO

First colours

Second 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
Overview
Competitive record
Results
- 2000s
- 2010s
Unofficial results
Head-to-head record
Honours
See also

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.

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
2020	Cancelled
Total	Runners-up	1/9	4	2	0	2	7	37	–

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	Ambazonia	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 ?'		?'	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
	?'		?'	Stadium: Stade des Moneghetti

Friendly 13 February 2013	Provence	6–1	Monaco	Saint-Zacharie, France
	?'		?'	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

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

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
	?'		?'

Head-to-head record

As of 27 April 2017

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ambazonia	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