Nickname(s) The Blues-Reds FIFA code LIE Founded 1934 | Current 184 3 (9 March 2017) Arena/Stadium Rheinpark Stadion | |
Association Liechtenstein Football Association | ||
Liechtenstein vs czech all goals highlights
The Liechtenstein national football team (German: Liechtensteinische Fußballnationalmannschaft) is the national football team of the Principality of Liechtenstein and is controlled by the Liechtenstein Football Association. The organisation is known as the Liechtensteiner Fussballverband in German. The team's first match was an unofficial match against Malta in Seoul, a 1–1 draw in 1981. Their first official match came two years later, a 0–1 defeat from Switzerland. Liechtenstein's largest win, a 4–0 win over Luxembourg in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier on 13 October 2004, was both its first away win ever and its first win in any World Cup qualifier. Liechtenstein suffered its biggest ever loss in 1996, during qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, with an 11–1 thrashing at the hands of Macedonia, the result also being Macedonia's largest ever win to date.
Contents
- Liechtenstein vs czech all goals highlights
- History
- Manager history
- Current squad
- Recent call ups
- Player history
- In literature
- References
History
Liechtenstein are only a relatively recent affiliate to FIFA, and did not participate in any qualifying series until the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifiers. There they managed to surprise the Republic of Ireland by holding them to a 0–0 draw on 3 June 1995. On 14 October 1998, they managed their first victory in a qualifying campaign by winning 2–1 against Azerbaijan in a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying match.
Since then, the presence of Liechtenstein clubs in the Swiss league system and of a handful of professional players (most notably Mario Frick) has seen the side's competitiveness improve enormously. The Euro 2004 qualifiers saw Liechtenstein improve to the extent they restricted England to 2–0 wins. The 2006 World Cup qualifiers, however, brought even better results as two wins over Luxembourg and draws against both Slovakia and Portugal meant that Liechtenstein finished with eight points.
From their qualifying campaigns, the one that they received the most points was their 2006 FIFA World Cup campaign. Only their 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns are ones, during which Liechtenstein failed to obtain at least a point.
Manager history
Current squad
The following 23-man squad was named for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Macedonia on March 24, 2017.
Caps and goals are current as of 12 November 2016 after the match against Italy.
Recent call-ups
The following players were called up in the last 12 months.
Notes:
Player history
As of 12 November 2016In literature
Prompted by the team's poor record in competitive games, British writer Charlie Connelly followed the entire qualifying campaign for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. As recorded in the subsequent book Stamping Grounds: Liechtenstein's Quest for the World Cup, Liechtenstein lost all eight games without scoring a goal.
