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The San Marino national football team's first official association football match took place on 14 November 1990 against Switzerland. Previously unofficial matches had taken place against a Canadian Olympic team in 1986, and a series of matches at the 1987 Mediterranean Games against Lebanon, Turkey and Syria. These matches took place prior to the nation's affiliation with FIFA. San Marino has not yet qualified for the finals of a major international football tournament. Andy Selva remains the only player to have scored more than two goals for San Marino.
The nation's only victory so far has come against Liechtenstein in a friendly match on 28 April 2004, where San Marino won 1–0. They have drawn four matches, one against Liechtenstein in another friendly, in FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Turkey and Latvia, and in a UEFA European Championship qualifier against Estonia. Their heaviest loss was in September 2006, against Germany in an UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier, where San Marino lost 0–13.
As of February 2017, San Marino are ranked 202nd in the FIFA World Rankings. The highest international rank achieved was in September 1993 when they reached 118th.
Record by opponent
San Marino's first team has competed in fourteen qualifying tournament and a number of friendlies, and their record against each team faced in these competitions is listed below. Since their first official match against Switzerland in November 1990 San Marino have faced a total of forty-one teams, they met their most recent different opponent, Andorra, for the first time in February 2017. The team that San Marino has met most in competition is Poland, against whom they have contested eight matches.