Liechtenstein national football team
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Nickname(s) | The Blues-Reds | ||
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Association |
Liechtenstein Football Association (Liechtensteiner Fussballverband) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach |
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Most caps | Mario Frick (125) | ||
Top scorer | Mario Frick (16) | ||
Home stadium | Rheinpark Stadion | ||
FIFA code | LIE | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current |
189 ![]() | ||
Highest | 118 (January 2008, July 2011, September 2011) | ||
Lowest | 189 (November 2016) | ||
Elo ranking | |||
Current | 165 (9 September 2015) | ||
Highest | 150 (September 2011) | ||
Lowest | 184 (September 2004) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Balzers, Liechtenstein; 9 March 1982)[1] | |||
Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Eschen, Liechtenstein; 9 November 1996) |
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.
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.
Liechtenstein all-time record against all nations
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
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9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 36 | −35 |
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 23 | −21 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | −8 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 27 | −24 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 |
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7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 |
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9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | −11 |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 20 | −16 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 | −11 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
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7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 35 | −32 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 | −25 |
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | −14 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
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7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 31 | −31 |
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9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 26 | −25 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −9 |
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 21 | −20 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 |
Total | 168 | 11 | 20 | 137 | 69 | 488 | −419 |
World Cup record
Year | Round | Position | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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1930 to 1994 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
![]() | Did not qualify | 6th, last (qualifying) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 52 |
![]() ![]() | Did not qualify | 5th, last (qualifying) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
![]() | Did not qualify | 6th out of 7 (qualifying) | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 |
![]() | Did not qualify | 6th, last (qualifying) | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
![]() | Did not qualify | 6th, last (qualifying) | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
![]() | To be determined | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 0/20 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 22 | 146 | |
European Championship record
Year | Round | Position | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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1960 to 1992 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
![]() | Did not qualify | 6th, last (qualifying) | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 40 |
![]() ![]() | Did not qualify | 6th, last (qualifying) | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 39 |
![]() | Did not qualify | 5th, last (qualifying) | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
![]() ![]() | Did not qualify | 7th, last (qualifying) | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
![]() ![]() | Did not qualify | 5th, last (qualifying) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
![]() | Did not qualify | 5th out of 6 (qualifying) | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 26 |
Total | 0/15 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 19 | 176 | |
Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
2016
23 March 2016 Friendly | Gibraltar ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
Gibraltar |
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Report | Stadium: Victoria Stadium Referee: Ryan Stewart (Wales) |
28 March 2016 Friendly | Liechtenstein ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
Marbella, Spain |
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Gubser ![]() Wolfinger ![]() |
Report | Olsen ![]() Edmundsson ![]() Vatnhamar ![]() |
Stadium: Centro Deportivo Municipal de Marbella Attendance: 50 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) |
6 June 2016 Friendly | Iceland ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
Reykjavik, Iceland |
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Kolbeinn Sigþórsson ![]() Birkir Már Sævarsson ![]() Alfreð Finnbogason ![]() Eiður Guðjohnsen ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 8,401 Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland) |
31 August 2016 Friendly | Denmark ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
Horsens, Denmark |
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N. Jørgensen ![]() Cornelius ![]() Fischer ![]() Larsen ![]() |
Report | Stadium: CASA Arena Attendance: 8,004 Referee: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (Iceland) |
5 September 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q | Spain ![]() |
8–0 | ![]() |
León, Spain |
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20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Costa ![]() Roberto ![]() Silva ![]() Vitolo ![]() Morata ![]() |
Report | Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales) |
6 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | Liechtenstein ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
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20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Jehle ![]() Balaj ![]() |
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Referee: Tamás Bognar (Hungary) |
9 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | Israel ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Jerusalem, Israel |
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18:00 (19:00 UTC+3) |
Hemed ![]() |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Göppel ![]() |
Stadium: Teddy Stadium Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta) |
12 November 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | Liechtenstein ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
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20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Belotti ![]() Immobile ![]() Candreva ![]() |
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 5,864 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) |
2017
24 March 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q | Liechtenstein ![]() |
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Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
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19:45 GMT | Report | Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion |
11 June 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | Italy ![]() |
v | ![]() |
TBD, Italy |
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20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) |
2 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | Albania ![]() |
v | ![]() |
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18:00 (18:00 UTC+2) |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
5 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | Liechtenstein ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
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20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion |
6 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | Liechtenstein ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
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20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion |
9 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q | Macedonia ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Skopje, Macedonia |
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19:45 GMT | Report | Stadium: Philip II Arena |
Manager history
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Erich Bürzle (1990)
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Dietrich Weise (1990–1996)
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Alfred Riedl (1997–1998)
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Erich Bürzle (1998)
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Ralf Loose (1998–2003)
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Walter Hörmann (2003–2004)
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Martin Andermatt (2004–2006)
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Urs Meier (2006)
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Hans-Peter Zaugg (2006–2012)
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Rene Pauritsch (2013–)
Current squad
The following 23-man squad was named for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Italy on November 12, 2016.[2]
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.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Thomas Hobi | 20 June 1993 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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GK | Claudio Majer | 23 March 1996 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Maximilian Göppel | 31 August 1997 | 5 | 1 | ![]() |
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DF | Pascal Foser | 16 October 1992 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Roman Spirig | 22 June 1998 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Nicolas Hasler | 4 May 1991 | 43 | 1 | ![]() |
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MF | Daniel Brändle | 23 January 1992 | 12 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Luca Ritter | 29 October 1997 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Livio Meier | 10 January 1998 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Fabio Wolfinger | 11 May 1996 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Niklas Kieber | 4 March 1993 | 9 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Philipp Ospelt | 7 October 1992 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Armando Heeb | 25 September 1990 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Notes:
- PRE = Preliminary squad
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
{{2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G | expanded =yes | fixtures =yes }}
2016 UEFA European Championship qualification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 28 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 20 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 18 | Advance to play-offs | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
4 | ![]() |
10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 11 | 2–3 | 0–3[lower-alpha 1] | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
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10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 5 | 0–5 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | ||
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10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |
- ↑ Montenegro home match against Russia was awarded as a 3–0 win to Russia[3] after match was abandoned after 67 minutes due to crowd violence and scuffle between players (caused by Dmitri Kombarov being hit by an object thrown from the Montenegrin sector[4]). The original score was 0–0 and Russia missed a penalty moments before the match was abandoned. This was the second delay of the match as in the first minute, Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was hit by a flare, causing a 33-minute delay.[5] Both teams were then charged by UEFA.[6]
Player history
- As of 12 November 2016
Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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In 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.
References
- ↑ Garin, Erik. "Liechtenstein – International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ↑ "Liechtenstein squad for Italy qualifier" (PDF).
- ↑ "Russia given 3-0 win over Montenegro after suspended game". 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ "Montenegro v Russia abandoned (Telegraph)". 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ "Montenegro v Russia abandoned (Daily Mail)". 27 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ↑ "MNE and RUS charged by UEFA". 30 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liechtenstein national football team. |
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
- Liechtensteiner Fussballverbund
- Die Elf, documentary film about Liechtenstein national team