Liechtenstein national football team
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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 ever away win and its first win in any FIFA World Cup qualifier. Conversely, Liechtenstein is the only country that lost an official match against San Marino, albeit in a friendly match. Liechtenstein suffered its biggest ever loss in 1996, during qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, losing 1–11 to Macedonia (now North Macedonia), the result also being Macedonia's largest ever win to date. The team's head coach is currently Konrad Fünfstück.[2]
Nickname(s) | The Blue-Reds | |||
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Association | Liechtenstein Football Association (Liechtensteiner Fussballverband) | |||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
Head coach | Konrad Fünfstück | |||
Captain | Nicolas Hasler | |||
Most caps | Peter Jehle (132) | |||
Top scorer | Mario Frick (16) | |||
Home stadium | Rheinpark Stadion | |||
FIFA code | LIE | |||
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FIFA ranking | ||||
Current | 202 1 (4 April 2024)[1] | |||
Highest | 118 (January 2008, July 2011, September 2011) | |||
Lowest | 204 (June 2023) | |||
First international | ||||
Liechtenstein 1–1 Malta (Daejeon, South Korea; 14 June 1981) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
Luxembourg 0–4 Liechtenstein (Luxembourg, Luxembourg; 13 October 2004) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
Liechtenstein 1–11 Macedonia (Eschen, Liechtenstein; 9 November 1996) | ||||
Website | lfv.li |