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Revision as of 19:50, 26 March 2024

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Liechtenstein women's national football team.

Liechtenstein
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Blue-Reds
AssociationLiechtenstein Football Association
(Liechtensteiner Fussballverband)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachKonrad Fünfstück
CaptainNicolas Hasler
Most capsPeter Jehle (132)
Top scorerMario Frick (16)
Home stadiumRheinpark Stadion
FIFA codeLIE
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current 204 Steady (19 December 2024)[1]
Highest118 (January 2008, July 2011, September 2011)
Lowest204 (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)
Websitelfv.li

The Liechtenstein national football team (Template:Lang-de) 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.[3]

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 after winning 2–1 against Azerbaijan in a 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 slightly. The Euro 2004 qualifiers saw Liechtenstein improve to the extent they restricted England to 2–0 wins. Also at this time Liechtenstein lost 1–0 against San Marino, considered to be the weakest national team. As of 2023, it is San Marino's most recent (and only) victory. 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 8 points.

In the Euro 2008 qualifiers, Liechtenstein beat Latvia through a solitary goal from Mario Frick. The result caused the Latvian manager to resign after the match. They repeated their heroics against Iceland managing to beat them 3–0 on 17 October 2007 for their second qualifying group win. On the 26 March 2008 Liechtenstein had an embarrassing 7–1 loss to fellow small nation in Europe, Malta. This was recorded as Malta's largest win.[4]

The Liechtensteiner Fussballverbund voted Rainer Hasler to be their "Golden Player" — their best player over the last 50 years — to mark UEFA's golden jubilee.

In the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, Liechtenstein secured a scoreless draw against Azerbaijan and a 1–1 draw against Finland, finishing bottom of Group 4 on two points.[5]

In the Euro 2012 qualifiers, Liechtenstein were narrowly beaten 2–1 by Scotland in Hampden Park thanks to a goal by Stephen McManus in the seventh minute of additional time.[6] They produced a shock 2–0 win at home against Lithuania; their goals were scored by Philippe Erne and Michele Polverino.[6] In the following qualifying game, they managed a scoreless draw away to Lithuania.[6]

In 2018, Liechtenstein entered the first ever UEFA Nations League, in group 4 of league D.[7] Their first Nations League match saw Armenia beat them 2–1 away. Liechtenstein were able to claim their first Nations League victory, beating Gibraltar 2–0.[8]

Results and fixtures

Main article: Liechtenstein national football team results (2020–present)

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

26 March 2023 (2023-03-26) UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Liechtenstein  0–7  Iceland Vaduz, Liechtenstein
18:00 Report Ólafsson 3'
Haraldsson 38'
Gunnarsson 48', 68', 73' (pen.)
Guðjohnsen 85'
Ellertsson 87'		 Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 1,692
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
17 June 2023 (2023-06-17) UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Luxembourg  2–0  Liechtenstein Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
15:00 Da. Sinani 59'
Rodrigues 89'		 Report Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg
Attendance: 6,806
Referee: Oleksii Derevinskyi (Ukraine)
20 June 2023 (2023-06-20) UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Liechtenstein  0–1  Slovakia Vaduz, Liechtenstein
18:00 Report
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 2,316
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)
8 September 2023 (2023-09-08) UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Bosnia and Herzegovina  2–1  Liechtenstein Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45
Report
Stadium: Bilino Polje
Attendance: 6,189
Referee: Sayat Karabayev (Kazakhstan)
11 September 2023 (2023-09-11) UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Slovakia  3–0  Liechtenstein Bratislava, Slovakia
20:45
Report Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 13,679
Referee: Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands)
13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Liechtenstein  0–2  Bosnia and Herzegovina Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 Report
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 5,874
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
16 October 2023 (2023-10-16) UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Iceland  4–0  Liechtenstein Reykjavík, Iceland
18:45
Report Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 4,317
Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (Turkey)
16 November 2023 (2023-11-16) UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Liechtenstein  0–2  Portugal Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 Report
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 5,749
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
19 November 2023 (2023-11-19) UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Liechtenstein  0–1  Luxembourg Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 Report
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 2,241
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

2024

22 March 2024 Friendly Liechtenstein  0–4  Faroe Islands Marbella, Spain
18:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Attendance: 25
Referee: Jason Lee Barcelo (Gibraltar)
26 March 2024 Friendly Latvia  1–1  Liechtenstein Larnaca, Cyprus
19:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)
4 June 2024 Friendly Albania  v  Liechtenstein TBD, Albania
8 June 2024 Friendly Romania  v  Liechtenstein Bucharest, Romania
Stadium: Stadionul Steaua
5 September 2024 (2024-09-05) 2024–25 UEFA Nations League San Marino  v  Liechtenstein Serravalle, San Marino
20:45 Stadium: Olympic Stadium of Serravalle
8 September 2024 (2024-09-08) 2024–25 UEFA Nations League Gibraltar  or Lithuania  v  Liechtenstein TBD
18:00
13 October 2024 (2024-10-13) 2024–25 UEFA Nations League Liechtenstein  v  Gibraltar or  Lithuania Vaduz, Liechtenstein
18:00 Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
18 November 2024 (2024-11-18) 2024–25 UEFA Nations League Liechtenstein  v  San Marino Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion

Manager history

Martin Stocklasa, the team manager from 2020 to 2023.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendlies matches against Faroe Islands and Latvia on 22 and 26 March 2024 respectively.[9]

Caps and goals are current as of 22 March 2024, after the match against Faroe Islands.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Benjamin Büchel (vice-captain) (1989-07-04) 4 July 1989 (age 35) 62 0 Liechtenstein Vaduz
1GK Thomas Hobi (1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 (age 31) 5 0 Liechtenstein Balzers
1GK Lorenzo Lo Russo (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 31) 0 0 Switzerland Kreuzlingen
2DF Andreas Malin (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 30) 49 0 Austria Rot-Weiß Rankweil
2DF Niklas Beck (2001-03-25) 25 March 2001 (age 23) 18 0 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren
2DF Lars Traber (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 24) 14 0 Liechtenstein Vaduz
2DF Martin Marxer (1999-10-04) 4 October 1999 (age 25) 9 0 Switzerland Muri-Gümligen
3MF Lukas Graber (2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 23) 6 0 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren
3MF Noah Graber (2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Switzerland Altstätten
3MF David Jäger (2004-07-04) 4 July 2004 (age 20) 0 0 Liechtenstein Vaduz
3MF Sandro Wolfinger (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 33) 62 3 Liechtenstein Balzers
3MF Maximilian Göppel (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 27) 60 2 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren
3MF Aron Sele (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 28) 54 0 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren
3MF Livio Meier (1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 26) 41 1 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren
3MF Fabio Wolfinger (1996-11-05) 5 November 1996 (age 28) 27 1 Liechtenstein Balzers
3MF Marcel Büchel (1991-03-18) 18 March 1991 (age 33) 21 1 Italy SPAL
3MF Simon Lüchinger (2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 (age 22) 18 0 Liechtenstein Vaduz
3MF Andrin Netzer (2002-01-11) 11 January 2002 (age 22) 15 0 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren
3MF Severin Schlegel (2004-07-24) 24 July 2004 (age 20) 4 0 Liechtenstein Vaduz
3MF Liam Kranz (2003-07-17) 17 July 2003 (age 21) 3 0 Liechtenstein Schaan
3MF Jonas Beck (2003-05-19) 19 May 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Liechtenstein Schaan
3MF Emanuel Zünd (2004-12-29) 29 December 2004 (age 20) 0 0 Switzerland Veyrier
4FW Dennis Salanović (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 28) 58 4 Canada York United
4FW Philipp Ospelt (1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 (age 32) 20 0 Liechtenstein Ruggell
4FW Ferhat Saglam (2001-10-10) 10 October 2001 (age 23) 5 0 Liechtenstein Vaduz

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up in the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Justin Ospelt (1999-09-07) 7 September 1999 (age 25) 4 0 Germany FSV Frankfurt v.  Luxembourg, 19 November 2023
GK Gabriel Foser (2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 (age 22) 0 0 Liechtenstein Vaduz v.  Luxembourg, 19 November 2023
DF Jens Hofer (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27) 33 0 Canada Ares v.  Luxembourg, 19 November 2023
DF Manuel Mikus (1999-07-13) 13 July 1999 (age 25) 1 0 Liechtenstein Balzers v.  Slovakia, 11 September 2023
MF Sandro Wieser (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 31) 61 2 Liechtenstein Vaduz v.  Luxembourg, 19 November 2023
MF Nicola Kollmann (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 30) 6 0 Liechtenstein Ruggell v.  Luxembourg, 19 November 2023
MF Jakob Lorenz (2001-09-11) 11 September 2001 (age 23) 4 0 Liechtenstein Vaduz v.  Iceland, 16 October 2023
MF Colin Haas (1996-05-30) 30 May 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Liechtenstein Ruggell v.  Iceland, 16 October 2023
MF Seyhan Yildiz (1989-04-30) 30 April 1989 (age 35) 63 1 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren v.  Slovakia, 11 September 2023
MF Noah Frommelt (2000-12-18) 18 December 2000 (age 24) 21 0 Switzerland Kosova Zürich v.  Slovakia, 20 June 2023
MF Marco Wolfinger (1989-04-18) 18 April 1989 (age 35) 3 0 Liechtenstein Balzers v.  Slovakia, 20 June 2023
MF Marco Marxer (1999-06-02) 2 June 1999 (age 25) 2 0 Austria Höchst v.  Slovakia, 20 June 2023
MF Nicolas Hasler (captain) (1991-05-04) 4 May 1991 (age 33) 94 5 Liechtenstein Vaduz v.  Luxembourg, 17 June 2023
FW Julien Hasler (1989-09-22) 22 September 1989 (age 35) 6 0 Liechtenstein Triesen v.  Luxembourg, 19 November 2023
FW Kenny Kindle (2003-11-29) 29 November 2003 (age 21) 2 0 Liechtenstein Triesen v.  Luxembourg, 19 November 2023
FW Fabio Luque Notaro (2005-08-31) 31 August 2005 (age 19) 3 0 Liechtenstein Vaduz v.  Iceland, 16 October 2023
FW Philipp Gaßner (2003-08-30) 30 August 2003 (age 21) 6 0 Austria Dornbirn v.  Slovakia, 20 June 2023

Notes:

  • PRE = Preliminary squad
  • INJ = Injured
  • SUS = Suspended for a match

Player records

As of 22 March 2024[10]
Players in bold are still active with Liechtenstein.

Most appearances

Peter Jehle is Liechtenstein's most capped player at 132 capps.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Peter Jehle 132 0 1998–2018
2 Mario Frick 125 16 1993–2015
3 Martin Stocklasa 113 5 1996–2014
4 Franz Burgmeier 112 9 2001–2018
5 Nicolas Hasler 94 5 2010–present
6 Thomas Beck 92 5 1998–2013
7 Martin Büchel 91 2 2004–2021
8 Michele Polverino 79 6 2007–2019
9 Daniel Hasler 78 1 1993–2007
10 Martin Telser 73 1 1996–2007

Top goalscorers

Mario Frick is Liechtenstein's all-time record goalscorer at 16 goals.
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Mario Frick 16 125 0.13 1993–2015
2 Franz Burgmeier 9 112 0.08 2001–2018
3 Michele Polverino 6 79 0.08 2007–2019
4 Nicolas Hasler 5 94 0.05 2010–present
Thomas Beck 5 92 0.05 1998–2013
Martin Stocklasa 5 113 0.04 1996–2014
7 Dennis Salanović 4 58 0.07 2014–present
8 Yanik Frick 3 30 0.1 2016–present
Sandro Wolfinger 3 62 0.05 2013–present
10
Noah Frick 2 20 0.1 2019–present
Benjamin Fischer 2 23 0.09 2005–2011
Mathias Christen 2 36 0.06 2008–2014
Fabio D'Elia 2 50 0.04 2001–2010
Maximilian Göppel 2 60 0.03 2016–present
Sandro Wieser 2 61 0.03 2008–present
Michael Stocklasa 2 71 0.03 1998–2012
Martin Büchel 2 91 0.02 2004–2021

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA Result Pld W D* L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to West Germany 1974 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Argentina 1978 to United States 1994 Did not enter Did not enter
France 1998 Did not qualify 6/6 10 0 0 10 3 52
South Korea Japan 2002 5/5 8 0 0 8 0 23
Germany 2006 6/7 12 2 2 8 13 23
South Africa 2010 6/6 10 0 2 8 2 23
Brazil 2014 6/6 10 0 2 8 4 25
Russia 2018 6/6 10 0 0 10 1 39
Qatar 2022 6/6 10 0 1 9 2 34
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total 0/12 – – – – – – — 70 2 7 61 25 219
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA Result Pld W D* L GF GA
France 1960 to West Germany 1972 Not a UEFA member Not a UEFA member
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 to Sweden 1992 Did not enter Did not enter
England 1996 Did not qualify 6/6 10 0 1 9 1 40
Belgium Netherlands 2000 6/6 10 1 1 8 2 39
Portugal 2004 5/5 8 0 1 7 2 22
Austria Switzerland 2008 7/7 12 2 1 9 9 32
Poland Ukraine 2012 5/5 8 1 1 6 3 17
France 2016 5/6 10 1 2 7 2 26
European Union 2020 6/6 10 0 2 8 2 31
Germany 2024 6/6 10 0 0 10 1 28
United Kingdom Republic of Ireland 2028 To be determined To be determined
Italy Turkey 2032
European Union 2036
Total 0/20 – – – – – – — 78 5 9 64 22 235
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season Division Group Pld W D L GF GA P/R RK
2018–19 D 4 6 1 1 4 7 12 Same position 52nd
2020–21 D 2 4 1 2 1 3 2 Same position 51st
2022–23 D 1 6 0 0 6 1 11 Same position 55th
2024–25 D To be determined
Total 16 2 3 11 11 25 51st

Head-to-head record

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.[11]

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Konrad Fünfstück neuer Nationaltrainer" (in German). Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  4. ^ Ltd, Allied Newspapers. "Malta beat Liechtenstein 7-1". Times of Malta. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Liechtenstein and Finland football teams played to a 1:1 draw, 9 September 2009". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b c "Liechtenstein missing goal hero Philippe Erne". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  7. ^ UEFA.com. "UEFA Nations League - Standings". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Liechtenstein - UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Aufgebot Liechtensteiner Fussballverband" (PDF). lfv.li (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  10. ^ Garin, Erik. "Liechtenstein - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  11. ^ Connelly, Charlie (11 June 2014). Stamping Grounds : Exploring Liechtenstein and its World Cup Dream. ISBN 9780349141121. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
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