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Revision as of 08:20, 27 March 2018

Liechtenstein
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Blues-Reds
AssociationLiechtenstein Football Association
(Liechtensteiner Fussballverband)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachRene Pauritsch
CaptainPeter Jehle
Most capsPeter Jehle (132)
Top scorerMario Frick (16)
Home stadiumRheinpark Stadion
FIFA codeLIE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current181 Increase 1 (15 March 2018)
Highest118 (January 2008, July 2011, September 2011)
Lowest191 (July 2017)
First international
 Liechtenstein 0–1 Switzerland "B" 
(Balzers, Liechtenstein; 9 March 1982)[1]
Biggest win
 Luxembourg 0–4 Liechtenstein 
(Luxembourg, Luxembourg; 13 October 2004)
Biggest defeat
 Liechtenstein 1–11 Macedonia 
(Eschen, Liechtenstein; 9 November 1996)

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. Liechtenstein suffered its biggest ever loss in 1996, during qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, with an 11–1 thrashing by 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 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 enormously. The Euro 2004 qualifiers saw Liechtenstein improve to the extent they restricted England to 2–0 wins. However, the 2006 World Cup qualifiers brought even better results, as two wins over Luxembourg and draws against both Slovakia and Portugal meant Liechtenstein finished with eight points.

From Liechtenstein's qualifying campaigns, they received the most points in their 2006 World Cup campaign. Only in three other World Cup qualifying campaigns have Liechtenstein failed to obtain at least one point.

Liechtenstein all-time record against all nations

World Cup record

Year Round Position W D L GS GA
1930 to 1994 Did not enter - - - - - -
France 1998 Did not qualify 6th, last (qualifying) 0 0 10 3 52
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not qualify 5th, last (qualifying) 0 0 8 0 23
Germany 2006 Did not qualify 6th out of 7 (qualifying) 2 2 8 13 23
South Africa 2010 Did not qualify 6th, last (qualifying) 0 2 8 2 23
Brazil 2014 Did not qualify 6th, last (qualifying) 0 2 8 4 25
Russia 2018 Did not qualify 6th, last (qualifying) 0 0 10 1 39
Total 0/21 2 6 52 23 184

European Championship record

Year Round Position W D L GS GA
1960 to 1992 Did not enter - - - - - -
England 1996 Did not qualify 6th, last (qualifying) 0 1 9 1 40
BelgiumNetherlands 2000 Did not qualify 6th, last (qualifying) 1 1 8 2 39
Portugal 2004 Did not qualify 5th, last (qualifying) 0 1 7 2 22
AustriaSwitzerland 2008 Did not qualify 7th, last (qualifying) 2 1 9 9 32
PolandUkraine 2012 Did not qualify 5th, last (qualifying) 1 1 6 3 17
France 2016 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

Main article: Liechtenstein national football team results

2017

24 March 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Liechtenstein  0–3  North Macedonia Vaduz, Liechtenstein
19:45 GMT Report Nikolov 43'
Nestorovski 68', 73'		 Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 4,517
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
7 June Friendly Finland  1–1  Liechtenstein Turku, Finland
Hetemaj 18' Hasler 62' Stadium: Veritas Stadion
11 June 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Italy  5–0  Liechtenstein Udine, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)
2 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Albania  2–0  Liechtenstein Elbasan, Albania
18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Stadium: Elbasan Arena
Referee: Sergey Lapochkin (Russia)
5 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Liechtenstein  0–8  Spain Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
6 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Liechtenstein  0–1  Israel Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 3,498
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)
9 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification North Macedonia  4-0  Liechtenstein Strumica, Macedonia
19:45 GMT Musliu 36'
Trajkovski 38'
Bardhi 67'
Ademi 69'		 Report Stadium: Stadion Mladost
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)
14 December Friendly Qatar  1–2  Liechtenstein Doha, Qatar
17:30 AST Yasser 6' Report Salanovic 29'
Polverino 90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Attendance: 50
Referee: Ali Mahmoud (Kuwait)

2018

21 March Friendly Liechtenstein  0–1  Andorra La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
Report Rebés 6' Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
25 March Friendly Faroe Islands  3–0  Liechtenstein Marbella, Spain
Bartalsstovu 12'
Olsen 80'
Nattestad 85'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
6 September UEFA Nations League Armenia  v  Liechtenstein Yerevan, Armenia
Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
9 September UEFA Nations League Liechtenstein  v  Gibraltar Vaduz, Liechtenstien
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
13 October UEFA Nations League North Macedonia  v  Liechtenstein Macedonia
16 October UEFA Nations League Gibraltar  v  Liechtenstein Portugal
16 November UEFA Nations League Liechtenstein  v  North Macedonia Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
19 November UEFA Nations League Liechtenstein  v  Armenia Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion

Manager history

Rene Pauritsch, the team manager since 2013.

Current squad

The following 23-man squad was named for the friendly matches against Andorra on March 21 and Faroe Islands on March 25, 2018.[2]
Caps and goals are current as of 25 March 2018 after the match against Faroe Islands.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Peter Jehle (Captain) (1982-01-22) 22 January 1982 (age 42) 132 0 Liechtenstein Vaduz
1GK Benjamin Büchel (1989-07-04) 4 July 1989 (age 35) 15 0 Switzerland Thalwil
1GK Thomas Hobi (1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 (age 31) 0 0 Liechtenstein Balzers
2DF Michele Polverino (1984-09-26) 26 September 1984 (age 40) 66 6 Liechtenstein Balzers
2DF Martin Rechsteiner (1989-02-15) 15 February 1989 (age 35) 35 0 Liechtenstein Balzers
2DF Seyhan Yildiz (1989-04-30) 30 April 1989 (age 35) 29 0 Liechtenstein Balzers
2DF Robin Gubser (1991-04-17) 17 April 1991 (age 33) 28 1 Liechtenstein Balzers
2DF Ivan Quintans (1989-10-15) 15 October 1989 (age 35) 28 0 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren
2DF Daniel Brändle (1992-01-23) 23 January 1992 (age 32) 19 0 Liechtenstein Balzers
2DF Maximilian Göppel (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 27) 15 1 Liechtenstein Vaduz
2DF Andreas Malin (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 30) 11 0 Austria Dornbirn
2DF Mathias Sele (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 32) 6 0 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren
3MF Martin Büchel (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987 (age 37) 72 2 Germany FC Unterföhring
3MF Nicolas Hasler (1991-05-04) 4 May 1991 (age 33) 51 2 Canada Toronto FC
3MF Sandro Wieser (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 31) 43 1 Belgium Roeselare
3MF Philippe Erne (1986-12-14) 14 December 1986 (age 38) 31 1 Liechtenstein Balzers
3MF Sandro Wolfinger (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 33) 22 1 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren
3MF Marcel Büchel (1991-03-18) 18 March 1991 (age 33) 11 0 Italy Hellas Verona
3MF Aron Sele (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 28) 7 0 Liechtenstein Balzers
3MF Philipp Ospelt (1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 (age 32) 4 0 Liechtenstein Vaduz
4FW Franz Burgmeier (1982-04-07) 7 April 1982 (age 42) 112 9 Liechtenstein Vaduz
4FW Dennis Salanović (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 28) 26 1 Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona
4FW Simon Kühne (1994-04-30) April 30, 1994 (age 30) 17 0 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren

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
GK Claudio Majer (1996-03-23) 23 March 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Liechtenstein Balzers v.  Andorra, 21 March 2018PRE
GK Lorenzo Lo Russo (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 31) 0 0 Switzerland Linth 04 v.  Andorra, 21 March 2018PRE
DF Daniel Kaufmann (1990-12-22) 22 December 1990 (age 34) 46 1 Liechtenstein Balzers v.  Andorra, 21 March 2018PRE
DF Jens Hofer (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Switzerland Düdingen v.  Andorra, 21 March 2018PRE
DF Marco Wolfinger (1989-04-18) 18 April 1989 (age 35) 0 0 Liechtenstein Balzers v.  Andorra, 21 March 2018PRE
DF Yves Oehri (1987-03-15) 15 March 1987 (age 37) 53 0 Switzerland Bassersdorf v.  Italy, 11 June 2017
DF Pascal Foser (1992-10-16) 16 October 1992 (age 32) 1 0 Liechtenstein Triesenberg v.  Italy, 11 June 2017
MF Niklas Kieber (1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 (age 31) 9 0 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren v.  Andorra, 21 March 2018PRE
MF Fabio Wolfinger (1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Switzerland Langenthal v.  Andorra, 21 March 2018PRE
MF Livio Meier (1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 27) 1 0 Liechtenstein Balzers v.  Andorra, 21 March 2018PRE
MF Luca Ritter (1997-10-29) 29 October 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren v.  Spain, 5 September 2017
FW Ridvan Kardesoglu (1996-10-12) October 12, 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Liechtenstein Eschen/Mauren v.  Andorra, 21 March 2018PRE
FW Yanik Frick (1998-05-27) 27 May 1998 (age 26) 6 0 Italy Perugia v.  Spain, 5 September 2017

Notes:

  • PRE = Preliminary squad

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Main articles: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G table

2016 UEFA European Championship qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group G
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Austria Russia Sweden Montenegro Liechtenstein Moldova
1  Austria 10 9 1 0 22 5 +17 28 Qualify for final tournament — 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0
2  Russia 10 6 2 2 21 5 +16 20 0–1 — 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–1
3  Sweden 10 5 3 2 15 9 +6 18 Advance to play-offs 1–4 1–1 — 3–1 2–0 2–0
4  Montenegro 10 3 2 5 10 13 −3 11 2–3 0–3[a] 1–1 — 2–0 2–0
5  Liechtenstein 10 1 2 7 2 26 −24 5 0–5 0–7 0–2 0–0 — 1–1
6  Moldova 10 0 2 8 4 16 −12 2 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ The Montenegro v Russia match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Russia after being abandoned at 0–0 due to crowd violence and a scuffle between players.

2018–19 UEFA Nations League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D

Group 4

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion[a] North Macedonia Armenia Gibraltar Liechtenstein
1  Macedonia (P) 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15 Promotion to League C — 2–0 4–0 4–1
2  Armenia (P) 6 3 1 2 14 8 +6 10 4–0 — 0–1 2–1
3  Gibraltar 6 2 0 4 5 15 −10 6 0–2 2–6 — 2–1
4  Liechtenstein 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5 4 0–2 2–2 2–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, the second-placed teams in each group and the best third-placed team among all groups were also promoted.

Player history

As of 25 March 2018

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

  1. ^ Garin, Erik. "Liechtenstein – International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Liechtenstein squad for Andorra and Faroe Islands friendlies" (PDF).
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