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Leichtenstein National Football Team

Head coach: Hans-Peter Zaugg
Captain: Daniel Hasler
Top scorer: Mario Frick
FIFA ranking: 133

The Liechtenstein national football team is the national football team of Liechtenstein and is controlled by the Liechtenstein Football Association. 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 World Cup qualifier on 13 October 2004, was both its first away win ever and its first win in any World Cup qualifier.

In 1996, Liechtenstein suffered its biggest ever loss, an 11-1 thrashing at the hands of Republic of Macedonia.

The team's record in competitive games was so poor it prompted British writer Charlie Connelly to follow the entire qualifying campaign for the 2002 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.

Liechtenstein's coach Martin Andermatt was up until recently the manager of the Liechtenstein team FC Vaduz, which, like all the country's clubs, plays in the Swiss league system, specifically the Challenge League. He was appointed in March 2004, taking over from Ralf Loose.

Four days before Liechtenstein scored its first win in World Cup qualifying, the team made even more headlines with a stunning 2-2 draw in Vaduz in a 2006 World Cup qualifier against Portugal, the losing finalists in Euro 2004. Before this result, Liechtenstein had lost all of its previous 20 World Cup qualifiers. They also caused a shock in the return match at the end of the group phase when Benjamin Fischer scored and Liechtenstein led at half time before eventually losing 2-1.

Liechtenstein are the only country ever to lose to San Marino with a 0-1 loss on April 28, 2004. The match was a friendly.

Liechtenstein Team
No.	NAME	POS	Height	Weight	Age
1	Peter Jehle	G	6-1	165	25
18	Daniel Steuble	G	-	-	-
3	Michael Stocklasa	D	-	-	-
4	Daniel Hasler	D	-	-	-
5	Christof Ritter	D	-	-	-
21	Marco Ritzberger	D	-	-	-
2	Martin Telser	M	-	-	7
6	Martin Stocklasa	M	-	-	7
8	Ronny Buchel	M	-	-	-
11	Franz Burgmeier	M	-	-	-
14	Wolfgang Kieber	M	-	-	-
16	Roger Beck	M	-	-	-
17	Daniel Frick	M	-	-	-
22	Franz-Josef Vogt	M	-	-	-
27	Michele Polverino	M	-	-	-
-	Benjamin Fischer	S	-	-	-
-	Fabio D'Elia	S	-	-	-
9	Thomas Beck	S	-	-	-
10	Mario Frick	S	5-11	165	32
20	Raphael Rohrer	S	-	-	-

Group F
	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P
Sweden	7	6	0	1	17	4	13	18
Spain	7	5	0	2	13	6	7	15
Northern Ireland	6	4	1	1	10	7	3	13
Denmark	6	3	1	2	9	5	4	10
Liechtenstein	7	1	1	5	4	18	-14	4
Iceland	7	1	1	5	5	15	-10	4
Latvia	6	1	0	5	4	7	-3	3