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Liechtenstein national football team
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| Nickname | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Liechtenstein Football Association (Liechtensteiner Fussballverband) |
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Hans-Peter Zaugg (2006-) |
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| Most caps | Daniel Hasler (73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Mario Frick (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Rheinpark Stadion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | LIE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 162 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 122 (December 2005) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 165 (May 1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 173 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biggest win Luxembourg 0 - 4 Liechtenstein  (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; 13 Oct. 2004) |
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Biggest defeat Liechtenstein 1 - 11 Macedonia  (Eschen-Mauren, Liechtenstein; 9 November 1996) |
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Liechtenstein national football 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.
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Liechtenstein are only a relatively recent affiliate to FIFA, and did not participate in any qualifying series until the Euro 96 qualifiers. There they managed to surprise the Republic of Ireland by holding them to a 0-0 draw, but quickly gained a reputation as one of Europe's whipping boys, highlighted by an 11-1 defeat to Macedonia in the 1998 World Cup qualifiers.
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 two draws against Slovakia and Portugal meant that Liechtenstein finished with 8 points although they were beaten 7-0 by Slovakia.
In Euro 2008 qualifiers, Liechtenstein scored probably their greatest ever victory - indeed their first against a country that has qualified for a major finals - Latvia - through a solitary goal from Mario Frick.
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
Goalkeepers
1 Peter Jehle (Boavista) 56/0
18 Daniel Steuble (USV Eschen/Mauren) 0/0
Defenders
4 Daniel Hasler (FC Vaduz) 73/1
15 Sandro Maierhofer (FC Balzers) 9/0
21 Marco Ritzberger (FC Vaduz) 10/0
5 Christof Ritter (FC Balzers) 42/0
6 Martin Stocklasa (Dynamo Dresden) 66/5
3 Michael Stocklasa (USV Eschen/Mauren) 49/1
2 Martin Telser (FC Balzers) 68/1
29 Yves Oehri (FC Winterthur) 3/0
Midfielders
16 Roger Beck (Feldkirch) 26/1
13 Martin Büchel (FC Zürich) 16/0
8 Ronny Büchel (USV Eschen/Mauren) 47/0
11 Franz Burgmeier (FC Basel) 37/6
28 Stefan Büchel (USV Eschen/Mauren) 2/0
14 Wolfgang Kieber (Feldkirch) 3/0
23 Christoph Biedermann (USV Eschen/Mauren) 0/0
22 Franz-Josef Vogt (FC Balzers) 12/0
19 Fabio D'Elia (USV Eschen/Mauren) 36/2
Attackers
17 Daniel Frick (FC Balzers) 22/0
9 Thomas Beck (Feldkirch) 56/3
20 Raphael Rohrer (USV Eschen/Mauren) 22/0
7 Benjamin Fischer (FC Vaduz) 11/2
10 Mario Frick (A.C. Siena) 70/11
- RSSSF archive of international results 1981-
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
- Liechtensteiner Fussballverbund
