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Andorra

Nickname(s)	Tricolors (The Tricolours)
Association	Andorran Football Federation (Federació Andorrana de Futbol)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Koldo Álvarez
Captain	Márcio Vieira
Most caps	Ildefons Lima (134)
Top scorer	Ildefons Lima (11)
Home stadium	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella
FIFA code	AND
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	151 1 (6 October 2022)[1]
Highest	125 (September 2005)
Lowest	206 (December 2011)
First international
Andorra 1–6 Estonia  (Andorra la Vella, Andorra; 13 November 1996)
Biggest win
San Marino 0–3 Andorra  (Serravalle, San Marino; 12 October 2021)
Biggest defeat
Czech Republic 8–1 Andorra  (Liberec, Czech Republic; 4 June 2005)  Croatia 7–0 Andorra  (Zagreb, Croatia; 7 October 2006)  Portugal 7–0 Andorra  (Lisbon, Portugal; 11 November 2020)

The Andorra national football team (Catalan: Selecció de futbol d'Andorra) represents Andorra in association football and is controlled by the Andorran Football Federation, the governing body for football in Andorra. The team has enjoyed very little success due to the Principality's tiny population, the fifth smallest of any UEFA country (only Liechtenstein, San Marino, Gibraltar and the Faroe Islands are smaller).

Andorra's first official game was a 6–1 defeat in a friendly match to Estonia in 1996. Since the qualifying rounds for the UEFA Euro 2000 tournament, Andorra have competed in qualifying for every European Championship and World Cup but have had very little success. They have only won thirteen matches since becoming recognised by FIFA in 1996.

History

Though the Andorran Football Federation formed in 1994,[2] and the domestic league started in 1995, the national team could not participate in major championships until it gained affiliation with governing bodies FIFA and UEFA in 1996.[2][3] The national team played its first match against Estonia in Andorra La Vella and lost 6–1.[4]

Andorra's first match in a FIFA-sanctioned competition was a 3–1 loss to Armenia on 5 September 1998 in a qualifier for UEFA Euro 2000. Andorra lost all ten qualifiers for the tournament.[5] The team particularly struggled in away matches; each loss was by at least three goals.[5] Andorra scored only three goals, two of which were penalties,[5] and two of which were in the away matches.[5] Andorra conceded 28 goals,[5] and their biggest defeat of the qualifiers was a 6–1 away loss to Russia.[5]

For their first World Cup qualifying campaign, Andorra were drawn in a group with Cyprus, Estonia, Ireland, the Netherlands and Portugal.[6] They lost their opening match 1–0 to Estonia. In the next game, they lost 3–2 to Cyprus but scored their first World Cup qualifying goals.[6] They were again defeated by Estonia, this time 2–1.[6] They lost all their matches and their only away goal was in a 3–1 loss against Ireland.[6] Their worst defeat was 7–1 to Portugal on a neutral ground in Lleida, Spain.[6] Andorra finished the campaign with no points and conceded 36 goals in ten matches.[6]

In the team's qualification campaign for Euro 2004 they again lost every game. They scored their only goal in a 2–1 away loss to Bulgaria.[7] In this competition the scores were closer than before as they lost 3–0 to Bulgaria, Croatia and Belgium, 2–0 twice to Estonia, 2–0 to Croatia and 1–0 to Belgium.[7]

By Andorran standards, qualification for the 2006 World Cup was successful. They won their first competitive game 1–0 at home against Macedonia. Andorra midfielder Marc Bernaus, who played in the Spanish second division, received a long throw in off his chest and volleyed in a goal early in the second half.[8] After the game, Macedonia coach Dragan Kanatlarovski resigned and called the game "a shameful outcome, a humiliation."[9] Andorra also drew two matches, 0–0 in Macedonia and 0–0 at home against Finland.[10]

In Euro 2008 qualifying, Andorra again lost every game.[11] The closest game was against Russia, a 1–0 defeat on 21 November 2007. Their biggest defeat was a 7–0 loss to Croatia in Andorra La Vella, which is their worst defeat in UEFA competitions[12] and matched their loss to the Czech Republic as their largest losing deficit. Andorra scored only two goals and conceded 42 in a total of 12 games.[11] In 2010 World Cup qualifying, Andorra lost all ten matches.[13] For the tournament, they scored three goals, in defeats to Belarus and Kazakhstan, and conceded 39 goals, including six in a defeat to England, the largest margin in the group.[13]

Qualifying for UEFA Euro 2012 ended in familiar fashion; they lost all ten matches, scoring only one goal and conceding 25; their best results were two one-goal losses to Slovakia and a 3–1 loss in Ireland.[14] The 2014 World Cup qualifying tournament was even more disastrous. Andorra lost all their matches while conceding 30 goals and not scoring.

During 2016 UEFA Euro qualifying, Andorra again lost all of its ten games but scored four goals, setting a national team record for goals scored in a European Championship qualifying group. On 22 February 2017, Andorra beat San Marino away 2–0 in a friendly match, ending with 12 years and 132 days without winning any match.[15] On 9 June 2017, Andorra beat Hungary 1–0 in a World Cup home qualifier with a goal by Marc Rebés, their first victory in a competitive match since 2004.[16] Thanks to these two wins and a draw against the Faroe Islands on 6 July 2017, Andorra progressed 57 positions in the FIFA rankings to 129th, its second best position ever.[17] On 21 March 2018, Rebés scored the only goal of a friendly win over Liechtenstein in Spain, giving Andorra their third victory of the last 13 months and sixth of all time.[18]

In 2018, Andorra made its debut in the newly created UEFA Nations League. They played in Group 1 of League D, where they finished at the bottom of the group with four ties and two losses, finishing unbeaten at home.^{[citation needed]}

On 11 October 2019, Andorra won 1–0 against Moldova in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying competition, thus ending a 56-match winless run in Euro qualifiers.[19] One month later, the team earned one more point after an away draw against Albania, thus avoiding for the first time to end a qualifying round in the last position.^{[citation needed]}

On December 7, 2020, after the draw for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Andorra is given an opportunity to achieve further success in official competition as it is placed in Group I where it will find among its five opponents San Marino, the lowest placed team in the last pot and which it has faced before that only once in a friendly match (away on February 22, 2017 for a 2–0 victory). Their other opponents are Albania (against whom they drew 2–2 away in Euro 2021 qualifying), Hungary (whom they beat at home 1–0 in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers), Poland and England. On September 2, 2021, Andorra signs a 3rd success in the qualifiers of a World Cup, at home against San Marino (2–0). On October 12, 2021, Andorra signs a 4th success in a World Cup qualifier, beating San Marino again in the return match (3–0). It is also a first in several respects: it is the largest Andorran victory in its history, but also the first time that the Pyrenean selection manages to score 3 goals in the same game and won away match; finally it also succeeds for the first time in its history to sign 2 successes in the same qualifying phase and pocket 6 points. However, they lost all their games against their four other opponents and finished second to last in the group with 6 points, with a record of 2 wins and 8 losses.

On March 25, 2022, Andorra defeated St. Kitts and Nevis at home (1–0), recording its first win against a non-European team. Three days later, Andorra defeated another non-European side with another 1–0 win at home to Grenada. On June 10, 2022, in the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Nations League, Andorra won at home against Liechtenstein (2–1), with Jesús Rubio scoring a spectacular goal with a 60-meter lob on the second Andorran goal,[20] thus signing its first success in this competition for its third participation. This success also means that the Pyrenean team has achieved at least one victory in each of the official competitions in which it has taken part. On September 22nd, they beat Liechtenstein, 2–0, in Vaduz - this was their first away win in the Nations League. The Pyrenees team totaled 8 points at the end of this edition thanks to two home draws against Moldova (0–0) and the Latvia (1–1), finishing undefeated at home and losing only two away games against the Latvians and Moldovans, which is its best record in the group stage of any competition.

Stadium

From 1996 until 2014, Andorra played their home matches at the Comunal d'Andorra la Vella, in the capital city of Andorra la Vella. This stadium has a capacity of 1,800 and also hosts the matches of club sides FC Andorra and the Andorran Premier League.[21] On 9 September 2014, the national team began playing at the new Estadi Nacional with a capacity of 3,306.^{[citation needed]}

Andorra have occasionally played home matches outside their borders. For example, Andorra hosted France and England in the 2000 European Championship, 2008 European Championship and 2010 World Cup qualifiers in the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, which was the home of RCD Espanyol between 1997 and 2009.[22][23]

Reputation

Andorra's lopsided win–loss record gives them a lowly reputation in world football. The nation has only won seven competitive fixtures, four World Cup qualifying matches against Macedonia in October 2004 and Hungary in June 2017, both by 1–0; San Marino in September and October 2021 by 2–0 at home and 3–0 away at Serravalle (their biggest ever win), a single European Championship qualifying match at home against Moldova in October 2019 by 1–0 and two UEFA Nations League matches against Liechtenstein in June and September 2022 by 2–1 at home and 2–0 away at Vaduz ; and six friendly games, three of them by 2–0 against Belarus in April 2000 and Albania in April 2002 at home and San Marino in February 2017 away, as well as three wins by 1–0 margin against Liechtenstein at neutral venues in March 2018 and against St. Kitts and Nevis and Grenada at home in March 2022.

With the fourth smallest population of any UEFA country,[24] until the admission of Gibraltar, the talent pool is small. Players are predominantly amateurs because the Andorra domestic league is only part-time. Since Andorra began playing in 1996, their average FIFA ranking is 163.[25]

Kit suppliers

Kit provider	Period
Reusch	1996–2000
Reebok	2000–2004
Diadora	2004–2006
Joma	2006–2008
Adidas	2008–2018
Macron	2018–2022
Errea	2022–present

Recent results and fixtures

2022

2023

Manager history

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly games against Austria and Gibraltar on 16 and 19 November 2022.

Caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2022, after the match against Austria.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Iker Álvarez	(2001-07-25) 25 July 2001 (age 21)	10	0	Villarreal B
13	1GK	Xisco Pires	(1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 (age 24)	2	0	Vianense
21	2DF	Marc García	(1988-03-21) 21 March 1988 (age 34)	58	0	Engordany
20	2DF	Max Llovera	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 25)	57	1	San Cristóbal
17	2DF	Joan Cervós	(1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 24)	42	1	Rudar Prijedor
18	2DF	Txus Rubio	(1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 28)	37	1	Inter d'Escaldes
5	2DF	Albert Alavedra	(1999-02-26) 26 February 1999 (age 23)	21	0	Badalona
25	2DF	Kiko Pomares	(1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 24)	4	0	Jove Español
15	2DF	Joel Guillén	(2001-08-28) 28 August 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Atlético Monzón
2	2DF	Aleix Viladot	(1997-06-26) 26 June 1997 (age 25)	1	0	Arnedo
8	3MF	Márcio Vieira (captain)	(1984-10-10) 10 October 1984 (age 38)	117	1	Atlético Monzón
23	3MF	Jordi Rubio	(1987-11-01) 1 November 1987 (age 35)	63	0	Engordany
4	3MF	Marc Rebés	(1994-07-03) 3 July 1994 (age 28)	53	3	FC Santa Coloma
11	3MF	Xavier Vieira	(1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 30)	11	0	Engordany
6	3MF	Luis Blanco	(1990-01-15) 15 January 1990 (age 32)	3	0	Engordany
7	3MF	Albert Reyes	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 26)	4	0	UE Santa Coloma
14	3MF	Eric Vales	(2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Tamarite
16	4FW	Àlex Martínez	(1998-10-10) 10 October 1998 (age 24)	43	1	Atlètic d'Escaldes
9	4FW	Ricard Fernández	(1999-03-19) 19 March 1999 (age 23)	29	1	San Cristóbal
22	4FW	Víctor Bernat	(1987-05-17) 17 May 1987 (age 35)	16	1	Engordany
10	4FW	Albert Rosas	(2002-08-19) 19 August 2002 (age 20)	9	2	Utebo
19	4FW	Izan Fernández	(2001-10-03) 3 October 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Atlético Monzón

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Andorra squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Josep Gómes	(1985-12-03) 3 December 1985 (age 36)	82	0	FC Santa Coloma	v.  Moldova, 14 June 2022
DF	Eric de Pablos	(1999-03-08) 8 March 1999 (age 23)	7	0	UE Santa Coloma	v.  Austria, 16 November 2022PRE
DF	Emili García	(1989-01-11) 11 January 1989 (age 33)	57	1	UE Santa Coloma	v.  Latvia, 25 September 2022
DF	Ildefons Lima	(1979-12-10) 10 December 1979 (age 42)	134	11	Andorra	v.  Moldova, 14 June 2022
DF	Christian García	(1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 (age 23)	11	0	UE Santa Coloma	v.  Moldova, 14 June 2022
DF	Moisés San Nicolás	(1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 29)	68	0	Atlètic d'Escaldes	v.  Grenada, 28 March 2022
DF	Adri Rodrígues	(1988-08-14) 14 August 1988 (age 34)	21	0	Unattached	v.  Grenada, 28 March 2022
MF	Marc Vales	(1990-04-04) 4 April 1990 (age 32)	83	5	Kedah Darul Aman	v.  Austria, 16 November 2022PRE
MF	Marc Pujol	(1982-08-21) 21 August 1982 (age 40)	105	4	Engordany	v.  Latvia, 25 September 2022
MF	Ludovic Clemente	(1986-05-09) 9 May 1986 (age 36)	46	0	UE Santa Coloma	v.  Moldova, 14 June 2022
MF	Sergi Moreno	(1987-11-25) 25 November 1987 (age 34)	76	1	Hellín	v.  Liechtenstein, 10 June 2022
FW	Jordi Aláez	(1998-01-23) 23 January 1998 (age 24)	51	3	Unattached	v.  Moldova, 14 June 2022
FW	Aarón Sánchez	(1996-06-05) 5 June 1996 (age 26)	28	0	Unattached	v.  Latvia, 3 June 2022
Notes INJ = Withdrew due to injury PRE = Preliminary squad / standby RET = Retired from the national team

Records

As of 16 November 2022[26]

Players in bold are still active with Andorra.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Ildefons Lima	134	11	1997–present
2	Márcio Vieira	117	1	2005–present
3	Óscar Sonejee	106	4	1997–2015
4	Marc Pujol	105	4	2000–present
5	Josep Ayala	84	1	2002–2017
6	Josep Gómes	82	0	2006–present
	Marc Vales	82	5	2008–present
8	Manolo Jiménez	79	1	1998–2012
9	Koldo Álvarez de Eulate	78	0	1998–2009
10	Cristian Martínez	77	5	2009–present

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Ildefons Lima	11	134	0.082	1997–present
2	Cristian Martínez	5	77	0.065	2009–present
	Marc Vales	5	82	0.061	2008–present
4	Marc Pujol	4	105	0.038	2000–present
	Óscar Sonejee	4	106	0.038	1997–2015
6	Jesús Lucendo	3	29	0.103	1996–2003
	Emiliano González	3	37	0.081	1998–2003
	Jordi Aláez	3	51	0.059	2016–present
	Marc Rebés	3	53	0.057	2015–present
10	Albert Rosas	2	9	0.222	2021–
	Fernando Silva	2	51	0.039	2002–2013
	Justo Ruiz	2	67	0.03	1998–2008

Competition records

FIFA World Cup record

Year	Final tournament								Qualification
	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1998	Did not enter								Did not enter
2002	Did not qualify								6th	10	0	0	10	5	36
2006									7th	12	1	2	9	4	34
2010									6th	10	0	0	10	3	39
2014									6th	10	0	0	10	0	30
2018									6th	10	1	1	8	2	23
2022									5th	10	2	0	8	8	24
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Totals	0/22	–	–	–	–	–	–		— !62	4	3	55	22	186

Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks; correct as of 31 March 2021 after the match against Hungary.

UEFA European Championship record

Year	Final tournament								Qualification
	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960 to 1996	Did not enter								Did not enter
2000	Did not qualify								6th	10	0	0	10	3	28
2004									5th	8	0	0	8	1	18
2008									7th	12	0	0	12	2	42
2012									6th	10	0	0	10	1	25
2016									6th	10	0	0	10	4	36
2020									5th	10	1	1	8	3	20
2024	To be determined								To be determined
Totals	0/16	–	–	–	–	–	–		— !60	1	1	58	14	169

Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks; correct as of 17 November 2019 after the match against Turkey.

UEFA Nations League record

UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rank
2018–19	D	1	6	0	4	2	2	9		53rd
2020–21	D	1	6	0	2	4	1	11		55th
2022–23	D	1	6	2	2	2	6	7		53rd
2024–25	D	To be determined
Totals			18	2	8	8	9	27	53rd

Head-to-head record

Key

	Positive balance (more Wins)
	Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
	Negative balance (more Losses)

Last match updated was against Austria on 16 November 2022. Goal difference used to determine placement if results totals of two opponents are identical.

Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %[lower-alpha 1]	GF	GA	GD
Estonia	1996	2016	12	0	0	12	0%	5	28	–23
Latvia	1997	2022	11	0	4	7	18.18%	2	23	–21
Moldova	2011	2022	8	1	2	5	25%	4	10	–6
Armenia	1998	2011	8	0	1	7	6.25%	2	20	–18
Albania	2000	2021	7	1	1	5	21.43%	4	11	–7
Iceland	1999	2019	7	0	0	7	0%	0	18	–18
North Macedonia	2004	2011	6	1	1	4	25%	1	9	–8
Hungary	2012	2021	6	1	0	5	20%	3	17	–14
Russia	1999	2011	6	0	0	6	0%	2	21	–19
Netherlands	2001	2013	6	0	0	6	0%	0	21	–21
Croatia	2003	2009	6	0	0	6	0%	0	24	–24
Portugal	1999	2020	6	0	0	6	0%	1	29	–28
Azerbaijan	1998	2016	5	0	4	1	40%	1	2	–1
Faroe Islands	1999	2020	5	0	2	3	20%	0	4	–4
Republic of Ireland	2001	2021	5	0	0	5	0%	3	15	–12
Cyprus	2000	2015	5	0	0	5	0%	3	17	–14
France	1998	2019	5	0	0	5	0%	0	14	–14
Liechtenstein	2012	2022	4	3	0	1	75%	5	2	+3
Belarus	2000	2009	4	1	0	3	25%	4	11	–7
Malta	2000	2020	4	0	3	1	37.5%	3	5	–2
Kazakhstan	2008	2018	4	0	1	3	12.5%	2	11	–9
Turkey	2013	2019	4	0	0	4	0%	0	10	–10
Israel	2006	2015	4	0	0	4	0%	2	14	–12
Belgium	2002	2015	4	0	0	4	0%	1	14	–13
Romania	2004	2013	4	0	0	4	0%	1	15	–14
Ukraine	1998	2009	4	0	0	4	0%	0	17	–17
England	2006	2021	4	0	0	4	0%	0	25	–25
San Marino	2017	2021	3	3	0	0	100%	7	0	+7
Poland	2012	2021	3	0	0	3	0%	1	11	–10
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2015	2022	2	1	0	1	50%	1	1	0
Cape Verde	2018	2020	2	0	1	1	25%	1	2	–1
Georgia	2018	2018	2	0	1	1	25%	1	4	–3
Finland	2004	2005	2	0	1	1	25%	0	3	–3
Slovakia	2011	2011	2	0	0	2	0%	0	2	–2
Wales	2014	2015	2	0	0	2	0%	1	4	–3
Bulgaria	2002	2003	2	0	0	2	0%	1	5	–4
Switzerland	2016	2017	2	0	0	2	0%	1	5	–4
Lithuania	1998	2009	2	0	0	2	0%	1	7	–6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2015	2015	2	0	0	2	0%	0	6	–6
Czech Republic	2005	2005	2	0	0	2	0%	1	12	–11
Grenada	2022	2022	1	1	0	0	100%	1	0	+1
China	2004	2004	1	0	1	0	50%	0	0	0
Gibraltar	2021	2021	1	0	1	0	50%	0	0	0
United Arab Emirates	2018	2018	1	0	1	0	50%	0	0	0
Equatorial Guinea	2015	2015	1	0	0	1	0%	0	1	–1
Indonesia	2014	2014	1	0	0	1	0%	0	1	–1
Qatar	2017	2017	1	0	0	1	0%	0	1	–1
Austria	2022	2022	1	0	0	1	0%	0	1	–1
Gabon	2003	2003	1	0	0	1	0%	0	2	–2
Brazil	1998	1998	1	0	0	1	0%	0	3	–3
Spain	2004	2004	1	0	0	1	0%	0	4	–4
TOTAL	1996	2022	195	13	25	157	13.08%	66	482	–416

Notes:

• FIFA-unofficial match on 19 February 1998 between Andorra – Czech Republic (0–1) is not included.

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• Archive of most capped players, highest goalscorers and coaches at RSSSF
• Team profile at National Football Teams
• Association: Andorra at UEFA
• Association: Andorra at FIFA

На других языках

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