Association:
Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio
Founded:
1931
Federation:
UEFA
Total Matches:
8
San Marino
Notes:
The enclave state of the Republic of San Marino first played international football in a European Championship qualifier against Switzerland in 1990. They have the worst record of any European national team having only ever drawn four matches and won one; against Liechtenstein in a friendly in 2004.
Not all the records they hold are negative. They scored the fastest ever goal in a World Cup match when Davide Gualtieri latched on to Stuart Pearce's awful back pass and scored past a bewildered David Seaman during a qualifier in 1994. The time was just 8 seconds! England finally won the match 7-1 with 4 goals from Ian Wright but results elsewhere meant England were not going to the World Cup 1994 in America and Graham Taylor resigned 6 days later.
The two teams are paired during World Cup qualifying 2022.

England Match Statistics

  • Matches by Type
  • Played
  • Won
  • Drawn
  • Lost
  • For
  • Against
  • World Cup QualifierWCQ 6 6 0 0 41 1
  • European Championship QualifierECQ 2 2 0 0 11 0
  • Competitive 8 8 0 0 52 1
  • Home, Away or Neutral
  • Played
  • Won
  • Drawn
  • Lost
  • For
  • Against
  • Home 4 4 0 0 21 0
  • Away 4 4 0 0 31 1
  • Totals
  • 8
  • 8
  • 0
  • 0
  • 52
  • 1

Sources

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