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Liechtenstein
Nickname(s)	The Blues-Reds
Association	Liechtenstein Football Association; (Liechtensteiner Fussballverband)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Martin Stocklasa
Captain	Martin Büchel
Most caps	Peter Jehle (132)
Top scorer	Mario Frick (16)
Home stadium	Rheinpark Stadion
FIFA code	LIE
FIFA ranking
Current	181 (10 December 2020)
Highest	118 (January 2008, July 2011, September 2011)
Lowest	191 (July 2017)
First international
	Liechtenstein 1-1 Malta ; (Daejeon, South Korea; 14 June 1981)
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 (German: Liechtensteinische Fußballnationalmannschaft) 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. Conversely, Liechtenstein is the only country that lost an official match against San Marino. Liechtenstein suffered its biggest ever loss in 1996, during qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, losing 1-11 to 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 slightly. 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 draws against both Slovakia and Portugal meant that Liechtenstein finished with 8 points.

In the Euro 2008 qualifiers, Liechtenstein beat Latvia through a solitary goal from Mario Frick. The result caused the Latvian manager to resign after the match. They repeated their heroics against Iceland managing to beat them 3-0 on 17 October 2007 for their second qualifying group win. On the 26 March 2008 Liechtenstein had an embarrassing 7-1 loss to fellow small nation in Europe, Malta. This was recorded as Malta's largest win.^[3]

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.

In the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, Liechtenstein secured a scoreless draw against Azerbaijan and a 1-1 draw against Finland, finishing bottom of Group 4 on two points.^[4]

In the Euro 2012 qualifiers, Liechtenstein were narrowly beaten 2-1 by Scotland in Hampden Park thanks to a goal by Stephen McManus in the seventh minute of additional time.^[5] They produced a shock 2–0 win at home against Lithuania; their goals were scored by Philippe Erne and Michele Polverino.^[5] In the following qualifying game, they managed a scoreless draw away to Lithuania.^[5]

In 2018, Liechtenstein entered the first ever UEFA Nations League, in group 4 of league D.^[6] Their first Nations League match saw Armenia beat them 2-0 away. Liechtenstein were able to claim their first Nations League victory, beating Gibraltar 2-0.^[7]

Liechtenstein all-time record against all nations

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Albania	3	0	0	3	0	6	-6
Andorra	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Armenia	4	0	2	2	4	8	-4
Australia	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
Austria	9	0	0	9	1	36	-35
Azerbaijan	5	1	1	3	2	8	-6
Belarus	1	0	0	1	1	5	-4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	0	1	7	2	31	-29
Croatia	2	0	0	2	2	8	-6
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4
Denmark	3	0	0	3	0	13	-13
England	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4
Estonia	5	0	1	4	2	10	-8
Faroe Islands	5	0	0	5	3	11	-8
Finland	5	0	2	3	3	9	-6
Georgia	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Germany	4	0	0	4	3	27	-24
Gibraltar	4	1	1	2	3	3	0
Greece	5	0	1	4	1	8	-7
Hungary	3	0	1	2	0	10	-10
Iceland	7	1	2	4	5	16	-11
Israel	4	0	0	4	1	8	-7
Italy	4	0	0	4	0	20	-20
Latvia	9	1	1	7	4	15	-11
Lithuania	6	1	1	4	3	8	-5
Luxembourg	4	3	1	0	12	4	+8
Malta	4	0	0	4	2	13	-11
Moldova	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Montenegro	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
North Macedonia	9	0	1	8	5	33	-28
Northern Ireland	4	0	0	4	6	17	-11
Poland	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Portugal	7	0	1	6	3	35	-32
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Republic of Ireland	4	0	1	3	0	14	-14
Romania	4	0	0	4	1	26	-25
Russia	5	0	0	5	1	15	-14
San Marino	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Scotland	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2
Slovakia	9	0	2	7	1	26	-25
Spain	8	0	0	8	0	39	-39
Sweden	4	0	0	4	1	10	-9
Switzerland	8	0	0	8	1	21	-20
Turkey	2	0	0	2	0	8	-8
United States	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3
Wales	3	0	0	3	0	8	-8
Total	194	13	24	157	81	560	-474

Competitive record

World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1994	Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify	6th, last (qualifying)	0	0	10	3	52
2002		5th, last (qualifying)	0	0	8	0	23
2006		6th out of 7 (qualifying)	2	2	8	13	23
2010		6th, last (qualifying)	0	2	8	2	23
2014		6th, last (qualifying)	0	2	8	4	25
2018		6th, last (qualifying)	0	0	10	1	39
2022	To be determined	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-
2026	To be determined	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-
Total		0/21	2	6	52	23	185

European Championship record

Year	Round	Position	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960 to 1992	Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify	6th, last (qualifying)	0	1	9	1	40
2000		6th, last (qualifying)	1	1	8	2	39
2004		5th, last (qualifying)	0	1	7	2	22
2008		7th, last (qualifying)	2	1	9	9	32
2012		5th, last (qualifying)	1	1	6	3	17
2016		5th out of 6 (qualifying)	1	2	7	2	26
2020		6th, last (qualifying)	0	2	8	2	31
Total		0/16	5	9	54	20	190

Nations League record

UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018-19	D	4	6	1	1	4	7	12		52nd
2020-21	D	2	4	1	2	1	3	2		51st
2022-23	D	TBA	To be determined
Total			10	2	3	5	10	14	51st

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2020

8 September 2020 2020-21 UEFA Nations League	San Marino	0-2	Liechtenstein	Rimini, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Hasler 3 (pen.) Y. Frick 14	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Neri Attendance: 0 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

7 October 2020 (2020-10-07) Friendly	Luxembourg	1-2	Liechtenstein	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
20:15	Rodrigues 72 (pen.)	Report	F. Wolfinger 23 Hasler 62 (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

10 October 2020 2020-21 UEFA Nations League	Liechtenstein	0-1	Gibraltar	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	De Barr 10	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

13 October 2020 2020-21 UEFA Nations League	Liechtenstein	0-0	San Marino	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Referee: Jørgen Daugbjberg Burchardt (Denmark)

11 November 2020 (2020-11-11) Friendly	Malta	3-0	Liechtenstein	Ta' Qali, Malta
19:45	Mifsud 5 Borg 20 Farrugia 84 (pen.)	Report		Stadium: National Stadium, Ta' Qali Attendance: 0 Referee: Manfredas Lukjan?ukas (Lithuania)

17 November 2020 2020-21 UEFA Nations League	Gibraltar	1-1	Liechtenstein	Gibraltar
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Frommelt 17 (o.g.)	Report	N. Frick 44	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

2020 UEFA European Championship qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	10	0	0	37	4	+33	30	Qualify for final tournament	—	2-0	2-0	2-1	9-1	6-0
2	Finland	10	6	0	4	16	10	+6	18	Qualify for final tournament	1-2	—	1-0	2-0	3-0	3-0
3	Greece	10	4	2	4	12	14	−2	14		0-3	2-1	—	2-1	2-3	1-1
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	4	1	5	20	17	+3	13	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	0-3	4-1	2-2	—	2-1	5-0
5	Armenia	10	3	1	6	14	25	−11	10		1-3	0-2	0-1	4-2	—	3-0
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	2	8	2	31	−29	2		0-5	0-2	0-2	0-3	1-1	—

Source: UEFA

Manager history

Martin Stocklasa, the team manager since 2020.

Erich Bürzle (1990)
Dietrich Weise (1990-1996)
Alfred Riedl (1997-1998)
Erich Bürzle (1998)
Ralf Loose (1998-2003)
Walter Hörmann (2003-2004)
Martin Andermatt (2004-2006)
Urs Meier (2006)
Hans-Peter Zaugg (2006-2012)
Rene Pauritsch (2013-2018)
Helgi Kolviðsson (2018-2020)
Martin Stocklasa (2020-)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly match against Malta on 11 November 2020 and the 2020-21 UEFA Nations League match against Gibraltar on 17 November 2020.^[8]

Caps and goals are current as of 17 November 2020 after the match against Malta.^[9]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Thomas Hobi	(1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 (age 27)	4	0	Balzers
1GK	Lorenzo Lo Russo	(1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 27)	0	0	Linth 04
1GK	Gabriel Foser	(2002-09-02) September 2, 2002 (age 18)	0	0	Vaduz

2DF	Seyhan Yildiz	(1989-04-30) 30 April 1989 (age 31)	43	1	Balzers
2DF	Sandro Wolfinger	(1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 29)	38	2	Eschen/Mauren
2DF	Maximilian Göppel	(1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 23)	36	1	Vaduz
2DF	Daniel Brändle	(1992-01-23) 23 January 1992 (age 28)	32	0	Pullach
2DF	Andreas Malin	(1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 26)	25	0	Dornbirn
2DF	Jens Hofer	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 23)	10	0	Biel-Bienne
2DF	Alexander Marxer	(1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 (age 26)	1	0	Ruggell

3MF	Martin Büchel (Captain)	(1987-02-19) 19 February 1987 (age 33)	87	2	Red Star Zürich
3MF	Nicolas Hasler	(1991-05-04) 4 May 1991 (age 29)	73	5	Thun
3MF	Simon Kühne	(1994-04-30) April 30, 1994 (age 26)	25	0	Eschen/Mauren
3MF	Aron Sele	(1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 24)	24	0	Chur 97
3MF	Fabio Wolfinger	(1996-11-05) 5 November 1996 (age 24)	6	1	Eschen/Mauren
3MF	Noah Frommelt	(2000-12-18) 18 December 2000 (age 20)	5	0	Eschen/Mauren
3MF	Ridvan Kardesoglu	(1996-10-12) 12 October 1996 (age 24)	3	0	Balzers

4FW	Yanik Frick	(1998-05-27) 27 May 1998 (age 22)	14	2	Energie Cottbus
4FW	Philipp Ospelt	(1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 (age 28)	10	0	Eschen/Mauren
4FW	Noah Frick	(2001-10-16) 16 October 2001 (age 19)	4	1	Neuchâtel Xamax

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	Benjamin Büchel	(1989-07-04) 4 July 1989 (age 31)	32	0	Vaduz	v. Malta, 11 November 2020
GK	Justin Ospelt	(1999-09-07) 7 September 1999 (age 21)	1	0	Vaduz	v. Malta, 11 November 2020

DF	Daniel Kaufmann	(1990-12-22) 22 December 1990 (age 30)	59	1	Eschen/Mauren	v. Malta, 11 November 2020

MF	Marcel Büchel	(1991-03-18) 18 March 1991 (age 29)	17	1	Ascoli	v. Malta, 11 November 2020
MF	Nicola Kollmann	(1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 26)	1	0	Ruggell	v. Malta, 11 November 2020
MF	Noah Graber	(2001-05-03) May 3, 2001 (age 19)	1	0	Eschen/Mauren	v. Malta, 11 November 2020
MF	Andrin Netzer	(2002-01-11) January 11, 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Vaduz	v. Malta, 11 November 2020
MF	Livio Meier	(1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 23)	13	0	Eschen/Mauren	v. San Marino, 13 October 2020
MF	Fabian Eberle	(1992-07-27) 27 July 1992 (age 28)	7	0	Konolfingen	v. San Marino, 8 September 2020
MF	Dario Kaiser	(1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 25)	0	0	Konolfingen	v. San Marino, 8 September 2020

FW	Dennis Salanovi?	(1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 24)	45	4	Thun	v. Malta, 11 November 2020
FW	Philippe Erne	(1986-12-14) 14 December 1986 (age 34)	35	1	Balzers	v. San Marino, 13 October 2020

Notes:

PRE = Preliminary squad
INJ = Injured

Player history

As of 18 November 2020^[10]

Players in bold are still active and available for selection.

Most capped players

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Years
1	Peter Jehle	132	0	1998-2018
2	Mario Frick	125	16	1993-2015
3	Martin Stocklasa	113	5	1996-2014
4	Franz Burgmeier	112	9	2001-2018
5	Thomas Beck	92	5	1998-2013
6	Martin Büchel	87	2	2004-
7	Michele Polverino	79	6	2007-2019
8	Daniel Hasler	78	1	1993-2007
9	Nicolas Hasler	73	5	2010-
9	Martin Telser	73	1	1996-2007

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Years
1	Mario Frick	16	125	0.13	1993-2015
2	Franz Burgmeier	9	112	0.08	2001-2018
3	Michele Polverino	6	79	0.08	2007-2019
4	Nicolas Hasler	5	73	0.07	2010-
	Thomas Beck	5	92	0.05	1998-2013
	Martin Stocklasa	5	113	0.04	1996-2014
7	Dennis Salanovi?	4	45	0.09	2014-
8	Yanik Frick	2	14	0.14	2016-
	Benjamin Fischer	2	23	0.09	2005-2011
	Mathias Christen	2	36	0.06	2008-2014
	Sandro Wolfinger	2	38	0.05	2013-
	Fabio D'Elia	2	50	0.04	2001-2010
	Sandro Wieser	2	53	0.04	2008-
	Michael Stocklasa	2	71	0.03	1998-2012
	Martin Büchel	2	87	0.02	2004-

Peter Jehle (left) is Liechtenstein's most capped player, while Mario Frick (right) is the all-time record goalscorer (and 2nd most capped).

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.^[11]

References

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 2020.
^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 2020.
^ Ltd, Allied Newspapers. "Malta beat Liechtenstein 7-1". Times of Malta. Retrieved .
^ "Liechtenstein and Finland football teams played to a 1:1 draw, 9 September 2009". eu-football.info. Retrieved .
^ ^a ^b ^c "Liechtenstein missing goal hero Philippe Erne". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2011.
^ UEFA.com. "UEFA Nations League - Standings". UEFA.com. Retrieved .
^ "UEFA league D4".
^ https://www.lfv.li/fileadmin/user_upload/Dateien/Nationalmannschaften/A-Nationalmannschaft/Aufgebote-Nationalmannschaft/2020/Aufgebot_WOF_November_2020.pdf
^ https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030120/
^ Garin, Erik. "Liechtenstein - Record International Players". RSSSF.
^ Stamping Grounds : Exploring Liechtenstein and its World Cup Dream. 2014-06-11. ISBN 9780349141121.

External links

[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 2020.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-2] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 2020.

[3] Ltd, Allied Newspapers. "Malta beat Liechtenstein 7-1". Times of Malta. Retrieved .

[4] "Liechtenstein and Finland football teams played to a 1:1 draw, 9 September 2009". eu-football.info. Retrieved .

[euro_2012-5] "Liechtenstein missing goal hero Philippe Erne". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2011.

[6] UEFA.com. "UEFA Nations League - Standings". UEFA.com. Retrieved .

[7] "UEFA league D4".

[8] ttps://www.lfv.li/fileadmin/user_upload/Dateien/Nationalmannschaften/A-Nationalmannschaft/Aufgebote-Nationalmannschaft/2020/Aufgebot_WOF_November_2020.pdf

[9] ttps://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030120/

[10] Garin, Erik. "Liechtenstein - Record International Players". RSSSF.

[11] Stamping Grounds : Exploring Liechtenstein and its World Cup Dream. 2014-06-11. ISBN 9780349141121.

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