Andorra national football team

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Andorra national football team season 2008

Andorra

Association

Andorran Football Federation
(Federació Andorrana de Futbol)

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

David Rodrigo (1999-)

Captain

Justo Ruiz

Most caps

Oscar Sonejee (73)

Top scorer

Ildefons Lima (4)

Home stadium

Comunal de Aixovall

FIFA code

AND

FIFA ranking

184

Highest FIFA ranking

125 (September 2005)

Lowest FIFA ranking

188 (May 1997)

Elo ranking

180





First kit





Second kit

First international

Andorra 1 - 6 Estonia

(Andorra la Vella, Andorra; November 13, 1996)

Biggest win

Andorra 2 - 0 Belarus

(Andorra la Vella, Andorra; April 26, 2000)

Andorra 2 - 0 Albania
(Andorra la Vella, Andorra; April 17, 2002)

Biggest defeat

Czech Republic 8 - 1 Andorra

(Liberec, Czech Republic; June 4, 2005)

Croatia 7 - 0 Andorra

(Zagreb, Croatia; October 7, 2006)

The Andorra national football team is controlled by the Andorran Football Federation. Andorra is a very new country in international football; the national team has existed for less than 10 years. They have recorded three victories so far, all at home.

They have gained a reputation as one of the most ill-disciplined international teams in Europe having accumulated more cards in the World Cup 2006 Qualifiers than any other team.^{[citation needed]}

1 World Cup record
2 European Championship record
3 Current squad
4 FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualification
- 4.1 Group 6
5 Famous Players
6 International Goals
7 References
8 External links

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1998 - Did not enter
2002 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] European Championship record

1960 to 1996 - Did not enter
2000 to 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current squad

The following players named for the friendly match against Latvia on March 26, 2008

Caps and goals as of March 26.

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Koldo Álvarez de Elaute	September 4, 1970	70	0	Andorra
GK	José Antonio Gómes	December 3, 1985	3	0	Eivissa
DF	Txema García	December 4, 1974	66	0	Andorra
DF	Toni Lima	September 22, 1970	56	1	Eivissa
DF	Jordi Escura	April 19, 1980	50	0	Benavent
DF	Ildefons Lima	December 10, 1979	51	4	Triestina
DF	Álex Somoza	July 7, 1987	5	0	Principat
MF	Óscar Sonejee	March 26, 1976	73	1	Andorra
MF	Genís García	May 18, 1978	32	0	Santa Coloma
MF	Marcio Vieira	October 10, 1984	16	0	Teruel
MF	Manolo Jiménez	August 12, 1978	57	1	Andorra
MF	Justo Ruiz	August 31, 1969	67	2	Rànger's
MF	Xavier Andorrà	June 7, 1985	8	0	Alcázar
MF	Victor Hugo Moreira	January 1, 1991	1	0	Rànger's
MF	José Manuel Ayala	April 8, 1980	34	0	Santa Coloma
MF	Marc Vales	January 1, 1991	1	0	Sabadell
MF	Sergi Moreno	November 25, 1987	16	0	Alcázar
FW	Gabi Riera	June 5, 1985	12	1	Alcázar
FW	Juan Carlos Toscano	August 14, 1984	10	0	Alcázar
FW	Sebastià Gómez	January 1, 1991	0	0	Rànger's

[edit] FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualification

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 1

August 20, 2008	Kazakhstan	vs.	Andorra	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
				Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

September 6, 2008	Andorra	vs.	England	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
				Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona

September 10, 2008	Andorra	vs.	Belarus	Comunal de Aixovall, Andorra la Vella
				Comunal de Aixovall, Andorra la Vella

October 15, 2008	Croatia	vs.	Andorra	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
				Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

April 1, 2009	Andorra	vs.	Croatia	Comunal de Aixovall, Andorra la Vella
				Comunal de Aixovall, Andorra la Vella

June 6, 2009	Belarus	vs.	Andorra	Dinamo Stadium (Minsk), Minsk
				Dinamo Stadium (Minsk), Minsk

June 10, 2009	England	vs.	Andorra	Wembley Stadium, London
				Wembley Stadium, London

September 5, 2009	Ukraine	vs.	Andorra	Olympic Stadium, Kiev
				Olympic Stadium, Kiev

October 14, 2009	Andorra	vs.	Ukraine	Comunal de Aixovall, Andorra la Vella
				Comunal de Aixovall, Andorra la Vella

October 14, 2009	Sweden	vs.	Albania	Comunal de Aixovall, Andorra la Vella
				Comunal de Aixovall, Andorra la Vella

[edit] Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Famous Players

[edit] International Goals

Andorra have scored very few goals in competitive internationals (UEFA European Football Championship or FIFA World Cup matches), so here is a list of them all.

No.	Comp.¹	Date	Opponent	Scorer	Final Score²
1	ECQ	5 September 1998	Armenia	Jesus Lucendo	1-3
2	ECQ	31 March 1999	Russia	Emiliano González	1-6
3	ECQ	8 September 1999	Russia	Justo Ruiz	1-2
4	WCQ	2 September 2000	Cyprus	Emiliano González	2-3³
5	WCQ	2 September 2000	Cyprus	Ildefons Lima	2-3³
6	WCQ	7 October 2000	Estonia	Justo Ruiz	1-2
7	WCQ	25 April 2001	Republic of Ireland	Ildefons Lima	1-3
8	WCQ	1 September 2001	Portugal	Robert Alonso	1-7
9	ECQ	16 October 2002	Bulgaria	Antoni Lima	1-2
10	WCQ	8 September 2004	Romania	Marc Pujol	1-5
11	WCQ	13 October 2004	Macedonia	Marc Bernaus	1-0⁴
12	WCQ	26 March 2005	Armenia	Fernando Silva	1-2
13	WCQ	4 June 2005	Czech Republic	Gabriel Riera	1-8
14	ECQ	6 September 2006	Israel	Juli Fernández	1-4
15	ECQ	22 August 2007	Estonia	Fernando Silva	1-2