San Marino women's national football team

San Marino
Association Federazione Sammarinese Gioco Calcio
Confederation UEFA (Europe)

San Marino women's national football team does not have FIFA recognition and has not played a single FIFA recognised match. The creation of a national team may be problematic as the sport is not the most popular one in the country, and the national football association does not have a full-time staff member working on the sport.

Team

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team,[1] including San Marino who did not have a FIFA recognised senior A team or youth team by 2006.[2] A team from the country has never competed at the Women's World Cup.[3] Between 1900 and May 2012, the team did not play in a single FIFA sanctioned match.[4] In March 2012, a team from the country was not ranked in FIFA's global women's ranking.[5]

UEFA European Championship record

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1984Did not participate-------
Norway 1987Did not participate-------
Germany 1989Did not participate-------
Denmark 1991Did not participate-------
Italy 1993Did not participate-------
Germany 1995Did not enter-------
Norway & Sweden 1997Did not participate-------
Germany 2001Did not participate-------
England 2005Did not participate-------
Finland 2009Did not participate-------
Sweden 2013Did not participate-------

Background and development

Football is the fourth most popular women's sport in the country, behind volleyball which is the most popular.[2] In 2006, there were 65 total registered female footballers in the country, 48 of which were senior players over 17 years of age.[2] That year, there were 16 football clubs in the country, only one of which was open to women to play on mixed gender teams.[2]

Women's football is represented in Federazione Sammarinese Gioco Calcio, the national football association, by specific mandate. They do not have a full-time staffer dedicated to women's football.[2] Less than 5% of the national federation's budget is earmarked for women's football compared to 22% for men's competitions and 9% for youth competitions.[6] In 2009, Caesar Biordi was in charge of women's football in the country.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Chrös McDougall (1 January 2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 FIFA (2006). "Women's Football Today" (PDF). p. 165. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Ballard, John; Suff, Paul (1999). The dictionary of football : the complete A-Z of international football from Ajax to Zinedine Zidane. London: Boxtree. pp. 513–514. ISBN 0752224344. OCLC 59442612.
  4. ↑ "San Marino: Fixtures and Results". Retrieved 2012-04-15.
  5. ↑ "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  6. ↑ "San Marino: FIFA Goal Programme". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ↑ "::: F S G C :::" (in French). Fsgc.sm. Retrieved 2012-04-24.