Liechtenstein national football team

Liechtenstein

Nickname(s)

The Blues-Reds

Association

Liechtenstein Football Association
(Liechtensteiner Fussballverband)

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Rene Pauritsch

Captain

Peter Jehle

Most caps

Peter Jehle (126)

Top scorer

Mario Frick (16)

Home stadium

Rheinpark Stadion

FIFA code

LIE

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

191

5 (6 July 2017)

Highest

118 (January 2008, July 2011, September 2011)

Lowest

191 (July 2017)

Elo ranking

Current

172 (28 May 2017)

Highest

150 (September 2011)

Lowest

184 (September 2004)

First international

Liechtenstein 0–1 Switzerland "B"

(Balzers, Liechtenstein; 9 March 1982)^[1]

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 away win ever and its first win in any World Cup qualifier. Liechtenstein suffered its biggest ever loss in 1996, during qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, with an 11–1 thrashing at the hands of 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 by winning 2–1 against Azerbaijan in a UEFA 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 enormously. 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 eight points.

From their qualifying campaigns, the one that they received the most points was their 2006 FIFA World Cup campaign. Only their 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns are ones, during which Liechtenstein failed to obtain at least a point.

Liechtenstein all-time record against all nations

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Albania	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
Andorra	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
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	6	0	1	5	2	23	−21
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
Finland	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1
Faroe Islands	4	0	0	4	3	8	−5
Georgia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Germany	4	0	0	4	3	27	−24
Gibraltar	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Greece	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5
Hungary	3	0	1	2	0	10	−10
Republic of Ireland	4	0	1	3	0	14	−14
Iceland	7	1	2	4	5	16	−11
Israel	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6
Italy	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9
Lithuania	6	1	1	4	3	8	−5
Luxembourg	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7
Latvia	9	1	1	7	4	15	−11
Macedonia	6	0	1	5	4	23	−19
Malta	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7
Moldova	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Montenegro	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Northern Ireland	4	1	0	4	6	17	−11
Poland	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Portugal	7	0	1	6	3	35	−32
Romania	4	0	0	4	1	26	−25
Russia	5	0	0	5	1	15	−14
San Marino	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Scotland	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Spain	7	0	0	7	0	31	−31
Slovakia	9	0	2	7	1	26	−25
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	171	11	21	139	70	497	−427

World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1994	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	6th, last (qualifying)	0	0	10	3	52
2002	Did not qualify	5th, last (qualifying)	0	0	8	0	23
2006	Did not qualify	6th out of 7 (qualifying)	2	2	8	13	23
2010	Did not qualify	6th, last (qualifying)	0	2	8	2	23
2014	Did not qualify	6th, last (qualifying)	0	2	8	4	25
2018	Did not qualify	6th, last (qualifying)	0	0	6	1	24
Total		0/21	2	6	48	23	170

European Championship record

Year	Round	Position	W	D	L	GS	GA
1960 to 1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did not qualify	6th, last (qualifying)	0	1	9	1	40
2000	Did not qualify	6th, last (qualifying)	1	1	8	2	39
2004	Did not qualify	5th, last (qualifying)	0	1	7	2	22
2008	Did not qualify	7th, last (qualifying)	2	1	9	9	32
2012	Did not qualify	5th, last (qualifying)	1	1	6	3	17
2016	Did not qualify	5th out of 6 (qualifying)	1	2	7	2	26
Total		0/15	5	7	46	19	176

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2016

31 August Friendly	Denmark	5–0	Liechtenstein	Horsens, Denmark
	N. Jørgensen 30', 33' Cornelius 49' Fischer 62' Larsen 84'	Report		Stadium: CASA Arena Attendance: 8,004 Referee: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (Iceland)

5 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Spain	8–0	Liechtenstein	León, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Costa 10', 66' Roberto 55' Silva 59', 90+1' Vitolo 60' Morata 82', 83'	Report		Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

6 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Liechtenstein	0–2	Albania	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Jehle 12' (o.g.) Balaj 71'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Referee: Tamás Bognar (Hungary)

9 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Israel	2–1	Liechtenstein	Jerusalem, Israel
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)	Hemed 4', 16'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Göppel 49'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

12 November 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Liechtenstein	0–4	Italy	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Belotti 11', 44' Immobile 12' Candreva 32'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 5,864 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

2017

24 March 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Liechtenstein	0–3	Macedonia	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
19:45 GMT		Report	Nikolov 43' Nestorovski 68', 73'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 4,517 Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

7 June Friendly	Finland	1–1	Liechtenstein	Turku, Finland
	Hetemaj 18'		Hasler 62'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion

11 June 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Italy	5–0	Liechtenstein	Udine, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Insigne 35' Belotti 52' Éder 75' Bernardeschi 83' Gabbiadini 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

2 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Albania	v	Liechtenstein	Elbasan, Albania
18:00 (18:00 UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Elbasan Arena

5 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Liechtenstein	v	Spain	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion

6 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Liechtenstein	v	Israel	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion

9 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Macedonia	v	Liechtenstein	Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena

Manager history

Rene Pauritsch, the team manager since 2013.

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–)

Current squad

The following 23-man squad was named for the friendly against Finland on June 7, 2017, and for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Italy on June 11, 2017.^[2]
Caps and goals are current as of 11 June 2017 after the match against Italy.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Peter Jehle (Captain)	(1982-01-22) 22 January 1982	126	0	Vaduz
21	1GK	Benjamin Büchel	(1989-07-04) 4 July 1989	12	0	Unattached
	1GK	Thomas Hobi	(1993-06-20) 20 June 1993	0	0	Balzers

	2DF	Yves Oehri	(1987-03-15) 15 March 1987	53	0	Young Fellows Juventus
6	2DF	Martin Rechsteiner	(1989-02-15) 15 February 1989	34	0	Balzers
17	2DF	Robin Gubser	(1991-04-17) 17 April 1991	27	1	Balzers
8	2DF	Ivan Quintans	(1989-10-15) 15 October 1989	22	0	Eschen/Mauren
3	2DF	Maximilian Göppel	(1997-08-31) 31 August 1997	8	1	Vaduz
5	2DF	Andreas Malin	(1994-01-31) 31 January 1994	4	0	Dornbirn
4	2DF	Pascal Foser	(1992-10-16) 16 October 1992	1	0	Balzers
14	2DF	Jens Hofer	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997	0	0	Düdingen

11	3MF	Franz Burgmeier	(1982-04-07) 7 April 1982	107	9	Vaduz
13	3MF	Martin Büchel	(1987-02-19) 19 February 1987	67	2	FC Unterföhring
23	3MF	Michele Polverino	(1984-09-26) 26 September 1984	60	5	Balzers
18	3MF	Nicolas Hasler	(1991-05-04) 4 May 1991	46	2	Toronto FC
20	3MF	Sandro Wolfinger	(1991-08-24) 24 August 1991	16	1	Wolfratshausen
2	3MF	Daniel Brändle	(1992-01-23) 23 January 1992	15	0	St. Andrews
12	3MF	Mathias Sele	(1992-05-28) 28 May 1992	4	0	Eschen/Mauren
	3MF	Livio Meier	(1998-01-10) 10 January 1998	0	0	Balzers
	3MF	Fabio Wolfinger	(1996-05-11) 11 May 1996	0	0	Altach

16	4FW	Philippe Erne	(1986-12-14) 14 December 1986	25	1	Balzers
19	4FW	Dennis Salanović	(1996-02-26) 26 February 1996	21	0	Rapperswil-Jona
22	4FW	Yanik Frick	(1998-05-27) 27 May 1998	5	0	Perugia

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	Claudio Majer	(1996-03-23) 23 March 1996	0	0	Balzers	v. Macedonia, 24 March 2017
GK	Cengiz Biçer	(1987-12-11) 11 December 1987	11	0	Kastamonuspor	v. Italy, 12 November 2016

DF	Seyhan Yildiz	(1989-04-30) 30 April 1989	23	0	Balzers	v. Macedonia, 24 March 2017
DF	Daniel Kaufmann	(1990-12-22) 22 December 1990	41	1	Vaduz	v. Italy, 12 November 2016
DF	Roman Spirig	(1998-06-22) 22 June 1998	0	0	Dornbirn	v. Denmark, 31 August 2016 ^PRE

MF	Marcel Büchel	(1991-03-18) 18 March 1991	10	0	Verona	v. Macedonia, 24 March 2017
MF	Aron Sele	(1996-09-02) 2 September 1996	2	0	Balzers	v. Macedonia, 24 March 2017
MF	Sandro Wieser	(1993-02-03) 3 February 1993	38	1	Reading	v. Italy, 12 November 2016
MF	Andreas Christen	(1989-08-29) 29 August 1989	27	0	Eschen/Mauren	v. Italy, 12 November 2016
MF	Luca Ritter	(1997-10-29) 29 October 1997	0	0	Eschen/Mauren	v. Denmark, 31 August 2016 ^PRE

FW	Niklas Kieber	(1993-03-04) 4 March 1993	9	0	Eschen/Mauren	v. Macedonia, 24 March 2017
FW	Simon Kühne	(1994-04-30) 30 April 1994	16	0	Eschen/Mauren	v. Italy, 12 November 2016
FW	Armando Heeb	(1990-09-25) 25 September 1990	1	0	Vaduz II	v. Denmark, 31 August 2016 ^PRE

Notes:

PRE = Preliminary squad

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

{{2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G | expanded =yes | fixtures =yes }}

Team has qualified

Team is assured of at least a play-off spot

2016 UEFA European Championship qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	10	9	1	0	22	5	+17	28	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0
2	Russia	10	6	2	2	21	5	+16	20	Qualify for final tournament	0–1	—	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–1
3	Sweden	10	5	3	2	15	9	+6	18	Advance to play-offs	1–4	1–1	—	3–1	2–0	2–0
4	Montenegro	10	3	2	5	10	13	−3	11		2–3	0–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–1	—	2–0	2–0
5	Liechtenstein	10	1	2	7	2	26	−24	5		0–5	0–7	0–2	0–0	—	1–1
6	Moldova	10	0	2	8	4	16	−12	2		1–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

↑ The Montenegro v Russia match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Russia after being abandoned at 0–0 due to crowd violence and a scuffle between players.

Player history

As of 11 June 2017

Most capped players

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Years
1	Peter Jehle	126	0	1998–
2	Mario Frick	125	16	1993–2015
3	Martin Stocklasa	113	5	1996–2014
4	Franz Burgmeier	107	9	2001–
5	Thomas Beck	92	5	1998–2013
6	Daniel Hasler	81	1	1993–2007
7	Martin Telser	73	1	1996–2007
8	Ronny Büchel	72	0	1998–2010
9	Michael Stocklasa	71	2	1998–2012
10	Martin Büchel	67	2	2004–

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Years
1	Mario Frick	125	16	1993–2015
2	Franz Burgmeier	107	9	2001–
3	Martin Stocklasa	113	5	1996–2014
	Thomas Beck	92	5	1998–2013
	Michele Polverino	60	5	2007–
6	Michael Stocklasa	71	2	1998–2012
	Martin Büchel	67	2	2004–
	Fabio D'Elia	50	2	2001–2010
	Nicolas Hasler	46	2	2010–
	Mathias Christen	36	2	2008–
	Benjamin Fischer	23	2	2005–2011

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.

References

↑ Garin, Erik. "Liechtenstein – International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
↑ "Liechtenstein squad for Finland friendly and Italy qualifer" (PDF).

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