Liechtenstein national football team

Liechtenstein
Nickname(s)	The Blues-Reds
Association	Liechtenstein Football Association; (Liechtensteiner Fussballverband)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Martin Stocklasa
Captain	Nicolas Hasler
Most caps	Peter Jehle (132)
Top scorer	Mario Frick (16)
Home stadium	Rheinpark Stadion
FIFA code	LIE
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	192 1 (31 March 2022)[1]
Highest	118 (January 2008, July 2011, September 2011)
Lowest	192 (March 2022)
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, albeit in a friendly match. 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4] They produced a shock 2–0 win at home against Lithuania; their goals were scored by Philippe Erne and Michele Polverino.[4] In the following qualifying game, they managed a scoreless draw away to Lithuania.[4]

In 2018, Liechtenstein entered the first ever UEFA Nations League, in group 4 of league D.[5] Their first Nations League match saw Armenia beat them 2–1 away. Liechtenstein were able to claim their first Nations League victory, beating Gibraltar 2–0.[6]

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2021

25 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Liechtenstein	0–1	Armenia	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Frommelt 83' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

28 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	North Macedonia	5–0	Liechtenstein	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bardhi 7' Trajkovski 51', 54' Elmas 62' Nestorovski 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

31 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Liechtenstein	1–4	Iceland	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Frick 79'	Report	Sævarsson 12' Bjarnason 45+1' Pálsson 77' Sigurjónsson 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

3 June 2021 Friendly	Switzerland	7–0	Liechtenstein	St. Gallen, Switzerland
18:00 UTC+2	Gavranović 19', 75', 79' Fassnacht 46', 70' Frick 57' (o.g.) Fernandes 85'	Report		Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović (Slovenia)

7 June 2021 Friendly	Faroe Islands	5–1	Liechtenstein	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
19:45 UTC±0	Olsen 23', 65' Hendriksson 38', 41' Davidsen 79' (pen.)	Report	Göppel 19'	Stadium: Tórsvøllur Referee: Ívar Orri Kristjánsson (Iceland)

2 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Liechtenstein	0–2	Germany	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Werner 41' Sané 77'	Stadium: Kybunpark Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

5 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Romania	2–0	Liechtenstein	Bucharest, Romania
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Toșca 11' Manea 18'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

8 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Armenia	1–1	Liechtenstein	Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mkhitaryan 45+5' (pen.)	Report	N. Frick 80'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

8 October 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Liechtenstein	0–4	North Macedonia	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Velkovski 39' Alioski 66' (pen.) Nikolov 74' Churlinov 83'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

11 October 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Iceland	4–0	Liechtenstein	Reykjavík, Iceland
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Þórðarson 19' Guðmundsson 35' (pen.), 79' (pen.) Guðjohnsen 89'	Report		Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)

11 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Germany	9–0	Liechtenstein	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gündoğan 11' (pen.) Kaufmann 20' (o.g.) Sané 22', 49' Reus 23' Müller 76', 86' Baku 80' Göppel 89' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

14 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Liechtenstein	0–2	Romania	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
18:00		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Man 8' Bancu 87'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

2022

25 March 2022 (2022-03-25) Friendly	Liechtenstein	0–6	Cape Verde	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
20:45		Report	G. Tavares 18', 38', 45+1' Semedo 34' Bebé 73', 83'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) Friendly	Faroe Islands	1–0	Liechtenstein	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
20:45	Johannesen 39'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Jason Barcelo (Gibraltar)

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03) 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Liechtenstein	v	Moldova	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45		Report		Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion

6 June 2022 (2022-06-06) 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Latvia	v	Liechtenstein
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)		Report

10 June 2022 (2022-06-10) 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Andorra	v	Liechtenstein	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
20:45		Report		Stadium: Estadi Nacional

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14) 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Liechtenstein	v	Latvia	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45		Report		Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion

22 September 2022 (2022-09-22) 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Liechtenstein	v	Andorra	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45		Report		Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion

25 September 2022 (2022-09-25) 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Moldova	v	Liechtenstein
15:00 (19:00 UTC+6 or 16:00 UTC+3)		Report

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–now)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Cape Verde and Faroe Islands on 25 and 29 March 2022 respectively.[7]

Caps and goals are current as of 29 March 2022, after the match against Faroe Islands.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Benjamin Büchel	(1989-07-04) 4 July 1989	44	0	Vaduz
1GK	Justin Ospelt	(1999-09-07) 7 September 1999	3	0	KFC Uerdingen 05
1GK	Lorenzo Lo Russo	(1993-07-08) 8 July 1993	0	0	Linth 04

2DF	Seyhan Yildiz	(1989-04-30) 30 April 1989	54	1	Balzers
2DF	Sandro Wolfinger	(1991-08-24) 24 August 1991	50	2	Balzers
2DF	Daniel Brändle	(1992-01-23) 23 January 1992	40	0	SV Pullach
2DF	Andreas Malin	(1994-01-31) 31 January 1994	35	0	Rot-Weiß Rankweil
2DF	Jens Hofer	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997	23	0	Biel-Bienne
2DF	Rafael Grünenfelder	(1999-03-20) 20 March 1999	11	0	Balzers
2DF	Roman Spirig	(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998	5	0	Chur 97
2DF	Martin Marxer	(1999-10-04) 4 October 1999	3	0	Ostermundigen
2DF	Lars Traber	(2000-06-12) 12 June 2000	1	0	Brühl

3MF	Nicolas Hasler (captain)	(1991-05-04) 4 May 1991	84	5	Thun
3MF	Aron Sele	(1996-09-02) 2 September 1996	38	0	Chur 97
3MF	Livio Meier	(1998-01-10) 10 January 1998	24	0	Eschen/Mauren
3MF	Noah Frommelt	(2000-12-18) 18 December 2000	18	0	Eschen/Mauren
3MF	Fabio Wolfinger	(1996-11-05) 5 November 1996	17	1	Balzers
3MF	Nicola Kollmann	(1994-11-23) 23 November 1994	5	0	Ruggell
3MF	Niklas Beck	(2001-03-25) March 25, 2001	2	0	Vaduz
3MF	Simon Lüchinger	(2002-11-28) November 28, 2002	2	0	Vaduz
3MF	Andrin Netzer	(2002-01-11) January 11, 2002	2	0	Vaduz II

4FW	Dennis Salanović	(1996-02-26) 26 February 1996	49	4	Oulu
4FW	Philipp Ospelt	(1992-10-07) 7 October 1992	17	0	Ruggell
4FW	Noah Frick	(2001-10-16) 16 October 2001	14	2	Gossau
4FW	Ridvan Kardesoglu	(1996-10-12) 12 October 1996	9	0	Ruggell

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up in the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Armando Majer	(1999-05-12) 12 May 1999	0	0	Eschen/Mauren	v. Romania, 14 November 2021
GK	Claudio Majer	(1996-03-23) 23 March 1996	0	0	Eschen/Mauren	v. Romania, 14 November 2021
GK	Thomas Hobi	(1993-06-20) 20 June 1993	5	0	Balzers	v. Armenia, 8 September 2021

DF	Maximilian Göppel	(1997-08-31) 31 August 1997	48	2	Eschen/Mauren	v. Romania, 14 November 2021
DF	Marco Marxer	(1999-06-02) 2 June 1999	0	0	Chur 97	v. Romania, 14 November 2021
DF	Alexander Marxer	(1994-04-04) 4 April 1994	3	0	Eschen/Mauren	v. Iceland, 11 October 2021
DF	Lukas Graber	(2001-05-03) 3 May 2001	0	0	Eschen/Mauren	v. Germany, 2 September 2021^PRE
DF	Manuel Mikus	(1999-07-13) 13 July 1999	0	0	Balzers	v. Germany, 2 September 2021^PRE

MF	Menderes Caglar	(1999-07-20) July 20, 1999	0	0	Balzers	v. Iceland, 11 October 2021
MF	Noah Graber	(2001-05-03) May 3, 2001	1	0	Eschen/Mauren	v. Germany, 2 September 2021^PRE

FW	Yanik Frick	(1998-05-27) 27 May 1998	26	3	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	v. Romania, 14 November 2021
FW	Benjamin Vogt	(1999-06-28) June 28, 1999	1	0	Balzers	v. Romania, 14 November 2021
FW	Pascal Koller	(1999-04-30) 30 April 1999	0	0	Widnau	v. Romania, 14 November 2021
FW	Philippe Erne	(1986-12-14) 14 December 1986	35	1	Balzers	v. Germany, 2 September 2021^PRE
FW	Philipp Gassner	(2003-08-30) 30 August 2003	0	0	AKA Voralberg	v. Germany, 2 September 2021^PRE
FW	Simon Kühne	(1994-04-30) 30 April 1994	25	0	Eschen/Mauren	v. Faroe Islands, 7 June 2021^PRE

Notes:

PRE = Preliminary squad
INJ = Injured
SUS = Suspended for a match

Player records

As of 29 March 2022[8]

Players in bold are still active and available for selection.

Most capped players

Peter Jehle is Liechtenstein's most capped player at 132 capps.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
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	91	2	2004–2021
7	Nicolas Hasler	84	5	2010–
8	Michele Polverino	79	6	2007–2019
9	Daniel Hasler	78	1	1993–2007
10	Martin Telser	73	1	1996–2007

Top goalscorers

Mario Frick is Liechtenstein's all-time record goalscorer at 16 goals.

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
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	84	0.06	2010–
	Thomas Beck	5	92	0.05	1998–2013
	Martin Stocklasa	5	113	0.04	1996–2014
7	Dennis Salanović	4	49	0.08	2014–
8	Yanik Frick	3	26	0.12	2016–
9
	Noah Frick	2	14	0.14	2019–

	Benjamin Fischer	2	23	0.09	2005–2011
	Mathias Christen	2	36	0.06	2008–2014
	Maximilian Göppel	2	48	0.04	2016–
	Sandro Wolfinger	2	50	0.04	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	91	0.02	2004–2021

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
FIFA World Cup record								Qualification record
1930 to 1994	Did not enter							Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify							6/6	10	0	0	10	3	52
2002								5/5	8	0	0	8	0	23
2006								6/7	12	2	2	8	13	23
2010								6/6	10	0	2	8	2	23
2014								6/6	10	0	2	8	4	25
2018								6/6	10	0	0	10	1	39
2022								6/6	10	0	1	9	2	34
2026	To be determined							To be determined
Total	0/22	–	–	–	–	–	–	—	70	2	7	61	25	219

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

UEFA European Championship

Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
UEFA European Championship record								Qualification record
1960 to 1992	Did not enter							Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify							6/6	10	0	1	9	1	40
2000								6/6	10	1	1	8	2	39
2004								5/5	8	0	1	7	2	22
2008								7/7	12	2	1	9	9	32
2012								5/5	8	1	1	6	3	17
2016								5/6	10	1	2	7	2	26
2020								6/6	10	0	2	8	2	31
2024	To be determined							To be determined	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	0/16	–	–	–	–	–	–	—	68	5	9	54	21	207

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

UEFA Nations League

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

Head-to-head record

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	6	0	3	3	5	10	-5
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
Cape Verde	1	0	0	1	0	6	-6
China PR	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
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	7	0	0	7	4	17	−13
Finland	5	0	2	3	3	9	−6
Georgia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Germany	6	0	0	6	3	38	−35
Gibraltar	5	1	2	2	4	4	0
Greece	5	0	1	4	1	8	−7
Hungary	3	0	1	2	0	10	−10
Iceland	9	1	2	6	6	24	−18
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
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
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Malta	5	0	1	4	3	14	−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	11	0	1	10	5	42	−37
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	6	0	0	6	1	30	−29
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	9	0	0	9	1	28	−27
Thailand	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Togo	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
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	218	18	29	176	97	618	−521

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.[9]

References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
Ltd, Allied Newspapers. "Malta beat Liechtenstein 7-1". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
"Liechtenstein and Finland football teams played to a 1:1 draw, 9 September 2009". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
"Liechtenstein missing goal hero Philippe Erne". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
UEFA.com. "UEFA Nations League - Standings". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
"UEFA league D4".
https://www.lfv.li/fileadmin/user_upload/Dateien/Nationalmannschaften/A-Nationalmannschaft/Aufgebote-Nationalmannschaft/2022/Aufgebot-WOF-Maerz-2022.pdf
Garin, Erik. "Liechtenstein - Record International Players". RSSSF.
Connelly, Charlie (2014-06-11). Stamping Grounds : Exploring Liechtenstein and its World Cup Dream. ISBN 9780349141121.

External links

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[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[2] Ltd, Allied Newspapers. "Malta beat Liechtenstein 7-1". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2018-11-07.

[3] "Liechtenstein and Finland football teams played to a 1:1 draw, 9 September 2009". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-11-07.

[euro_2012-4] "Liechtenstein missing goal hero Philippe Erne". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

[5] UEFA.com. "UEFA Nations League - Standings". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2018-11-07.

[6] "UEFA league D4".

[7] ttps://www.lfv.li/fileadmin/user_upload/Dateien/Nationalmannschaften/A-Nationalmannschaft/Aufgebote-Nationalmannschaft/2022/Aufgebot-WOF-Maerz-2022.pdf

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

[9] Connelly, Charlie (2014-06-11). Stamping Grounds : Exploring Liechtenstein and its World Cup Dream. ISBN 9780349141121.