Andorra national football team

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Andorra
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Andorran Football Federation
(Federació Andorrana de Futbol)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach David Rodrigo
Captain Óscar Sonejee
Most caps Óscar Sonejee (83)
Top scorer Ildefons Lima (7)
Home stadium Comunal d'Andorra la Vella
FIFA code AND
FIFA ranking 202
Highest FIFA ranking 125 (September 2005)
Lowest FIFA ranking 202 (November 2009)
Elo ranking 181
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Andorra Andorra 1–6 Estonia Estonia
(Andorra la Vella, Andorra; January 1, 1996)
Biggest win
Andorra Andorra 2–0 Belarus Belarus
(Andorra la Vella, Andorra; April 26, 2000)
Andorra Andorra 2–0 AlbaniaAlbania
(Andorra la Vella, Andorra; April 17, 2002)
Biggest defeat
Czech Republic Czech Republic 8–1 Andorra Andorra
(Liberec, Czech Republic; June 4, 2005)
Croatia Croatia 7–0 Andorra 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 slightly over 10 years. They have recorded three victories so far, all at home.

In the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, they received more red and yellow cards than any other team.[1]

Contents

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] European Championship record

[edit] All–time record against all nations

As of September 9, 2009

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD  % Won
 Albania 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 50%
 Armenia 6 0 1 5 2 13 -11 0%
 Azerbaijan 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1 0%
 Belarus 4 1 0 3 4 11 -7 25%
 Belgium 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0%
 Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0%
 Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0%
 China PR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0%
 Croatia 6 0 0 6 0 24 -24 0%
 Cyprus 2 0 0 2 2 8 -6 0%
 Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 1 12 -11 0%
 England 4 0 0 4 0 16 -16 0%
 Estonia 9 0 0 9 5 23 -18 0%
 Faroe Islands 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0%
 Finland 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 0%
 France 3 0 0 3 0 7 -7 0%
 Macedonia 4 1 1 2 1 6 -5 25%
 Gabon 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0%
 Iceland 3 0 0 3 0 8 -8 0%
 Israel 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0%
 Kazakhstan 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0%
 Latvia 3 0 0 3 1 9 -8 0%
 Lithuania 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 0%
 Malta 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0%
 Netherlands 4 0 0 4 0 16 -16 0%
 Portugal 3 0 0 3 1 14 -13 0%
 Republic of Ireland 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0%
 Romania 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 0%
 Russia 4 0 0 4 2 13 -11 0%
 Spain 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0%
 Ukraine 4 0 0 4 0 17 -17 0%
Total 88 3 9 76 30 251 -221 3.45%

[edit] Current squad

The following players were apart of the matchday squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Ukraine on October 14, 2009. Caps and goals correct as of October 14, 2009.[2]

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Josep Gómes December 3, 1985 (1985-12-03) (age 24) 9 0 Spain Eivissa
2 DF Cristian Martínez August 23, 1977 (1977-08-23) (age 32) 4 0 Spain Andorra
3 DF David Maneiro February 17, 1989 (1989-02-17) (age 20) 1 0 Spain Andorra
4 MF Josep Ayala April 8, 1980 (1980-04-08) (age 29) 46 0 Andorra Santa Coloma
5 FW Fernando Silva May 16, 1977 (1977-05-16) (age 32) 32 2 Spain Badajoz
6 DF Ildefons Lima December 10, 1979 (1979-12-10) (age 30) 62 7 Switzerland Bellinzona
7 MF Marc Pujol August 21, 1982 (1982-08-21) (age 27) 46 2 Spain Balaguer
8 DF Marc Bernaus February 2, 1977 (1977-02-02) (age 32) 19 1 Spain Girona
9 MF Manolo Jiménez August 12, 1976 (1976-08-12) (age 33) 68 1 Andorra Santa Coloma
10 FW Juli Sánchez June 20, 1978 (1978-06-20) (age 31) 60 2 Andorra Santa Coloma
11 FW Xavier Andorrà June 7, 1985 (1985-06-07) (age 24) 18 0 Spain Andorra
12 DF Jordi Escura April 19, 1980 (1980-04-19) (age 29) 59 0 Spain Balaguer
13 MF Emili García January 11, 1989 (1989-01-11) (age 20) 1 0 Spain Andorra
14 FW Joan Toscano August 14, 1984 (1984-08-14) (age 25) 19 0 Spain Andorra
15 GK Iván Perianes January 25, 1982 (1982-01-25) (age 27) 0 0 Andorra Sant Julià
16 MF Sergi Moreno November 25, 1987 (1987-11-25) (age 22) 24 0 Spain Alcázar
17 FW Gabi Riera June 5, 1985 (1985-06-05) (age 24) 17 1 Andorra Sant Julià
18 DF Víctor Rodríguez September 7, 1987 (1987-09-07) (age 22) 4 0 Andorra Santa Coloma

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6
Team
v • d • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 10 9 0 1 34 6 +28 27
 Ukraine 10 6 3 1 21 6 +15 21
 Croatia 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20
 Belarus 10 4 1 5 19 14 +5 13
 Kazakhstan 10 2 0 8 11 29 −18 6
 Andorra 10 0 0 10 3 39 −36 0
  Andorra Belarus Croatia England Kazakhstan Ukraine
Andorra  – 1 – 3 0 – 2 0 – 2 1 –3 0 – 6
Belarus  5 – 1 – 1 – 3 1 – 3 4 – 0 0 – 0
Croatia  4 – 0 1 – 0 – 1 – 4 3 – 0 2 – 2
England  6 – 0 3 – 0 5 – 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 1
Kazakhstan  3 – 0 1 – 5 1 – 2 0 – 4 – 1 – 3
Ukraine  5 – 0 1 – 0 0 – 0 1 – 0 2 – 1 –


[edit] Friendlies

2008-03-26
 Andorra  0 – 3  Latvia Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella
Ivanovs Goal 10'
Pereplotkins Goal 24'
Rimkus Goal 41'

[edit] Matches

2008-08-20
 Kazakhstan  3 – 0  Andorra Almaty Stadium, Almaty
Ostapenko Goal 14', 30'
Uzdenov Goal 45'
2008-09-06
 Andorra  0 – 2  England Estadi Olímpic, Barcelona
Cole Goal 49', 55'
2008-09-10
 Andorra  1 – 3  Belarus Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella
Pujol Goal 66' Verhawtsow Goal 36'
Rodionov Goal 78'
Hleb Goal 89'
2008-10-15
 Croatia  4 – 0  Andorra Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Rakitić Goal 16', 87' (pen.)
Olić Goal 32'
Modrić Goal 75'
2009-06-10
 England  6 – 0  Andorra Wembley Stadium, London
Rooney Goal 4', 39'
Lampard Goal 29'
Defoe Goal 73', 76'
Crouch Goal 81'

[edit] International goals

Andorra has scored very few goals in competitive internationals (UEFA European Football Championship or FIFA World Cup matches), the list below is comprehensive.

No. Comp.1 Date Opponent Scorer(s) Final Score2
1 ECQ 5 September 1998 Armenia Armenia Jesús Lucendo 1–3
3 ECQ 31 March 1999 Russia Russia Emiliano González 1–6
3 ECQ 8 September 1999 Russia Russia Justo Ruiz 1–2
4 WCQ 2 September 2000 Cyprus Cyprus Emiliano González 2–33
5 Ildefons Lima
6 WCQ 7 October 2000 Estonia Estonia Justo Ruiz 1–2
7 WCQ 25 April 2001 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Ildefons Lima 1–3
8 WCQ 1 September 2001 Portugal Portugal Robert Alonso 1–7
9 ECQ 16 October 2002 Bulgaria Bulgaria Antoni Lima 1–2
10 WCQ 8 September 2004 Romania Romania Marc Pujol 1–5
11 WCQ 13 October 2004 Republic of Macedonia Macedonia Marc Bernaus 1–04
12 WCQ 26 March 2005 Armenia Armenia Fernando Silva 1–2
13 WCQ 4 June 2005 Czech Republic Czech Republic Gabriel Riera 1–8
14 ECQ 6 September 2006 Israel Israel Juli Fernández 1–4
15 ECQ 22 August 2007 Estonia Estonia Fernando Silva 1–2
16 WCQ 10 September 2008 Belarus Belarus Marc Pujol 1–3
17 WCQ 6 June 2009 Belarus Belarus Ildefons Lima 1–5
18 WCQ 9 September 2009 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Óscar Sonejee 1–3
  • 2 Andorra score always shown first in score.
  • 3 The Andorra-Cyprus match in 2000 is the only record of Andorra scoring two goals in any competitive match.
  • 4 The Andorra-Macedonia match in 2004 is the only record of Andorra winning a competitive match.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Home: 7/4 Draw: 11/5 Away: 11/8", David Prentice, Liverpool Echo, 6 September 2008. This was also confirmed by the Setanta Sports commentary team during the England match on 6 September 2008.
  2. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/country.php?id=5

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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