Monaco national football team

Not to be confused with AS Monaco FC.

Monaco

Association	Monegasque Football Federation
Head coach	Thierry Petit
Most caps	Yohan Garino (16)
Top scorer	Olivier Lechner (14)
Home stadium	Stade Louis II
FIFA code	MON
Elo ranking	217
Home colours Away colours
First international
Monaco 2–1 Tibet (Freiburg, Germany; July 14, 2001)
Biggest win
Monaco 13–1 Chechnya (Cap d'Ail, France; February 18, 2006)
Biggest defeat
Sápmi 21–1 Monaco (Hyères, France; November 24, 2006)

The Monaco national football team represents Monaco in association football and is controlled by the Monegasque Football Federation, the governing body for football in Monaco. The current manager is Thierry Petit.

Monaco is not a member of the UEFA and does not participate in any of their international tournaments. They were members of the NF-Board, which organizes matches for unrecognized national teams, and have accepted an invitation to take part in the inaugural VIVA World Cup. In that competition Monaco finished second, after losing 21–1 to Sápmi in the final. Monaco left the NF-Board organisation in 2010.

Monaco does, however, have a highly successful club team, AS Monaco FC, staffed almost entirely by non-Monegasque footballers. They used to play in the French Ligue 1 for over thirty years. However, they finished 18th in the 2010–11 season and thus were relegated to the Ligue 2.

Tournament records

VIVA World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2006	Finalist	2	4	1	0	2	4	37
2008	Did not enter
2009	Did not enter
2010	Did not enter

Selected Internationals opponents

(Last update: May 2011)

07-05-2011	Italy	Monaco	Vatican City	2–1
03-04-2010	Occitania	Occitania	Monaco	5–1
20-12-2008	Monaco	Provence	Monaco	3–2
08-11-2008	Occitania	Occitania	Monaco	2–2
24-11-2006	VIVA World Cup – Occitania	Sápmi	Monaco	21–1
23-11-2006	VIVA World Cup – Occitania	Sápmi	Monaco	14–0
21-11-2006	VIVA World Cup – Occitania	Occitania	Monaco	2–3
22-04-2006	France	Monaco	Kosovo	1–7
18-02-2006	France	Monaco	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria	13–1
17-12-2005	France	Monaco	Occitania	2–1
27-05-2005	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	Monaco	4–0
12-02-2005	Occitania	Occitania	Monaco	0–0
23-11-2002	Italy	Monaco	Vatican City	0–0
18-02-2002	France	Monaco	Gibraltar	2–2
14-07-2001	Germany	Monaco	Tibet	2–1

Current squad

Goalkeepers:

• Anthony Minioni
• Thierry Vatrican
• Manuel Vallaurio

Defenders:

• Marc Vassallo
• Jonathan Landau
• Eric Fissore
• Jean-Paul Pennacino
• Yohan Garino
• Olivier El-Missouri
• Gérald Fighiera
• Kevin de Sarzens
• Franck Brasseur

Midfielders:

• Romain Armita
• Fabien Gallis
• Diego Bonaventura
• Antoine Narmino
• Olivier Pasquier
• Damien Choisit
• Benoît Biancheri

Forwards:

• Guy Platto
• Serge Turuani
• Sergio Bonnaventura
• Olivier Lechner

See also

List of football clubs in Monaco

External links

• Federaciones Internationales de Fútbol entry
• New Federations Board