The San Marino national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of San Marino in the UEFA U-21 Championship, and is controlled by the San Marino Football Federation (FSGC, Italian: Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio), the governing body of football of the state.
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| Association | Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio | ||
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| Head coach | Matteo Cecchetti | ||
| Captain | Eugenio Colombini | ||
| Top scorer | Matteo Valli (4) | ||
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| First international | |||
 San Marino 0–5 Switzerland  (Serravalle, San Marino; 6 July 1989) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 San Marino 1–0 Wales  (Serravalle, San Marino; 6 September 2013) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Spain 14–0 San Marino (Almeria, Spain; 8 February 2005) | |||
| UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
San Marino national under-21 football team competed for the first time in the qualifications for the 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Since then they missed two qualifying tournaments (2000 and 2002). Until 2015 qualifying they won only two matches, both by forfeit. In the 2004 qualifying they lost 6–0 to Sweden but UEFA later awarded the match as a 3–0 forfeit win to San Marino due to Sweden including suspended players in their squad. In the preliminary round of the 2007 qualifying they lost 2–1 to Armenia but UEFA also awarded the match as a 3–0 forfeit win for San Marino. In June 2012, they held Greece to a goalless draw in the 2013 qualifying. On 6 September 2013, San Marino recorded their first competitive win 1–0 over Wales at Stadio Olimpico in the 2015 qualifying. This was also the first competitive victory of any San Marino national team since a 2–1 under-17 victory against Andorra in 2002.[1]
Competitive record edit
UEFA European Under-21 Championship edit
| UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1990
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Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1992
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | |||||||||
 1994
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10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 40 | |||||||||
| 1996
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 29 | |||||||||
 1998
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 35 | |||||||||
 2000
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| 2002
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 2004
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Did not qualify | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 29 | ||||||||
 2006
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10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 60 | |||||||||
 2007
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
 2009
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 31 | |||||||||
 2011
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 51 | |||||||||
 2013
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 34 | |||||||||
 2015
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10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 30 | |||||||||
 2017
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
 2019
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10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 29 | |||||||||
 2021
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10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 50 | |||||||||
 2023
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 34 | |||||||||
| Total | 0/18 | 132 | 3 | 4 | 125 | 28 | 519 | ||||||||
UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship edit
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Italy
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7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 15 | Final tournament | — | 15 Oct '24 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5 Sep '24 | |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 13 | Play-offs | 2–2 | — | 11 Oct '24 | 10 Sep '24 | 3–2 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | Norway
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 12 | 10 Sep '24 | 3–2 | — | 7–0 | 15 Oct '24 | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Latvia
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 7[a] | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6 Sep '24 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | Turkey
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 7[a] | 0–2 | 6 Sep '24 | 2–0 | 11 Oct '24 | — | 5–0 | ||
| 6 | San Marino (E)
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7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 35 | −35 | 0 | 0–7 | 0–7 | 0–7 | 15 Oct '24 | 10 Sep '24 | — |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated
Notes:
Results and fixtures edit
Current squad edit
- The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches.[2]
- Match dates: 2 and 7 June 2022.
- Opposition:
Poland and 
Israel - Caps and goals correct as of: 29 March 2022, after the match against
Latvia.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "San Marino hails unprecedented win". UEFA. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ "Nazionali: Costantini e Cecchetti al Lavoro Per Gli Impegni di Giugno" (in Italian). Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
External links edit
- San Marino Under-21 at uefa.com