# Monaco national football team

The Monaco national football team is a national side that represents Monaco in association football. The team is controlled by the Monégasque Football Federation, the governing body for all football in Monaco. Monaco is not a member of FIFA or UEFA, and therefore cannot enter the FIFA World Cup nor the UEFA European Championship. Monaco was a founding member of the N.F.-Board in 2003, and finished second in the 2006 VIVA World Cup inaugural edition. However, due to political opposition, Monaco severed ties with the organization in 2010.
Although Monaco has a National Olympic Committee and has therefore been eligible for the Summer Olympics and Mediterranean Games, they have never entered either games' football tournaments.

## History
### Beginnings

After the foundation of the Monégasque Football Federation in April 2000, Monaco played its first match in June of the same year against Gibraltar, losing 5–0. After this match, Monaco would return to play a match a year later against Tibet, in Freiburg, in Germany, winning 2–1.

## Overview

Since 2001, Monaco has participated in twenty-seven games, winning eight, drawing six, and losing thirteen. The team competes against local clubs, nations, unrecognized states, people groups, and territories. Monaco is managed by Martino López, and competes at the Stade Didier Deschamps in Cap-d'Ail, France. According to Elo Ratings, Monaco is ranked 200th in the world as of November 2020.
The team's roster is composed of roughly sixty men; only five offer professional experience, since the team is mainly made up of civil servants and employees of the Société des bains de mer de Monaco.

## Last squad

| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps |
| 16 | 1GK | Anthony Minioni | | 2 |
| 1 | 1GK | Thierry Vatrican | (1975-08-19) 19 August 1975 (age 49) | 5 |
| | 2DF | Marc Vassallo | (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 25) | |
| | 2DF | John Landau | | |
| | 2DF | Eric Fissore | | |
| | 2DF | Julien Sirio | | |
| | 2DF | Jean-Paul Pennacino | | |
| | 3MF | Romain Armita | | |
| | 3MF | Anthony Rinaldi | | |
| | 3MF | Fabien Gallis | | |
| | 3MF | Remy Rinaldi | | |
| | 3MF | Olivier Pasquier | | |
| | 3MF | Anthony Houry | | |
| | 3MF | Benoît Biancheri | (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 24) | |
| | 4FW | Guy Platto | | |
| | 4FW | Olivier Lechner | | |
| | 4FW | Sergio Bonnaventura | (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 24) | |

## Competitive record

VIVA World Cup :
| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | Squad |
| 2006 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 37 | Squad |
| 2008 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2009 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2010 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2012 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| ConIFA World Football Cup ||||||||||
| 2014 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2016 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2018 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| Total | Runners-up | 1/9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 37 | – |

## Head-to-head record

As of 27 April 2017
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
| Ambazonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Chechnya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 100.00 |
| Croatia Amateurs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Ellan Vannin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0.00 |
| Gibraltar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0.00 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0.00 |
| Occitania | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 33.33 |
| Provence | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0.00 |
| Raetia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Sápmi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | −34 | 0.00 |
| Tibet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Vatican City | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 60.00 |
| Total | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 91 | −49 | 32.00 |

## Historical kits

| 2001 Home | 2002 Away | Home 2006 | Home 2011 | Away 2011 | Home 2012-13 | Home 2014 | Home 2014 |
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## Honours
### Non-FIFA competitions

* Viva World Cup
** Runners-up (1): 2006