The Monaco national football team is a national side that represents the sovereign city-state of 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

Competitive record VIVA World CupYearResultPositionGPWDLGSGASquad 2006Runners-up2nd4202737Squad 2008Did not enter 2009 2010 2012ConIFA World Football Cup 2014Did not enter 2016 2018TotalRunners-up1/94202737–

Complete international results 2000s

2010s

Head-to-head record

As of 27 April 2017

Unofficial results

Historical kits

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Honours Non-FIFA competitions Viva World Cup Runners-up (1): 2006

See also Football in Monaco Monégasque Football Federation Non-FIFA international football

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