Andorra national football team

The team has enjoyed very little success due to the Principality's tiny population, the fifth smallest of any UEFA country (only Liechtenstein, San Marino, Gibraltar and the Faroe Islands are smaller).

Though the Andorran Football Federation formed in 1994,[3] and the domestic league started in 1995, the national team could not participate in major championships until it gained affiliation with governing bodies FIFA and UEFA in 1996.

[5] Andorra's first match in a FIFA-sanctioned competition was a 3–1 loss to Armenia on 5 September 1998 in a qualifier for UEFA Euro 2000.

[6] For their first World Cup qualifying campaign, Andorra were drawn in a group with Cyprus, Estonia, Ireland, the Netherlands and Portugal.

Andorra midfielder Marc Bernaus, who played in the Spanish second division, received a long throw in off his chest and volleyed in a goal early in the second half.

[16] On 9 June 2017, Andorra beat Hungary 1–0 in a World Cup home qualifier with a goal by Marc Rebés, their first victory in a competitive match since 2004.

[18] On 21 March 2018, Rebés scored the only goal of a friendly win over Liechtenstein in Spain, giving Andorra their third victory of the last 13 months and sixth of all time.

[20] One month later, the team earned one more point after an away draw against Albania, thus avoiding for the first time to end a qualifying round in the last position.

[citation needed] On 7 December 2020, after the draw for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Andorra was given an opportunity to achieve further success in official competition as it was placed in Group I where it found among its five opponents San Marino, the lowest placed team in the last pot and which it has faced before that only once in a friendly match (away on 22 February 2017, for a 2–0 victory).

On 12 October 2021 Andorra achieved a 4th success in a World Cup qualifier, beating San Marino again in the return match (3–0).

On 25 March 2022 Andorra defeated St. Kitts and Nevis at home (1–0), recording its first win against a non-European team.

This stadium has a capacity of 1,800 and also hosts the matches of club sides FC Andorra and the Andorran Premier League.

[citation needed] Construction is underway on a new home stadium, Nou Estadi Encamp, which is due to be opened in June 2025.

With the fourth smallest population of any UEFA country,[26] until the admission of Gibraltar, the talent pool is small.

Win Draw Loss Fixture The following players are included in the squad for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League D match against Malta on 19 November 2024.

Match against Ukraine in 2009.
Against Israel in 2015.
Andorra's former home stadium, Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella.
Ildefons Lima
Ildefons Lima is Andorra's top goalscorer and their most-capped player