The top three from each section at the end of the regular season progress into a semi-knockout style Championship Playoff.
These defeats set the tone for most of the following outings of the team, who are regarded as whipping boys in the qualifying sections of the European Championship and the World Cup, calling into question the merits of San Marino and the other 'microstate' teams (Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Malta) being included in the main qualifying groups for said tournaments.
Andy Selva scored the only goal in a close game that finally gave this tiny republic a footballing victory.
On 6 September 2006, San Marino suffered their biggest ever defeat, losing 13–0 to world giants Germany in the Stadio Olimpico.
As of August 2021, San Marino is 210th in the FIFA world rankings - almost last place with 805 points (the bottom is The Turks and Caicos Islands.)
[3] In 2020 San Marino made it through a round for the first time in a UEFA competition making it to the playoffs of the 2022 Futsal EURO.
[4] In the 2024 UEFA Nations League Group D, Not only did San Marino achieve its first competitive win against Lichtenstein.
This Grand Prix became etched in infamy after two fatal accidents occurred in 1994, when rookie Roland Ratzenberger and three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna were killed while competing.
San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix has been held during the years in Imola, Misano and Mugello.
It organizes the internal league and runs the San Marino national basketball team.
It organizes the internal league and runs the San Marino national volleyball team.