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Vatican City national football team
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The Vatican City national football team (Italian: Selezione di calcio della Città del Vaticano) is the football team that represents Vatican City under the control of the Vatican Amateur Sports Association, headquartered in the Vatican's Cortile di San Damaso.[2] The Vatican City football association was founded in 1972. Its current president is Domenico Ruggiero.[3][4] Massimiliano Strapetti, an Italian, is the current head coach.[3]
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Vatican City women's national football team.
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Association | Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica | |
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Head coach | Massimiliano Strappetti[1] | |
Most caps | Antonino Gart Pablo Enrique Amaro Marcello Rosati (5) | |
Top scorer | Alessandro Quarto Antonino Gart Marco Pouti Nicolò Busincu (1) | |
Home stadium | Campo Pio XI | |
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First international | ||
Unofficial![]() ![]() (1985) Official ![]() ![]() (Rome, Italy; 22 November 1994) | ||
Biggest win | ||
Unofficial![]() ![]() (Rome, Italy, 3 February 2011) Official ![]() ![]() (Rome, Italy; 25 October 2008) | ||
Biggest defeat | ||
Unofficial![]() ![]() (Mönchengladbach, Germany; 13 August 2016) Official ![]() ![]() (al-Khader, Palestine; 12 June 2011) |
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The team played its first match in 1985, a 3–0 victory against a representative of Austrian journalists.[5] In 2018, the Vatican also created a women's representative team.[6]