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| Association | ASD Vaticano | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Massimiliano Strappetti[1] | ||
| Home stadium | Campo Pio XI | ||
| FIFA code | VAT | ||
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| First international | |||
Unofficial Vatican City 3–0 Austrian journalists  (1985) Official Vatican City 0–0 San Marino Amateurs  (Rome, Italy; 22 November 1994) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Unofficial Vatican City 9–1 Station Carabinieri of Rome  (Rome, Italy, 3 February 2011) Official Vatican City 4–3 China U23  (Rome, Italy; 25 October 2008) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Unofficial Borussia Mönchengladbach 21–4 Vatican City (Mönchengladbach, Germany; 13 August 2016) Official  Palestine 9–1 Vatican City (al-Khader, Palestine; 12 June 2011) | |||
| VIVA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| Best result | Withdrew (2010) | ||
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.[3] The Vatican City football association was founded in 1972. Its current president is Domenico Ruggiero.[4][5] Massimiliano Strapetti, an Italian, is the current head coach.[4]
The team played its first match in 1985, a 3–0 victory against a representative of Austrian journalists.[6] In 2018, the Vatican also created a women's representative team.[7]
- ^ "Chi siamo". Sport in Vaticano. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ Nuti, Nicola. "Vaticano: 7 squadre per il campionato di calcio" (in Italian). News Cattoliche. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ a b Montague, James (12 May 2014). "A Friendly Game for a Beatific State". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ "Vaticano". fedefutbol.net. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ Ferrera, Elena. "VATICANO NEL PALLONE CON SQUADRE PAPALI" (in Italian). altrenotizie.org. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ Wimmer, Anian Christoph. "Abortion, LGBT activists disrupt Vatican women footballers' debut". catholicherald.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2019.