San Marino FaCtS
1) San Marino have won one game in their history, beating Liechtenstein 1-0 in a friendly in 2004.
2) They are currently ranked joint 208th in the FIFA rankings, sharing last place with Bhutan.
3) In their four previous meetings England have scored 26 goals to San Marino's one.
4) Twin brothers Aldo and Davide Simoncini both scored own goals in a 6-0 defeat to Sweden in 2010, a world first.
5) San Marino has a population of just 32,000, less than half of Wembley Stadium's capacity.
6) A total of 15 teams compete in Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, San Marino's equivalent of the Premier League, although neither club has its own stadium. Instead, one of five neutral venues is selected at random for each fixture.
7) In 123 official matches they have scored 20 goals, conceding 531.
8) San Marino's form hasn't improved much in recent years, losing each of their 30 World Cup and European Championship qualifying matches since 2008, scoring two goals and conceding 154.
9) They set an unwanted European Championship qualifying record in September 2006 after losing 13-0 against Germany.
10) Davide Gaulteri's strike after seven seconds against England in 1993 remains the quickest ever in World Cup qualifying, but they went on to lose the match 7-1.
11) Sans brother Dan, is a former American football quarterback who played for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League.
Posted By: Tombs on October 9th 2014 at 18:11:47
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- Can't wait for the England San Marino game tonight (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 9, 18:03:09
- if you're getting excited about that.... (Other Football) - neverblue, Oct 9, 18:35:26
- 😕 (n/m) (Other Football) - Huge Small, Oct 9, 18:21:52
- Are you still Scottish? (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Oct 9, 18:47:17
- Norfolk (Other Football) - Huge Small, Oct 9, 19:41:26
- Are you still Scottish? (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Oct 9, 18:47:17
- San Marino FaCtS (Other Football) - Tombs, Oct 9, 18:11:47
- great FaCtS (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Oct 9, 19:27:05
- Another.... San Marion has 143 shops, all on one road and all selling (Other Football) - Pixelman, Oct 9, 18:28:42
- hehe (Other Football) - matt in london, Oct 9, 18:38:12
- I'm going to miss Peaky Blinders for it. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Oct 9, 18:10:02
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