Vatican City National Football Team Wiki

The Vatican City National Football Team represents Vatican City in international football. The team is the 56th and most recent UEFA member and one of the most recent FIFA members along with Greenland.

The team affiliated with both FIFA and UEFA in January 2022. They will play their first ever competitive UEFA match in the UEFA Nations League and play their first ever competitive FIFA match when the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers come around.

History
As a football team, the Vatican City have a very brief history after only playing in the 21st century. They only played friendlies in the 2000's and 2010's. In the early 2020's they only played a few games. In 2012, they began competing in the Micro-State Cup.

Once affiliating with UEFA and FIFA in January 2022, they started playing alot of friendlies in warm-up for competitive football. They will play their first competitive matches in Summer 2022 in the UEFA Nations League.

2000s
6 March 2006 - San Marino 0-0 Vatican City - Friendly

31 March 2008 - Vatican City 1-1 Greenland - Friendly

2010s
21 January 2011 - Italy U23 4-0 Vatican City - Friendly

4 June 2012 - Andorra 0-0 Vatican City - Friendly

16 July 2012 - Italy U23 1-0 Vatican City - Friendly

23 November 2013 - Vatican City 0-0 San Marino - Friendly

14 June 2018 - Brazil U23 4-0 Vatican City - Friendly

18 June 2018 - San Marino 1-2 Vatican City - Friendly

22 June 2018 - Monaco 3-0 Vatican City - Friendly

26 June 2018 - Vatican City 0-0 Italy U23 - Friendly

29 August 2019 - Monaco 0-1 Vatican City - Friendly

31 October 2019 - Vatican City 2-2 Italy U23 - Friendly

2020s
3 January 2020 - Monaco 2-0 Vatican City - Friendly

14 February 2020 - Vatican City 3-0 Monaco - Friendly

17 February 2020 - Italy U23 2-0 Vatican City - Friendly

9 November 2020 - San Marino 1-1 Vatican City - Friendly

14 April 2021 - Monaco 0-2 Vatican City - Friendly

21 May 2021 - Vatican City 2-1 Azerbaijan - Friendly

24 May 2021 - Lithuania 2-0 Vatican City - Friendly

16 August 2021 - Armenia 1-1 Vatican City - Friendly

1 January 2022 - Monaco 0-3 Vatican City - Friendly

6 January 2022 - Belarus 1-0 Vatican City - Friendly

18 February 2022 - Afghanistan 0-0 Vatican City - Friendly

21 February 2022 - Vatican City 0-2 Pakistan - Friendly

31 March 2022 - Georgia 0-2 Vatican City - Friendly

6 April 2022 - Vatican City 4-2 Monaco - Friendly

12 April 2022 - Kazakhstan 3-1 Vatican City - Friendly

1 May 2022 - Vatican City 6-1 Monaco - Friendly

24 May 2022 - Greenland 1-2 Vatican City - Friendly

30 May 2022 - Vatican City 2-1 Greenland - Friendly

2 June 2022 - Estonia vs Vatican City - UEFA Nations League

5 June 2022 - Malta vs Vatican City - UEFA Nations League

10 June 2022 - Vatican City vs Latvia - UEFA Nations League

13 June 2022 - Vatican City vs Estonia - UEFA Nations League

21 July 2022 - Greenland vs Vatican City - Friendly

24 July 2022 - Vatican City vs San Marino - Friendly

22 September 2022 - Vatican City vs Malta - UEFA Nations League

26 September 2022 - Latvia vs Vatican City - UEFA Nations League

16 November 2022 - Vatican City vs San Marino - Friendly

20 November 2022 - Malta vs Vatican City - Friendly

28 November 2022 - Vatican City vs Monaco - Friendly

16 December 2022 - Greenland vs Vatican City - Friendly