San Marino: The Worst National Team In The World 

Finally, like for San Marino

They may be the worst national team in the world, but most of their team have real jobs and aren't even professional. They travel around Europe meeting world class footballers, you have to respect it.

We all can be from different countries, but San Marino is what unites everyone and we all want San Marino to win their first match😂😂

San Marino is just unfortunate to be located in the toughest football region in the world. If you have them face Oceania, South Asian or Caribbean teams, they’ll probably get enough points to climb the FIFA rankings

5:15 as an england fan I find it funny that England had to win that game by 7 goals. So despite winning a game 7-1 the fact that San Marino scored 1 meant the team was seen as an embarrassment at the time.

You can love your national team as much as you want but deep down when it plays against San Marino, you want them to score

If you ever feel hopeless just remember Harry Maguire did the "silence the haters" celebration against this country.

Man the reaction from the San Marino team after scoring in a match that they are losing greatly in shows how much the game means to them 🙌🏾🔥😭

Fun Fact: In the WC Qualifiers in 1993 San Marino would have drawn with Poland, if Jan Furtok hadn't scored a goal with his hand. The match ended 1-0 for Poland xD It has to be admited that they already had drawn with Turkey, so they could have ended the campaign with 2 points, instead of one.

Fun Fact: While Being bad at Football, San Marino is VERY GOOD in Baseball, even being actual Champions of the Main Italian League

its so hilarious that their goalkeeper is also their bus driver. its as though they had scraped together the team just barely and when they got in their bus they started arguing about who was going to be the goalkeeper and after yelling in the back of the bus the bus driver said "fuck it, i will be the goalkeeper if you just shut up for 5 minutes"

That 2nd Irish goal was so unfair. Scored by an entire nation, like what smh...? Can't believe they allowed it

Did you know that few months ago, happened Belgium-San Marino. It was the very first time in history that the 1st FIFA ranking nation played against the last one ... My two cents ;)

Say what you want, but imagine being a regular dude having the chance to meet the world strongest footballers every couple years on the field.

Bonini is the pure definition of loyalty, massive respect to him to reject Italy for San Marino. I would like my native national team to give a win to them. And my native national team is horrible in results but people want it to be fallen apart as we didn't got a competitive win in more than 2 years and only a friendly win this year's summer in San Marino's style (in that friendly match my native national team was quite unprofessional and without fair play though and even helped by the referee who was from the neighbour country to them)

I don't know how people can call international breaks boring, I always watch my nation games with complete joy whether it's on tv or live at the stadium. Loved that Latvia was included in this video a little bit as well. Another brilliant essay Maqwell and thank you again for your hard work to make this essay. You deserve 1M subscribers and I hope that one day you can reach it.

Now San Marino have its own club in Italy 5th tier, called Victor San Marino, the idea is to get promoted to the 3rd tier which is professional, and have young San Marino players on it (currently they have 4). Edit: they got promoted to Serie D after getting the Eccelenza championship 🎉🎉🎉

The thing is San Marino seems like it could be a competitive National team if there were in Oceana or Asia, the problem is they’re in Europe so everyone else is Miles above them.

Teams like San Marino are why I love competitions like the UEFA Nations League. It's fun to see them in world cup qualifying but something about a Liecthenstein-San Marino matchup is just awesome

I absolutely love how the San Marino GK drove them to the game

11:04 after scoring a goal against Poland, Allesandro Della Valle was aproached by polish fallen top flight team Polonia Warszawa, but after coming to Poland and having few trainings and interviews, he stated that is already too old for such career

I'm from San Marino and yeah...I want my national team to win at least a second time 😅🇸🇲

Andy Selva was such a cult hero in the 2000s, you almost wanted him to score against you just to see how far he could take the record.

The best part is that their goalkeeper would drive the team to games. LMAO

POV: *San Marino scores a goal* Everyone: 😭😭😭

Every single goal for San Marino seems like winning international championships

The wait is over! 184 games 1 win 6 draws 177 losses

Every nation has the right to play in the world cup, hence the world cup. Doesn't matter how big or small the club is, football is for the world not just select world clubs. Keep dreaming big guys.

San Marino men's football team may be the worst but they have a mighty heart to keep playing football despite all the poor records over 35 years. It is passion for the sport in a different language. The upper echeleon of Football may never understand this.

When I hear San Marino, the first thing I think of is "Hey didn't Flo Rida represent them in that yearly song contest for Europeans?"

16:09 damn,i respect these San Marino footballers after those losses and didnt quit,it made me cry

Some of those island nations that lose to Australia with 20-0 or whatever are probably even worse. I mean if you can hold on with only 10-0 defeats against the best countries in Europe, you're probably better than a team that loses with 20-0 against Australia or New Zealand.

San Marino is literally a story of a bunch of regular lads playing against the likes of Kane and Lewandowski. Also, will wait for your return in January.

Phenomenal video essay as an international football lover!! For Canada, I really enjoyed my time when we beat 11-0 against Cayman Islands for example not just because we got a new win record, but because I really enjoy learning about the “minnow” Caribbean island nations/dependencies. What ultimately made me fall in love with football is my love to learn about the world. It’s a perfect marriage & you displayed that perfectly!

mate - you should do a video on America Samoa finally getting their first victory against Tonga after losing 31-0 to Australia. There's a great documentary about it, but that's another real tear-jerker story of hopeless team getting a result that meant the world to them...

they should make a anime bout San Marino...being the underdog, slowly rising through the ranks...ahh it would be so goddamn cool

Another great video Maqwell! Possible video suggestion: How Latvia qualified for the 2004 Euro's? Would be great to see a video on my home country! x

I legit find minnows attempting to get as far as they can in qualification way more interesting than most international games to be honest

They almost drew against Denmark LMAOO

I can understand the feeling as I'm an Egyptian and the feeling for the Egyptian team. After 2010, the golden generation slowly retired and began having new players like Mo Salah, El-Neny, Hegazi, El- Shenawy, Tarek Hamad, and many more. It was a hard time before 2017 as we didn't qualify to CAF cup of nations, lost 6-1 agg to Ghana in the qualifiers to World Cup 2014, and adding with corruption the country have since 2014. 2017 came and everything looked way better as we didn't just qualify to the CAF cup for the first time in 7 years, but reached the finals and lost to Cameron in one of the hardest moments in our history. At the same time, 2018 qualifiers was there and we went to Russia after Salah's famous penalty that made the country celebrate for a while. 2018 came and that time where Salah was on fire and destroying records and people got sick from the defensive play we had and the way of relaying Salah which led to him being the second best goal scorer and the best in terms of currently playing. Then, World Cup came and it wasn't very good as we became the 31st and nobody loved that. 2019 and new CAF tournament on the way and it got hosted in Egypt. Yeah, that crap went to shit after getting out in R16 from South Africa. Then nothing was good for a while as we qualified to the next CAF cup with the worst performance ever and went to the second round of the World Cup qualifying in much better performance and new manager as Carlos Querioz came and he's building a new generation while relaying on the best players like Salah and more. Now, they played the Arab Cup and lost to Qatar in 3RD position match in penalty which is burning right now. Let's hope we win the CAF cup this time.

Atleast san marino have been scoring recently, against Denmark, Kazakhstan and Finland and they were pretty good results.

Amazing video, I have a few suggestions for other topics I'd love to see you talk about: - Reviewing Maradona's golden age -The Darkest Chapter of German and Austrian Football (1982 World Cup) - Ballon d'or reviews

The speech about, how the game captures the heart and the emotions you get playing and watching the game is funny, considering that I actually am not a fan of football nor do I know basically anything at all about it. Yet i'm still here watching this video about this team that I love which has never won a game in a tournament and it makes me want to learn about football, lmao. It's such a captivating story to see them "succeed" and be so proud of it when they score 1-7.

The way they celebrated their goals is so wholesome that I want them to win so badly. PLEASE LET THEM WIN! 🥺

Everytime I see a country whether big or small lose by a large margin or just continuous losses i feel so sad for them. The anguish, sadness, and despair they must feel even though they are still supporting their beautiful team through thick and thin. I want them to feel the joy i feel when my team wins, when my team scores, when we win competitively. I just want to share my joy with them because it is such a beautiful feeling

I’d pay good money to see Maqwell vlog at a San Marino match day

Music choices and references on this channel are so good, like little trips down memory lane

As a proud Englishman I felt pretty embarrassed about beating San Marino 10-0 in the WC qualifiers. I wish them the best, but I'm right behind the idea of having a pre-qualifying tournament because no team can call a massive win competitive

Fun fact: A Hong Kong band"dear jane"had make a song"heart of San Marino" 「聖馬利諾之心」to respect the the spirit of the team of never give up. Some of the sentence in it is actually thought provoking The translation of the song: Who can stage fright, loser in love Apathetic and self-abandoned will not be forgiven Despite the difficulties, I still managed to be strong Blood on the brow becomes a medal Obviously difficult to guarantee Infatuated participants will win if they lose enough but i want I'm leaning on crutches for that emptiness still dying I am a person who is afraid of losing and still plays brave Going forward is scary, but going backwards is even more embarrassing The group who often do cannon fodder is probably still attractive Tomorrow or when I turn over Victory will come one day, it doesn't matter if you lose wildly Please remember that someone chased so close The stubborn stone has never become gold, but I still wish to leave footprints on the field To guide the waste wood in the future Repeat the process, tenacious old genes Will not mutate to reverse fate and fate However, I believe in the sincerity of people Can melt the thickest ice I am a person who is afraid of losing and still plays brave Going forward is scary, but going backwards is even more embarrassing The group who often do cannon fodder is probably still attractive Tomorrow or when I turn over Victory will come one day, it doesn't matter if you lose wildly Please remember that someone chased so close The stubborn stone has never become gold, but I still wish to leave footprints on the field In the future, guide the waste wood woo Even if this noble ideal is unstable It's lucky to die from the cold Rather be seen as foolish and brave In the end, the person who is afraid of losing continues to fight To tell the world that I still have that anger People will definitely win every day, they will never be attracted by theorems Stay strong to hit your heart To be a better person and work hard every day Love does not come, life is not dark In fact, surviving in desperation is the life of a long life It may be hard for you guys to see the meaning of it as Google translate doesn't work well sometimes, but i also hope you gays to finish the song, thank you

Update: Their record is now 1-7-184 with 27 goals for and 797 goals against

Hey Maqwell I’m finally off school so I can finally relax and watch ur videos lol

i just clocked the anri shirt, and playing we finally landed. my man has elite taste in music

This is so much better than a San Marino career mode episode 2! Also Nicola Nanni was robbed for the ballon d'or...

Still crazy how San Marino only scored a handful of goals in official matches, but one of them happens to be the fastest goal in wc qualifying history, can't imagine the shock that English fans felt after that, given the situation the team was in.

Yakuza, Eva music, calcio you are a legend!

We have all been waiting for this day.

This is so uplifting, maybe you are german, an english man or italien and not reaching the last of 16 in a World cup is a disaster, but San marino celebrate like they won the damn thing when they draw 2 times in a row. They have the mentality of -enjoy the little things. And thats beautiful.

Well I know damn well Muller isn’t talking anymore after what happened to him in the 2018 World Cup 😂😂😂🤡🤡

Great video. Fun fact: In Euro 2010 qualifier San Marino - Poland, Lewandowski scored his debut goald for the national team :)

As a little boy I remember seeing the match report saying that Liechtenstein lost to Macedonia 11-1. Score was quite unique in itself, only 1s and double digit. I then discovered that country named Liechtenstein existed. When they later drew Portugal 2-2 I cheered for them. I find those little teams fascinating and special feat of European football. They have their special place. And I always cheer for them. One game you think you've missed was San Marino against Poland in some quallifying game. Poland was not able to score a goal for like 60 mins. Then San Marino had a penalty. Sadly for them Fabianski saved. Poland won 2-0 but damn, that was close.

I've been to San Marino watching Scotland win there. It was a great trip, the country is beautiful and the people are very kind. If you are one of those people thinking these countries shouldn't play football, go there one day and speak to locals. The Sammarinese people I spoke to are passionate and love their country at least as much as people from big countries do, if not more. The fact that their country is tiny, doesn't mean they don't have the right to support them and dream to play for their country. That was a trip with great experiences.

San Marino is everyone's team. It is what football is all about.

I know Malta have improved a lot in recent years, only lost once in 2020, but they only won once in 2021. So come June, San Marino could have a good chance at getting a smash and grab win when they host Malta in the Nations league. I really hope they do.

I've been watching your videos for few days now, and damn. Old millenial from Poland (old millenials are young boomers now I guess... ) listening to American gen Z talking about football and I like it a lot. Waiting for more to come, cheers.

As a brazilian really fed up with our national team's arrogance, it's really refreshing to see such a humble and hard working team like San Marino. I really hope they join World Cup someday.

I'm of the firm belief that San Marino would absolutely stomp any OFC team (aside from New Zealand obviously and maybe Tahiti) and teams like Guam and Sri Lanka or any small island nation if they played them. It's just tough in the division they play in where a team as bad as them have almost no chance of winning anything.

Many professional athletes in my country go thru the same formal academic higher education as most others so that they can have a day job after retiring from sports e.g. accountants, nutritionists, architects (probably so that they're able to remain financially independent) but it also makes them so busy that their risk of burnout increases, & quite a number of them thus end up retiring from sports prematurely after like just 1 or 2 Olympics

This reminds me wen I usted to play with my school friends in a football league and even if we lost most of the game we always had fun.

Actually SM is way better if they compete in another confederation like OFC or the worst team in AFC, CAF and CONCACAF (ex: Laos, New Caledonia, Madagascar or British Virgin Islands) The reason that the SMNT at the bottom of the FIFA Ranking is they have to face to the giant of world football like Germany, Italy, England,... Another reason is the population of that country is too low to finding good players for their NT If they compete against Laos or Cambodia, it would be a win for San Marino NT

I think the Marani goal against Irland around 9:37 might be the ugliest goal I've ever seen. But pure determination to get the ball in, that's for sure!

yooo hedgehog dilemma?? caught that soundtrack asap. hearing eva music in a football video essay got me hyped loool

So glad i found your channel. Thanks for making great stuff!

i am Peruvian and im happy we got 5 place we are a team that fights to the end and we never give up Vamos Peru

i havent watched the video yet but i hope he wont mention how they scored a goal against Poland in these qualifiers bc that was painful

Just found your channel and I’m glad I did, great video!

One of my favorite parts of your videos is the choice of music. Always amazing and it goes well with the flow. Best Football content creator 👏

VID 83 of waiting for the san marino career mode.... tbh this is a san marino vid, but not the career mode. So I am still waiting, but this is the best video to ever exist.... Thank you

San Marino should play against Oceania teams. Maybe they will have a chance to win.

been waiting for this one! love your content and approach to football man

I started watching your videos recently, they're really good man. If only the algorithm supported good videos. This man deserves 100k subs.

One of my favorite national team upsets involves another micro nation, when during the 2010 WC Qualifications Luxembourg, ranked 152nd in the world at the time, beat 43rd ranked Switzerland 2-1

I like San Marino and I like how Nations League give them a chance to play more competitive games (even possible will be their first victory ever)

Your gonna make me cry, what a gift, thanks again Maxwell.

I love the fact that you used a lot of MKWii OST, bringed me back in nostalgia ♥ Nice video doe!

Wow this was amazing review I always have a soft spot for the underdogs and hearing this review touches my heart, I hope the best for San Marino 🇸🇲 and hope and look forward to seeing more reviews like this of other countries like Bhutan 🇧🇹 or Macau 🇲🇴 or Any others would be interesting 👍🏻 ps: I subscribed now 😊

now i have a soft spot for the san marino's national team

As one of the biggest fan of San Marino in the world i am proud of seeing videos like this. The problem is that now we made history by scoring in 3 matches in a row. Thanks for doing that Andy Selva GOAT

"Goalkeeper, and team bus driver".....funnier words have never been spoken

I just found your channel a week ago through the San Marino CM video, been binging your channel since. Great timing and a great video 👏

Great content mate - respect to any internal football team especially for the minows

You earn a new subscriber, the way you did this vid of a bad team was honorable. People forget about the love of the sport.

Ever since I was a kid I always cheered for underdogs. I grew up watching teams go up against the odds and do the impossible and so San Marino always had a special place in my heart. It's something my uncle who's a huge football fan enjoyed about me growing up because I always went with the underdogs and he joined me in cheering for San Marino whenever we could. We planned to visit San Marino together eventually and for my 18th birthday he got me a San Marino jersey from Italy. 3 years ago he passed away, but I still will visit San Marino for the both of us like we said we would.

San Marino will win euro 2024 and world cup 2026! Can't change my mind 😤😤😤

Naturalization of players should end. National teams are turning into clubs. Unless the father of the player has been born and raised in that country, you can't play there. The player obviously should have done so too

i like this kind of content, i find it quite interesting, keep it that way and congratulations!

Heart warming and well made video. Keep up the good work.

that second draw got me hard back then, watching the cry and everyone how happy they were, reminded me of that egipt game where salah scored the penalty and the comentator just cried like a baby, these are the moments that matter, sure i love my brazil and we winning stuff, but i honestly lost that thing where i just root for my team and fuck the rest, nah, i like football, i like the game, i will root for my team when they play but also respecting the other teams and enjoying the beauty of the game

That whole thing about the lower ranked teams having their own pre-qualifiers happens in CONCACAF, so I don’t see why they couldn’t do that in UEFA. That said, why can’t there be some kind of tournament for lower ranked teams from around the world? I think it would be entertaining and show more of those teams who would never make Finals from their own confederations.

Yo my guy, you are amazing, keep it up!

Its actually heartwarming watching a team like San Marino play. They show us what football is really about. Not winning, but playing the game you love.