What countries do not have a national football (soccer) team?

Baloo55th

Getting the ball rolling - the Vatican City is very unlikely to have one..... Oct 23 07, 4:56 PM

author

But they have, actually. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City_national_football_team Oct 23 07, 7:34 PM

author

I might have fooled both you and myself with this one. I read somewhere that the Marshall Islands was the only independent country not to have a national football team, but according to this site they at least have a soccer association. I don't know if they actually have a team, though. I know the Vatican played a match recently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Islands_national_football_team Oct 23 07, 7:40 PM

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The Vatican only played one international match, in 2002, in which they drew 0-0 with Monaco. In 2006 they played a Swiss team, so they are still active. (See the reference above). The Marshall Islands football association has a website, but it says nothing about results or activity. I therefore assume there are none. http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?assoc=1616&pID=2 Oct 23 07, 7:42 PM

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It seems like Nauru and Vatican City have national teams, altough not FIFA members, while the Marshall Islands have no team with any record. Quote: The football teams that represent the following sovereign nations are not members of FIFA, the NF-Board, or their local confederation: Nauru Vatican City The Marshall Islands are the only sovereign nation state who have no national football team with any records. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_men%27s_national_football_teams Oct 23 07, 8:03 PM

Baloo55th

Just out of curiosity, what strip do the Vatican players wear? I can visualise black shirts with a white band at the neck....... Oct 24 07, 2:05 PM

zbeckabee

Close -- Second kit is all black and the first kit is yellow and white. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City_national_football_team Oct 24 07, 3:00 PM