San Marino enjoy their biggest ever victory

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European Nations League

Liechtenstein 1-3 San Marino

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

San Marino, the world's fifth-smallest country, recorded the biggest win in their history tonight as they beat Liechtenstein in Liechtensteiner capital Vaduz in Europe's Nations League

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The result means that Sam Marino have been promoted to League C, with their only defeat being against Gibraltar...

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Blackleaf said:
San Marino is basically a hill with a few buildings on it. It's 61 sq kms. Only four countries are smaller. Its population is 36,000.

Liechtenstein itself is tiny, but is 2.5 times bigger than San Marino.

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..& they lost to Gibraltar, which I actually knew about (background in a couple of different novels), and where it was…
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Ron in Regina said:
..& they lost to Gibraltar, which I actually knew about (background in a couple of different novels), and where it was…
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Gibraltar is actually ten times smaller than San Marino but isn't a country. It's technically party of the UK. Its population is around the same as San Marino's, though.

The UK is weird in football in that it has several national teams.

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Ron in Regina said:
In the province I live in is a park, with a permanent population of 10 (or so) people, called Prince Albert National Park.
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It has an area of 3,874 square kilometres (1,496 sq mi) itself. Crazy….
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Here's a good idea of how small San Marino is.

San Marino has an area of 61 sq kms.

My town - Bolton Metropolitan Borough (shown above within the county of Greater Manchester) - is 140 sq kms.

San Marino has a population of around 36,000 and Bolton has a population of around 300,000.
 
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Blackleaf said:
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Here's a good idea of how small San Marino is.

San Marino has an area of 61 sq kms.
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Blackleaf said:
My town - Bolton Metropolitan Borough (shown above within the county of Greater Manchester) - is 140 sq kms.

San Marino has a population of around 36,000 and Bolton has a population of around 300,000.
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Almost the same area:
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But about 50,000 less bodies here. Regina is about a Gibraltar larger in area.
 
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Amazing scenes in Liechtensteiner capital Vaduz as San Marino players and fans celebrate their first ever away win, after the world's fifth-smallest country beat Liechtenstein 3-1 in the Nations League to win promotion to League C for the first time...


How the world's lowest-ranked team - 210th out of 210 - could qualify for the 2026 World Cup in Canada, USA and Mexico via the Nations League Playoffs...

 
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Highlights as San Marino thrashed Liechtenstein 3-1: San Marino have lost 299 of the 311 games they have played; yesterday's victory was their first away win, the first time they have scored multiple goals in a win and the first time they came from behind to win...

 
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