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The Saint Pierre and Miquelon national football team is the official football team for Saint Pierre and Miquelon. As an overseas collectivity of France, it is affiliated to the FFF. Saint Pierre and Miquelon's first official match was an 11–0 defeat to Réunion in the 2010 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer, a competition for teams representing the Overseas departments and territories of France.
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- ↑ Schöggl, Hans (22 September 2016). "Saint-Pierre et Miquelon 2016". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . RSSSF . Retrieved 26 April 2017.
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