Vatican City women's national football team

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Vatican City
Association Vatican Amateur Sports Association
Head coach Gianfranco Guadagnoli
Captain Eugenie Tcheugoue
Home stadium Campo Pio XI, Rome
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(Rome, Italy; 26 May 2019)

The Vatican City women's national football team is the team that represents Vatican City in association football and is under the control of the Vatican Amateur Sports Association, headquartered in the Vatican's Cortile di San Damaso. [1] Gianfranco Guadagnoli, an Italian, is the current head coach, in addition to being the coach of the men's national team. [2] Susan Volpini is the current manager. [3]

History

At Vatican Family Day in June 2018, a group of women organized to play football against each other as the male employees had done for years. Soon after they competed in a tournament organized by the Bambino Gesù Hospital. [3]

The national representative team was first formed in 2019 and played its first match on 26 May of that year. [4] The team took on A.S. Roma of the women's Serie A, the highest level of women's football in Italy. [2] The Vatican side lost 0–10 [5] [6] at the Campo Pio XI. [7]

On 7 June 2019 the team played their first "away" match, traveling across Rome to face the women's team of Serie D club A.S.D. Trastevere Calcio. Despite the 1–3 defeat, the Vatican City team earned a penalty kick which was converted for the team's first-ever goal. [8]

After several months of preparation and planning, the team traveled to Austria to face Wiener Landesliga (women's third division) side FC Mariahilf at a stadium in Simmering in Vienna on 22 June 2019 as part of the club's twentieth anniversary. However, the match was abandoned after several FCM players displayed pro-choice t-shirts under their jerseys during the playing of Vatican City's national anthem. [2] [9]

Players

As of 2018 there are approximately 800 female employees of Vatican City. [10] The squad consists of female Vatican employees and wives and daughters of Vatican employees. In 2019, about 20 to 25 women between the ages of 25 and 50 comprised the squad. [2] There were only lay workers and no nuns on the squad but nuns are welcome to play. [10] [11] [6] Although most team members are merely amateur players, some, such as Cameroonian captain Eugenie Tcheugoue, have played at higher levels. [10]

Team image

Kits and crest

As of 2019 the team wears an all yellow Givova top with the Sport Association logo in the center of the chest. [6]

Home stadium

The Vatican City women's national football team plays their home matches on the Campo Pio XI.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win  Draw  Lose  Void or postponed  Fixture

2019

26 May Unofficial friendly Vatican City Flag of the Vatican City.svg 0–10 Flag of Italy.svg A.S. Roma Primavera Rome, Italy
Stadium: Campo Pio XI
7 June Unofficial friendly A.S.D. Trastevere Calcio Flag of Italy.svg 3–1 Flag of the Vatican City.svg Vatican City Rome, Italy
Stadium: Vittorio Bachelet Stadium
22 June Unofficial friendly FC Mariahilf Flag of Austria.svg Cancelled Flag of the Vatican City.svg Vatican City Simmering, Vienna, Austria
Stadium: FCM Rasenplatz

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 15 February 2021
PositionName
Head coach Gianfranco Guadagnoli

Notable players

Manager history

NamePeriodMatchesWinsDrawsLossesWinning %Notes
Gianfranco Guadagnoli ????–000000.0%

See also

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