List of Andorra international footballers

The Andorra national football team has represented Andorra in international association football since 1996. Although the nation declared constitutional independence in March 1993, the national team was forced to wait three years before making its official debut until the side were accepted as members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).[1] Andorra played their first official international fixture on 13 November 1996, suffering a 6–1 defeat to Estonia in the Andorran capital city Andorra la Vella.[2] The team is governed by the Andorran Football Federation (AFF) and compete as a member of UEFA,[1] which encompasses the countries of Europe and Israel.[3] As of October 2025, Andorra have played 224 matches, winning 14, drawing 31 and losing 179.[2] Andorra have played Estonia and Latvia more than any other international sides, though they have not beaten either opponent in their 13 meetings with either team.[2][4] In global and continental competitions, the team has competed in qualification groups for both the FIFA World Cup, since 2002, and the UEFA European Championship, since 2000, but have failed to qualify for any tournament finals; since 2018, the team has competed in the UEFA Nations League.[2]

Spanish-born defender Ildefons Lima is the nation's most capped player, with 137 appearances,[5] having made his international debut in June 1997 against Estonia and his farewell against Switzerland in September 2023.[6] He broke the record held by Óscar Sonejee on 16 August 2017 after playing in a friendly match against Qatar.[7] Lima, Márcio Vieira, Marc Pujol, Sonejee and Marc Vales are the only players to have achieved 100 caps for the Andorran national side.[5] Despite playing as a defender, Lima is also the nation's leading goalscorer of all time, scoring eleven goals, and is the only player to have scored more than five goals for the side.[5][8]

The first player to reach 25 caps for Andorra was Txema Garcia, on 2 September 2000 in a 3–2 defeat to Cyprus.[9] Óscar Sonejee became the first Andorran player to accumulate 100 caps, reaching the tally on 6 June 2015 in a 1–0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea. He went on to finish his international career with 106 caps,[10] holding the caps record until 2017 when Lima overtook him.[6] Josep Gómes is the most-capped goalkeeper with 86 appearances between 2006 and 2024, surpassing the 78 of Koldo, who was named as his country's "golden player" by the AFF during the UEFA Jubilee Awards in 2004 as Andorra's "single most outstanding player".[11] A year after announcing his retirement, he was appointed manager of the national side.[12]

As of October 2025, 47 players have accumulated 25 caps or more for Andorra at international level,[5] with Lima being the nation's oldest (43 years and 276 days)[13] and Sergi Moreno being the youngest (16 years and 125 days).[14][a]

List

Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship, UEFA Nations League, and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players are listed by number of caps. If the number of caps is equal, the players are then listed alphabetically. Statistics updated following match played on 14 October 2025.

Key
*
 Still active for the national team[b]
=
 Player is tied for the number of caps
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Andorra national team footballers with at least 25 appearances[5][19]
No. Name Position National team
career 		Caps Goals Notes
1 Ildefons Lima DF 1997–2023 137 11
2 Márcio Vieira MF 2005–2024 129 2
3 Marc Pujol* MF 2000–2025 122 2
4 Óscar Sonejee MF 1997–2015 106 4
5 Marc Vales* DF 2008–2025 103 0
6 Moisés San Nicolás* MF 2012–2025 95 1
7 Josep Gómes GK 2006–2024 86 0
8 Max Llovera* DF 2015–2025 85 1
9 Josep Ayala DF 2002–2017 84 1
10 Manolo Jiménez Soria MF 1998–2012 79 1
11 Koldo Álvarez GK 1998–2009 78 0 Manager[c]
12 Cristian Martínez MF 2009–2021 77 5
13= Sergi Moreno MF 2004–2022 76 1
Marc García* MF 2010–2025 76 0
15 Juli Sánchez FW 1996–2019 73 1
16= Joan Cervós* DF 2018–2025 71 1
Txema Garcia DF 1997–2009 71 0
18= Marc Rebés* DF 2015–2025 67 3
Jordi Rubio DF 2006–2024 67 2
Justo Ruiz MF 1998–2008 67 2
21 Jordi Escura MF 1998–2011 65 0
22 Antoni Lima DF 1997–2009 64 1
23 Jordi Aláez MF 2016–2024 61 3
24= Emili García DF 2008–2021 58 1
Àlex Martínez* FW 2016–2025 58 1
26 Ricard Fernández* FW 2018–2025 55 2
27 Jesús Rubio* MF 2015–2025 53 1
28 Fernando Silva FW 2002–2013 51 2
29 Ludovic Clemente MF 2005–2024 47 0
30 Gabi Riera FW 2004–2017 40 1
31 Aarón Sánchez FW 2015–2024 38 0
32= Genís García MF 1997–2010 37 0
Emiliano González Arqués FW 1998–2002 37 2
Iker Álvarez* GK 2021–2025 37 0
35 Juli Fernández DF 1998–2009 36 1
36= Marc Bernaus DF 2000–2013 32 1
Francesc Ramirez MF 1997–2004 32 1
Sebastián Gómez MF 2008–2019 32 0
39= Roberto Jonas DF 1999–2005 30 0
Víctor Rodríguez DF 2008–2019 30 0
41 Jesús Lucendo DF 1996–2003 29 3
Christian García* MF 2020–2025 29 1
43= Iván Lorenzo MF 2003–2016 28 0
Agusti Pol MF 1996–2003 28 1
Albert Alavedra* DF 2020–2023 28 0
46 Ferran Pol GK 2010–2019 27 0
47 Xavi Andorrà* FW 2006–2013 25 0

Notes

  1. ^ 11v11.com credits Emili García with an appearance against Finland in 2004, that would make him the youngest, but the appearance was actually made by Txema Garcia.[15][16] 11v11.com also lists Moreno's debut as 5 June 2004 against Spain, however he appeared in a friendly on 14 April 2004 against China.[17][18]
  2. ^ Players who are still active for the national team are players who have not retired from international football and are, subsequently, eligible to be called up.
  3. ^ Koldo is the current manager of the Andorra national team.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b "Encouraging Andorran Advancements". UEFA. Archived from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Di Maggio, Roberto. "Andorra – List of International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Why Does Israel's Football Team Play In Europe?". Sky News. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Andorra national football team statistics and records: all-time record". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e Mamrud, Roberto. "Andorra – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  6. ^ a b Mamrud, Roberto. "Ildefons Lima Solá – Century of International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 2014-07-30. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Ildefons Lima: l'home rècord" [Ildefons Lima: the record man]. El Periòdic d'Andorra (in Catalan). 17 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Andorra most capped players". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Txema Garcia". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  10. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Oscar Sonejee Masand – Century of International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Golden Players take centre stage". UEFA. 29 November 2003. Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  12. ^ Manchón, Martín (12 September 2018). "Where Iceland can pick from 10 we can only choose one". as.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Andorra national football team statistics and records: oldest players". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Andorra national football team statistics and records: youngest players". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  15. ^ "Finland 3–0 Andorra". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  16. ^ "Finland 3–0 Andorra". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  17. ^ "Sergio Moreno". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Sergi Moreno". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  19. ^ "Andorra". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  20. ^ "Koldo". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.