The Sammarinese Challenge

[leonavich]

Taunton - Yes, there are a few that have been of decent quality, Cristian Bernardi in goals and Luigi Bertolini in central defence have been the best 2 by far. Since then (First two seasons) it has been a fairly long wait. But now with facilities getting better, we are starting to see some good youngsters. I will have the next international update up within 24 hours as I am just completing the end of December so I am waiting on just the best XI information to become available for screenshots really, and this update will include the best youth products coming through for the national team. I may even include Legend/best XI stats of players as they reach their peak but as a few have retired or quit their attributes will not be available but I will try and work something out for that. I have a few years as Bernardi is I think 32 and Bertolini 28 so they are in their peak at the moment.

Expect some more detail to be added for the international updates soon though, as they get better and more stats are available I will try to add more, its hard when the top scorer after over a decade is still only 10!

FGreve - I have noticed that both Milan sides are starting to wane, but they still usually put in a good performance against me. the quality in Serie A seems to fluctuate as one year a side like Udinese will narrowly avoid relegation, then make champions league next season.

BamaToon - From what I have heard and read, this challenge used to be much harder on older iterations due to the lower league standing. In FM13, most people attempting have made it to Serie B in a few seasons with only a few relegations. For me the toughest shell to crack was into Serie A as it is very tight around the playoffs in Serie B. Once you are established, Serie A is easy to stay in, but harder to conquer. In saying that, I am yet to actually win anything yet with San Marino, in any division, second being my best so it hasnt exactly been an easy road, but that is what has made it fun

Thanks for the comments everyone! Appreciate it. Looking forward to some more Sammarinese updates from everyone soon!

[leonavich]

Pre season 2026-27

Expectations

Despite making Champions League, the board where still happy with just a top half finish. This was fantastic as it did not put too much pressure on us to perform at the same level as last season, but also meant that if we do, it would once again me a surprise and cause fans players and stuff to be extremely happy. I was hoping for a Europa place so 6th to 7th was set in my mind as our bench mark for this season.

The Italian Cup has been a point of interest as we look to break the First Round proper, so once again, my aim was just to pass this hurdle and get to the Quarter Finals of the next round.

Champions League wise, I was not expecting much, and would be happy with just making it to the group stages as we had to play off in the qualifying positions of CL, after coming in 4th in the League. If we were to make the group stages, third would be ideal but I was happy to set our bench mark of qualifying for the group stages.

Transfers

I made sure that Bochini stayed with us and put in a decent bid of £1m. This beat Inter's bid and was the first time I won a Co-Ownership through bidding. Luckily I bid as Inter, for the first time, offered a contract of £875k to lose out on our 50%.

We also spent fairly well this window in a striker and a DM/DC primarily, the striker being our most expensive transfer of £7.75m. The final transfers will be noted in the mid year review. A keeper was also brought in for an under study role this season under Ospina, but was looking to be the longer term replacement should he fit the billing after his first year.

Facilities

With one more upgrade, facilities are now top, state of the art as of mid season, when the Facilities where completed. Expanding our network is our next goal, but the board is reluctant to do this as they believe we have the facilities to improve the standard we already produce.

Funding

Some sponsorships expired last season, and on negotiating new deals, we managed to scrap in another £2m on top of our previous deal. The board is now also happy to give us much larger wage budgets, closing in on the £500k mark, however I am looking to limit to no more than 250k if possible.

Champions League money will also give us a boast of at least £10m to increase our overall net worth and positive bank balance.

Previous Season Goals

* Make it past the Italian Cup First Round Proper Failed - This time around we lost in the 4th Qualifyin Group game

* Have Fiorini improve to keep his spot in the national team ACHIEVED -he has done so, but the new youth players have come through and Raschi looks to be a better option so his stay may be short lived

* Keep at least 15 clean sheets this season with a World class keeper now in goals (Previous best was 10 in Serie A). Failed - Ospina only managed 8 and Grilli 0 in their efforts. The plan of a strong keeper seemed to backfire as we had our worst against in Serie A ever

Season Goals

* Make it past the Italian Cup First Round Proper.

* Have Zanotti become a key player for the national team and get some experience out on loan at club level

* Keep at least 15 clean sheets this season with a new secondary keeper to apply competition to Ospina

Previous Future Goals

* Fight for Europe in 4-5 seasons ACHIEVED - not only are we fighting, we made it!

* Generate youth that are capable of fighting for a first team place in 3-5 years In progress - No youth that is ready for first team football at club level, but the number of San Marino Club player in the national team has risen, showing our youth seup is starting to work

* Make it past the first round proper of the Italian Cup within the next few seasons Failed - But this will still be a goal as we look to get better in all elements of our game

* Add an international, incentive based feeder club Failed - Japan and the US have not been unsuccessful, may try China or Russia but seemingly a more difficult task than I had thought

Future Goals

* Fight for Europe in 4-5 seasons

* Generate youth that are capable of fighting for a first team place in 3-5 years

* Make it past the first round proper of the Italian Cup within the next few seasons

* Add an international, incentive based feeder club

Goals remain the same long term.

[leonavich]

International 2026

This year was interesting for the main reason being that I opted to start blooding in the new talent coming through our youth ranks at club level. Luckily, some, like Zanotti could be convinced to put on the Sammarinese over the Italian shirt, but others like Bollini and Angelini could not be convinced swayed. They are yet to represent Italy at any level so the opportunity is still their should they finally opt to change teams. Normally I am not keen to use players who are not willing to represent their country, but in this instance, with such a small pool of talent, I am making an exception to the rule... Temporarily. With new players coming in next season, if their is any inch of talent, they take the place of those who are not willing to represent San Marino.

With that being said, back to the results for the year and we still needed to come up with some wins to maintain our ranking, even if we are using new players. In fairness, I probably choose a tougher set of fixtures than we were ready for but the quality difference didn't seem to be too big at the time of arranging the matches. First up was Armenia who I thought we had a realistic chance of beating, and for a moment we did. Unfortunately, the level of class between our ranking of 121 and theirs of 87 showed through and we were put in our place with a 3-1 loss. Ethiopia where next and we had the lead briefly in another match that we were billed as underdogs, however we could not hold and 2-1 was the final score to Ethiopia. The players seemed to start adapting and playing well with each other and it showed through in a more evenly poised match verse Kuwait, in which we won 3-1.

I then chose wrongly again as I arranged a match verse Panama who were ranked at 97th. We played well enough and probably did enough to win, but results in football are not always like that and Panama scored against the run of play to win 1-0.

At this stage of the season, I had begun implementing a new approach to our 4-1-3-2 tactic at club level and made it more counter attacking, which was proving fairly successful as we had the pace in our forwards to do so. Though we don't have pace at the international level I opted to give the new tactics a try against a team a fancied a chance against. They paid dividends as we managed to grab a result against Northern Ireland 2-1 in the Euro Qualifications. The result was a boost after some of the tougher losses we had this year and gave me hope in the young group of players coming through.

I decided to stick with the new tactics against a much stronger Sweden team and realised that its not something to try against a team that heavily out weighs you. the demolished us 7-0 and by the time a changed tactics and went with something a little more familiar to the players it was too late and no changing of formations or tactics would give us a glimmer of hope. I decided to go back to our familiar ways for the final match of the season against Jamaica. It seemed to do us well at first as we hit the net but then had the goal disallowed, and then we fell apart as Jamaica destroyed us hitting 5 goals. Being Jamaican, it was mixed reactions (As I am Sammarinese in the game, but Jamaican in reality), but I was more upset at the refereeing as we had 2 goals disallowed. One already mentioned to take an early lead and then one when the score was 1-0 and it would of brought us level. We ended up putting one consolation goal in, but 5-1 against a fairly weak Jamaican team is not a good result.

We need some much improving, but the good news is the win over Northern Ireland has kept our ranking pretty much intact. We slipped to 126th but this is still reasonable considering we only won 2 games this year. I will need to organise games more in our range, the only problem is that wont move us up much either as it needs to be more competitive to get the points to improve our rankings. I think it is more important to get the young guys winning than trying our hand at tougher matches, so I will opt for an easier calendar year in terms of friendlies next season.

2026 Best XI

Fixtures

Players with Potential - 23 and Under

Aldo Angelini

Refuses our call ups and is currently backup keeper for Italy under 19's. May have chosen Italy over San Marino but until that first cap is official he will be our radar at the successor to Bernardi.

Davide Bollini

Refuses our call ups as he has Italian heritage somewhere. May never don the Titani shirt.

Mauro Bucci

Does not fit in with my formation, but still gets some use and may become useful if he improves.

Giorgio Fiorini

Established himself early, but his lack of improvement and new players like Raschi make him a fringe player

Nicola Mularoni

Looks like he could grow in to a good player if given the chance. Will hopefully improve in the next few seasons to become a good player in the Sammarinese midfield.

Andrea Pelliccioni

23 and already 41 caps, has been amazing in the back with Bertolini in most games and is already one of the national teams top scorers with 6 and he is a defender! Showing the forwards how its done, he is on track to become one of the highest capped and goals scored players in the country's history. He is also on the right path to becoming an international legend.

Massimo Raschi

Still a lot to prove, but has already hit the scene with 2 goals in 4 games. Could be one for the future if given enough of a chance.

Nicolo Zanotti

Rejected our call ups at first, but eventually was persuaded and is already a key member of the side. Will hopefully improve to become our engine room and is already showing promising signs

International Rankings

2012 – 209
2013 – 208
2014 – 209 
2015 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/826/ranking171.jpg/"]171[/url][/b]
2016 – 190
2017 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/855/163rd.jpg/"]163[/url][/b]
2018 – 180
2019 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/15/rank114.jpg/"]114[/url][/b]
2020 – 145
2021 – 175
2022 – 131
2023 – 135
2024 – 131
2025 – 121
2026 – 126

Overall Best XI

Overall XI Players who have represented both Club and Country

Cristian Bernardi

Luigi Bertolini

Tiziano Colantonio

International Awards & Achievements

[i]Top 10 Most Caps[/i]  - Luigi Bertolini        (92)
                 - Cristian Bernardi      (90)
                 - Andy Selva             (74)
                 - Damiano Vannucci       (67)
                 - Maicol Berretti        (61)
                 - Alessandro Ceccoli     (59)
                 - Matteo Vitaioli        (56)
                 - Manuel Marani          (55)
                 - Alessandro Valentini   (55)
                 - Aldo Junior Simoncini  (54)


[i]Top 10 Most Goals[/i] - Andy Selva             (10)
                 - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/547/righi.jpg/"]Mattia Righi[/url]            (9)
                 - Marcello Bianchi        (6)
                 - Andrea Pelliccioni      (6)
                 - Daniele Ceccoli         (5)
                 - Marco Berardi           (4)
                 - Fabio Cesana            (4)
                 - Alessandro Valentini    (4)
                 - Matteo Vitaioli         (4)
                 - [url="http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2515/25caps3goals.jpg"]Leon Breakenridge[/url]       (3)

[i]Most Goals in a match[/i]   - Mattia Righi       (3)

[i]Most Assists in a match[/i] - Tiziano Colantonio (3)

Records

[i]Highest World Ranking[/i] - [url="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7089/109ds.jpg"][b]109th[/b][/url] (2023)

[i]Fastest Goal in European Qualifications[/i] - [url="http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3749/fastestevergoalineuros.jpg"]Mattia Righi, 11 seconds v Croatia[/url] (2023)

[i]Highest Attendance[/i] - [url="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2111/recordhighnational.jpg"]21,760 v Croatia[/url] (2024)

San Marino Hall of Fame

Every Season, I will nominate 1-3 players to be inducted in to the Hall of Fame. You may only be inducted in to the Hall of Fame once a player has retired or they have passed their peak. In very few circumstances will active/current national team players be added. There is no minimum requirement as it is based on ability, performance, relevance and significance of appearances, not the appearance number or goals scored. Each inductee will be given a brief description of their role and purpose of induction.

Statistics provided in Alphabetical order whilst brief is in induction order. Being the first year, there has been 6 inducted players.

1. Luigi Bertolini* - Current All time cap holder, Bertolini has been the best Sammarinese product in the country's history. Has been inducted during his playing career and is the first inducted players

2. Andy Selva - The current All time top scorer with 10 goals. Was a rock and played for the national team until he was 40. Played in a time before some of the better players arrived and did most of his national service as a one man team. Captain of the side for 2 seasons.

3. Cristian Bernardi* - The second highest capped player and the best keeper in the history of the country. Has had no close competition and has been as solid as possible in a side that struggles to be competitive early in its history.

4. Mattia Stefanelli - The heir apparent to Selva. Lived up to the bill as best as possible but struggled with only 3 goals. Was the only striker choice for many seasons when Selva retired and captained the side briefly.

5. Aldo Junior Simoncini - The first goal keeper and vice captain. Played for 6 years before retiring with 54 caps. His stats are not known, however he was a valuable member of a side struggling to find players to field. Was one of 3 original players to be automatic selections, along side Selva and Stefanelli.

6. Matteo Vitaioli - Retired with 56 caps and 4 goals, he was a solid midfield player in an era that saw very little come through in they way of midfield talent. Though not the best of players, he was admirable in our engine room.

| Name                  | Pos  | Apps | Goals(C)  | Assists(CS) | PoM | Rating |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/8519/96512934.jpg"]| Luigi Bertolini*      | DC   | 92   | 1         | 4           | 6   | TBA    |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/9551/24649436.jpg"]| Cristian Bernardi*    | GK   | 90   | (190)     | (18)        | 1   | TBA    |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Andy Selva            | ST   | 74   | 10        | 1           | 0   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Aldo Junior Simoncini | GK   | 54   | (?)       | (?)         | 0   | 6.45   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Mattia Stefanelli     | ST   | 48   | 3         | 0           | 1   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Matteo Vitaioli       | MCL  | 56   | 4         | 1           | 1   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|

(C) - Goals Conceded
(CS) - Clean Sheets

[nishki]

My first season with San Marino :

This is my manager profile:

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-02-21_00001_zps5daca9be.jpg

Transfers in :

At first I bought in 36 years old experienced striker Massimiliano Guidetti, who was solid especially at first half of the season, he played 20 games and scored 8 times.

And then there was the signing of the year well known striker Federico Laurito who had amzing season he scored 40 times in 41 games. He was far the best player of San Marino.

Third signing was Hakim Khadrenjane 20 years old Maroccoan midfielder, who was some kind of joker, he was solid, but injured for 3-4 months,but i expect a lot from him in second season.

At the end the last signing was Tomasso Romito 31 years old defender who was the wall of the defence, and he played very well the entire season.

In january i was not satisfied how I played so I decided to bring more players and I bring in left and right defender.

Olivier Fontenette is 31 years old french defeder who can play on the both sides of defense, he was my first choice in right defender, he had solid season.

Ibrahima Sory camara is gunieian left defender he has experience on playing in higher level, especially in Franc e, and was very good signing.

And there are also three players who come to me on loan :

Wilson Cuero from Udinese, Federico Rodriguez from bologna and Oussama Essabr from Juventus. Young players all of them are strikers, Rodriguez had cery good season scoring 8 times, Essabr also played very well with 7 goals and Cuero, who most of times comes from bench, he scored 2 times.

Transfers out:

I terminate a few loans in January because this players werent good enough for my ambition of promotion, and didn't played much. I also sold two players : Alessandro Fogacci and Roberto Crivello to Mantov a for 26k. Not so much, but at least I recieve some amount of money from them.

Season 2012/13 Club:

I played in 4-1-2-3 formation. Attacking style, and at the beginning my team struggle with this tactics, but after the november when my team beginning to show progres with this tactics i had a lot more success. There were amazing 8-0 away win against Virtus Entella, who was at 1st place at this time. After this game thing are getting better, but i don't have luck in many games, where i lead entire game with two goals but at the end, i couldn't win this games, so i lost about 10 points in these games. Etc. against Lecce 3-1, at the end 3-3, Carpi also from 3-1 to 3-3, Lumezzane, but at the end i finished at 3rd place, Cremonese had amazing finish of the season, they didn't lost in 23 consecutive games.

Playoff:

San marino against Portoguaro, first leg away, i managed to win 3-2, but concede a goal in 90+2 minute, Lautrito scored twice, Portoguaro was better opponent but i have luck. At home i managed to win 3-0 with hattrick of amazing Laurito, but at the half time score was 0-0, and the game could easily go in other way.

And then Final of the Playoff against Lecce. In the league season, i led against them 3-1 at home, in 80 minute, and then they managed to score twice. In Lecce the result was 1-1.

in first game we played at home, we played very well, Laurito scored from penalty in 58 minute, and then Lecce scored a goal in 88 minute. bad luck for our team, but we were better and we have a lot of confidence for second game, and then... Lecce had a good start of the game, they scored in 5th minute, but Laurito managed to score in 45+1 and that was a boost of confidencefor my team, we played very good, Laurito score a second goal in 54 minute, we are almost in Serie B, and then they scored in 92 minute of the game. Disaster!!! In extra time they were better and score two more goals and won 4-2. Very bad luck for us.

I expect promotion next season, but we will see.

Here are some screenshots:

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-02-22_00002_zpsb518c91a.jpg biggest win

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-02-23_00002_zps79bededd.jpg Team stats

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-02-23_00003_zps211b41aa.jpg League table

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-02-23_00006_zps6f97bda8.jpg Transfers

San marino nation:

I didnt expect nothing. I decide to give a chance to young players, with a few of experienced players.

I have solid start with a loss of only 0-3 against Tunisia.

In world cup wualifications i lost against Ukraine and Montenegro 0-5, and then magic, Eduardo Tosi scored first goal for San Marino against Poland, and we lost only 1-4. Then we lost against Moldova 0-3, and in friendly match against Louxembourg also 0-3. in 2013 San Marino lost against Romania 0-5, then our worst game against Ukraine 0-8, and England 0-6. The last game of the season was friendly against Faroe islands, and we playe well till the end of the game, but at the end, we lost 0-2, Faroe islands scored at 83 and 92 minute.

Some screenshots:

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-02-22_00001_zps2dcaca6e.jpg First game against Tunisia

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-02-23_00004_zps4293f354.jpg 2012 games

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-02-23_00005_zps4febee30.jpg 2013 games

[leonavich]

Club Mid Season Review 2026-27

Key Transfers in

As we start to make the move to a larger club, we will need to start purchasing players that are already in the mould of a well developed, finished product who can step straight in to the first team. As a result we have made not only our most expensive transfer this season, but we have made our highest total Transfer spending in a season at £12.75m. We now have a bit more depth for the Champions League load that will come in to play in this seasons fixtures with some of these signings.

Nico Bochini (Co-Ownership Inter Milan) MC - £1m Buy out

Used more for impact off the bench, Bochini is a young player I wanted to keep as we get stronger in the league. Now that I had money to burn, I was not willing to take the risk of a no bid buyout win of his contract, especially against the likes of Inter Milan so I bid a fair price that I was willing to part with and it paid off. Inter bid £875k and my bid was good enough to re-gain his full contract.

Ademir (Flamengo) ST - £1.3m

Didn't do too much last season but after failing to sign other options such as Ninja and Jamaica for a number of windows, I decided to give him the nod given his experience with the team on loan last season and his potential. Also, he is young and looks like he could provide a nice option off the bench or rotation for the time being until he gets more experience.

Dirk Stahl (Stuttgart) DC/DM - £2.5m

Another player who was in on loan last season. He looked seasoned and established already and was initially not in my plans past last season. However, due to our good form and lack of cover for Borges, we needed a versatile player to fill in the Deep lying role as well as the defence when needed. Still primarily a backup, will see more minutes as he slowly evolves in to our new holding or defensive player as Bertolini and Borges near their 30's.

Miguel Paez (Caracas) GK - £130k

Our new Keeper to compete with Ospina and Grilli as last season saw some of the poorest showing in the number 1 jersey for some time. at 29 he is close to his peak but comes in with experience and decent talent to make him start putting pressure on Ospina for first choice right away. Still not the level we really need, but I am not convinced we are ready for a younger, Champions League quality keeper until we sort out our backline to a higher quality and become more engrained in European football.

Marcelo Olivari (Velez) ST- £7.75m

The ex Juventus youth was my original choice to get on a free transfer last season but chose Velez over us. Had a stunning campaign of 23 goals in 33 games to prove his quality, and our ability to make Champions League football this season gave us more of a draw card to lure the young talent. He becomes our most expensive signing ever and will ply his trade alongside current enforcer Nieuwenhuis. The pairing should be deadly with the Serie A top scorer last season having a good supporting striker now to help carry the burden.

Key Transfers Out

No Major Sales

We released three players: Fernando, Tonio Roberto and Dirk Helm from the reserves. All three where players brought in a few seasons ago by Davide Poletti, the Under 20's manager.

Current Season Highlights

Holding our own this season and doing much better defensivley, our biggest problem has been injuries, with Nieuwenhuis and Oliveri hardly starting any games together. This has dented our cohesiveness and as a result we have failed to close out games. I changed tactics slightly this season after we struggled early on with the older, more aggressive tactic and went a bit more on the counter as we now have pace through the middle to exploit this option and the players have seemed to react well. We are currently sitting in 5th but are already way out of the title race on only 34 points from 20 games, while first place Juventus are on 57, a whopping 23 point lead already.

- Knocked out of Europe in the group stages as we failed to break down Rubin in both games, managing a draw and a loss. We did well to pick up a draw against Arsenal as well as a 2-1 win over Valencia, but ultimately ended up in last place on 5 points. Rubin shocked the group by finishing 2nd, behind Arsenal, both on 10 points. Valencia on 9, with us on just 5. A good experience that we can hopefully learn from next season as we just were not ready.

Group C Table

- Marlon Bovu Does well again this year, making it in to the African XI Team of the year as well as picking up the runner up placing for Player of the Year. He also came in third for the Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award, which he won last year, with team mate Jose Borges taking runner up in the same award.

Marlon Bovu

African XI Team of the Year 2026-27

Runner Up African Player of the Year Award 2026-27

Third Place Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award 2026-27

Jose Borges

Runner Up Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award 2026-27

- I managed to get myself in the running for my first award, however took a runner up consolation medal in the Serie A Manager of the Year Award

Runner Up Serie A Manager of the Year Award 2026-27

[leonavich]

Club 2026-27

Season Review

We had reasonable expectations this season. Despite making Europe, a top half finish was all we needed to keep the board happy, but we had to make some signings for the depth and competitiveness of Europe. As a result we splashed fairly largely so Europa and a top 7 was my target based on out new squad.

We started out well statistically winning our opening Champions League Qualifiers over Zenit as well as our opening Serie A game verse Fiorentina, however we seemed flawed on the pitch and it showed in a very tragic 1-0 loss to Cesana. We then managed a 1-0 win against Udinese, before our wayward shooting saw us lose 2-1 to Valencia in our Group C Champions League tie. We were struggling to hit the target, with most shots going wide, and those that hit, easily saved. I decided to alter our tactics to be less aggressive and more counter attacking and control based. The result was a 2-1 win over Genoa followed by a 5-2 thumping of Lazio. We then picked up a 0-0 draw over A.C. Milan before Rubin also limited us to 1 point in the CL match and our 5 game unbeaten streak was rounded off by a 2-0 win over Alto Adige. We then went blow for blow, losing 2-0 to Arsenal in Europe before 2 wins and a loss in the league kept us around 7th.

We managed a draw against Arsenal before taking 2 losses to Cagliari and Juventus to dent our League chances but 2 good wins over Sampdoria and Roma kept us close by. This was followed by our firs European win over Valencia before we lost 4 out of our next 6, including 2 in the league, one in the Italian Cup First Round against Atalanta and one against Rubin to eliminate us from Europe. Knocked out of 2 competitions within a week really dented our confidence so we did well to overcome a 2nd place Napoli 2-1 to move back up in to 4th during the winter transfer window. Our lack of ability to finish over Fiorentina, Udinese and Genoa, leading to 3 draws, has ultimately made me revert back to our original tactics which seemed to generate better results more consistently.

The change seemed to do us good as going more attacking seemed to suit the players, who where finally starting to click. We demolished Milan (4-1), Alto Adige (3-0) ad Brescia (5-0) before a gutsy Parma beat us 2-1. This served as nothing but a speed bump as we then went 5 undefeated including wins over Cagliari, league leaders Juventus and a 2-2 draw with Roma. Inter then beat us 2-1 before we went rampant again, dispatching Como 6-0 and Ascoli 5-1. This incredible streak of goals moved us in to 2nd for both goals scored and on points! We had Napoli in the final game of the season and we were 2 points ahead of them, meaning even a draw would secure us second spot! We drew 2-2 to claim an amazing season and show that we are a real contender now. The sour point is that we finished on 72 points, which is 20 points behind Juventus who where in first place against to make it 3 in a row.

The squad played extremely well this campaign, and what had me the most excited was our striker partnership and super sub pairing! Nieuwenhuis and Olivari combines for 40 goals, both splitting it at 20 a piece, while super sub Ademir hit 12 to also reach double digits. This is the first time in more than 3 seasons since we have seen more than one player hit the back of the net in double digits, with 3. We were close with a few others too, as Bovu hit 8 times and Petrucci 6, both from the middle, while defender Surano managed a massive 8 from defence! Assists wise was also very good as our attacks came from all over the park. Olivari led the way with 10, however Nieuwenhuis and Ademir both had 8 to show that the supporting striker roll is finally being utilised well. The midfield distributed the ball amazingly as Bovu and Bochini had 7 each with Petrucci also getting 6 and Borges 4.

The backs didn't shy away either as Marini managed 6 and Surano 3. Surano was unstoppable at the back with 9 Player of the Match awards, to lead the team this term.

The keepers divided their time pretty evenly with Paez between the sticks 25 times, Ospina 22, losing his spot towards the end of the season.

The Fans Player of the Year Award was wrangled away from Borges and Bovu this year to be claimed by a new winner, Tomaso Surano. The defender was stand out and thoroughly deserved the prize as he picked up 8 goals, 3 assists and 9 Player of the Match Awards to go with a 7.60 average rating which is amazing.

Some sad, but also promising news in other ways was the injury of Bertolini which saw his crucial ligament rule him out for 9-11 months. The injury forced our hand in the market after the winter window and Mussa Mon'g was picked up on a free and ended up being solid for 14 games this season. An astonishing buy considering the circumstances and the timing.

This year saw three players retire. Brice Bonelli, the forward was with us for 3 seasons and managed to come on off the bench in the last game of the season to make it to 50 career league games and a total of 57 for the club scoring 12 goals. He is currently being approached for a youth coaching role at the club. Marco Bianchi, the defender also decided to hang up his boots despite being a rotational player this year. He served the club very well and made over 285 appearances, being best known for his ability to whip in crosses from deep and managing to rack up 36 assists, the best tally in the history of the club for a defender. The defender was versatile across the back, able to cover all positions ad the 34 year old will be missed. We are currently negotiating a back room role for him also, but an agreement may be unlikely. The final player retiring is 37 year old player/coach Alessio Luciani who has been loyal and enjoyed a solid second spell after leaving the club for 3 seasons. He joined us in my second season and re signed for another 6, being a player/coach over this period and managing to do both roles fantastically. Will go down as a legend at the club one day and will still be within the walls of the club as he maintains his coaching role next season.

League Table

Squad

| Pkd  | Inf  | Name                | Apps    | Gls  | Ast  | PoM  | Pas R| Tck  | DrbPG| Sh T | Yel  | Red  | Av Rat | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| GK   |      | Miguel Páez         | 25      | 0    | 0    | 0    | 79%  | -    | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | 6.90   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DR   | Ret  | Marco Bianchi       | 9 (2)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 72%  | 5.08 | 0.56 | -    | 1    | 0    | 7.00   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DCR  |      | Mussa Mon'g         | 13 (1)  | 0    | 1    | 0    | 78%  | 2.27 | 0.38 | -    | 3    | 0    | 7.25   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DCL  |      | Tomaso Surano       | 47      | 8    | 3    | 9    | 74%  | 1.90 | 0.30 | 68%  | 4    | 0    | 7.60   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DL   |      | Simongiorgio Marini | 47      | 1    | 6    | 1    | 73%  | 3.76 | 0.56 | 38%  | 4    | 0    | 7.39   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DMC  |      | José Borges         | 36      | 1    | 4    | 2    | 82%  | 7.20 | 0.69 | 41%  | 15   | 1    | 7.36   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MCR  |      | Nico Bochini        | 27 (13) | 1    | 7    | 1    | 79%  | 4.57 | 0.96 | 31%  | 4    | 0    | 7.17   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MC   |      | Marlon Bovu         | 33 (4)  | 8    | 7    | 5    | 76%  | 7.32 | 1.94 | 51%  | 17   | 1    | 7.44   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MCL  |      | Luca Petrucci       | 39 (2)  | 6    | 6    | 1    | 77%  | 6.27 | 0.71 | 43%  | 5    | 0    | 7.13   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| STCR |      | Marcelo Olivari     | 40 (2)  | 20   | 10   | 6    | 71%  | 3.06 | 0.99 | 49%  | 2    | 0    | 7.54   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| STCL |      | Ruud Nieuwenhuis    | 30 (2)  | 20   | 8    | 7    | 73%  | 2.65 | 1.36 | 56%  | 6    | 0    | 7.44   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S1   |      | David Ospina        | 22      | 0    | 0    | 0    | 70%  | -    | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | 6.91   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S2   |      | Khesa Lesesa        | 0 (9)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 71%  | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0%   | 0    | 0    | 6.90   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S3   | Unh  | Ademir              | 24 (16) | 12   | 8    | 3    | 75%  | 2.18 | 0.87 | 49%  | 2    | 0    | 7.15   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S4   |      | Edoardo Pozzi       | 8 (17)  | 1    | 0    | 0    | 82%  | 5.34 | 0.87 | 23%  | 3    | 0    | 6.96   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S5   |      | Calogero Ferrante   | -       | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    | -      | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S6   | PR   | Brice Bonelli       | 0 (10)  | 1    | 1    | 0    | 76%  | 2.37 | 0.59 | 60%  | 0    | 0    | 6.88   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S7   |      | Nicola Girolamo     | 45      | 0    | 4    | 0    | 67%  | 3.81 | 0.86 | 63%  | 4    | 0    | 6.93   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S8   | Bid  | Elia Baiocchi       | -       | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    | -      | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S9   | Ret  | Alessio Luciani     | 0 (3)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 68%  | 5.81 | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | 6.37   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S10  | Wnt  | Denis Bellotto      | 1 (16)  | 0    | 1    | 0    | 78%  | 6.67 | 0.83 | 0%   | 0    | 0    | 6.76   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S11  |      | Tino Schneider      | 35 (6)  | 5    | 1    | 0    | 80%  | 5.65 | 0.83 | 45%  | 4    | 0    | 7.02   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -    | Inj  | Luigi Bertolini     | 27      | 0    | 1    | 0    | 71%  | 2.00 | 0.08 | -    | 1    | 0    | 7.00   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -    | Inj  | Dirk Stahl          | 9 (28)  | 2    | 2    | 2    | 85%  | 6.06 | 0.43 | 32%  | 2    | 0    | 7.08   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|      |      |                     |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |        | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Player Awards

[b][u]Wins[/u][/b]

Serie C1/A

[i]Capocannoniere Serie C1/A[/i] 	         - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/5/topgoalscorer.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2014-15)[/url]
[i]Player of the Year Serie C1/A[/i]	         - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/819/playeroftheseason.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2014-15)[/url]
                                        - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/7/playeroftheyearm.jpg/"]Frencesco Di Tacchio (2015-16)[/url]
[i]Team of the Year Serie C1/A[/i]              - Davide Poletti  (2012-13)            
                                        - Francesco Di Tacchio ([b]2013-14[/b], [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/831/teamoftheyear.jpg/"]2014-15[/url][/b], [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/685/teamoftheyear.jpg/"]2015-16[/url][/b])
                                        - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/831/teamoftheyear.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2014-15)[/url]

Serie B

[i]Capocannoniere Serie B[/i]                   - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/255/topscorer.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2019-20)[/url]
[i]Team of the Year Serie B[/i]                 - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/707/teamoftheyearh.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2019-20)[/url]
                                        - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/713/teamoftheyearn.jpg/"]Frencesco Di Tacchio (2020-21)[/url]
[i]Serie B Goal of the Year[/i]                 - Givestin N'Suki (2021-22)  

Serie A

[i]Capocannoniere Serie A[/i]                   - [url="http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/833/topscorerx.jpg"]Ruud Nieuwenhuis (2025-26)[/url]
[i]Team of the Year Serie A[/i]                 - Marlon Bovu [url="http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/7969/teamoftheyeard.jpg"][b](2025-26)[/b][/url], [b][url="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9854/teamoftheyear.jpg"](2026-27)[/url][/b]
[i]Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award[/i] - [url="http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/9201/foreignplayeroftheyear.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2025-26)[/url]

Club International

[i]European Golden Boy Award[/i]                - [url="http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4666/europeangoldenboyaward.jpg"]Ruud Nieuwenhuis (2023-24)[/url]
[i]European Golden Shoe Award[/i]               - [url="http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7239/goldenshow.jpg"]Ruud Nieuwenhuis (2025-26)[/url]

International

[i]African Player of the Year Award[/i]         - [url="http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4771/africanfootballerofthey.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2025-26)[/url]
[i]African All XI Team of the Year[/i]          - [url="http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9766/africaxi.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2026-27)[/url]

[b][u]Runner Up[/u][/b]

Serie C1/A

[i]Capocannoniere Serie C1/A[/i]	         - Frederico Laurito (2014-15)
[i]Serie C1/A Manager of the Year Award[/i]     - Leon Breakenridge [b][url="http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7072/manju.jpg"](2013-14)[/b][/url], [b](2015-16)[/b]


Serie A

[i]Serie A Player of the Year Award[/i]         - [url="http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3581/runnerup.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2025-26)[/url]
[i]Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award[/i] - [url="http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9707/borgesbovuforeignplayer.jpg"]Jose Borges (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Serie A Manager of the Year Award[/i]        - [url="http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/3581/runnerup.jpg"]Leon Breakenridge (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Serie A Young Player of the Year Award[/i]   - Marcelo Olivari (2026-27)

International

[i]African Midfielder of the Year Award[/i]     - [url="http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/5673/africa2nd.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2026-27)[/url]

[b][u]Third Place[/u][/b]

Serie A

[i]Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award[/i] - [url="http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9707/borgesbovuforeignplayer.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Serie A Young Player of the Year Award[/i]   - Ruud Nieuwemhuis (2025-26)

Club Achievements

[i]Highest League Placing[/i]         - [url="http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2002/leaiy.jpg"]2nd Serie A (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Most Club Appearances[/i]          - Francesco Di Tacchio 419 (2025-26)
[i]Most League Appearances[/i]        - Francesco Di Tacchio 402 (2025-26)
[i]Most Club Goals[/i]                - Frederico Laurito 238 (2023-24)
[i]Most League Goals[/i]              - Frederico Laurito 223 (2023-24)
[i]Highest Transfer Fee Paid[/i]      - Marcelo Olivari, Velez, £7,750,000 (2026-27)
[i]Highest Sammarinese Transfer[/i]   - Nicolo Zanotti, Napoli Co-Ownership, £500,000 (2025)
[i]Highest Club Transfer[/i]          - Nico Bochini, Inter Milan Co-Ownership, £825,000 (2025)
[i]Highest Attendance[/i] 	       - 21,603 v Arsenal (2026-27)
[i]Highest Average Attendance[/i]     - 18,266 (2026-27)
[i]Highest Gate Receipts[/i] 	       - [url="http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2961/gatest.jpg"]£650, 000 v Cagliari (2025-26)[/url]
[i]Fastest goal[/i] 	               - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/10/quickestgoal.jpg/"]14 seconds, Frederico Laurito (2016-17)[/url]
[i]Biggest Win[/i] 	               - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/201/biggestwin65.jpg/"]6-5 v Alto Adige (2019-20)[/url]
[i]Consecutive Wins[/i]               - [url="http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8365/consecutivewins.jpg"]6 (2022-23)[/url]
[i]Most Goals in Serie B Record[/i]   - 107 (2020-21)
[i]Youngest Player in Serie A[/i]     - [url="http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4677/youngestseriea.jpg"]Andrea Giacobbi[/url] (2020-21)

100+ Appearances for San Marino Since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Luigi Bertolini*     | DC   | 397  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 377  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Alessandro Grilli*   | GK   | 353  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Jose Borges*         | DCM  | 314  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Alessio Luciani*     | DCLR | 303  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Edoardo Pozzi*       | MCL  | 291  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | MC   | 288  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Marco Bianchi*       | DRLC | 286  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Erik Cabalceta       | CB   | 259  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Givestin N'Suki      | ST   | 236  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Nicola Girolamo*     | LCB  | 229  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 167  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Tomaso Surano*       | DC   | 163  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Nico Bochini*        | AMC  | 155  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Giacomo Tedesco      | DRC  | 155  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Tino Schneider*      | MC   | 153  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Simongiorgio Marini+ | DLC  | 146  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Vittorio Micolucci   | DLC  | 145  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Emanuele Allegra     | RB   | 144  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Giovanni Caruso      | MC   | 142  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Matteo Paro          | DMC  | 134  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Pol Garcia           | DC   | 133  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Gabriele Pacciardi   | DMC  | 130  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Leandro              | ST   | 129  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Arturo Lupoli        | ST   | 127  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Marco Villanova      | AMLR | 126  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Carlo Pelagatti      | DRC  | 123  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Denis Bellotto*     | MCR   | 118  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Francesco Lunardini  | DMC  | 118  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Francesco Signori    | DCM  | 117  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Mattia Minesso       | AMC  | 112  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Mattia Maggio        | ST   | 105  |
|----------------------|------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 100+

20+ Club Goals since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps | League | Club | 
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  | 223    | 238  |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 167  | 99     | 101  |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Givestin N'Suki      | ST   | 236  | 70     | 73   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 377  | 60     | 62   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  | 55     | 56   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | MC   | 288  | 37     | 38   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Arturo Lupoli        | ST   | 127  | 37     | 37   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Leandro              | ST   | 129  | 35     | 36   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Edoardo Pozzi*       | MCL  | 291  | 24     | 26   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marco Villanova      | AMLR | 126  | 23     | 24   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marlon Bovu+         | AMC  | 82   | 20     | 23   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Mattia Maggio        | ST   | 105  | 20     | 20   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marcelo Olivari+     | ST   | 42   | 18     | 20   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 20+

20+ Club Assists since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps | League | Club | 
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  | 109    | 114  |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  | 82     | 85   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 377  | 45     | 53   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Givestin N'Suki      | ST   | 236  | 43     | 44   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | MC   | 288  | 40     | 41   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marco Bianchi*       | DRLC | 286  | 35     | 36   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Jose Borges*         | DCM  | 314  | 37     | 40   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Edoardo Pozzi*       | MCL  | 291  | 31     | 34   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Nicola Girolamo*     | LCB  | 229  | 33     | 33   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Arturo Lupoli        | ST   | 127  | 32     | 32   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Leandro              | ST   | 129  | 24     | 24   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 167  | 30     | 32   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marlon Bovu*         | AMC  | 82   | 27     | 27   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Nico Bochini*        | AMC  | 155  | 22     | 27   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marco Villanova      | AMLR | 126  | 22     | 22   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Giacomo Tedesco      | DRC  | 155  | 20     | 20   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 20+

20+ Club PoM since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps | League | Club | 
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  | 50     | 52   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  | 37     | 37   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 167  | 31     | 31   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 377  | 20     | 23   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 20+

Fans Player of the Year awards

Name                   Year                Total
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | 2015-18, 2019/20  | 4    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Jose Borges          | 2021-25           | 4    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Marlon Bovu          | 2025/26           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Eric Cabalceta       | 2018/19           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | 2020/21           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Vittorio Ferrero     | 2013/14           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Federico Laurito     | 2014/15           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Davide Poletti       | 2012/13           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Tomaso Surano        | 2026/27           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|

Overall Best XI

San Marino Legends - The Hall of Fame

Every Season, I will nominate 1-3 players to be inducted in to the Hall of Fame. You may only be inducted in to the Hall of Fame once a player has retired or they have passed their peak. In very few circumstances will active/current national team players be added. There is no minimum requirement as it is based on ability, performance, relevance and significance of appearances, not the appearance number or goals scored. Each inductee will be given a brief description of their role and purpose of induction.

Statistics provided in Alphabetical order whilst brief is in induction order.

Class of 2025-26

1. Frederico Laurito (Player) Stats Career Staff

The most prolific scorer the club has seen and a one time leader in all time appearances. Vice captain for many years, he was loyal and with the club through its growth from Serie C1/A though to Serie A, picking up awards such as Top Goal scorer along the way. Is now a part of the backroom staff and looking to continue on with the club for many more years to come.

2. Francesco Di Tacchio (Player) Stats Career Staff

Captain from Serie C1/A to Serie A, the all time leading caps for the club, Di Tacchio was a loyal member of the team and family. Well respected and picking up awards throughout his career, there are none more greater than the 4 Fans Player of the Year awards he has received by the fans of the club. One of the All time greats continues on as a backroom staff member.

Class of 2026-27

3. Davide Poletti (Player/Staff) Stats Career Staff

Though he was only working with me for a short time as a player, he was our inaugural captain under my management and was our best player, making the Serie C1/A team of the year and taking the Fans Player of the Year award. He then went on to become the u20's manager, keeping him at the club and has been involved in raising such players as Bertolini who is a future Hall of Fame candidate himself. His contribution to the team has been both on and off the field and as such, will be inducted as both a player and staff member in to the Hall of Fame.

| Name                  | Pos  | Apps | Goals(C)  | Assists(CS) | PoM | Rating |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio  | MC   | 419  | 56        | 114         | 37  | 7.22   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Frederico Laurito     | ST   | 403  | 238       | 85          | 52  | 7.21   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Davide Poletti        | MCL  | 50   | 11        | 15          | 7   | 6.97   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|

(C) - Goals Conceded
(CS) - Clean Sheets

[leonavich]

In regards to the new Hall of fame Category I am adding to the international and club reviews, I was thinking of making it user input based. I have most of the squads, and stats, so if people have requests or favourite players or players they feel worthy, I am happy for you to vote on them and then I will pick from the voted players and add them to the hall of fame for either club or country. If a player you vote for doesn't get chosen for that yearly inclusion, you can vote for them for the next season. If there are no votes, I will select a player of my own. Also, if I feel like a player is worthy, I will add them alongside the fan selected player(s) but there will never be more than 3 layers inducted per year.

It is just an idea I am trying out so that other people following can have a say as well. I will try and include at least one player per season to each hall of fame unless there is really no notable players.

Also, if people would like me to look up certain clubs/players/details/screenshots/etc, let me know and I will give you a brief as best I can

[FGreve]

Again some spectacular progress leonavich. Surely you will challenge Juventus for the title next season(!) ??

And can't help to notice Lazio.. 24 draws! Amazing

[leonavich]

I know! incredible number of draws.

So far this season its pretty tight. Almost into December and so far 6 points separates 1st (3 teams on equal points) from 9th. We currently sit in 6th.

Will work on the Pre season updates soon!

[leonavich]

Pre season 2027-28

Expectations

Our second place finish last year has cause the board to slightly alter expectations, but they still keep their standards reasonable. a Europa place is their target which means 8th will be acceptable. I will be expecting nothing less than 6th, though with a 4th and a 2nd place under my belt, I will be pushing for Champions League again so 4th is my little secret.

Transfers

Very quiet this season as I am fairly comfortable with the squad. My aim will be to strengthen with free transfers over winter or buy in the summer window next season. The players this window however were just 2. Mauricio Ciminari who some may remember, spent one year on loan from Newell's a couple of years back. He has been signed on a free as Stahl starts to shift more defensive and he creates a good backup to the now 30 year old Borges in the Deep lying role.

We also signed another keeper as Ospina is now 38 turning 39 and not likely to get much time as he lost his place to Paez late last season. Phelippe Seguin is 19 and more one for the future as he will remain 3rd choice this year and become the backup to Paez once Ospina retires. If his training goes well He will become the first choice for the next 10-15 years, but the shoes are big as Grilli was our last long standing keeper.

Facilities

Not much further to go but we keep managing at least one upgrade to go above and beyond any level other teams can provide. We boast close to the best facilities in the world, let alone the league.

Funding

Sponsorship increases again and direct qualifying in to the Champions League serves us well as we have no negative month this time around. £90m sits in our coffers and we have a kitty of over £60m to spend with a wage budget of £673k. We currently spend £350k per week, well under our budget.

Previous Season Goals

* Make it past the Italian Cup First Round Proper. Failed again. We start directly in the first round this time so we shall see

* Have Zanotti become a key player for the national team and get some experience out on loan at club level ACHIEVED - A regular starter now a long with a hos of other San Marino based youths

* Keep at least 15 clean sheets this season with a new secondary keeper to apply competition to Ospina Failed - Ospina kept 5 and Paez 6 as we made it to 11. We kept our conceded total down though which was a good sign

Season Goals

* Make it past the Italian Cup First Round Proper.

* Two player minimum in double figures for goals.

* Keep at least 15 clean sheets this season with a new secondary keeper to apply competition to Ospina

Previous Future Goals

* Fight for Europe in 4-5 seasons ACHIEVED - Made it twice now, so its a minimum expectation now, even to the board

* Generate youth that are capable of fighting for a first team place in 3-5 years A few on the way but another 2 years left to achieve this goal

* Make it past the first round proper of the Italian Cup within the next few seasons Failed - Another goal fo next year

* Add an international, incentive based feeder club ACHIEVED - DC United where made a feeder club. Not as Ideal as LA Galaxy or New York ed Bulls, but a large boost in an international market non the less

Future Goals

* Fight for title in 4-5 seasons

* Generate youth that are capable of fighting for a first team place in 3-5 years

* Make it past the first round proper of the Italian Cup within the next few seasons

* Make it out of the group stage in Europe

[Taunton]

Leonavich: Regarding the tax problem in Italy, how are your finances?

[FGreve]

2020-21

I'm very happy that this season is over. It hasn't been good for my nerves, as I several times lost games with a 1-goal margin, and often in the final period of the game..

The last 8 games was really horrific as I was depending on 3 other teams to mess up. I figured, with 6 games left, that it would require 7 points to secure me from relegation, but when Verona suddenly defeated Crotone (6th), i could toss that calculation out of the window, as it would require even more from my team.

But in the end i managed to climb out, with 2 games left, finishing 17th with 1 point to Verona.

And as you can see in my Past positions, i was really struggeling through out the season, spending only 10/38 games out of the drop zone. really frustrating at times, but such a huge relief, when it was going well, especially having survived Serie A.

My key transfers this year was 20-year old Mahmoud Gamal on a free transfer. He was badly missed, when he left to play Africa Cup of Nations, as he was just starting to break through.

Record-signing Dwayne Ogden who became San Marino topscorer with 16 goals in Serie A.

And Ferdinando Graziolio, who didn't play much though but i have huge expectations to him.

Both Odgen and Gamal was of course included in the team of the year.

Ricardo who i signed last season were my Player of the year.

neither training or youth facilities are being upgraded at the moment, but construction workers are still to be found in the club as work began in the beginning of the season to a new 20,000 (ca.) capacity stadium.

[leonavich]

Taunton - Our finances are looking great and we now have an estimated value of £129m

FGreve - Good job surviving Serie A and it looks like you have a couple of good players now moving forward. I think now that they gel, you will survive much more easily. looking forward to seeing how far up the ladder you can climb next season!

[leonavich]

Nishki - Bad luck in your Playoff final! You did really well to make it that far and I'm sure with some of those signings you will be able to challenge again!

Good luck and Hopefully you can be playing Serie B after next season

[leonavich]

International 2027

Sometimes you need to take a step backwards before you can take two steps forward and I think this is the best way to look at this season. We had some tough games in the Euro Cup Qualifiers this year as well as some tough friendlies. Next season will definitely see easier matches as we probably tried punching above our weight too much.

We started out the year ok with a draw of 1-1 against Fiji before a arrow loss to Latvia 2-1 6 days later. We then took a thumping from Switzerland but still looked decently in our Qualifiers as we managed a 0-0 draw against Northern Ireland, though we had ultimately been eliminated as a win was the only chance to stay alive in the group.

We had a tough friendly against Cuba that we managed to keep a clean sheet for in a 0-0 stalemate before Sweden and Latvia put us to the sword back in Qualifiers. A 2-2 draw with Uzbekistan broke up our losses, and we played admirably against the Swiss, but ultimately lost 2-1 in a good display. This set us up nicely as we beat a 81st placed Oman side 2-0 at home but failed to take this confidence into the next game and saw a result reversal as we then lost 2-0 to Bangladesh in the last game of the season.

As a result we only had 1 win this season with a number of draws, but it did give us the opportunity to give more of the younger players a chance and break in a few players who have the potential to become decent players for the current level we are aiming for, which is around the 100-120 ranking mark.

The poor results however have moved us down to 149th which is a bit of a drop, but I expect this to rise next season as we have possible results against Luxembourg and Georgia to look forward to in our World Cup Qualifiers. I will also be arranging friendlies against teams closer to the 150-170 rankings to get some more wind under our belts for confidence and experience of winning more than anything.

2027 Best XI

Fixtures

Players with Potential - 23 and Under

Aldo Angelini

Finally excepted a call up and got off the mark so will be second string behind Bernardi for a few seasons as he improves. If I manage to get Rinaldi as well, we will have two decent keepers for the future, though at the moment Rinaldi is preferring his Italian heritage.

Davide Bollini

Refuses our call ups as he has Italian heritage somewhere. May never don the Titani shirt as he is starting to gain call up to Italian U19's and U20's. He has yet to get a game though so there is still hope.

Mauro Bucci

We have a decent set of core players which pushes Bucci out of the fray somewhat. Still, he is Sammarinese and is young so there is always a chance to work the way back in.

Matteo Della Valle

Recently entered the national team and the 17 year old is doing well. Doesn't quite have the ability we are looking for yet but has the potential so is being given a chance as some of the older players start to take a back seat.

Giorgio Fiorini

Our strikers tend to suffer injuries quiet regularly so he has still been given a chance to feature despite a number of players preferred above him.

Andrea Giacobbi

Prefers it out on the left but I am trying to retrain him to the middle to join his fellow U20 club level team mates in the middle of the national team. Has played erratically at times but has also shown some good composure and promise. He has some pace on him that he will hopefully get a chance to use once he gets better in the centre of midfield.

Lorenzo Gianni

Was originally not pat of my plans of early initiation to the national team, however we had a few injuries so he was given that opportunity and has doe well so far with 12 caps and 1 goal. Has struggled against more heady opposition, but fits in when its teams around his current ability. Will be one to look out for if he can get some more experience at club level.

Nicola Mularoni

One of the better players in the squad despite the age and is now becoming quite experienced. he still has room to improve and hopefully he will be able to. My concern is his lack of experience at club level not allowing him to develop as he may need to with match experience at a smaller club.

Massimo Raschi

Managed 11 caps and 2 goals but has not been as good as I would of been hoping. Only 17 so still a long way yet but if he is to be the face of the front line, will need to pick up his game. Statistically one of the better strikers but struggling to utilise against opposition that is probably more experienced and better than he is at this stage.

Nicolo Zanotti

Has been very handy in the middle of the park and with Mularoni and Giovanni, could learn to develop a good partnership. I am hoping that any loan experience at club level will give him the improvements he needs to become the main cog in the engine room on this midfield.

International Rankings

2012 – 209
2013 – 208
2014 – 209 
2015 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/826/ranking171.jpg/"]171[/url][/b]
2016 – 190
2017 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/855/163rd.jpg/"]163[/url][/b]
2018 – 180
2019 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/15/rank114.jpg/"]114[/url][/b]
2020 – 145
2021 – 175
2022 – 131
2023 – 135
2024 – 131
2025 – 121
2026 – 126
2027 – 149

Overall Best XI

Overall XI Players who have represented both Club and Country

Cristian Bernardi

Luigi Bertolini

Tiziano Colantonio

International Awards & Achievements

[i]Top 10 Most Caps[/i]  - Luigi Bertolini        (97)
                 - Cristian Bernardi      (97)
                 - Andy Selva             (74)
                 - Damiano Vannucci       (67)
                 - Maicol Berretti        (61)
                 - Alessandro Valentini   (61)
                 - Alessandro Ceccoli     (59)
                 - Mattia Berardi         (56)
                 - Dario Treccani         (56)
                 - Matteo Vitaioli        (56)


[i]Top 10 Most Goals[/i] - Mattia Righi            (10)
                 - Andy Selva              (10)
                 - Marcello Bianchi        (6)
                 - Andrea Pelliccioni      (6)
                 - Daniele Ceccoli         (5)
                 - Fabio Cesana            (5)
                 - Marco Berardi           (4)
                 - Alessandro Valentini    (4)
                 - Matteo Vitaioli         (4)
                 - [url="http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2515/25caps3goals.jpg"]Leon Breakenridge[/url]       (3)

[i]Most Goals in a match[/i]   - Mattia Righi       (3)

[i]Most Assists in a match[/i] - Tiziano Colantonio (3)

Records

[i]Highest World Ranking[/i] - [url="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7089/109ds.jpg"][b]109th[/b][/url] (2023)

[i]Fastest Goal in European Qualifications[/i] - [url="http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3749/fastestevergoalineuros.jpg"]Mattia Righi, 11 seconds v Croatia[/url] (2023)

[i]Highest Attendance[/i] - [url="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2111/recordhighnational.jpg"]21,760 v Croatia[/url] (2024)

San Marino Hall of Fame

Every Season, I will nominate 1-3 players to be inducted in to the Hall of Fame. You may only be inducted in to the Hall of Fame once a player has retired or they have passed their peak. In very few circumstances will active/current national team players be added. There is no minimum requirement as it is based on ability, performance, relevance and significance of appearances, not the appearance number or goals scored. Each inductee will be given a brief description of their role and purpose of induction.

Statistics provided in Alphabetical order whilst brief is in induction order. Being the first year, there has been 6 inducted players.

Class of 2026

1. Luigi Bertolini* - Current All time cap holder, Bertolini has been the best Sammarinese product in the country's history. Has been inducted during his playing career and is the first inducted players

2. Andy Selva - The current All time top scorer with 10 goals. Was a rock and played for the national team until he was 40. Played in a time before some of the better players arrived and did most of his national service as a one man team. Captain of the side for 2 seasons.

3. Cristian Bernardi* - The second highest capped player and the best keeper in the history of the country. Has had no close competition and has been as solid as possible in a side that struggles to be competitive early in its history.

4. Mattia Stefanelli - The heir apparent to Selva. Lived up to the bill as best as possible but struggled with only 3 goals. Was the only striker choice for many seasons when Selva retired and captained the side briefly.

5. Aldo Junior Simoncini - The first goal keeper and vice captain. Played for 6 years before retiring with 54 caps. His stats are not known, however he was a valuable member of a side struggling to find players to field. Was one of 3 original players to be automatic selections, along side Selva and Stefanelli.

6. Matteo Vitaioli - Retired with 56 caps and 4 goals, he was a solid midfield player in an era that saw very little come through in they way of midfield talent. Though not the best of players, he was admirable in our engine room.

Class of 2027

7. Michele Cervellini - His stats may not look all that great but he was the unsung hero for a number of years as he played a role in the middle for over a decade. Was a solid player who was always on the starting sheet until he reached his mid 30's and faded at the start of when the new crop of youngster where coming in.

8. Tiziano Colantonio - Only had 39 caps for the national team but has a number of achievements that came with his short stint. He was the youngest ever player, breaking in to the starting line up of the national team at just 15 years and 290 days. He is also the record holder for the most assists in a match, standing at 3. His downfall in the national team came when the formation shifted from a 4-4-1-1 to a 4-1-3-2 and wide players were removed from the starting line up. He was still given opportunities off the bench and did reasonably well, but his spell will be remembered more as the youngster with much potential who had a good first 5 year with the national team, rather than the squad player off the bench that he obtained for the remainder.

| Name                  | Pos  | Apps | Goals(C)  | Assists(CS) | PoM | Rating |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/8519/96512934.jpg"]| Luigi Bertolini*      | DC   | 97   | 1         | 5           | 6   | TBA    |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/9551/24649436.jpg"]| Cristian Bernardi*    | GK   | 97   | (199)     | (21)        | 1   | TBA    |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Michele Cervellini    | MC   | 53   | 1         | 1           | 0   | 6.17   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://imageshack.us/f/521/tiziano.jpg/"]| Tiziano Colantonio    |AMR   | 39   | 0         | 3           | 1   | 6.38   |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Andy Selva            | ST   | 74   | 10        | 1           | 0   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Aldo Junior Simoncini | GK   | 54   | (?)       | (?)         | 0   | 6.45   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Mattia Stefanelli     | ST   | 48   | 3         | 0           | 1   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Matteo Vitaioli       | MCL  | 56   | 4         | 1           | 1   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|

(C) - Goals Conceded
(CS) - Clean Sheets

[leonavich]

Club Mid Season Review 2027-28

Key Transfers in

This was not a good window for us. We lost no one major in the summer window, however Bovu put in a transfer request as he wanted to go to a larger club and the vultures started to circle Olivari's minimum release fee clause which I stupidly made at a lowly £15.5m.

We managed to keep Nicolo Zanotti by paying £1 for his Napoli contract, but lost a few of the other minor younger players but that was not too concerning.

Mauricio Ciminari (Newell's Old Boys) DC/DM - Free

Had a decent spell on loan a few seasons ago so was whipped up at the chance with a free transfer. Will primarily be a backup off the bench but a solid player to add depth nonetheless. Has done well so far this season when called upon.

Philippe Seguin (AS Monaco FC) GK - Free

I was always looking for a younger keeper that would wait in the wings and become the future of the sticks. Is Seguin the one? I am not sure but he will have the opportunity to try.

Hernan Ale (Boca Juniors) ST - £210k

After this window we needed another striker to come straight in to the first team and being able to snap Ale up due to his contract expiring in 6 months seemed like a good deal. Playing ok so far but needs time to adjust and settle. Hopefully we can stay on track long enough for him to fit. Nowhere near the talents that he is replacing, but more than capable of covering the role required.

Key Transfers Out

Adrian Pardo (Free Transfer) ST - Free

Never featured for the first team, but was signed with the intention to rise through the ranks. The 25 year old Argentinian was released to pursue other chances.

Marcelo Olivari (Real Madrid) ST - £15.5m

Olivari sustained a lengthy injury ad failed to feature for most of the first part of the season. He played one game during the winter transfer window before the bids came in. Manchester United (£21m), Chelsea (£22.5m) and Real Madrid (£15.5m) where the biggest pursuers for his signature, but unfortunately San Marino are no where near big enough to compete with these giants of football. I attempted to offer him a new contract but he wanted £88k a week. A fee that was double his current wage and something we could not offer. My hope was he would choose one of the Premier League clubs who at least offered his market value, but instead he went to La Liga, for his minimum release fee clause.

Current Season Highlights

We lost one of our main strikers which set us back about one season in terms of fire power. We have brought in a replacement who is adequate but not quite the standard we lost and will take some time to adjust. The good news is we made about £7m profit of the sale including the 2% payback to Olivari's previous clubs and the purchase of our new striker, Ale. Still, despite the setback, we are not doing too badly, sitting in 2nd behind Juventus ad Roma with 7 point separating us from first and 6 separating us from 9th. It is an open race and much tighter than last season.

- Europe saw us with automatic qualification thanks to finishing 2nd in Serie A. Due to our co-efficient though, we were handed a tough group of Barcelona, Dortmund and Shakatar. I was expecting 3rd at best, behind Barcelona and Dortmund but it was a much more open group, and the group of death proved very entertaining.

We got the 3rd place we wanted, though we really should of qualified as we were 2-2 against Shakatar, and scored a winner in the 88th minute, only for it to be chalked off. Hand the goal stood, the table would read San Marino 7, Shakatar 6... But football doesn't work like that, and Europa football awaited us.

- This year once again saw Bovu feature in the African awards as he once again made the African team of the year and took the runner up for the African midfielder of the year. At club level he once again made the Serie A team of the year, becoming our most individually successful player.

African XI Team of the Year 2027-28

Runner Up African Midfielder of the Year Award 2027-28

Serie A Team of the year 2027-28

Marcelo Olivari managed to better his result last year of Young Player of the Year runner up, by taking the award this time around, just before his move to Real Madrid. Very sad seeing him go, as he already achieved so much in just a year and a half at the club.

Serie A Young Player of the Year Award 2027-28

Tomaso Surano also got some recognition for his great performance last year, coming in third place of the Serie A Defender of the Year award.

Third Place Serie A Defender of the Year Award 2027-28

- Finally, after being one of the best men on 3 occasions, I have finally had an incredible enough season to take home the Manager of the Season Award. Conte had such a hold on it with Juventus being unstoppable, that it took an outside ranked team to punch above their weight for 4 seasons and make it to 2nd to put me in with a chance. It is a great moment to finally win something after 16 years!

Serie A Manager of the Year Award 2027-28

[Taunton]

Leonavich: you produce some wonderful updates. Thumbs up!

[leonavich]

Leonavich: you produce some wonderful updates. Thumbs up!

Thanks Taunton! I know as a reader that I always enjoyed having something to come back to and read on the forums so I have tried to make the updates as detailed and as often as possible.

[leonavich]

Club 2027-28

Season Review

Despite some setbacks, this season still turned out ok and my prediction was right on queue. As happens in the large leagues, when you start to build a name for yourself, others come in a circle your star players and try to bring you back down to earth. Teams knew us better now as well, so our tactics had a bit of a problem breaking down oppositions.

We started out the season with a loss to Inter but beat Cagliari and Udinese to get us a decent start to the season. Champions League football was next and Barcalona was by far the best opposition we have probably ever had to come up against, other than Juventus. They put us to the sword, but we managed to keep up with them, eventually losing out 5-3 in an action packed game. Back in the league and we suffered a loss to Bologna before an 8 game unbeaten run kept us in touch in both the league and in Europe. Our loss came against Dortmund in Europe who beat us after we beat them in the first group match. We then Drew with Juventus which was a great result before losing 3-2 to Palermo in a terrible display, which was then followed by a 5-0 thumping to Barcelona. We still had a chance to qualify from our group of death if we could beat Shakhtar and Barcelona could beat Dotmund. Before this match, we won our next 2 league games to put us in some pretty good form. We went behind 2-0 but managed to come back to make it 2-2. We then took the lead in the 88th minute before the goal was chalked off and we just could not find the winner we deserved. We ended up in third however which gave us a second chance in Europe, with a crack at Europa.

During this pat of the campaign we seemed to be struggling to hit the back of the net despite having large chunks of possession and a huge number of shots. his wasnt helped with Olivari being ruled out for 3 months, followed by having Bovu hand in a transfer request to leave for a bigger club.

We won our next 3 games including 1-0 over Roma and 2-1 over Napoli which put us into 2nd place of a very tight league where only 7 point separated 1st from 9th.

We came in to January and Olivari received bids from Manchester United, Chelsea and Real Madrid, and unfortunately he had a minimum release fee clause which all 3 teams met. I tried to extend his contract but his demands where too high and off he went to Madrid for a petty fee of £15.5m which was his minimum release. His value at the time was £21m.

This clearly detracted the players as we lost in our best chance yet to make it to the Quarter Finals of the Italian Cup, losing 2-0 in extra time to Serie B side Catania in the first round. More than ever, this was the first time I feel we have failed in this competition as we outnumbered their shots by a long way. My frustration boiled over as Bovu, Nieuwenhuis and Paez all were dropped. It seemed to work against Sampdoria, but backfired over Inter and Cagliari as we lost the next two games.

I reinstated my best XI and we won the next 3 in a row in the league before our Europa League knockout match again Newcastle came around. we managed a 1-1 draw away from home, but we really should of won the match. Pro Vercelli then beat us to move us down to 7th in the league but we had some good news as we beat Newcastle 3-2 at home to make it to the round of 16 in the Europa League. We then went 3 games without a win in the league including a humbling 2-0 to Ascoli and 1-1 draw with last placed Lazio which moved us as low as 9th and put us under real pressure in the league.

We got back on track with a win over Galatasaray 3-1 away from home before we then beat AC Milan and we started to, I thought, find out grove again. We then dishevelled against Galatasaray in the second leg losing 3-0 at home. I once again made some drastic changes as Ospipna found himself in goals for the remainder of the year and the strikers were now continually rotated. I was fed up with the excess of shots that wee not being converted and at time we were outnumbering the opposition with 20 plus shots, 10 or more of which would be on target, and yet 1 chance from the opposition would find the net. It seems my rant and changes along with the shock elimination from Europe proved a wake up call to end the season as we went unbeaten in 7 of our last 9 games including a 3-0 win over Cesena, a 4-0 win over Atalanta and 1-1 draw with Champions for the 5th time in a row, Juventus. We lost 3-0 to Roma and 4-3 to Napoli in this time, but it was enough to get us back in to European positions as we beat Sampdoria in the final game of the season to take 5th spot and a Europa place next season.

It was a slightly disappointing season in that we were not as prolific as last year despite having just as many shots it would seem, but it was around about where I expected us to be when I predicted at the start of the season. Neiuwenhuis was our best with 22 goals this season, but with Olivari gone, no one was even close, Bovu the only player to reach double figures with 10 from midfield. Cinquino managed 7 from his 20 games after finally being given a decent run in the first team, but new signing Ale only managed 2 from his 16 games and will need to improve as he was a direct replacement for Olivari in the winter. Bovu and Nieuwenhuis also shone with the assists as Bovu topped with 15 and Nieuwenhuis second, just shy of double figures with 9. Marini managed 8 from defence which was awesome while the midfield where a little shy, besides Bochini who also chipped in with 6. Bovu also took his second Fans Player of the Year Award after a great season.

We really need to improve our strike force as it seems to impotent and inconsistent and we have already lined up some defenders to come into the first team as we have been short a right back and depth for some time. Ospina is also retiring at the end of the season and has signed on as our third goalkeeping coach, but this will now allow for Seguin to finally get a chance with the first team. We should be competitive again, but without Olivari, I expect it may be tough to make the Champions League, so Europa is likely again.

League Table

Squad

| Pkd  | Inf  | Name                | Apps    | Gls  | Ast  | PoM  | Pas R| Tck  | DrbPG| Sh T | Yel  | Red  | Av Rat | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| GK   |      | Miguel Páez         | 38      | 0    | 1    | 0    | 83%  | -    | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | 6.93   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DR   | Hol  | Simongiorgio Marini | 43 (1)  | 3    | 8    | 2    | 69%  | 4.84 | 0.78 | 75%  | 4    | 0    | 7.25   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DCR  | Hol  | Dirk Stahl          | 37 (7)  | 2    | 2    | 0    | 81%  | 3.37 | 0.37 | 47%  | 2    | 0    | 7.16   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DCL  | Hol  | Tomaso Surano       | 45      | 1    | 0    | 2    | 75%  | 3.20 | 0.38 | 40%  | 12   | 0    | 7.26   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DL   | Hol  | Nicola Girolamo     | 40      | 3    | 2    | 4    | 67%  | 5.36 | 0.77 | 67%  | 7    | 0    | 7.07   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DMC  |      | José Borges         | 32 (2)  | 1    | 1    | 4    | 82%  | 7.44 | 0.55 | 46%  | 13   | 1    | 7.37   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MCR  | Hol  | Nico Bochini        | 41 (1)  | 4    | 6    | 3    | 78%  | 4.30 | 0.98 | 38%  | 8    | 0    | 7.01   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MC   | Req  | Marlon Bovu         | 42 (4)  | 10   | 15   | 6    | 72%  | 6.92 | 1.74 | 44%  | 12   | 2    | 7.40   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MCL  | Hol  | Tino Schneider      | 37 (9)  | 4    | 3    | 1    | 78%  | 5.81 | 0.72 | 31%  | 2    | 0    | 7.00   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| STCR | Hol  | Livio Cinquino      | 13 (7)  | 7    | 3    | 2    | 70%  | 2.57 | 0.66 | 53%  | 2    | 0    | 7.23   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| STCL | Hol  | Ruud Nieuwenhuis    | 46 (1)  | 22   | 9    | 4    | 72%  | 2.45 | 1.34 | 44%  | 6    | 0    | 7.04   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S1   | Hol  | David Ospina        | 11      | 0    | 0    | 0    | 79%  | -    | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | 6.80   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S2   | Hol  | Denis Bellotto      | 6 (6)   | 1    | 1    | 0    | 78%  | 4.08 | 1.31 | 29%  | 0    | 0    | 6.97   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S3   | Hol  | Mauricio Ciminari   | 10 (12) | 1    | 2    | 0    | 84%  | 5.18 | 0.40 | 55%  | 1    | 0    | 7.05   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S4   | Hol  | Edoardo Pozzi       | 3 (8)   | 1    | 0    | 0    | 76%  | 3.93 | 1.16 | 50%  | 3    | 0    | 7.00   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S5   | Hol  | Ademir              | 19 (20) | 8    | 4    | 0    | 74%  | 1.53 | 0.67 | 49%  | 5    | 0    | 6.92   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S6   | Hol  | Mussa ****          | 20 (6)  | 1    | 0    | 0    | 80%  | 2.62 | 0.20 | 67%  | 2    | 1    | 6.91   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S7   | Yth  | Andrea Giacobbi     | 0 (7)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 82%  | 2.31 | 1.15 | 0%   | 0    | 0    | 6.80   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S8   | Hol  | Luca Petrucci       | 18 (20) | 1    | 3    | 0    | 78%  | 5.84 | 0.78 | 49%  | 2    | 0    | 6.94   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S9   | Hol  | Hernán Ale          | 10 (6)  | 2    | 3    | 0    | 80%  | 2.24 | 0.56 | 33%  | 1    | 0    | 6.83   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S10  |      | Luigi Bertolini     | 11 (13) | 0    | 0    | 0    | 76%  | 2.51 | 0.17 | 0%   | 1    | 0    | 6.88   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|      |      | Marcelo Olivari     | 9 (3)   | 4    | 4    | 0    | 71%  | 1.66 | 0.33 | 45%  | 0    | 0    | 7.47   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      |      | Khesa Lesesa        | 0 (3)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | -    | -    | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | 6.60   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      |      | Willi Gaus          | 5 (3)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 80%  | 2.23 | -    | 50%  | 0    | 0    | 6.89   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      |      | Ivan Dotti          | 1 (3)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 76%  | 0.85 | 0.85 | -    | 0    | 0    | 7.00   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      |      |                     |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |        | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Player Awards

[b][u]Wins[/u][/b]

Serie C1/A

[i]Capocannoniere Serie C1/A[/i] 	         - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/5/topgoalscorer.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2014-15)[/url]
[i]Player of the Year Serie C1/A[/i]	         - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/819/playeroftheseason.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2014-15)[/url]
                                        - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/7/playeroftheyearm.jpg/"]Frencesco Di Tacchio (2015-16)[/url]
[i]Team of the Year Serie C1/A[/i]              - Davide Poletti  (2012-13)            
                                        - Francesco Di Tacchio ([b]2013-14[/b], [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/831/teamoftheyear.jpg/"]2014-15[/url][/b], [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/685/teamoftheyear.jpg/"]2015-16[/url][/b])
                                        - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/831/teamoftheyear.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2014-15)[/url]

Serie B

[i]Capocannoniere Serie B[/i]                   - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/255/topscorer.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2019-20)[/url]
[i]Team of the Year Serie B[/i]                 - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/707/teamoftheyearh.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2019-20)[/url]
                                        - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/713/teamoftheyearn.jpg/"]Frencesco Di Tacchio (2020-21)[/url]
[i]Serie B Goal of the Year[/i]                 - Givestin N'Suki (2021-22)  

Serie A

[i]Capocannoniere Serie A[/i]                   - [url="http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/833/topscorerx.jpg"]Ruud Nieuwenhuis (2025-26)[/url]
[i]Team of the Year Serie A[/i]                 - Marlon Bovu [url="http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/7969/teamoftheyeard.jpg"][b](2025-26)[/b][/url], [b][url="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9854/teamoftheyear.jpg"](2026-27)[/url][/b]
[i]Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award[/i] - [url="http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/9201/foreignplayeroftheyear.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2025-26)[/url]
[i]Serie A Young Player of the Year Award[/i]   - [url="http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/5606/youngplayeroftheyear.jpg"]Macelo Olivari (2027-28)[/url]
[i]Serie A Manager of the Year Award[/i]        - [url="http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5555/manageroftheyear.jpg"]Leon Breakenridge (2027-28)[/url]

Club International

[i]European Golden Boy Award[/i]                - [url="http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4666/europeangoldenboyaward.jpg"]Ruud Nieuwenhuis (2023-24)[/url]
[i]European Golden Shoe Award[/i]               - [url="http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7239/goldenshow.jpg"]Ruud Nieuwenhuis (2025-26)[/url]

International

[i]African Player of the Year Award[/i]         - [url="http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4771/africanfootballerofthey.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2025-26)[/url]
[i]African All XI Team of the Year[/i]          - Marlon Bovu [url="http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9766/africaxi.jpg"][b](2026-27)[/b][/url], [url="http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/8910/africanteamoftheyear.jpg"][b](2027-28)[/b][/url]

[b][u]Runner Up[/u][/b]

Serie C1/A

[i]Capocannoniere Serie C1/A[/i]	         - Frederico Laurito (2014-15)
[i]Serie C1/A Manager of the Year Award[/i]     - Leon Breakenridge [b][url="http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7072/manju.jpg"](2013-14)[/b][/url], [b](2015-16)[/b]


Serie A

[i]Serie A Player of the Year Award[/i]         - [url="http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3581/runnerup.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2025-26)[/url]
[i]Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award[/i] - [url="http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9707/borgesbovuforeignplayer.jpg"]Jose Borges (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Serie A Manager of the Year Award[/i]        - [url="http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/3581/runnerup.jpg"]Leon Breakenridge (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Serie A Young Player of the Year Award[/i]   - Marcelo Olivari (2026-27)

International

[i]African Midfielder of the Year Award[/i]     - Marlon Bovu [url="http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/5673/africa2nd.jpg"][b](2026-27)[/b][/url], [url="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/482/africanmidfielderrunenr.jpg"][b](2027-28)[/b][/url]

[b][u]Third Place[/u][/b]

Serie A

[i]Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award[/i] - [url="http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9707/borgesbovuforeignplayer.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Serie A Young Player of the Year Award[/i]   - Ruud Nieuwemhuis (2025-26)
[i]Serie A Defender of the Year Award[/i]       - [url="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8396/defender3rdplaceseriea.jpg"][b]Tomaso Surano (2027-28)[/b][/url]

Club Achievements

[i]Highest League Placing[/i]         - [url="http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2002/leaiy.jpg"]2nd Serie A (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Most Club Appearances[/i]          - Francesco Di Tacchio 419 (2025-26)
[i]Most League Appearances[/i]        - Francesco Di Tacchio 402 (2025-26)
[i]Most Club Goals[/i]                - Frederico Laurito 238 (2023-24)
[i]Most League Goals[/i]              - Frederico Laurito 223 (2023-24)
[i]Highest Transfer Fee Paid[/i]      - Marcelo Olivari, Velez, £7,750,000 (2026-27)
[i]Highest Sammarinese Transfer[/i]   - Nicolo Zanotti, Napoli Co-Ownership, £500,000 (2025)
[i]Highest Club Transfer[/i]          - Marcelo Olivari, Real Madrid, £15,500,000 (2027-28)
[i]Highest Attendance[/i] 	       - 21,760 v Barcelona (2027-28)
[i]Highest Average Attendance[/i]     - 19,599 (2027-28)
[i]Highest Gate Receipts[/i] 	       - [url="http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2961/gatest.jpg"]£948, 000 v Barcelona (2027-28)[/url]
[i]Fastest goal[/i] 	               - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/10/quickestgoal.jpg/"]14 seconds, Frederico Laurito (2016-17)[/url]
[i]Biggest Win[/i] 	               - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/201/biggestwin65.jpg/"]6-5 v Alto Adige (2019-20)[/url]
[i]Consecutive Wins[/i]               - [url="http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8365/consecutivewins.jpg"]6 (2022-23)[/url]
[i]Most Goals in Serie B Record[/i]   - 107 (2020-21)
[i]Youngest Player in Serie A[/i]     - [url="http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4677/youngestseriea.jpg"]Andrea Giacobbi[/url] (2020-21)

100+ Appearances for San Marino Since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Luigi Bertolini*     | DC   | 421  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 415  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Alessandro Grilli*   | GK   | 353  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Jose Borges*         | DCM  | 348  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Alessio Luciani      | DCLR | 303  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Edoardo Pozzi*       | MCL  | 302  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | MC   | 288  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Marco Bianchi        | DRLC | 286  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Nicola Girolamo*     | LCB  | 269  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Erik Cabalceta       | CB   | 259  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Givestin N'Suki      | ST   | 236  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 214  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Tomaso Surano*       | DC   | 208  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Tino Schneider*      | MC   | 199  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Nico Bochini*        | AMC  | 197  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Simongiorgio Marini* | DLC  | 190  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Giacomo Tedesco      | DRC  | 155  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Vittorio Micolucci   | DLC  | 145  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Emanuele Allegra     | RB   | 144  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Giovanni Caruso      | MC   | 142  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Matteo Paro          | DMC  | 134  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Pol Garcia           | DC   | 133  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Denis Bellotto*     | MCR   | 130  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Gabriele Pacciardi   | DMC  | 130  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Leandro              | ST   | 129  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Marlon Bovu+         | AMC  | 128  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Arturo Lupoli        | ST   | 127  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Marco Villanova      | AMLR | 126  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Carlo Pelagatti      | DRC  | 123  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Francesco Lunardini  | DMC  | 118  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Francesco Signori    | DCM  | 117  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Mattia Minesso       | AMC  | 112  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Mattia Maggio        | ST   | 105  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Ademir+              | ST   | 100  |
|----------------------|------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 100+

20+ Club Goals since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps | League | Club | 
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  | 223    | 238  |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 214  | 117    | 123  |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Givestin N'Suki      | ST   | 236  | 70     | 73   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 415  | 61     | 63   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  | 55     | 56   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | MC   | 288  | 37     | 38   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Arturo Lupoli        | ST   | 127  | 37     | 37   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Leandro              | ST   | 129  | 35     | 36   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marlon Bovu*         | AMC  | 128  | 29     | 33   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Edoardo Pozzi*       | MCL  | 302  | 25     | 27   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marco Villanova      | AMLR | 126  | 23     | 24   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marcelo Olivari     | ST   | 54   | 20     | 24   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ademir+              | ST   | 100  | 18     | 24   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Tino Schneider+      | MC   | 199  | 20     | 21   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Mattia Maggio        | ST   | 105  | 20     | 20   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|


*In the current squad
+New to the list of 20+

20+ Club Assists since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps | League | Club | 
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  | 109    | 114  |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  | 82     | 85   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 415  | 49     | 58   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Givestin N'Suki      | ST   | 236  | 43     | 44   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marlon Bovu*         | AMC  | 128  | 41     | 42   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | MC   | 288  | 40     | 41   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Jose Borges*         | DCM  | 348  | 38     | 41   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 214  | 37     | 41   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marco Bianchi        | DRLC | 286  | 35     | 36   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Nicola Girolamo*     | LCB  | 229  | 35     | 35   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Edoardo Pozzi*       | MCL  | 302  | 31     | 34   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Arturo Lupoli        | ST   | 127  | 32     | 32   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Leandro              | ST   | 129  | 24     | 24   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Nico Bochini*        | AMC  | 197  | 27     | 33   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marco Villanova      | AMLR | 126  | 22     | 22   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Simongiorgio Marini+ | DLC  | 190  | 21     | 22   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Giacomo Tedesco      | DRC  | 155  | 20     | 20   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 20+

20+ Club PoM since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps | League | Club | 
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  | 50     | 52   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  | 37     | 37   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 214  | 34     | 35   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 415  | 20     | 23   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marlon Bovu+         | AMC  | 128  | 19     | 22   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 20+

Fans Player of the Year awards

Name                   Year                Total
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | 2015-18, 2019/20  | 4    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Jose Borges          | 2021-25           | 4    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Marlon Bovu          | 2025/26, 2027-28  | 2    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Eric Cabalceta       | 2018/19           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | 2020/21           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Vittorio Ferrero     | 2013/14           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Federico Laurito     | 2014/15           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Davide Poletti       | 2012/13           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Tomaso Surano        | 2026/27           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|

Overall Best XI

San Marino Legends - The Hall of Fame

Every Season, I will nominate 1-3 players to be inducted in to the Hall of Fame. You may only be inducted in to the Hall of Fame once a player has retired or they have passed their peak. In very few circumstances will active/current national team players be added. There is no minimum requirement as it is based on ability, performance, relevance and significance of appearances, not the appearance number or goals scored. Each inductee will be given a brief description of their role and purpose of induction.

Statistics provided in Alphabetical order whilst brief is in induction order.

Class of 2025-26

1. Frederico Laurito (Player) Stats Career Staff

The most prolific scorer the club has seen and a one time leader in all time appearances. Vice captain for many years, he was loyal and with the club through its growth from Serie C1/A though to Serie A, picking up awards such as Top Goal scorer along the way. Is now a part of the backroom staff and looking to continue on with the club for many more years to come.

2. Francesco Di Tacchio (Player) Stats Career Staff

Captain from Serie C1/A to Serie A, the all time leading caps for the club, Di Tacchio was a loyal member of the team and family. Well respected and picking up awards throughout his career, there are none more greater than the 4 Fans Player of the Year awards he has received by the fans of the club. One of the All time greats continues on as a backroom staff member.

Class of 2026-27

3. Davide Poletti (Player/Staff) Stats Career Staff

Though he was only working with me for a short time as a player, he was our inaugural captain under my management and was our best player, making the Serie C1/A team of the year and taking the Fans Player of the Year award. He then went on to become the u20's manager, keeping him at the club and has been involved in raising such players as Bertolini who is a future Hall of Fame candidate himself. His contribution to the team has been both on and off the field and as such, will be inducted as both a player and staff member in to the Hall of Fame.

Class of 2027-28

4. Alessio Luciani (Player) Stats Career Staff

Spent two long spells a the club, becoming one of the most capped and well respected payers the club has seen. With us from the Serie C1/A all the way through to the Serie A, he was able to command a place in the first team up until his last few years, when he became a bench and backup player. Was able to carry on until he was 37, sharing his playing career with a Reserve's Manager role for 6 seasons, now continuing this role at San Marino into his retirement. Able to play all across the backline, he became the bench mark of the ultimate defender at the club and was often revered as one of the clubs best ever, most solid defenders.

5. Dejan Danza (Player) Stats Career Staff

One of our most prolific midfielders, Danza was amazing through the early stage of San Marino, up until the Serie A. He was always able to find the right pass and ended his career with 41 assists for San Marino. Better still, he was also very good from the edge of the area and managed 38 goals for the club, some of which proved vital throughout his career. One of the best all round players to pull on a San Marino Jersey and rightly added to the Hall of Fame.

| Name                  | Pos  | Apps | Goals(C)  | Assists(CS) | PoM | Rating |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Dejan Danza           | MC   | 288  | 38        | 41          | 8   | 6.96   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio  | MC   | 419  | 56        | 114         | 37  | 7.22   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Frederico Laurito     | ST   | 403  | 238       | 85          | 52  | 7.21   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Alessio Luciani       | DLRC | 303  | 12        | 13          | 6   | 6.81   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Davide Poletti        | MCL  | 50   | 11        | 15          | 7   | 6.97   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|

(C) - Goals Conceded
(CS) - Clean Sheets

[leonavich]

World Club Review

Italy - Serie A

| [b]Year[/b]       | [b]Winner[/b]      | [b]Runner Up[/b]   | [b]Third Place[/b] |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2012-13    | Juventus    | A.C. Milan  | Cagliari    |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2013-14    | Juventus    | Roma        | Cagliari    |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2014-15    | Juventus    | A.C. Milan  | Inter Milan |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2015-16    | Juventus    | Inter Milan | Cagliari    |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2016-17    | Juventus    | Inter Milan | A.C. Milan  |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2017-18    | Roma        | Udinese     | Napoli      |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2018-19    | Inter Milan | Juventus    | Palermo     |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2019-20    | Juventus    | Inter Milan | Napoli      |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2020-21    | Inter Milan | Juventus    | Cagliari    |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2021-22    | Juventus    | Roma        | Inter Milan |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2022-23    | Roma        | Cagliari    | Napoli      |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2023-24    | Juventus    | Napoli      | Roma        |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2024-25    | Juventus    | Roma        | Napoli      |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2025-26    | Juventus    | Roma        | Cagliari    |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2026-27    | Juventus    | San Marino  | Napoli      |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2027-28    | Juventus    | Roma        | A.C. Milan  |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

England - Premier League

| [b]Year[/b]       | [b]Winner[/b]                 | [b]Runner Up[/b]              | [b]Third Place[/b]            |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2012-13    | Chelsea                | Manchester United      | Manchester City        |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2013-14    | Chelsea                | Manchester United      | Manchester City        |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2014-15    | Chelsea                | Manchester City        | Manchester United      |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2015-16    | Manchester United      | Chelsea                | Manchester City        |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2016-17    | Chelsea                | Manchester City        | Manchester United      |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2017-18    | Manchester United      | Manchester City        | Chelsea                |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2018-19    | Chelsea                | Manchester City        | Manchester United      |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2019-20    | Chelsea                | Manchester United      | Arsenal                |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2020-21    | Chelsea                | Manchester City        | Manchester United      |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2021-22    | Manchester United      | Chelsea                | Manchester City        |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2022-23    | Manchester United      | Chelsea                | Manchester City        |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2023-24    | Manchester City        | Chelsea                | Manchester United      |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2024-25    | Manchester United      | Chelsea                | Manchester City        |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2025-26    | Chelsea                | Manchester United      | Manchester City        |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2026-27    | Chelsea                | Manchester United      | Manchester City        |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2027-28    | Manchester United      | Chelsea                | Manchester City        |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

Spain - La Liga

| [b]Year[/b]       | [b]Winner[/b]                 | [b]Runner Up[/b]              | [b]Third Place[/b]            |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2012-13    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Valencia               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2013-14    | Real Madrid            | Barcelona              | Valencia               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2014-15    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Valencia               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2015-16    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Athletico Madrid       |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2016-17    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Athletico Madrid       |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2017-18    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Valencia               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2018-19    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Athletico Madrid       |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2019-20    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Athletico Madrid       |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2020-21    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Valencia               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2021-22    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Athletico Madrid       |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2022-23    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Athletic Bilbao        |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2023-24    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Athletico Madrid       |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2024-25    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Athletico Madrid       |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2025-26    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Valencia               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2026-27    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Valencia               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2027-28    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            | Athletico Madrid       |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

France - Ligue 1

| [b]Year[/b]       | [b]Winner[/b]                 | [b]Runner Up[/b]              | [b]Third Place[/b]            |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2012-13    | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Olympique de Marseille |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2013-14    | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Lille                  |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2014-15    | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Olympique de Marseille |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2015-16    | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique de Marseille | Olympique Lyonnais     |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2016-17    | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Olympique de Marseille |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2017-18    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique de Marseille |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2018-19    | Olympique de Marseille | Olympique Lyonnais     | Paris Saint-Germain    |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2019-20    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique de Marseille |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2020-21    | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Olympique de Marseille |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2021-22    | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Olympique de Marseille |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2022-23    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique de Marseille |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2023-24    | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Olympique de Marseille |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2024-25    | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Olympique de Marseille |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2025-26    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique de Marseille |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2026-27    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Paris Saint-Germain    | Girondins Bordeaux     |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2027-28    | Paris Saint-Germain    | Olympique Lyonnais     | Olympique de Marseille |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

Portugal - Premier League

| [b]Year[/b]       | [b]Winner[/b]                 | [b]Runner Up[/b]              | [b]Third Place[/b]            |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2012-13    | FC Porto               | Benfica                | Sporting               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2013-14    | Sporting               | FC Porto               | Benfica                |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2014-15    | Sporting               | Benfica                | FC Porto               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2015-16    | FC Porto               | Sporting               | Braga                  |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2016-17    | FC Porto               | Benfica                | Sporting               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2017-18    | FC Porto               | Sporting               | Benfica                |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2018-19    | FC Porto               | Benfica                | Sporting               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2019-20    | FC Porto               | Benfica                | Sporting               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2020-21    | FC Porto               | Benfica                | Sporting               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2021-22    | FC Porto               | Benfica                | Sporting               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2022-23    | FC Porto               | Sporting               | Benfica                |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2023-24    | FC Porto               | Benfica                | Sporting               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2024-25    | FC Porto               | Benfica                | Sporting               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2025-26    | FC Porto               | Benfica                | Sporting               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2026-27    | FC Porto               | Sporting               | Benfica                |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2027-28    | FC Porto               | Benfica                | Sporting               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

Champions League

| [b]Year[/b]       | [b]Winner[/b]                 | [b]Runner Up[/b]              |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2012-13    | Manchester City        | Chelsea                |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2013-14    | Manchester City        | Chelsea                |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2014-15    | Manchester United      | Juventus               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2015-16    | Chelsea                | Manchester City        |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2016-17    | Juventus               | Real Madrid            |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2017-18    | Barcelona              | Manchester United      |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2018-19    | Barcelona              | Real Madrid            |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2019-20    | Chelsea                | Manchester United      | 
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2020-21    | Manchester United      | Juventus               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2021-22    | Manchester United      | Olympique Lyonnais     |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2022-23    | Real Madrid            | Athletico Madrid       |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2023-24    | Barelona               | Arsenal                |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2024-25    | Barelona               | FC Bayern              |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2025-26    | Manchester United      | Barcelona              |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2026-27    | Manchester United      | Juventus               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2027-28    | Manchester United      | Chelsea                |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|

Europa League

| [b]Year[/b]       | [b]Winner[/b]                 | [b]Runner Up[/b]              |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2012-13    | Dortmund               | Inter Milan            |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2013-14    | Inter Milan            | Leverkusen             |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2014-15    | Roma                   | Arsenal                |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2015-16    | Zenit                  | Dortmund               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2016-17    | Dortmund               | Real Sociedad          |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2017-18    | HSV                    | Werder Bremen          |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2018-19    | Juventus               | FC Porto               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2019-20    | Roma                   | Dortmund               | 
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2020-21    | Dynamo Kyiv            | Sevilla                |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2021-22    | Napoli                 | Barcelona              |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2022-23    | Shakhtar               | Valencia               |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2023-24    | Juventus               | A.C. Milan             |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2024-25    | Arsenal                | Sporting (POR)         |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2025-26    | Stuttgart              | Liverpool              |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2026-27    | Stuttgart              | Napoli                 |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 2027-28    | Sporting (POR)         | Manchester City        |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|

International Review

World Cup

| [b]Year[/b]       | [b]Winner[/b]           | [b]Runner Up[/b]        | [b]Third Place[/b]      | [b]Hosts[/b]            |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2014       | England          | Brazil           | Spain            | Bazil            |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2018       | Argentina        | Ireland          | Russia           | Russia           |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2022       | Spain            | Germany          | Argentina        | Qatar            |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2026       | Brazil           | RUssia           | Romania          | Nigeria          |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

European Championships

| [b]Year[/b]       | [b]Winner[/b]           | [b]Runner Up[/b]        | [b]Hosts[/b]            |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2016       | Ireland          | Turkey           | France           |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2020       | Croatia          | France           | Turkey           |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2024       | Scotland         | Russia           | Spain            |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

Copa America

| [b]Year[/b]       | [b]Winner[/b]           | [b]Runner Up[/b]        | [b]Third Place[/b]      | [b]Hosts[/b]            |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2015       | Brazil           | Paraguay         | Argentina        | Chile            |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2019       | Argentina        | Paraguay         | Uruguay          | Brazil           |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2023       | Peru             | Argenina         | Chile            | Ecuador          |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2027       | Brazil           | Peru             | Uruguay          | Uruguay          |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

African Nations Cup

| [b]Year[/b]       | [b]Winner[/b]           | [b]Runner Up[/b]        | [b]Third Place[/b]      | [b]Hosts[/b]            |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2013       | Cameroon         | Ghana            | Nigeria          | South Africa     |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2015       | South Africa     | DR Congo         | Algeria          | Morocco          |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2017       | Ghana            | Cameroon         | Ivory Coast      | Libya            |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2019       | Senegal          | DR Congo         | Ghana            | Tunisia          |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2021       | Cameroon         | Tunisia          | Egypt            | South Africa     |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2023       | Ghana            | Mali             | Tunisia          | Nigeria          |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2025       | Ivory Coast      | Angola           | Nigeria          | Morocco          |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2027       | Algeria          | Egypt            | Tunisia          | Egypt            |
|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

[nishki]

Season 2013/14

Transfers In:

I decided to buy only a few players, so I buy just 3 players.

Renato Dossena 27 years old goalkeeper who was my second choice.

Ives Quintana and Alessandro Romaniello two strikers, with only episode roles.

And best signing right back 19 years old Joel Untersee, who was very good entire season.

Transfers out.

I didn't sold any of the player, i only release players on free.

Loans In:

I loaned in a lot of good players. Best of them were strikers Stefano Beltrame and Riccardo Boccalon from Juve and Inter, solid defender Carlos Garcia from Juve,midfielders Attila Fikor and Federico Ditacchio who played a key role in midfield, then just solid Matthias Abero.

I was not satisfied how my midfielders are played so i decide to loan in more midfielders in January and i Loaned in Nicola Rigoni who played solid role, and Ouasim Bouy who did't played any match.

I also loaned my first goalkeeper Antonio Donnarumma, nd center back Hordur Magnusson.

Season2013/14 Club:

We have very bad start in the season with three straight losses, but then we started to play better and better,we have a lot of problems with injuries, especially in midfield.

Laurito once again was our best player, also other strikers was in good form., Beltrame, Boccalon, Coda also scored a lot of goals.

Cittadella was way better then other teams in league and finished at first with 73 points.

We didnt play so good at home, but we were better in away games. We had very good finish of the season and finished a season in 2nd place.

In playoff first match against Pro Patria we managed to draw 1-1, but then in home match we destroyed Pro Patria 5-0! Laurito scored twice, Beltrame, Boccalon and Coda scored once.

And then final of the season against Albinoleffe. In regular season we beat them twice, 4-0 and 2-1, so I was quite optimistic. In First match we had a few chances but finished bore 0-0. In second leg wewere better team, we take a lead in 75 mintues, and we were 15 minutes away from Serie B, but only two minutes after that , they scored and equilaze result. Match go to the extra time, and then disaster for San Marino, Albinoleffe scored in 107 minute, and Serie B is once again mission impossible.

I really hope that we will have better luck in next season. Key will be a good start of the season!

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-03-03_00001_zpsafa9a9b7.jpg biggest win

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-03-03_00003_zps50cf357f.jpg Team stats

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-03-03_00004_zpsdd2520a6.jpg transfers

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-03-03_00007_zps8b2b1e51.jpg League table

San Marino National Team:

We started a season with a loss of only 0-1 against Malaysia, then two away loss of 3-0 against Montenegro and Poland, with some solid performance, and then disaster – 11-0 loss against England.

Last game of the qualifications was against Moldova and we managed to draw 2-2. First points for San Marino! Riccardo Aluigi and jacopo Gualandi were the scorers. After that we lost 2 times in friendlies against India and dissapointing loss against Andorra, both times 0-3.

2014 starts fantastic. First game against Buthan 0-0. And then first win for San Marino against Cuba 1-0!

win against Cuba: http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-03-03_00002_zps49eedd66.jpg

2013 fixtures http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-03-03_00005_zps71ee7770.jpg

2014 fixtures http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-03-03_00006_zps38e32166.jpg

[leonavich]

Pre season 2028-29

Expectations

The board are expecting Champions League Qualifications despite a 5th placed finish last year. We signed a few players in the back and up front but I still think 5th will again be our target.

Transfers

Added depth and strength to the backline and forwards primarily as we seemed to struggle to score at times last year. Happy with the midfield for another season though may look for some youthful bench players next season

Facilities

Facilities are maxed out as of our last upgrade. Any further upgrades will be to maintain our state of the art standard.

Funding

Sponsorship increases again as are ranking and reputation are boosted through Europe last season. However, Europa has a significant drop in pay and our bank balance will not see much in the way of rising this term. We have a hefty sum of around £125m so we are still in a fantastic position

Previous Season Goals

* Make it past the Italian Cup First Round Proper. Failed

* Two player minimum in double figures for goals. ACHIEVED - If barley. Bovu made number 2 with 10 goals in midfield in all competitions

* Keep at least 15 clean sheets this season with a new secondary keeper to apply competition to Ospina Failed - We made it to 11 this time around

Season Goals

* Make it past the Italian Cup First Round Proper.

* Qualify for Champions League

* Keep at least 15 clean sheets this season with a new secondary keeper to apply competition to Paez

Previous Future Goals

* Fight for title in 4-5 seasons Failed - Went backwards in my mind, finishing 5th but the points gap was closer this time around

* Generate youth that are capable of fighting for a first team place in 3-5 years None yet, but players like Tiziano Dolci are getting close

* Make it past the first round proper of the Italian Cup within the next few seasons Failed - Last season was another failure

* Make it out of the group stage in Europe ACHIEVED - We came in 3rd, which got us to Europe and the final 16

Future Goals

* Fight for title in 3-4 seasons

* Generate youth that are capable of fighting for a first team place in 2-4 years

* Make it past the first round proper of the Italian Cup within the next few seasons

* Bring in another World Class player like Bovu

[leonavich]

International 2028

We seem to be on a backwards spiral despite some decent results. We picked up a credible draw against Jamaica 1-1 and probably should of even won the match, before we pipped St Kitts & Nevis in our Caribbean tour. We also picked up another win this year over Luxenbourg before we ended the year with a 0-0 draw to Andorra. What may have hindered us this time around, are the heavy losses suffered by Georgia (4-0), Denmark (4-2) and Slovakia (5-0). We also didn't play too many games this time around. While the youngsters are now fairly blooded in, I am yet to see the improvements I was hoping from some players who are better in ability than their predecessors. They lack a lot more in experience at club level which could be the major factor here.

Bertolini also announced his retirement this year, however due to some poor performances, I convinced him that he is still a leader and one of the better players and he came back to the national team. In fact, despite his lengthy injury and his age which have deteriorated his abilities, he is still probably our best defender. At 31, we are quickly losing our best player and could be in some serious trouble. He also eclipsed the 100 mark, reachin 104 caps by the end of the season. Bernardi has had stiffer competition with Angelini and Rinaldi both getting caps this year, but Bernadri is just 1 away from the century, with 99 to his name. We dropped to 150th by the end of the year and with a heavy schedule against tough opposition in qualifiers, I am concerned it is only going to get worse.

2028 Best XI

Fixtures

Players with Potential - 23 and Under

Aldo Angelini - 20

Has had slight improvements in ability but is still young. Has made 8 caps and now shares rotation with Bernadi for the gloves. Will have competition in future also, now that Rinaldi has excepted a call up.

Davide Bollini - 19

Still refuses a call up but has not shown any signs of improvement. I have started to neglect offering him a call up and will soon forget about him totally. Has been doing well whilst at Real Rimini on loan though.

Mauro Bucci - 21

Has pace, but lacks ability in the middle of the pitch and not a great passer of the ball. Having an ordinary season on loan at Padova and has not added many caps, still only on 10.

Matteo Della Valle - 18

Has improved slightly as a footballer, but still needs to get a long way. Has managed 8 caps and is doing well on loan this season which will keep him in the thoughts for future selections.

Giorgio Fiorini - 19

Despite not having the ability of some of the other, he continues to get chances and do well with them. 21 caps and 4 goals at 19 is not bad and will surely add to it. Not much game time this season, but the one game he has played, he scored a double.

Andrea Giacobbi - 18

still having trouble adjusting to the new position but I will remain persistent if not for the sake of the national team. has made 16 appearances and is slowly adapting to the center of the park. His pace for San Marino's level is fantastic andhis potential is still there. hoping it can be harnessed for the sake of the national side, even getting some games in the Serie A off the bench.

Lorenzo Gianni - 19

Part of the line up now, and playing solid, making 18 appearances and hitting 3 goals. His lack of improvement is worrying, but if he can click with his midfielding partners, we should stat seeing better results from our midfield.

Nicola Mularoni - 21

Gone out on loan this year and playing reasonably well, however he is now 21 and struggling to improve as a footballer. His potential has also dropped to just 3.5 stars. from the 5 you see in the image of last year. Still, 30 caps in, he has the potential to take over the captaincy one day.

Massimo Raschi - 18

Part of the new young generation coming in, has not lived up to his billing. Did not score this calendar year, but is still our best prospect up front so will be given the chance to score. His strike rate is still quite good though with 2 in 15, that's one every 7.5 games in a Sammarinese national shirt.

Davide Rinaldi - 18

Looked to have so much promise when Italy circled him, but his potential dropped heavily in one season and he decided to accept my call up. Not much in the way of high hopes, but by far our third best after Bernardi and Angelini.

Federico Ugolini - 17

Another new young comer, has already been capped due to his Italian heritage but is also likely to become a member of the squad regularly as he looks like he has some quality to him, Doing well out on loan his season is only helping his chances.

Nicola Valentini - 16

New and fresh faced. Yet to represent his country, but could do so in the next year or two, his problem though is similar to Giancobbi in that he sits on the left. With this being the case, I may look to utilise the wing players and change the formation which as proven fairly successfull.

Nicolo Zanotti - 20

24 caps to the 20 year old, but this year has struggled for consistency at both club and international. Is most likely going to be a big part of the national team plans so I am hoping he can reach his potential.

International Rankings

2012 – 209
2013 – 208
2014 – 209 
2015 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/826/ranking171.jpg/"]171[/url][/b]
2016 – 190
2017 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/855/163rd.jpg/"]163[/url][/b]
2018 – 180
2019 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/15/rank114.jpg/"]114[/url][/b]
2020 – 145
2021 – 175
2022 – 131
2023 – 135
2024 – 131
2025 – 121
2026 – 126
2027 – 149
2028 - 150

Overall Best XI

Overall XI Players who have represented both Club and Country

Cristian Bernardi

Luigi Bertolini

International Awards & Achievements

[i]Top 10 Most Caps[/i]  - Luigi Bertolini        (104)
                 - Cristian Bernardi      (99)
                 - Andy Selva             (74)
                 - Damiano Vannucci       (67)
                 - Alessandro Valentini   (62)
                 - Maicol Berretti        (61)
                 - Andrea Casadei       (59)
                 - Alessandro Ceccoli     (59)
                 - Dario Treccani         (58)
                 - Mattia Berardi         (56)

[i]Top 10 Most Goals[/i] - Mattia Righi            (10)
                 - Andy Selva              (10)
                 - Marcello Bianchi        (7)
                 - Andrea Pelliccioni      (6)
                 - Daniele Ceccoli         (5)
                 - Fabio Cesana            (5)
                 - Marco Berardi           (4)
                 - Giorgio Fiorini         (4)
                 - Alessandro Valentini    (4)
                 - Matteo Vitaioli         (4)

[i]Most Goals in a match[/i]   - Mattia Righi       (3)

[i]Most Assists in a match[/i] - Tiziano Colantonio (3)

Records

[i]Highest World Ranking[/i] - [url="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7089/109ds.jpg"][b]109th[/b][/url] (2023)

[i]Fastest Goal in European Qualifications[/i] - [url="http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3749/fastestevergoalineuros.jpg"]Mattia Righi, 11 seconds v Croatia[/url] (2023)

[i]Highest Attendance[/i] - [url="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2111/recordhighnational.jpg"]21,760 v Croatia[/url] (2024)

San Marino Hall of Fame

Every Season, I will nominate 1-3 players to be inducted in to the Hall of Fame. You may only be inducted in to the Hall of Fame once a player has retired or they have passed their peak. In very few circumstances will active/current national team players be added. There is no minimum requirement as it is based on ability, performance, relevance and significance of appearances, not the appearance number or goals scored. Each inductee will be given a brief description of their role and purpose of induction.

Statistics provided in Alphabetical order whilst brief is in induction order. Being the first year, there has been 6 inducted players.

Class of 2026

1. Luigi Bertolini* (2014-Present) - Current All time cap holder, Bertolini has been the best Sammarinese product in the country's history. Has been inducted during his playing career and is the first inducted players

2. Andy Selva (1998-2015) - The current All time top scorer with 10 goals. Was a rock and played for the national team until he was 40. Played in a time before some of the better players arrived and did most of his national service as a one man team. Captain of the side for 2 seasons.

3. Cristian Bernardi* (2014-Present) - The second highest capped player and the best keeper in the history of the country. Has had no close competition and has been as solid as possible in a side that struggles to be competitive early in its history.

4. Mattia Stefanelli (2010-2019) - The heir apparent to Selva. Lived up to the bill as best as possible but struggled with only 3 goals. Was the only striker choice for many seasons when Selva retired and captained the side briefly.

5. Aldo Junior Simoncini (2004-2018) - The first goal keeper and vice captain. Played for 6 years before retiring with 54 caps. His stats are not known, however he was a valuable member of a side struggling to find players to field. Was one of 3 original players to be automatic selections, along side Selva and Stefanelli.

6. Matteo Vitaioli (2013-2021) - Retired with 56 caps and 4 goals, he was a solid midfield player in an era that saw very little come through in they way of midfield talent. Though not the best of players, he was admirable in our engine room.

Class of 2027

7. Michele Cervellini (2006-2020) - His stats may not look all that great but he was the unsung hero for a number of years as he played a role in the middle for over a decade. Was a solid player who was always on the starting sheet until he reached his mid 30's and faded at the start of when the new crop of youngster where coming in.

8. Tiziano Colantonio (2013-2022) - Only had 39 caps for the national team but has a number of achievements that came with his short stint. He was the youngest ever player, breaking in to the starting line up of the national team at just 15 years and 290 days. He is also the record holder for the most assists in a match, standing at 3. His downfall in the national team came when the formation shifted from a 4-4-1-1 to a 4-1-3-2 and wide players were removed from the starting line up. He was still given opportunities off the bench and did reasonably well, but his spell will be remembered more as the youngster with much potential who had a good first 5 year with the national team, rather than the squad player off the bench that he obtained for the remainder.

Class of 2028

9. Damiano Vannucci (1992-2013) - Only had one year in the national team under my guidance but has stood the test of time to be one of the highest capped players. Was looked up to by the younger generation and though he played in a difficult era, was still able to make the midfield role his own

10. Alessandro Ceccoli (2014-2026) - His debut year in football came when I entered management and for 13 out his 18 seasons he was a mainstay in the national team backline. He played through the tough years until we started to see some real progress in the national side and will be sorely missed as he was always a key player and valuable member. He managed 4 assists from the left hand side of defence in a team that has always struggled to score, showing he was a main component to anything creative on the left of the field.

| Name                  | Pos  | Apps | Goals(C)  | Assists(CS) | PoM | Rating |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/8519/96512934.jpg"]| Luigi Bertolini*      | DC   | 104  | 1         | 5           | 6   | TBA    |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/9551/24649436.jpg"]| Cristian Bernardi*    | GK   | 99   | (199)     | (21)        | 1   | TBA    |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4896/ceccoli.jpg"]| Alessandro Ceccoli    | DLC  | 59   | 0         | 4           | 0   | 6.47   |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Michele Cervellini    | MC   | 53   | 1         | 1           | 0   | 6.17   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://imageshack.us/f/521/tiziano.jpg/"]| Tiziano Colantonio    |AMR   | 39   | 0         | 3           | 1   | 6.38   |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Andy Selva            | ST   | 74   | 10        | 1           | 0   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Aldo Junior Simoncini | GK   | 54   | (?)       | (?)         | 0   | 6.45   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Mattia Stefanelli     | ST   | 48   | 3         | 0           | 1   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Damiano Vannucci      | MC   | 67   | 0         | 0           | 0   | 5.55   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Matteo Vitaioli       | MCL  | 56   | 4         | 1           | 1   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|

(C) - Goals Conceded
(CS) - Clean Sheets

[leonavich]

Club Mid Season Review 2028-29

Key Transfers in

I wanted to get back in to the Champions League, but I didn't want to blow my plan so far in an attempt to keep wage space free. We have a huge transfer budget, and a lot of space in the wage budget, but not the income to sustain two huge, world class contracts. I just signed Bovu to £72k a week, our highest £32k and was not ready to part with that kind of money for another player this season when we had no Champions League football. The first thing to do, was to get some players to get me there so that is what I did.

Luis Gustavo (Santos) AML/ST - £1.9m

Was going to be signed last winter, but I cannot have more than 2 non-EU players per season. Signing Ale, meant this transfer was delayed until summer, but has proven to be a hit, whilst Ale continues to struggle.

Ross Hemmings (Arsenal) AMC/ST - Free

I attempted to bring him to the club a number of years ago but he decided to renew his Arsenal contract. I found suitable replacements as a result, but his contract was expiring at just the right time again and I jumped at bringing him to bolster the forwards. Is doing well in continental matches where he has experience but is struggling domestically and has become homesick on one occasion. Will need more time to settle so bench games in the league are his avenue for the time being

Formiga (Anderlecht) DRL - Free

Bargain for a versatile and reasonably young defender. Fit straight in to a side using makeshift right backs in Marini and Girolamo and has not looked back playing well and consistent.

Veysel Kocas (Getafe) DRL - Free

Bargain for a versatile and reasonably young defender. Fit straight in to a side using makeshift right backs in Marini and Girolamo and has not looked back playing well and consistent.

Key Transfers Out

Braian Ferretti (Free Transfer) MCL - Free

I wanted so much to keep him as a bench player as I believed he could of really pushed the first team players on. Had made 27 appearances over 2 seasons but was with the club for 6 years, mainly on loan due to his impatience. I just could not see any justice in retaining him as he would disrupt things with his need to be a starter, hence his continuing loan spells. Once the contract ended he was released. Wish him all he best as he has the talent to be a good starter in Serie B or a solid Serie A reserve/bench player.

Current Season Highlights

- We have made it through the group stages of the Europa League with a game in hand, though it looks much closer than it was with us Losing the last game to Tottenham. I am confident we can make it just as far as last season, if not further with a good lot of players for this level of football.

- Not as prolific this time around with the awards due to a 5th place finish last year, but Bovu once again took runner up in the African Midfielder of the Year Award, his third time as the best man, but not the groomsman.

- We have finally made it past the first round of the Italian Cup, as we beat off Alto Adige 4-1 in the first round before over coming Napoli 5-2 in the Quarter Finals. We then overcame a plucky Genoa who came back from 2 goals down in the first leg to draw 2-2 before we beat them 3-0 and gave them no hope in the second leg. We face Fiorentina, my boy hood club, in the final later in the year for a movie-esque setup in out first Cup Final. This will potentially be the club's first silverware.

[leonavich]

Nishki - So close! Reading your summary, I though you had it! AlbinoLeffe are tough though, but you did well. Good to see you had Laurito and Di Tacchio in your team for the season. Those two make a lethal combination, and I could see the action in work with them leading the goal and assists charts! Good luck next season. Serie B is right around the corner for you!

[FGreve]

2021-22

This season my goal was to avoid relegation once more and establish myself in the league. And the beginning of the season went better than expected, as i was off to a flying start. I was as high as 4th with as many points as Juventus at 1st!

But i haven't got the squad yet to compete for the top spots and i was soon to be put back down to earth as i went down 14th in the league in the 28th round. But i finish 9th after showing some good form in the last few games.

Past positions.

I didn't really bring in any spectacular transfer this season (dutchman Gulpen/ was the most exicting brought in to the first team) as the profiles were already in the team.

Ogden became topscorer once more with 15 goals in 28 matches, Ricardo was the fans player of the year second year in a row, Grazioli had a very good season and Gamal became African young footballler of the year and were also included in the african XI of the year.

Unfortunately i haven't learnt from previous mistakes and Gamal were sold after Stoke paid his release clause, breaking San Marinos transfer record fee by miles.

Luckely i have tied Ogden down, but vultures (Man U and Arsenal) are hovering over him. Man U were actually ready to almost double, Gamal transfer fee but i rejected.

So i'm looking forward to the new season, in which i'll be playing at the new stadium.

Besides that i have already secured Paixäo on a free transfer and Brinksby will make his way into the first team after a year in the academy.

Hopefully in the next seasons there will be some sammarinese youngsters breaking through. I have seen some potential but they aren't yet good enough for serie A, maybe some loan-spells will do the trick

Team of the year.

Reached 400 games in charge of San Marino.

[FGreve]

Damn, Barca champions 13 times in a row, Porto 12, Juve champions 12/15 times.. Thank god, Football isn't as boring as the FM world (understand me right) ^^'.

and bad luck leonavich, for not reaching Champions League but good to see you progress from the Euro cup group stage. looking forward to your season review to see if you reached the Champions League spots again.

[leonavich]

FGreve - Well done in finishing 9th and really liking some of the players you have brought in. The squad looks pretty solid and I can see you pushing towards the top 6 within the next few years.

The other leagues such as Spain, England, etc. I would expect a few teams to win the majority as I haven't made the leagues active. This is pretty common as it generally keeps these teams static in their rankings, player draw ability, etc. But in Italy, I would of expected a larger spread, especially with Inter continually retaining their first place ranking amongst Italian teams. It seems that no team can even get close to Juventus though as the win comfortably almost every year.

[leonavich]

Club 2028-29

Season Review

A fantastic season where we won our fist silverware and I think we have really announced ourselves on the big stage as serious Serie A players. We by far played our most football this year and the squad did well with the quick turn around of games, though our depth was really lacking more than I wanted to admit, sometimes with only one recognised striker in the squad or no midfielders on the bench. Some under 20 players got a bit of a run which will only help them out.

We have made a habit of a poor state in recent years and we continued this with a 4-2 loss to A.C. Milan. We then followed this with a win and draw to be 4 points after 3 games before winning 5 of 7 to make it 9 games unbeaten in all competitions including a win over Club Brugge and a 1-1 draw with Tottenham in the Europa League. We also managed to bear Juventus 2-1 during this stretch. We then lost 4-3 in a narrow game to Napoli where they hit us twice within 5 minutes at the end of the game to draw and then take the lead, which led us to slump to a 2-0 defeat to Lazio in our next match. We bounced back to beat Sampdoria 2-0 before Fimleikafelag Hafnarfjaroar (FH for short) shocked us in Europa and put our qualifications in doubt. A win in the league either side of a draw with Club Brugge saw us guarantee a spot in the next round of Europa and keep us within distance of Champions League coming in to December. However a 4-1 hammering at the hands of Tottenham showed us we needed to keep performing in all competitions and gave us the motivation to win our next 3 games including making it past the Italian Cup first round for the first time, smashing Alto Adige 4-1 before dismantling Atalanta in the league 3-0.

Roma slowed us down with a 1-0 defeat, however we exited the old year and entered the new in fine style with a win over Ascoli followed by a 5-2 demolition of Napoli in the Italian Cup Quarter Finals. We lost to Cesena before Genoa beat us in the league to give us a sample of the Italian Cup Semi Final where they came from two behind to draw the first leg 2-2. We then went on our best ever winning streak, going 8 games in all competitions without dropping a game or a point. This included dispatching Genoa FC in the Italian cup second leg 3-0 followed by Lille losing 8-2 on aggregate, one game being 5-1. Our run then included a repeat 4-1 win over Alto Adige, but in the league this time before beating Como 4-1 and heavily beating Sporting in Europa first leg 5-2.

Napoli then ended our run and put us in a bit of a slump as we won 1 of the next 7 before a 1-0 over PSV saw as over come them 2-1 on aggregate to put us in the Semi Final verse Sevilla. 19th placed Bologna then taught us not to be complacent before a decent performance against league runaways Juventus kept us in the hunt as we remained in 6th in the league. Sevilla beat us 3-2 at home so we rested players and the fresh legs did good, beating Udinese 5-2 as a good warm up to the second Semi Final leg against Sevilla. We annihilated them as Sevilla failed to show up, going down 4-0 a home and progressing us to the final, were we got Pro Vercelli, currently 17th in the league but in the Europa Final with us. This was our first major trophy opportunity, but our run to the Italian Cup final meant we had two opportunities to win some silverware for the first time. The league was out of our grasp, and so to was the automatic CL places, however we pushed and got a 2-2 draw with second place Roma to get us in to the top 5, but the 3-0 loss to Atalanta meant 4th was going to be difficult with one game left.

By this time, we had some major injuries and I was forced to change the formation temporarily to 4-2-3-1 with 2 DM's and a third playing a more advanced role. Ciminari, Borges and Stahl played will and helped lead us to the final.

We had Pro Vercelli in the Italian Cup Final and we started the stronger making most of the chances. It wasn't until the 39th minute that we broke the deadlock, a wonder goal from Bovu to change the tide of the match. This scoreline held and we went in to the second half defensive and started causing fouls all over ground, and we ended with 23 an incredible number. Pro Vercelli though, to their credit, fought back themselves and after retaining possession, started to make attacks, one of which came through Bosco in the 60th minute and led to the equaliser. We changed our approach but the scores remained level an into extra time we went.

We were favourites. Pro Vercelli had been teetering on relegation all year, while we were at the other end, fighting for European Football again. I couldn't let us lose so a tweaked our advancements a little to try and utilise our speed and extra players in the middle. My slight reshuffling paid off as Schneider darted with the ball to hit a clean strike in 113 minutes of play and take the lead in extra time. There was no comeback this time, as Pro Vercelli could not break us down in the final 7 minutes, and San Marino were the new Europa Champions!! A tight 2-1 match, but that's how cup games usually are, I was just happy to have finally help the side lift their first silverware in 17 years of footballing.

The season wasn't over, we still had one more game in the league and needed a result to secure Europa, and results to go our way to make the Champions League. We held our end of the bargain, winning 3-1 over Genoa, but Inter did us no favours and went on to win their match against our next opponent, Italian Cup finalists Fiorentina, 2-1. This kept them above us on 68 points while we took out 5th place on 66. We were Europa bound again, but I was just happy to make any form of Europe after a tough and long season.

Our final game was the Italian Cup Final, but it was only about one man... Marlon Bovu. We came out stronger and Bovu hit the first of the goals in the 30th minute to put us 1-0 up, with injuries to Gustavo and Formiga either side. With Fiorentina coming out tough, we decided to reciprocate, however the ref let the game carry on and it was fairly free flowing despite the tough challenges. Half time came and 1-0 was the score, much like the Europa Final. In the second half, things changed though and Bovu showed just why he is a world class player. He struck this double in the 56th minute to put us 2-0 up and the game looked like it was in our grasp for the taking. Fiorentina didn't give in though, to their credit and pushed players forward as we sat back, finding a glimmer of hope in the 76th minute through Buriani to make it 2-1 with 14 minutes left. Marlon Bovu then controlled the match like any maestro of the game does as he put on a fine display in the final 5 minutes. on 85, he jinked through the defence and nodded he ball home for his hattrick, before being involved in the lead up to Neiuwenhuis' goal 5 minutes later to make the score 4-1. To add insult to injury, Bovu added his 4th, and the 5th for the game to make it a complete blowout at 5-1. Not only that but we won our second piece of silverware for the season.

This year saw some players really shine as 5 players reached double figures in hitting the back of the net. Nieuwenhuis topped with 30 whilst Gustavo, Hemmings and Schneider had 13, 10 and 10 respectively. But the real shining light was Bovu who amassed 15 from midfield, but also a huge 22 assists, for a new club record. In defence, Surano once again had a great season notching up 6 goals and a team record 9 Player of the Match awards. Formiga was also formidable in his first season chipping in with a huge 15 assists from right back. Stahl also hit double digits with 11, but it was the variety of the rest that really impressed with another 7 players getting between 5 and 10 assists which is huge. We also saw Bovu and Marini make the Serie A team of the year and there were a few other who were also in contention. Despite the good form of everyone though, Bovu took the Fans Player of the Year Award for a second year running, and his third since joining the club.

The stats are inflated due to the extra games played this year with our great runs in both Europe and domestically in the cup, but the sheer volume and distribution puts us in a good position to be able to score from anywhere at anytime. It is still clear though that our main threats stem from a core of Surano, Bovu and Nieuwenhuis, but the team is developing so that the others are becoming more than just support players and go to options in their own right.

A nice competitive battle coming in to next season is the rights for the most appearances at the club, as Petrucci and Bertolini are currently jostling for the glory as both surpasses Di Tacchio's record this season.

League Table

Squad

| Pkd  | Inf  | Name                | Apps    | Gls  | Ast  | PoM  | Pas R| Tck  | DrbPG| Sh T | Yel  | Red  | Av Rat | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| GK   | Hol  | Philippe Seguin     | 41      | 0    | 0    | 0    | 86%  | -    | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | 7.05   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DR   | Inj  | Formiga             | 53      | 1    | 15   | 3    | 79%  | 6.04 | 1.33 | 25%  | 9    | 1    | 7.20   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DCR  | Hol  | Simongiorgio Marini | 48 (2)  | 3    | 5    | 4    | 69%  | 3.83 | 0.78 | 57%  | 4    | 0    | 7.41   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DCL  | Hol  | Tomaso Surano       | 54 (1)  | 6    | 2    | 9    | 77%  | 2.48 | 0.43 | 67%  | 9    | 0    | 7.49   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DL   | Hol  | Veysel Kocas        | 31 (5)  | 3    | 6    | 2    | 72%  | 4.90 | 0.89 | 100% | 2    | 0    | 7.01   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DMC  | Hol  | José Borges         | 44 (3)  | 2    | 6    | 4    | 84%  | 7.48 | 0.64 | 26%  | 15   | 1    | 7.48   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MCR  | Hol  | Mauricio Ciminari   | 16 (20) | 2    | 3    | 0    | 81%  | 5.25 | 0.57 | 44%  | 5    | 0    | 7.14   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MC   | Hol  | Marlon Bovu         | 40 (8)  | 15   | 22   | 8    | 73%  | 6.82 | 1.57 | 50%  | 14   | 1    | 7.62   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MCL  | Hol  | Tino Schneider      | 45 (5)  | 10   | 7    | 1    | 80%  | 5.22 | 0.97 | 53%  | 4    | 0    | 7.19   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| STCR | Inj  | Luís Gustavo        | 33 (7)  | 13   | 7    | 2    | 74%  | 2.16 | 0.54 | 46%  | 4    | 0    | 7.24   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| STCL | Hol  | Ross Hemmings       | 18 (7)  | 10   | 2    | 0    | 73%  | 2.66 | 0.60 | 58%  | 1    | 0    | 7.31   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S1   | Hol  | Miguel Páez         | 17      | 0    | 0    | 0    | 83%  | -    | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | 6.93   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S2   | Hol  | Tiziano Dolci       | 0 (4)   | 0    | 1    | 0    | 77%  | 0.00 | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | 7.05   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S4   | Hol  | Edoardo Pozzi       | 8 (2)   | 1    | 1    | 0    | 78%  | 5.15 | 0.44 | 17%  | 0    | 0    | 6.92   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S5   | Hol  | Andrea Giacobbi     | 0 (13)  | 0    | 0    | 0    | 72%  | 3.19 | 1.28 | 0%   | 0    | 0    | 6.76   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S6   | Hol  | Luigi Bertolini     | 18 (10) | 1    | 0    | 1    | 78%  | 2.28 | 0.30 | 25%  | 2    | 0    | 7.12   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S7   | Hol  | Ademir              | 13 (18) | 7    | 3    | 0    | 77%  | 1.90 | 1.39 | 58%  | 4    | 0    | 7.05   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S8   | Hol  | Lorenzo Colla       | 0 (4)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 75%  | 0.00 | -    | 0%   | 0    | 0    | 6.90   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S9   | Hol  | Nicola Girolamo     | 3 (3)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 67%  | 5.66 | 0.63 | -    | 0    | 0    | 6.60   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S10  | Hol  | Mussa Mon'g         | 23 (3)  | 0    | 1    | 1    | 79%  | 2.19 | 0.26 | 50%  | 1    | 0    | 7.16   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S11  | Hol  | Hernán Ale          | 1 (13)  | 0    | 2    | 0    | 75%  | 2.76 | 0.92 | 43%  | 0    | 0    | 6.89   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S12  | Hol  | Franco Macagno      | 0 (4)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 82%  | -    | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | 6.90   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -    | Hol  | Luca Petrucci       | 27 (11) | 6    | 3    | 0    | 83%  | 4.36 | 1.32 | 40%  | 5    | 1    | 7.05   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -    | Inj  | Nico Bochini        | 25 (5)  | 1    | 7    | 0    | 75%  | 5.53 | 1.35 | 37%  | 7    | 1    | 7.05   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -    | Hol  | Ruud Nieuwenhuis    | 42 (4)  | 30   | 9    | 4    | 69%  | 2.63 | 1.09 | 48%  | 3    | 0    | 7.35   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -    | Inj  | Dirk Stahl          | 33 (14) | 7    | 11   | 2    | 81%  | 5.76 | 0.88 | 37%  | 7    | 0    | 7.33   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|      |      | Denis Belloto       | 6 (6)   | 1    | 1    | 0    | 77%  | 4.08 | 1.31 | 28%  | 0    | 0    | 6.97   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|      |      | Livio Cinquino      | 5 (4)   | 1    | 0    | 0    | 66%  | 2.38 | 0.40 | 42%  | 1    | 0    | 6.90   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Club Honours

[b][u]Under 20's[/b][/u]
[i]Under 20's Cup Runners Up[/i]     - 2026-27

[b][u]Serie C1/A[/b][/u]
[i]Serie C1/A Third Place[/i]       - 2015-16

[b][u]Serie B[/b][/u]
[i]Serie B Runners Up[/i]           - 2021-22 

[b][u]Serie A[/b][/u]
[i]Serie A Runners Up[/i]           - 2026-27

[b][u]Italian Cups[/b][/u]
[i]Italian Cup Champions[/i]        - 2028-29
[i]Italian Super Cup Runners Up[/i] - 2029-30

[b][u]European Leagues[/b][/u]
[i]Europa League Champions[/i]      - 2028-29

Player Awards

[b][u]Wins[/u][/b]

Serie C1/A

[i]Capocannoniere Serie C1/A[/i] 	         - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/5/topgoalscorer.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2014-15)[/url]
[i]Player of the Year Serie C1/A[/i]	         - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/819/playeroftheseason.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2014-15)[/url]
                                        - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/7/playeroftheyearm.jpg/"]Frencesco Di Tacchio (2015-16)[/url]
[i]Team of the Year Serie C1/A[/i]              - Davide Poletti  (2012-13)            
                                        - Francesco Di Tacchio ([b]2013-14[/b], [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/831/teamoftheyear.jpg/"]2014-15[/url][/b], [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/685/teamoftheyear.jpg/"]2015-16[/url][/b])
                                        - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/831/teamoftheyear.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2014-15)[/url]

Serie B

[i]Capocannoniere Serie B[/i]                   - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/255/topscorer.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2019-20)[/url]
[i]Team of the Year Serie B[/i]                 - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/707/teamoftheyearh.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2019-20)[/url]
                                        - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/713/teamoftheyearn.jpg/"]Frencesco Di Tacchio (2020-21)[/url]
[i]Serie B Goal of the Year[/i]                 - Givestin N'Suki (2021-22)  

Serie A

[i]Capocannoniere Serie A[/i]                   - [url="http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/833/topscorerx.jpg"]Ruud Nieuwenhuis (2025-26)[/url]
[i]Team of the Year Serie A[/i]                 - Marlon Bovu [url="http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/7969/teamoftheyeard.jpg"][b](2025-26)[/b][/url], [b][url="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9854/teamoftheyear.jpg"](2026-27)[/url][/b], [b][url="http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9854/teamoftheyear.jpg"](2028-29)[/url][/b]
                                        - Simongiorgio Marini [b][url="http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9854/teamoftheyear.jpg"](2028-29)[/url][/b]
[i]Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award[/i] - [url="http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/9201/foreignplayeroftheyear.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2025-26)[/url]
[i]Serie A Young Player of the Year Award[/i]   - [url="http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/5606/youngplayeroftheyear.jpg"]Macelo Olivari (2027-28)[/url]
[i]Serie A Manager of the Year Award[/i]        - [url="http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5555/manageroftheyear.jpg"]Leon Breakenridge (2027-28)[/url]

Club International

[i]European Golden Boy Award[/i]                - [url="http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4666/europeangoldenboyaward.jpg"]Ruud Nieuwenhuis (2023-24)[/url]
[i]European Golden Shoe Award[/i]               - [url="http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7239/goldenshow.jpg"]Ruud Nieuwenhuis (2025-26)[/url]

International

[i]African Player of the Year Award[/i]         - [url="http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4771/africanfootballerofthey.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2025-26)[/url]
[i]African All XI Team of the Year[/i]          - Marlon Bovu [url="http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9766/africaxi.jpg"][b](2026-27)[/b][/url], [url="http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/8910/africanteamoftheyear.jpg"][b](2027-28)[/b][/url]

[b][u]Runner Up[/u][/b]

Serie C1/A

[i]Capocannoniere Serie C1/A[/i]	         - Frederico Laurito (2014-15)
[i]Serie C1/A Manager of the Year Award[/i]     - Leon Breakenridge [b][url="http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7072/manju.jpg"](2013-14)[/b][/url], [b](2015-16)[/b]


Serie A

[i]Serie A Player of the Year Award[/i]         - [url="http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3581/runnerup.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2025-26)[/url]
[i]Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award[/i] - [url="http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9707/borgesbovuforeignplayer.jpg"]Jose Borges (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Serie A Manager of the Year Award[/i]        - [url="http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/3581/runnerup.jpg"]Leon Breakenridge (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Serie A Young Player of the Year Award[/i]   - Marcelo Olivari (2026-27)

International

[i]African Midfielder of the Year Award[/i]     - Marlon Bovu [url="http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/5673/africa2nd.jpg"][b](2026-27)[/b][/url], [url="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/482/africanmidfielderrunenr.jpg"][b](2027-28)[/b][/url]

[b][u]Third Place[/u][/b]

Serie A

[i]Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award[/i] - [url="http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9707/borgesbovuforeignplayer.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Serie A Young Player of the Year Award[/i]   - Ruud Nieuwemhuis (2025-26)
[i]Serie A Defender of the Year Award[/i]       - [url="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8396/defender3rdplaceseriea.jpg"][b]Tomaso Surano (2027-28)[/b][/url]

Club Achievements

[i]Highest League Placing[/i]         - [url="http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2002/leaiy.jpg"]2nd Serie A (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Most Club Appearances[/i]          - Francesco Di Tacchio 419 (2025-26)
[i]Most League Appearances[/i]        - Luca Petrucci 410 (2025-26)
[i]Most Club Goals[/i]                - Frederico Laurito 238 (2023-24)
[i]Most League Goals[/i]              - Frederico Laurito 223 (2023-24)
[i]Highest Transfer Fee Paid[/i]      - Marcelo Olivari, Velez, £7,750,000 (2026-27)
[i]Highest Sammarinese Transfer[/i]   - Nicolo Zanotti, Napoli Co-Ownership, £500,000 (2025)
[i]Highest Club Transfer[/i]          - Marcelo Olivari, Real Madrid, £15,500,000 (2027-28)
[i]Highest Attendance[/i] 	       - 21,760 v Barcelona (2027-28)
[i]Highest Average Attendance[/i]     - 19,670 (2028-29)
[i]Highest Gate Receipts[/i] 	       - [url="http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2961/gatest.jpg"]£948, 000 v Barcelona (2027-28)[/url]
[i]Fastest goal[/i] 	               - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/10/quickestgoal.jpg/"]14 seconds, Frederico Laurito v Empoli Serie B (2016-17)[/url]
[i]Biggest Win[/i] 	               - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/201/biggestwin65.jpg/"]6-5 v Alto Adige (2019-20)[/url]
[i]Consecutive Wins[/i]               - 8 (2028-29)
[i]Most Goals in Serie B Record[/i]   - 107 (2020-21)
[i]Youngest Player in Serie A[/i]     - [url="http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4677/youngestseriea.jpg"]Andrea Giacobbi[/url] (2020-21)

100+ Appearances for San Marino Since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 453  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Luigi Bertolini*     | DC   | 449  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Jose Borges*         | DCM  | 395  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Alessandro Grilli*   | GK   | 353  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Edoardo Pozzi*       | MCL  | 312  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Alessio Luciani      | DCLR | 303  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | MC   | 288  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Marco Bianchi        | DRLC | 286  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Nicola Girolamo*     | LCB  | 275  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Tomaso Surano*       | DC   | 263  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 260  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Erik Cabalceta       | CB   | 259  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Tino Schneider*      | MC   | 249  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Simongiorgio Marini* | DLC  | 240  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Givestin N'Suki      | ST   | 236  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Nico Bochini*        | AMC  | 227  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Marlon Bovu*         | AMC  | 176  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Giacomo Tedesco      | DRC  | 155  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Dirk Stahl+          | D/DMC| 146  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Vittorio Micolucci   | DLC  | 145  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Emanuele Allegra     | RB   | 144  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Denis Bellotto*     | MCR   | 142  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Giovanni Caruso      | MC   | 142  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Matteo Paro          | DMC  | 134  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Pol Garcia           | DC   | 133  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Ademir*              | ST   | 131  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Gabriele Pacciardi   | DMC  | 130  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Leandro              | ST   | 129  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Arturo Lupoli        | ST   | 127  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Marco Villanova      | AMLR | 126  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Carlo Pelagatti      | DRC  | 123  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Francesco Lunardini  | DMC  | 118  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Francesco Signori    | DCM  | 117  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Mattia Minesso       | AMC  | 112  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Mattia Maggio        | ST   | 105  |
|----------------------|------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 100+

20+ Club Goals since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps | League | Club | 
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  | 223    | 238  |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 260  | 139    | 153  |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Givestin N'Suki      | ST   | 236  | 70     | 73   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 453  | 65     | 69   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  | 55     | 56   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marlon Bovu*         | AMC  | 176  | 33     | 48   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | MC   | 288  | 37     | 38   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Arturo Lupoli        | ST   | 127  | 37     | 37   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Leandro              | ST   | 129  | 35     | 36   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Tino Schneider*      | MC   | 249  | 28     | 31   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ademir*              | ST   | 131  | 20     | 31   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marco Villanova      | AMLR | 126  | 23     | 29   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Edoardo Pozzi*       | MCL  | 312  | 26     | 28   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Tomaso Surano+       | DC   | 263  | 22     | 25   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marcelo Olivari      | ST   | 54   | 20     | 24   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Jose Borges+         | DCM  | 395  | 18     | 21   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Mattia Maggio        | ST   | 105  | 20     | 20   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|


*In the current squad
+New to the list of 20+

20+ Club Assists since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps | League | Club | 
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  | 109    | 114  |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  | 82     | 85   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marlon Bovu*         | AMC  | 176  | 57     | 64   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 453  | 52     | 61   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 260  | 40     | 50   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Jose Borges*         | DCM  | 395  | 42     | 47   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Givestin N'Suki      | ST   | 236  | 43     | 44   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | MC   | 288  | 40     | 41   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Nico Bochini*        | AMC  | 227  | 34     | 40   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marco Bianchi        | DRLC | 286  | 35     | 36   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Nicola Girolamo*     | LCB  | 275  | 35     | 35   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Edoardo Pozzi*       | MCL  | 312  | 32     | 35   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Arturo Lupoli        | ST   | 127  | 32     | 32   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Simongiorgio Marini* | DLC  | 240  | 24     | 27   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Leandro              | ST   | 129  | 24     | 24   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Tino Schneider+      | MC   | 249  | 20     | 23   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marco Villanova      | AMLR | 126  | 22     | 22   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Giacomo Tedesco      | DRC  | 155  | 20     | 20   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 20+

20+ Club PoM since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps | League | Club | 
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  | 50     | 52   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 260  | 37     | 39   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  | 37     | 37   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marlon Bovu*         | AMC  | 176  | 23     | 30   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Tomaso Surano+       | DC   | 263  | 19     | 25   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 453  | 20     | 23   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 20+

Fans Player of the Year awards

Name                   Year                Total
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | 2015-18, 2019/20  | 4    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Jose Borges          | 2021-25           | 4    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Marlon Bovu          | 2025/26, 2027-29  | 3    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Eric Cabalceta       | 2018/19           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | 2020/21           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Vittorio Ferrero     | 2013/14           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Federico Laurito     | 2014/15           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Davide Poletti       | 2012/13           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Tomaso Surano        | 2026/27           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|

Overall Best XI

Ademir, Nico Bochini and Simongiorgio Marini are inducted this year, however I am not sure how either striker or midfielder made it ahead of Bovu into the Overall XI

San Marino Legends - The Hall of Fame

Every Season, I will nominate 1-3 players to be inducted in to the Hall of Fame. You may only be inducted in to the Hall of Fame once a player has retired or they have passed their peak. In very few circumstances will active/current national team players be added. There is no minimum requirement as it is based on ability, performance, relevance and significance of appearances, not the appearance number or goals scored. Each inductee will be given a brief description of their role and purpose of induction.

Statistics provided in Alphabetical order whilst brief is in induction order.

Class of 2025-26

1. Frederico Laurito (Player 2012-2025, Staff 2025-Present) Stats Career Staff

The most prolific scorer the club has seen and a one time leader in all time appearances. Vice captain for many years, he was loyal and with the club through its growth from Serie C1/A though to Serie A, picking up awards such as Top Goal scorer along the way. Is now a part of the backroom staff and looking to continue on with the club for many more years to come.

2. Francesco Di Tacchio (Player 2013-2026, Staff 2026-Present) Stats Career Staff

Captain from Serie C1/A to Serie A, the all time leading caps for the club, Di Tacchio was a loyal member of the team and family. Well respected and picking up awards throughout his career, there are none more greater than the 4 Fans Player of the Year awards he has received by the fans of the club. One of the All time greats continues on as a backroom staff member.

Class of 2026-27

3. Davide Poletti (Player 2009-2014, Staff 2014-Present) Stats Career Staff

Though he was only working with me for a short time as a player, he was our inaugural captain under my management and was our best player, making the Serie C1/A team of the year, Winning Serie C1/A Player of the Year and taking the Fans Player of the Year award. He then went on to become the u20's manager, keeping him at the club and has been involved in raising such players as Bertolini who is a future Hall of Fame candidate himself. His contribution to the team has been both on and off the field and as such, will be inducted as both a player and staff member in to the Hall of Fame.

Class of 2027-28

4. Alessio Luciani (Player 2013-2019, Player/Coach 2022-2028, Staff 2028-Present) Stats Career Staff

Spent two long spells a the club, becoming one of the most capped and well respected payers the club has seen. With us from the Serie C1/A all the way through to the Serie A, he was able to command a place in the first team up until his last few years, when he became a bench and backup player. Was able to carry on until he was 37, sharing his playing career with a Reserve's Manager role for 6 seasons, now continuing this role at San Marino into his retirement. Able to play all across the backline, he became the bench mark of the ultimate defender at the club and was often revered as one of the clubs best ever, most solid defenders.

5. Dejan Danza (Player 2014-2026) Career

One of our most prolific midfielders, Danza was amazing through the early stage of San Marino, up until the Serie A. He was always able to find the right pass and ended his career with 41 assists for San Marino. Better still, he was also very good from the edge of the area and managed 38 goals for the club, some of which proved vital throughout his career. One of the best all round players to pull on a San Marino Jersey and rightly added to the Hall of Fame.

Class of 2028-29

6. Marco Villanova (Player 2010-2019) Career

Villanova was one of the first fan favourites at San Marino, spending a couple of years at the club before and after I took charge. Was absolutely amazing in his opening 2 seasons as he dominated the charts for both assists and goals and controlled the Serie C1/A side along with Di Tacchio as one of the key contributors. As San Marino improved to the Serie B, Villanova lost his footing in the side and as our shape changed from one utilising wingers to one more focused down the middle, his role went from limited to none and he was loaned out for his last 2 years of his contract. Upon its expiring, he decided not to renew his contract and instead left to retire from the game at just 27 years of age. Despite his swift fall from grace, in 4 to 5 years of the 9 he spent at San Marino, he was truly one of the sides most gifted and best players

7. Matteo Paro (Player 2012-2018) Career Staff

With us for only 6 years, Paro was the heart and sole of the team and really shone when utilised in his favoured Defensive Midfield role. In fact, Paro's ability to supply and control the tempo of the match from this position is what led us to change the structure of the team and head in the direction of an anchor in midfield. To say the team was structured around him is an understatement as he was the leader before Di Tacchio took over, and is one of the main reasons the club rose from Serie C1/A to the Serie B so quickly. He retired and continues in the sport today as a Director of Football for Juve Stabia. He may one day come back to the club in the back room, but until then, will go down as a legend and pioneer of the San Marino midfield and the style of play we utilise today.

8. Carlo Pelagatti (Player 2010-2019) Career

Was at the club before I arrived and was one of the first players to lead from the back line. He helped create a solid defence in the early seasons and was one of our most solid defenders in our push for Serie B football. He struggled with the step up though and become a reserve in his final seasons, making only one Serie B appearance, but remained loyal to the club and fulfilled his contract obligations with no complaints. He decided to retire at just 30 once his contract was not renewed as he was now struggling to keep up with players around him, but his role in the Serie C1/A side will not be forgotten.

| Name                  | Pos  | Apps | Goals(C)  | Assists(CS) | PoM | Rating |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Dejan Danza           | MC   | 288  | 38        | 41          | 8   | 6.96   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio  | MC   | 419  | 56        | 114         | 37  | 7.22   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Frederico Laurito     | ST   | 403  | 238       | 85          | 52  | 7.21   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Alessio Luciani       | DLRC | 303  | 12        | 13          | 6   | 6.81   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Matteo Paro           | DMC  | 134  | 5         | 15          | 2   | 6.92   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Carlo Pelagatti       | DRC  | 123  | 0         | 9           | 3   | 6.97   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Davide Poletti        | MCL  | 50   | 11        | 15          | 7   | 6.97   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Marco Villanova       | AMRL | 126  | 29        | 22          | 3   | 6.98   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|

(C) - Goals Conceded
(CS) - Clean Sheets

[LUFC 08]

In season 2022/23 now and this could be the best side Ive made on FM. We're dominating Serie A... having it wrapped up a month or more earlier than the season end for the past 3 years. We are currently on a 46 game unbeaten run in Serie A !!

Also have developed a real quality player for the national side.... http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/ceccoli.png/

He scored an amazing 9 goals in 25 league games last season from DC position.

Still havnt been able to do much with the national team not getting much higher than 200th place in world rankings, need a good keeper and we are well short of attacking players with quality.

We are packing out a 43,874 all seater stadium on a weekly basis which is actually more than the population of San Marino ha ! Need maybe a minimum of 5 years of continued success and maybe in that time we will develop some more top class players.

Also if anyone fancies a versus game of San Marino teams give me a shout

[leonavich]

In season 2022/23 now and this could be the best side Ive made on FM. We're dominating Serie A... having it wrapped up a month or more earlier than the season end for the past 3 years. We are currently on a 46 game unbeaten run in Serie A !!

Also have developed a real quality player for the national side.... http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/ceccoli.png/

He scored an amazing 9 goals in 25 league games last season from DC position.

Still havnt been able to do much with the national team not getting much higher than 200th place in world rankings, need a good keeper and we are well short of attacking players with quality.

We are packing out a 43,874 all seater stadium on a weekly basis which is actually more than the population of San Marino ha ! Need maybe a minimum of 5 years of continued success and maybe in that time we will develop some more top class players.

Also if anyone fancies a versus game of San Marino teams give me a shout

You seem to be doing really well! That is incredible. I am still a fair way away from your level in the Serie A, but I would do a verses game with you. To test out my squad

[FGreve]

And ofcourse congratulations on winning your first trophies leonavich ^^ first of many?

[FGreve]

2022-23

Not really much to tell this season. After last season's 9th place, the board was expecting another mid-table finish. I met the expectations with a 11th place. Personally I have hoped for greater things this season but as the season progressed an 11th place wasn't a bad result.

As you can see in my past positions i struggled a lot this season only keeping the team just above the drop zone.

One of the explanations could be the lack of form from Ogden who only found the net 6 times in 22 matches. He was injured a lot this season, and rarely played full time.

Therefore he wasn't included in the team of the year, which saw Franco Conti take the place as the lone striker. He was top-scorer once more for Titani as he fired home 11 goals..

Gulpen was player of the year even though i preferred Esteban Ruiz in his position as attacking midfielder. Gulpen reached a average rating of 7.33 and had 8 goals and 3 assist to his name, while Ruiz scored 8 goals and made 6 assist to claim an average rating of 7.57..

Key transfers this year 20-year old keeper Belloni, right wing Smits, left wing Weiss at a record transfer fee and Koné.

they all found their way into the team of the year..

next season i will have another bunch of free transfers in, and hopefully some will strenght the starting XI and the other ones will strenght the squad depth. And hopefully steal a european spot. ^^

[leonavich]

FGreve - Not a bad season. It seems like you had a pretty good run and are building a solid team to become competitive very soon.

Thanks about the first trophies. It took us a while, nearly 20 years, but I think the team now is quite strong, and we are finally building the depth to compete in the league and in the other competitions. We are finally pushing Juventus this season too, so lets see if we can add to our trophy cabinet in 2029-30!

[leonavich]

Pre season 2029-30

Expectations

Champions League it the target again, with the board hoping we can make it after our 2 year absence. I am confident this season of pushing into the top 4 and will be aiming for a 3rd place finish, though I would like to be competitive and stay within 10 points of Juventus and Napoli who I expect to be the two sides above me come the end of the season.

Transfers

Some good transfers in this year, picked up on bosman's. With our wage bill rising, and no Champions League football, it is becoming hard to maintain our large profit margins, so I am refusing to go the fast route and buy a squad, instead opting to build it. We are starting to also see some youth products get closer to the first team, but this wont happen if players keep getting purchased. Will look to stem this to give the youth a chance.

Facilities

Facilities are maxed out as of our last upgrade. Any further upgrades will be to maintain our state of the art standard.

Funding

Sponsorship increases again as we are crack the top 50 ranked European teams. Helping to keep us breaking even now as wages spiral. Managed to finally upgrade the networking also to good, after being stuck at average for 2 and a half seasons.

Previous Season Goals

* Make it past the Italian Cup First Round Proper. ACHIEVED - We did more than make it past the first round... We won it! Our first silverware!

* Qualify for Champions League Failed - we played a good season but fell short and hit Europa again.

* Keep at least 15 clean sheets this season with a new secondary keeper to apply competition to Paez ACHIEVED - We hit 11 in Serie A, but managed 16 all season. Seguin become the favoured keeper with some good performances.

Season Goals

* Qualify for Champions League

* Keep at least 15 clean sheets In the Serie A

* Make Europa Quarter Finals

Previous Future Goals

* Fight for title in 3-4 seasons 5th again, but in a good position to be fighting in the next couple of years ase I was aiming for.

* Generate youth that are capable of fighting for a first team place in 2-4 years Dolci got a few more games before going out on loan. Will hopefully become part of the squad rotation next year. A few others are hopefully on their way to the first team soon

* Make it past the first round proper of the Italian Cup within the next few seasons ACHIEVED - Not only did we make it through, but we won, smashing all expectations

* Bring in another World Class player like Bovu ACHIEVED - Guillemro Grille was brought in as our South American replacement for Olivari ad is so far fitting the billing as a good secondary striker option, even leading from Nieuwenhuis this season. Not yet recognised as world class internationally, but has performed so under my belief.

Future Goals

* Fight for title in 2-3 seasons

* Generate youth that are capable of fighting for a first team place in 1-3 years

* Qualify for Champions League

* Reach the top 20 Ranked European teams within 3 seasons.

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International 2029

A huge season for us as we made up a lot of ground and my faith in the national team has been restored, for now at least. We started the season with a shaky 2-1 win over Chinese Taipei before a huge win over Georgia, 2-0, gave us a good start to the Qualifiers, as well as an unbeaten start to the season. We then took a huge loss to Portugal 6-0 which clearly knocked us back as Tahiti then upset us 2-0 in a game I thought we should of won. Tajikistan was next and we easily dispatched them 3-1 before another huge World Cup Qualifier win over Luxembourg, 2-1, which put us close to the promotion play-off of our group! We then had an even better result with a 0-0 draw over Slovakia which was tremendous, however we faltered in the final 2 games losing to both Denmark and Portugal quite heavily, but nonetheless a great Qualifying campaign. One of our best.

We lost our third game in a row to the Faroe Islands, a game we should of won and I was brutally harsh on the boys as it dropped our ranking from 103 to 110, just as we were on the verge of cracking the top 100. Win ended the season on a high though with a 2-1 win over Afghanistan, and finishing the season at a rank of 110. A massive leap since last season and good signs that the young players are starting to step up in their roles. Righi also finally became the record holder for San Marino, with 11 national goals to beat Andy Selva's record of 10, set nearly 15 years ago.

Bertolini also suffered another lengthy injury, putting him out for 5 months which led him to his second international retirement. At 105 caps though, he couldn't stay away and I was able to lure him out again, at least for another season!

We made it to a record high of 103rd before ending the year at 110th in the world. A huge success considering how dire things looked last season, and shows that this far down the rankings, he difference separating teams is not very much at all. Next season I am more confident now and will try and target breaking the top 100, however our Euro Qualifiers are tough with Cyprus deemed one of our easier games. Any points from this group will be good and will be needed to help rise our ranking.

2029 Best XI

Fixtures

Players with Potential - 23 and Under

Aldo Angelini - 21

Has taken over the starting role as Benardi announces he will retire at the end of the season. Huge future if he can reach his potential and already pulling out some great games.

Davide Bollini - 20

Still refuses a call up but has not shown any signs of improvement. Was not approached last year, but will re consider once he is too old for the Italian under 21's.

Mauro Bucci - 22

quickened and found his way in to the line up to reach 18 caps. Still more of a substitute than a starter due to his wide right flanking, but some changes to formation meant his pace was exploited on a few occasions out wide.

Matteo Della Valle - 19

Showed no growth as has lost his place in the side. Still a hefty back up choice but as the team moves up the rankings, his chance become less frequent.

Giorgio Fiorini - 20

Got a couple more caps as a backup striker and even managed to hit the net once to reach 5 goals. Not the preferred choice, but still features in my plans when we need strikers.

Andrea Giacobbi - 19

Sent out on loan to Udinese, and is finally starting to adjust to life in the middle. Has broken 20 caps but still primarily a bench player until he can iron out his woes in the middle. Got some game time on the left in the few games we opted for wide men.

Lorenzo Gianni - 20

Struggled a bit as formations changed, but still one of the key components to our midfield. Struggling to reach his potential but still playing pretty decently.

Nicola Mularoni - 22

At 22 he is becoming a great leader and asset to the national team, but still struggling domestically. Has been a rock and key component in our good run this year.

Massimo Raschi - 19

reaches 26 caps and bagged a few goals to reach 5. Struggles for consistency, but on his day he is our best option upfront.

Davide Rinaldi - 19

Our third choice soon to be second. Will get a few games with the gloves, but took too long to choose San Marino over Italy and will pay the price for the rest of his career, bar a miracle.

Federico Ugolini - 18

Has made a habit of being in a rotation with what is deservedly the best midfield players San Marino has eve had. Ugolini should expect more games next year, but in a similar rotationary role.

Nicola Valentini - 17

Still not given the chance he is craving, and has not shown any signs of improving to warrant such a chance. Could prove to be a dismantlement as a signing if h doesn't feature soon.

Nicolo Zanotti - 21

Continues to do tremendous things, and being out on loan to Juve Stabia will help make him the player he needs to be to get this national team forward. Still very young but a natural leader.

International Rankings

2012 – 209
2013 – 208
2014 – 209 
2015 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/826/ranking171.jpg/"]171[/url][/b]
2016 – 190
2017 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/855/163rd.jpg/"]163[/url][/b]
2018 – 180
2019 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/15/rank114.jpg/"]114[/url][/b]
2020 – 145
2021 – 175
2022 – 131
2023 – 135
2024 – 131
2025 – 121
2026 – 126
2027 – 149
2028 – 150
2029 – 110

Overall Best XI

Overall XI Players who have represented both Club and Country

Cristian Bernardi

Luigi Bertolini

Aldo Angelini

International Awards & Achievements

[i]Top 10 Most Caps[/i]  - Luigi Bertolini        (105)
                 - Cristian Bernardi      (102)
                 - Andy Selva             (74)
                 - Damiano Vannucci       (67)
                 - Dario Treccani         (65)
                 - Andrea Pelliccioni     (63)
                 - Alessandro Valentini   (62)
                 - Maicol Berretti        (61)
                 - Andrea Casadei         (60)
                 - Alessandro Ceccoli     (59)

[i]Top 10 Most Goals[/i] - Mattia Righi            (11)
                 - Andy Selva              (10)
                 - Marcello Bianchi        (7)
                 - Andrea Pelliccioni      (6)
                 - Daniele Ceccoli         (5)
                 - Fabio Cesana            (5)
                 - Giorgio Fiorini         (5)
                 - Massimo Raschi          (5)
                 - Nicolo Zanotti          (5)
                 - Marco Berardi           (4)

[i]Most Goals in a match[/i]   - Mattia Righi       (3)

[i]Most Assists in a match[/i] - Tiziano Colantonio (3)

Records

[i]Highest World Ranking[/i] - [url="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7535/internationalhigh.jpg"][b]103rd[/b][/url] (2023)

[i]Fastest Goal in European Qualifications[/i] - [url="http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3749/fastestevergoalineuros.jpg"]Mattia Righi, 11 seconds v Croatia[/url] (2023)

[i]Highest Attendance[/i] - [url="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2111/recordhighnational.jpg"]21,760 v Croatia[/url] (2024)

San Marino Hall of Fame

Every Season, I will nominate 1-3 players to be inducted in to the Hall of Fame. You may only be inducted in to the Hall of Fame once a player has retired or they have passed their peak. In very few circumstances will active/current national team players be added. There is no minimum requirement as it is based on ability, performance, relevance and significance of appearances, not the appearance number or goals scored. Each inductee will be given a brief description of their role and purpose of induction.

Statistics provided in Alphabetical order whilst brief is in induction order. Being the first year, there has been 6 inducted players.

Class of 2026

1. Luigi Bertolini* (2014-Present) - Current All time cap holder, Bertolini has been the best Sammarinese product in the country's history. Has been inducted during his playing career and is the first inducted players

2. Andy Selva (1998-2015) - The current All time top scorer with 10 goals. Was a rock and played for the national team until he was 40. Played in a time before some of the better players arrived and did most of his national service as a one man team. Captain of the side for 2 seasons.

3. Cristian Bernardi* (2014-Present) - The second highest capped player and the best keeper in the history of the country. Has had no close competition and has been as solid as possible in a side that struggles to be competitive early in its history.

4. Mattia Stefanelli (2010-2019) - The heir apparent to Selva. Lived up to the bill as best as possible but struggled with only 3 goals. Was the only striker choice for many seasons when Selva retired and captained the side briefly.

5. Aldo Junior Simoncini (2004-2018) - The first goal keeper and vice captain. Played for 6 years before retiring with 54 caps. His stats are not known, however he was a valuable member of a side struggling to find players to field. Was one of 3 original players to be automatic selections, along side Selva and Stefanelli.

6. Matteo Vitaioli (2013-2021) - Retired with 56 caps and 4 goals, he was a solid midfield player in an era that saw very little come through in they way of midfield talent. Though not the best of players, he was admirable in our engine room.

Class of 2027

7. Michele Cervellini (2006-2020) - His stats may not look all that great but he was the unsung hero for a number of years as he played a role in the middle for over a decade. Was a solid player who was always on the starting sheet until he reached his mid 30's and faded at the start of when the new crop of youngster where coming in.

8. Tiziano Colantonio (2013-2022) - Only had 39 caps for the national team but has a number of achievements that came with his short stint. He was the youngest ever player, breaking in to the starting line up of the national team at just 15 years and 290 days. He is also the record holder for the most assists in a match, standing at 3. His downfall in the national team came when the formation shifted from a 4-4-1-1 to a 4-1-3-2 and wide players were removed from the starting line up. He was still given opportunities off the bench and did reasonably well, but his spell will be remembered more as the youngster with much potential who had a good first 5 year with the national team, rather than the squad player off the bench that he obtained for the remainder.

Class of 2028

9. Damiano Vannucci (1992-2013) - Only had one year in the national team under my guidance but has stood the test of time to be one of the highest capped players. Was looked up to by the younger generation and though he played in a difficult era, was still able to make the midfield role his own

10. Alessandro Ceccoli (2014-2026) - His debut year in football came when I entered management and for 13 out his 18 seasons he was a mainstay in the national team backline. He played through the tough years until we started to see some real progress in the national side and will be sorely missed as he was always a key player and valuable member. He managed 4 assists from the left hand side of defence in a team that has always struggled to score, showing he was a main component to anything creative on the left of the field.

Class of 2029

11. Fabio Francini (2016-2028)

Was a handy little midfielder who became a great servant for the national side. His role was primarily to support attacks, and showed good composure in a tough side to manage 3 assists and a decent rating of 6.41. Became a fan favourite and one of our key players during his peak for the national side and will take some beating as one of the better midfielders the country has had.

| Name                  | Pos  | Apps | Goals(C)  | Assists(CS) | PoM | Rating |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/8519/96512934.jpg"]| Luigi Bertolini*      | DC   | 104  | 1         | 5           | 6   | TBA    |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/9551/24649436.jpg"]| Cristian Bernardi*    | GK   | 99   | (199)     | (21)        | 1   | TBA    |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4896/ceccoli.jpg"]| Alessandro Ceccoli    | DLC  | 59   | 0         | 4           | 0   | 6.47   |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Michele Cervellini    | MC   | 53   | 1         | 1           | 0   | 6.17   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://imageshack.us/f/521/tiziano.jpg/"]| Tiziano Colantonio    |AMR   | 39   | 0         | 3           | 1   | 6.38   |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/3751/francini.jpg"]| Fabio Francini        | MC   | 43   | 1         | 3           | 0   | 6.41   |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Andy Selva            | ST   | 74   | 10        | 1           | 0   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Aldo Junior Simoncini | GK   | 54   | (?)       | (?)         | 0   | 6.45   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Mattia Stefanelli     | ST   | 48   | 3         | 0           | 1   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Damiano Vannucci      | MC   | 67   | 0         | 0           | 0   | 5.55   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Matteo Vitaioli       | MCL  | 56   | 4         | 1           | 1   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|


(C) - Goals Conceded
(CS) - Clean Sheets

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Club Mid Season Review 2029-30

Key Transfers in

After such a hefty season last year, I had high hopes, but was not expecting too much by way of silverware. I was content with getting a higher league position and having a good run in all competitions. To do so though, we would need a few more players for added depth.

Manuel Below (Inter Milan) MC - Free

Our biggest injury areas during last years heavy campaign were the forwards and the middle, especially during 3 game weeks, where we played every 3 days. non rotation playes like Bovu would struggle, so Below was brought in to be cover for that until he developed into a potential starter. He is still only 21 so has some improving, but will see some game time this season.

Guillermo Grille (Liverpool (URU)) AML/ST - Free

I had been monitoring him since last season when I wanted a replacement for Olivari, our one season Argentinian sensation but he commanded a fairly high price tag for an unknown, uncapped Uruguayan striker so I bided my time and coaxed him into letting his contract run down. His contract came up and I jumped on January first to bring him to the club for the next season. So far has not disappointed and looks to be fitting in very well, notching 12 goals come the half year mark of the season.

Zumbi (Napoli) MC - Free

A young Brazilian with a lot of potential, looked to be a great buy when Napoli where discarding him on the free transfer list. I was surprised at his lack of attention, but picked him up without much research. He was not only cover, but a rotation option and was expected to get heavy game time. His attitude to games and ability to perform has been far from expected, and has quickly found himself in the category of fellow signing Below, as a back up sub who will need development and to show signs on improvement before he fits in to the first team. I will be hoping sooner rather than later as Petrucci gets closer to his mid 30's and is soon to be retiring in the next few seasons. Next season will be sink or swim for Zumbi at San Marino.

Key Transfers Out

Ademir (Co-Ownership Napoli) ST - £1.6m

With Grille coming in this year and form coming from a few of the other rotational players, Ademir found himself struggling for regular first team matches. As a result he was unhappy and wanted to leave. The best option was a Co-Ownership from Napoli. He would be at Napoli getting some matches under his belt, and should he perform well, we could always buyout the contract to keep him at the club.

Alessandro Grilli (Free Transfer) GK - Free

Our longest serving goalkeeper, he was first choice until the last few seasons when we started pushing for European places and needed a much stronger keeper between the sticks. Was happy to stay and go out on loan the last few seasons, but once his contract was expiring, he was happy to leave and pursue other avenues. At 33, he has the experience for a few more seasons, but his time at San Marino may mean he commands a higher wage than teams in Serie B, lower Serie A can afford.

Current Season Highlights

- Euro Super Cup was against Manchester City who won the Champions League. We managed to beat them in a friendly a few weeks before the match in a dress rehearsal, but I was still sceptical due to the gap in class on paper. I had nothing to worry about though as we owned the match from start to finish, winning 2-0. Our third piece of silverware and our first for the season.

- After winning our first 3 games in Europe, it looked like we would have an easy run to the knockout groups, however we then lost our next 2 games to be teetering on elimination. We managed a win against Dinamo which left 3 of the teams equal on 12 points. Due to our goal difference in those games, we ended on top, but it was too close for comfort

- Bovu Dominated the awards in Africa this year as he took home the African Midfielder of the Year award after being the best man but never the groom the last few seasons. He then also took home the African Footballer of the year and for the first time, the Broadcaster's Footballer of the Year. As per usual, he also made the African XI of the Year to top of an amazing season for himself from an individual point of view.

- We progressed in the Italian Cup once again, beating Pro Vercelli 3-1 in the first round, and have a tough knockout round against Roma coming up.

- We are also keeping pace with Juventus this season, despite struggling to score prolifically. What has been working for us is a very strong defence, mainly due to Surano, Marini and Seguin who is doing fantastically in goals for us. Mon'g is doing well given the chance to become a regular starter, and Formiga is once again having a cracking season and topping the assist charts out of the defenders with 5 so far.

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A Sneak preview at how the season is shaping up. With 2 games to go, this is match day 37!

I will leave it for you to decide what the table looks like between first and second, and how you think this result will impact the final standings!?

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Club 2029-

Season Review

We had great success last season, winning our first two pieces of silveware. One in Europe and one in Italy. This season started out fantastic too, with us beating Manchester City in the European Super Cup 2-0 for an early silveware addition to our cabinet. Unfortunately, we lost the Italian Super cup in extra time to Juventus who beat us 3-2, but it was a great fight and would mark one of the many battles this season including one for the title!

We started the season in stunning form winning 5 and drawing 2 before Roma handed us our first loss 2-1 away. We quickly got back in to our grove by beat Dinamo to make it 2 from 2 in Europe whilst we beat Inter and Como 3-1. Our 7 game winning streak was marred only by a 1-1 draw to Ascoli before consecutive 1-0 losses to Real Sociedad and Genoa brought us back to earth in both Europe and Serie A. 3 clean sheets including a 1-0 win over Napoli kept us in touch with pace setters Juventus but a 3-0 loss to Sampdoria and another loss in Europe put our title credentials and European qualification to the second round in doubt. 4 wins, including a 4-0 win in Europe to get us through to the knockouts, a 3-1 win over 2nd place A.C Milan and a 1-0 win over leaders Juventus brightened the mood over the Christmas ad New Year period.

Some wheeling and dealing saw as loan some players out who were upset or not performing which lead to a reduced squad size, but brought the harmony back and after a 2-0 loss to Napoli, we went on an amazing 17 game unbeaten run for a new club record which included 10 Serie A matches with 1-0 wins over Genoa and Inter as well as a 4-0 thumping of Como. Italian Cup Quarter and Semi Final wins over Roma (3-2) and A.C. Milan (3-2) aggregate respectively and European success over Stuttgart (5-2) aggregate and Ajax (5-2) aggregate. Our streak was broken by Everton who beat us 4-2 in the Europa Quarter Final first leg. We managed win the return leg, but only by a scoreline of 3-2 which meant we were out (6-5) on aggregate. Tragic when we scored twice in the 88th and 91st minute, only to have both goals disallowed.

The loss in Europa let us concentrate in the league and this helped with us getting some big wins such including 5-0 over Sampdoria, and 3-1 over A.C. Milan. The win over 3rd place A.C. Milan put us on top, level with points on 75, with Juventus. The remaining 2 matches where:

San Marino V Juventus

San Marino V Parma

Juventus V Modena

Pretty much, the winner of matchday 37 would win the title and we started stronger, with Nieuwenhuis scoring first in the 18th minute. Juventus hit back twice in quick succession to take a 2-1 lead into half time but we kept pushing and Bovu got us the equaliser in the 49th minute. Juventus then struck again in the 78th minutes and just as things looked like it would be a Juventus win, Nieuwenhuis showed why his is a class act for San Marino by hitting a screamer to make it 3-3 in the 81st minute. The game looked deadlocked as the clock ran down. But one more twist was in store as in the 86th minute...Juventus struck the winning goal. The score ended 4-3 to Juventus and gave them a 3 point lead coming in to the last match of the season. Parma put up a good fight but we managed out class them and win our match 4-2. All relied on Juventus against Modena, and coming up to the 70th minute, it was still nil all. A goal was scored in the 71st minute. And it was a strike to Juventus! they then hit 2 more in quick succession and took the game 3-0, condemning us to our second 2nd place finish, but this time by a mere 3 points. The gap at the top was slimming.

We had a final game in the Italian Cup Final against Juventus, who had been thorn in our side this season, winning all the crucial games in the league and the Italian Super Cup to limit our silverware. Would they beat us again? We struck first through Bovu, but in typical Juventus fashion, they struck back minutes later to level the scoreline. Nieuwenhuis then gave us the lead again in the 41st minute and this took us in to half time 2-1 up. Things wee frantic for the second half as both sides had some really good opportunities but it took until the 72nd minute for Trimarchi to strike for Juventus and level the scores at 2-2. I tweaked our midfield and told them not to let Juventus sneak a lead again, as they already did this to rob us of our first Serie A title. The tweaking worked as Bochini struck in the 80th minute to make it 3-2, and from here we shut up shop to hold out a 3-2 win and win back to back Italian Cup's and make our second trophy double in two seasons.

We started slow in the goalscoring department, but ended with a new recorder number of goals by a player in a season, with new signing Gille hitting the net 37 times in 51 games. Nieuwenhuis struggled this year, however came good by the seasons end and managed a one in two game ration, scoring 25 in 50 to give us 2 player with atleast 25 goals each for the season. Bovu also managed a huge 16 goals from midfield, Bochini got some crucial ones including the Italian Cup winner out of his 8 for the season. Surano was again the pick of the defenders with 7 for the season. The passing game was once again fantastic though, as Nieuwenhuis (16), Grille (12) and Bovu (11) each reach double figures, with Bochini and Formiga from defence next on 9. Schneider provided 8 times with Marini another defender, getting 7, along with Gustavo. Grille topped the charts with 8 Player of the matches, while Marini was this years best defender with 7 ad Bovu the pick of the midfielders with 5. The Fans Player of the Year award this season went to defender Simongiorgio Marini who had a fantastic season, setting up 7 goals and averaging 7.59 for the season.

Some Sad News as Cristian Bernardi retires. Although he only managed a handful of games in his career, he is so far, the best Sammarinese goalkeeper to wear the gloves and managed 26 apperances for the club side, including 14 in the Serie A in one season. Will be missed more from a national perspective, retiring with 103 caps, but leaves the gloves in good hands as Aldo Angelini takes the reigns. Angelini is now in line to be second choice keeper at the club as Paez looks to leave on a Bossman, along with Ciminari who both cited more consistent game time as their reasons.

A great season with another two trophies picked up, and so close to the title! If we had held on for the draw against Juventus, we would of won based on head to head form over the season, but alas, we will need to try and top this season next year to take home the trophy. Europe was also decently played unlucky to lose in the Quarter Finals to Everton, but this shows that we are now a side that can compete in the League, Europe and also the cups. Next year will be another challenge as we once again enter Champions League Football after a couple season's in its minor form of Europa.

League Table

Squad

| Pkd  | Inf  | Name                | Apps    | Gls  | Ast  | PoM  | Pas R| Tck  | DrbPG| Sh T | Yel  | Red  | Av Rat | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| GK   | Hol  | Philippe Seguin     | 55      | 0    | 0    | 0    | 88%  | 0.02 | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | 7.07   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DR   | Hol  | Formiga             | 55      | 2    | 9    | 3    | 75%  | 5.97 | 1.08 | 45%  | 10   | 1    | 7.17   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DCR  | Hol  | Simongiorgio Marini | 45      | 3    | 7    | 7    | 70%  | 4.68 | 0.76 | 56%  | 10   | 1    | 7.59   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DCL  | Hol  | Tomaso Surano       | 53 (1)  | 7    | 1    | 4    | 77%  | 2.70 | 0.34 | 48%  | 7    | 1    | 7.54   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DL   | Hol  | Veysel Kocas        | 24 (2)  | 0    | 5    | 0    | 68%  | 4.98 | 0.86 | 11%  | 2    | 0    | 6.98   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DMC  | Hol  | José Borges         | 40 (2)  | 2    | 3    | 2    | 81%  | 7.10 | 0.84 | 37%  | 16   | 0    | 7.38   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MCR  | Hol  | Tino Schneider      | 46 (1)  | 1    | 8    | 4    | 80%  | 6.38 | 0.64 | 42%  | 6    | 1    | 7.20   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MC   |      | Marlon Bovu         | 46 (4)  | 16   | 11   | 5    | 75%  | 6.89 | 1.36 | 42%  | 13   | 0    | 7.48   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MCL  | Hol  | Nico Bochini        | 51 (3)  | 8    | 9    | 3    | 79%  | 5.12 | 0.88 | 40%  | 8    | 0    | 7.23   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| STCR |      | Guillermo Grille    | 46 (5)  | 37   | 12   | 8    | 71%  | 2.11 | 0.87 | 55%  | 5    | 0    | 7.61   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| STCL |      | Ruud Nieuwenhuis    | 44 (6)  | 25   | 16   | 3    | 73%  | 2.50 | 1.20 | 56%  | 8    | 0    | 7.37   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S1   | IPR  | Miguel Páez         | 2       | 0    | 0    | 0    | 100% | -    | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | 6.95   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S2   | Hol  | Manuel Below        | 5 (5)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 73%  | 4.60 | 0.18 | 0%   | 1    | 0    | 6.85   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S3   | Hol  | Dirk Stahl          | 13 (15) | 0    | 2    | 1    | 77%  | 6.13 | 0.39 | 38%  | 2    | 0    | 7.15   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S4   |      | Luigi Bertolini     | 9 (12)  | 1    | 0    | 0    | 77%  | 1.77 | 0.37 | 100% | 1    | 0    | 6.92   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S5   |      | Luca Petrucci       | 5 (14)  | 0    | 0    | 0    | 80%  | 6.42 | 0.92 | 20%  | 1    | 0    | 6.89   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S6   | Hol  | Luís Gustavo        | 15 (17) | 5    | 7    | 2    | 70%  | 2.76 | 0.74 | 38%  | 2    | 0    | 7.19   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S7   | Hol  | Mauricio Ciminari   | 12 (15) | 0    | 5    | 0    | 79%  | 5.63 | 0.71 | 21%  | 2    | 0    | 7.00   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S8   | Loa  | Nicola Mularoni     | 0 (8)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 83%  | 11.58| 0.89 | -    | 0    | 0    | 6.90   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S9   | Hol  | Denis Bellotto      | 0 (3)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 76%  | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0%   | 0    | 0    | 6.95   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S10  | Hol  | Mussa ****          | 36 (3)  | 1    | 1    | 0    | 77%  | 2.70 | 0.39 | 40%  | 2    | 0    | 7.23   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S11  | Hol  | Ross Hemmings       | 3 (13)  | 4    | 0    | 1    | 75%  | 2.58 | 1.41 | 60%  | 0    | 0    | 7.00   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S12  | Hol  | Zumbi               | 10 (10) | 1    | 1    | 0    | 78%  | 5.55 | 0.49 | 44%  | 4    | 0    | 6.80   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -    | Hol  | Edoardo Pozzi       | 0 (2)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 75%  | 0.00 | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | -      | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -    | Req  | Nicola Girolamo     | 2(1)    | 0    | 1    | 0    | 60%  | 3.20 | 0.91 | -    | 0    | 0    | 6.93   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -    |      | Livio Cinquino      | 2(3)    | 1    | 0    | 0    | 73%  | 2.02 | -    | 25%  | 2    | 0    | 6.97   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -    |      | Ademir              | 4(5)    | 1    | 0    | 2    | 69%  | 1.01 | 1.01 | 63%  | 0    | 0    | 6.78   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -    |      | Tiziano Dolci       | 4       | 0    | 0    | 0    | 81%  | 5.25 | 0.75 | 100% | 1    | 0    | 7.07   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -    |      | Andrea Giacobbi     | 0 (4)   | 0    | 0    | 0    | -    | -    | -    | -    | 0    | 0    | 6.80   | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|      |      |                     |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |        | 
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Club Honours

[b][u]Under 20's[/b][/u]
[i]Under 20's Cup Runners Up[/i]    - 2026-27

[b][u]Serie C1/A[/b][/u]
[i]Serie C1/A Third Place[/i]       - 2015-16

[b][u]Serie B[/b][/u]
[i]Serie B Runners Up[/i]           - 2021-22 

[b][u]Serie A[/b][/u]
[i]Serie A Runners Up[/i]           - 2026-27, 2029-30

[b][u]Italian Cups[/b][/u]
[i]Italian Cup Champions[/i]        - 2028-29, 2029-30
[i]Italian Super Cup Runners Up[/i] - 2029-30

[b][u]European Leagues[/b][/u]
[i]Europa League Champions[/i]      - 2028-29
[i]European Super Cup Champions[/i] - 2029-30

Player Awards

[b][u]Wins[/u][/b]

Serie C1/A

[i]Capocannoniere Serie C1/A[/i] 	          - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/5/topgoalscorer.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2014-15)[/url]
[i]Player of the Year Serie C1/A[/i]	          - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/819/playeroftheseason.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2014-15)[/url]
                                         - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/7/playeroftheyearm.jpg/"]Frencesco Di Tacchio (2015-16)[/url]
[i]Team of the Year Serie C1/A[/i]               - Davide Poletti  (2012-13)            
                                         - Francesco Di Tacchio ([b]2013-14[/b], [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/831/teamoftheyear.jpg/"]2014-15[/url][/b], [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/685/teamoftheyear.jpg/"]2015-16[/url][/b])
                                         - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/831/teamoftheyear.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2014-15)[/url]

Serie B

[i]Capocannoniere Serie B[/i]                    - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/255/topscorer.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2019-20)[/url]
[i]Team of the Year Serie B[/i]                  - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/707/teamoftheyearh.jpg/"]Frederico Laurito (2019-20)[/url]
                                         - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/713/teamoftheyearn.jpg/"]Frencesco Di Tacchio (2020-21)[/url]
[i]Serie B Goal of the Year[/i]                  - Givestin N'Suki (2021-22)  

Serie A

[i]Capocannoniere Serie A[/i]                    - [url="http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/833/topscorerx.jpg"]Ruud Nieuwenhuis (2025-26)[/url]
[i]Team of the Year Serie A[/i]                  - Marlon Bovu [url="http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/7969/teamoftheyeard.jpg"][b](2025-26)[/b][/url], [b][url="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9854/teamoftheyear.jpg"](2026-27)[/url][/b], [b][url="http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9854/teamoftheyear.jpg"](2028-29)[/url][/b]
                                        - Simongiorgio Marini [b][url="http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9854/teamoftheyear.jpg"](2028-29)[/url][/b], [url="http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/9854/teamoftheyear.jpg"](2029-30)[/url]
                                        - Guillermo Grille [url="http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/9854/teamoftheyear.jpg"](2029-30)[/url]
[i]Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award[/i]  - [url="http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/9201/foreignplayeroftheyear.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2025-26)[/url]
[i]Serie A Young Player of the Year Award[/i]    - [url="http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/5606/youngplayeroftheyear.jpg"]Macelo Olivari (2027-28)[/url]
[i]Serie A Manager of the Year Award[/i]         - [url="http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5555/manageroftheyear.jpg"]Leon Breakenridge (2027-28)[/url]

Club International

[i]European Golden Boy Award[/i]                 - [url="http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4666/europeangoldenboyaward.jpg"]Ruud Nieuwenhuis (2023-24)[/url]
[i]European Golden Shoe Award[/i]                - [url="http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7239/goldenshow.jpg"]Ruud Nieuwenhuis (2025-26)[/url]

International

[i]African Player of the Year Award[/i]          - [url="http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4771/africanfootballerofthey.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2025-26)[/url], (2029-30)
[i]African All XI Team of the Year[/i]           - Marlon Bovu [url="http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9766/africaxi.jpg"][b](2026-27)[/b][/url], [url="http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/8910/africanteamoftheyear.jpg"][b](2027-28)[/b][/url], (2029-30)
[i]Broadcaster's African Footballer the Year[/i] - Marlon Bovu (2029-30)
[i]African Midfielder of the Year Award[/i]      - Marlon Bovu (2029-30)

[b][u]Runner Up[/u][/b]

Serie C1/A

[i]Capocannoniere Serie C1/A[/i]	          - Frederico Laurito (2014-15)
[i]Serie C1/A Manager of the Year Award[/i]      - Leon Breakenridge [b][url="http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7072/manju.jpg"](2013-14)[/b][/url], [b](2015-16)[/b]


Serie A

[i]Serie A Player of the Year Award[/i]          - [url="http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3581/runnerup.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2025-26)[/url]
[i]Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award[/i]  - [url="http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9707/borgesbovuforeignplayer.jpg"]Jose Borges (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Serie A Manager of the Year Award[/i]         - [url="http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/3581/runnerup.jpg"]Leon Breakenridge (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Serie A Young Player of the Year Award[/i]    - Marcelo Olivari (2026-27)

International

[i]African Midfielder of the Year Award[/i]      - Marlon Bovu [url="http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/5673/africa2nd.jpg"][b](2026-27)[/b][/url], [url="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/482/africanmidfielderrunenr.jpg"][b](2027-28)[/b][/url]

[b][u]Third Place[/u][/b]

Serie A

[i]Serie A Foreign Player of the Year Award[/i]  - [url="http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9707/borgesbovuforeignplayer.jpg"]Marlon Bovu (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Serie A Young Player of the Year Award[/i]    - Ruud Nieuwemhuis (2025-26)
[i]Serie A Defender of the Year Award[/i]        - [url="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8396/defender3rdplaceseriea.jpg"][b]Tomaso Surano (2027-28)[/b][/url]
[i]Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year Award[/i]      - Philippe Seguin [url="http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3313/goalkeeeroftheyear3rd.jpg"](2029-30)[/url]

Club Achievements

[i]Highest League Placing[/i]         - [url="http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2002/leaiy.jpg"]2nd Serie A (2026-27)[/url]
[i]Most Club Appearances[/i]          - Francesco Di Tacchio 419 (2025-26)
[i]Most League Appearances[/i]        - Luca Petrucci 410 (2025-26)
[i]Most Club Goals[/i]                - Frederico Laurito 238 (2023-24)
[i]Most League Goals[/i]              - Frederico Laurito 223 (2023-24)
[i]Highest Transfer Fee Paid[/i]      - Marcelo Olivari, Velez, £7,750,000 (2026-27)
[i]Highest Sammarinese Transfer[/i]   - Nicolo Zanotti, Napoli Co-Ownership, £500,000 (2025)
[i]Highest Club Transfer[/i]          - Marcelo Olivari, Real Madrid, £15,500,000 (2027-28)
[i]Highest Attendance[/i] 	       - 21,760 v Barcelona (2027-28)
[i]Highest Average Attendance[/i]     - 20,219 (2029-30)
[i]Highest Gate Receipts[/i] 	       - [url="http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2961/gatest.jpg"]£948, 000 v Barcelona (2027-28)[/url]
[i]Fastest goal[/i] 	               - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/10/quickestgoal.jpg/"]14 seconds, Frederico Laurito v Empoli Serie B (2016-17)[/url]
[i]Biggest Win[/i] 	               - [url="http://imageshack.us/f/201/biggestwin65.jpg/"]6-5 v Alto Adige (2019-20)[/url]
[i]Consecutive Wins[/i]               - 8 (2028-29)
[i]Games Without Losing[/i]           - 17 (2029-30)
[i]Most Goals in Serie B Record[/i]   - 107 (2020-21)
[i]Youngest Player in Serie A[/i]     - [url="http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4677/youngestseriea.jpg"]Andrea Giacobbi[/url] (2020-21)

100+ Appearances for San Marino Since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 472  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Luigi Bertolini*     | DC   | 470  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Jose Borges*         | DCM  | 437  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Alessandro Grilli    | GK   | 353  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Tomaso Surano*       | DC   | 317  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Edoardo Pozzi*       | MCL  | 314  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 310  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Alessio Luciani      | DCLR | 303  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Tino Schneider*      | MC   | 296  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | MC   | 288  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Marco Bianchi        | DRLC | 286  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Simongiorgio Marini* | DLC  | 285  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Nico Bochini*        | AMC  | 281  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Nicola Girolamo*     | LCB  | 278  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Erik Cabalceta       | CB   | 259  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Givestin N'Suki      | ST   | 236  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Marlon Bovu*         | AMC  | 226  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Dirk Stahl*          | D/DMC| 174  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Giacomo Tedesco      | DRC  | 155  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Denis Bellotto*     | MCR   | 145  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Vittorio Micolucci   | DLC  | 145  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Emanuele Allegra     | RB   | 144  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Giovanni Caruso      | MC   | 142  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Ademir*              | ST   | 140  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Matteo Paro          | DMC  | 134  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Pol Garcia           | DC   | 133  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Gabriele Pacciardi   | DMC  | 130  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Leandro              | ST   | 129  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Arturo Lupoli        | ST   | 127  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Marco Villanova      | AMLR | 126  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Carlo Pelagatti      | DRC  | 123  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Mauricio Ciminari+  | DMC  | 120  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Francesco Lunardini  | DMC  | 118  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Francesco Signori    | DCM  | 117  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Mattia Minesso       | AMC  | 112  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Formiga+             | DR   | 108  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Mattia Maggio        | ST   | 105  |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Mussa M'ong+         | DC   | 102  |
|----------------------|------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 100+

20+ Club Goals since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps | League | Club | 
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  | 223    | 238  |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 310  | 152    | 178  |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Givestin N'Suki      | ST   | 236  | 70     | 73   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 472  | 65     | 69   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marlon Bovu*         | AMC  | 226  | 44     | 64   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  | 55     | 56   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | MC   | 288  | 37     | 38   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Arturo Lupoli        | ST   | 127  | 37     | 37   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Guillermo Gille+     | ST   | 51   | 25     | 37   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Leandro              | ST   | 129  | 35     | 36   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Tino Schneider*      | MC   | 296  | 28     | 32   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Tomaso Surano*       | DC   | 317  | 25     | 32   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ademir*              | ST   | 140  | 20     | 32   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marco Villanova      | AMLR | 126  | 23     | 29   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Edoardo Pozzi*       | MCL  | 314  | 26     | 28   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marcelo Olivari      | ST   | 54   | 20     | 24   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Jose Borges*         | DCM  | 437  | 20     | 23   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Mattia Maggio        | ST   | 105  | 20     | 20   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 20+

20+ Club Assists since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps | League | Club | 
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  | 109    | 114  |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  | 82     | 85   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marlon Bovu*         | AMC  | 226  | 61     | 75   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 310  | 47     | 66   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 472  | 52     | 61   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Jose Borges*         | DCM  | 437  | 44     | 50   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Nico Bochini*        | AMC  | 281  | 37     | 49   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Givestin N'Suki      | ST   | 236  | 43     | 44   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | MC   | 288  | 40     | 41   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Nicola Girolamo*     | LCB  | 278  | 36     | 36   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marco Bianchi        | DRLC | 286  | 35     | 36   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Edoardo Pozzi*       | MCL  | 314  | 32     | 35   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Simongiorgio Marini* | DLC  | 285  | 28     | 34   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Arturo Lupoli        | ST   | 127  | 32     | 32   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Tino Schneider*      | MC   | 296  | 27     | 31   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Leandro              | ST   | 129  | 24     | 24   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Formiga+             | DR   | 108  | 16     | 24   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marco Villanova      | AMLR | 126  | 22     | 22   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Giacomo Tedesco      | DRC  | 155  | 20     | 20   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 20+

20+ Club PoM since 2012

| Name                 | Pos  | Apps | League | Club | 
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Frederico Laurito    | ST   | 403  | 50     | 52   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Ruud Nieuwenhuis*    | ST   | 310  | 37     | 42   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | MC   | 419  | 37     | 37   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Marlon Bovu*         | AMC  | 226  | 26     | 35   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Tomaso Surano*       | DC   | 317  | 22     | 29   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Jose Borges+         | DMC  | 437  | 19     | 24   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Luca Petrucci*       | MC   | 472  | 20     | 23   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|
| Simongiorgio Marini+ | DLC  | 472  | 15     | 21   |
|----------------------|------|------|--------|------|

*In the current squad
+New to the list of 20+

Fans Player of the Year awards

Name                   Year                Total
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio | 2015-18, 2019/20  | 4    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Jose Borges          | 2021-25           | 4    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Marlon Bovu          | 2025/26, 2027-29  | 3    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Eric Cabalceta       | 2018/19           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Dejan Danza          | 2020/21           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Vittorio Ferrero     | 2013/14           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Federico Laurito     | 2014/15           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Simongiorgio Marini  | 2029/30           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Davide Poletti       | 2012/13           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|
| Tomaso Surano        | 2026/27           | 1    |
|----------------------|-------------------|------|

Overall Best XI

Marlon Bovu and Philippe Seguin become the newest inductees.

San Marino Legends - The Hall of Fame

Every Season, I will nominate 1-3 players to be inducted in to the Hall of Fame. You may only be inducted in to the Hall of Fame once a player has retired or they have passed their peak. In very few circumstances will active/current national team players be added. There is no minimum requirement as it is based on ability, performance, relevance and significance of appearances, not the appearance number or goals scored. Each inductee will be given a brief description of their role and purpose of induction.

Statistics provided in Alphabetical order whilst brief is in induction order.

Class of 2025-26

1. Frederico Laurito (Player 2012-2025, Staff 2025-Present) Stats Career Staff

The most prolific scorer the club has seen and a one time leader in all time appearances. Vice captain for many years, he was loyal and with the club through its growth from Serie C1/A though to Serie A, picking up awards such as Top Goal scorer along the way. Is now a part of the backroom staff and looking to continue on with the club for many more years to come.

2. Francesco Di Tacchio (Player 2013-2026, Staff 2026-Present) Stats Career Staff

Captain from Serie C1/A to Serie A, the all time leading caps for the club, Di Tacchio was a loyal member of the team and family. Well respected and picking up awards throughout his career, there are none more greater than the 4 Fans Player of the Year awards he has received by the fans of the club. One of the All time greats continues on as a backroom staff member.

Class of 2026-27

3. Davide Poletti (Player 2009-2014, Staff 2014-Present) Stats Career Staff

Though he was only working with me for a short time as a player, he was our inaugural captain under my management and was our best player, making the Serie C1/A team of the year, Winning Serie C1/A Player of the Year and taking the Fans Player of the Year award. He then went on to become the u20's manager, keeping him at the club and has been involved in raising such players as Bertolini who is a future Hall of Fame candidate himself. His contribution to the team has been both on and off the field and as such, will be inducted as both a player and staff member in to the Hall of Fame.

Class of 2027-28

4. Alessio Luciani (Player 2013-2019, Player/Coach 2022-2028, Staff 2028-Present) Stats Career Staff

Spent two long spells a the club, becoming one of the most capped and well respected payers the club has seen. With us from the Serie C1/A all the way through to the Serie A, he was able to command a place in the first team up until his last few years, when he became a bench and backup player. Was able to carry on until he was 37, sharing his playing career with a Reserve's Manager role for 6 seasons, now continuing this role at San Marino into his retirement. Able to play all across the backline, he became the bench mark of the ultimate defender at the club and was often revered as one of the clubs best ever, most solid defenders.

5. Dejan Danza (Player 2014-2026) Career

One of our most prolific midfielders, Danza was amazing through the early stage of San Marino, up until the Serie A. He was always able to find the right pass and ended his career with 41 assists for San Marino. Better still, he was also very good from the edge of the area and managed 38 goals for the club, some of which proved vital throughout his career. One of the best all round players to pull on a San Marino Jersey and rightly added to the Hall of Fame.

Class of 2028-29

6. Marco Villanova (Player 2010-2019) Career

Villanova was one of the first fan favourites at San Marino, spending a couple of years at the club before and after I took charge. Was absolutely amazing in his opening 2 seasons as he dominated the charts for both assists and goals and controlled the Serie C1/A side along with Di Tacchio as one of the key contributors. As San Marino improved to the Serie B, Villanova lost his footing in the side and as our shape changed from one utilising wingers to one more focused down the middle, his role went from limited to none and he was loaned out for his last 2 years of his contract. Upon its expiring, he decided not to renew his contract and instead left to retire from the game at just 27 years of age. Despite his swift fall from grace, in 4 to 5 years of the 9 he spent at San Marino, he was truly one of the sides most gifted and best players

7. Matteo Paro (Player 2012-2018) Career Staff

With us for only 6 years, Paro was the heart and sole of the team and really shone when utilised in his favoured Defensive Midfield role. In fact, Paro's ability to supply and control the tempo of the match from this position is what led us to change the structure of the team and head in the direction of an anchor in midfield. To say the team was structured around him is an understatement as he was the leader before Di Tacchio took over, and is one of the main reasons the club rose from Serie C1/A to the Serie B so quickly. He retired and continues in the sport today as a Director of Football for Juve Stabia. He may one day come back to the club in the back room, but until then, will go down as a legend and pioneer of the San Marino midfield and the style of play we utilise today.

8. Carlo Pelagatti (Player 2010-2019) Career

Was at the club before I arrived and was one of the first players to lead from the back line. He helped create a solid defence in the early seasons and was one of our most solid defenders in our push for Serie B football. He struggled with the step up though and become a reserve in his final seasons, making only one Serie B appearance, but remained loyal to the club and fulfilled his contract obligations with no complaints. He decided to retire at just 30 once his contract was not renewed as he was now struggling to keep up with players around him, but his role in the Serie C1/A side will not be forgotten.

Class of 2029-30

9. Gabriele Pacciardi (Player 2012-2017) Career

Had a stay of 5 years, but in that time proved to be a great distributor of the ball and a very consistent performer. 3 of those seasons where successful first team positions as a key player, whilst one was as a provider and rotational distributor. Gained no great accolades but managed 14 assists in his 4 seasons as one of our defensive holding players, including one season alongside Paro as our defence helped us with Promotion. A key ingredient and one of the star players during our mediocre seasons, his only fault was being part of the side in the twilight years of his career. Had he been hear during his younger years and peak, he could of become an icon, if not a legend. Retired from all facets of the game at 33 but still supports us through the media from time to time.

10. Vittorio Ferrero (Player 2011-2015) Career Staff

A fantastic defensive unit in our backline who did a lot in his short stint at the club. Though his tenure was only 4 seasons, 3 under me, he was inspirational and even took home the the Fans Player of the Year Award. Our goals and ambitions differed and he left for Pro Patria before successful stints at Andria and Catanzaro. Though his career remained at Serie C football, he was one of our key players, especially over his last 2 seasons and his love from the fans for such solid performances was undeniable. He has gone on to be a manager, currently at Venezia.

| Name                  | Pos  | Apps | Goals(C)  | Assists(CS) | PoM | Rating |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Dejan Danza           | MC   | 288  | 38        | 41          | 8   | 6.96   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Francesco Di Tacchio  | MC   | 419  | 56        | 114         | 37  | 7.22   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Vittorio Ferrero      | DC   | 73   | 3         | 0           | 4   | 7.12   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Frederico Laurito     | ST   | 403  | 238       | 85          | 52  | 7.21   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Alessio Luciani       | DLRC | 303  | 12        | 13          | 6   | 6.81   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Gabriele Pacciardi    | DMC  | 130  | 8         | 14           | 0   | 7.01   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Matteo Paro           | DMC  | 134  | 5         | 15          | 2   | 6.92   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Carlo Pelagatti       | DRC  | 123  | 0         | 9           | 3   | 6.97   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Davide Poletti        | MCL  | 50   | 11        | 15          | 7   | 6.97   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Marco Villanova       | AMRL | 126  | 29        | 22          | 3   | 6.98   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|

(C) - Goals Conceded
(CS) - Clean Sheets

[FGreve]

unlucky! must have been frustrating seeing the championship slip away with only 4 minutes remaining. gratz on your cup throphy, and good luck winning the championship next year. thought you had it home safe when you wrote the preview

[FGreve]

2023-24

So after a slightly disappointing last season, i was hoping that, after a couple transfers, I could go for the european spots.

The team was strengthened in the summer window with keeper Wallace for a decent fee, Italian defender Martino Milella on a free transfer and the croatian partnership from Hajduk: Stanko Stare and Stanko Vucemilovic-Alegic (also on free transfers).

Milella made a difference right away (to my surprise) with an average rating of 7.44, and formed a very good partnership with Vucemilovic and Wallace.

The beginning of the season had some ups and downs but after January Titani was simply unstoppable (past positions), but a defeat in the very last game saw us drop to a 6th place. But it didn't really matter as the goal for european football was achieved!

Team of the year

Esteban Ruiz put in some amazing performances this season. He scored 17 goals in 31 games from the attacking midfielder position to become the SM top scorer and the fans player of the year.

He also claimed a place in the Serie A Team of the year

In other news:

After being run over every time i've met Juve, i now haven't lost the last 3 times i've met them. And last encounter was a very good one for San Marino as we snatched our first victory against them.

The board have agreed to further improve the youth facilities.

Next season the goal is top 5 in serie A

[leonavich]

FGreve - I know! I thought I had it too but Juventus have a habit to pip me in the big games, though I did beat them for the Italian Cup. Still, 4 trophies in 2 seasons is not bad, and we can't be far away from the title now. We are so close!?

Fantastic run for your season, though when you said you were unstoppable, I thought you might storm home to win the title! A 6th place is nothing to shy from though, really well done.

Milella looks like he will have a bright future and has some room to grow as well

[FGreve]

hehe perhaps I exaggerated a bit in my choice of words, but i did have an amazing run of form from the 19th round. ^^''

And indeed Milella looks to have a bright future. Didn't plan to play him as much as he ended up doing, due to a fierce competition in the central defence.

So now I have taken a third tactic in use: 3-5-2

I'll use it when playing weaker sides and so I do not have to opt out some of the central defenders to the same extent.

[leonavich]

Seems like a good plan to utilise your center backs, especially if its your strongest covered position. I do the same with my central midfielder positions. Ever since I opted for the tactic, I have continued to try and make that my main focus. Di Tacchio then Bovu playmakers, with supporting central mids and a defensive mid to stem counters.

[nishki]

@leonavich-yeah we didn't have luck, but played very well.

Season 2014/15

Transfers In:

I decided to buy only a few players, mainly because of lack of founds,weak scouting range, and lack of players who can bring us promotion.

I buy goalkeeper Mirco Pennesi, who was my second option on goal. Then in the middle of the season, because of lot of injuries I decided to buy two players, striker Ryan Cavaglia, who was my »twelfe player« and scored some important goals, and left defender Frederick Ochieng, who was bad aquisiton.

I loaned In a lot of players, as you can see in screenshots, Simone Petriccuolo from Roma, were far the best player, who gave strength to our defence. Strikers Alberto Cerri and Michele Genuario played only a few games, and ask me for termination of loan ,and i decided to let them go. Emanuele Termine has only 17 years, and played as substitute, and show some potential. Stefano Beltrame, striker from last season, didn't have succesful season, he was better last year.Ther was also Nicola Porto, defender who had amazing season, Yago Del piero, my first choice on defensive midfielder., N'Dah have also solid season, mainly as substitute. Other players didn't show much, especially Isaac Donkor, Nicola Curto. At the half of the season I decided that if we want to gain promotion, I must strenghten the team, so i bring in more players on loan, but they were not as good as I expect, and play only mediocre.

Transfers Out:

From players who had some role in my team, i release n free, Massimo Coda, Gabrielle Pecciardi, Salvatore del sole and Carlo Pellagati. Older players, with higher wages, and low impact on game.

Club:

WE DID IT!

That was very strange season, i wans't satisfied how we played, most of the season, we were not very confident, but at the end this was the best season so far. We lost in both Cups, in first round. In Serie C1,we started very well, with few wins, and after 12-13 games, we were on the first place, after that we have few very bad games,lost against Spezia, Varese,Portoguaro, after that we had 2 wins where we played very bad, but have luck. Then comes New year, and we lost against Pro Patria, but after that we started to play better and better and won 11 of 15 games, and lost only two, but we lose 2 very important point against Sanbonifacese, where we lead 2-0 till 89 minute and then they scored two.

So at the end, we were at the second place, with only 2 points lessthan Spezia. Sanbonifacese ughhhh… I think, again and again we miss our chances for promotion.

First match against Como, who was surprise of the season, they came from C2. First half was very bad, they lead 2-1 on the half, and then incredible second half from San Marino! We scored 4 goals, and won the match with 2-5! Second leg, we again played very bad, at the half time, we lose 1-0, I think that with few changes, we will turn things around, but after 70 minute, we were losing 0-3! And then best player of the season, who else then grande Federico Laurito, scored in 90th minute, and we go trough to the final! That was like wow, in last two seasons we conceded crucial goals in last minutes, but now we scored in last minute. We have a lot of problems with suspensions, and injuries in that period.

And then final against Varese. Very hard games, first leg we lost 1-0, played bad, but we deserved at least a draw. Second match started very well, after 20 minutes we lead 2-0 and played magnificent football. At the half-time we had 8 shots against 1 Varese shot. But then like in last two season luck turn back to us, and Romaniello, striker in good form, recieved 2 yellow cards in only 7 minutes and we had only 10 players left, I decided to defend as much as I can, but only 8 minutes later in 68 minute, Vittorio Ferrero recieved direct Red card. He played only because 4 other central defenders were injuried or suspended. I decided to park the bus and hope for the best, and we did it. 2-0 at the end and San Marino is in Serie B!!!

I have a lot of problems with full backs, i had in team about 7-8, but only one who had good season was Joel Untersee. Others was bad,or very bad. Dossena on the goal had good season, central defenders were magnificent both, midfield so so, and strikers so so, except of Laurito.

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-03-19_00001_zpsda2b5aba.jpg transfers

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-03-17_00001_zps6bf8c060.jpg League table

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-03-19_00003_zps7e58a856.jpg Best eleven Club

National Team 2014:

Vaery good year for National team!

As player getting older and older, we played better and better!

8 games 1 win 4 draws and only 3 loses!

We started a year with draw against Buthan 0-0, and then historical match, against Cuba and San Marino Won 1-0 with Mattia Steffanelli goal! Then we lost against Namibia 0-3,draw 1-1 against Palestina, with very goog game, and lost against Germany »only« 0-6 and georgia 0.4.

Then match agaisnst Moldova and we managed to played 0-0! Frst point in wualification! And last game against Andorra, draw at home 1-1!

18-years old full back Angelo Priore will be the next star of National Team!

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-03-17_00002_zps50e5af18.jpg Fixtures

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-03-19_00002_zps9eb3ed25.jpg Best eleven National team

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s577/nishki/2013-03-19_00004_zpsecc42490.jpg Angelo Priore

[FGreve]

2024-25

So after last seasons 6th place, I was qualified for Europe. And the goal was a 5th place in the league.

League:

In the summer transfer window i supplemented some of the weaker links such as the full back positions with Vytautas Saulenas and Eugne Büchel, and Dennis Besselink was brought in to strength the midfield.

I lost the 2 first games of the season (to Juve and Roma), but otherwise I started the season off fairly well. The season had some ups and downs, and the squad depth was tested like never before due to the European commitments. as the season goal was top 5, it all came down to last game of the season against Napoli, which occupied the no. 5 position (I was 6th as you might guess). A good first half saw San Marino clinch a 3-0 win and thereby was the season objective achieved.

Past Positions - League table

Ruiz once again made the Serie A team of the year

Europe:

I beat Malmø f.f. 9-1 on aggregate in the third qualifying round. Titani won 2-1 away, before smashing them at home 7-0 with Jesper Brinksby as the main man. 3 goals, 3 assist and a rating of 9.9

Then i took on Maribor in the play-off and with a 5-1 aggregate win i reached the group stage.

In the group stage i had the pleasure of playing Hajduk, Dynamo Kyiv and Maritimo.

Didn't have much trouble there either as i went through the group stage unbeaten with a score of 17-4.

Group D

I did surprisingly well in my first European adventure beating AS Monaco 5-1 on aggregate, Galatasaray on penalties after two 0-0 matches and PSV 2-1 on aggregate after defending a 0-0 draw at home in the second leg.

Then unfortunaly in was send out 4-3 on aggregate by Massimiliano Allegris Getafe. A horrible first half in the first leg saw me 4 goals behind. and I could not equalize the score at home where it was to a 1-0 victory. They even got a red card in the 54 minut, where they injured my player. But as i already had used all my subs, the game finished 10 vs. 10...

The Cup

Normally i don't give much about cup tournaments and field as many reserves as possibly. This year was no exception, but this year I reached the final.

This year San Marino was automatticaly much further than we have ever reached before in the IC. So in the first round i beat Siena (8th in the league) 4-1, Inter (3rd) 3-0 and Palermo (4th) 3-2 on aggregate.

In the final was against the current holders from Napoli, who I just 3-0 a week before. The usual left back Saulenas was injured and his replacement Koné became match winner as he scored the only goal in the match.

unfortunately it was an own goal and I lost the final..

Team of the year.

Millela, Paixao and Ogden was all key members of the team. Summer-signings Saulenas and Büchel also featured.

Gulpen played very well when called upon. Most of his playing time came in europe and in the cup, when I was resting Ruiz.

Ruiz was never used as a DM, despite earning the spot in the toty. He played CM and his usual AM and was once again celebrated as Player of the year.

in other news

training facilties were downgraded as i apparently neglected that area ^^'' but board have agreed to uprgade them..

And then another year, when I don't see much talent in the youth department. I have one 20-year old who still have the potential to become a decent Serie A player, otherwise most of the youth players have serie B potential. :/ guessing i just have to try upgrade furthermore.

Future goals:

Next season the goal is top 4.

I also have a goal of winning Serie A in the next 4 seasons (last season 6th, this season 5th, next season 4 and so on )

[leonavich]

Nishki - Well done and congratulation on the promotion! The signs of a good side are when a team doesn't play their best but they get the results they need. I think the team has a lot more potential and can be competitive in Serie B. 2 good things about Priore.... 1. He looks a decent talent and is really young. He will be the mainstay at the back. 2... He plays for Juventus. This means he will get the best training possible from the Serie A which is a huge boost. Only until recently have I seen the quality of players increase on the international scene as the training facilities of the club got better. To have a player in that situation so early is fantastic. Lets hope Juventus use him and help his growth more through match experience!

FGreve - Love the way you told the Cup Final story. Made me read it twice! Well done in all fronts, seems like you have gone leaps and bounds in just one season. Expecting another great return next year with teh quality you brought in this year.

[leonavich]

Pre season 2030-31

Expectations

With the chance to win last year, I have made it my personal goal to break that barrier and win it this year. Juventus have dominated far too long. The Board are happy with Champions League Qualification.

Transfers

This year I kept it tight and no major transfers came in. I am hoping to develop some of the younger players in the next few seasons so want to limit the depth to force my hand and use them. A risk, but the only way to really help the national team at this stage I feel as I don't want to let this generations talent go to waste.

Facilities

Facilities are maxed out as of our last upgrade. Any further upgrades will be to maintain our state of the art standard.

Funding

Board still refuse to help widen our networking, but our stadium maxing out more often than not may tempt me to ask for an expansion at the end of the season.

Previous Season Goals

* Qualify for Champions League ACHIEVED - Now need to work on staying here

* Keep at least 15 clean sheets In the Serie A - ACHIEVED - Seguin made 15 in the league and 20 total for the season

* Make Europa Quarter Finals ACHIEVED - Unlucky to not make it further than this though, thanks to Everton

Season Goals

* Qualify for Champions League

* Win the League

* Beat group stages of CL

Previous Future Goals

* Fight for title in 2-3 seasons ACHIEVED - We are fighting at the moment

* Generate youth that are capable of fighting for a first team place in 1-3 years In the making

* Qualify for Champions League ACHIEVED

* Reach the top 20 Ranked European teams within 3 seasons. Currently at 25th and on the rise

Future Goals

* Fight for title in 1-2 seasons

* Generate youth that are capable of fighting for a first team place in 1-2 years

* Expand Stadium

* Reach the top 20 Ranked European teams within 2 seasons.

[leonavich]

International 2030

A decent season as we only lost one match, but too many of these games were draws which didn't help our ranking. Solid win to start the year over Kyrgyzstan before draws with Malta and Moldova, games I would of liked to have won. I then had some tough matches with North Korea and Yemen and also managed to draw those, North Korea being a fantastic result as they were at the time in the top 70. Slovakia put us to the sword, but we were unlucky in a 3-2 loss to Croatia and we rounded the year off with a nice Holiday to Eritrea in Africa, and also managed to win 2-0 in the process.

Some stunning games (North Korea) and some poor ones (Malta) left mixed results, but If I am able to persuade some of the new generation's crop to play for us over Italy, we may become even more competitive. They have refused call ups for the time being, so we are still utilising a heavy San Marino Club based squad.

2030 Best XI

Fixtures

Players with Potential - 23 and Under

Aldo Angelini - 22

Handling the sticks well as our definite starter nationally and will hopefully get some more club game time now being our backup keeper behind Seguin.

NEW - Alex Benvenuti - 17

Would be the striker we need up front and would instantly become the key, spearheading the attack... If only he would accept our calls! Half Italian means he would rather wait for his chance, but I will be tacking and begging constantly to get my man. With him, we have a chance to really crack the 100.

Davide Bollini - 21

Pretty much given up on him as I have not tried to tempt him in 2 seasons. May try once he reaches 23, but he is no longer as good as I had first thought as other are fitting in to the national team nicely.

Mauro Bucci - 23

Giancobbi and Bucci have forced my hand to use wingers in the 3 man midfield and have so far not dissapointed. Look for his pace to aid some more goals from crosses when the team adapt to the formation better.

Matteo Della Valle - 20

Showed no growth as has lost his place in the side. Still a hefty back up choice but as the team moves up the rankings, his chance become less frequent.

Giorgio Fiorini - 21

Struggled for call ups but still waiting in the wings. Young enough but just needs to get a bit more omph.

Andrea Giacobbi - 20

32 caps at 20 but his development seems to have stalled. Hoping that his loan spell at Sampdoria will wield some better results than at Udinese as he is getting a couple more runs now.

Lorenzo Gianni - 21

Injury hampered him last season but still features in my plans, though his ability has dropped of somewhat after being out for so long.

Nicola Mularoni - 22

22 and just inducted in to the National sides Overall best team, on the bench. At such a young age, he has already amassed 48 caps. Will be here for the long haul and the stand out player in the midfield so far.

NEW - Roberto Mularoni - 17

Broke into the side for a solid debut. With Bertolini now 33 and a host of others not ready to make that step, Mularoni could become the next defensive player in the center to partner Pellicconi. Has a ways to go and prove himself but looks like he may have the potential if he can get the game time.

Massimo Raschi - 20

6 goals in 31 but doesn't play consistently enough for me to trust him up front yet as out main striker. Would really like a solid forward to kick start our run at breaking the top 100.

Davide Rinaldi - 20

His decision to decline us over Italy early in his career is paying the price as the gap between he and Angelini grows. Will struggle to get caps, even as second string.

NEW - Christian Saracino - 17

Has a hard road to make a name for himself with some really dominant players this generation, however got his break and will be hanging around for some more caps should anyone slip up. Pace is his biggest factor and if he can get his passing to improve, he could be in with a larger role in future.

Federico Ugolini - 19

Moved above Gianni in the pecking order but with only one out and out midfielder thanks the shift of wingers, will always be behind Zanotti.

Nicola Valentini - 18

Still not given the chance he is craving, but with Treccani and some of the older generation soon to move on, will get that bench spot in a few seasons.

Nicolo Zanotti - 22

Had a great year last year and has already got 40 caps at just 22 year of age. Is also on track to one day fight for the most goals as he has already reached 7, with Righi holding the record at 12.

International Rankings

2012 – 209
2013 – 208
2014 – 209 
2015 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/826/ranking171.jpg/"]171[/url][/b]
2016 – 190
2017 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/855/163rd.jpg/"]163[/url][/b]
2018 – 180
2019 – [b][url="http://imageshack.us/f/15/rank114.jpg/"]114[/url][/b]
2020 – 145
2021 – 175
2022 – 131
2023 – 135
2024 – 131
2025 – 121
2026 – 126
2027 – 149
2028 – 150
2029 – 110
2030 – 121

Overall Best XI

Overall XI Players who have represented both Club and Country

Cristian Bernardi

Luigi Bertolini

Aldo Angelini

Nicola Mularoni

International Awards & Achievements

[i]Top 10 Most Caps[/i]  - Luigi Bertolini        (113)
                 - Cristian Bernardi      (103)
                 - Andy Selva             (74)
                 - Andrea Pelliccioni     (71)
                 - Dario Treccani         (69)
                 - Damiano Vannucci       (67)
                 - Andrea Casadei         (65)
                 - Alessandro Valentini   (62)
                 - Maicol Berretti        (61)
                 - Alessandro Ceccoli     (59)

[i]Top 10 Most Goals[/i] - Mattia Righi            (12)
                 - Andy Selva              (10)
                 - Marcello Bianchi        (7)
                 - Andrea Pelliccioni      (7)
                 - Nicolo Zanotti          (7)
                 - Massimo Raschi          (6)
                 - Daniele Ceccoli         (5)
                 - Fabio Cesana            (5)
                 - Giorgio Fiorini         (5)
                 - Marco Berardi           (4)

[i]Most Goals in a match[/i]   - Mattia Righi       (3)

[i]Most Assists in a match[/i] - Tiziano Colantonio (3)

Records

[i]Highest World Ranking[/i] - [url="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7535/internationalhigh.jpg"][b]103rd[/b][/url] (2023)

[i]Fastest Goal in European Qualifications[/i] - [url="http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3749/fastestevergoalineuros.jpg"]Mattia Righi, 11 seconds v Croatia[/url] (2023)

[i]Highest Attendance[/i] - [url="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2111/recordhighnational.jpg"]21,760 v Croatia[/url] (2024)

San Marino Hall of Fame

Every Season, I will nominate 1-3 players to be inducted in to the Hall of Fame. You may only be inducted in to the Hall of Fame once a player has retired or they have passed their peak. In very few circumstances will active/current national team players be added. There is no minimum requirement as it is based on ability, performance, relevance and significance of appearances, not the appearance number or goals scored. Each inductee will be given a brief description of their role and purpose of induction.

Statistics provided in Alphabetical order whilst brief is in induction order. Being the first year, there has been 6 inducted players.

Class of 2026

1. Luigi Bertolini* (2014-Present) - Current All time cap holder, Bertolini has been the best Sammarinese product in the country's history. Has been inducted during his playing career and is the first inducted players

2. Andy Selva (1998-2015) - Was the All time top scorer with 10 goals at one point in time. Was a rock and played for the national team until he was 40. Played in a time before some of the better players arrived and did most of his national service as a one man team. Captain of the side for 2 seasons.

3. Cristian Bernardi (2014-2030) - The second highest capped player and the best keeper in the history of the country. Has had no close competition and has been as solid as possible in a side that struggles to be competitive early in its history. Tutored and mentored Angelini who has taken over between the sticks, and even managed an assist from goals in his time with the National team. Will be missed and has reached Legendary status for his achievements.

4. Mattia Stefanelli (2010-2019) - The heir apparent to Selva. Lived up to the bill as best as possible but struggled with only 3 goals. Was the only striker choice for many seasons when Selva retired and captained the side briefly.

5. Aldo Junior Simoncini (2004-2018) - The first goal keeper and vice captain. Played for 6 years before retiring with 54 caps. His stats are not known, however he was a valuable member of a side struggling to find players to field. Was one of 3 original players to be automatic selections, along side Selva and Stefanelli.

6. Matteo Vitaioli (2013-2021) - Retired with 56 caps and 4 goals, he was a solid midfield player in an era that saw very little come through in they way of midfield talent. Though not the best of players, he was admirable in our engine room.

Class of 2027

7. Michele Cervellini (2006-2020) - His stats may not look all that great but he was the unsung hero for a number of years as he played a role in the middle for over a decade. Was a solid player who was always on the starting sheet until he reached his mid 30's and faded at the start of when the new crop of youngster where coming in.

8. Tiziano Colantonio (2013-2022) - Only had 39 caps for the national team but has a number of achievements that came with his short stint. He was the youngest ever player, breaking in to the starting line up of the national team at just 15 years and 290 days. He is also the record holder for the most assists in a match, standing at 3. His downfall in the national team came when the formation shifted from a 4-4-1-1 to a 4-1-3-2 and wide players were removed from the starting line up. He was still given opportunities off the bench and did reasonably well, but his spell will be remembered more as the youngster with much potential who had a good first 5 year with the national team, rather than the squad player off the bench that he obtained for the remainder.

Class of 2028

9. Damiano Vannucci (1992-2013) - Only had one year in the national team under my guidance but has stood the test of time to be one of the highest capped players. Was looked up to by the younger generation and though he played in a difficult era, was still able to make the midfield role his own

10. Alessandro Ceccoli (2014-2026) - His debut year in football came when I entered management and for 13 out his 18 seasons he was a mainstay in the national team backline. He played through the tough years until we started to see some real progress in the national side and will be sorely missed as he was always a key player and valuable member. He managed 4 assists from the left hand side of defence in a team that has always struggled to score, showing he was a main component to anything creative on the left of the field.

Class of 2029

11. Fabio Francini (2016-2028)

Was a handy little midfielder who became a great servant for the national side. His role was primarily to support attacks, and showed good composure in a tough side to manage 3 assists and a decent rating of 6.41. Became a fan favourite and one of our key players during his peak for the national side and will take some beating as one of the better midfielders the country has had.

Class of 2030

12. Mattia Berardi (2015-2028)

Probably the most versatile defender we have had for the national side with the ability to play anywhere in the back line. Not only did he have decent ability technically, he was also one of our fastest defenders for his error, which made him very reliable at the back. In a time where Bertolini and Pellicconi have dominated the central defence, Berardi was on either side with Ceccoli or Riccio, helping to make the most formidable backline the National side has ever seen and the main reason for our sturdier defence and rise up the rankings towards breaking the top 100.

| Name                  | Pos  | Apps | Goals(C)  | Assists(CS) | PoM | Rating |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/8519/96512934.jpg"]| Luigi Bertolini*      | DC   | 113  | 1         | 5           | 6   | TBA    |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/9551/24649436.jpg"]| Cristian Bernardi     | GK   | 103  | (201)     | 1(22)       | 1   | 6.68   |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/6314/mattiaberardi.jpg"]| Mattia Berardi        | DRLC | 56   | 0         | 3           | 0   | 6.41   |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4896/ceccoli.jpg"]| Alessandro Ceccoli    | DLC  | 59   | 0         | 4           | 0   | 6.47   |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Michele Cervellini    | MC   | 53   | 1         | 1           | 0   | 6.17   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://imageshack.us/f/521/tiziano.jpg/"]| Tiziano Colantonio    |AMR   | 39   | 0         | 3           | 1   | 6.38   |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
[url="http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/3751/francini.jpg"]| Fabio Francini        | MC   | 43   | 1         | 3           | 0   | 6.41   |[/url]
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Andy Selva            | ST   | 74   | 10        | 1           | 0   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Aldo Junior Simoncini | GK   | 54   | (?)       | (?)         | 0   | 6.45   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Mattia Stefanelli     | ST   | 48   | 3         | 0           | 1   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Damiano Vannucci      | MC   | 67   | 0         | 0           | 0   | 5.55   |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|
| Matteo Vitaioli       | MCL  | 56   | 4         | 1           | 1   | N/A    |
|-----------------------|------|------|-----------|-------------|-----|--------|


(C) - Goals Conceded
(CS) - Clean Sheets

[Conman14]

Leonavich I have spent the past hour or so reading your story what settings did you use for your manager at the start of the game? Int experience? Did you start straight into managing both the club and national team?