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9 Reasons Why San Marino Really Is the Worst Football Team of All Time

This is a national team that includes more retail assistants than professional footballers

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England take on San Marino at Wembley tonight in what must be a contender for the least eagerly anticipated international match of all time.

While England's national team can be easily accused of underwhelming each time they step onto the field, San Marino fans have only ever seen their team win one game – a 1-0 win against Liechtenstein in a friendly in 2004.

The debate swirling before tonight's kick off is by how many goals England can stick past a national team that includes more retail assistants than professional footballers.

Here's 9 reasons why San Marino really is the worst football team of all time.

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They only have one professional player in their starting line-up

An accountant in goal? You do the maths.

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They're even worse than Papa New Guinea, Somalia and the Cook Islands

San Marino shared the lowest position in the FIFA world rankings with Bhutan.

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They had the first twins to both score own goals in the same match in 2010

Don't expect to see Aldo and Davide Simoncini picking up the Ballon d'Or anytime soon.

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15 club teams play in San Marino's top division…but none of them have their own stadium

It's hardly the Premier League.

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After 123 official matches, San Marino's goal difference stands at -511

They've scored 20 times and shipped an incredible 531 goals.

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They lost 13-0 to Germany in 2006, a record defeat in a European Championship qualifying game

They also lost 10-0 to Poland in 2009 and 11-0 to Holland in 2011.

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Scoring against England at Wembley is the best thing they ever did

Davide Gaulteri's strike after only 7 seconds is the quickest goal ever scored in World Cup qualifying. They still lost 7-1.

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They've never won a competitive game

Don't expect to see them at the World Cup.

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Their 23-man squad only has 10 goals between them

Andy Selva is their all-time record goalscorer with just 8 goals, averaging a goal every 0.121 games.

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