Football in San Marino
This began as early as the 1980's, though the team only lasted 7 years and resulted in most of the players moving to play with Italian clubs.As the project strengthened, they organised friendlies against Italian sides and in 2004-05 they would enter the Promozione, then called the Serie D, as San Marino Academy.San Marino's first competitive game was on 14 November 1990, scoring 0–4 against Switzerland in the European Championship qualifier.[5] On 6 September 2006, San Marino lost 13–0 to Germany at the Stadio Olimpico, one of the largest goal margin defeats in the European Championship.[8] Key San Marino players in the past have included Massimo Bonini, a midfielder who played for the national team as well as Italy's Juventus FC from 1981 to 1988.