San Marino is a mountainous microstate surrounded by north-central Italy. Among the world’s oldest republics, it retains much of its historic architecture. On the slopes of Monte Titano sits the capital, also called San Marino, known for its medieval walled old town and narrow cobblestone streets. Population: (2024 est.) 35,200Bacciocchi was 27 when San Marino beat Liechtenstein 1-0 in April 2004, his nation’s first victory in a full international. One month shy of two decades later, the Sammarinese are still waiting for their second win. Since the final whistle blew in Serravalle that night, San Marino have played 137 games and been ahead for just six minutes, against Malta in August 2012.
There was no big celebration – the simple fact that we got to walk off the pitch after 90 minutes as winners, for the first time, that was the greatest celebration we could have had,” says Simone Bacciocchi . “We didn’t need to have a party. That was more than a football team, not just a group of football players. It was a group of friends, a group of people who had made sacrifices, who had struggled, and had fought together to reach an objective. And that was to play one great game. To have one good result.” San Marino is located on the north-east coast, on the Adriatic.
Note the map scale below to realise the area of the country. Altitude: Mount Titano 739 metres.
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