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Andorra 1-0 Moldova: Hosts end 21-year wait for a European Championship qualifying win

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Koldo Alvarez
Former national team goalkeeper Koldo Alvarez was appointed Andorra manager in February 2010

Andorra's 21-year wait for a first European Championship qualifying win is over after they defeated Moldova to move off the bottom of Group H.

Andorra had lost all 56 of their previous European qualifying matches since contesting their first against Armenia on 5 September 1998.

But Marc Vales' 63rd-minute header was enough to deliver just his nation's third competitive victory in 23 years.

It is only Andorra's seventh win in all since joining Fifa and Uefa in 1996.

Against 10 men for the final 35 minutes following Radu Ginsari's dismissal, Koldo Alvarez's side held on for an historic win at Estadi Nacional despite having just 30% of the possession.

Vales' goal ends a 15-match winless run stretching back to March 2018 for the side ranked 139th in the world.

Moving above Moldova on goal difference, Alvarez's side now travel to face Iceland on Monday.

Line-ups

Andorra

Formation 4-4-1-1

  • 1Gomes Moreira
  • 18Rubio GómezBooked at 32mins
  • 20González-Adrio
  • 6Lima Solà
  • 15San Nicolás Schellens
  • 10Clemente Garces Substituted forRebés Ruizat 73'minutes
  • 3Vales González
  • 7Pujol Pons Substituted forRodríguez Soriaat 83'minutes
  • 17Cervós MoroBooked at 84mins
  • 8De Matos Vieira
  • 2Martínez AlejoBooked at 45mins Substituted forAláez Peñaat 61'minutes

Substitutes

  • 4Rebés Ruiz
  • 5García Miramontes
  • 11Moreno Marín
  • 13Pires
  • 14Aláez Peña
  • 16Martínez Palau
  • 19Gómez Pérez
  • 21García Renom
  • 22Rodríguez Soria

Moldova

Formation 4-3-3

  • 23Koselev
  • 22Graur
  • 5Posmac
  • 14Prepelita
  • 2Reabciuk
  • 8Mihaliov Substituted forDedovat 72'minutes
  • 9CebotaruBooked at 40mins
  • 7Ionita
  • 16SuvorovBooked at 76mins
  • 19Boiciuc
  • 11GinsariBooked at 55mins

Substitutes

  • 1Celeadnic
  • 3Efros
  • 4Mudrac
  • 6Rozgoniuc
  • 10Dedov
  • 12Cebotari
  • 13Macritchii
  • 17Sandu
  • 18Anton
Referee:
Jonathan Lardot
Attendance:
947

Match Stats

Home TeamAndorraAway TeamMoldova
Possession
Home31%
Away69%
Shots
Home9
Away13
Shots on Target
Home3
Away3
Corners
Home1
Away9
Fouls
Home25
Away14

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Andorra 1, Moldova 0.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Andorra 1, Moldova 0.

  3. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Alexandru Boiciuc (Moldova) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

  4. Post update

    Anatol Prepelita (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  5. Post update

    Foul by Víctor Rodríguez (Andorra).

  6. Post update

    Corner, Moldova. Conceded by Ildefons Lima.

  7. Post update

    Corner, Moldova. Conceded by Jesús Rubio.

  8. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Artur Ionita (Moldova) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dinu Graur with a cross.

  9. Post update

    Attempt missed. Joan Cervós (Andorra) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marcio Vieira.

  10. Post update

    Attempt missed. Alexandru Suvorov (Moldova) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Dinu Graur.

  11. Post update

    Artur Ionita (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  12. Post update

    Foul by Marc Rebés (Andorra).

  13. Post update

    Oleg Reabciuk (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  14. Post update

    Foul by Víctor Rodríguez (Andorra).

  15. Post update

    Attempt missed. Alexandru Boiciuc (Moldova) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Alexandru Dedov.

  16. Booking

    Joan Cervós (Andorra) is shown the yellow card.

  17. Post update

    Alexandru Suvorov (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  18. Post update

    Foul by Marc Rebés (Andorra).

  19. Post update

    Veaceslav Posmac (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  20. Post update

    Foul by Marcio Vieira (Andorra).

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2 Czech Rep 6 4 0 2 11 9 2 12
3 Kosovo 5 2 2 1 10 10 0 8
4 Montenegro 6 0 3 3 3 13 -10 3
5 Bulgaria 6 0 3 3 5 11 -6 3

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2 Portugal 5 3 2 0 13 4 9 11
3 Serbia 5 2 1 2 10 12 -2 7
4 Luxembourg 6 1 1 4 5 11 -6 4
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1 Netherlands 5 4 0 1 17 6 11 12
2 Germany 5 4 0 1 17 6 11 12
3 Northern Ireland 6 4 0 2 8 7 1 12
4 Belarus 6 1 1 4 3 10 -7 4
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Team P W D L F A GD Pts
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2 Denmark 5 2 3 0 15 5 10 9
3 Switzerland 4 2 2 0 10 4 6 8
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2 Slovakia 6 3 1 2 10 8 2 10
3 Hungary 6 3 0 3 7 9 -2 9
4 Wales 5 2 1 2 5 5 0 7
5 Azerbaijan 5 0 1 4 5 13 -8 1

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Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Spain 6 6 0 0 17 3 14 18
2 Sweden 6 3 2 1 13 8 5 11
3 Romania 6 3 1 2 13 7 6 10
4 Norway 6 2 3 1 11 8 3 9
5 Malta 6 1 0 5 2 13 -11 3
6 Faroe Islands 6 0 0 6 3 20 -17 0

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Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Poland 7 5 1 1 11 2 9 16
2 Austria 7 4 1 2 16 7 9 13
3 North Macedonia 7 3 2 2 10 9 1 11
4 Slovenia 7 3 2 2 13 7 6 11
5 Israel 7 2 2 3 12 14 -2 8
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H

Team P W D L F A GD Pts
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2 France 7 6 0 1 20 4 16 18
3 Iceland 7 4 0 3 10 10 0 12
4 Albania 7 3 0 4 10 10 0 9
5 Andorra 7 1 0 6 1 14 -13 3
6 Moldova 7 1 0 6 2 18 -16 3

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2 Football Union of Russia 7 6 0 1 22 4 18 18
3 Cyprus 7 3 1 3 13 7 6 10
4 Kazakhstan 7 2 1 4 9 11 -2 7
5 Scotland 7 2 0 5 5 17 -12 6
6 San Marino 7 0 0 7 0 37 -37 0

J

Team P W D L F A GD Pts
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2 Finland 6 4 0 2 8 4 4 12
3 Armenia 6 3 0 3 12 11 1 9
4 Bos-Herze 6 2 1 3 12 11 1 7
5 Greece 6 1 2 3 7 10 -3 5
6 Liechtenstein 6 0 1 5 1 19 -18 1
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