Vegno national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
I Cormorani The Cormorants Gli Azzurri The Blues |
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| Association | FCV |
| FMF member | 2022– |
| Confederation | AEFA |
| Head coach |
 Fortunato Bongiovanni |
| Captain | Paolo Vassena |
| Top scorer | Anthony Boretto (14) |
| Home stadium | Stadio San Giuann |
| FMF code | VEG |
| FMF ranking | 10 |
| Highest FMF ranking | 10 (14/08/23) |
| First FMF intermicronational | |
Pacary  0–3 Vegno | |
| Biggest win | |
Vegno 5–0  EMR | |
| Biggest defeat | |
Floria  5–2 Vegno | |
| FMF World Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2023) |
| Best result | Quarter-finals |
| Copa Apollonia | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2024) |
| Best result | Third place |
The Vegno national football team is the football team which represents the micronation of Vegno. It is a member of the AEFA, and is run by the FCV.
History
The team was founded in early 2022 after Vegno's Micrasian claim was successful. The team's first participation was in the friendly tri-series tournament in Krasnovlac, against fellow FMF newcomers Krasnovlac and Pacary, which Vegno successfully won after two victories.
The 2023 FMF World Cup qualification rounds, Vegno's first competitive foray, saw the team top their six-team group with 23 points and qualify for the finals, where they advanced from Group D in second place with eight points. They then defeated Tiana 2–0 in the play-off round before being eliminated by Phinbella 2–1 in the quarter-finals.
After bidding successfully to host the 2024 Copa Apollonia, the team bypassed the qualifying rounds and also received an automatic berth in the year's FMF Confederations Cup, where they placed second in the hosts' group with six points to advance to the semi-finals. There they lost narrowly to Senya before also losing the placement play-off to Mercury 2–1 to place fourth overall. At the Copa Apollonia, Vegno finished top of their five-team group with eight points, by virtue of goal difference over Mecklenburgh, leading to a place in the semi-finals. After a lengthy penalty shoot-out loss to Senya, following a 1–1 draw, the team then defeated Meckelnburgh 1–0 to take third place on home soil.
Chronological competitive participation
- 2022 Krasnovlac Tri-Nations Series
- 2023 FMF World Cup qualification
- 2023 FMF World Cup
- 2024 FMF Confederations Cup
- 2024 Copa Apollonia (hosts)
Team image
Crest
The team's crest was created in 2022 by the FCV following the foundation of the team to become the first official symbol of the Vegnese national side. The crest's design includes the flag of Vegno with the cormorant, the name of the nation and the abbreviation of the Vegnese football association, the Federazione Calcistica del Vegno.
Kits
The first home and away kits of the Vegno national team were presented in April 2022, just before the beginning of the 2022 Krasnovlac Tri-Nations Series, the first matches for the team. The predominant colour of the home shirt is blue, with the names and numbers of players in white, while the shorts are orange, representing the colours of the Vegnese flag, though there is also the possibility that the shorts could also be white. The away kit is, on the other hand, totally white, with numbers and names of players in blue.
| Period | Kit manufacturer |
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| 2022– | Alberobianco
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Players
Current squad
The following 20 players were selected by coach Fortunato Bongiovanni for the 2024 Copa Apollonia.
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Recent callups
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Previous squads
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Individual records
Player records
As of 26 June 2024, the players with the most appearances and goals for Vegno are:
| Caps Record | Goals Record | Captain-caps Record | |||||||||||||
| Pos. | Player | Period | Caps | Goals | Pos. | Player | Period | Goals | Caps | Goals/caps | Pos. | Player | Captain Caps | ||
| 1 | Anthony Malvicino | 2022- | 38 | 0 | 1 | Anthony Boretto | 2022- | 27 | 36 | 0,75 | 1 | Paolo Vassena | 33 | ||
| 2 | Anthony Boretto | 2022- | 36 | 27 | 2 | Rosario Bonotto | 2022- | 12 | 34 | 0,35 | 2 | Anthony Malvicino | 4 | ||
| = | Paolo Vassena | 2022- | 36 | 6 | 3 | Nicolò Gualtieri | 2022- | 6 | 12 | 0,5 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Rosario Bonotto | 2022- | 34 | 10 | = | Paolo Vassena | 2022- | 6 | 36 | 0,17 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Gaetano Tosi | 2022- | 32 | 2 | = | Danilo Mannino | 2022- | 6 | 30 | 0,2 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | Michele Spanu | 2022- | 31 | 1 | 6 | Lorenzo Annovi | 2022- | 2 | 11 | 0,18 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Iuri Coscelli | 2022- | 30 | 0 | = | Gaetano Tosi | 2022- | 2 | 32 | 0,06 | 7 | ||||
| = | Danilo Mannino | 2022- | 30 | 5 | 8 | Sandro Autiero | 2022- | 1 | 5 | 0,2 | 8 | ||||
| 9 | Christopher Caravita | 2022- | 25 | 1 | = | Graziano Formentini | 2022- | 1 | 6 | 0,16 | 9 | ||||
| 10 | Adolfo Braccini | 2022- | 21 | 0 | = | Giacomo Tiozzo Zucca Caenazzo | 2022- | 1 | 8 | 0,125 | 10 | ||||
Captains
List of captaincy periods of the various captains throughout the years
- 2022–: Paolo Vassena
Managers
The coach of the Vegno national team is chosen directly by the president of the FCV and his collaborators. The first coach in the history of the national team was Agostino Conti, in charge for only 5 games, before resigning to accept the contract with the Stonehall Hotspur club.
Replacing Conti in 2022 was Fortunato Bongiovanni, former manager of Sancrus FC, winner of a Bonfire Cup. Bongiovanni is currently the manager with the most appearances on the national team bench and the one with the highest percentage of victories.
| Vegno Managers | ||||
| Manager | Period | Matches Played | Wins | wins/matches |
| Agostino Conti
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2022 | 5 | 2 | 0,4 |
| Fortunato Bongiovanni
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2022–incumbent | 33 | 16 | 0,48 |
Honours
- FMF Confederations Cup: 0
- 2024 – Fourth place
- Copa Apollonia: 0
- 2024 – Third place
Flag
Vegno has used the following flag during the entirety of its FMF affiliation:
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