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**Vegno**
Nickname(s)	I Cormorani; The Cormorants; Gli Azzurri; The Blues
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

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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

Main article: History of the Vegno national football team

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.

Chronological competitive participation

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.

Used: 2022–

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.

Used:
2022 Krasnovlac Tri-Nations Series
2023 FMF World Cup qualification

Used:
2023 FMF World Cup
2024 FMF Confederations Cup

Used:
2024 Copa Apollonia

Period	Kit manufacturer
2022–	Alberobianco

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were selected by coach Fortunato Bongiovanni for the 2024 Copa Apollonia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Anthony Malvicino	33	38	0	Sancrus FC
2	3DF	Michele Spanu	21	31	1	Cherry Trees FC
3	3DF	Christopher Caravita	33	25	1	Sverige Tiem FC
4	3DF	Filippo Giuntini	31	15	1	Cossa United
5	3DF	Corrado Cavadini	31	9	0	Sancrus FC
6	5MF	Adolfo Braccini	33	21	0	AS Virtus Glovetese
7	5MF	Gaetano Tosi	30	32	2	Sancrus FC
8	5MF	Danilo Mannino	30	29	6	Daas City FC
9	7FW	Paolo Vassena (c)	33	36	6	Sancrus FC
10	7FW	Anthony Boretto	32	36	27	Northcliff United
11	7FW	Rosario Bonotto	28	34	12	Atletico Mhazar
12	1GK	Christopher Cavallari	31	0	0	AS Virtus Glovetese
13	3DF	Graziano Formentini	21	6	1	Sancrus FC
14	5MF	Carlo Lenoci	21	1	0	Cossa Perfection
15	3DF	Iuri Coscelli	31	30	0	Kealb FC
16	5MF	Giacomo Tiozzo Zucca Caenazzo	33	8	1	Atletico Mhazar
17	7FW	Sandro Autiero	31	5	1	AS Virtus Glovetese
18	5MF	Andrea Tarantino	22	13	1	Sancrus FC
19	3DF	Andrea Gaggiano	27	16	0	Barkham FC
20	7FW	Nicolò Gualtieri	31	12	6	Stonehall Hotspur

Recent callups

Pos.	Player	Age	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
1GK	Davide Fantini	21	0	0	Cossa Perfection	vs. Tiana
1GK	Emanuele Pagliuca	22	0	0	Agropl Rhyno	vs. Phinbella
3DF	Gabriele Bonavita	31	12	0	Virtus Glovetese	vs Mercury
3DF	Alvise Oviszach	29	1	0	Cossa United	vs Hurmu
5MF	Gaetano Bresciani	31	2	0	Hänävissen-ó-Cräiteland FC	vs Daau
5MF	Matteo Succi	27	6	0	AS Virtus Glovetese	vs Daau
5MF	Enrico Cupparo	33	1	0	Mineurs SF	vs Hurmu
5MF	Massimo Michelini	30	4	0	Sancrus FC	vs Hurmu
5MF	Adolfo Veronesi	27	0	0	Bintang Lukana	vs Çakaristan
5MF	Giuseppe Aprile	30	9	1	Biulya äqi Jedu FC	vs Tiana
5MF	Sandro Pappalardo	32	5	1	Cossa United	vs Tiana
7FW	Lorenzo Annovi	28	11	2	Virtus Glovetese	vs Phinbella
7FW	Amedeo Lupini	22	0	0	Eĵars Town FC	vs Lamantia
7FW	Mattia Dragoni	31	2	0	US Puri Agropl	vs Çakaristan

Previous squads

Main article: List of Vegno national football team World Cup and Copa Apollonia squads

FMF World Cup

2023 FMF World Cup squad

Copa Apollonia

2024 Copa Apollonia squad

Individual records

Main article: Vegno national football team statistics

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	2022	5	2	0,4
Fortunato Bongiovanni	2022–incumbent	33	16	0,48

Honours

FMF Confederations Cup: 0
- 2024 – Fourth place

Other titles

Krasnovlac Tri-Nations Series: 1
- 2022

Flag

Vegno has used the following flag during the entirety of its FMF affiliation:

2022–

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 ==History==
+{{main|History of the Vegno national football team}}
+The team was founded in early 2022 after Vegno's [[Micras]]ian claim was successful. The team's first participation was in the friendly [[2022 Krasnovlac Tri-Nations Series|tri-series tournament]] in [[Krasnovlac]], against fellow [[FMF]] newcomers [[Krasnovlac national football team|Krasnovlac]] and [[Pacary national football team|Pacary]], which Vegno successfully won after two victories.
-=== The foundation and the first qualification at the World Cup (2022–2023) ===
+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 [[2023 FMF World Cup|the finals]], where they advanced from Group D in second place with eight points. They then defeated [[Tiana national football team|Tiana]] 2&ndash;0 in the play-off round before being eliminated by [[Phinbella national football team|Phinbella]] 2&ndash;1 in the quarter-finals.
-The team was founded in early 2022 after Vegno's [[Micras]]ian claim was successful. The team's first participation was in the friendly [[2022 Krasnovlac Tri-Nations Series|tri-series tournament]] in [[Krasnovlac]], against fellow [[FMF]] newcomers [[Krasnovlac national football team|Krasnovlac]] and [[Pacary national football team|Pacary]], which Vegno successfully won after two victories. The first team was led by [[Agostino Conti]] the first official manager of the national team, based on a strong backbone of players from the newly created ''Campionato Vegnese'' (Vegnese Championship), which would then become ''[[Lega A Vegnese]]'' the following year, with a much more complex structure.
-After only 5 games played and none official, [[Agostino Conti]] leaves the national team in May 2022, replaced by former [[Sancrus FC]] manager, [[Fortunato Bongiovanni]].
-At the release of the first [[FMF Elo Micras Rankings]], Vegno was 22nd in the rankings and on 19 January 2023 following the draw for the [[FMF World Cup qualification|qualifiers]] for the [[2023 FMF World Cup]] in [[Mercury]], he was placed in Group A together with [[Hurmu national football team|Hurmu]], [[Çakaristan national football team|Çakaristan]], [[Krasnovlac national football team|Krasnovlac]], [[Ecclesiastical Mountain Republic national football team|EMR]] and [[Mataba national football team|Mataba]]. 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 [[2023 FMF World Cup|the finals]], for the first time in their history at the first attempt. The 2-1 victory against [[Hurmu national football team|Hurmu]] at home was decisive, where thanks to goals from [[Rosario Bonotto]] and [[Danilo Mannino]], the team qualified from the top of the group without passing through the play-offs.
-The [[2023 FMF World Cup]] represents the first major world tournament in which Vegno participates and in the group draw he appears in the 5th pot, as he is 24th in the ranking. It is therefore placed in Group D together with the reigning champions [[Floria national football team|Floria]], [[Calbion national football team|Calbion]], [[Unified Governorates national football team|Unified Governorates]] and [[The Hexarchy national football team|The Hexarchy]].
-The debut at the World Cup took place on 11 June 2023, where the vegnese national team managed to surprisingly beat [[Calbion national football team|Calbion]] 2-1, thanks to goals from [[Anthony Boretto|Boretto]] and [[Paolo Vassena|Vassena]]. The second match of the group sees them barely achieve a 1-1 draw against [[Unified Governorates national football team|nified Governorates]], while in the third match of the group they beat the reigning world champions [[Floria national football team|Floria]] 4-2 in a memorable match, thanks to braces from [[Anthony Boretto|Boretto]] and [[Rosario Bonotto|Bonotto]], which represents one of the highest points of vegnese football. They then conclude the group with another draw against [[The Hexarchy national football team|The Hexarchy]] which allows them to qualify for the play-off round as second in the group with 8 points.
-At the play-off round on July 30th the team beat [[Tiana national football team|Tiana]] 2-0 thanks to another [[Anthony Boretto|Boretto]]'s brace and qualified for the first time in its history to the quarter-finals of a World Cup.
-However, the national team's adventure at the [[2023 FMF World Cup]] was interrupted in the quarter-finals where [[Anthony Boretto|Boretto]]'s sixth goal of the competition was not enough for the ''Cormorani'' to achieve victory. They were defeated 2-1 by [[Phinbella national football team|Phinbella]], still obtaining an extraordinary result considering the initial premises. At the end of the tournament the striker [[Anthony Boretto|Boretto]] is included in the team of the tournament.
-=== The Confederations Cup and the hosting of the Copa Apollonia (2024–) ===
-On 27 November 2023 it was announced that Vegno would host the [[2024 Copa Apollonia]], which guarantees the national team automatic qualification for both the Apollonian competition and the [[2024 FMF Confederations Cup]]. In the latter, Vegno is included in the hots's group, where faces [[Mercury national football team|Mercury]], [[New Batavia national football team|New Batavia]] and [[Sovereign Confederation national football team|Sovereign Confederation]]. Within the group he recorded two defeats, both against [[Mercury national football team|Mercury]], three draws, two against [[New Batavia national football team|New Batavia]] and one with the [[Sovereign Confederation national football team|Sovereign Confederation]], and only one victory, against the autonomous region of the [[Benacian Union]]. They finish the group with 6 points, which still allow them to qualify for the semi-finals as second in the group.
-In the semi-finals they met the reigning world champions [[Senya national football team|Senya]] and were defeated 1-0. Vegno played their last match of the competition in the play-off for third place, losing for the third time in a row against [[Mercury national football team|Mercury]], this time 1-2, conceding the final defeat goal in the extra time.
-They therefore closed their first [[2024 FMF Confederations Cup|FMF Confederations Cup]] in 4th place, with only one victory, two draws and five defeats.
-On 7 July Vegno made its debut in the [[2024 Copa Apollonia]] against [[Daau national football team|Daau]], in the opening match of the competition.
 ==Chronological competitive participation==