Liverpool Home 2008-2010

 

Torres celebrating his stunning volley against Blackburn.

Andorra National Team Jacket

Well I'd probably much prefer to own an Andorra shirt but I can't imagine many people would have the team jacket of Andorra either. It's quite a nice design to a jacket and being Andorran makes it better.

Cyprus Home 2002

Flag of Cyprus

First international: Cyprus 1-1 Israel (1960)

Biggest win: Cyprus 5-0 Andorra (2000)

Biggest loss: Germany 12-0 Cyprus (1969)

Most capped: Ioannis Okkas (106 caps)

Top scorer: Michalis Konstantinou (32 goals)

Star player: Michalis Konstantinou (AEL Limassol)

Cyprus is known as a nice place to visit for tourism, thankfully you can often find shirts easily as tourists buy them then end up selling them on eBay but look out for fakes. Cypriot football has not been too good until recently where we have seen the first ever Cypriot side in APOEL Nicosia reach the Champions League quarter final before losing out to Real Madrid.

Evian Thonon Gaillard Home 2011

Evian are probably most famous for where the drinking water comes from. But they also have a football team in the same region of France. They have signed players like Christian Poulsen, Sidney Govou and Cedric Mongongu and have cemented a mid table place in the French top division. Will be interesting seeing them develop in the next few years.

Sierra Leone Home 2011

Flag of Sierra Leone

First international: Sierra Leone 0-2 Nigeria (1949)

Biggest win: Sierra Leone 5-1 Niger (1995)

Biggest loss: Mali 6-0 Sierra Leone (2007)

Star player: Mohamed Banugra (Celtic FC)


This is a pretty awesome shirt from Hummel again. Sierra Leone have recently gone up the rankings a bit but it will probably be some time before we see them in the World Cup. Although on my Football Manager game I managed it!

Liechtenstein Home 2003

Flag of Liechtenstein

First international: Lichtenstein 0-1 Switzerland (1982)

Biggest win: Luxembourg 0-4 Liechtenstein (2004)

Biggest loss: Liechtenstein 1-1 Macedonia (1996)

Most capped: Mario Frick (105 caps)

Top scorer: Mario Frick (16 goals)

Star player: Mario Frick (Balzers)


Liechtenstein home shirt from 2003. I got this off ebay for 30 quid which seemed like quite a bargain for a rare shirt like this. Haiti and Liechtenstein actually had exactly the same flag which was then recognised when both competed at the Olympics so Liechtenstein added the crowd to their flag. Although Liechtenstein are not very good at football I know they almost gave Scotland a shock a few years ago when Scotland needed a last minute goal to win.

Burundi Home 2010

                       

                                     
                                                         Flag of Burundi

First international: Tanzania 4-1 Burundi (1971)

Biggest win: Burundi 6-2 Rwanda (1976)

Biggest loss: Ivory Coast 6-1 Burundi (2003)

Most capped: N/A

Top scorer: N/A

Star player: Saidi Ntibazonika (Cracovia)

One of the only things I remember from university was watching a video about albinos getting killed for witchcraft potions in Burundi. It's all quite shocking really. The country itself is not very good at football with no qualifications for any major tournaments. I still like the rare shirt though.