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If you are interested in Liechtenstein football, you must read Charlie Connelly's "Stomping Grounds". A great read. Also, yes, they don't have a domestic competition, just the L-Cup.

Most of their teams play in the Swiss leagues, and Vaduz are doing all right, having risen from the 3rd division a few years ago.

In terms of nationality, Liechtenstein has one of the most restrictive naturalization processes in the world. It can take up to 30 years as a resident to acquire a Principality's passport and sometimes the local community are called on to vote on whether someone should be granted citizenship (community participation and integration are highly taken into consideration). Needless to say, acquiring L-citizenship requires giving up any other citizenship held previously.

So the majority of the players who represent Liechtenstein are born and bread in the country. The only exceptions would be a few Switzerland-born players who have family ties with the Principality (Liechtensteiners can travel to and live in Switzerland with great ease), and a couple of Italian (all pretty much born in the country) and Turkish players and those two nationality make up the majority of the non-foreign population in Liechtenstein.

I love the wee country, and know quite a lot about it. You may have seen me play Twilight football at Te Whaea in a Liecthtenstein shirt at some stage.

EDIT: I should also add that the rise of L-football in recent years has been reflected in the national team's successes. For a country of just over 30,000 people, they do a whole lot more that other small countries in Europe, such as San Marino and Andorra. They aren't quite at the level of the Faroe Islands, but their team has gone from strength to strength. In the last couple of years only, they have managed draws against Montenegro and Moldova and wins over San Marino and Moldova. And a string of very respectable losses. 

In 2013 they drew with Latvia and Slovakia and lost 2-3 vs Croatia at home. A couple of years before they beat Lithuania 2-0 and they also drew 2-2- vs Portugal, though I can't remember what year that was.

If you are interested in Liechtenstein football, you must read Charlie Connelly's "Stomping Grounds". A great read. Also, yes, they don't have a domestic competition, just the L-Cup.

Most of their teams play in the Swiss leagues, and Vaduz are doing all right, having risen from the 3rd division a few years ago.

In terms of nationality, Liechtenstein has one of the most restrictive naturalization processes in the world. It can take up to 30 years as a resident to acquire a Principality's passport and sometimes the community are called to vote on whether someone should be granted citizenship (community participation and integration are highly taken into consideration).

So the majority of the players who represent Liechtenstein are born and bread in the country. The only exceptions would be a few Switzerland-born players who have family ties with the Principality (Liechtensteiners can travel to and live in Switzerland with great ease), and a couple of Italian (all pretty much born in the country) and Turkish players and those two nationality make up the majority of the non-foreign population in Liechtenstein.

I love the wee country, and know quite a lot about it. You may have seen me play Twilight football at Te Whaea in a Liecthtenstein shirt at some stage.

EDIT: I should also add that the rise of L-football in recent years has been reflected in the national team's successes. For a country of just over 30,000 people, they do a whole lot more that other small countries in Europe, such as San Marino and Andorra. They aren't quite at the level of the Faroe Islands, but their team has gone from strength to strength. In the last couple of years only, they have managed draws against Montenegro and Moldova and wins over San Marino and Moldova. And a string of very respectable losses. 

In 2013 they drew with Latvia and Slovakia and lost 2-3 vs Croatia at home. A couple of years before they beat Lithuania 2-0 and they also drew 2-2- vs Portugal, though I can't remember what year that was.

If you are interested in Liechtenstein football, you must read Charlie Connelly's "Stomping Grounds". A great read. Also, yes, they don't have a domestic competition, just the L-Cup.

Most of their teams play in the Swiss leagues, and Vaduz are doing all right, having risen from the 3rd division a few years ago.

In terms of nationality, Liechtenstein has one of the most restrictive naturalization processes in the world. It can take up to 30 years as a resident to acquire a Principality's passport and sometimes the community are called to vote on whether someone should be granted citizenship (community participation and integration are highly taken into consideration).

So the majority of the players who represent Liechtenstein are born and bread in the country. The only exceptions would be a few Switzerland-born players who have family ties with the Principality (Liechtensteiners can travel to and live in Switzerland with great ease), and a couple of Italian (all pretty much born in the country) and Turkish players and those two nationality make up the majority of the non-foreign population in Liechtenstein.

I love the wee country, and know quite a lot about it. You may have seen me play Twilight football at Te Whaea in a Liecthtenstein shirt at some stage.