Senior Women’s National Team received in Audience by Their Excellencies the Captains Regent

It began on 13 April with the announcement of the birth of the team and will conclude in the week between 28 November and 5 December with two friendlies against Liechtenstein and Gibraltar. 2026 is certainly not a year like any other for the members of the Senior Women’s National Team and for those who promoted its creation. Between these two milestones lie many other moments that will occupy a prominent place in the annals of San Marino football. Firmly belonging to this category is this afternoon’s Audience with Their Excellencies the Captains Regent Alice Mina and Vladimiro Selva, also attended by the Secretary of State for Sport Rossano Fabbri. It was an institutional occasion of great significance, during which the highest offices of the State expressed their congratulations on the birth of this team, and offered their best wishes – not only in terms of sporting results – to the players coached by Head Coach Giulia Domenichetti ahead of their future challenges. In the magnificent Throne Room of Palazzo Valloni (given the temporary unavailability of Palazzo Pubblico), the meeting was opened by a speech from the Honourable Rossano Fabbri. The Secretary of State, on behalf of the San Marino Government, thanked the FSGC for having made the creation of this team possible, highlighting the central role played by women’s sport within the cultural landscape of the Republic. Recalling the honour and responsibility of representing San Marino in international arenas, Mr Fabbri referred to the two friendlies scheduled at the end of the calendar year, which will mark the absolute debut of the Titane in an official match. These milestones, and the previous ones in a 2026 destined to be long remembered, were also mentioned by FSGC President Marco Tura, who spoke immediately after Secretary Fabbri. The head of the Football Federation also recalled the commitment to the upcoming UEFA Women’s Nations League, before underlining the track record of Giulia Domenichetti, the first female Head Coach within the FSGC ranks, a standout figure for Italy’s national football and futsal teams and now called upon, for the first time, to face the challenge of coaching a National Team – a premise which, as Tura hopes, will unleash a wave of enthusiasm that she can transmit to her players, who in turn are embarking on a completely new adventure. President Tura concluded by focusing on the new Erreà kits – unveiled yesterday and presented as gifts to Their Excellencies and to Secretary of State Fabbri. Woven into the fabric of both the Home and Away shirts are distinctive elements of San Marino’s landscape, first and foremost the Three Towers. An effective way – the President concluded – to remind everyone that San Marino will always be at these players’ side – indeed, on their very shoulders – during the battles they will face on the pitch.

Finally, the address by Their Excellencies the Captains Regent, H.E. Alice Mina and H.E. Vladimiro Selva: “We are pleased to receive in Audience the authorities and the Senior Women’s National Football Team of the Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio, together with its President, directors, coaches and staff of the Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio. This official occasion – which brings together several generations – goes beyond mere sporting value and takes on a powerful cultural and social significance for our entire Republic. The presentation of the Senior Women’s National Football Team is, in fact, a fundamental milestone in the development of sport in San Marino. Over time, women’s football has undergone a genuine revolution, breaking down prejudices and demonstrating how sport is an extraordinary vehicle for equality, inclusion and respect. Dearest athletes, wear the colours of the flag and spread our millenary history throughout the world, bringing onto the pitch the determination, pride and dignity of our Community. Competing at international level in the colours of the Republic of San Marino requires a sense of belonging and passion. Our history teaches us that it is not size that makes a Nation strong, but the quality of its values and the unity and tenacity of its people. To each of you, to the President, to the staff and to the Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio, and to all those who, in various ways, have fought to give life to this special chapter in the sporting history of San Marino, we extend our sincere thanks for your constant commitment to the development of the entire movement. Every tackle you win, every run, every act of sporting fairness on the pitch will do honour to our Country. New, important and enticing challenges await you. We therefore thank you in advance for the emotions you will give us and for the goals you will achieve and of which you will make yourselves protagonists, in the certainty that no objective is out of reach when there is passion, sacrifice and dedication. Dear guests, we wish you a journey rich in satisfaction, growth and success, both sporting and human.”