San Marino v Estonia background

San Marino will hope things improve this time as they play host to Estonia in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group E, having lost their only previous meeting with the Baltic nation.

Match background
• Indrek Zelinski's 36th-minute strike proved to be the only goal of their encounter on 21 May 2002, with Arno Pijpers's Estonia getting the better of Giampaolo Mazza's San Marino in Serravalle.

• It was Zelinski's 22nd goal for Estonia, and broke Eduard Ellman-Eelma's national goalscoring record. Andres Oper, however, is now Estonia's all-time top scorer with 38, Zelinski having retired with 27 international goals to his name.

• In the only encounter to date between the nations' clubs, SP La Fiorita lost 1-0 at home and 7-0 away to Estonian side FC Levadia Tallinn in the first qualifying round of this season's UEFA Champions League.

• The only other encounter between sides from these nations in UEFA club competition was in the UEFA Regions' Cup – the competition for Europe's top amateur sides – where South Amateur from Estonia beat a San Marino national selection 2-0 in September 2002.

• No Sammarinese side has thus scored in four encounters with Estonian opponents.