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Why doesn't FIFA recognize Monaco?
Monaco's national football team is not recognized by FIFA and is not a member of UEFA. Therefore, I have never participated in any formal international competitions. But its football club, Monaco Club, enjoys a high reputation in Europe. Many excellent players, including Petit, Jorkayev, Giuly, Trezeguet, Henry, J Ronaldo, Fa Erkao, Motinho, Mbappé, Bernardo Silva and Gianluigi Trumeni, came from Monaco. It can be said that Starlight Glimmer is full of stars.

Monaco Club was founded in 19 19. Monaco Club has been playing amateur leagues since its establishment. Since 1948, Monaco Club has become a professional club. However, because Monaco is too small and has only one football club, it does not have its own national league. They are participating in the French League, which is a team that participates in the French League abroad.

Club Monaco is very small, with only 6,000 members. There is a nickname called the Red and White Army, and the home stadium is Louis II Stadium, which is also the only football field in China. The audience capacity is only 18500. However, although the stadium is small, its reputation is not small. After 1998, all the European Super Cup football matches were held here.

Monaco Club has been playing in French professional leagues (including Ligue 1 and Ligue 2) for 74 years and won numerous championships. Including 8 French Football League champions, 2 French League Cup champions, 5 French Cup champions and 5 French Super Cup champions. Among them, the number of league champions is second only to Paris Saint-Germain and Saint-Etienne, which won the championship at 10, and Marseille, which won the championship at 9 times, tied with Nantes for the fourth place in French Ligue 1 history.

Monaco Football Club is famous not only in French football, but also in Europe. In the 2003-04 Champions League, 1/4 defeated Real Madrid in the final, and defeated Chelsea in the semi-final to reach the final. Although Monaco lost to Porto led by Mourinho, it came second in the final. But it also created the team's best result in the Champions League. In addition, Monaco also reached the semi-finals of the European Cup in1991992, 1993- 1994 and 2016.

However, in 20 12, after the Russian billionaire Ray Borovlev invested in the club, Monaco became rich and made waves in the transfer market, and Monaco once again blew a Mediterranean whirlwind in football.