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*'''[[Serravalle (San Marino)|Serravalle]]'''
The largest [[town]] of the Republic is [[Dogana]], which is not an autonomous ''{{lang|it-SM|castello}}'', but rather belongs to the [[Castello]] of [[Serravalle (San Marino)|Serravalle]].
In a similar way to an Italian ''{{lang|it-IT|[[comune]]}}'', each ''{{lang|it-SM|castello}}'' includes a main settlement, called ''{{lang|it-SM|capoluogo}}'', which is the seat of the ''{{lang|it-SM|castello}}'', and some even smaller localities known as ''{{lang|it-SM|[[frazione|frazioni]]}}''.
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San Marino, along with [[Italy]], enjoy sports and [[football (soccer)]] is its most popular sport. Basketball and volleyball are also popular. The three sports have their own federations, the [[San Marino Football Federation]], the [[San Marino Basketball Federation]] and the [[Federazione Sammarinese Pallavolo|San Marino Volleyball Federation]].
The [[Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio|San Marino Championship]], founded under the auspices of the FSGC ([[San Marino Football Federation]]), is the premier footballing competition in San Marino. The fifteen teams that take part in the competition are split into two groups of eight and seven teams. The top three from each section at the end of the regular season progress into a semi-knockout style Championship Playoff. Prior to 2007, the playoff champion earned a spot in the preliminary rounds of the [[UEFA Cup]]. In 2007, [[UEFA]] granted San Marino a spot in the 1st Qualifying Round of the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]. The domestic cup winner also gets a spot in the UEFA Cup qualifying stages. 2007 league champions [[S.S. Murata]] was the first team to represent San Marino in the Champions League when they participated in the [[UEFA Champions League 2007-08|2007–08 competition]], losing to Finnish team [[Tampere United]]. San Marino also has a representative in the Italian system, with [[San Marino Calcio]] playing in the fourth tier of Italian football, [[Serie C2|Serie C2/B]]. San Marino play their home matches in the Sanmarinese at the [[Stadio Olimpico (Serravalle)|Stadio Olimpico]] of [[Serravalle
The [[San Marino national football team]] played its first unofficial international match in 1986, in which it suffered a 0–1 defeat to the Canadian [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] team. Its first competitive outing was on 14 November 1990, a 0–4 loss against [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] in the [[UEFA European Football Championship|European Championship]] qualifier. These defeats set the tone for most of the following outings of the team, who are regarded as easy victories in the qualifying sections of the European Championship and the [[Football World Cup|World Cup]].
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