Åland official football team

The Åland official football team (Swedish: Ålands förbundslag i fotboll) is the official football team for Åland, Finland, and is controlled by Ålands Fotbollförbund. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA.

Åland
Nickname(s)The Ålandish Islanders
AssociationÅlands Fotbollförbund
Head coachAlexander Semenov
Stefan Mattsson
Most capsPetter Isaksson (13)
Top scorerAlexander Weckström
Peter Lundberg (5)
Home stadiumWiklöf Holding Arena
FIFA codeALA
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Åland 4–2 Sápmi 
(Mariehamn, Åland; July 1985)
Biggest win
 Åland 6–2 Bornholm 
(Visby, Gotland; 14 June 1986)
Biggest defeat
 Faroe Islands 7–1 Åland 
(Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 12 July 1989)

The team mainly competes in the Island Games. Åland hosted the games in 1991 and 2009. The team won a silver medal in 2009 and bronze medal in 1989 and 1993. They also reached fourth place in 1991 and 2011.

Åland also has a successful club football side, IFK Mariehamn, which plays in the Finnish premier league (Veikkausliiga) and won the league in 2016.

Tournament records

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Island Games record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  1989 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 10 12
  1991 Fourth place 4th 4 2 0 2 3 3
  1993 Third place 3rd 4 3 0 1 7 4
  1995 Group stage 7th 4 0 1 3 4 14
  1997 Did not enter
  1999 Group stage 6th 4 2 0 2 8 6
  2001 Did not enter
  2003
  2005 Group stage 7th 5 2 0 3 6 10
  2007 7th 4 2 0 2 7 6
  2009 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 10 7
  2011 Fourth place 4th 4 1 1 2 8 11
  2013 Did not enter
  2015 Group stage 9th 4 2 0 2 3 6
  2017 7th 4 2 2 0 5 2
  2019[n 1] Did not enter
  2023 Group stage 13th 4 0 1 3 2 9
Total Runners-up 11/17 46 18 4 24 73 90
  1. ^ Not held football tournament (Replaced by 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament in   Anglesey).

Selected internationals opponents

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Opponents P W D L GF GA GD Win %
  Bermuda 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
  Bornholm 1 1 0 0 6 2 +4 100.00
  Falkland Islands 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00
  Faroe Islands 1 0 0 1 1 7 −6 000.00
  Frøya 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
  Gibraltar 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
  Gotland 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 033.33
  Greenland 6 5 0 1 17 10 +7 083.33
  Guernsey 4 1 1 2 7 9 −2 025.00
  Isle of Man 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 050.00
  Isle of Wight 4 2 0 2 3 7 −4 050.00
  Jersey 6 0 0 6 5 14 −9 000.00
  Menorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
  Öland 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 050.00
  Rhodes 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00
  Saare County 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 000.00
  Sápmi 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 066.67
  Sealand 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
  Shetland 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 075.00
  Western Isles 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
  Ynys Môn 3 1 0 2 8 8 +0 033.33
Total 53 23 6 24 93 101 −8 043.40

Kit manufacturers

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2013–14 home kit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013–14 away kit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013–14 GK kit
Period Kit manufacturer
1943–1998   Hummel
1998–2002   Erreà
2002–2007   Puma
2007–present   Adidas

Managers

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Honours

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Non-FIFA competitions

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  • Island Games
    • Silver medal (1): 2009
    • Bronze medal (2): 1989, 1993

References

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