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.
Nickname(s) | The Ålandish Islanders | ||
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Association | Ålands Fotbollförbund | ||
Head coach | Alexander Semenov Stefan Mattsson | ||
Most caps | Petter Isaksson (13) | ||
Top scorer | Alexander Weckström Peter Lundberg (5) | ||
Home stadium | Wiklöf Holding Arena | ||
FIFA code | ALA | ||
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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
editIsland Games record | ||||||||
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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 |
- ^ Not held football tournament (Replaced by 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament in Anglesey).
Selected internationals opponents
editOpponents | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
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Bermuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
Bornholm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 100.00 |
Falkland Islands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
Faroe Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0.00 |
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 | 33.33 |
Greenland | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 83.33 |
Guernsey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 25.00 |
Isle of Man | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 50.00 |
Isle of Wight | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 50.00 |
Jersey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0.00 |
Menorca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
Öland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 50.00 |
Rhodes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
Saare County | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 0.00 |
Sápmi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 66.67 |
Sealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 |
Shetland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 75.00 |
Western Isles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 50.00 |
Ynys Môn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 33.33 |
Total | 53 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 93 | 101 | −8 | 43.40 |
Kit manufacturers
editPeriod | Kit manufacturer |
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1943–1998 | Hummel |
1998–2002 | Erreà |
2002–2007 | Puma |
2007–present | Adidas |
Managers
edit- Johnny Söderdahl (1989)
- Robert Mann
Henrik Bostrom
Mats Danielsson (1995) - Bernt Danielsson
Per-Åke Eriksson (2005) - Bengt Johnsson
Peter Lundberg
Tommy Lundberg (2007) - Peter Lundberg
Daniel Norrmén (2009) - Per-Åke Eriksson
Thomas Nordström (2011) - Johan Carlssons
Steve Beeks (2015) - Alexander Semenov
Stefan Mattsson (2017–present)
Honours
editNon-FIFA competitions
edit- Island Games
- Silver medal (1): 2009
- Bronze medal (2): 1989, 1993
References
editExternal links
edit- Ålands Fotbollförbund (in Swedish and Finnish)
- National-Football-Teams.com
- Island Games Website