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.
| Nickname(s) | The Ålandish Islanders | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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 |
- Not held football tournament (Replaced by 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament in Anglesey).
Selected internationals opponents
| Opponents | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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
- 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)
References
External links
- Ålands Fotbollförbund (in Swedish and Finnish)
- National-Football-Teams.com
- Island Games Website
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