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 edit
| 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
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 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 edit
| 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 edit
          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 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)
References edit
External links edit
- Ålands Fotbollförbund (in Swedish and Finnish)
- National-Football-Teams.com
- Island Games Website