Åland official football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Åland women's official football team.

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
  4–2 Sápmi 
(Mariehamn, Åland; July 1985)
Biggest win
  6–2 Bornholm 
(Visby, Gotland; 14 June 1986)
Biggest defeat
 Faroe Islands 7–1  
(Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 12 July 1989)
Island Games
Appearances11 (first in 1989)
Best resultRunners-up (2009)

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.

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
  1. ^ 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 −2 000.00
 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

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)

Honours

Non-FIFA competitions

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

References

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