Åland Islands official football team

Åland Islands

Association	Ålands Fotbollförbund
Head coach	Thomas Nordström Per-Åke Eriksson
Home stadium	Wiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn
Home colours Away colours
First international
Åland Islands 4 - 2 Sápmi (July, 1985)
Biggest win
Åland Islands 6 - 2 Bornholm (Visby, Gotland; 14 June 1986)
Biggest defeat
Faroe Islands 7 - 1 Åland Islands (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 12 July 1989)

The Åland Islands official football team (Swedish: Ålands herrlandslag i fotboll) is the official football team for the Åland Islands, 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 it 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 finished 7th in the league in 2011.

Tournament records

Island Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1989	Group Phase	3rd	4	2	0	2	10	12
1991	3rd Place Match	4th	4	2	0	2	3	3
1993	3rd Place Match	3rd	4	3	0	1	7	4
1995	7th Place Match	7th	4	0	1	3	4	14
1997	Did Not Enter
1999	5th Place Match	6th	4	2	0	2	8	6
2001	Did Not Enter
2003	Did Not Enter
2005	7th Place Match	7th	5	2	0	3	6	10
2007	7th Place Match	7th	4	2	0	2	7	6
2009	Final	2nd	5	3	1	1	10	7
2011	3rd Place Match	4th	4	1	1	2	8	11
Total	9/12		38	16	3	19	63	73

Selected Internationals opponents

• Last game: Jersey 5-1 Åland Islands Isle of Wight - 1 July 2011. (Island Games Third place match)

Opponents	Matches	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA
Bermuda	1	0	0	1	0	2
Bornholm	1	1	0	0	6	2
Falkland Islands	1	1	0	0	2	1
Faroe Islands	1	0	0	1	1	7
Frøya	1	1	0	0	3	1
Gibraltar	1	1	0	0	2	1
Gotland	3	1	0	2	4	7
Greenland	5	5	0	0	17	8
Guernsey	3	1	1	1	6	5
Isle of Man	4	2	0	2	6	5
Isle of Wight	3	2	0	1	3	5
Jersey	6	0	0	6	5	14
Minorca	1	0	1	0	1	1
Öland	2	1	1	0	6	3
Rhodes	1	0	0	1	2	3
Saaremaa	2	0	1	1	4	5
Sápmi	3	2	0	1	5	4
Shetland	4	3	0	1	8	5
Western Isles	1	1	0	0	2	0
Ynys Môn	3	1	0	2	8	8
Total	47	23	4	20	89	88

Team

The following players were in the Island Games squad in 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Viktor Mattsson (1992-06-12) June 12, 1992 2 0 SIFFK GK Johan Sundman (1978-02-12) February 12, 1978 2 0 IFK Mariehamn DF Fredrik Appel (1991-04-08) April 8, 1991 3 0 SIFFK DF Jacob Erikslund (1990-07-06) July 6, 1990 6 0 IFK Uppsala DF Erik Lundberg (1994-03-20) March 20, 1994 3 0 SIFFK DF John Matsson (1992-06-20) June 20, 1992 1 0 SIFFK MF Rezgar Amani (1992-07-01) July 1, 1992 5 0 SIFFK MF Johan Carlsson (1981-08-01) August 1, 1981 4 0 SIFFK MF Samuel Fagerholm (1991-10-10) October 10, 1991 4 1 SIFFK MF Petter Isaksson (1989-09-11) September 11, 1989 13 2 Gimo IF MF Fredrik Rosenberg (1991-03-06) March 6, 1991 1 0 Jomala IK MF Simon Snickars (1989-08-07) August 7, 1989 7 1 SIFFK MF Fabian Söderdahl (1992-07-01) July 1, 1992 2 0 Hammarlands IK MF Kristoffer Weckström (1983-05-26) May 26, 1983 4 0 IFK Uppsala MF Kenneth Wickström (1991-07-31) July 31, 1991 5 0 SIFFK FW Peter Lundberg (1981-04-15) April 15, 1981 4 5 Rynninge IK FW Jimmy Sundman (1989-03-07) March 7, 1989 9 1 SIFFK FW Alexander Weckström (1987-03-27) March 27, 1987 8 5 Rynninge IK

External links

• Official Site (Swedish)
• National-Football-Teams.com
• Island Games Website