Åland Islands official football team

Åland Islands

Association	Ålands Fotbollförbund
Head coach	Thomas Nordström Per-Åke Eriksson
Home stadium	Wiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn
First colours Second 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.

Åland Islands team is not affiliated in FIFA association, but it's in The Roon Ba ranking, in the position number 194.

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
2013	To Be Determined
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
Sealand	1	0	1	0	2	2
Shetland	4	3	0	1	8	5
Western Isles	1	1	0	0	2	0
Ynys Môn	3	1	0	2	8	8
Total	48	23	5	20	91	90

Team

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

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

External links

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