Finland national football team

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Finland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Huuhkajat
(Eagle-Owls)[1]
Association Football Association of Finland (Suomen Palloliitto, Finlands Bollförbund)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Mixu Paatelainen
Captain Niklas Moisander
Most caps Jari Litmanen (137)
Top scorer Jari Litmanen (32)
Home stadium Helsinki Olympic Stadium
FIFA code FIN
FIFA ranking 79
Highest FIFA ranking 33 (March 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking 88 (November 2011)
Elo ranking 62
Highest Elo ranking 30[2] (March 2002)
Lowest Elo ranking 125[2] (1962-3)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Finland Finland 2–5 Sweden 
(Helsinki, Finland; 22 October 1911)
Biggest win

Finland Finland 10–2 Estonia 
(Helsinki, Finland; 11 August 1922)

Finland Finland 8–0 San Marino 
(Helsinki, Finland; 17 November 2010)
Biggest defeat
 Germany 13–0 Finland Finland
(Leipzig, Germany; 1 September 1940)
National team against Denmark in 1933.

The Finland national football team represents Finland in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland.

Although The Finnish national team has never qualified for a finals tournament of the World Cup or the European Championships, the Nordic nation made remarkable progression in the 2000's reaching a peak of 30th on the Elo Rankings, under coach of Roy Hodgson they achieved notable results against much more established European teams. The team has also never dropped out of the top 100 of the FIFA World Rankings since they were established in 1993.

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[edit] Early history

The Football Association of Finland was founded as early as 1907 and became a member of FIFA in 1908, despite the fact that at that time Finland was still an autonomous grand duchy of the Russian Empire and didn't gain independence until 1917. Finland played its first international match on October 22, 1911, losing to neighboring Sweden 2–5 in Helsinki.

A fourth place finish at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm still arguably ranks as the country's best ever achievement in international football. Finland beat Italy and Russia in the first two rounds before losing to Great Britain in the semi-finals. In the bronze medal match they were beaten 0–9 by the Netherlands. According to the story, the Finns were under the impression that the match would be a day later, so they had gone out celebrating the night before the match, and as a consequence were easily beaten. Finland's star player Eino Soinio, aged only 17 at the time, was chosen to the all-star team of the tournament by Swedish paper Idrottsbladet.

Finland also took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but was beaten by Peru in the first round. The country sought qualification for the World Cup for the first time in the 1938 event, but failed to score a single point. The fortunes of the team didn't improve much in the 1950s or 1960s: they were never near qualification, and didn't achieve their first win until 1965. Finland also took part in European Championship qualifying since the 1968 event, but had to wait for its first win until 1978. The 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki saw the Finnish hosts lose to Austria in the first round. Finland did, however, win the unofficial Nordic championship in 1952, 1964 and 1966.

[edit] Latter 20th century

The results of the team improved somewhat in the late 1970s and the 1980s. Finland missed out on qualification for Euro 1980 by just a point and for the 1986 World Cup by two points. Finland was invited to take part in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow after many Western countries announced they would boycott the games, but failed to progress from its group.

By the mid-1990s Finland started to have more players in high profile European leagues, led by the Ajax superstar Jari Litmanen. In 1996 Danish Euro 1992 winning coach Richard Møller Nielsen was hired to take Finland to the 1998 World Cup. The team enjoyed mixed fortunes in the campaign, high points of which were a draw and a win away to Norway and Switzerland respectively. Going into the last match, Finland would have needed a win at home to Hungary to earn a place in the play-offs. They led the game 1–0 going into injury time, but scored an own goal, and once again the dreams of qualification were over. Møller Nielsen also tried to lead Finland to Euro 2000. In this campaign the Finns recorded a sensational win away to Turkey, but couldn't compete with Germany and Turkey in the long run.

Antti Muurinen succeeded Møller Nielsen as coach in 2000. He had arguably the most talented group of Finnish players ever at his disposal, including players such as Antti Niemi, Sami Hyypiä, Teemu Tainio and Mikael Forssell in addition to the legendary Litmanen. The team also performed quite well under him in qualification for the 2002 World Cup despite a difficult draw, earning two draws against Germany and a home draw with England as well as beating Greece 5–1 in Helsinki. In the end, however, England and Germany proved too strong, and the Finns finished third in the group, but were the only team in that group not to lose at home. Hopes were high going into qualification for Euro 2004 after the promising last campaign and friendly wins over the likes of Norway, Belgium and Portugal (which seen the Finns jump from 40th–30th in the Elo ranking[2]). However, Finland started the campaign by losing to Wales and Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro, now two separate nations). These losses were followed by two defeats by Italy, and a 3–0 home win over Serbia and Montenegro was little consolation, as the Finns finished fourth in the group. In qualification for the 2006 World Cup Finland failed to score a single point in six matches against the top three teams in their group, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Romania. Muurinen was sacked in June 2005, and he was replaced by caretaker Jyrki Heliskoski, but results didn't improve.

In August 2005 it was announced that Roy Hodgson would become the new Finland coach in 2006, and he started in the job in January of that year. Hodgson stepped down as manager after they failed to qualify for Euro 2008.[3] His replacement was a Scotsman, Stuart Baxter, who signed a contract until the end of the 2012 European Championship qualification campaign.[4]

[edit] Recent history

Finland was competing in Group A in qualification for UEFA Euro 2008, together with Portugal, Poland, Serbia, Belgium, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. The team started the campaign very well, beating Poland 3–1 away and earning a 1–1 draw with Portugal at home. The Finns then gained four points from their difficult away ties against Armenia and Kazakhstan, drawing 0–0 with the former and beating the latter 2–0. On 15 November 2006, Finland beat Armenia 1–0 at home, thus remaining undefeated in the qualifying. In Finland's first match of 2007, they were in poor form when they lost against Azerbaijan 1–0, one of the worst matches in Finnish footballing history. On early June they lost to Serbia 2–0 at home, which many fans[who?] felt to be the end of a real battle for qualification. But the next match was against Belgium and team Finland gained the trust of their fans back by winning 2–0 at home. This was followed by a series of wins including a 2–1 win against Azerbaijan, with the team needing to win against Portugal away from home needing to qualify. However, the match ended 0–0 meaning the team missed out on qualification. At the end of the group table the defeat to Azerbaijan made little difference, as it would have meant Finland losing out on away goals between them and Portugal when the teams met if they did win against Azerbaijan twice. However, the performance in qualifying seen the Finns gain their best-ever FIFA world ranking to date at the position of 33rd

2010 World cup qualification fared little better, with the team under new head coach Stuart Baxter not winning matches as consistently like they did under Roy Hodgson. However the team were within touching distance of a win over Euro 2008 finalists Germany, but had to settle for a 3–3 draw. The team again finished third in their group with five wins, three draws and two defeats. They were the only team in qualifying not to lose to eventual 3rd place finishers Germany, but came close to a win in the second meeting only to concede an equaliser in stoppage time.

Qualification for the European 2012 European Championship has so far been underwhelming, with three straight defeats against Moldova (2–0), the Netherlands and Hungary (both 2–1), before closing 2010 with an 8–0 success against minnows San Marino which saw Mikael Forssell the first player of the group to score a hat trick. Before their first win of the campaign, the team slipped to 87th in the FIFA World Rankings, despite still staying in the top 100 and therefore keeping up their consistency in the top half of the monthly table, this was however their lowest-ever position in their history since the rankings were established in 1993. The team then moved up to 76th place after a disappointing 1-0 win over San Marino, that team's best result in their group having lost every game with no goals scored. This was then followed up by a 5-0 mauling by their neighbours Sweden, giving them their fourth defeat in the group. To date Finland have scored 11 goals and conceded 11, a large decline after the success of 2007-2009.

[edit] Stadiums

Most of Finland's important home matches are played at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in the capital Helsinki. It has been Finland's principal home stadium ever since its construction was completed in 1938. Before that Pallokenttä in Helsinki was mainly used.

Today, some qualifying matches against lower profile opponents and some friendlies are hosted at the Ratina Stadion in Tampere. Helsinki's Sonera Stadium, which has artificial turf, is also used for some friendlies and qualifiers.

[edit] World Cup record

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Italy 1934 Did not enter - - - - - - -
France 1938 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Brazil 1950 Withdrew during qualifying - - - - - - -
Switzerland 1954 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Sweden 1958 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Chile 1962 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
England 1966 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Mexico 1970 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Argentina 1978 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Spain 1982 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Italy 1990 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
United States 1994 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
France 1998 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
South KoreaJapan 2002 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Germany 2006 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
South Africa 2010 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Brazil 2014 To be determined - - - - - - -
Total 0/19 - - - - - - -

[edit] European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960 Did Not Enter
Spain 1964
Italy 1968 Did Not Qualify
Belgium 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976
Italy 1980
France 1984
West Germany 1988
Sweden 1992
England 1996
Belgium Netherlands 2000
Portugal 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008
Poland Ukraine 2012
France 2016 To Be Determined

[edit] UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 10 9 0 1 37 8 +29 27
 Sweden 10 8 0 2 31 11 +20 24
 Hungary 10 6 1 3 22 14 +8 19
 Finland 10 3 1 6 16 16 0 10
 Moldova 10 3 0 7 12 16 −4 9
 San Marino 10 0 0 10 0 53 −53 0


[edit] Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

[edit] Friendlies


9 February 2011
20:30 UTC+1
Belgium  1 – 1  Finland Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)
Witsel Goal 61' Porokara Goal 90+2'

29 March 2011
Portugal  2 – 0  Finland Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro
Attendance: 13,737
Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)
R. Micael Goal 10'71'

10 August 2011
Latvia  0 – 2  Finland Skonto Stadium, Riga
Hämäläinen Goal 59'
Furuholm Goal 87'

15 November 2011
Denmark  2 − 1  Finland Blue Water Arena, Esbjerg
Agger Goal 57'
Bendtner Goal 59'
Eremenko jr. Goal 18'

22 January 2012
Trinidad and Tobago  2 − 3  Finland Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
M. Williams Goal 32'
Molino Goal 66'
Riski Goal 34'
Kolehmainen Goal 73'
Ääritalo Goal 78'

29 February 2012
Austria  3 − 1  Finland Wörtherseestadion, Klagenfurt
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Janko Goal 32'
Harnik Goal 54'
Ivanschitz Goal 73' (pen.)
Furuholm Goal 89'

1 June 2012
Estonia  v  Finland Tamme Stadium, Tartu (2012 Baltic Cup)

3 June 2012
Finland  v  Latvia/ Lithuania Võru Stadium, Võru (2012 Baltic Cup)

15 August 2012
Northern Ireland  v  Finland Windsor Park, Belfast

11 September 2012
Czech Republic  v  Finland TBA

[edit] UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers


3 September 2010
19:30 UTC+3
Moldova  2 – 0  Finland Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)
Suvorov Goal 69'
Doroş Goal 74'

7 September 2010
20:30 UTC+2
Netherlands  2 – 1  Finland De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Alexey Nikolaev (Russia)
Huntelaar Goal 7'16' (pen.) Forssell Goal 18'

12 October 2010
18:30 UTC+3
Finland  1 – 2  Hungary Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 18,532
Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)
Forssell Goal 88' Szalai Goal 50'
Dzsudzsák Goal 90+4'

17 November 2010
18:30 UTC+2
Finland  8 – 0  San Marino Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,192
Referee: Radek Matejek (Czech Republic)
Väyrynen Goal 39'
Hämäläinen Goal 49'67'
Forssell Goal 51'59'78'
Litmanen Goal 71' (pen.)
Porokara Goal 73'

3 June 2011
San Marino  0 – 1  Finland Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
Attendance: 1,218
Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)
Forssell Goal 41'

7 June 2011
Sweden  5 – 0  Finland Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 32,128
Referee: Antony Gautier (France)
Källström Goal 11'
Ibrahimovic Goal 31'35'53'
Bajrami Goal 83'

2 September 2011
Finland  4 – 1  Moldova Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,056
Referee: Anastassios Kakos (Greece)
Hämäläinen Goal 11'43'
Forssell Goal 52' (pen.)
Armaş Goal 71' (og.)
Alexeev Goal 85'

6 September 2011
Finland  0 – 2  Netherlands Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 21,580
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)
Strootman Goal 29'
de Jong Goal 90+3'

7 October 2011
Finland  1 – 2  Sweden Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 23,257
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
Toivio Goal 73' S. Larsson Goal 8'
M. Olsson Goal 52'

11 October 2011
Hungary  0 – 0  Finland Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest
Attendance: 25,169
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)


[edit] Upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches

The fixtures were decided at a meeting held in Paris, France on 23 September 2011.[5]


7 September 2012
Finland  v  France Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

12 October 2012
Finland  v  Georgia Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

22 March 2013
Spain  v  Finland

7 June 2013
Finland  v  Belarus Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

11 June 2013
Belarus  v  Finland

6 September 2013
Finland  v  Spain Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

10 September 2013
Georgia  v  Finland

15 October 2013
France  v  Finland

[edit] Current squad

The following players were selected for the friendly match against Austria, on 29 February 2012. [6][7] Players who have withdrawn from this squad are excluded.

Caps and goals as of February 29, 2012.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Lukas Hradecky 24 November 1989 (1989-11-24) (age 22) 10 0 Denmark Esbjerg
12 GK Otto Fredrikson 30 November 1981 (1981-11-30) (age 30) 13 0 Russia Spartak Nalchik
2 DF Petri Pasanen 24 September 1980 (1980-09-24) (age 31) 68 1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
3 DF Niklas Moisander (captain) 29 September 1985 (1985-09-29) (age 26) 26 1 Netherlands AZ
4 DF Joona Toivio 10 March 1988 (1988-03-10) (age 23) 10 1 Sweden Djurgården
5 DF Veli Lampi 18 June 1984 (1984-06-18) (age 27) 27 0 Ukraine Arsenal Kyiv
13 DF Kari Arkivuo 23 June 1983 (1983-06-23) (age 28) 14 1 Sweden Häcken
15 DF Markus Halsti 19 March 1984 (1984-03-19) (age 27) 6 0 Sweden Malmö
22 DF Jukka Raitala 15 September 1988 (1988-09-15) (age 23) 11 0 Spain Osasuna
23 DF Juhani Ojala 19 June 1989 (1989-06-19) (age 22) 1 0 Switzerland BSC Young Boys
6 MF Mika Ojala 21 June 1988 (1988-06-21) (age 23) 3 0 Finland Inter Turku
7 MF Roman Eremenko 19 March 1987 (1987-03-19) (age 24) 42 1 Russia Rubin Kazan
8 MF Përparim Hetemaj 12 December 1986 (1986-12-12) (age 25) 11 0 Italy Chievo
11 MF Riku Riski 16 August 1989 (1989-08-16) (age 22) 6 1 Norway Hønefoss
14 MF Tim Sparv 20 February 1987 (1987-02-20) (age 25) 19 0 Netherlands Groningen
16 MF Daniel Sjölund 22 April 1983 (1983-04-22) (age 28) 32 2 Sweden Djurgården
19 MF Alexander Ring 9 April 1991 (1991-04-09) (age 20) 7 0 Germany M'Gladbach
21 MF Kasper Hämäläinen 8 August 1986 (1986-08-08) (age 25) 22 5 Sweden Djurgården
10 FW Teemu Pukki 29 March 1990 (1990-03-29) (age 21) 10 0 Germany Schalke
17 FW Timo Furuholm 11 October 1987 (1987-10-11) (age 24) 6 2 Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
18 FW Njazi Kuqi 25 March 1983 (1983-03-25) (age 28) 4 3 Greece Panionios

[edit] Recent callups

The following players have been selected by Finland for an official match in the past 12 months. Only players available for call-up, not retired players.

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up
GK Jesse Joronen 21 March 1993 (1993-03-21) (age 18) 0 0 England Fulham v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
GK Ville Wallén 20 June 1976 (1976-06-20) (age 35) 0 0 Finland HJK v.  Moldova, 2 September 2011
GK Anssi Jaakkola 13 March 1987 (1987-03-13) (age 24) 1 0 Scotland Kilmarnock v.  Latvia, 10 August 2011
GK Jukka Lehtovaara 15 March 1988 (1988-03-15) (age 23) 1 0 Finland TPS v.  Latvia, 10 August 2011
DF Hannu Patronen 23 May 1984 (1984-05-23) (age 27) 2 0 Norway Sogndal v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
DF Paulus Arajuuri 15 June 1988 (1988-06-15) (age 23) 1 0 Sweden Kalmar v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
DF Mikko Sumusalo 12 March 1990 (1990-03-12) (age 21) 1 0 Finland HJK v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
DF Joni Aho 12 April 1986 (1986-04-12) (age 25) 3 0 Finland Inter Turku v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
DF Ville Jalasto 19 April 1986 (1986-04-19) (age 25) 3 0 Norway Aalesund v.  Denmark, 15 November 2011
DF Tuomo Turunen 30 August 1987 (1987-08-30) (age 24) 2 0 Sweden Trelleborg v.  Latvia, 10 August 2011
MF Mika Väyrynen 28 December 1981 (1981-12-28) (age 30) 56 5 England Leeds United v.  Austria, 29 February 2012
MF Sebastian Sorsa 25 January 1984 (1984-01-25) (age 28) 2 0 Finland HJK v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
MF Sebastian Mannström 29 October 1988 (1988-10-29) (age 23) 3 0 Finland HJK v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
MF Ilari Äijälä 30 September 1986 (1986-09-30) (age 25) 1 0 Finland Honka v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
MF Joni Kauko 12 July 1990 (1990-07-12) (age 21) 1 0 Finland Inter Turku v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
MF Juha Hakola 27 October 1987 (1987-10-27) (age 24) 1 0 Hungary Ferencváros v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
MF Toni Kolehmainen 20 July 1988 (1988-07-20) (age 23) 1 1 Finland TPS v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
MF Alexei Eremenko 24 March 1983 (1983-03-24) (age 28) 53 14 Russia Rubin Kazan v.  Denmark, 15 November 2011
MF Roni Porokara 12 December 1983 (1983-12-12) (age 28) 20 5 Belgium Beerschot v.  Denmark, 15 November 2011
FW Berat Sadik 14 September 1986 (1986-09-14) (age 25) 7 0 Finland HJK v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
FW Mika Ääritalo 25 July 1985 (1985-07-25) (age 26) 5 1 Finland TPS v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
FW Akseli Pelvas 8 February 1989 (1989-02-08) (age 23) 1 0 Finland HJK v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 22 January 2012
FW Mikael Forssell 15 March 1981 (1981-03-15) (age 30) 81 26 England Leeds United v.  Denmark, 15 November 2011

[edit] Coaching staff

[edit] Player records

[edit] Most capped players

Rank Name Career Caps Goals
1 Jari Litmanen 1989– 137 32
2 Sami Hyypiä 1992–2010 105 5
= Jonatan Johansson 1996–2010 105 22
4 Ari Hjelm 1983–1996 100 20
5 Joonas Kolkka 1994– 98 11
6 Erkka Petäjä 1983–1994 84 0
7 Mikael Forssell 1999– 81 26
8 Arto Tolsa 1964–1981 77 10
9 Hannu Tihinen 1997–2010 76 5
10 Toni Kuivasto 1997–2009 75 1

[edit] Top goalscorers

Rank Name Career Goals Caps
1 Jari Litmanen 1989– 32 137
2 Mikael Forssell 1999– 26 81
3 Jonatan Johansson 1996–2010 22 105
4 Ari Hjelm 1983–1996 20 100
5 Mika-Matti Paatelainen 1986–2000 18 70
6 Verner Eklöf 1919–1927 17 32
7 Aulis Koponen 1924–1935 16 39
= Gunnar Åström 1923–1937 16 44
9 Alexei Eremenko 2003– 14 53
10 Jorma Vaihela 1947–1954 13 33
= William Kanerva 1922–1938 13 51
= Kai Pahlman 1954–1968 13 56
  • Correct as of 15 November 2011
  • Players who are still active and available for selection are in bold

[edit] Managers

Coach Nat Tenure Matches Wins Draws Losses Win %
None 1911–1921 17 6 2 9 35.3
Öhman, JarlJarl Öhman Finland 1922 4 1 0 3 25.0
None 1923–1935 77 22 12 43 28.6
Fabra, FerdinandFerdinand Fabra Germany 1936–1937 8 1 1 6 12.5
None 1937–1938 9 3 0 6 33.3
Obitz, GáborGábor Obitz Hungary 1939 6 1 0 5 16.7
None 1939–1943 7 0 1 6 0.0
Mårtensson, AxelAxel Mårtensson Sweden 1945 2 0 0 2 0.0
Tammisalo, NiiloNiilo Tammisalo Finland 1946 3 0 0 3 0.0
Lehtonen, AatosAatos Lehtonen Finland 1947–1955 51 7 9 35 13.7
Weinreich, KurtKurt Weinreich Germany 1955–1958 23 3 1 19 13.0
Lehtonen, AatosAatos Lehtonen Finland 1959–1961 19 3 0 16 15.8
Laaksonen, OlaviOlavi Laaksonen Finland 1962–1974 91 16 21 54 17.6
Kosma, MarttiMartti Kosma Finland 1975 2 0 1 1 0.0
Rytkönen, AulisAulis Rytkönen Finland 1975–1978 30 8 4 18 26.7
Malm, EskoEsko Malm Finland 1979–1981 27 4 6 17 14.8
Kuusela, MarttiMartti Kuusela Finland 1982–1987 53 9 11 33 17.0
Vakkila, JukkaJukka Vakkila Finland 1988–1992 48 7 21 20 14.6
Lindholm, TommyTommy Lindholm Finland 1993–1994 25 5 7 13 20.0
Ikäläinen, JukkaJukka Ikäläinen Finland 1994–1996 21 7 4 10 33.3
Møller Nielsen, RichardRichard Møller Nielsen Denmark 1996–1999 34 9 12 13 26.5
Muurinen, AnttiAntti Muurinen Finland 2000–2005 72 34 12 26 47.2
Heliskoski, JyrkiJyrki Heliskoski Finland 2005 6 2 2 2 33.3
Hodgson, RoyRoy Hodgson England 2006–2007 22 6 11 5 27.3
Baxter, StuartStuart Baxter Scotland 2008–2010 31 8 6 17 25.8
Huttunen, OlliOlli Huttunen Finland 2010 1 1 0 0 100
Kanerva, MarkkuMarkku Kanerva Finland 2011 2 0 1 1 0.0
Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen Finland 2011– 10 4 1 5 40.0
  • Correct as of 29 February 2012

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Palkittu Bubi käväisi yllättäen palkitsemistilaisuudessa HS.fi – Kaupunki
  2. ^ a b c "World Football Elo Ratings: Finland". World Football Elo Ratings. http://www.eloratings.net/Finland.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-22. 
  3. ^ Hodgson to return for Inter role BBC Sport, 1 December 2007
  4. ^ Suomen Palloliitto – Etusivu (Finnish)
  5. ^ "Составлен календарь матчей отборочного раунда ЧМ-2014 [List of qualifiers for 2014 World Cup]" (in Russian). Belarus Football Federation. 23 September 2011. http://bff.by/news/2081.html. Retrieved 2 November 2011. 
  6. ^ Huuhkajat Itävaltaa vastaan (Finnish)
  7. ^ Ojala korvaa Väyrysen Huuhkajissa (Finnish)

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