Greenland national football team

Greenland
Nickname(s)	Polar-Bamserne; (The Polar Teddy Bears)
Association	Grønlands Boldspil-Union
Confederation	NF-Board
Head coach	Jens Tang Olesen
Captain	Niklas Kreutzmann
Home stadium	Nuuk Stadion
Elo ranking	T204
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Faroe Islands 6 - 0 Greenland ; (Sauðárkrókur, Iceland; July 2, 1980)
Biggest win
	Greenland 16 - 0 Sark ; (St Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands; July 1, 2003)
Biggest defeat
	Minorca 6 - 0 Greenland ; (Aland Islands; June 29, 2009); Faroe Islands 6 - 0 Greenland ; (Sauðárkrókur, Iceland; July 2, 1980); Guernsey 6 - 0 Greenland ; (Hamnavoe, West Burra, Shetland; July 13, 2005)

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The Greenland national football team is the national team of Greenland and is controlled by the Football Association of Greenland. Greenland is not a member of FIFA nor of any continental confederation and therefore is not eligible to enter the World Cup or other sanctioned tournaments. Most of the matches they have played have been against the Faroe Islands and Iceland, but neither of the two consider those games full internationals. It has also played Tibet, since neither are FIFA members.

Greenland is a member of the International Island Games Association and has taken part in Football at the Island Games. Since October 13, 2005 it is a provisional member of the NF-Board and since March 25, 2006 it is full-member.

The team was once trained by experienced manager Sepp Piontek.

FIFA's recent approval of FieldTurf may allow Greenland to create FIFA-standard playing pitches and apply to play full internationals. They would join either UEFA (due to links with Denmark), or CONCACAF (geographically, Greenland is part of North America). And on June 21, 2009 Greenland made its change into even wider home-rule which could make way for FIFA to accept Greenland soon.

[edit] FIFI Wild cup participation

Greenland has participated in the 2006 FIFI Wild Cup. It played two games and lost both, the first 0-1 against the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the second 2-4 against Zanzibar. They were eliminated in the First Round.

[edit] ELF Cup participation

Greenland has participated in the ELF Cup and it's been eliminated in Round 1. They played three matches: won against Gagauzia (2-0), draw with Zanzibar (1-1) and lost with Kyrgyzstan (1-0).

[edit] Island Games

1989:Semifinals, 4th
1991:Round 1, 8th
1993:Semifinals, 4th
1995:Semifinals, 4th
1997:Round 1, 9th
1999:Quarter Finals, 8th
2001:Round 1, 9th
2003:Round 1, 10th
2005:Round 1, 8th
2007:Did Not Enter
2009:Round 1, 12th

[edit] Team 2009 ^[1]

The following players were in the Island Games squad in 2009.

(GK) Loqe Svane (B-67)
(GK) Anders Cortsen (Nagdlunguaq-48)
Aputsiaq Birch (B-67)
Jim Degn Olsvig (Nagdlunguaq-48)
Jens Jacobsen (Nagdlunguaq-48)
Joorsi Skade (Eqaluk 56)
Lars-Niels Bertherlsen (B-67)
Aputsiaq Hansen (Kissaviarsuk-33)
Hans Knudsen (Kissaviarsuk-33)
Peri Fleischer (SAK)
Maasi Maqe (B-67)
John Eldevig (B-67)
Anders Petersen (Nuuk)
Kaali Matthaeussen (Nagdlunguaq-48)
Pavia Molgaard (SAK)
Jens Knud Lennert (Kissaviarsuk-33)
Thomas Brandt (SAK)

[edit] Notable players

Niklas Kreutzmann

[edit] Managers

1996: Ulf Abrahamsen
1997-1999: Lars Olsvig
2000-2002: Sepp Piontek
2002- : Jens Tang Olesen

[edit] Selected Internationals opponents

(Last update: 10 Jul 2009)

Opponents	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
Åland Islands	5	-	-	5	8	17
Alderney	1	1	-	-	3	0
Frøya	2	1	-	1	3	1
Găgăuzia	1	1	-	-	2	0
Gibraltar	4	2	-	2	7	7
Gotland	3	-	-	3	6	13
Guernsey	2	-	1	1	0	6
Isle of Man	1	1	-	-	4	0
Isle of Wight	5	1	1	3	6	13
Iceland	2	-	-	2	1	5
Faroe Islands	7	-	1	6	6	20
Falkland Islands	1	1	-	-	4	0
Jersey	4	-	-	4	9	16
Jersey	1	-	-	1	0	6
Orkney	1	1	-	-	2	1
Rhodes	2	-	-	2	0	4
Saaremaa	2	2	-	-	6	1
Sápmi	1	-	-	1	1	5
Sark	1	1	-	-	16	0
Shetland	3	2	-	1	9	7
Tibet	1	1	-	-	4	1
Western Isles	1	-	1	-	4	4
Ynys Môn	4	1	1	2	2	3
Zanzibar	1	-	-	1	2	4