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Finland
Nickname(s)	Huuhkajat; (The Eagle-owls)
Association	Football Association of Finland ; (Pöllöliitto) ; (Finlands Bollförbund)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Markku Kanerva
Captain	Niklas Moisander
Most caps	Jari Litmanen (137)
Top scorer	Jari Litmanen (32)
Home stadium	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
FIFA code	FIN
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	68 2 (15 March 2018)
Highest	33 (March 2007)
Lowest	110 (July–August 2017)
First international
	Finland 2–5 Sweden ; (Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire; 22 October 1911)
Biggest win
	Finland 10–2 Estonia ; (Helsinki, Finland; 11 August 1922); Finland 8–0 San Marino ; (Helsinki, Finland; 17 November 2010)
Biggest defeat
	Germany 13–0 Finland ; (Leipzig, Germany; 1 September 1940)
World Cup
Appearances	0
European Championship
Appearances	0

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The Finland national football team (Finnish: Suomen jalkapallomaajoukkue, Swedish: Finlands fotbollslandslag) 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 2000s, reaching a peak of 30th on the Elo Rankings, under coach of Roy Hodgson they achieved notable results against much more established European teams. Unfortunately, after a few years of bad performances, they dipped to a FIFA ranking of 110, their lowest in history. However in the autumn of 2017 Finland began to rise up the FIFA rankings and as of March 2018 they sit at 66th.

Finland has also participated on two occasions in the European sub-regional Baltic Cup championship, which takes place every two years between the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Finland's best result in the Baltic Cup tournament was in 2012 when they finished as runners-up. In 2014 Finland finished the tournament in third place.

History

Early history

The Football Association of Finland was founded in 1907 and became a member of FIFA in 1908. At the time, Finland was an autonomous grand duchy of the Russian Empire. Finland played its first international on 22 October 1911, as Sweden beat the Finns at the Eläintarha Stadium in Helsinki. Finland participated the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, beating Italy and the Russian Empire, but losing the bronze medal match against the Netherlands.

Period of dispersion

After the 1918 Civil War, the Finnish sports movement was divided into the right-wing Finnish Gymnastics and Sports Federation (SVUL) and the leftist Finnish Workers' Sports Federation (TUL), Finnish Football Association was a member of the SVUL.^[3] Both sides had their own championship series, and between 1919–1939 the Finland national team was selected of the Football Association players only. The Finnish Workers' Sports Federation football team in turn, participated the competitions of the international labour movement.^[4]

However, since the late 1920s several top footballers defected from TUL and joined the Football Association to be eligible for the national team. During the 1930s, these ″defectors″ formed the spine of the national team. For example, the Finland squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics was composed of eight former TUL players.^[4] In 1937, Finland participated the FIFA World Cup qualification for the first time, losing all three matches against Sweden, Germany and Estonia.

Since 1939, TUL players were selected to the national team and finally in 1956, the TUL and Football Association series were merged.^[4]

Post-war years

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 1964 and 1966.^[5]

Finland also took part in European Championship qualifying since the 1968 event, but had to wait for its first win until 1978.

Later 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.^[6] His replacement was a Scotsman, Stuart Baxter, who signed a contract until the end of the 2012 European Championship qualification campaign.^[7]

Recent history

During Euro 2008 qualifying, Finland was at the point of their "golden generation", with a team consisting of players such as Jari Litmanen, Sami Hyypiä, Mikael Forssell, Hannu Tihinen, Petri Pasanen, Joonas Kolkka, Mika Väyrynen and Teemu Tainio. Finland needed to win their last qualifying game away at Portugal to qualify for their first major football tournament. However, the match ended 0–0 meaning the team missed out on qualification to the tournament, with Finland ending the group stage with 24 points and Portugal with 27 points. However, the performance in qualifying led to the Finns gaining their best-ever FIFA world ranking to date at the position of 33rd.

The 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign under new head coach Stuart Baxter saw Finland again finish 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; in both the home and away matches Finland had led Germany only to concede late equalisers. Finland finished a disappointing fourth in Euro 2012 qualifying, with only three wins, two of them against minnows San Marino.

In the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign, Finland's best result was a 1–1 draw at reigning world champions Spain. They finished third in the five-team Group I, behind Spain and France. Finland finished fourth in Euro 2016 qualifying but achieved another noteworthy result. Joel Pohjanpalo's goal gave the Finns a 1–0 win at former European champions Greece, who had reached the second round of the 2014 World Cup and were the top seeds of their qualifying group.

The 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign saw Finland finish a disappointing fifth in their group with only two wins, although one of them was over Iceland, who finished top of the qualifying group.

Stadia

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. During reconstruction of Helsinki Olympic Stadium in 2016–19 Ratina Stadion serves as the main stadium for qualifying games.

Competitive record

All–time record against all nations

This list is Finland national team complete records, both friendlies and competitive matches.^[8] As of 11 January 2018

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	% Won
Albania	7	4	1	2	8	6	+2	057.14
Algeria	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Andorra	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	050.00
Armenia	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	075.00
Austria	11	1	2	8	11	24	−13	009.09
Azerbaijan	8	7	0	1	15	5	+10	087.50
Bahrain	5	4	1	0	9	1	+8	080.00
Barbados	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Belarus	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	025.00
Belgium	11	4	4	3	19	20	−1	036.36
Bermuda	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Bolivia	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	000.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Brazil	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	000.00
Bulgaria	8	0	1	7	3	19	−16	000.00
Canada	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Chile	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
China	4	4	0	0	7	6	+1	100.00
Colombia	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Costa Rica	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Croatia	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Cyprus	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	050.00
Czech Republic	11	3	3	5	14	22	−8	027.27
Denmark	59	11	10	38	60	151	−91	018.64
East Germany	7	2	1	4	8	21	−13	028.57
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Egypt	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	000.00
England	13	0	2	11	7	44	−37	000.00
Estonia	32	15	10	7	74	40	+34	046.88
Faroe Islands	5	5	0	0	15	1	+14	100.00
France	8	0	0	8	3	18	−15	000.00
Georgia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Germany	23	1	6	16	19	82	−63	004.35
Greece	14	4	3	7	18	25	−7	028.57
Honduras	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Hungary	17	3	3	11	15	48	−33	017.65
Iceland	13	7	2	4	20	14	+6	053.85
India	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	050.00
Indonesia	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Iraq	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Ireland	5	0	2	3	2	11	−9	000.00
Israel	5	2	1	2	6	6	+0	040.00
Italy	13	1	1	11	7	32	−25	007.69
Japan	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Jordan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Kazakhstan	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	066.67
Kosovo	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Kuwait	7	3	2	2	6	5	+1	042.86
Latvia	17	10	3	4	32	18	+14	058.82
Liechtenstein	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	033.33
Lithuania	5	3	0	2	15	5	+10	060.00
Luxembourg	5	4	0	1	12	4	+8	080.00
Macedonia	4	3	0	1	11	2	+9	075.00
Malaysia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Malta	7	4	2	1	9	5	+4	057.14
Mexico	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5	000.00
Moldova	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	050.00
Morocco	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00
Netherlands	14	1	2	11	14	43	−29	007.14
North Korea	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Northern Ireland	9	3	2	4	13	12	+1	033.33
Norway	66	9	16	41	81	181	−100	013.64
Oman	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	050.00
Peru	1	0	0	1	3	7	−4	000.00
Poland	29	3	8	18	25	67	−42	010.34
Portugal	10	1	4	5	6	14	−8	010.00
Qatar	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	025.00
Romania	11	0	4	7	5	27	−22	000.00
Russia	20	1	5	14	13	66	−53	005.00
San Marino	4	4	0	0	15	0	+15	100.00
Saudi Arabia	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	050.00
Scotland	8	0	2	6	5	18	−13	000.00
Serbia	9	2	2	5	10	30	−20	022.22
Slovakia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Slovenia	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	050.00
South Korea	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Spain	8	1	2	5	5	16	−11	012.50
Sweden	88	11	11	66	96	292	−196	012.50
Switzerland	5	2	0	3	5	7	−2	040.00
Thailand	5	5	0	0	12	6	+6	100.00
Trinidad and Tobago	5	3	1	1	8	7	+1	060.00
Tunisia	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	066.67
Turkey	15	6	4	5	22	24	−2	040.00
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Ukraine	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
United States	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
Uruguay	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	000.00
Wales	12	4	4	4	12	17	−5	033.33
Yemen	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did Not Enter
1934	Did Not Enter
1938	Did Not Qualify								3	0	0	3	0	7
1950	Withdrew during qualifying
1954	Did Not Qualify								4	0	2	2	7	13
1958									4	0	0	4	2	19
1962									4	0	0	4	3	12
1966									6	1	0	5	5	20
1970									6	1	0	5	6	28
1974									6	1	1	4	3	21
1978									6	2	0	4	11	16
1982									8	1	0	7	4	27
1986									8	3	2	3	7	12
1990									6	1	1	4	4	16
1994									10	2	1	7	9	18
1998									8	3	2	3	11	12
2002									8	3	3	2	12	7
2006									12	5	1	6	21	19
2010									10	5	3	2	14	14
2014									8	2	3	3	5	9
2018									10	2	3	5	9	13
2022	To be determined
Total		0/21							123	30	20	73	128	280

European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record									UEFA Euro Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did Not Enter
1964	Did Not Enter
1968	Did Not Qualify								6	0	2	4	5	12
1972									6	0	1	5	1	16
1976									6	0	1	5	3	13
1980									6	2	2	2	10	15
1984									6	0	1	5	3	14
1988									6	1	1	4	4	10
1992									8	1	4	3	5	8
1996									10	5	0	5	18	18
2000									8	3	1	4	13	13
2004									8	3	1	4	9	10
2008									14	6	6	2	13	7
2012									10	3	1	6	16	16
2016									10	3	3	4	9	10
2020	To be determined
Total		0/15							104	27	24	53	109	162

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2018–19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Summer Olympics

Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1912	Fourth Place	4th	4	2	0	2	5	16
1936	Round of 16	14th	1	0	0	1	3	7
1952	Round of 16	9th	1	0	0	1	3	4
1980	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	2
Total	4/23	0 Titles	9	3	1	5	14	29

Nordic Football Championship

Nordic Football Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1929–32	Fourth place	4nd	12	2	2	8	23	52
1933–36	Fourth place	4nd	12	3	1	8	18	36
1937–47	Fourth place	4nd	12	1	1	10	12	51
1948–51	Fourth place	4nd	12	1	3	8	11	28
1952–55	Fourth place	4nd	12	1	1	10	13	53
1956–59	Fourth place	4nd	12	0	1	11	8	44
1960–63	Fourth place	4nd	12	2	2	8	14	37
1964–67	Third place	3st	12	5	2	5	14	17
1968–71	Fourth place	4nd	12	0	4	8	10	31
1972–77	Fourth place	4nd	12	1	4	7	10	26
1978–80	Fourth place	4nd	6	1	4	7	10	26
1981–85	Fourth place	4nd	6	1	1	4	7	11
2000–01	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	7	3
Total	1 titles	13/14	137	21	24	92	150	401

*Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

2018 FIFA World Cup

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5 September 2016

20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Finland	1–1	Kosovo
Arajuuri 18'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	V. Berisha 60' (pen.)

Veritas Stadion, Turku

Attendance: 7,571

Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

6 October 2016

20:45
(18:45 UTC±0)

Iceland	3–2	Finland
Árnason 37' Finnbogason 90+1' R. Sigurðsson 90+6'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Pukki 21' Lod 39'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 9,548

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

9 October 2016

18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

Finland	0–1	Croatia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Mandžukić 18'

Tampere Stadium, Tampere

Attendance: 15,567

Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

12 November 2016

20:45
(21:45 UTC+2)

Ukraine	1–0	Finland
Kravets 25'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Chornomorets Stadium, Odessa

Attendance: 26,482

Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

24 March 2017

18:00
(20:00 UTC+3)

Turkey	2–0	Finland
Tosun 9', 13'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

New Antalya Stadium, Antalya

Attendance: 28,990

Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

11 June 2017

18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

Finland	1–2	Ukraine
Pohjanpalo 72'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Konoplyanka 51' Besyedin 75'

Tampere Stadium, Tampere

Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

2 September 2017

18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

Finland	1–0	Iceland
Ring 8'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Tampere Stadium, Tampere

Attendance: 15,835

Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

5 September 2017

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Kosovo	0–1	Finland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Pukki 83'

Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër (Albania)

Attendance: 2,446

Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

6 October 2017

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Croatia	1–1	Finland
Mandžukić 57'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Soiri 90'

Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka

Attendance: 7,578

Referee: Daniel Stefanski (Poland)

9 October 2017

20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Finland	2–2	Turkey
Arajuuri 76' Pohjanpalo 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Tosun 57', 83'

Veritas Stadion, Turku

Attendance: 6,612

Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Friendlies

13 January 2017

Slovenia B	2–0	Finland
Kronaveter 12' Dobrovoljc 48'

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

28 March 2017

Austria	1–1	Finland
Arnautović 62'		Jensen 76'

Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck

Attendance: 13,700

Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

7 June 2017

Finland	1–1	Liechtenstein
M. Hetemaj 18'		Hasler 62'

Veritas Stadion, Turku

Attendance: 5,460

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

9 November 2017

Finland	3–0	Estonia
Soiri 27' Lod 31' 54'

Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki

11 January 2018

Jordan	1–2	Finland
Mardi 82'	Report	Toivio 35' Pelvas 60'

Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

23 March 2018

Finland	0–0	North Macedonia
	Report

Belek

26 March 2018

Finland	5–0	Malta
Pukki 13' 27' Taimi 23' Jensen 84' Soiri 88'	Report

Belek

9 June 2018

Finland	v	Belarus

TBA, Finland^[9]

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the friendly matches against Macedonia on 23 March 2018 and Malta on 26 March 2018.^[10]^[11]
Caps and goals as of 26 March 2018 after the game against Malta.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Lukáš Hrádecký	(1989-11-24) 24 November 1989 (age 34)	42	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
1GK	Jesse Joronen	(1993-03-21) 21 March 1993 (age 31)	5	0	Horsens
1GK	Anssi Jaakkola	(1987-03-13) 13 March 1987 (age 37)	3	0	Reading

2DF	Joona Toivio	(1988-03-10) 10 March 1988 (age 36)	45	3	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza
2DF	Paulus Arajuuri	(1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 36)	28	2	Brøndby
2DF	Jere Uronen	(1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 30)	26	0	Racing Genk
2DF	Juhani Ojala	(1989-06-19) 19 June 1989 (age 35)	23	1	Häcken
2DF	Sauli Väisänen	(1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 (age 30)	10	0	SPAL
2DF	Juha Pirinen	(1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 32)	9	0	HJK
2DF	Kalle Taimi	(1992-01-27) 27 January 1992 (age 32)	2	1	Lahti

3MF	Tim Sparv	(1987-02-20) 20 February 1987 (age 37)	59	1	Midtjylland
3MF	Alexander Ring	(1991-04-09) 9 April 1991 (age 33)	43	2	New York City
3MF	Rasmus Schüller	(1991-06-18) 18 June 1991 (age 33)	26	0	Minnesota United
3MF	Robin Lod	(1993-04-17) 17 April 1993 (age 31)	20	3	Panathinaikos
3MF	Thomas Lam	(1993-12-18) 18 December 1993 (age 30)	16	0	Twente
3MF	Pyry Soiri	(1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 29)	6	3	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
3MF	Fredrik Jensen	(1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 27)	6	2	Twente
3MF	Moshtagh Yaghoubi	(1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 29)	5	0	HJK
3MF	Glen Kamara	(1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 (age 28)	3	0	Dundee
3MF	Robert Taylor	(1994-10-21) 21 October 1994 (age 29)	3	0	AIK

4FW	Teemu Pukki	(1990-03-29) 29 March 1990 (age 34)	63	12	Brøndby
4FW	Joel Pohjanpalo	(1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 30)	29	6	Bayer Leverkusen
4FW	Akseli Pelvas	(1989-02-08) 8 February 1989 (age 35)	7	1	HJK

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months. Only players available for call-up, not retired players.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Walter Viitala	(1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 (age 32)	1	0	Viborg	v. Jordan, 11 January 2018
GK	Hugo Keto	(1998-02-09) 9 February 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Arsenal	v. Jordan, 11 January 2018

DF	Albin Granlund	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 35)	6	0	Örebro	v. Jordan, 11 January 2018
DF	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	(1994-09-14) 14 September 1994 (age 30)	2	0	HJK	v. Jordan, 11 January 2018
DF	Juho Pirttijoki	(1996-07-30) 30 July 1996 (age 28)	1	0	GIF Sundsvall	v. Jordan, 11 January 2018
DF	Joel Mero	(1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 29)	0	0	SJK	v. Jordan, 11 January 2018
DF	Markus Halsti	(1984-03-19) 19 March 1984 (age 40)	33	0	Midtjylland	v. Estonia, 9 November 2017
DF	Dani Hatakka	(1994-03-12) 12 March 1994 (age 30)	0	0	SJK	v. Turkey, 9 October 2017
DF	Valtteri Moren	(1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 33)	4	1	Waasland-Beveren	v. Kosovo, 5 September 2017 ^INJ
DF	Jukka Raitala	(1988-09-15) 15 September 1988 (age 36)	39	0	Montreal Impact	v. Ukraine, 11 June 2017
DF	Janne Saksela	(1993-03-14) 14 March 1993 (age 31)	7	0	Sparta Rotterdam	v. Ukraine, 11 June 2017

MF	Kasper Hämäläinen	(1986-08-08) 8 August 1986 (age 38)	60	8	Legia Warsaw	v. Malta, 26 March 2018
MF	Riku Riski	(1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35)	27	4	HJK	v. Jordan, 11 January 2018
MF	Simon Skrabb	(1995-01-19) 19 January 1995 (age 29)	5	0	IFK Norrköping	v. Jordan, 11 January 2018
MF	Kaan Kairinen	(1998-12-22) 22 December 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Midtjylland	v. Jordan, 11 January 2018
MF	Mehmet Hetemaj	(1987-12-08) 8 December 1987 (age 36)	6	1	SJK	v. Ukraine, 11 June 2017

FW	Tim Väyrynen	(1993-03-29) 29 March 1993 (age 31)	8	0	Hansa Rostock	v. Jordan, 11 January 2018
FW	Jasse Tuominen	(1995-11-12) 12 November 1995 (age 28)	4	0	BATE Borisov	v. Jordan, 11 January 2018
FW	Benjamin Källman	(1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Inter Turku	v. Jordan, 11 January 2018
FW	Santeri Hostikka	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Lahti	v. Jordan, 11 January 2018
FW	Eero Markkanen	(1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 33)	12	0	Randers	v. Turkey, 9 October 2017

^INJ = Withdrew due to an injury.
* = Roman Eremenko is suspended from competitive football until December 2018.

Coaching staff

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Position	Name
Head coach	Maurizio Jacobacci
Assistant coach	Priit Koidula
Assistant coach	Arttu Jalasto
Goalkeeping coach	Pyry Sartonen

Player records

Most capped players

Rank	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Jari Litmanen	1989–2010	137	32
2	Sami Hyypiä	1992–2010	105	5
2	Jonatan Johansson	1996–2010	105	22
4	Ari Hjelm	1983–1996	100	20
5	Joonas Kolkka	1994–2010	98	11
6	Mikael Forssell	1999–2014	87	29
7	Erkka Petäjä	1983–1994	84	0
8	Arto Tolsa	1964–1981	77	10
9	Hannu Tihinen	1997–2010	76	5
9	Petri Pasanen	2000–2013	76	1
10	Toni Kuivasto	1997–2009	75	1

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Career	Goals	Caps
1	Jari Litmanen	1989–2010	32	137
2	Mikael Forssell	1999–2014	29	87
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
7	Gunnar Åström	1923–1937	16	44
9	Alexei Eremenko	2003–2013	14	57
10	Jorma Vaihela	1947–1954	13	33
	William Kanerva	1922–1938	13	51
	Kai Pahlman	1954–1968	13	56

Correct as of March 24, 2017
Players who are still active and available for selection are in bold

Managers

Last updated: 13 Oct 2015.

Sortable table available in Finnish Wikipedia: Finland national football team.

Tenure	Nat	Coach	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
1911–21		None	17	6	2	9	035.29
1922		Jarl Öhman	4	1	0	3	025.00
1923–35		None	77	22	12	43	028.57
1936–37		Ferdinand Fabra	8	1	1	6	012.50
1937–38		None	9	3	0	6	033.33
1939		Gábor Obitz	6	1	0	5	016.67
1939–43		None	7	0	1	6	000.00
1945		Axel Mårtensson	2	0	0	2	000.00
1946		Niilo Tammisalo	3	0	0	3	000.00
1947–55		Aatos Lehtonen	51	7	9	35	013.73
1955–58		Kurt Weinreich	23	3	1	19	013.04
1959–61		Aatos Lehtonen	19	3	0	16	015.79
1962–74		Olavi Laaksonen	91	16	21	54	017.58
1975		Martti Kosma	2	0	1	1	000.00
1975–78		Aulis Rytkönen	30	8	4	18	026.67
1979–81		Esko Malm	27	4	6	17	014.81
1982–87		Martti Kuusela	53	9	11	33	016.98
1988–92		Jukka Vakkila	48	7	21	20	014.58
1993–94		Tommy Lindholm	25	5	7	13	020.00
1994–96		Jukka Ikäläinen	21	7	4	10	033.33
1996–99		Richard Møller Nielsen	34	9	12	13	026.47
2000–05		Antti Muurinen	72	34	12	26	047.22
2005		Jyrki Heliskoski (caretaker)	6	2	2	2	033.33
2006–07		Roy Hodgson	22	6	11	5	027.27
2008–10		Stuart Baxter	31	8	6	17	025.81
2010		Olli Huttunen (caretaker)	1	1	0	0	100.00
2011		Markku Kanerva (caretaker)	2	0	1	1	000.00
2011–2015		Mixu Paatelainen	43	17	11	15	039.53
2015		Markku Kanerva (caretaker)	5	3	2	0	060.00
2016		Hans Backe	11	0	2	9	000.00
2016–		Markku Kanerva	0	0	0	0	!—
Total			749	182	160	407	024.30

Kit supplier

Finland's kit are currently supplied by American brand Nike, Inc. They replaced German company Adidas who supplied Finland's kits between 1979 and 2014.

References

^ Palkittu Bubi käväisi yllättäen palkitsemistilaisuudessa HS.fi – Kaupunki
^ ^a ^b ^c "World Football Elo Ratings: Finland". World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
^ Andersen, Svein S.; Ronglan, Lars Tore (2012). Nordic Elite Sports: Same Ambitions - Different Tracks. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press. pp. 85–88. ISBN 978-876-30024-5-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c Syrjäläinen, Antti (2008). Miksi siksi loikkariksi? Huippu-urheilijoiden loikkaukset TUL:sta SVUL:oon 1919–1939. Joensuu: University of Joensuu. pp. 45–47. ISBN 978-952-21913-7-3.
^ rsssf Nordic championship 1964–66.
^ Hodgson to return for Inter role BBC Sport, 1 December 2007
^ Suomen Palloliitto – Etusivu Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Template:Fi icon
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2015-08-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Huuhkajat isännöi Valko-Venäjää kesäkuussa
^ Huuhkajat nimetty Makedoniaa ja Maltaa vastaan
^ Huuhkajat kokoon Turkissa – Kasper Hämäläinen putosi pois
^ Markku Kanerva A-maajoukkueen päävalmentajaksi
^ Kari Martonen Huuhkajien valmennusryhmään
^ Huuhkajat Islantia ja Kosovoa vastaan

External links

[1] Palkittu Bubi käväisi yllättäen palkitsemistilaisuudessa HS.fi – Kaupunki

[elo-2] "World Football Elo Ratings: Finland". World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 2011-09-22.

[3] Andersen, Svein S.; Ronglan, Lars Tore (2012). Nordic Elite Sports: Same Ambitions - Different Tracks. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press. pp. 85–88. ISBN 978-876-30024-5-5.

[syrjalainen-4] Syrjäläinen, Antti (2008). Miksi siksi loikkariksi? Huippu-urheilijoiden loikkaukset TUL:sta SVUL:oon 1919–1939. Joensuu: University of Joensuu. pp. 45–47. ISBN 978-952-21913-7-3.

[5] rsssf Nordic championship 1964–66.

[6] Hodgson to return for Inter role BBC Sport, 1 December 2007

[7] Suomen Palloliitto – Etusivu Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Template:Fi icon

[8] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2015-08-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[9] Huuhkajat isännöi Valko-Venäjää kesäkuussa

[10] Huuhkajat nimetty Makedoniaa ja Maltaa vastaan

[11] Huuhkajat kokoon Turkissa – Kasper Hämäläinen putosi pois

[12] Markku Kanerva A-maajoukkueen päävalmentajaksi

[13] Kari Martonen Huuhkajien valmennusryhmään

[14] Huuhkajat Islantia ja Kosovoa vastaan

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