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Åland Islands
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Ålandish Islanders
AssociationÅlands Fotbollförbund
Head coachThomas Nordström
Per-Åke Eriksson
Home stadiumWiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn
FIFA codeAXL
First colours
Second colours
First international
Åland Åland Islands 4–2 Sápmi 
(July, 1985)
Biggest win
Åland Åland Islands 6–2 Bornholm Bornholm
(Visby, Gotland; 14 June 1986)
Biggest defeat
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 7–1 Åland Islands Åland
(Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 12 July 1989)

The Åland Islands official football team (Template:Lang-sv) 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 won the league in 2016.

Tournament records

Island Games record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Faroe Islands 1989 Group phase 3rd 4 2 0 2 10 12
Åland 1991 3rd place match 4th 4 2 0 2 3 3
Isle of Wight 1993 3rd place match 3rd 4 3 0 1 7 4
Gibraltar 1995 7th place match 7th 4 0 1 3 4 14
Jersey 1997 Did not enter
Gotland 1999 5th place match 6th 4 2 0 2 8 6
Isle of Man 2001 Did not enter
Guernsey 2003 Did not enter
Shetland 2005 7th place match 7th 5 2 0 3 6 10
Rhodes 2007 7th place match 7th 4 2 0 2 7 6
Åland 2009 Final 2nd 5 3 1 1 10 7
Isle of Wight 2011 3rd place match 4th 4 1 1 2 8 11
Bermuda 2013 Did not enter
Jersey 2015 9th place match 9th 4 2 0 2 3 6
Total 10/14 42 18 3 21 66 79

Selected internationals opponents

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 Gotland 3 1 0 2 4 7
 Greenland 5 5 0 0 17 8
 Guernsey 3 1 1 1 6 5
Isle of Man 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
 Menorca 1 0 1 0 1 1
 Öland 2 1 1 0 6 3
 Rhodes 1 0 0 1 2 3
 Saare County 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

Current squad

The following players were in the Island Games squad in 2011-2015 .[1]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Anton Axberg July 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Åland FC Aland
12 1GK Viktor Mattsson (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 32) 2 0 Åland FC Aland
22 1GK Johan Sundman (1978-02-12) 12 February 1978 (age 46) 2 0 Åland FC Aland
? 1GK Marc Nordqvist (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 27) 4 0 Åland IFK Mariehamn
2 2DF Fredrik Appel (1991-04-08) 8 April 1991 (age 33) 3 0 Åland FC Aland
? 2DF Marcus Lindholm (1982-08-26) 26 August 1982 (age 42) 4 ? Åland FC Aland
3 2DF Jacob Erikslund (1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 (age 34) 6 0 Unattached
13 2DF Erik Lundberg (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30) 3 0 Åland FC Aland
14 2DF Samuel Fagerholm (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 32) 4 1 Sweden Sunds IF
19 2DF John Matsson (1992-06-20) 20 June 1992 (age 32) 1 0 Åland FC Aland
21 2DF Tom Göstas c. 1986 (age 37–38) 0 0 Åland FC Aland
23 2DF Simon Sjuls c. 1994 (age 29–30) 0 0 Åland FC Aland
4 3MF Johan Carlsson (1981-08-01) 1 August 1981 (age 43) 4 0 Åland FC Aland
? 3MF Elias Eriksson (1996-12-31) 31 December 1996 (age 27) 2 0 Åland FC Aland
5 3MF Petter Isaksson (1989-09-11) 11 September 1989 (age 35) 13 2 Sweden Gimo IF
6 3MF Rezgar Amani (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 32) 5 0 Åland FC Aland
7 3MF Simon Snickars (1989-08-07) 7 August 1989 (age 35) 7 1 Åland FC Aland
16 3MF Fabian Söderdahl (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 32) 2 0 Åland Hammarlands IK
17 3MF Kristoffer Weckström (1983-05-26) 26 May 1983 (age 41) 4 0 Sweden IFK Uppsala
18 3MF Andreas Jansson November 1982 (age 42) 5 0 Åland FC Aland
20 3MF Kenneth Vickström (1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 33) 5 0 Åland FC Aland
? 3MF Isac Holmström c. 3 0 Finland Jomala IK
? 3MF Per Lundberg c. 1997 (age 26–27) 2 ? Åland IFK Mariehamn
? 3MF Jeremiah Helen (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 30) 1 ? Åland FC Aland
? 3MF Samuel Fagerholm (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 32) 4 ? Sweden Sunds IF
? 3MF John Blomqvist (1995-12-07) 7 December 1995 (age 28) 4 ? Åland FC Aland
8 4FW Ken Fagerberg (1989-01-09) 9 January 1989 (age 35) 0 0 Sweden Ljungskile SK
9 4FW Fredrik Rosenberg (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33) 1 0 Åland IF Östernäskamraterna
10 4FW Peter Lundberg (1981-04-15) 15 April 1981 (age 43) 4 5 Sweden Rynninge IK
11 4FW Jimmy Sundman (1989-03-07) 7 March 1989 (age 35) 9 1 Åland FC Aland
15 4FW Alexander Weckström (1987-03-27) 27 March 1987 (age 37) 8 5 Sweden Rynninge IK
? 4FW Jacob Fagerholm (1997-07-23) 23 July 1997 (age 27) 3 ? Åland IFK Mariehamn
? 4FW Samuel Nordberg (1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 (age 28) 3 ? Åland FC Aland

Kit manufacturers

Period Kit manufacturer
1943–1998 Denmark Hummel
1998–2002 Italy Erreà
2002–2007 Germany Puma
2007–present Germany Adidas
2013–14 home kit
2013–14 away kit
2013–14 GK kit

References

  1. ^ "Ö-spelstruppen Herrlaget". Ålands fotbollförbund. 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

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