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{{Infobox national football team
| Name               = Åland
| FIFA Trigramme     = ALA
| FIFA Rank          =
| Elo Rank           =
| Nickname           = The Ålandish Islanders
| Association        = [[Ålands Fotbollförbund]]
| Confederation      = 
| Coach              = [[Alexander Semenov (football coach)|Alexander Semenov]]<br />[[Stefan Mattsson]]
| Most caps          = Petter Isaksson (13)
| Top scorer         = [[Alexander Weckström]]<br />[[Peter Lundberg]] (5)
| Home Stadium       = [[Wiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn|Wiklöf Holding Arena]]
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| pattern_so1        = _3_stripes_white
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| body1              = 0000FF
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| shorts1            = 0000FF
| socks1             = 0000FF
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| pattern_b2         = _Aland_a17
| pattern_ra2        = _gre10H
| pattern_sh2        = _adidasonwhite
| pattern_so2        = _3_stripes_blue
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| shorts2            = 0000FF
| socks2             = FFFFFF
| First game         =  '''{{fb|ALA}}''' 4–2 {{fb-rt|Sápmi}}<br /> ([[Mariehamn]], Åland; July 1985)
| Largest win        =  '''{{fb|Åland}}''' 6–2 {{fb-rt|Bornholm}}<br /> ([[Visby]], [[Gotland]]; 14 June 1986)
| Largest loss       =  {{fb|Faroe Islands}} 7–1 '''{{fb-rt|Åland}}'''<br /> ([[Tórshavn]], [[Faroe Islands]]; 12 July 1989)
| Regional name      =
| Regional cup apps  =
| Regional cup first =
| Regional cup best  = 
}}

The '''Åland official football team''' ({{langx|sv|Ålands förbundslag i fotboll}}) is the official football team for [[Åland]], [[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 the games 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==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=9|[[Football at the Island Games|Island Games]] record
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!GA
|- style="background:#c96;"
|{{flagicon|Faroe Islands}} [[Football at the 1989 Island Games|1989]]||'''Third place'''||'''3rd'''||'''4'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''2'''||'''10'''||'''12'''
|-style="background:#9acdff;"
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Åland}} [[Football at the 1991 Island Games|1991]]||'''Fourth place'''||'''4th'''||'''4'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''2'''||'''3'''||'''3'''
|- style="background:#c96;"
|{{flagicon|Isle of Wight}} [[Football at the 1993 Island Games|1993]]||'''Third place'''||'''3rd'''||'''4'''||'''3'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''7'''||'''4'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Gibraltar}} [[Football at the 1995 Island Games|1995]]||Group stage||7th||4||0||1||3||4||14
|-
|{{flagicon|Jersey}} [[Football at the 1997 Island Games|1997]]||colspan=8|''Did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|Gotland|games}} [[Football at the 1999 Island Games|1999]]||Group stage||6th||4||2||0||2||8||6
|-
|{{flagicon|Isle of Man}} [[Men's Football at the 2001 Island Games|2001]]||colspan=8 rowspan=2|''Did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|Guernsey}} [[Men's Football at the 2003 Island Games|2003]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Shetland}} [[Men's Football at the 2005 Island Games|2005]]||rowspan=2|Group stage||7th||5||2||0||3||6||10
|-
|{{flagicon|Rhodes}} [[Men's Football at the 2007 Island Games|2007]]||7th||4||2||0||2||7||6
|- bgcolor=silver
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Åland}} [[Men's Football at the 2009 Island Games|2009]]||'''Runners-up'''||'''2nd'''||'''5'''||'''3'''||'''1'''||'''1'''||'''10'''||'''7'''
|-style="background:#9acdff;"
|{{flagicon|Isle of Wight}} [[Men's football at the 2011 Island Games|2011]]||'''Fourth place'''||'''4th'''||'''4'''||'''1'''||'''1'''||'''2'''||'''8'''||'''11'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Bermuda}} [[Men's Football at the 2013 Island Games|2013]]||colspan=8|''Did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|Jersey}} [[Men's Football at the 2015 Island Games|2015]]||rowspan=2|Group stage||9th||4||2||0||2||3||6
|-
|{{flagicon|Gotland|games}} [[Men's Football at the 2017 Island Games|2017]]||7th||4||2||2||0||5||2
|-
|{{flagicon|Gibraltar}} [[2019 Island Games|2019]]{{refn|Not held football tournament (Replaced by [[2019 Inter Games Football Tournament]] in {{flag|Anglesey}}).|group="n"}} || colspan=8|''Did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|Guernsey}} [[Football at the 2023 Island Games – Men's tournament|2023]] || Group stage||13th||4||0||1||3||2||9
|-
!'''Total'''!!'''Runners-up'''!! 11/17!!'''46'''!!'''18'''!!'''4'''!!'''24'''!!'''73'''!!'''90'''
|}

{{reflist|group=n}}

==Selected internationals opponents==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope=col|Opponents
!scope=col width=30|{{abbr|P|Played}}
!scope=col width=30|{{abbr|W|Won}}
!scope=col width=30|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}
!scope=col width=30|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
!scope=col width=30|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!scope=col width=30|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!scope=col width=30|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!scope=col width=30|{{abbr|Win %|Percentage of games won}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Bermuda}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Bornholm}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=6|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Falkland Islands}}
{{WDL|2|1|1|0|for=3|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Faroe Islands}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=1|against=7|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Frøya}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=3|against=1|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Gibraltar}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=2|against=1|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Gotland}}
{{WDL|3|1|0|2|for=4|against=7|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Greenland}}
{{WDL|6|5|0|1|for=17|against=10|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Guernsey}}
{{WDL|4|1|1|2|for=7|against=9|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Isle of Man}}
{{WDL|4|2|0|2|for=6|against=5|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Isle of Wight}}
{{WDL|4|2|0|2|for=3|against=7|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Jersey}}
{{WDL|6|0|0|6|for=5|against=14|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Menorca}}
{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=1|against=1|diff=yes}}		
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Öland}} 
{{WDL|2|1|1|0|for=6|against=3|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Rhodes}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=2|against=3|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Saaremaa}}
{{WDL|2|0|1|1|for=4|against=5|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Sápmi}}
{{WDL|3|2|0|1|for=5|against=4|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Sealand}}
{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=2|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Shetland}}
{{WDL|4|3|0|1|for=8|against=5|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Western Isles}}
{{WDL|2|1|0|1|for=2|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope=row|{{fb|Anglesey}}
{{WDL|3|1|0|2|for=8|against=8|diff=yes}}
|-class=sortbottom
!scope=row|'''Total'''
{{WDLtot|53|23|6|24|for=93|against=101|diff=yes}}
|}

==Kit manufacturers==
{| border="0" style="float:right"
|{{Football kit box |
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| pattern_la = _ukr12a
| pattern_b  = _2yellowshoulderstripes
| pattern_ra = _ukr12a
| pattern_sh = _esp12H
| pattern_so = _3_stripes_blue
| leftarm    = 0000FF
| body       = 0000FF
| rightarm   = 0000FF
| shorts     = FF0000
| socks      = FFDD00
 | title        = 2013–14 home kit
}}
|{{Football kit box |
    align      = none center
| pattern_la = _ukr12h
| pattern_b  = _2blueshoulderstripes
| pattern_ra = _ukr12h
| pattern_sh = _adidasonwhite
| pattern_so = _3_stripes_blue
| leftarm    = FFDD00
| body       = FFDD00
| rightarm   = FFDD00
| shorts     = 0000FF
| socks      = FFDD00
 | title        = 2013–14 away kit
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|{{Football kit box |
    align      = none center
| pattern_la = _ukr12g2
| pattern_b  = _ukr12g2
| pattern_ra = _ukr12g2
| pattern_sh = _adidaswhite
| pattern_so = _3_stripes_white
| leftarm    = DDFF00
| body       = DDFF00
| rightarm   = DDFF00
| shorts     = 000000
| socks      = 000000
 | title        = 2013–14 GK kit
}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
|-
!Period
!Kit manufacturer
|-
|1943–1998
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hummel International|Hummel]]
|-
|1998–2002
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Erreà]]
|-
|2002–2007
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Puma SE|Puma]]
|-
|2007–present
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Adidas]]
|}

==Managers==

{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{Flagicon|Åland}} [[Johnny Söderdahl]] (1989)
*{{Flagicon|Åland}} Robert Mann<br />{{Flagicon|Åland}} [[Henrik Bostrom]]<br />{{Flagicon|Åland}} Mats Danielsson (1995)
*{{Flagicon|Åland}} [[Bernt Danielsson]]<br />{{Flagicon|Åland}} [[Per-Åke Eriksson]] (2005)
*{{Flagicon|Åland}} [[Bengt Johnsson]]<br />{{Flagicon|Åland}} [[Peter Lundberg]]<br />{{Flagicon|Åland}} [[Tommy Lundberg]] (2007)
*{{Flagicon|Åland}} [[Peter Lundberg]]<br />{{Flagicon|Sweden}} [[Daniel Norrmén]] (2009)
*{{Flagicon|Åland}} [[Per-Åke Eriksson]]<br />{{Flagicon|Åland}} [[Thomas Nordström]] (2011)
*{{Flagicon|Åland}} [[Johan Carlssons]]<br />{{Flagicon|Åland}} Steve Beeks (2015)
*{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Semenov (football coach)|Alexander Semenov]]<br />{{Flagicon|Åland}} [[Stefan Mattsson]] (2017–present)
{{div col end}}

==Honours==
===Non-FIFA competitions===
* '''[[Football at the Island Games|Island Games]]'''
** Silver medal (1): 2009
** Bronze medal (2): 1989, 1993

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.fotboll.ax/ Ålands Fotbollförbund] {{in lang|sv|fi}}
*[http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/country.php?id=233 National-Football-Teams.com]
*[http://www.islandgames.net/ Island Games Website]

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