The Åland official football team (Swedish: 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
| Island Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 1989 |
Third place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
 1991 |
Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
 1993 |
Third place | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
 1995 |
Group stage | 7th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
 1997 |
Did not enter | |||||||
 1999 |
Group stage | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
 2001 |
Did not enter | |||||||
 2003
| ||||||||
 2005 |
Group stage | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
 2007 |
7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2009 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
| 2011 |
Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
 2013 |
Did not enter | |||||||
| 2015 |
Group stage | 9th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 |
7th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2019[n 1] |
Did not enter | |||||||
| 2023 |
Group stage | 13th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Total | Runners-up | 11/17 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 24 | 73 | 90 |
- ^ Not held football tournament (Replaced by 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament in
Anglesey).
Selected internationals opponents
| Opponents | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermuda
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
 Bornholm
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 100.00 |
 Falkland Islands
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Faroe Islands
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0.00 |
 Frøya
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Gibraltar
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Gotland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 33.33 |
 Greenland
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 83.33 |
| Guernsey
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 25.00 |
| Isle of Man
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Isle of Wight
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 50.00 |
| Jersey
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0.00 |
 Menorca
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
 Öland
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 50.00 |
| Rhodes
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Saare County
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Sápmi
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 66.67 |
 Sealand
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Shetland
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 75.00 |
 Western Isles
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 50.00 |
| Ynys Môn
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 33.33 |
| Total | 53 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 93 | 101 | −8 | 43.40 |
Kit manufacturers
          2013–14 home kit |
    2013–14 away kit |
     2013–14 GK kit |
| Period | Kit manufacturer |
|---|---|
| 1943–1998 |  Hummel
|
| 1998–2002 |  Erreà
|
| 2002–2007 |  Puma
|
| 2007–present | Adidas
|
Managers
- Johnny Söderdahl (1989)
- Robert Mann Henrik Bostrom Mats Danielsson (1995)
- Bernt Danielsson Per-Åke Eriksson (2005)
- Bengt Johnsson Peter Lundberg Tommy Lundberg (2007)
- Peter Lundberg
Daniel Norrmén (2009) - Per-Åke Eriksson Thomas Nordström (2011)
- Johan Carlssons Steve Beeks (2015)
Alexander Semenov Stefan Mattsson (2017–present)
Honours
Non-FIFA competitions
- Island Games
- Silver medal (1): 2009
- Bronze medal (2): 1989, 1993
References
External links
- Ålands Fotbollförbund (in Swedish and Finnish)
- National-Football-Teams.com
- Island Games Website
International association football | ||
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| World (FIFA) |  | |
| Asia (AFC) | ||
| Africa (CAF) | ||
| North America (CONCACAF) | ||
| South America (CONMEBOL) | ||
| Oceania (OFC) | ||
| Europe (UEFA) | ||
| Inter-Continental |
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| Non-FIFA | ||
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