Åland Islands official football team

Åland Islands

Nickname(s)	The Ålandish Islanders
Association	Ålands Fotbollförbund
Head coach	Thomas Nordström Per-Åke Eriksson
Home stadium	Wiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn
FIFA code	AXL
First colours Second colours
First international
Åland Islands 4–2 Sápmi  (July, 1985)
Biggest win
Åland Islands 6–2 Bornholm (Visby, Gotland; 14 June 1986)
Biggest defeat
Faroe Islands 7–1 Åland Islands (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 12 July 1989)

The Åland Islands official football team (Swedish: Ålands förbundslag i fotboll) 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
1989	Group phase	3rd	4	2	0	2	10	12
1991	3rd place match	4th	4	2	0	2	3	3
1993	3rd place match	3rd	4	3	0	1	7	4
1995	7th place match	7th	4	0	1	3	4	14
1997	Did not enter
1999	5th place match	6th	4	2	0	2	8	6
2001	Did not enter
2003	Did not enter
2005	7th place match	7th	5	2	0	3	6	10
2007	7th place match	7th	4	2	0	2	7	6
2009	Final	2nd	5	3	1	1	10	7
2011	3rd place match	4th	4	1	1	2	8	11
2013	Did not enter
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	3	1	0	2	4	7
Greenland	5	5	0	0	17	8
Guernsey	3	1	1	1	6	5
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
Minorca	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]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Anton Axberg	July 1994 (age 22)	0	0	FC Aland
12	1GK	Viktor Mattsson	(1992-06-12) 12 June 1992	2	0	FC Aland
22	1GK	Johan Sundman	(1978-02-12) 12 February 1978	2	0	FC Aland
?	1GK	Marc Nordqvist	(1997-06-01) 1 June 1997	4	0	IFK Mariehamn
2	2DF	Fredrik Appel	(1991-04-08) 8 April 1991	3	0	FC Aland
?	2DF	Marcus Lindholm	(1982-08-26) 26 August 1982	4	?	FC Aland
3	2DF	Jacob Erikslund	(1990-07-06) 6 July 1990	6	0	Unattached
13	2DF	Erik Lundberg	(1994-03-20) 20 March 1994	3	0	FC Aland
14	2DF	Samuel Fagerholm	(1992-10-10) 10 October 1992	4	1	Sunds IF
19	2DF	John Matsson	(1992-06-20) 20 June 1992	1	0	FC Aland
21	2DF	Tom Göstas	c. 1986 (age 29–30)	0	0	FC Aland
23	2DF	Simon Sjuls	c. 1994 (age 21–22)	0	0	FC Aland
4	3MF	Johan Carlsson	(1981-08-01) 1 August 1981	4	0	FC Aland
?	3MF	Elias Eriksson	(1996-12-31) 31 December 1996	2	0	FC Aland
5	3MF	Petter Isaksson	(1989-09-11) 11 September 1989	13	2	Gimo IF
6	3MF	Rezgar Amani	(1992-07-01) 1 July 1992	5	0	FC Aland
7	3MF	Simon Snickars	(1989-08-07) 7 August 1989	7	1	FC Aland
16	3MF	Fabian Söderdahl	(1992-07-01) 1 July 1992	2	0	Hammarlands IK
17	3MF	Kristoffer Weckström	(1983-05-26) 26 May 1983	4	0	IFK Uppsala
18	3MF	Andreas Jansson	November 1982 (age 34)	5	0	FC Aland
20	3MF	Kenneth Vickström	(1991-07-31) 31 July 1991	5	0	FC Aland
?	3MF	Isac Holmström	c.	3	0	Jomala IK
?	3MF	Per Lundberg	c. 1997 (age 18–19)	2	?	IFK Mariehamn
?	3MF	Jeremiah Helen	(1994-09-08) 8 September 1994	1	?	FC Aland
?	3MF	Samuel Fagerholm	(1992-10-10) 10 October 1992	4	?	Sunds IF
?	3MF	John Blomqvist	(1995-12-07) 7 December 1995	4	?	FC Aland
8	4FW	Ken Fagerberg	(1989-01-09) 9 January 1989	0	0	Ljungskile SK
9	4FW	Fredrik Rosenberg	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991	1	0	IF Östernäskamraterna
10	4FW	Peter Lundberg	(1981-04-15) 15 April 1981	4	5	Rynninge IK
11	4FW	Jimmy Sundman	(1989-03-07) 7 March 1989	9	1	FC Aland
15	4FW	Alexander Weckström	(1987-03-27) 27 March 1987	8	5	Rynninge IK
?	4FW	Jacob Fagerholm	(1997-07-23) 23 July 1997	3	?	IFK Mariehamn
?	4FW	Samuel Nordberg	(1996-10-20) 20 October 1996	3	?	FC Aland

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
1943–1998	Hummel
1998–2002	Erreà
2002–2007	Puma
2007–present	Adidas

2013–14 home kit

2013–14 away kit

2013–14 GK kit

References

External links

• Ålands Fotbollförbund (Swedish) (Finnish)
• National-Football-Teams.com
• Island Games Website

International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)
Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17
Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17
Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
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