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Åland official football team

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Åland
Nickname(s)The Ålandish Islanders
AssociationÅlands Fotbollförbund
Head coachAlexander Semenov
Stefan Mattsson
Most capsPetter Isaksson (13)
Top scorerAlexander Weckström
Peter Lundberg (5)
Home stadiumWiklöf Holding Arena
FIFA codeALA
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Åland 4–2 Sápmi 
(Mariehamn, Åland; July 1985)
Biggest win
 Åland 6–2 Bornholm 
(Visby, Gotland; 14 June 1986)
Biggest defeat
 Faroe Islands 7–1 Åland 
(Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 12 July 1989)

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

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Island Games record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Faroe Islands 1989 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 10 12
Åland 1991 Fourth place 4th 4 2 0 2 3 3
Isle of Wight 1993 Third place 3rd 4 3 0 1 7 4
Gibraltar 1995 Group stage 7th 4 0 1 3 4 14
Jersey 1997 Did not enter
Gotland 1999 Group stage 6th 4 2 0 2 8 6
Isle of Man 2001 Did not enter
Guernsey 2003
Shetland 2005 Group stage 7th 5 2 0 3 6 10
Rhodes 2007 7th 4 2 0 2 7 6
Åland 2009 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 10 7
Isle of Wight 2011 Fourth place 4th 4 1 1 2 8 11
Bermuda 2013 Did not enter
Jersey 2015 Group stage 9th 4 2 0 2 3 6
Gotland 2017 7th 4 2 2 0 5 2
Gibraltar 2019[n 1] Did not enter
Guernsey 2023 Group stage 13th 4 0 1 3 2 9
Total Runners-up 11/17 46 18 4 24 73 90
  1. ^ Not held football tournament (Replaced by 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament in  Anglesey).

Selected internationals opponents

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Opponents P W D L GF GA GD Win %
 Bermuda 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
 Bornholm 1 1 0 0 6 2 +4 100.00
 Falkland Islands 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00
 Faroe Islands 1 0 0 1 1 7 −6 000.00
 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 −3 033.33
 Greenland 6 5 0 1 17 10 +7 083.33
 Guernsey 4 1 1 2 7 9 −2 025.00
 Isle of Man 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 050.00
 Isle of Wight 4 2 0 2 3 7 −4 050.00
 Jersey 6 0 0 6 5 14 −9 000.00
 Menorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
 Öland 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 050.00
 Rhodes 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00
 Saare County 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 000.00
 Sápmi 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 066.67
 Sealand 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
 Shetland 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 075.00
 Western Isles 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
 Ynys Môn 3 1 0 2 8 8 +0 033.33
Total 53 23 6 24 93 101 −8 043.40

Kit manufacturers

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

Managers

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Honours

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Non-FIFA competitions

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  • Island Games
    • Silver medal (1): 2009
    • Bronze medal (2): 1989, 1993

References

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