Åland Islands official football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Ålandish Islanders | ||
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| Association | Ålands Fotbollförbund | ||
| Head coach | Thomas Nordström Per-Åke Eriksson | ||
| Home stadium | Wiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn | ||
| FIFA code | AXL | ||
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| 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 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 | 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 | ||||||||
 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 |
 2017 | 7th place match | 7th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10/14 | 42 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 66 | 79 | |
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 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| 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 |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 100.00 |
| Guernsey |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 33.33 |
| Isle of Man |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Isle of Wight |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 66.67 |
| 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 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
 Ynys Môn |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 33.33 |
| Total | 48 | 23 | 5 | 20 | 91 | 90 | +1 | 47.92 |
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 |
References
External links
- Ålands Fotbollförbund (in Swedish and Finnish)
- National-Football-Teams.com
- Island Games Website
International association football | ||
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| Africa |  | |
| Asia | ||
| Europe | ||
| North & Central America and the Caribbean | ||
| Oceania | ||
| South America | ||
| Non-FIFA | ||
| Games | ||
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