Finland national football team

Finland

Nickname(s)	Huuhkajat (The Eagle-owls)[1]
Association	Football Association of Finland
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Markku Kanerva
Captain	Tim Sparv
Most caps	Jari Litmanen (137)
Top scorer	Jari Litmanen (32)
Home stadium	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
FIFA code	FIN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	55 1 (16 September 2021)[2]
Highest	33 (March 2007)
Lowest	110 (July–August 2017)
First international
Finland 2–5 Sweden  (Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire; 22 October 1911) as Finland  Sweden 1–0 Finland  (Stockholm, Sweden; 29 May 1919)
Biggest win
Finland 10–2 Estonia  (Helsinki, Finland; 11 August 1922)  Finland 8–0 San Marino  (Helsinki, Finland; 17 November 2010)
Biggest defeat
Germany 13–0 Finland  (Leipzig, Germany; 1 September 1940)
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2020)
Best result	Group stage (2020)
Olympic Games
Appearances	4 (first in 1912)
Best result	Fourth place (1912)

The Finland national football team (Finnish: Suomen jalkapallomaajoukkue, Swedish: Finlands fotbollslandslag) represents Finland in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland, the governing body for football in Finland. The team has been a member of FIFA since 1904 and a UEFA member since 1957.

Unlike most European nations, ice hockey is very popular in Finland, which diverts athletic talent away from football, contributing to its historic lack of success in any major tournament qualifiers. Finland had never qualified for a major tournament until securing a spot at UEFA Euro 2020 (postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic). After many decades of relative obscurity, the nation made progression in the 2000s, achieving notable results against established European teams and reaching a peak of 33rd in the FIFA World Rankings in 2007. After a few years of poor results, they dipped to an all-time low of 110th in the FIFA rankings in 2017, but then began to rise up again and, as of June 2020, they sit at 58th.

History[]

Early history[]

The Football Association of Finland was founded in 1907 and became a member of FIFA in 1908. At the time, Finland was an autonomous grand duchy of the Russian Empire. Finland played its first international on 22 October 1911, as Sweden beat the Finns at the Eläintarha Stadium in Helsinki. Finland participated the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, beating Italy and the Russian Empire, but losing the bronze medal match against the Netherlands.

Period of dispersion[]

After the 1918 Civil War, the Finnish sports movement was divided into the right-wing (SVUL) and the leftist Finnish Workers' Sports Federation (TUL), Finnish Football Association was a member of the SVUL.^[5] Both sides had their own championship series, and between 1919 and 1939 the Finland national team was selected of the Football Association players only. The Finnish Workers' Sports Federation football team in turn, participated the competitions of the international labour movement.^[6]

However, since the late 1920s several top footballers defected from TUL and joined the Football Association to be eligible for the national team. During the 1930s, these ″defectors″ formed the spine of the national team. For example, the Finland squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics was composed of eight former TUL players.^[6] In 1937, Finland participated the FIFA World Cup qualification for the first time, losing all three matches against Sweden, Germany and Estonia.

Since 1939, TUL players were selected to the national team and finally in 1956, the TUL and Football Association series were merged.^[6]

Post-war years[]

The 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki saw the Finnish hosts lose to Austria in the first round. Finland did, however, win the unofficial Nordic championship in 1964 and 1966.^[7]

Finland also took part in European Championship qualifying since the 1968 event, but had to wait for its first win until 1978.

Later 20th century[]

The results of the team improved somewhat in the late 1970s and the 1980s. Finland missed out on qualification for Euro 1980 by just a point and for the 1986 World Cup by two points. Finland was invited to take part in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow after many Western countries announced they would boycott the games, but failed to progress from its group.

By the mid-1990s Finland started to have more players in high-profile European leagues, led by the Ajax superstar Jari Litmanen. In 1996 Danish Euro 1992 winning coach Richard Møller Nielsen was hired to take Finland to the 1998 World Cup. The team enjoyed mixed fortunes in the campaign, high points of which were a draw and a win away to Norway and Switzerland respectively. Going into the last match, Finland would have needed a win at home to Hungary to earn a place in the play-offs. They led the game 1–0 going into injury time, but scored an own goal, and once again the dreams of qualification were over. Møller Nielsen also tried to lead Finland to Euro 2000. In this campaign the Finns recorded a sensational win away to Turkey, but couldn't compete with Germany and Turkey in the long run.

Antti Muurinen succeeded Møller Nielsen as coach in 2000. He had arguably the most talented group of Finnish players ever at his disposal, including players such as Antti Niemi, Sami Hyypiä, Teemu Tainio and Mikael Forssell in addition to the legendary Litmanen. The team also performed quite well under him in qualification for the 2002 World Cup despite a difficult draw, earning two draws against Germany and a home draw with England as well as beating Greece 5–1 in Helsinki. In the end, however, England and Germany proved too strong, and the Finns finished third in the group, but were the only team in that group not to lose at home. Hopes were high going into qualification for Euro 2004 after the promising last campaign and friendly wins over the likes of Norway, Belgium and Portugal (which seen the Finns jump from 40th–30th in the Elo ranking^[4]). However, Finland started the campaign by losing to Wales and Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro, now two separate nations). These losses were followed by two defeats by Italy, and a 3–0 home win over Serbia and Montenegro was little consolation, as the Finns finished fourth in the group. In qualification for the 2006 World Cup Finland failed to score a single point in six matches against the top three teams in their group, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Romania. Muurinen was sacked in June 2005, and he was replaced by caretaker Jyrki Heliskoski, but results didn't improve.

In August 2005, it was announced that Roy Hodgson would become the new Finland coach in 2006, and he started in the job in January of that year. Hodgson stepped down as manager after they failed to qualify for Euro 2008.^[8] His replacement was a Scotsman, Stuart Baxter, who signed a contract until the end of the 2012 European Championship qualification campaign.^[9]

Recent history[]

In the Euro 2008 qualifying Finland needed to win their last qualifying game away at Portugal to qualify for their first major football tournament. However, the match ended 0–0 meaning the team missed out on qualification to the tournament, with Finland ending the group stage with 24 points and Portugal with 27 points. However, the performance in qualifying led to the Finns gaining their best-ever FIFA world ranking to date at the position of 33rd.

The 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign under new head coach Stuart Baxter saw Finland again finish third in their group with five wins, three draws and two defeats. They were the only team in qualifying not to lose to eventual 3rd-place finishers Germany; in both the home and away matches Finland had led Germany only to concede late equalisers. Finland finished a disappointing fourth in Euro 2012 qualifying, with only three wins, two of them against minnows San Marino.

In the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign, Finland's best result was a 1–1 draw at reigning world champions Spain. They finished third in the five-team Group I, behind Spain and France. Finland finished fourth in Euro 2016 qualifying but achieved another noteworthy result. Joel Pohjanpalo's goal gave the Finns a 1–0 win at former European champions Greece, who had reached the second round of the 2014 World Cup and were the top seeds of their qualifying group.

The 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign saw Finland finish a disappointing fifth in their group with only two wins, although one of them was over Iceland, who finished top of the qualifying group.

On 15 November 2019, Finland managed to qualify to the first major tournament, UEFA Euro 2020, in their history after defeating Liechtenstein 3–0.^[10] The successful qualifying campaign in Group J, was aided by a distinctive performance of Teemu Pukki, who scored ten goals in the qualifications.^[11]

On 12 June 2021 in the Euro 2020 Finland had their first victory on their debut in a major tournament finals, Joel Pohjanpalo scored the only goal, a header in a 1–0 win over Denmark to grant his country their first goal and win in a major competition.^[12] Unfortunately, having lost the next two games from both Russia and Belgium, Finland was eliminated from the group stage alongside fellow debutants North Macedonia as a result of their poor performance after being edged out by fourth placed team Ukraine due to goal difference.

Home stadiums[]

Most of Finland's important home matches are played at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in the capital Helsinki. It has been Finland's principal home stadium ever since its construction was completed in 1938. Before that Pallokenttä in Helsinki was mainly used.

Today, some qualifying matches against lower profile opponents and some friendlies are hosted at the Tampere Stadium in Tampere and Veritas Stadion in Turku. Helsinki's Bolt Arena, which has artificial turf, is also used for some friendlies and qualifiers. During the reconstruction of Helsinki Olympic Stadium in 2016–20, Tampere Stadium served as the main stadium for qualifying games.

Kits and crest[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Finland national football team kits.

Finland's kit are currently supplied by American brand Nike, Inc. They replaced German company Adidas who supplied Finland's kits between 1979 and 2014.

Kit sponsorship[]

Kit supplier	Period
Adidas	1979–2014
Nike	2014–

Results and fixtures[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

2020[]

2021[]

2022[]

Coaching staff[]

^[13][14][15]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Markku Kanerva
Assistant Coach	Mika Nurmela
Assistant Coach	Kari Martonen
Goalkeeping Coach	Antti Niemi
Fitness Coach	Jari-Pekka Keurulainen
Physiotherapists	Jari-Pekka Keurulainen Paavo Leiramo
Video Analyst	Henri Lehto
Doctor	Heikki Kinnunen
Osteopath	Hannu Kanerva
Kit Manager	Jari Parikka
Team Manager	Lennart Wangel

Coaching history[]

As of 13 October 2015.

showTenure	Nat	Coach	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
1911–21		None	17	6	2	9	035.29
1922		Jarl Öhman	4	1	0	3	025.00
1923–35		None	77	22	12	43	028.57
1936–37		Ferdinand Fabra	8	1	1	6	012.50
1937–38		None	9	3	0	6	033.33
1939		Gábor Obitz	6	1	0	5	016.67
1939–43		None	7	0	1	6	000.00
1945			2	0	0	2	000.00
1946		Niilo Tammisalo	3	0	0	3	000.00
1947–55		Aatos Lehtonen	51	7	9	35	013.73
1955–58		Kurt Weinreich	23	3	1	19	013.04
1959–61		Aatos Lehtonen	19	3	0	16	015.79
1962–74		Olavi Laaksonen	91	16	21	54	017.58
1975		Martti Kosma	2	0	1	1	000.00
1975–78		Aulis Rytkönen	30	8	4	18	026.67
1979–81		Esko Malm	27	4	6	17	014.81
1982–87		Martti Kuusela	53	9	11	33	016.98
1988–92		Jukka Vakkila	48	7	21	20	014.58
1993–94		Tommy Lindholm	25	5	7	13	020.00
1994–96		Jukka Ikäläinen	21	7	4	10	033.33
1996–99		Richard Møller Nielsen	34	9	12	13	026.47
2000–05		Antti Muurinen	72	34	12	26	047.22
2005		Jyrki Heliskoski (caretaker)	6	2	2	2	033.33
2006–07		Roy Hodgson	22	6	11	5	027.27
2008–10		Stuart Baxter	31	8	6	17	025.81
2010-2011		Olli Huttunen (caretaker)	1	1	0	0	100.00
2011		Markku Kanerva (caretaker)	2	0	1	1	000.00
2011–2015		Mixu Paatelainen	45	17	11	17	037.78
2015		Markku Kanerva (caretaker)	4	2	2	0	050.00
2016		Hans Backe	11	0	2	9	000.00
2016–		Markku Kanerva	26	13	5	8	050.00
Total			748	181	159	408	024.20

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players have been called up for the friendly match against Wales on 1 September 2021 and 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Kazakhstan on 4 September and France on 7 September 2021.^[16][17]
Caps and goals as of 7 September 2021, after the match against  France.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Lukáš Hrádecký (vice-captain)	(1989-11-24) 24 November 1989 (age 31)	70	0	Bayer Leverkusen
12	1GK	Jesse Joronen	(1993-03-21) 21 March 1993 (age 28)	14	0	Brescia
	1GK	Carljohan Eriksson	(1995-04-25) 25 April 1995 (age 26)	1	0	Mjällby
2	2DF	Paulus Arajuuri	(1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 33)	56	3	Anorthosis
3	2DF	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	(1994-09-14) 14 September 1994 (age 27)	16	0	HJK
4	2DF	Joona Toivio	(1988-03-10) 10 March 1988 (age 33)	77	3	Häcken
5	2DF	Leo Väisänen	(1997-07-23) 23 July 1997 (age 24)	11	0	Elfsborg
15	2DF	Niko Hämäläinen	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 24)	8	0	LA Galaxy
17	2DF	Nikolai Alho	(1993-03-12) 12 March 1993 (age 28)	16	0	MTK
18	2DF	Jere Uronen	(1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 27)	54	1	Brest
22	2DF	Jukka Raitala	(1988-09-15) 15 September 1988 (age 33)	61	0	Minnesota United
25	2DF	Robert Ivanov	(1994-09-19) 19 September 1994 (age 27)	5	0	Warta Poznań
6	3MF	Glen Kamara	(1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 (age 25)	36	1	Rangers
7	3MF	Robert Taylor	(1994-10-21) 21 October 1994 (age 26)	22	1	Brann
9	3MF	Fredrik Jensen	(1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 24)	23	7	FC Augsburg
11	3MF	Rasmus Schüller	(1991-06-18) 18 June 1991 (age 30)	55	0	Djurgården
13	3MF	Pyry Soiri	(1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 27)	34	5	Unattached
14	3MF	Tim Sparv (captain)	(1987-02-20) 20 February 1987 (age 34)	84	1	HJK
24	3MF	Onni Valakari	(1999-08-18) 18 August 1999 (age 22)	7	1	Pafos
	3MF	Kaan Kairinen	(1998-12-22) 22 December 1998 (age 22)	5	0	Lillestrøm
	3MF	Jasin-Amin Assehnoun	(1998-12-26) 26 December 1998 (age 22)	2	0	Emmen
	3MF	Urho Nissilä	(1996-04-04) 4 April 1996 (age 25)	3	0	KuPS
10	4FW	Teemu Pukki	(1990-03-29) 29 March 1990 (age 31)	96	30	Norwich City
20	4FW	Joel Pohjanpalo	(1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 27)	48	11	Çaykur Rizespor
26	4FW	Marcus Forss	(1999-06-18) 18 June 1999 (age 22)	9	1	Brentford
	4FW	Santeri Hostikka	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 23)	1	0	HJK

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months. Only players available for call-up, not retired players.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Anssi Jaakkola	(1987-03-13) 13 March 1987 (age 34)	3	0	Bristol Rovers	UEFA Euro 2020
GK	Niki Mäenpää	(1985-01-23) 23 January 1985 (age 36)	27	0	Venezia	v.   Switzerland, 31 March 2021
DF	Thomas Lam	(1993-12-18) 18 December 1993 (age 27)	26	0	CSKA Sofia	UEFA Euro 2020
DF	Sauli Väisänen	(1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 (age 27)	20	0	Cosenza	UEFA Euro 2020 INJ
DF	Aapo Halme	(1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 23)	0	0	Barnsley	v.  Estonia, 4 June 2021 PRE
DF	Albin Granlund	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 32)	19	0	Stal Mielec	v.  Estonia, 4 June 2021 PRE
DF	Juhani Ojala	(1989-06-19) 19 June 1989 (age 32)	32	1	Motherwell	v.  Estonia, 4 June 2021 PRE
DF	Juha Pirinen	(1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 29)	20	0	Trenčín	v.   Switzerland, 31 March 2021
MF	Robin Lod	(1993-04-17) 17 April 1993 (age 28)	48	4	Minnesota United	UEFA Euro 2020
MF	Joni Kauko	(1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 (age 31)	28	0	ATK Mohun Bagan	UEFA Euro 2020
MF	Ilmari Niskanen	(1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 23)	6	1	Dundee United	v.  Wales, 18 November 2020
FW	Lassi Lappalainen	(1998-08-24) 24 August 1998 (age 23)	9	0	CF Montréal	UEFA Euro 2020
FW	Roope Riski	(1991-08-16) 16 August 1991 (age 30)	6	1	HJK	v.  Estonia, 4 June 2021 PRE
FW	Rasmus Karjalainen	(1996-04-04) 4 April 1996 (age 25)	13	1	Helsingborg	v.   Switzerland, 31 March 2021
FW	Jasse Tuominen	(1995-11-12) 12 November 1995 (age 25)	15	1	Häcken	v.  Republic of Ireland, 14 October 2020 INJ
INJ = Withdrew due to an injury WD = Withdrew due to a non-injury issue PRE = Preliminary squad / standby

Player records[]

As of 7 September 2021^[18]

Players in bold are still active with Finland.

Competitive record[]

FIFA World Cup[]

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter									Did not enter
1934
1938	Group stage									3	0	0	3	0	7
1950	Withdrew during qualifying									2	0	1	1	1	4
1954	Did not qualify									4	0	2	2	7	13
1958										4	0	0	4	2	19
1962										4	0	0	4	3	12
1966										6	1	0	5	5	20
1970										6	1	0	5	6	28
1974										6	1	1	4	3	21
1978										6	2	0	4	11	16
1982										8	1	0	7	4	27
1986										8	3	2	3	7	12
1990										6	1	1	4	4	16
1994										10	2	1	7	9	18
1998										8	3	2	3	11	12
2002										8	3	3	2	12	7
2006										12	5	1	6	21	19
2010										10	5	3	2	14	14
2014										8	2	3	3	5	9
2018										10	2	3	5	9	13
2022	To be determined									To be determined
2026
Total		0/21								129	32	23	74	134	287

UEFA European Championship[]

UEFA European Championship record											Qualifying record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not enter										Did not enter
1964
1968	Did not qualify										6	0	2	4	5	12
1972											6	0	1	5	1	16
1976											6	0	1	5	3	13
1980											6	2	2	2	10	15
1984											6	0	1	5	3	14
1988											6	1	1	4	4	10
1992											8	1	4	3	5	8
1996											10	5	0	5	18	18
2000											8	3	1	4	13	13
2004											8	3	1	4	9	10
2008											14	6	6	2	13	7
2012											10	3	1	6	16	16
2016											10	3	3	4	9	10
2020	Group stage	17th	3	1	0	2	1	3	Squad		10	6	0	4	16	10
2024	To be determined										To be determined
Total	Group stage	1/16	3	1	0	2	1	3	—		114	33	24	57	125	172

UEFA Nations League[]

UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	C	2	1st	6	4	0	2	5	3		28th
2020–21	B	4	2nd	6	4	0	2	7	5		21st
2022–23	B	To be determined
Total				12	8	0	4	12	8	21st

Olympic Games[]

Olympic Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1896	No football tournament was held
1900	Did not enter
1904
1908
1912	Fourth place	4th	4	2	0	2	5	16	Squad
Since 1917, Declaration of Independence
1920	Did not enter
1924
1928
1932	No football tournament was held
1936	Round of 16	14th	1	0	0	1	3	7	Squad
1948	Did not enter
1952	Round of 16	9th	1	0	0	1	3	4	Squad
1956	Did not enter
1960	Did not qualify
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	2	Squad
1984	Did not qualify
1988
Since 1992	Olympic football has been an under-23 tournament
Total	Fourth place	4/17	9	3	1	5	14	29	—

Nordic Football Championship[]

Nordic Football Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1929–32	Fourth place	4th	12	2	2	8	23	52
1933–36			12	3	1	8	18	36
1937–47			12	1	1	10	12	51
1948–51			12	1	3	8	11	28
1952–55			12	1	1	10	13	53
1956–59			12	0	1	11	8	44
1960–63			12	2	2	8	14	37
1964–67	Third place	3rd	12	5	2	5	14	17
1968–71	Fourth place	4th	12	0	4	8	10	31
1972–77			12	1	4	7	10	26
1978–80			6	1	4	7	10	26
1981–85			6	1	1	4	7	11
2000–01	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	7	3
Total	1 Title	13/14	137	21	24	92	150	401

Baltic Cup[]

Baltic Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2012	Runners-up	2	1	1	0	3	2
2014	Third place	2	1	0	1	2	1
Total		4	2	1	1	5	3

Head-to-head record[]

This list is Finland national team complete records, both friendlies and competitive matches.^[19]

This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (January 2018)

As of 1 September 2021^[20]

Opponent	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
All Nations	766	201	156	409	903	1,600	−697	026.24

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	% Won
Albania	7	4	1	2	8	6	+2	057.14
Algeria	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Andorra	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	050.00
Armenia	6	5	1	0	11	1	+10	083.33
Austria	11	1	2	8	11	24	−13	009.09
Azerbaijan	8	7	0	1	15	5	+10	087.50
Bahrain	5	4	1	0	9	1	+8	080.00
Barbados	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Belarus	5	2	3	0	7	4	+3	040.00
Belgium	11	4	4	3	19	20	−1	036.36
Bermuda	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Bolivia	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	000.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	025.00
Brazil	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	000.00
Bulgaria	10	2	1	7	3	19	−16	020.00
Cameroon	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Canada	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Chile	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
China PR	4	1	0	3	7	6	+1	025.00
Colombia	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Costa Rica	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Croatia	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Cyprus	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	050.00
Czech Republic	11	3	3	5	14	22	−8	027.27
Denmark	60	12	10	38	61	151	−90	020.00
East Germany	7	2	1	4	8	21	−13	028.57
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Egypt	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	000.00
England	13	0	2	11	7	44	−37	000.00
Estonia	32	15	10	7	74	40	+34	046.88
Faroe Islands	5	5	0	0	15	1	+14	100.00
France	9	1	0	8	3	18	−15	011.11
Georgia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Germany	23	1	6	16	19	82	−63	004.35
Greece	18	6	3	9	22	29	−7	033.33
Honduras	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Hungary	17	3	3	11	15	48	−33	017.65
Iceland	13	7	2	4	20	14	+6	053.85
India	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	050.00
Indonesia	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Iraq	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Ireland	5	0	2	3	2	11	−9	000.00
Israel	5	2	1	2	6	6	+0	040.00
Italy	13	1	1	11	7	32	−25	007.69
Japan	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	000.00
Jordan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Kazakhstan	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	066.67
Kosovo	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Kuwait	7	3	2	2	6	5	+1	042.86
Latvia	17	10	3	4	32	18	+14	058.82
Liechtenstein	5	3	2	0	9	3	+6	060.00
Lithuania	5	3	0	2	15	5	+10	060.00
Luxembourg	5	4	0	1	12	4	+8	080.00
Malaysia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Malta	7	4	2	1	9	5	+4	057.14
Mexico	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5	000.00
Moldova	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	050.00
Morocco	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00
Netherlands	14	1	2	11	14	43	−29	007.14
North Korea	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
North Macedonia	4	3	0	1	11	2	+9	075.00
Northern Ireland	9	3	2	4	13	12	+1	033.33
Norway	66	9	16	41	81	181	−100	013.64
Oman	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	050.00
Peru	1	0	0	1	3	7	−4	000.00
Poland	29	3	8	18	25	67	−42	010.34
Portugal	10	1	4	5	6	14	−8	010.00
Qatar	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	025.00
Romania	11	0	4	7	5	27	−22	000.00
Russia	21	1	5	15	13	67	−54	004.76
San Marino	4	4	0	0	15	0	+15	100.00
Saudi Arabia	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	050.00
Scotland	8	0	2	6	5	18	−13	000.00
Serbia	9	2	2	5	10	30	−20	022.22
Slovakia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Slovenia	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	050.00
South Korea	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	000.00
Spain	8	1	2	5	5	16	−11	012.50
Sweden	89	11	11	67	96	294	−198	012.36
Switzerland	5	2	0	3	5	7	−2	040.00
Thailand	5	5	0	0	12	6	+6	100.00
Trinidad and Tobago	5	3	1	1	8	7	+1	060.00
Tunisia	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	066.67
Turkey	15	6	4	5	22	24	−2	040.00
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	000.00
United States	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
Uruguay	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	000.00
Wales	13	4	5	4	12	17	−5	030.77
Yemen	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Total (0)	769	201	157	409	903	1600	–697	0

Honours[]

• 1912 Summer Olympics
  • Fourth place: 1912

Minor tournaments[]

• Baltic Cup
  • Runners-up: 2012
  • Third-place: 2014
• Nordic Football Championship
  • Winners: 2000–01
  • Third-place: 1964–67
• King's Cup
  • Runners-up: 2000, 2013
  • Fourth place:
• Lahti Cup
  • Winners: 1981

• Finnish team of the year
  • 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2020, 2021

See also[]

• Finland national under-21 football team
• Finland national under-19 football team
• Finland national under-17 football team
• Finland women's national football team
• Finland women's national under-17 football team
• Football in Finland
• Åland Islands official football team
• Sápmi football team

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Finland national association football team.

• Official website (in Finnish)
• RSSSF archive of results 1911–
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• RSSSF archive of coaches
• The Finnish National Team Supporters' Association
• Reports for all official matches
• Russian fan site about Finnish football and national team (in Russian)