Åland official football team

Åland
Nickname(s)The Ålandish Islanders
AssociationÅlands Fotbollförbund
Head coachThomas Nordström
Per-Åke Eriksson
Home stadiumWiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn
FIFA codeAXL
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Åland 4–2 Sápmi 
(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
Island Games record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1989Group phase3rd42021012
1991Fourth place4th420233
1993Third place3rd430174
19957th place7th4013414
1997Did not enter
19995th place6th420286
2001Did not enter
2003
20057th place7th5203610
20077th place7th420276
2009Final2nd5311107
2011Fourth place4th4112811
2013Did not enter
20159th place9th420236
20177th place7th422052
TotalBest: Runners-up10/1442183217181

Selected internationals opponents
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 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
 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 5 5 0 0 17 8 +9 100.00
 Guernsey 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 033.33
 Isle of Man 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 050.00
 Isle of Wight 3 2 0 1 3 5 −2 066.67
 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 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
 Ynys Môn 3 1 0 2 8 8 +0 033.33
Total 48 23 5 20 91 90 +1 047.92

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
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