Åland official football team

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.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Åland women's official football team.
Åland
Shirt badge/Association crest
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 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
Faroe Islands 1989Third place3rd42021012
Åland 1991Fourth place4th420233
Isle of Wight 1993Third place3rd430174
Gibraltar 1995Group stage7th4013414
Jersey 1997Did not enter
Gotland 1999Group stage6th420286
Isle of Man 2001Did not enter
Guernsey 2003
Shetland 2005Group stage7th5203610
Rhodes 20077th420276
Åland 2009Runners-up2nd5311107
Isle of Wight 2011Fourth place4th4112811
Bermuda 2013Did not enter
Jersey 2015Group stage9th420236
Gotland 20177th422052
Gibraltar 2019[n 1]Did not enter
Guernsey 2023Group stage13th401329
TotalRunners-up11/1746184247390
  1. Not held football tournament (Replaced by 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament in  Anglesey).

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 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
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
  • Åland Johnny Söderdahl (1989)
  • Åland Robert Mann
    Åland Henrik Bostrom
    Åland Mats Danielsson (1995)
  • Åland Bernt Danielsson
    Åland Per-Åke Eriksson (2005)
  • Åland Bengt Johnsson
    Åland Peter Lundberg
    Åland Tommy Lundberg (2007)
  • Åland Peter Lundberg
    Åland Daniel Norrmén (2009)
  • Åland Per-Åke Eriksson
    Åland Thomas Nordström (2011)
  • Åland Johan Carlssons
    Åland Steve Beeks (2015)
  • Russia Alexander Semenov
    Åland Stefan Mattsson (2017–present)

References
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