Åland Islands official football team

Åland Islands

Nickname(s)	The Ålandish Islanders
Association	Ålands Fotbollförbund
Head coach	Thomas Nordström Per-Åke Eriksson
Home stadium	Wiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn
FIFA code	AXL
First colours Second colours
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 it 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 finished 4th in the league in 2013.

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	Did not enter
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
Total	10/14		42	18	3	21	66	79

Selected internationals opponents

Opponents	Matches	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA
Bermuda	1	0	0	1	0	2
Bornholm	1	1	0	0	6	2
Falkland Islands	1	1	0	0	2	1
Faroe Islands	1	0	0	1	1	7
Frøya	1	1	0	0	3	1
Gibraltar	1	1	0	0	2	1
Gotland	3	1	0	2	4	7
Greenland	5	5	0	0	17	8
Guernsey	3	1	1	1	6	5
Isle of Man	4	2	0	2	6	5
Isle of Wight	3	2	0	1	3	5
Jersey	6	0	0	6	5	14
Minorca	1	0	1	0	1	1
Öland	2	1	1	0	6	3
Rhodes	1	0	0	1	2	3
Saare County	2	0	1	1	4	5
Sápmi	3	2	0	1	5	4
Sealand	1	0	1	0	2	2
Shetland	4	3	0	1	8	5
Western Isles	1	1	0	0	2	0
Ynys Môn	3	1	0	2	8	8
Total	48	23	5	20	91	90

Current squad

The following 23 players were in the Island Games squad in 2011.^[1]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Anton Axberg	c. 1993 (age 22–23)	0	0	SIFFK
12	GK	Viktor Mattsson	12 June 1992	2	0	SIFFK
22	GK	Johan Sundman	12 February 1978	2	0	SIFFK
2	DF	Fredrik Appel	8 April 1991	3	0	SIFFK
3	DF	Jacob Erikslund	6 July 1990	6	0	Unattached
13	DF	Erik Lundberg	20 March 1994	3	0	SIFFK
14	DF	Samuel Fagerholm	10 October 1991	4	1	IFK Mariehamn
19	DF	John Matsson	20 June 1992	1	0	SIFFK
21	DF	Tom Göstas	c. 1986 (age 29–30)	0	0	SIFFK
23	DF	Simon Sjuls	c. 1994 (age 21–22)	0	0	SIFFK
4	MF	Johan Carlsson	1 August 1981	4	0	SIFFK
5	MF	Petter Isaksson	11 September 1989	13	2	Gimo IF
6	MF	Rezgar Amani	1 July 1992	5	0	IFK Mariehamn
7	MF	Simon Snickars	7 August 1989	7	1	SIFFK
16	MF	Fabian Söderdahl	1 July 1992	2	0	Hammarlands IK
17	MF	Kristoffer Weckström	26 May 1983	4	0	IFK Uppsala
18	MF	Andreas Jansson	c. 1982 (age 33–34)	5	0	SIFFK
20	MF	Kenneth Vickström	31 July 1991	5	0	SIFFK
8	FW	Ken Fagerberg	9 January 1989	0	0	AC Horsens
9	FW	Fredrik Rosenberg	6 March 1991	1	0	IF Östernäskamraterna
10	FW	Peter Lundberg	15 April 1981	4	5	Rynninge IK
11	FW	Jimmy Sundman	7 March 1989	9	1	SIFFK
15	FW	Alexander Weckström	27 March 1987	8	5	Rynninge IK

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
1943–1998	Hummel
1998–2002	Erreà
2002–2007	Puma
2007–present	Adidas

2013–14 home kit

2013–14 away kit

2013–14 GK kit

References

1. "Ö-spelstruppen Herrlaget". Ålands fotbollförbund. 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

External links

• Ålands Fotbollförbund (Swedish) (Finnish)
• National-Football-Teams.com
• Island Games Website