Finland national futsal team

Finland

Nickname(s)	Huuhkajat (The Eagle-Owls)
Association	Suomen Palloliitto
Confederation	UEFA
Head coach	Mićo Martić
Captain	Panu Autio
Most caps	Risto Salmi (66)
Top scorer	Panu Autio (41)
FIFA code	FIN
FIFA ranking	47 [1]
Home colours Away colours
First international
Finland 4–7 Hungary (Helsinki, Finland; October 21, 1998)
Biggest win
Malta 0–10 Finland (Cottonera, Malta; October 15, 2010)
Biggest defeat
Spain 13–0 Finland (Madrid, Spain; January 29, 2004)
World Cup
Appearances	0
UEFA Futsal Championship
Appearances	0

The Finnish national futsal team represents Finland in international futsal competitions. The team is run under supervision of the Football Association of Finland. It has never qualified for the World Cup or the European Championships.

History

The Finnish national futsal team was formed for the first time in 1994 when Finland participated in the World University Futsal Championship held in Cyprus. The World University Futsal Championship was held in Jyväskylä, Finland two years later. The first official international matches were played on October 21 and 22, 1998 against Hungary. Later that year Finland also participated in the qualifiers for the 1999 UEFA Futsal Championship tournament with futsal national team coach Timo Liekoski,^[2] but failed to qualify.^[3]

Simo Syrjävaara was selected as national futsal team coach at the end of year 1999.^[4] During Syrjävaara's spell, the team has participated twice in FIFA Futsal World Championship qualifiers and three times in UEFA Futsal Championship qualifiers. In these qualifiers, the team won only twice and lost total of 14 times. After Syrjävaara stepped down, rising talent Jouni Pihlaja took over coaching the team from the beginning of year 2005.^[3]

International Competitions

FIFA Futsal World Cup

• 1989 - did not compete
• 1992 - did not compete
• 1996 - did not compete
• 2000 - did not qualify
• 2004 - did not qualify
• 2008 - did not qualify
• 2012 - did not qualify
• 2016 - did not qualify

UEFA Futsal Championship

• 1996 - did not compete
• 1999 - did not qualify
• 2001 - did not qualify
• 2003 - did not qualify
• 2005 - did not qualify
• 2007 - did not qualify
• 2010 - did not qualify
• 2012 - did not qualify
• 2014 - did not qualify
• 2016 - did not qualify
• 2018 - TBD

Team pool for season 2010-11 ^[5]

	Year of birth	Games	Goals	Team
Goalkeepers
Tuomas Kallioinen	1983	4	0	Ilves FS
Juha Ojanperä	1981	24	0	Futsal Mad Max
Matias Sarelius	1979	15	0	Golden Futsal Team
Players
Panu Autio	1985	41	36	El Pozo Ciudad de Murcia
Henrik Henriksson	1981	13	1	Golden Futsal Team
Matias Juvonen	1983	6	1	Kampuksen Dynamo
Jaakko Laitinen	1983	36	10	Ilves FS
Joonas Laurikainen	1983	27	11	Porin Palloilijat
Lasse Lind	1981	8	2	Golden Futsal Team
Ville Lindgren	1987	17	2	Golden Futsal Team
Mikko Kytölä	1984	4	3	Kampuksen Dynamo
Jani Modig	1981	51	17	Golden Futsal Team
Joni Pakola	1985	12	1	Golden Futsal Team
Sami Rantala	1986	1	0	Porin Palloilijat
Jarkko Reinikka	1982	25	2	Golden Futsal Team
Risto Salmi	1978	63	21	Golden Futsal Team
Antti Teittinen	1981	23	4	Ilves FS
Teemu Terho	1979	45	14	Golden Futsal Team
Juha-Pekka Torvinen	1983	50	7	Ilves FS

Futsal national team games 2010-11 ^[6]

Date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result	Goals
14.10.2010	Cottonera	Malta	Finland	0-7 (0-1)	Salmi, Autio, Torvinen 2, Reinikka, Juvonen, Modig
15.10.2010	Cottonera	Malta	Finland	0-10 (0-5)	Salmi 3, Autio 2, Terho 3, Laurikainen, Kytölä
13.12.2010	Tampere	Finland	Ireland	5-0 (3-0)	Henriksson 2, Terho, Autio, Own goal
14.12.2010	Jyväskylä	Finland	Ireland	8-2 (5-0)	Kytölä 2, Autio 3, Salmi, Torvinen, Own goal
10.1.2011	Miskolc	Hungary	Finland	3-1 (1-1)	Salmi
11.1.2011	Gyöngyös	Hungary	Finland	6-1 (0-1)	Teittinen
20.1.2011	Tampere	Finland	Albania	9-0 (5-0)	Reinikka, Salmi, Own goal, Laurikainen, Teittinen, Autio 3, Kytölä
22.1.2011	Tampere	Finland	San Marino	7-0 (1-0)	Autio 2, Kytölä, Terho, Teittinen 2, Torvinen
23.1.2011	Tampere	Cyprus	Finland	2-2 (1-2)	Lind 2
24.2.2011	Rotterdam	Russia	Finland	5-1	Lindgren
25.2.2011	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Finland	5-2	Autio, Own goal
27.2.2011	Rotterdam	Finland	Serbia	0-6

References

1. Futsal World Ranking
2. "Maaottelut 1998-". Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
3. Yrjö Lautela & Göran Wallén (2007). Rakas jalkapallo – sata vuotta suomalaista jalkapalloa. Teos. pp. 264–265. ISBN 978-951-851-068-3.
4. "Futsalmaajoukkue Simo Syrjävaaran komentoon". Helsingin Sanomat. 1999-10-31.
5. "Futsal-maajoukkue". Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
6. "Futsal-maajoukkue". Palloliitto. Retrieved 2011-01-23.