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)

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.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Anton Axberg c. 1993 (age 30–31) 0 0 SIFFK 12 1GK Viktor Mattsson (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 2 0 SIFFK 22 1GK Johan Sundman (1978-02-12) 12 February 1978 2 0 SIFFK 2 2DF Fredrik Appel (1991-04-08) 8 April 1991 3 0 SIFFK 3 2DF Jacob Erikslund (1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 6 0 Unattached 13 2DF Erik Lundberg (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 3 0 SIFFK 14 2DF Samuel Fagerholm (1991-10-10) 10 October 1991 4 1 IFK Mariehamn 19 2DF John Matsson (1992-06-20) 20 June 1992 1 0 SIFFK 21 2DF Tom Göstas c. 1986 (age 37–38) 0 0 SIFFK 23 2DF Simon Sjuls c. 1994 (age 29–30) 0 0 SIFFK 4 3MF Johan Carlsson (1981-08-01) 1 August 1981 4 0 SIFFK 5 3MF Petter Isaksson (1989-09-11) 11 September 1989 13 2 Gimo IF 6 3MF Rezgar Amani (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 5 0 IFK Mariehamn 7 3MF Simon Snickars (1989-08-07) 7 August 1989 7 1 SIFFK 16 3MF Fabian Söderdahl (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 2 0 Hammarlands IK 17 3MF Kristoffer Weckström (1983-05-26) 26 May 1983 4 0 IFK Uppsala 18 3MF Andreas Jansson c. 1982 (age 41–42) 5 0 SIFFK 20 3MF Kenneth Vickström (1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 5 0 SIFFK 8 4FW Ken Fagerberg (1989-01-09) 9 January 1989 0 0 AC Horsens 9 4FW Fredrik Rosenberg (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 1 0 IF Östernäskamraterna 10 4FW Peter Lundberg (1981-04-15) 15 April 1981 4 5 Rynninge IK 11 4FW Jimmy Sundman (1989-03-07) 7 March 1989 9 1 SIFFK 15 4FW Alexander Weckström (1987-03-27) 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

External links

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