Faroe Islands national football team

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Faroe Islands

Nickname

Association

Faroe Islands
Football Association

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Jógvan Martin Olsen (2005-)

Most caps

Óli Johannesen (70)

Top scorer

Todi Jónsson (9)

Home stadium

Tórsvøllur Stadium

FIFA code

FRO

FIFA ranking

182

Highest FIFA ranking

104 (July 1999)

Lowest FIFA ranking

185 (October 2006)

Elo ranking

167

Highest Elo ranking

143 (July 1991)





First kit





Second kit

First international

Iceland 1 - 0 Faroe Islands

(Akranes, Iceland; August 24, 1988)

Biggest win

Faroe Islands 3 - 0 San Marino

(Toftir, Faroe Islands; May 25, 1995)

Biggest defeat

Iceland 9 - 0 Faroe Islands

(Keflavík, Iceland; July 10, 1985)

The Faroe Islands national football team is the national football team of Faroe Islands and is controlled by the Faroe Islands Football Association. It is one of the weakest members of UEFA and has never advanced to the finals of any major international competition.

Although the team has been in existence since 1930, neither FIFA nor the Faroes FA considers matches before 1988 as official. Faroe Islands pulled one of the biggest upsets in footballing history, when they beat Austria 1-0 in their first ever competitive international on 12 September 1990. The game, a Euro 92 qualifier, was played in Landskrona, Sweden because there were no grass fields on the Islands. (Their only other point of the campaign was from a draw against Northern Ireland.) During both the Euro 2000 qualifiers and Euro 2004 qualifiers, they also held Scotland to a draw at home (they also drew with Lithuania and Bosnia in 2000, while the draw against the Scots was their only point of the 2004 campaign). However they were beaten 6-0 by Scotland in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. As of 2004, their only other wins in the qualification rounds for the European Championship were in the qualifying for the 1996 tournament, both against fellow minnows San Marino.

The team also participates in the FIFA World Cup qualifying since 1992 and the qualification rounds for the 1994 finals, which they finished without scoring any points and having 1-38 goal difference from 10 matches. In the following World Cup qualifying, for the 1998 finals, they improved their record with two victories against Malta, beating them 2-1 in both matches. Their most successful World Cup qualifying so far was the one for the 2002 finals, where they held Slovenia to a 2-2 draw at home and beat Luxembourg twice, 2-0 on road and 1-0 at home. The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying was, however, not really successful for them and they only scored one point from a 2-2 away draw against Cyprus.

1 Achievements
2 World Cup record
3 European Championship record
4 Coaches
5 Team captains
6 Most capped players
7 Top goalscorers
8 Current players

[edit] Achievements

Island Games: 2

1989, 1991

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1990 - Did not enter
1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] European Championship record

1960 to 1988 - Did not enter
1992 to 2004 - Did not qualify

[edit] Coaches

Páll Guðlaugsson (1990-1993)
Allan Simonsen (1993-2001)
Henrik Larsen (2001-2005)
Jógvan Martin Olsen (2005-)

[edit] Team captains

Óli Johannesen

[edit] Most capped players

1. Óli Johannesen

[edit] Top goalscorers

1. Todi Jónsson (9)
2. John Petersen (8)
2. Rógvi Jacobsen (8)

[edit] Current players

The following players have all been called up to the Faroese squad for the Ukraine and Georgia matches on the 24th and 28th March. Clubs are Faroese except where indicated.

Goalkeepers

Name	Club
Jákup Mikkelsen	B36 Tórshavn
Meinhardt Joensen	KÍ Klaksvík

Defenders

Name	Club
Mortan úr Hørg	HB Tórshavn
Rasmus Nolsøe	HB Torshavn
Óli Johannesen	TB Tvøroyri
Marni Djurhuus	EB/Streymur
Atli Danielsen	Frem
Jón Rói Jacobsen	Aalborg BK

Midfielders

Name	Club
Fróði Benjaminsen	B36 Tórshavn
Mikkjal Thomassen	B36 Tórshavn
Hanus Thorleifsson	B36 Tórshavn
Jákup á Borg	HB Tórshavn
Sámal Joensen	GÍ Gøta
Símun Samuelsen	Keflavik ÍF
Súni Olsen	Aalborg BK
Tem Hansen	Fremad Amager