Finland women's national football team

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Finland
Nickname	-
Association	Football Association of Finland (Suomen Palloliitto)
Coach	Michael Käld
Most caps
Top scorer
FIFA rank	16
Home kit 　 Away kit
First International
Largest win
Worst defeat
World Cup
Appearances	(First in -)
Best result	-
Olympic Games
Appearances	(First in -)
Best result	-
UEFA Women's Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1984)
Best result	Semi-finals (2005)
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The Finland women's national football team represents Finland in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Finland (SPL/FBF), reached the semi-finals of the 2005 European Championship, surprising the female football world having drawn with Sweden and beaten Denmark. Finland will host the 2009 EC finals. The Finnish team now has a few players that are considered to be among the best in the female football, such as Laura Österberg Kalmari, Sanna Valkonen and Anne Mäkinen.

Contents 1 Honours 1.1 Performance in the World Cup 1.2 Performance in European Championship 2 Coaches

[edit] Honours

[edit] Performance in the World Cup

• 1978 : Champions (non-official competition)
• 1991 : preliminary round
• 1995 : preliminary round
• 1999 : preliminary round
• 2003 : preliminary round

[edit] Performance in European Championship

• 1984 : preliminary round
• 1987 : preliminary round
• 1989 : preliminary round
• 1991 : preliminary round
• 1993 : preliminary round
• 1995 : preliminary round
• 1997 : preliminary round
• 2001 : preliminary round
• 2005 : Semi Final
• 2009 : Qualified automatically as hosts

[edit] Coaches

• Michael Käld

International women's football v • d • e
FIFA | World Cup | Olympics | Algarve Cup | Pan American Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship | FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | Teams
Asia: AFC – Women's Championship      Africa: CAF – Women's Championship      North America: CONCACAF – Women's Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Sudamericano Femenino      Oceania: OFC – Women's Championship      Europe: UEFA – Women's Championship
National women's football teams of Europe (UEFA) v • d • e
Armenia | Austria | Belarus | Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Croatia | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Denmark | England | Estonia | Faroe Islands | Finland | France | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Iceland | Republic of Ireland | Israel | Italy | Kazakhstan | Latvia | Lithuania | FYR Macedonia | Malta | Moldova | Montenegro | Netherlands | Northern Ireland | Norway | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russia | Scotland | Serbia | Slovakia | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | Turkey | Ukraine | Wales