Finland National Football Team Profile

Profile of the Finland national football team history top score most caps players most appearances, SPL-FBF Suomen Palloliitto – Finlands Bollforbund is the football association of Finland was founded on 1907 and represents governing body for football federation of Finland in international competition and is controlled by SPL-FBF. Became a member of UEFA Affiliation in 1954 and FIFA Affiliation in 1908.

The Finland's team has never qualified for tournament the world cup and European championship. The Finland's team played its first international match on October 1911 was the national team's debut in a 5-2 defeat by Sweden in Helsinki. The results of the team improved somewhat in the late 1970s and the 1980s. Finland missed out on qualification for Euro 1980 by just a point and for the 1986 World Cup by two points. Finland was invited to take part in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow after many Western countries announced they would boycott the games, but failed to progress from its group.

SPL-FBF Suomen Palloliitto – Finlands Bollforbund
Nation: Finland	Founded: 1907
UEFA Affiliation: 1954	FIFA Affiliation: 1908
Web: http://www.palloliitto.fi	Phone: +358 9 742 151

When the SPL-FBF finally welcomed all teams under its authority, the number of licensed players increased and football soon became the biggest sport in the country. Eventually, the SPL-FBF was granted the status of a central sports organisation and was duly subsidised by the government. Nevertheless, football and its relatively inexperienced administrators still had some catching-up to do when compared with the nation's more traditional sports.

In August 2005 it was announced that Roy Hodgson would become the new Finland coach in 2006, and he started in the job in January of that year. Hodgson stepped down as manager after they failed to qualify for Euro 2008. When the SPL-FBF hosted the UEFA European Women's Championship in 2009, it was a measure both of the association's own maturity and of the rapid progress made by the female game over the preceding decade.

National Flag Of Finland

• Data :

- Nickname: Eagle-Owls (Huuhkajat)
- Association: SPL-FBF Suomen Palloliitto – Finlands Bollforbund
- Home Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium
- Address: Urheilukatu 1 PO Box 191 00251 HELSINKI
- Fax: +358 9 7421 5200
- FIFA Code: FIN

• Olympic Record

Finland Summer Olympic Record
Host	Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
	1912	fourth place	4	2	0	2	5	16
	1936	round of 16	1	0	0	1	3	7
	1952	round of 16	1	0	0	1	3	4
	1980	group stage	3	1	1	1	3	2
Total	=	4/23	9	3	1	5	14	29

• UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup Record

- The Finnish national team has never qualified for a finals tournament of the World Cup or the European Championships

• Top Score

Top Scorers of The Finland National Football Team
Players	Goals	Caps	Periods
Jari Litmanen	32	137	1989-2010
Mikael Forssell	28	84	1999-?
Jonatan Johansson	22	105	1996-2010
Ari Hjelm	20	100	1983-1996
Mika-Matti Paatelainen	18	70	1986-2000
Verner Eklof	17	32	1919-1927
Aulis Koponen	16	39	1924-1935
Gunnar Astrom	16	44	1923-1937
Alexei Eremenko	14	57	2003-?
Jorma Vaihela	13	33	1947-1954

• Most Appearances

Most Caps of The Finland National Football Team
Players	Caps	Periods
Jari Litmanen	137	1989-2010
Sami Hyypia	105	1992-2010
Jonatan Johansson	105	1996-2010
Ari Hjelm	100	1983-1996
Joonas Kolkka	98	1994-2010
Erkka Petaja	84	1983-1994
Mikael Forssell	84	1999-?
Arto Tolsa	77	1964-1981
Hannu Tihinen	76	1997-2010
Toni Kuivasto	75	1997-2009

Finland National Football Team Profile.