Finland women's national football team

Finland

Nickname(s)

Helmarit (the Pearl Owls)

Association

Football Association
of Finland
(Suomen Palloliitto)

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Andrée Jeglertz

Captain

Tinja-Riikka Korpela

Most caps

Laura Österberg Kalmari (130)

Top scorer

Laura Österberg Kalmari (41)

FIFA code

FIN

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

3 (25 March 2016)

Highest

14 (September 2005)

Lowest

27 (March 2016)

First international

Finland 0–0 Sweden

(Mariehamn, 25 August 1973)

Biggest win

Finland 7–0 Armenia

(Helsinki, 21 November 2009)

Biggest defeat

Denmark 9–0 Finland

(Vejen, 26 July 1975)

UEFA Women's Championship

Appearances

11 (first in 1984)

Best result

Semifinals (2005)

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 hosted 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.

Competitive record

World Cup

Year	Result
1991	Did Not Qualify
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
Total	0/7

European Championship

Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1984	Did Not Qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
2001
2005	Semifinals	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3
2009	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	5	5	±0
2013	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	6	−5
Total	3/11	11	3	3	5	11	19	-8

Minor tournaments

Nordic Football Championship

Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1974	Third place	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
1975	Third place	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13
1976	Third place	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
1977	Third place	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
1978	Third place	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3
1979	Third place	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3
1980	Fourth place	3	0	2	1	1	8	−7
1981	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
1982	Fourth place	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5
Total	9/9	23	3	6	14	9	56	-47

Cyprus Cup

Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2012	7th place	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1
2013	7th place	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1
2014	12th place	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7
2015	9th place	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4
2016	8th place	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5
Total		20	3	5	12	18	36	−18

Managers

Correct as of 1 August 2015

Tenure	Coach	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
1973–77	Juhani Nirkkonen	7001120000000000000♠12	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7001100000000000000♠10	07000833000000000000♠8.33
1978	Simo Syrjävaara	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7001333300000000000♠33.33
1979–89	Kaj Österberg	7001440000000000000♠44	7001130000000000000♠13	7001120000000000000♠12	7001190000000000000♠19	7001295500000000000♠29.55
1989–92	Jyrki Nieminen	7001240000000000000♠24	7000300000000000000♠3	7000400000000000000♠4	7001170000000000000♠17	7001125000000000000♠12.50
1993–96	Nils Suomalainen	7001240000000000000♠24	7000400000000000000♠4	7000500000000000000♠5	7001150000000000000♠15	7001166700000000000♠16.67
1996–00	Reima Kokko	7001460000000000000♠46	7001110000000000000♠11	7000300000000000000♠3	7001320000000000000♠32	7001239100000000000♠23.91
2001–09	Michael Käld	7002107000000000000♠107	7001350000000000000♠35	7001220000000000000♠22	7001500000000000000♠50	7001327100000000000♠32.71
2010–	Andrée Jeglertz	7001640000000000000♠64	7001230000000000000♠23	7001100000000000000♠10	7001310000000000000♠31	7001359400000000000♠35.94

Players

The following squad was announced for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification against Portugal and Spain on 16 and 20 September 2016.

Caps and goals as of 21 September 2016.

Head coach: Andrée Jeglertz

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Minna Meriluoto	(1985-10-04) 4 October 1985	58	0	HJK Helsinki
23	1GK	Tinja-Riikka Korpela (vc)	(1986-05-05) 5 May 1986	71	0	FC Bayern München

3	2DF	Tuija Hyyrynen	(1988-03-10) 10 March 1988	84	1	Fortuna Hjørring
5	2DF	Emma Koivisto	(1994-09-25) 25 September 1994	22	1	Florida State Seminoles
6	2DF	Katarina Naumanen	(1995-07-24) 24 July 1995	9	0	HJK Helsinki
2	2DF	Maija Saari (c)	(1986-03-26) 26 March 1986	95	11	Vålerenga Fotball
16	2DF	Anna Westerlund	(1989-04-09) 9 April 1989	92	1	Lillestrøm SK

8	3MF	Olga Ahtinen	(1997-08-15) 15 August 1997	0	0	Turun Palloseura
10	3MF	Emmi Alanen	(1991-04-30) 30 April 1991	63	14	Vittsjö GIK
11	3MF	Nora Heroum	(1994-07-20) 20 July 1994	48	1	Fortuna Hjørring
15	3MF	Natalia Kuikka	(1995-12-01) 1 December 1995	24	2	Florida State Seminoles
7	3MF	Annika Kukkonen	(1990-04-12) 12 April 1990	75	2	Djurgårdens IF FF
4	3MF	Ria Öling	(1994-09-15) 15 September 1994	13	1	TPS
20	3MF	Linda Ruutu	(1990-02-17) 17 February 1990	14	1	HJK Helsinki
14	3MF	Iina Salmi	(1994-10-12) 12 October 1994	3	0	FC Rosengård

13	4FW	Jenny Danielsson	(1994-08-30) 30 August 1994	11	3	Kristianstads DFF
19	4FW	Adelina Engman	(1994-10-11) 11 October 1994	42	6	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
22	4FW	Sanni Franssi	(1995-03-19) 19 March 1995	7	1	FC Zürich Frauen
9	4FW	Juliette Kemppi	(1994-05-14) 14 May 1994	23	3	Kolbotn IL
18	4FW	Linda Sällström	(1988-07-13) 13 July 1988	71	29	Vittsjö GIK

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Siiri Välimaa	(1990-04-14) 14 April 1990	0	0	Kolbotn IL	v. Portugal; June 7, 2016 ^PRE
DF	Tia Hälinen	(1994-02-18) 18 February 1994	3	0	FC Honka	v. Norway; May 29, 2015
DF	Janni Laakso	(1996-07-05) 5 July 1996	0	0	FC Honka	v. Montenegro; Apr 12, 2016 ^PRE
DF	Katri Mattsson	(1982-11-22) 22 November 1982	100	3	FC Ilves	v. Spain; October 27, 2015
DF	Tia Painilainen	(1996-10-25) 25 October 1996	0	0	Arizona Wildcats	v. Portugal; June 7, 2016 ^PRE
MF	Kaisa Björn	(1989-07-29) 29 July 1989	0	0	FC Ilves	v. Montenegro; Apr 12, 2016 ^PRE
MF	Riikka Ketoja	(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994	5	0	Sunnanå SK	v. Australia; March 9, 2015
MF	Sanna Saarinen	(1991-09-04) 4 September 1991	17	3	PK-35 Vantaa	v. Montenegro; Apr 12, 2016
MF	Julia Tunturi	(1996-04-25) 25 April 1996	6	0	Åland United	v. Republic of Ireland; March 9, 2016
MF	Ella Vanhanen	(1993-09-15) 15 September 1993	0	0	Åland United	v. Montenegro; Apr 12, 2016 ^PRE

Coaching staff

Head coach: Andrée Jeglertz
Assistant coach: Marianne Miettinen
Assistant coach: Marko Saloranta
Assistant coach: Mika Sankala
Goalkeeping coach: Aki Moilanen

References

External links

Finland squads – UEFA Women's Championship

Finland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2005 Semi-finalists

1 Kunnas 2 Vaelma 3 Julin 4 Valkonen 5 Salmén 6 Sarapää 7 Mäkinen 8 Mustonen 9 Kalmari 10 Rantanen 11 Kackur 12 Junkkari 13 Thorn 14 Ahonen 15 Malaska 16 Uusi-Luomalahti 17 Lindqvist 18 Talonen 19 Lindström 20 Matikainen Coach: Käld

Finland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2009

1 Meriluoto 2 Vaelma 3 Julin 4 Valkonen 5 Niemi 6 Salmén 7 Mäkinen 8 Nokso-Koivisto 9 Kalmari 10 Rantanen 11 Lehtinen 12 Häkkinen 13 Hyyrynen 14 Korpela 15 Malaska 16 Westerlund 17 Hirvonen 18 Sällström 19 Sainio 20 Sjölund 21 Talonen 22 Saari Coach: Käld

Finland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2013

1 Meriluoto 2 Liljedahl 3 Hyyrynen 4 Lehtinen 5 Saario 6 Kivistö 7 Kukkonen 8 Nokso-Koivisto 9 Tolvanen 10 Alanen 11 Heroum 12 Välimaa 13 Kivelä 14 Talonen 15 Puranen 16 Westerlund 17 Lyytikäinen 18 Kuikka 19 Malinen 20 Sjölund 21 Vanhanen 22 Leppikangas 23 Korpela Coach: Jeglertz

Football in Finland

Football Association of Finland

National teams

League system

Men:	Veikkausliiga (tier 1) Ykkönen (tier 2) Kakkonen (tier 3) Kolmonen (tier 4) Nelonen (tier 5) Vitonen (tier 6) Kutonen (tier 7) Seiska (tier 8)

Women:	Naisten Liiga (tier 1) Naisten Ykkönen (tier 2) Naisten Kakkonen (tier 3) Naisten Kolmonen (tier 4) Naisten Nelonen (tier 5)

District Associations

Domestic cups

National women's football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Former nations: Czechoslovakia Soviet Union

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