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General Information for Finland

Suomen Palloliitto
Founded
1907
FIFA entry
1908
Average height in 1986
1.79m
Average age in 1986
24.6
Confederation
UEFA
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Jersey in 1986
Jersey in 1986

Coaches in 1986

Kuusela, Martti (Coach)

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Kuusela, Martti (Coach)

Day of Birth
1945-10-09
Place of Birth
Rovaniemi (Finland)
Height
1.70m
Matches
11 (3 / 8)
Goto coach Martti Kuusela

Vakkila, Jukka (Coach)

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Vakkila, Jukka (Coach)

Day of Birth
1951-04-02
Place of Birth
Joutseno (Finland)
Goto coach Jukka Vakkila

Players of Finland in 1986

FIFA Non FIFA
Name Day of Birth Position Current Club M S G M S G
Laukkanen, Kari 1963-12-14 Goalkeeper Belgium Cercle Brugge 5 0 0 0 0 0
Huttunen, Olli 1960-08-04 Goalkeeper Finland Haka Valkeakoski 4 0 0 0 0 0
Isoaho, Olli 1956-03-02 Goalkeeper Sweden Västerås SK 1 0 0 0 0 0
Korhonen, Ismo 1962-02-10 Goalkeeper Finland Kuusysi Lahti 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pekonen, Esa 1961-11-04 Right Back Finland Kuusysi Lahti 8 0 0 0 0 0
Europaeus, Jari 1962-12-29 Centre Back Sweden Gefle IF 7 2 0 0 0 0
Turunen, Hannu 1956-06-24 Centre Back Finland KuPS Kuopio 7 0 0 0 0 0
Lahtinen, Aki 1958-10-31 Left Back Finland KePS Kemi 6 0 0 0 0 0
Petäjä, Erkka 1964-02-13 Centre Back Sweden Östers IF Växjö 6 0 0 0 0 0
Granskog, Mikael 1961-03-26 Defender Sweden IFK Norrköping 4 0 0 0 0 0
Hännikainen, Jyrki 1965-03-30 Right Back Finland Kuusysi Lahti 1 0 0 0 0 0
Remes, Ilkka 1963-07-29 Left Back Finland Kuusysi Lahti 0 1 0 0 0 0
Holmgren, Erik 1964-12-17 Centre Back Finland HJK Helsinki 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ikäläinen, Jukka 1957-05-14 Defensive Midfielder Finland KePS Kemi 11 0 1 0 0 0
Törnvall, Markus 1964-12-31 Midfielder Finland Haka Valkeakoski 8 0 1 0 0 0
Ukkonen, Kari 1961-12-19 Defensive Midfielder Belgium KSC Lokeren 6 0 0 0 0 0
Tauriainen, Pasi 1964-10-04 Left Midfielder Belgium Berchem Sport 4 1 0 0 0 0
Nieminen, Jyrki 1951-03-30 Attacking Midfielder Finland HJK Helsinki 3 0 0 0 0 0
Virtanen, Kari 1958-09-15 Left Midfielder Finland RoPS Rovaniemi 2 2 1 0 0 0
Rasimus, Pasi 1962-03-06 Midfielder Finland HJK Helsinki 2 1 1 0 0 0
Rautiainen, Pasi 1961-07-18 Centre Midfielder Switzerland FC Locarno 2 1 0 0 0 0
Uimonen, Arto 1958-01-07 Attacking Midfielder Finland Ilves Tampere 2 0 0 0 0 0
Tiainen, Petri 1966-09-26 Midfielder Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam 1 2 0 0 0 0
Houtsonen, Leo 1958-10-25 Attacking Midfielder Finland KuPS Kuopio 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rinne, Jari 1964-05-04 Left Midfielder Finland Kuusysi Lahti 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hjelm, Ari 1962-02-24 Centre Forward Finland Ilves Tampere 11 0 3 0 0 0
Rantanen, Jari 1961-12-31 Striker Sweden IFK Göteborg 7 0 0 0 0 0
Lipponen, Mika 1964-05-09 Centre Forward Netherlands FC Twente Enschede 6 0 1 0 0 0
Valvee, Ari 1960-12-01 Centre Forward Finland HJK Helsinki 3 7 1 0 0 0
Tarkkio, Kimmo 1966-01-15 Centre Forward Finland HJK Helsinki 1 2 0 0 0 0
Niinimäki, Jari 1957-12-01 Striker Sweden AIK Solna 1 2 0 0 0 0
Lius, Ismo 1965-11-30 Centre Forward Finland Kuusysi Lahti 1 1 0 0 0 0
Kousa, Keijo 1959-07-27 Centre Forward Finland Kuusysi Lahti 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jalasvaara, Ari 1959-07-20 Striker Finland RoPS Rovaniemi 0 1 0 0 0 0

Matches of Finland in 1986

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Date Home Team Away Team Result Event Stadium FIFA
1986-01-22
Portugal
Portugal
Finland
Finland
1:1 c
Portugal vs. Finland
Friendly
Estadio Municipal Leiria
1986-02-21
Bahrain
Bahrain
Finland
Finland
0:0 p
Bahrain vs. Finland
Friendly
Al-Ahli Stadium
1986-02-24
Bahrain
Bahrain
Finland
Finland
0:4 p
Bahrain vs. Finland
Friendly
Al-Ahli Stadium
1986-02-28
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Finland
Finland
0:1 c
Saudi Arabia vs. Finland
Friendly
Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
1986-04-17
Brazil
Brazil
Finland
Finland
3:0 c
Brazil vs. Finland
Friendly
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
1986-05-07
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Finland
Finland
0:0 c
Soviet Union vs. Finland
Friendly
Luzhniki Stadium
1986-08-06
Finland
Finland
Sweden
Sweden
1:3 c
Finland vs. Sweden
Friendly
Helsingin olympiastadion
1986-08-20
Finland
Finland
East Germany
East Germany
1:0 c
Finland vs. East Germany
Friendly
Lahden kisapuisto
1986-09-10
Finland
Finland
Wales
Wales
1:1 c
Finland vs. Wales
Euro 1988 - Group 6
Helsingin olympiastadion
1986-10-15
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Finland
3:0 c
Czechoslovakia vs. Finland
Euro 1988 - Group 6
Stadion za Lužánkami
1986-10-29
Denmark
Denmark
Finland
Finland
1:0 c
Denmark vs. Finland
Euro 1988 - Group 6
Parken
11 Matches

Match Progress for Finland in 1986

Favorite Opponents of Finland

Opponent M W D L G
Sweden
Sweden
27 5 2 20 26
Estonia
Estonia
19 12 3 4 50
Poland
Poland
14 2 6 6 14
Greece
Greece
14 5 2 7 16
Wales
Wales
13 4 5 4 13
Hungary
Hungary
12 2 3 7 7
Germany
Germany
12 1 6 5 13
Turkey
Turkey
11 3 4 4 14
Denmark
Denmark
11 1 2 8 5
Norway
Norway
10 1 2 7 10
Netherlands
Netherlands
9 0 1 8 3
France
France
9 1 0 8 3
Romania
Romania
9 0 3 6 4
Italy
Italy
8 1 0 7 4
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
8 3 2 3 12
Portugal
Portugal
8 1 4 3 6
Belgium
Belgium
8 4 3 1 13
Malta
Malta
8 5 2 1 14
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
8 7 0 1 15
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina
7 2 2 3 11
Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
6 3 1 2 9
Austria
Austria
6 1 1 4 8
Latvia
Latvia
6 3 1 2 12
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
6 5 0 1 9
Kuwait
Kuwait
6 3 2 1 6
Armenia
Armenia
6 5 1 0 11
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
6 3 2 1 12
Iceland
Iceland
6 2 1 3 7
Spain
Spain
6 0 2 4 3
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
6 2 1 3 6
Oman
Oman
6 3 2 1 10
Russia
Russia
6 1 0 5 3
Thailand
Thailand
5 1 1 3 6
Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
5 5 0 0 14
Ireland
Ireland
5 2 1 2 3
Belarus
Belarus
5 3 2 0 12
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
5 3 2 0 9
San Marino
San Marino
5 5 0 0 21
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
5 1 1 3 7
Switzerland
Switzerland
4 1 0 3 6
Israel
Israel
4 2 1 1 6
Slovenia
Slovenia
4 2 1 1 5
Moldova
Moldova
4 2 1 1 7
Slovakia
Slovakia
4 0 1 3 1
Scotland
Scotland
4 0 2 2 2
Ukraine
Ukraine
4 0 1 3 3
Bahrain
Bahrain
4 3 1 0 8
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
4 2 1 1 6
Cyprus
Cyprus
4 2 1 1 7
England
England
4 0 2 2 3
Albania
Albania
3 2 1 0 5
Tunisia
Tunisia
3 2 1 0 6
China
China
3 0 0 3 3
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
3 2 1 0 6
South Korea
South Korea
3 0 0 3 0
Brazil
Brazil
3 0 0 3 3
East Germany
East Germany
2 1 1 0 2
Kosovo
Kosovo
2 1 1 0 2
Montenegro
Montenegro
2 2 0 0 4
Cameroon
Cameroon
2 0 1 1 0
Morocco
Morocco
2 1 1 0 1
Lithuania
Lithuania
2 1 0 1 3
Serbia & Montenegro
Serbia & Montenegro
2 1 0 1 3
Qatar
Qatar
2 0 1 1 0
India
India
2 1 1 0 2
Egypt
Egypt
2 0 0 2 2
Japan
Japan
2 0 0 2 1
Andorra
Andorra
2 1 1 0 3
Mexico
Mexico
2 0 0 2 3
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
2 0 2 0 0
Georgia
Georgia
2 1 1 0 2
Croatia
Croatia
2 0 1 1 1
Serbia
Serbia
2 0 1 1 0
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
2 2 0 0 4
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
1 0 1 0 1
Canada
Canada
1 1 0 0 3
Malaysia
Malaysia
1 0 0 1 1
Ecuador
Ecuador
1 0 0 1 1
USA
USA
1 0 0 1 1
Honduras
Honduras
1 1 0 0 2
Yemen
Yemen
1 0 1 0 0
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
1 0 1 0 2
Colombia
Colombia
1 0 0 1 1
Chile
Chile
1 0 0 1 0
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
1 0 0 1 1
Algeria
Algeria
1 0 0 1 0
Barbados
Barbados
1 0 1 0 0
Uruguay
Uruguay
1 0 0 1 1
Singapore
Singapore
1 1 0 0 1
North Korea
North Korea
1 0 0 1 2
England
England (Olympic)
1 0 0 1 0
Jordan
Jordan
1 1 0 0 2
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