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General Information for Finland

Suomen Palloliitto
Founded
1907
FIFA entry
1908
Average height in 2016
1.84m
Average age in 2016
25.8
Confederation
UEFA
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Jersey in 2016
Jersey in 2016

Coaches in 2016

Backe, Hasse (Coach)

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Backe, Hasse (Coach)

Day of Birth
1952-02-14
Place of Birth
Luleå (Sweden)
Matches
11 (4 / 7)
Goto coach Hasse Backe

Players of Finland in 2016

FIFA Non FIFA
Name Day of Birth Position Current Club M S G M S G
Hrádecký, Lukáš 1989-11-24 Goalkeeper Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 8 0 0 0 0 0
Mäenpää, Niki 1985-01-23 Goalkeeper England Brighton & Hove Albion 1 0 0 0 0 0
Moisander, Henrik 1985-09-29 Goalkeeper Finland FC Inter Turku 1 0 0 0 0 0
Joronen, Jesse 1993-03-21 Goalkeeper England Fulham FC 0 1 0 0 0 0
Hilander, Mika 1983-08-17 Goalkeeper Finland Ilves Tampere 0 0 0 1 0 0
Arajuuri, Paulus 1988-06-15 Centre Back Denmark Brøndby IF 9 0 1 0 0 0
Arkivuo, Kari 1983-06-23 Left Back Sweden BK Häcken 8 0 0 0 0 0
Raitala, Jukka 1988-09-15 Left Back Norway Sogndal IL 6 3 0 1 0 0
Toivio, Joona 1988-03-10 Centre Back Norway Molde FK 5 0 0 0 0 0
Uronen, Jere 1994-07-13 Left Back Belgium KRC Genk 4 1 0 0 0 0
Moisander, Niklas 1985-09-29 Centre Back Germany Werder Bremen 4 0 0 0 0 0
Väisänen, Sauli 1994-06-05 Centre Back Sweden AIK Solna 3 0 0 0 0 0
Lam, Thomas 1993-12-18 Centre Back England Nottingham Forest 2 5 0 0 0 0
Saksela, Janne 1993-03-14 Right Back Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam 2 4 0 0 1 0
Ojala, Juhani 1989-06-19 Centre Back Finland SJK Seinäjoki 1 1 0 0 0 0
Heikkilä, Tapio 1990-04-08 Centre Back Norway Start Kristiansand 1 0 0 1 0 0
Jalasto, Ville 1986-04-19 Centre Back Finland HJK Helsinki 1 0 0 1 0 0
O'Shaughnessy, Daniel 1994-09-14 Centre Back England Cheltenham Town 1 0 0 0 1 0
Pirinen, Juha 1991-10-22 Left Back Finland RoPS Rovaniemi 1 0 0 0 1 0
Moren, Valtteri 1991-06-15 Centre Back Belgium RS Waasland - Beveren 1 0 0 0 0 0
Patronen, Hannu 1984-05-23 Centre Back Norway Sogndal IL 0 1 0 1 0 0
Tahvanainen, Timo 1986-06-16 Left Back Finland SJK Seinäjoki 0 1 0 0 1 0
Hurme, Jarkko 1986-06-04 Centre Back Finland SJK Seinäjoki 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ring, Alexander 1991-04-09 Defensive Midfielder Germany 1.FC Kaiserslautern 7 1 0 0 0 0
Lod, Robin 1993-04-17 Centre Midfielder Greece Panathinaikos AO 6 2 1 0 0 0
Halsti, Markus 1984-03-19 Centre Midfielder Denmark FC Midtjylland 6 0 0 0 0 0
Eremenko, Roman 1987-03-19 Attacking Midfielder Russia CSKA Moskva 5 0 0 0 0 0
Hetemaj, Perparim 1986-12-12 Centre Midfielder Italy Chievo Verona 5 0 0 0 0 0
Hämäläinen, Kasper 1986-08-08 Attacking Midfielder Poland Legia Warszawa 4 2 1 0 0 0
Sparv, Tim 1987-02-20 Defensive Midfielder Denmark FC Midtjylland 4 0 0 0 0 0
Schüller, Rasmus 1991-06-18 Centre Midfielder Sweden BK Häcken 1 6 0 1 0 0
Mattila, Sakari 1989-07-14 Defensive Midfielder Denmark Sønderjysk Elitesport 1 1 0 0 0 0
Hetemaj, Mehmet 1987-12-08 Defensive Midfielder Finland SJK Seinäjoki 1 0 0 1 0 0
Forsell, Petteri 1990-10-16 Centre Midfielder Poland Miedź Legnica 0 1 0 1 0 0
Laaksonen, Johannes 1990-12-13 Defensive Midfielder Finland SJK Seinäjoki 0 1 0 0 1 0
Hradecky, Matej 1995-04-17 Centre Midfielder Finland SJK Seinäjoki 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kauko, Joni 1990-07-12 Defensive Midfielder Denmark Randers FC 0 1 0 0 0 0
Skrabb, Simon 1995-01-19 Right Midfielder Sweden Gefle IF 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pukki, Teemu 1990-03-29 Centre Forward Denmark Brøndby IF 7 2 1 1 0 0
Pohjanpalo, Joel 1994-09-13 Centre Forward Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 1 0 0 0 0
Pelvas, Akseli 1989-02-08 Left Winger Finland HJK Helsinki 1 0 0 1 0 0
Markkanen, Eero 1991-07-03 Centre Forward Sweden AIK Solna 0 3 0 0 0 0
Riski, Roope 1991-08-16 Centre Forward Germany SC Paderborn 07 0 2 0 1 0 0
Väyrynen, Tim 1993-03-30 Centre Forward Germany Hansa Rostock 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kokko, Aleksandr 1987-06-04 Centre Forward Australia Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 1 0

Matches of Finland in 2016

Date Home Team Away Team Result Event Stadium FIFA
2016-01-10
Finland
Finland
Sweden
Sweden
0:3 c
Finland vs. Sweden
Friendly
Armed Forces Stadium
2016-01-13
Finland
Finland
Iceland
Iceland
0:1 c
Finland vs. Iceland
Friendly
Armed Forces Stadium
2016-03-26
Poland
Poland
Finland
Finland
5:0 c
Poland vs. Finland
Friendly
Tarczyński Arena
2016-03-29
Norway
Norway
Finland
Finland
2:0 c
Norway vs. Finland
Friendly
Ullevaal Stadion
2016-06-01
Belgium
Belgium
Finland
Finland
1:1 c
Belgium vs. Finland
Friendly
Stade Roi Baudouin
2016-06-06
Italy
Italy
Finland
Finland
2:0 c
Italy vs. Finland
Friendly
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
2016-08-31
Germany
Germany
Finland
Finland
2:0 c
Germany vs. Finland
Friendly
Stadion im Borussia-Park
2016-09-05
Finland
Finland
Kosovo
Kosovo
1:1 c
Finland vs. Kosovo
World Cup 2018 - Group I
Veritas Stadion
2016-10-06
Iceland
Iceland
Finland
Finland
3:2 c
Iceland vs. Finland
World Cup 2018 - Group I
Laugardalsvöllur
2016-10-09
Finland
Finland
Croatia
Croatia
0:1 c
Finland vs. Croatia
World Cup 2018 - Group I
Tampere Stadium
2016-11-12
Ukraine
Ukraine
Finland
Finland
1:0 c
Ukraine vs. Finland
World Cup 2018 - Group I
Chornomorets Stadium
11 Matches

Match Progress for Finland in 2016

Favorite Opponents of Finland

Opponent M W D L G
Sweden
Sweden
33 6 4 23 33
Estonia
Estonia
22 13 3 6 53
Poland
Poland
21 3 7 11 21
Greece
Greece
16 5 2 9 16
Germany
Germany
15 1 6 8 14
Wales
Wales
14 4 5 5 14
Denmark
Denmark
13 2 2 9 9
Belgium
Belgium
12 4 4 4 19
Hungary
Hungary
12 2 3 7 7
Norway
Norway
12 1 3 8 11
Turkey
Turkey
12 4 4 4 16
France
France
11 1 0 10 5
Netherlands
Netherlands
11 0 1 10 3
Portugal
Portugal
11 1 4 6 8
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
11 5 2 4 18
Malta
Malta
10 6 2 2 15
Romania
Romania
9 0 3 6 4
Ireland
Ireland
9 2 2 5 5
Italy
Italy
8 1 0 7 4
England
England
8 0 2 6 5
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
8 2 1 5 7
Spain
Spain
8 1 2 5 5
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
8 7 0 1 15
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
7 0 2 5 2
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina
7 2 2 3 11
Iceland
Iceland
7 3 1 3 10
Kuwait
Kuwait
7 3 2 2 6
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
7 5 0 2 10
Latvia
Latvia
6 3 1 2 12
Austria
Austria
6 1 1 4 8
Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
6 3 1 2 9
Russia
Russia
6 1 0 5 3
Oman
Oman
6 3 2 1 10
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
6 3 2 1 12
Armenia
Armenia
6 5 1 0 11
San Marino
San Marino
6 6 0 0 23
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
5 3 2 0 9
Thailand
Thailand
5 1 1 3 6
Belarus
Belarus
5 3 2 0 12
Slovenia
Slovenia
5 2 1 2 5
Scotland
Scotland
5 0 3 2 4
Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
5 5 0 0 14
Czechia
Czechia
5 1 1 3 7
Bahrain
Bahrain
4 3 1 0 8
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
4 2 1 1 6
Switzerland
Switzerland
4 1 0 3 6
Moldova
Moldova
4 2 1 1 7
Qatar
Qatar
4 0 3 1 3
Slovakia
Slovakia
4 0 1 3 1
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
4 2 1 1 7
Ukraine
Ukraine
4 0 1 3 3
Israel
Israel
4 2 1 1 6
Cyprus
Cyprus
4 2 1 1 7
Lithuania
Lithuania
4 2 1 1 7
Andorra
Andorra
3 2 1 0 7
Tunisia
Tunisia
3 2 1 0 6
Albania
Albania
3 2 1 0 5
South Korea
South Korea
3 0 0 3 0
East Germany
East Germany
3 1 1 1 3
China
China
3 0 0 3 3
Brazil
Brazil
3 0 0 3 3
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
3 0 1 2 4
Mexico
Mexico
3 0 0 3 3
Japan
Japan
2 0 0 2 1
Croatia
Croatia
2 0 1 1 1
Egypt
Egypt
2 0 0 2 2
Cameroon
Cameroon
2 0 1 1 0
Morocco
Morocco
2 1 1 0 1
Kosovo
Kosovo
2 1 1 0 2
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
2 2 0 0 4
Serbia & Montenegro
Serbia & Montenegro
2 1 0 1 3
Montenegro
Montenegro
2 2 0 0 4
Serbia
Serbia
2 0 1 1 0
India
India
2 1 1 0 2
Georgia
Georgia
2 1 1 0 2
Singapore
Singapore
1 1 0 0 1
USA
USA
1 0 0 1 1
Uruguay
Uruguay
1 0 0 1 1
Honduras
Honduras
1 1 0 0 2
Barbados
Barbados
1 0 1 0 0
Algeria
Algeria
1 0 0 1 0
Ecuador
Ecuador
1 0 0 1 1
Malaysia
Malaysia
1 0 0 1 1
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
1 0 0 1 1
Canada
Canada
1 1 0 0 3
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
1 0 1 0 1
Chile
Chile
1 0 0 1 0
Colombia
Colombia
1 0 0 1 1
Jordan
Jordan
1 1 0 0 2
North Korea
North Korea
1 0 0 1 2
Yemen
Yemen
1 0 1 0 0
England
England (Olympic)
1 0 0 1 0
USA
USA (Amateur)
1 0 0 1 0
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