Finland national futsal team
The Finnish national futsal team represents Finland in international futsal competitions. The team is run under supervision of the Football Association of Finland. It has never qualified for the World Cup or the European Championships. On 21.2.2019 rankings Finland is 35th globally and 20th in Europe.
History
The Finnish national futsal team was formed for the first time in 1994 when Finland participated in the World University Futsal Championship held in Cyprus. The World University Futsal Championship was held in Jyväskylä, Finland two years later. The first official international matches were played on October 21 and 22, 1998 against Hungary. Later that year Finland also participated in the qualifiers for the 1999 UEFA Futsal Championship tournament with futsal national team coach Timo Liekoski, but failed to qualify.Simo Syrjävaara was selected as national futsal team coach at the end of year 1999. During Syrjävaara's spell, the team has participated twice in FIFA Futsal World Championship qualifiers and three times in UEFA Futsal Championship qualifiers. In these qualifiers, the team won only twice and lost total of 14 times. After Syrjävaara stepped down, rising talent Jouni Pihlaja took over coaching the team from the beginning of year 2005.
International Competitions
[FIFA Futsal World Cup]
- 1989 - did not compete
- 1992 - did not compete
- 1996 - did not compete
- 2000 - did not qualify
- 2004 - did not qualify
- 2008 - did not qualify
- 2012 - did not qualify
- 2016 - did not qualify
- 2020 - TBD
[UEFA Futsal Championship]
- 1996 - did not compete
- 1999 - did not qualify
- 2001 - did not qualify
- 2003 - did not qualify
- 2005 - did not qualify
- 2007 - did not qualify
- 2010 - did not qualify
- 2012 - did not qualify
- 2014 - did not qualify
- 2016 - did not qualify
- 2018 - did not qualify
- 2022 - TBD
Nordic Futsal Cup
Team pool for season 2018-19
Finnish national team 30.1.2019 UEFA qualification tournament in MoldovaPlayer | Year of birth | Team |
Goalies | ||
Antti Koivumäki | 1993 | GFT |
Juha-Matti Savolainen | 1991 | Kampuksen Dynamo |
Kasper Kangas | 1999 | Leijona Futsal |
Fieldplayers | ||
Panu Autio | 1985 | GFT |
Miika Hosio | 1989 | Mantova calcio a5 |
Jarmo Junno | 1992 | Sievi FS |
Juhana Jyrkiäinen | 1990 | Leijona Futsal |
Jani Korpela | 1997 | Kampuksen Dynamo |
Sergei Korsunov | 1992 | Kampuksen Dynamo |
Jukka Kytölä | 1988 | Mantova calcio a5 |
Mikko Kytölä | 1983 | Kampuksen Dynamo |
Antti Teittinen | 1981 | Ilves FS |
Lassi Lintula | 1997 | Ilves FS |
Justus Kunnas | 1999 | Futsal MadMax |
Aleksi Kylmälä | 1999 | Sievi FS |
Season 2018-2019
Futsal national team games 2010-11
Date | Venue | Home team | Visiting team | Result | Goals |
14.10.2010 | Cottonera | Malta | Finland | 0-7 | Salmi, Autio, Torvinen 2, Reinikka, Juvonen, Modig |
15.10.2010 | Cottonera | Malta | Finland | 0-10 | Salmi 3, Autio 2, Terho 3, Laurikainen, Kytölä |
13.12.2010 | Tampere | Finland | Ireland | 5-0 | Henriksson 2, Terho, Autio, Own goal |
14.12.2010 | Jyväskylä | Finland | Ireland | 8-2 | Kytölä 2, Autio 3, Salmi, Torvinen, Own goal |
10.1.2011 | Miskolc | Hungary | Finland | 3-1 | Salmi |
11.1.2011 | Gyöngyös | Hungary | Finland | 6-1 | Teittinen |
20.1.2011 | Tampere | Finland | Albania | 9-0 | Reinikka, Salmi, Own goal, Laurikainen, Teittinen, Autio 3, Kytölä |
22.1.2011 | Tampere | Finland | San Marino | 7-0 | Autio 2, Kytölä, Terho, Teittinen 2, Torvinen |
23.1.2011 | Tampere | Cyprus | Finland | 2-2 | Lind 2 |
24.2.2011 | Rotterdam | Russia | Finland | 5-1 | Lindgren |
25.2.2011 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Finland | 5-2 | Autio, Own goal |
27.2.2011 | Rotterdam | Finland | Serbia | 0-6 |