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]

Team pool for season 2018-19

Finnish national team 30.1.2019 UEFA qualification tournament in Moldova
PlayerYear of birthTeam
Goalies
Antti Koivumäki1993 GFT
Juha-Matti Savolainen1991 Kampuksen Dynamo
Kasper Kangas1999 Leijona Futsal
Fieldplayers
Panu Autio 1985 GFT
Miika Hosio1989 Mantova calcio a5
Jarmo Junno1992 Sievi FS
Juhana Jyrkiäinen1990 Leijona Futsal
Jani Korpela1997 Kampuksen Dynamo
Sergei Korsunov1992 Kampuksen Dynamo
Jukka Kytölä1988 Mantova calcio a5
Mikko Kytölä1983 Kampuksen Dynamo
Antti Teittinen1981 Ilves FS
Lassi Lintula1997 Ilves FS
Justus Kunnas1999 Futsal MadMax
Aleksi Kylmälä1999 Sievi FS

Season 2018-2019

Futsal national team games 2010-11

DateVenueHome teamVisiting teamResultGoals
14.10.2010Cottonera Malta Finland0-7 Salmi, Autio, Torvinen 2, Reinikka, Juvonen, Modig
15.10.2010Cottonera Malta Finland0-10 Salmi 3, Autio 2, Terho 3, Laurikainen, Kytölä
13.12.2010Tampere Finland Ireland5-0 Henriksson 2, Terho, Autio, Own goal
14.12.2010Jyväskylä Finland Ireland8-2 Kytölä 2, Autio 3, Salmi, Torvinen, Own goal
10.1.2011Miskolc Hungary Finland3-1 Salmi
11.1.2011Gyöngyös Hungary Finland6-1 Teittinen
20.1.2011Tampere Finland Albania9-0 Reinikka, Salmi, Own goal, Laurikainen, Teittinen, Autio 3, Kytölä
22.1.2011Tampere Finland San Marino7-0 Autio 2, Kytölä, Terho, Teittinen 2, Torvinen
23.1.2011Tampere Cyprus Finland2-2 Lind 2
24.2.2011Rotterdam Russia Finland5-1Lindgren
25.2.2011Rotterdam Netherlands Finland5-2Autio, Own goal
27.2.2011Rotterdam Finland Serbia0-6