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 29.7.2022 rankings Finland is 18th globally and 11th 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 FIFA Futsal World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundOutcome 1989Did not enterDid not enter 1992 1996 2000Did not qualifyGroup E 5th place4004715 2004Group 2 3rd place3102418 2008Group 6 3rd place3102410 2012Group D 3rd place311146 2016Group 3 3rd place5212127 2021Play-offs115333822 2024Play-offs126333718 2028TBD2028TBDTotal0/100000007/10411581810696
UEFA European Futsal Championship UEFA Futsal Euro recordQualification recordYearRoundOutcome 1996Did not enter------- 1999Did not qualifyGroup C runner up2101313 2001Group B 3rd place3102512 2003Group B 4th place3003314 2005Group D 4th place3003225 2007Group D 4th place62131926 2010Group 6 3rd place63031512 2012Group 2 4th place62132118 2014Group 1 3rd place3102611 2016Group 3 3rd place6402138 2018Group 4 3rd place31111013 2022Quarterfinals4112913Group 7 runner up63122018 2026Did not qualifyGroup 2 3rd place62041612 2030TBD2030TBDTotal1/13411291311/134718425117170
Nordic Futsal Cup
Nordic Futsal Cup recordYearRoundPosition 2013 Third place 3rd 3 1 0 2 10 10 2014 Winners 1st 3 2 1 0 8 3 2016 Winners 1st 4 4 0 0 16 5 2017 Winners 1st 4 4 0 0 17 6 2018 Winners 1st 4 4 0 0 16 4 2019 Winners 1st 4 4 0 0 25 4Total6/6 app. 5 title 22 19 1 2 92 32
Baltic Futsal Cup
Baltic Futsal Cup recordYearRoundPosition 2015 Winners 1st 3 2 1 0 9 4
Players
Current squad The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification matches against Portugal and Armenia on 16 and 20 September 2023, respectively.
Recent call-ups The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.
COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19. INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. PRE Preliminary squad. RET Retired from international futsal.
Season 2018-2019 DateTeamsVenueResultNotesFinland goalscorers14.4.2019Finland SpainVantaa, FinlandX - X13.4.2019Finland SpainTampere, FinlandX - X2.2.2019Finland MoldovaCiorescu, Moldova1-2 (0-1)WC 2020 QualificationsJyrkiäinen31.1.2019 WalesFinlandCiorescu, Moldova0-7 (0-2)WC 2020 QualificationsKylmälä, Autio, Korpela, Korsunov, Hosio, J. Kytölä, Jyrkiäinen30.1.2019FinlandNorthern IrelandCiorescu, Moldova9-1 (4-1)WC 2020 QualificationsKorpela x2, Junno, Korsunov, Autio, J.Kytölä x2, Hosio8.12.2018DenmarkFinlandRingkøbing-Skjern, Denmark1-3 (1-0)Nordic Futsal CupJ.Kytölä x2, Autio7.12.2018NorwayFinlandRingkøbing-Skjern, Denmark0-2 (0-0)Nordic Futsal CupTeittinen, Junno5.12.2018 SwedenFinlandRingkøbing-Skjern, Denmark5-2 (4-1)Nordic Futsal CupM.Kytölä, Hosio, Teittinen, J.Kytölä, Autio4.12.2018FinlandGreenlandRingkøbing-Skjern, Denmark6-1 (4-1)Nordic Futsal CupKorsunov, Jyrkiäinen x2, J.Kytölä, Junno, Autio28.10.2018 Czech RepublicFinlandJyväskylä, Finland4-1M.Kytölä27.10.2018FinlandDenmarkJyväskylä, Finland3-2Autio x2, Korsunov26.10.2018Finland RussiaJyväskylä, Finland2-5Jyrkiäinen, M.Kytölä
Futsal national team games 2010-11
Date Venue Home team Visiting team Result Goals 14.10.2010 Cottonera Malta Finland 0-7 (0-1) Salmi, Autio, Torvinen 2, Reinikka, Juvonen, Modig 15.10.2010 Cottonera Malta Finland 0-10 (0-5) Salmi 3, Autio 2, Terho 3, Laurikainen, Kytölä 13.12.2010 Tampere Finland Ireland 5-0 (3-0) Henriksson 2, Terho, Autio, Own goal 14.12.2010 Jyväskylä Finland Ireland 8-2 (5-0) Kytölä 2, Autio 3, Salmi, Torvinen, Own goal 10.1.2011 Miskolc Hungary Finland 3-1 (1-1) Salmi 11.1.2011 Gyöngyös Hungary Finland 6-1 (0-1) Teittinen 20.1.2011 Tampere Finland Albania 9-0 (5-0) Reinikka, Salmi, Own goal, Laurikainen, Teittinen, Autio 3, Kytölä 22.1.2011 Tampere Finland San Marino 7-0 (1-0) Autio 2, Kytölä, Terho, Teittinen 2, Torvinen 23.1.2011 Tampere Cyprus Finland 2-2 (1-2) 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
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