Faroe Islands
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Kvinnulandsliðið
(Women's National Team)
AssociationFaroe Islands
Football Association (FSF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachLene Terp
CaptainÁsla Johannesen
Most capsHeidi Sevdal (57)
Top scorerRannvá B. Andreasen (27)
Home stadiumTórsvøllur
FIFA codeFRO
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 110 Decrease 10 (15 December 2023)[1]
Highest60 (June 2009)
Lowest110 (December 2023)
First international
Official
 Faroe Islands 0–2 Republic of Ireland 
(Toftir, Faroe Islands; 24 September 1995)
Unofficial
 Iceland 6–0 Faroe Islands 
(Kópavogur, Iceland; 25 June 1986)
Biggest win
 Faroe Islands 8–0 Andorra 
(Ħamrun, Malta; 6 April 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Faroe Islands 0–13 Norway 
(Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 8 October 2019)

The Faroe Islands women's national football team represents the Faroe Islands in women's association football and is controlled by the Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF), the governing body of all football in the Faroe Islands. The FSF became a member of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) in 1988 and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) in 1990. By population, it remains the fourth smallest member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe. The women's team played their first FIFA-sanctioned international match in 1995 and have never advanced to the finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup or UEFA Women's Championship. They took part in the Island Games in 2001, 2003 and 2005 and won all three tournaments, as well as appearing at the 2010 edition of the Algarve Cup. In the Faroe Islands, the team is known as the Kvinnulandsliðið.

History

Faroe Islands national team in 2013

The FSF was founded on 13 January 1979[2] and a women's national league began play in 1985.[3] The first Faroese women's national team games took place in June 1986, with two defeats to Iceland. The matches, a 6–0 defeat at Kópavogsvöllur and a 2–0 defeat at Akranesvöllur, predate the Faroe Islands' membership of FIFA and UEFA but are listed as full internationals at both FIFA.com and the official website of the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ).[4][5]

The Faroe Islands joined FIFA on 2 July 1988[2] and the male national team played its first official match—a 1–0 defeat against Iceland—on 24 August 1988.[6] Membership of UEFA followed on 18 April 1990 and the Faroe Islands' male team entered its first major international competition later that year: the qualifying rounds for the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship.[2]

A women's team was formed to take part in the 1997 UEFA Women's Championship qualification tournament, which began in September 1995. Páll Guðlaugsson was appointed as coach. The Faroe Islands were competing at class B, in a regionalised group alongside Belgium, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The group winners would not qualify for the final tournament but would play-off against a last placed team from A class for promotion to the higher grade.[7]

The Faroe Islands staged all their home games at the national stadium of the time, Svangaskarð in Toftir. On 24 September 1995 they lost their first ever home match 2–0 to Ireland.[8] The following month, another 2–0 defeat, to Belgium in Brussels, preceded a 7–1 loss in Scotland where Sólvá Joensen scored the team's first ever goal.[9] Two days later, on 25 October 1995, the Faroe Islands beat Wales 1–0 at Farrar Road in Bangor to record their first ever victory. Helga Ellingsgaard scored the decisive goal on 35 minutes,[10] while opposition coach Sue Lopez lamented her team's failure to convert any of their 20 shots at goal.[11]

The next match was a 3–1 defeat in Dublin, Ireland's third goal coming in the last minute. In 1996 the Faroe Islands finished their campaign with three home games, but lost them all. The first, on 18 May 1996, was a 9–0 defeat by group winners Belgium which remained the Faroe Islands' joint record defeat until 2019. Scotland and Wales departed Toftir with 3–0 and 1–0 victories, respectively, as the Faroe Islands finished bottom of the group with three points, having scored three goals and conceded 27.

The FSF scrapped their women's national team after the tournament, as they were unwilling to fund travel to away fixtures. They did enter competitions at youth level, which were not played on a home and away basis but were mini-tournaments staged in a single location to keep costs down.[12]

When the senior women's national team was relaunched in 2004 after an eight-year hiatus, their first match was a 2–1 friendly defeat to Ireland. Irish coach Noel King named an experimental team which lacked his leading players from Arsenal Ladies.[13] The game was staged in Klaksvík on 12 October 2004, the day before the nations' senior men's teams met at Lansdowne Road, Dublin.

In the next match, a return friendly with Ireland at the Oscar Traynor Centre in Dublin, Rannvá B. Andreasen put the Faroe Islands ahead after six minutes. Ireland hit back to win 2–1.

The Faroe Islands' first matches back in UEFA competition came in November 2006, at the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying series. At a preliminary round mini-tournament held in Strumica, Macedonia, Malena Josephsen's injury time goal in the first match was not enough to avert a 2–1 defeat to Wales. The team was eliminated after another defeat, 1–0 to Kazakhstan. In the final match the Faroe Islands beat hosts Macedonia 7–0 at Stadion Kukuš to record a record win which stood until 2015.

Team image

Home stadium

The Faroe Islands women's national football team plays their home matches on the Tórsvøllur.

Results and fixtures

  • The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or Postponement   Fixture

2023

5 April 2023 (2023-04-05) Friendly Faroe Islands  5–5  Luxembourg Faroe Islands
--:-- UTC±0
8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) Friendly Faroe Islands  1–2  Luxembourg Faroe Islands
--:-- UTC±0
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) Nations League C Faroe Islands  0–1  Montenegro Tórshavn
19:00 (18:00 WEST) Report
  • Kuč 21'
 Stadium: Tórsvøllur
Referee: Briet Bragadottir (Iceland)
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group C3 Cyprus  1–0  Faroe Islands , Dasaki Achnas
18:00 (19:00 EEST) Violari 65' Report Stadium: Dasaki Stadium
Referee: Maika Vanderstichel (France)
27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) Nations League C Faroe Islands  1–2  Azerbaijan Klaksvík
15:00 (14:00 WEST)
  • Christiansen 83'
 Report
Stadium: Við Djúpumýrar
Attendance: 430
Referee: Jelena Jermolajeva (Latvia)
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) Nations League C Faroe Islands  0–1  Cyprus Tórshavn
18:00 (19:00 EEST) Report
Stadium: Tórsvøllur
Attendance: 530[14]
Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)
1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) Nations League C Montenegro  9–0  Faroe Islands Podgorica, Montenegro
13:00
Report Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium
Attendance: 75
Referee: Marina Zechner (Austria)
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) Nations League C Azerbaijan  1–0  Faroe Islands Baku
16:00 (19:00 AZT) Report Stadium: Dalga Arena
Referee: Lovisa Johansson (Sweden)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Denmark Lene Terp [15]

Manager history

Players

Current squad

The following players were named for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Azerbaijan and Montenegro on 1 and 5 December 2023.[21]

  • Caps and goals updated as of 24 October 2020, after the match against Wales.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Óluva Joensen (2002-04-21) 21 April 2002 2 0 Faroe Islands KÍ
23 1GK Valborg Østerø (2002-08-06) 6 August 2002 Faroe Islands B36
11 2DF Ása Carlsen 0
3 2DF Birita Ryan (2002-11-24) 24 November 2002 3 0 Faroe Islands KÍ
6 2DF Heidi Sevdal (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 57 21 Faroe Islands NSÍ
16 2DF Eyðvør Klakstein (1995-09-05) 5 September 1995 Faroe Islands KÍ
7 2DF Ásla Johannesen (captain) (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 26 1 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
11 2DF Sarita Petersen 0
16 3MF Julia Mortensen
13 3MF Jensa Tórolvsdóttir (2001-08-03) 3 August 2001 2 0 Faroe Islands ÍF/Víkingur/B68
11 3MF Sara Lamhauge (2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 8 0 Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn
11 3MF Malena Olsen 0
11 3MF Lena Olsen 0
11 3MF Rúna Jacobsen 0
11 3MF Tóra Mohr 0
11 3MF Rúna Olsen 0
21 4FW Sunniva Dal Christiansen
21 4FW Rebekka Fjallsá Benbakoura
21 4FW Mona Rasmusdóttir
11 3MF Margit Magnusdottir 0
21 4FW Tórunn Joensen
21 4FW Fridrikka Maria Klementsen

Recent call ups

  • The following players have been called up to a Faroe Islands squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up


MF Margunn Lindholm 0 v.  Cyprus,31 October 2023
MF Maria Johansen 0 v.  Cyprus,31 October 2023

Former players

  • Katrina Akursmørk (2011–2014, 2017– )

Records

Individual records

Source:[22]

  • Players in bold are still active.

Team records

On 28 November 2012 two of the players of the Faroe Islands women's national team set a world record. For the first time ever a parent and child played together in a football match for their country.[23] Bára Skaale Klakkstein has played for many years now on the national team, Eyðvør has played for the U17 and U19 national teams, but on 28 November 2012 both mother and daughter played together in a friendly match against Luxembourg. The Faroe Islands won 6–0. Eyðvør was born on 5 September 1995 and was 17 years old when playing this match which was her first for the national team. The mother, Bára Skaale Klakkstein, was born on 24 March 1973[24] and was 39 years old, when she played the match against Luxembourg. Mother and daughter have played together on the KÍ women's best team since 2010.[25]

Honours

Island Games

Women's Baltic Cup

  • Champions: 2016
  • Runners-up: 2021

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 to Germany 2011Did not enter Did not participate
Canada 2015Did not qualify 13238945−36
France 2019 113081056−46
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 8008256−54
2027To be determined To be determined
Total—––––––– 32532421157−136
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GD GP W D* L GS GA GD
1984 to 1995Did not enter Did not participate
NorwaySweden 1997Did not qualify 8107327−24
Germany 2001Did not enter Did not enter
England 2005
Finland 2009Did not qualify 310283+5
Sweden 2013 3102220
Netherlands 2017 3201124+8
England 2022 7007142−41
Switzerland 2025To be determined To be determined
Total—––––––– 2450192678−52
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Island Games

Island Games record
Year Result GP W D L GS GA
Isle of Man 2001Champions4400394
Guernsey 2003Champions4400342
Shetland 2005Champions5500332
Rhodes 2007 to presentDid not enter
TOTAL3 Titles1313001068

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Faroese future in safe hands". UEFA. 21 February 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Stokkermans, Karel (11 July 2013). "Faroe Islands – List of Women Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Fixtures and Results – From 01.01.1986 To 31.12.1986". FIFA. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Leikskýrsla". Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  6. ↑ Courtney, Barrie (16 May 2008). "Faroe Islands – List of International matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  7. ↑ Timmermann, Bernd (28 January 2004). "European Women Championship 1995–97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  8. ↑ Josephsen, Malena. "Føroyar – Írland 0 – 2 (0–1)". KÍ – Kvinnur – Online. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  9. ↑ Josephsen, Malena. "Skotland – Føroyar 7 – 1 (3–1)". KÍ – Kvinnur – Online. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  10. ↑ Josephsen, Malena. "Wales – Føroyar". KÍ – Kvinnur – Online. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  11. ↑ Lopez 1997, p. 185
  12. ↑ "Interview: Malena Josephsen (KI Klaksvik)". Soccerway. 24 September 2005. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  13. ↑ Duret, Sébastien (5 April 2005). "International matches (Women) 2004". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Faroe Islands v Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  15. 1 2 "Lene nýggjur A-landsliðsvenjari". Norðlýsið (in Icelandic). 26 January 2021.
  16. ↑ "Álvur gevst sum landsliðsvenjari". fsf.fo. Faroese Football Association. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  17. ↑ "Kvinnulandsliðið nýggjar venjarar". fsf.fo. Faroese Football Association. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  18. ↑ "Kvinnulandsliðið nýggja avbjóðing". fsf.fo. Faroese Football Association. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  19. ↑ Ósá, Jákup (17 January 2019). "John Petersen nýggjur landsliðsvenjari". Norðlýsið (in Icelandic).
  20. ↑ New coach for
  21. ↑ Squad For 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
  22. ↑ "Landsliðsleikarar 1995–2013" (in Faroese). Faroe Islands Football Association. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  23. ↑ "Sportal.fo, Eyðvør og Bára skrivaðu søgu". Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  24. ↑ Bára Skaale Klakkstein on Faroesoccer.com
  25. ↑ Faroesoccer.com (chose "Útilið", statistics from one of the 2010 matches where mother and daughter played together).

Bibliography

  • Lopez, Sue (1997). Women on the Ball: A Guide to Women's Football. London, England: Scarlet Press. ISBN 1857270169.
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