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Faroe Islands
Nickname	-
Association	Faroe Islands Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jógvan Martin Olsen (2005-)
Most caps	Óli Johannesen (70)
Top scorer	Todi Jónsson (9)
Home stadium	Tórsvøllur Stadium
FIFA code	FRO
FIFA ranking	182
Highest FIFA ranking	104 (July 1999)
Lowest FIFA ranking	185 (October 2006)
Elo ranking	167
Highest Elo ranking	143 (July 1991)
First kit 　 Second kit
First international Iceland 1 - 0 Faroe Islands (Akranes, Iceland; August 24, 1988)
Biggest win Faroe Islands 3 - 0 San Marino (Toftir, Faroe Islands; May 25, 1995)
Biggest defeat Iceland 9 - 0 Faroe Islands (Keflavík, Iceland; July 10, 1985)

The Faroe Islands national football team is the national football team of Faroe Islands and is controlled by the Faroe Islands Football Association. It is one of the weakest members of UEFA and has never advanced to the finals of any major international competition.

Although the team has been in existence since 1930, neither FIFA nor the Faroes FA considers matches before 1988 as official. Faroe Islands pulled one of the biggest upsets in footballing history, when they beat Austria 1-0 in their first ever competitive international on 12 September 1990. The game, a Euro 92 qualifier, was played in Landskrona, Sweden because there were no grass fields on the Islands. (Their only other point of the campaign was from a draw against Northern Ireland.) During both the Euro 2000 qualifiers and Euro 2004 qualifiers, they also held Scotland to a draw at home (they also drew with Lithuania and Bosnia in 2000, while the draw against the Scots was their only point of the 2004 campaign). However they were beaten 6-0 by Scotland in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. As of 2004, their only other wins in the qualification rounds for the European Championship were in the qualifying for the 1996 tournament, both against fellow minnows San Marino.

The team also participates in the FIFA World Cup qualifying since 1992 and the qualification rounds for the 1994 finals, which they finished without scoring any points and having 1-38 goal difference from 10 matches. In the following World Cup qualifying, for the 1998 finals, they improved their record with two victories against Malta, beating them 2-1 in both matches. Their most successful World Cup qualifying so far was the one for the 2002 finals, where they held Slovenia to a 2-2 draw at home and beat Luxembourg twice, 2-0 on road and 1-0 at home. The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying was, however, not really successful for them and they only scored one point from a 2-2 away draw against Cyprus.

Contents 1 Achievements 2 World Cup record 3 European Championship record 4 Coaches 5 Team captains 6 Most capped players 7 Top goalscorers 8 Current players

• Island Games: 2

1989, 1991

• 1930 to 1990 - Did not enter
• 1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify

• 1960 to 1988 - Did not enter
• 1992 to 2004 - Did not qualify

• Páll Guðlaugsson (1990-1993)
• Allan Simonsen (1993-2001)
• Henrik Larsen (2001-2005)
• Jógvan Martin Olsen (2005-)

Óli Johannesen

1. Óli Johannesen

1. Todi Jónsson (9)
2. John Petersen (8)
2. Rógvi Jacobsen (8)

The following players have all been called up to the Faroese squad for the Ukraine and Georgia matches on the 24th and 28th March. Clubs are Faroese except where indicated.

Goalkeepers

Name	Club
Jákup Mikkelsen	B36 Tórshavn
Meinhardt Joensen	KÍ Klaksvík

Defenders

Name	Club
Mortan úr Hørg	HB Tórshavn
Rasmus Nolsøe	HB Torshavn
Óli Johannesen	TB Tvøroyri
Marni Djurhuus	EB/Streymur
Atli Danielsen	Frem
Jón Rói Jacobsen	Aalborg BK

Midfielders

Name	Club
Fróði Benjaminsen	B36 Tórshavn
Mikkjal Thomassen	B36 Tórshavn
Hanus Thorleifsson	B36 Tórshavn
Jákup á Borg	HB Tórshavn
Sámal Joensen	GÍ Gøta
Símun Samuelsen	Keflavik ÍF
Súni Olsen	Aalborg BK
Tem Hansen	Fremad Amager

Strikers

Name	Club
Christian Høgni Jacobsen	HB Tórshavn
Rógvi Jacobsen	HB Tórshavn
Andrew av Fløtum	Fremad Amager
Christian Holst	Lyngby FC

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