Greenland national football team

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Greenland

Nickname

Polar-Bamserne "The Polar Teddy Bears"

Association

Greenland Football Union [1]
(Grønlands Boldspil-Union)

Head coach

Jens Tang Olesen

FIFA code

GRL

ELO Ranking

201





Home kit





Away kit

First International

Faroe Islands 6 - 0 Greenland

(Iceland; July 2, 1980)

Biggest win

Greenland 16 - 0 Sark

(Guernsey, Channel Islands; July 1, 2003)

Biggest defeat

Faroe Islands 6 - 0 Greenland

(Iceland; July 2, 1980)

The Greenland national football team is the national team of Greenland and is controlled by the Greenland Football Union [2]. Greenland is not a member of FIFA nor of any continental confederation and therefore is not eligible to enter the World Cup or other sanctioned tournaments. Most of the matches they have played have been against the Faroe Islands and Iceland, but neither of the two consider those games full internationals. It has also played Tibet, since neither are FIFA members.

Greenland is a member of the International Island Games Association and has taken part in Football at the Island Games. Since October 13, 2005 it is a provisional member of the NF-Board and since March 25, 2006 it is full-member.

The team was once trained by experienced manager Sepp Piontek.

Also, most Greenlander players are eligible to play for Denmark, since Greenland is officially part of the country. Jesper Grønkjær is a Greenlander.

FIFA's recent approval of FieldTurf may allow Greenland to create FIFA-standard playing pitches and apply to play full internationals. They would join either UEFA (due to links with Denmark), or CONCACAF (geographically, Greenland is part of North America).

Greenland has participated in the 2006 FIFI Wild Cup. It played two games and lost both the first 0-1 against the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the second 2-4 against Zanzibar.

Greenland has participated in the ELF Cup.

Football Teams Participating in the 2007 Island Games
Åland \| Alderney \| Bermuda \| Cayman \| Falkland \| Frøyar \| Gibraltar \| Greenland \| Guernsey \| Hitra \| Isle of Man \| Isle of Wight \| Jersey \| Minorea \| Orkney \| PEI \| Rhodes \| Saaremaa \| Sark \| Shetland \| St. Helena \| W. Isles \| Ynys Mon