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Åland Islands official football team

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Nickname(s)
  
The Ålandish Islanders

Ground
  
Wiklöf Holding Arena

FIFA code
  
AXL

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Home stadium
  
Wiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn

Association
  
Åland Football Association

Head coaches
  
Thomas Nordström, Per-Åke Eriksson

The Åland Islands official football team (Swedish: Ålands förbundslag i fotboll) is the official football team for the Åland Islands, Finland, and is controlled by Ålands Fotbollförbund. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA.

The team mainly competes in the Island Games. Åland hosted it in 1991 and 2009. The team won a silver medal in 2009 and bronze medal in 1989 and 1993. They also reached fourth place in 1991 and 2011.

Åland also has a successful club football side, IFK Mariehamn, which plays in the Finnish premier league (Veikkausliiga) and won the league in 2016.

Current squad

The following players were in the Island Games squad in 2011-2015 .

References

Åland Islands official football team Wikipedia