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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.
[edit] History
The Faroe Islands gained membership of FIFA and UEFA in 1988. Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Faroe Islands are the only non-sovereign countries which are allowed to be members in UEFA due to historical rights.
Although the national team has been in existence since 1930, neither FIFA nor the Faroese 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). The nation's only other wins in European Championship qualifying are in the 1996 tournament, against fellow minnows San Marino.
The team has participated in FIFA World Cup qualifying since 1992. They finished the qualification rounds for the 1994 finals without scoring any points and having 1-38 goal difference from 10 matches. In qualification 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 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 a success for the team and they only earned a single point from a 2-2 away draw against Cyprus.
On June 2, 2007, in a Euro 2008 qualifier against Italy, the Faroes surprisingly took the sluggish world champions to the limit after netting a 77th-minute goal in a 2-1 loss. Overall, their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign was disastrous, as they conceded 43 goals and scored only four (all of which were scored by the same player, Rógvi Jacobsen, and half of which were against Italy) en route to losing all twelve matches.
[edit] Achievements
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- 1989, 1991
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] European Championship record
[edit] Coaches
[edit] Team captains
[edit] Most capped players
1. Óli Johannesen
2. Jens Martin Knudsen
3. Julian Johnsson
4. John Petersen
5. Allan Mørkøre
6. Øssur Hansen
[edit] Top goalscorers
1. Rógvi Jacobsen (10)
2. Todi Jónsson (9)
3. John Petersen (8)
3. Uni Arge (8)
[edit] Current Squad
The following players are players called within the last year, as listed on national football teams as of 17 April 2008.
[edit] Goalkeepers
[edit] Defenders
[edit] Midfielders
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB (Age) |
Caps |
Goals |
Club |
|
MF |
Rókur av Fløtum Jespersen |
March 16, 1985 (1985-03-16) (age 23) |
1 |
0 |
 Fremad Amager |
|
MF |
Fróði Benjaminsen |
December 16, 1977 (1977-12-16) (age 30) |
46 |
2 |
 HB Tórshavn |
|
MF |
Jákup á Borg |
October 26, 1979 (1979-10-26) (age 28) |
52 |
2 |
HB Tórshavn |
|
MF |
Hjalgrím Elttør |
March 3, 1983 (1983-03-03) (age 25) |
14 |
0 |
NSÍ Runavík |
|
MF |
Pauli G. Hansen |
April 9, 1980 (1980-04-09) (age 28) |
|
|
Skála ÍF |
|
MF |
Tem Hansen |
January 18, 1984 (1984-01-18) (age 24) |
2 |
0 |
Lyngby Boldklub |
|
MF |
Rógvi Jacobsen |
March 5, 1979 (1979-03-05) (age 29) |
48 |
10 |
 IL Hødd |
|
MF |
Bergur Midjord |
April 20, 1985 (1985-04-20) (age 23) |
1 |
0 |
B36 Tórshavn |
|
MF |
Súni Olsen |
March 7, 1981 (1981-03-07) (age 27) |
29 |
1 |
Viborg FF |
|
MF |
Hans Pauli Samuelsen |
October 18, 1984 (1984-10-18) (age 23) |
|
|
EB/Streymur |
|
MF |
Símun Samuelsen |
May 21, 1985 (1985-05-21) (age 23) |
15 |
1 |
 Keflavík |
|
MF |
Mikkjal Thomassen |
January 12, 1976 (1976-01-12) (age 32) |
9 |
0 |
EB/Streymur |
|
MF |
Hanus Thorleifsson |
December 19, 1985 (1985-12-19) (age 22) |
|
|
B36 Tórshavn |
|
[edit] Forwards
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
 France |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Romania |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Serbia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Lithuania |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Austria |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Faroe Islands |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
[edit] Former players
- Uni Arge
- Harley Bertholdsen
- Jan Dam
- Arnbjørn Danielsen
- Mikkjal Danielsen
- Eyðfinn Davidsen
- Bartal Eliasen
- Jonhard Frederiksberg
- Andreas F. Hansen
- Hans Fróði Hansen
- Jens Kristian Hansen
- Johan Byrial Hansen
- Julian Hansen
- Poul Enok Hansen
- Tummas Eli Hansen
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[edit] External links
[edit] References
Shetland 5 - 1 Faroe Islands 
