Finnish national football team (U-21 men)

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Finland
Fed finlande.svg
Association Suomen Palloliitto
confederacy UEFA
Technical sponsor Adidas
Head coach Markku Kanerva
captain Tim Sparv
Record scorer -
Record player -
FIFA code FIN
home
Away


Successes in tournaments
European Championship
Participation in the finals 1 ( first : 2009 )
Best results Preliminary round (2009)
(Status: unknown)

The Finnish U-21 national football team is a selection team of Finnish football players . It is subject to the Suomen Palloliitto , the Finnish Football Association, and represents it at the U-21 level , in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also at the European Championship of the continental association UEFA . Players who have not yet reached the age of 21 and who are Finnish citizens are eligible to play. In tournaments, the age at the first qualifying game is decisive.

history

Finland's U-21s have only been able to qualify for the U-21 European Football Championship hosted by UEFA .

For the qualification for the European Championship 2006 Finland was drawn into group 1 with the Netherlands , the Czech Republic , Romania , Macedonia and Armenia . Two wins were compared to a draw and seven defeats, with a goal difference of 7:16. All seven points were taken against Macedonia and Armenia, with neither game losing to Macedonia.

Since the next European Championship after the EM in 2006 did not take place two years later, as usual, but took place in 2007 , the corresponding qualification was played out in a rapid process. Starting with a preliminary round, over a short group stage with three teams and the play-off games. Finland needed to get into the group stage first. In group 6 they were drawn from Russia and Hungary . There was only one game against each team, so the teams had one away and one home rights. In both games, the Northern Europeans disappointed, conceding five goals each and only able to score one. Russia became first in the table.

The first participation in the European Championship

In qualifying for Euro 2009 , the Finns had the luck of the draw and were able to avoid the big favorites in Group 6. The group was very even with Scotland , Denmark , Slovenia and Lithuania . Scotland, a one-time participant in a European Championship finals, and Denmark, a four-time participant in a European Championship finals, should be the favorites in this qualifying group. All other three teams have not yet qualified for this. The participant for the play-offs was only determined on the last day of the match. The Finns started with a series of five wins, a 1-0 on the first matchday against Denmark and a 3-2 on the second matchday against Scotland, surprisingly well and played their way to the top of the table from the start. On March 26, 2008 there was the first defeat in the second leg in Scotland. Since they did not suffer any further defeats apart from the defeat on matchday two, the island footballers should prove to be the toughest competitor of the Finns. The Danish team was also defeated in the second game, so that on the penultimate match day Finland was in first place with 18 points and Scotland in second place with 16 points. The last games of both teams had to be decided on qualification. Both teams had to play away. On September 9th, the white-blue team in Slovenia and the Scots played against Denmark. The Finnish game ended with a 0-0 draw. Since Scotland could have qualified with a win due to the better goal difference, this 0-0 would not have been sufficient. However, the men from the island botched their game and lost 1-0, so that Finland could move into the play-off round.

There Markku Kanerva's team met the team from Austria on October 11th and 15th, 2008 . The first leg in the Austrian Pasching lost the blue-whites 1: 2. After the home side led 2-0 after 15 minutes, Përparim Hetemaj was only able to score the connection goal from the perspective of the Finns. In the second leg, too, the alpine footballers led 1-0 after just 26 minutes. Only in the 86th and then in the 90th minute, Jussi Vasara's two goals turned the game around and forced the Austrians into extra time. No more goals were scored in this, so the penalty shoot-out had to decide. Goalkeeper Tomi Maanoja held the penalties of Marko Stanković and Michael Madl and thus secured the first entry of the Finnish U-21 selection into the European Championship finals.

Participation in U-21 European championships

1978 not qualified
1980 not qualified
1982 not qualified
1984 not qualified
1986 not qualified
1988 not qualified
1990 not qualified
1992 not qualified
1994 in France not qualified
1996 in Spain not qualified
1998 in Romania not qualified
2000 in Slovakia not qualified
2002 in Switzerland not qualified
2004 in Germany not qualified
2006 in Portugal not qualified
2007 in the Netherlands not qualified
2009 in Sweden Group stage
2011 in Denmark not qualified
2013 in Israel not qualified
2015 in the Czech Republic not qualified
2017 in Poland not qualified

Note : Between 1978 and 1992, the final round of a U-21 European Championship was not played in one country, but instead was played back and forth in the respective participating nations.

Trainer

(incomplete)

Former and well-known players

(Selection)

See also

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