Finnish women's national soccer team

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Finland

Nickname (s)	Helmarit or Helmipöllöt (the barn owl)
Association	Finlands Bollförbund
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	adidas
Head coach	Anna Signeul
captain	Tinja-Riikka Korpela
Record scorer	Linda Sällström (46)
Record player	Laura Österberg Kalmari (130)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	FIN
FIFA rank	30. (1671 points) (as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
378 games 109 wins 71 draws 198 defeats
statistics
First international match Finland 0-0 Sweden ( Mariehamn , Finland ; 25 August 1973 )
Biggest win Finland 8-0 Bulgaria ( Lovech , Bulgaria , August 21, 2014 )
Biggest defeat Denmark 9-0 Finland ( Vejen , Denmark ; July 26, 1975 )
Successes in tournaments
European Championship
Participation in the finals	3 ( first : 2005 )
Best results	Semi-finals ( 2005 )
(As of March 10, 2020)

The Finnish national women's football team represents Finland in international women's football . The national team reports to the Finnish Football Association and has been coached by Andrée Jeglertz since 2010. Based on the "Huuhkajat" (eagle owls) called Finland's men's national team, it is called "Helmarit" or "Helmipöllöt" (German: barnacles; literally translated: pearl owls).

For the Euro 2005 they qualified for the first time and reached the semi-finals completely surprisingly. For the first time, the association was able to reap the benefits of successful youth work. In 2009 the 10th European Championship took place in Finland, so Finland was automatically qualified as host. The Finnish team reached the quarter-finals after two wins in the preliminary round, where the team lost 3-2 to England . The Finnish selection took part in a women's European championship for the third time in Sweden in 2013 , but was eliminated in the preliminary round. The Finns were the only participants in the previous European Championships that were unable to qualify for the 2017 European Championship, which was increased to 16 participants.

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

1991 : not qualified 1995 : not qualified 1999 : not qualified 2003 : not qualified

2007 : not qualified 2011 : not qualified 2015 : not qualified 2019 : not qualified

European Championship

→ Main article : Finnish Women's National Football Team / European Championships

1984 : not qualified 1987 : not qualified 1989 : not qualified 1991 : not qualified 1993 : not qualified 1995 : not qualified

1997 : not qualified 2001 : not qualified 2005 : semi-finals 2009 : quarter-finals 2013 : preliminary round 2017 : not qualified

Olympic games

1996 : not qualified 2000 : not qualified 2004 : not qualified 2008 : not qualified

2012 : not qualified 2016 : not qualified 2020 : not qualified

Nordic championship

1974 : third 1975 : third 1976 : third 1977 : third 1978 : third

1979 : third 1980 : fourth 1981 : second 1982 : fourth

Algarve Cup

The national team took part in 18 events of the Algarve Cup , in which almost all of the best women's national teams take part every year. The best result is fifth place in the second edition in 1995. Since 2012 the team has been taking part in the Cyprus Cup , which is taking place in parallel .

1994 : 6th place 1995 : 5th place 1996 : 8th place 1997 : 6th place 1998 : 8th place 1999 : 8th place 2000 : 7th place 2001 : 7th place 2002 : 7th place 2003 : 6th place

2004 : 09th place 2005 : 10th place 2006 : 07th place 2007 : 06th place 2008 : 08th place 2009 : 07th place 2010 : 08th place 2011 : 10th place 2012 to 2020 : did not participate

Cyprus Cup

• 2008 - 2011 : did not participate
• 2012 : 06th place
• 2013 : 07th place
• 2014 : 12th place (last place)
• 2015 : 09th place
• 2016 : 08th place (last place)
• 2017 : not participated
• 2018 : 11th place
• 2019 : 09th place
• 2020 : 02nd place

Current squad

The following players have been nominated for the Cyprus Cup 2020 . Olga Ahtinen and Tuija Hyyrynen were subsequently replaced by the debutantes Nea Lehtola and Jutta Rantala. Record goal scorer Linda Sällström was also nominated later. After the first game, Adelina Engman also dropped out due to an injury and traveled back to her club.

No.	Surname	Date of birth	debut	society	Calls	Gates	Last use
goal
23	Tinja-Riikka Korpela	05/05/1986	2007	Everton FC	093	00	03/11/2020
01	Paula Myllyoja	May 20, 1984	?	ASD Pink Sport Time	003	00	March 8th, 2020
12	Anna Tamminen	10/30/1994	?	Åland United	006th	00	March 8th, 2020
Defense
06th	Anna Auvinen	03/02/1987	2017	Inter Milan	017th	00	March 8th, 2020
05	Emma Koivisto	09/25/1994	2012	Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC	057	02	03/11/2020
15th	Natalia Kuikka	December 01, 1995	2013	Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC	054	03	03/11/2020
02	Elli Pikkujämsa	10/24/1999	2019	KIF Örebro	003	00	March 8th, 2020
16	Anna Westerlund	04/09/1989	2008	Åland United	126	04th	03/11/2020
midfield
10	Emmi Alanen	04/30/1991	2010	Växjö DFF	079	019th	03/11/2020
0(7)	Adelina Engman	10/11/1994	2012	Chelsea ladies	068	07th	02.09.2019
11	Nora Heroum	07/20/1984	2012	AC Milan	075	01	03/11/2020
08th	Nea Lehtola	October 24, 1998	2020	HJK Helsinki	001	00	March 8th, 2020
13	Linda Nyman	01/21/1994	2018	Inter Milan	008th	00	March 8th, 2020
21st	Iina Salmi	10/12/1994	2016	Ajax Amsterdam	004th	00	March 8th, 2020
20th	Eveliina Summanen	05/29/1998	2017	Kristianstads DFF	023	02	03/11/2020
14th	Julia Tunturi	04/25/1996	2015	Eskilstuna United	026th	00	03/11/2020
04th	Ria Oling	09/15/1994	2015	Växjö DFF	042	08th	03/11/2020
attack
19th	Kaisa Collin	04/16/1997	2017	Eskilstuna United	023	04th	03/11/2020
17th	Sanni Franssi	03/19/1995	2015	Fortuna Hjørring	041	02	03/11/2020
22nd	Heidi Kollanen	06/06/1997	?	KIF Örebro	013	02	03/11/2020
09	Juliette Kemppi	05/14/1994	2013	London City Lionesses	054	04th	March 8th, 2020
07th	Jutta Rantala	11/10/1999	2020	Kristianstads DFF	001	01	March 8th, 2020
18th	Linda Sällström	07/13/1988	2007	Paris FC	102	46	03/11/2020

The following players were also nominated in the last 12 months:

Surname	Date of birth	debut	society	Calls	Gates	Last use
Kreeta-Liisa Yli-Säntti	01/03/1991	2017	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	001	00	11/15/2017
Defense
Tuija Hyyrynen	3/10/1988	2007	Juventus Turin	108	02	11/12/2019
Katarina Naumanen	07/24/1995	2014	Kuopion Palloseura	020th	01	03/06/2019
Tiia Peltons	06/08/1995	2018	Åland United	007th	00	04.09.2018
Mimmi Nurmela	08/03/1996	2018	PK-35 Vantaa	001	00	05.03.2018
midfield
Olga Ahtinen	08/15/1997	2017	Linköpings FC	030th	03	07/11/2019
Tia Hälinen	02/18/1994	2015	HJK Helsinki	011	00	04.09.2018
Saara Lappalainen	29.3.1999	2019	FC Honka Espoo	002	00	03/06/2019
attack
Jenny Danielsson	08/30/1994	2015	AIK Solna	026th	06th	11/12/2019
Vilma Hakala	8/28/1996	2017	HJK Helsinki	007th	00	07.03.2018

Well-known players

With 130 internationals, Laura Österberg Kalmari is the record-breaking Finnish national player

• Jessica Julin ( AIK Solna )
• Laura Österberg Kalmari (AIK Solna)
• Anne Mäkinen ( Bälinge IF )
• Sanna Malaska ( HJK Helsinki )
• Minna Mustonen (Bälinge IF)
• Essi Sainio ( SC Freiburg )
• Jessica Thorn (HJK Helsinki)
• Sanna Valkonen (AIK Solna)

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

→ Main article : List of international matches for the Finnish national women's football team

All results from a Finnish point of view.

Germany

date	place	Result	occasion
03rd October 1984	Ludenscheid	0: 1	European Championship qualification
05th October 1985	Turku	1-0	European Championship qualification
September 20, 1995	Tampere	0: 3	European Championship qualification
0May 5, 1996	Gifhorn	0: 6	European Championship qualification
0March 5, 2002	Olhão	0: 2	Algarve Cup
June 15, 2005	Preston	1: 4	EM semifinals
0March 9, 2006	Loulé	0: 5	Algarve Cup
0March 7, 2008	Faro	0: 3	Algarve Cup
0March 6, 2009	Albufeira	0: 2	Algarve Cup
February 26, 2010	Parchal	0: 7	Algarve Cup

Switzerland

date	place	Result	occasion
03rd July 1979	Scafati	1: 1
0May 1, 1981	Iisalmi	2: 1
0May 3, 1983	St. Gallen	2: 1
0September 6, 1997	Jakobstad	1-0	World Cup qualification
0June 6, 1998	Sursee	1-0	World Cup qualification
0September 4, 2001	Baar ZG	0: 1	World Cup qualification
0May 5, 2002	Vantaa	1-0	World Cup qualification
0June 1, 2003	Espoo	1: 1	European Championship qualification
0September 4, 2004	Visp	2-0	European Championship qualification
0March 4, 2012	Larnaka	3: 1	Cyprus Cup
11th March 2013	Larnaka	2: 3	Cyprus Cup
19th June 2013	Helsinki	2: 2
2nd March 2018	Larnaka	0: 4	Cyprus Cup
5th April 2019	Biel / Bienne	0-0

Austria

date	place	Result	occasion
September 25, 2013	Turku	2: 1	World Cup qualification
June 14, 2014	Wiener Neustadt	1: 3	World Cup qualification
June 8, 2018	Helsinki	0: 2	World Cup qualification
4th September 2018	Wiener Neustadt	1: 4	World Cup qualification

See also

• Finnish national football team

Web links

Commons : Finland Women's National Football Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Finnish Association
• RSSSF Archives: All Games
• Fansoccer.de: Interview with Michael Käld
• Finland on the FIFA homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
2. ↑ palloliitto.fi: "Helmarit nimetty Cyprus Cupiin 2020"
3. ↑ palloliitto.fi: Rantala korvaa Hyyrysen Helmareissa
4. ↑ palloliitto.fi: Adelina Engman jättää Helmareiden ryhmän
5. ↑ As of March 11, 2020 after the game against Slovakia
6. ↑ There is no match in the list of Finnish internationals for the date given in your profile .