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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Helsinki Olympic Stadium - Helsinki Monday 7 September 2015 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Finland Group F - Matchday -5 Faroe Islands Last updated 12/07/2021 18:04CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 Finland - Faroe Islands Monday 7 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Holst 41; Riski 53, 78, 07/09/2014 QR (GS) Faroe Islands - Finland 1-3 Torshavn Eremenko 82 EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Hjelm 54, Paatelainen 26/04/1995 PR (GS) Faroe Islands - Finland 0-4 Toftir 74, Lindberg 77, Helin 82 Sumiala 36, Litmanen 16/11/1994 PR (GS) Finland - Faroe Islands 5-0 Helsinki 52 (P), 71, Paatelainen 74, 83 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Finland 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 12 1 Faroe Islands 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - - - - 3 0 0 3 1 12 FIFA* Finland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Faroe Islands - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Finland - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 0 1 0 Faroe Islands - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 0 1 Total Finland 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 4 4 0 0 13 1 Faroe Islands 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - - - - 4 0 0 4 1 13 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Finland - Faroe Islands Monday 7 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Match background Finland have won all four of their previous meetings with the Faroe Islands, and a victory over Greece in their first game under Markku Kanerva has boosted their Group F hopes. • Jóan Edmundsson is suspended following his red card against Northern Ireland on Friday. The following players are a yellow card away from a ban: Paulus Arajuuri, Perparim Hetemaj, Tim Sparv (Finland), Fródi Benjaminsen, Hallur Hansson and Brandur Olsen (Faroe Islands). Previous meetings • Finland trailed at half-time but battled back to secure a 3-1 win in Torshavn in their first Group F meeting with the Faroe Islands. • Finland's record in four games against the Faroes is now W4 D0 L0: W1 D0 L0 in Finland – W2 D0 L0 in the Faroe Islands, with the other game played on neutral territory – a friendly in La Manga, Spain. • Christian Holst's strike in the sides' first Group F encounter was the Faroes' first goal in four meetings with Finland. Form guide • Finland are without a win in their last four competitive home games (D1 L3). • The Faroes' 1-0 victory in Greece earlier in the campaign was their first competitive away win in 35 outings (33 defeats, one draw) since a 2-0 success in Luxembourg on 24 March 2001. • The Faroes have been unusually durable on the road in this qualifying campaign, scoring once and conceding only three in three games so far. They are on target to improve on their best ever away qualifying campaign, which was for UEFA EURO 2000, when they conceded only ten in five away games – an average of two per game. Trivia and links • Christian Holst is poised to win his 50th cap in the Finland game. • Finland's Sparv and the Faroes' Sonni Nattestad used to be team-mates in Denmark at FC Mitdjylland. • Finland's Jukka Raitala and the Faroes' Gilli Sørensen also play together in the Superliga with Aalborg BK. • The 16 UEFA competition meetings between the nations' clubs have left the Finnish sides with the record W10 D4 L2. Most recently, Myllykosken Pallo-47 eliminated ÍF Fuglafjørdur 1-0 on aggregate in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. • The nations' four UEFA age-group competition meetings have also all been won by Finland, but there is encouragement for the Faroes; the margins of defeat have got smaller since a 7-0 loss at Under-16 level in 1997. They scored their first goal against Finland at any men's or women's international level in their most recent encounter, a 3-1 loss at Under-16 level in 1999: Arnhold Berg was the man on target. 3 Finland - Faroe Islands Monday 7 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Squad list Finland Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Niki Mäenpää 23/01/1985 30 Brighton - 3 0 0 0 25 - - Lukas Hradecky 24/11/1989 25 Frankfurt - 4 0 0 0 21 - - Jesse Joronen 21/03/1993 22 Fulham - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Kari Arkivuo 23/06/1983 32 Häcken - 5 0 0 0 35 1 - Jukka Raitala 15/09/1988 26 AaB - 1 0 0 0 26 - - Ville Jalasto 19/04/1986 29 Stabæk - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Paulus Arajuuri 15/06/1988 27 Lech * 2 0 0 0 6 - Waasland- - Valtteri Moren 15/06/1991 24 - 0 0 0 0 1 1 Beveren - Thomas Lam 18/12/1993 21 Zwolle - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Jere Uronen 13/07/1994 21 Helsingborg - 4 0 0 0 11 - Midfielders - Markus Halsti 19/03/1984 31 DC United - 3 0 0 0 22 - - Kasper Hämäläinen 08/08/1986 29 Lech - 6 0 0 0 45 7 - Tim Sparv 20/02/1987 28 Midtjylland * 7 0 0 0 46 1 - Joona Toivio 10/03/1988 27 Molde - 6 0 0 0 31 2 - Perparim Hetemaj 12/12/1986 28 Chievo * 6 0 0 0 37 4 - Joni Kauko 12/07/1990 25 Energie - 0 0 0 0 4 - - Sakari Mattila 14/07/1989 26 Fulham - 3 0 0 0 6 - - Petteri Forsell 16/10/1990 24 Mariehamn - 0 0 0 0 2 1 - Alexander Ring 09/04/1991 24 Kaiserslautern - 5 0 0 0 31 1 Forwards - Riku Riski 16/08/1989 26 Göteborg - 5 2 0 0 23 4 - Teemu Pukki 29/03/1990 25 Brøndby - 7 0 0 0 41 8 - Tim Väyrynen 30/03/1993 22 Dresden - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Joel Pohjanpalo 13/09/1994 20 Düsseldorf - 7 1 0 0 15 2 Coach - Markku Kanerva 24/05/1964 51 - 1 0 0 0 3 - 4 Finland - Faroe Islands Monday 7 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Faroe Islands Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Gunnar Nielsen 07/10/1986 28 Stjarnan - 7 0 0 0 27 - - Tórdur Thomsen 11/06/1986 29 B36 - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Teitur Gestsson 19/08/1992 23 HB - 0 0 0 0 1 - Defenders - Atli Gregersen 15/06/1982 33 Vikingur - 5 0 0 0 28 - - Erling Jacobsen 13/02/1990 25 Vikingur - 0 0 0 0 4 - - Odmar Faerø 01/11/1989 25 B36 - 5 0 0 0 10 - - Pól Jóhannus Justinussen 13/01/1989 26 NSÍ - 3 0 0 0 21 - - Rógvi Baldvinsson 06/12/1989 25 Ålgård - 2 0 0 0 20 2 - Ragnar Nattestad 05/08/1994 21 VB - 7 0 0 0 9 - Midfielders - Fródi Benjaminsen 14/12/1977 37 HB * 6 0 0 0 86 6 - Jónas Tór Naes 27/12/1986 28 B36 - 5 0 0 0 41 - - Hallur Hansson 08/07/1992 23 Vendsyssel * 6 1 0 0 19 4 - Róaldur Jakobsen 23/01/1991 24 B36 - 2 0 0 0 2 - - Gilli Sørensen 11/08/1992 23 AaB - 5 0 0 0 6 - - René Joensen 08/02/1993 22 Vendsyssel - 2 0 0 0 4 - - Árni Fredriksberg 13/06/1992 23 NSÍ - 0 0 0 0 - - - Kaj Bartalsstovu 23/06/1991 24 Levanger - 2 0 0 0 3 - - Brandur Hendriksson 19/12/1995 19 København * 6 1 0 0 6 1 - Sølvi Vatnhamar 05/05/1986 29 Vikingur - 5 0 0 0 6 - Forwards Fremad - Christian Holst 25/12/1981 33 - 7 1 0 0 49 6 Amager - Klæmint Olsen 17/07/1990 25 NSÍ - 2 0 0 0 6 - - Finnur Justinussen 30/03/1989 26 Vikingur - 0 0 0 0 1 - Coach - Lars Olsen 02/02/1961 54 - 7 0 0 0 21 - 5 Finland - Faroe Islands Monday 7 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Head coach Markku Kanerva Date of birth: 24 May 1964 Nationality: Finnish Playing career: HJK Helsinki (twice), IF Elfsborg, FinnPa Coaching career: HJK Helsinki (assistant), FC Viikingit, Finland Under-21, Finland (caretaker) • One of Finland's top players of the late 1980s and early 90s, Kanerva won five league titles and three domestic cups in a playing career that included short spells with Elfsborg in Sweden and FinnPa but was otherwise spent at HJK. • After earning 59 caps, Kanerva hung up his boots in autumn 1998 and quickly resurfaced as a coach. Following several seasons in club football he took charge of Finland's Under-21s in 2004, leading them to a first UEFA European Championship finals in 2009, when he was named the country's coach of the year in all sports. • Then appointed assistant coach to the Finland senior national team, he took the reins on a temporary basis following the sacking of Stuart Baxter in late 2010 before Mixu Paatelainen stepped into the void.