Finland national football team
The Finland national football team represents Finland in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland, the governing body for football in Finland, which was founded in 1907. The team has been a member of FIFA since 1908 and a UEFA member since 1957.
Finnish team after the victory over Yugoslavia in 1950
Finland against the Netherlands from 1975
Jari Litmanen is widely regarded as Finland's greatest footballer of all time.
Markku Kanerva managed to lead his Finnish national team to first time qualification to a UEFA European Tournament.
The Union of European Football Associations is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel. UEFA consists of 55 national association members. Since 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions.
UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland