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Established
1911 (113 years old)

Sport
Soccer

Stadium/Home
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
(36,000 Capacity)

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Location
Helsinki, Finland

Nicknames
Huuhkajat

Competitions
UEFA European Championships
FIFA World Cup
UEFA Nations League
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04/06	Portugal	-	Finland		6:45pm
07/06	Scotland	-	Finland		6:45pm
07/09	Greece	-	Finland		6:45pm
10/09	England	-	Finland		6:45pm
10/10	Finland	-	Ireland		6:45pm
Results
26/03	Finland	2 - 1	Estonia
21/03	Wales	4 - 1	Finland
20/11	San Marino	1 - 2	Finland
17/11	Finland	4 - 0	N.Ireland
17/10	Finland	1 - 2	Kazakhstan

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The Finland national football team (Finnish: Suomen jalkapallomaajoukkue, Swedish: Finlands fotbollslandslag) represents Finland in men's international football competitions and it's controlled by the Football Association of Finland, The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals in history, The team has a member of FIFA since 1904 and UEFA member since 1957.

Finland had not qualified a major tournament until securing a spot in the 2020 European Championship (postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and are the only Nordic team alongside minnows Faroe Islands to have never reached the FIFA World Cup finals. After many decades of relative obscurity, the nation made progression in the 2000s, achieving notable results against established European teams and reaching a peak of 33rd in the FIFA World Rankings in 2007. After a few years of poor results, they dipped to an all-time low of 110th in the FIFA rankings in 2017, but then began to rise up again and, as of October 2019, they sit at 55th.

Team Members

3 Alho		Arajuuri		21 Forss		2 Granlund
1 Hradecky		Ivanov		Jaakkola		3 Jensen
24 Jensen		1 Joronen		8 Kamara		Kauko
30 Kosola		13 Lam		21 Lappalainen		Lingman
17 Lod		14 Niskanen		25 Nissilä		5 O'Shaughnessy
Pohjanpalo		22 Pukki		22 Raitala		6 Schuller
23 Soiri		Sparv		16 Taylor		15 Tenho
Toivio		21 Uronen		16 Väisänen		15 Väisänen
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Stadium or Home

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium (Finnish: Helsingin Olympiastadion; Swedish: Helsingfors Olympiastadion), located in the Töölö district about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the centre of activities in the 1952 Summer Olympics. During those games, it hosted athletics, equestrian show jumping, and the football finals.

The stadium was also the venue for the first Bandy World Championship in 1957, the first World Athletics Championships in 1983 as well as for the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. It hosted the European Athletics Championships in 1971, 1994 and 2012.

It is also the home stadium of the Finland national football team. The stadium is closed temporarily since March 2016 for renovation works and scheduled of reopening in 2019.

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