Faroe Islands national football team
The Faroe Islands men's national football team (Faroese: Føroyska fótbóltsmanslandsliðið, Danish: Færøernes fodboldlandshold) represents the Faroe Islands in association football and is governed by the Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF). The FSF became a member of FIFA in 1988 and UEFA in 1990 and represents the fourth-smallest UEFA country by population.
| Nickname(s) | Landsliðið (The National Team) | ||
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| Association | Fótbóltssamband Føroya | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Håkan Ericson | ||
| Captain | Hallur Hansson | ||
| Most caps | Fróði Benjaminsen (96) | ||
| Top scorer | Rógvi Jacobsen Klæmint Olsen (10) | ||
| Home stadium | Tórsvøllur | ||
| FIFA code | FRO | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 133 2 (4 April 2024) | ||
| Highest | 74 (July 2015, October 2016) | ||
| Lowest | 198 (September 2008) | ||
| First international | |||
| Faroe Islands 1–0 Canada (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 2 July 1988) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Faroe Islands 5–1 Liechtenstein (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 7 June 2021) Faroe Islands 4–0 Liechtenstein (Marbella, Spain; 22 March 2024) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Unofficial Iceland 9–0 Faroe Islands (Keflavík, Iceland; 10 July 1985) Official Yugoslavia 7–0 Faroe Islands (Belgrade, Yugoslavia; 16 May 1991) Romania 7–0 Faroe Islands (Bucharest, Romania; 6 May 1992) Faroe Islands 0–7 Norway (Toftir, Faroe Islands; 11 August 1993) Faroe Islands 1–8 Yugoslavia (Toftir, Faroe Islands; 6 October 1996) | |||
The team has never advanced to the finals of the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship. They took part in the Island Games in 1989 and 1991 and won both tournaments. The team also took part in the Nordic Football Championship for the first time in 2000–01, the last time the competition was played. In the Faroe Islands, the team is known as the landsliðið. Home matches are played at Tórsvøllur.