The Finland women's national futsal team represents Finland in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland.
| Association | Football Association of Finland (Suomen Palloliitto) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Jaakko Laitinen | ||
| Captain | Sini Lauermaa | ||
| FIFA code | FIN | ||
| FIFA ranking | 17  1 (11 October 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 17 (October 2024) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 18 (May 2024) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Poland 1–2 Finland  (Lubawa, Poland; 18 November 2017) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Moldova 0–12 Finland (Ciorescu, Moldova; 19 October 2024) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Finland 2–7 Spain  (Vantaa, Finland; 22 October 2022) | |||
History
editThe Finland women's national futsal team played their first ever match against Poland on 18 November 2017 which they won 2–1.[2]
They entered the UEFA qualifiers for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup in October 2024.[3] Finland topped their group to advance from the main round to the Elite round.[4]
Results and fixtures
edit- The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Fixture
2024
edit| 20 February Friendly | Finland | 2–5 |  Italy | Salo, Finland |
| 18:30 | Hannula  5:20, 39:07 |
Report |
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Stadium: Salohalli |
| 22 February Friendly | Sweden  | 1–5 | Finland | Salo, Finland |
| 18:30 | Roll 15:37 |
Report |
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Stadium: Salohalli |
| 11 June 2024 Futsal Week June Cup | Morocco  | 2–4 | Finland | Poreč, Croatia |
| 17:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Finida hall Referee: Marijana Orešić (Croatia) |
| 13 June 2024 Futsal Week June Cup | Croatia  | 1–3 | Finland | Poreč, Croatia |
| 17:00 | 37:28 (o.g.) |
Report |
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Stadium: Finida hall Referee: Simone Zanfino (Italy) |
| 15 June 2024 Futsal Week June Cup | Finland | 2–4 | Poland | Poreč, Croatia |
| 19:15 |
|
Report |
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Stadium: Finida hall Referee: Simone Zanfino (Italy) |
| 16 June 2024 Futsal Week June Cup | Croatia | 0–4 | Finland | Poreč, Croatia |
| 17:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Finida hall Referee: Simone Zanfino (Italy) |
| 16 October 2025 FIFA World Cup qualification | Finland | 5–2 |  England | Ciorescu, Moldova |
| 15:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: FMF Futsal Arena Attendance: 40 Referee: Mariia Myslovska (Ukraine) |
| 17 October 2025 FIFA World Cup qualification | Slovenia  | 0–4 | Finland | Ciorescu, Moldova |
| 15:00 | Report |
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Stadium: FMF Futsal Arena Attendance: 10 Referee: Filipa Prata (Portugal) |
| 19 October 2025 FIFA World Cup qualification | Moldova | 0–12 | Finland | Ciorescu, Moldova |
| 18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: FMF Futsal Arena Attendance: 110 Referee: Mariia Myslovska (Ukraine) |
2025
edit| 14 January Friendly | Morocco | 1–5 | Finland | Rabat, Morocco |
| 18:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Complexe Mohammed VI de Football Attendance: 30 Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco) |
| 15 January Friendly | Morocco | 4–3 | Finland | Rabat, Morocco |
| 18:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Complexe Mohammed VI de Football |
| 11 February Friendly | Finland | 0–9 |  Brazil | Tampere, Finland |
| 18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Kauppi Sports Center 1 |
| 12 February Friendly | Finland | 0–10 | Brazil | Vantaa, Finland |
| 19:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Energy Arena 1 |
| March 2025 FIFA World Cup qualification | France  | v | Finland | France |
| March 2025 FIFA World Cup qualification | Spain | v | Finland | France |
| March 2025 FIFA World Cup qualification | Finland | v | Poland | France |
Players
editThe following players were called up for the Friendly matches against Morocco on 14 and 15 January 2025.[5]
Current squad
edit| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Emiilia Syvänen | 28 October 1990 | FC Nokia
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| 12 | GK | Tiia Ropanen | 7 April 1991 | Ilves FS
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| GK | Helena Unkuri | Futsal Mad Max
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| 2 | FP | Anna-Kaisa Hannuksela | 14 January 1991 | KaDy
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| 3 | FP | Sandra Lind | 3 September 1996 | HIFK FS
| ||
| 4 | FP | Anni-Elina Luotonen | 16 January 2000 | CF Scandicci
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| 5 | FP | Stella Enwena | RaiFu
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| 6 | FP | Tiiu Lehtonen | RaiFu
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| 7 | FP | Rosa-Maria Sirén | 23 December 1999 | Ilves FS
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| 9 | FP | Iina Heikkilä | 5 March 2004 | Ilves FS
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| 8 | FP | Hanna Halonen | 2 December 1995 | HIFK FS
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| 11 | FP | Netta Hannula | 8 October 1993 | Ilves FS
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| 13 | FP | Emilia Jokisalo | 25 August 1998 | Lazio
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| 14 | FP | Sini Lauermaa | 8 August 1997 | KaDy
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| 16 | FP | Senni Viren | 22 November 1999 | Mad Max
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| 17 | FP | Matilda Herranen | 18 June 1999 | Ilves FS
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| 19 | FP | Maria Mäntylä | 28 February 1989 | Cagliari
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Tournament records
editFIFA Futsal Women's World Cup
edit| FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 2025 |
To be determined | |||||||
| Total | – | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UEFA European Championship
edit| UEFA European Championship | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |||
 2019 |
Did not qualify | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 9 | |||||||||
| 2022 |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||
 2023 |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Total | 0/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 24 | |||
References
edit- ^ "FIFA Futsal World Ranking". FIFA. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Naisten futsalmaajoukkue avasi hienosti voitolla". Finnish Football Association. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Futsal Women's World Cup qualifying main round: Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Sweden through". UEFA.com. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Sextet complete elite-round line-up". FIFA. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Naisten futsalmaajoukkue tuplamaaotteluihin Marokkoon". palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 29 December 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.