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The Finnish national futsal team represents

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

in international

futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...

competitions. The team is run under supervision of the Football Association of Finland. It has never qualified for the

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or the European Championships. On 29.7.2022 rankings Finland is 18th globally and 11th in Europe.

History

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The Finnish national futsal team was formed for the first time in 1994 when Finland participated in the World University Futsal Championship held in

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. The World University Futsal Championship was held in

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, Finland two years later. The first official international matches were played on October 21 and 22, 1998 against

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. Later that year Finland also participated in the qualifiers for the

1999 UEFA Futsal Championship The 1999 UEFA Futsal Championship was the second official edition of the UEFA-governed European Championship for national futsal teams. It was held in Spain, between 22 February and 28 February 1999, in one venue located in the city of Granada. ...

tournament with futsal national team coach

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, but failed to qualify. Simo Syrjävaara was selected as national futsal team coach at the end of year 1999. During Syrjävaara's spell, the team has participated twice in FIFA Futsal World Championship qualifiers and three times in

UEFA Futsal Championship The UEFA European Futsal Championship is the main futsal competition of the men's national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). History The first tournament was held in Spain in 1996 and featured only six t ...

qualifiers. In these qualifiers, the team won only twice and lost total of 14 times. After Syrjävaara stepped down, rising talent Jouni Pihlaja took over coaching the team from the beginning of year 2005.

International Competitions

FIFA Futsal World Cup

UEFA European Futsal Championship

Nordic Futsal Cup

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification matches against

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and

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on 1 and 8 March 2023, respectively.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months. ^COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19.
^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
^PRE Preliminary squad.
^RET Retired from international futsal.

Season 2018-2019

Futsal national team games 2010-11

References

{{National sports teams of Finland European national futsal teams Futsal in Finland National sports teams of Finland