The Faroe Islands women's national football team represents the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...

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and is controlled by the

Faroe Islands Football Association The Faroe Islands Football Association (; ), or FSF, is the governing body of all domestic football in the Faroe Islands, the highest level of which is the Faroe Islands Premier League. It also runs the Faroe Islands national teams for Faroe Islan ...

(FSF), the

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of all football in the Faroe Islands. The FSF became a member of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) in 1988 and

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(UEFA) in 1990. By population, it remains the fourth smallest member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe. The women's team played their first FIFA-sanctioned international match in 1995 and have never advanced to the finals of the

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. They took part in the

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in 2001, 2003 and 2005 and won all three tournaments, as well as appearing at the

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edition of the

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. In the Faroe Islands, the team is known as the ''Kvinnulandsliðið''.

History

The FSF was founded on 13 January 1979 and a women's national league began play in 1985. The first Faroese women's national team games took place in June 1986, with two defeats to

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. The matches, a 6–0 defeat at

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and a 2–0 defeat at

Akranesvöllur Akranesvöllur (, or more precisely 'Akranes Stadium') (Known as ELKEM völlurinn for sponsorship purposes) is a association football, football stadium in Akranes, Iceland. It is currently used for football (soccer), football matches. The stad ...

, predate the Faroe Islands' membership of FIFA and UEFA but are listed as full internationals at both FIFA.com and the official website of the

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(KSÍ). The Faroe Islands joined FIFA on 2 July 1988 and the male national team played its first official match—a 1–0 defeat against

—on 24 August 1988. Membership of UEFA followed on 18 April 1990 and the Faroe Islands' male team entered its first major international competition later that year: the

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for the

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. A women's team was formed to take part in the

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tournament, which began in September 1995.

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was appointed as

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. The Faroe Islands were competing at class B, in a regionalised group alongside

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and

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. The group winners would not qualify for the

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but would play-off against a last placed team from A class for promotion to the higher grade. The Faroe Islands staged all their home games at the

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of the time,

Svangaskarð Svangaskarð (pronounced ), also referred to as Tofta Leikvøllur, is a multi-purpose stadium in Toftir, Faroe Islands with two football fields and a sports arena for athletics around the lower field. It is currently used mostly for football matc ...

Toftir Toftir () is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands. It is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometers on the east side of Skálafjørður (fjord) on Eysturoy island. The highest ...

. On 24 September 1995 they lost their first ever home match 2–0 to Ireland. The following month, another 2–0 defeat, to Belgium in

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, preceded a 7–1 loss in Scotland where Sólvá Joensen scored the team's first ever goal. Two days later, on 25 October 1995, the Faroe Islands beat Wales 1–0 at Farrar Road in Bangor to record their first ever victory. Helga Ellingsgaard scored the decisive goal on 35 minutes, while opposition coach

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lamented her team's failure to convert any of their 20 shots at goal. The next match was a 3–1 defeat in

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, Ireland's third goal coming in the last minute. In 1996 the Faroe Islands finished their campaign with three home games, but lost them all. The first, on 18 May 1996, was a 9–0 defeat by group winners Belgium which remained the Faroe Islands' joint record defeat until 2019. Scotland and Wales departed Toftir with 3–0 and 1–0 victories, respectively, as the Faroe Islands finished bottom of the group with three points, having scored three goals and conceded 27. The FSF scrapped their women's national team after the tournament, as they were unwilling to fund travel to away fixtures. They did enter competitions at youth level, which were not played on a home and away basis but were mini-tournaments staged in a single location to keep costs down. When the senior women's national team was relaunched in 2004 after an eight-year hiatus, their first match was a 2–1 friendly defeat to Ireland. Irish coach

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named an experimental team which lacked his leading players from

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. The game was staged in

Klaksvík Klaksvík () is the second largest town of the Faroe Islands behind Tórshavn. The town is located on Borðoy, which is one of the northernmost islands (the Norðoyar). It is the administrative centre of Klaksvík municipality. History The fir ...

on 12 October 2004, the day before the nations' senior men's teams met at

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, Dublin. In the next match, a return friendly with Ireland at the Oscar Traynor Centre in Dublin, Rannvá B. Andreasen put the Faroe Islands ahead after six minutes. Ireland hit back to win 2–1. The Faroe Islands' first matches back in UEFA competition came in November 2006, at the

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goal in the first match was not enough to avert a 2–1 defeat to

. The team was eliminated after another defeat, 1–0 to

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. In the final match the Faroe Islands beat hosts

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7–0 at

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to record a record win which stood until 2015.

Team image

Home stadium

The Faroe Islands women's national football team plays their home matches on the

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Results and fixtures

* The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend

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2025

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

(1995–1997) * Álvur Hansen (2001– May 2012) * Rúni Nolsøe 2012 *

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(2013–2015) * Pætur Clementsen (December 2015 – 2018) * John Petersen (2019–2020) * Lene Terp (January 2021 – 2023) * Signe Pries Andersen (2023–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the

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matches against

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and

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on 30 May and 3 June 2025. ''Caps and goals are correct as of 8 April 2025, after the match against

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Recent call ups

The following players were called up to the squad within the last 12 months. ;Notes *^ALT = Alternate *^INJ = Withdrew due to injury *^PRE = Preliminary squad / on stand-by *^PER = Withdrew due to personal reasons *^RET = Retired from national team *^TOP = Train-on player *^UNV = Made themselves unavailable for selection

Records

Individual records

''Source:'' *''Players in bold are still active.''

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Team records

On 28 November 2012 two of the players of the Faroe Islands women's national team set a world record. For the first time ever a parent and child played together in a football match for their country. Bára Skaale Klakkstein has played for many years now on the national team, Eyðvør has played for the U17 and U19 national teams, but on 28 November 2012 both mother and daughter played together in a friendly match against

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. The Faroe Islands won 6–0. Eyðvør was born on 5 September 1995 and was 17 years old when playing this match which was her first for the national team. The mother, Bára Skaale Klakkstein, was born on 24 March 1973 and was 39 years old, when she played the match against Luxembourg. Mother and daughter have played together on the KÍ women's best team since 2010.Faroesoccer.com (chose "Útilið", statistics from one of the 2010 matches where mother and daughter played together).
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Honours

Regional

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* Champions: 2016 * Runners-up:

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* Champions:

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Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on

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UEFA Women's Championship

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

UEFA Women's Nations League

Island Games

Notes

References

Bibliography

External links

Official websiteFIFA profile
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