Faroe Islands women's national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Kvinnulandsliðið (Women's National Team) | ||
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| Association | Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Pætur Clementsen | ||
| Captain | Ásla Johannesen | ||
| Most caps | Heidi Sevdal (101) | ||
| Top scorer | Heidi Sevdal (31) | ||
| Home stadium | Tórsvøllur | ||
| FIFA code | FRO | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 103  7 (16 June 2026)[1] | ||
| Highest | 60 (June 2009) | ||
| Lowest | 113 (June 2024) | ||
| First international | |||
Official Faroe Islands 0–2 Republic of Ireland  (Toftir, Faroe Islands; 24 September 1995) Unofficial  Iceland 6–0 Faroe Islands (Kópavogur, Iceland; 25 June 1986) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Faroe Islands 8–0 Andorra  (Ħamrun, Malta; 6 April 2015) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Faroe Islands 0–13 Norway  (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 8 October 2019) | |||
The Faroe Islands women's national football team represents the Faroe Islands in women's association football and is controlled by the Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF), the governing body of all football in the Faroe Islands. The FSF became a member of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) in 1988 and Union of European Football Associations (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 FIFA Women's World Cup or UEFA Women's Championship. They took part in the Island Games in 2001, 2003 and 2005 and won all three tournaments, as well as appearing at the 2010 edition of the Algarve Cup. In the Faroe Islands, the team is known as the Kvinnulandsliðið.
History
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The FSF was founded on 13 January 1979[2] and a women's national league began play in 1985.[3] The first Faroese women's national team games took place in June 1986, with two defeats to Iceland. The matches, a 6–0 defeat at Kópavogsvöllur and a 2–0 defeat at Akranesvöllur, 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 Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ).[4][5]
The Faroe Islands joined FIFA on 2 July 1988[2] and the male national team played its first official match—a 1–0 defeat against Iceland—on 24 August 1988.[6] Membership of UEFA followed on 18 April 1990 and the Faroe Islands' male team entered its first major international competition later that year: the qualifying rounds for the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship.[2]
A women's team was formed to take part in the 1997 UEFA Women's Championship qualification tournament, which began in September 1995. Páll Guðlaugsson was appointed as coach. The Faroe Islands were competing at class B, in a regionalised group alongside Belgium, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The group winners would not qualify for the final tournament but would play-off against a last placed team from A class for promotion to the higher grade.[7]
The Faroe Islands staged all their home games at the national stadium of the time, Svangaskarð in Toftir. On 24 September 1995 they lost their first ever home match 2–0 to Ireland.[8] The following month, another 2–0 defeat, to Belgium in Brussels, preceded a 7–1 loss in Scotland where Sólvá Joensen scored the team's first ever goal.[9] 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,[10] while opposition coach Sue Lopez lamented her team's failure to convert any of their 20 shots at goal.[11]
The next match was a 3–1 defeat in Dublin, 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.[12]
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 Noel King named an experimental team which lacked his leading players from Arsenal Ladies.[13] The game was staged in Klaksvík on 12 October 2004, the day before the nations' senior men's teams met at Lansdowne Road, 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 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying series. At a preliminary round mini-tournament held in Strumica, Macedonia, Malena Josephsen's injury time goal in the first match was not enough to avert a 2–1 defeat to Wales. The team was eliminated after another defeat, 1–0 to Kazakhstan. In the final match the Faroe Islands beat hosts Macedonia 7–0 at Stadion Kukuš to record a record win which stood until 2015.
Team image
[edit]Home stadium
[edit]The Faroe Islands women's national football team plays their home matches on the Tórsvøllur.
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 Loss Fixture
2025
[edit]| 25 October 2025 Women's Baltic Cup | Lithuania  | 1–0 | Faroe Islands | Raudondvaris, Lithuania |
| 13:00 | Stadium: Raudondvaris Stadium |
| 27 October 2025 Women's Baltic Cup | Estonia  | 2–0 | Faroe Islands | Raudondvaris, Lithuania |
| 11:00 | Stadium: Raudondvaris Stadium |
2026
[edit]| 7 March 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | Greece  | 2–0 | Faroe Islands | Heraklion, Greece |
| 20:30 | Sarri  2' (pen.)Koggouli 78' |
Report | Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Jeļena Jermolajeva (Lithuania) |
| 14 April 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | Faroe Islands | 2–3 | Greece | Tórshavn,Faroe Islands |
| 18:00 (17:00 UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Tórsvøllur Attendance: 735 Referee: Hanna Laajanen (Sweden) |
| 18 April 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | Faroe Islands | 1–0 |  Georgia | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| 18:00 (17:00 UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Tórsvøllur Attendance: 728 Referee: Stacey Pearson (England) |
| 5 June 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | Georgia | 2–3 | Faroe Islands | Tblisi, Georgia |
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Report |
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Stadium: David Petriashvili Stadium |
Coaching staff
[edit]Current coaching staff
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| Position | Name | Ref. |
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| Head coach |  Signe Pries Andersen
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Manager history
[edit] | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding missing information. (January 2021) |
Páll Guðlaugsson (1995–1997)
Álvur Hansen (2001– May 2012)[15]- Rúni Nolsøe 2012[16]
- Jón Pauli Olsen (2013–2015)
- Pætur Clementsen (December 2015–2018)[17]
- John Petersen (2019–2020)[18]
Lene Terp (January 2021–2023)[14]- Signe Pries Andersen (2023–2024)[19]
- Pætur Clementsen (January 2025–)[20]
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]The following players were called up for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match against Georgia on 5 June 2026. [21][22][23]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Óluva Joensen | 21 April 2002 | 36 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík
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| 12 | GK | Gunnvá Lützen | 25 April 2005 | 3 | 0 | HB Tórshavn
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| 3 | DF | Birita Ryan | 24 November 2002 | 48 | 3 | KÍ Klaksvík
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| 11 | DF | Sanna Svarvadal | 14 November 2001 | 38 | 1 | KÍ Klaksvík
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| 15 | DF | Tórunn Joensen | 27 September 1999 | 34 | 2 | KÍ Klaksvík
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| 2 | MF | Malena Olsen | 19 May 2004 | 13 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík
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| 5 | MF | Súsanna Godtfred | 31 December 2006 | 1 | 0 | HB Tórshavn
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| 6 | MF | Heidi Sevdal | 6 March 1989 | 102 | 31 | NSÍ Runavík
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| 8 | MF | Eyðvør Klakstein | 5 September 1995 | 66 | 6 | KÍ Klaksvík
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| 16 | MF | Anna Brændstrup | 23 July 2005 | 13 | 1 |  Gil Vicente
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| 17 | MF | Sólja Ernstsdóttir | 5 September 2006 | 6 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík
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| 18 | MF | Helga Mikkelsen | 23 July 2007 | 1 | 0 | NSÍ Runavík
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| 19 | MF | Tóra Mohr | 1 April 1999 | 16 | 1 | KÍ Klaksvík
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| 20 | MF | Durita Hummeland | 21 March 1998 | 33 | 1 | KÍ Klaksvík
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| 22 | MF | Jancy Mohr | 4 August 2005 | 5 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík
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| 4 | MF | Natalia Dansdóttir Olsen | 19 December 2006 | 0 | 0 | NSÍ Runavík
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| 9 | FW | Rakul Sørensen | 21 July 2005 | 9 | 0 | Víkingur
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| 10 | FW | Brá Zakariasardóttir | 15 October 2007 | 2 | 1 | HB Tórshavn
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| 13 | FW | Eydna Dalheim | 1 December 2007 | 1 | 0 | Víkingur
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| 14 | FW | Mona Rasmusdóttir | 2 November 2004 | 27 | 1 | Víkingur
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Recent call ups
[edit]The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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| GK | Eyðgerð Berg | 20 February 2001 | 4 | 0 | Víkingur
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v. Greece, 14 April 2026
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| DF | Teresa Jacobsen | 30 July 2006 | 5 | 0 | HB Tórshavn
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v. Georgia, 18 April 2026
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| DF | Vár Johannesen | 16 February 2006 | 2 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík
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v. Estonia, 27 October 2025
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| MF | Ásla Johannesen WD (captain) | 9 May 1996 | 65 | 11 |  Piteå
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v. Georgia, 5 June 2026
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| MF | Julia Mortensen WD | 28 September 2000 | 36 | 2 | HB Tórshavn
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v. Georgia, 5 June 2026
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| MF | Sara Shaki WD | 19 December 2000 | 36 | 0 | HB Tórshavn
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v. Georgia, 5 June 2026
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| MF | Rúna Jacobsen WD | 5 February 1996 | 27 | 1 | HB Tórshavn
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v. Georgia, 5 June 2026
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| MF | Maria Johansen | 23 July 2004 | 2 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík
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v. Estonia, 27 October 2025
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| MF | Jonnhild á Sondum | 12 May 2007 | 1 | 0 | NSÍ Runavík
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v. Estonia, 27 October 2025
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| FW | Jensa Tórolvsdóttir WD | 8 March 2001 | 46 | 6 | Víkingur
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v. Georgia, 5 June 2026
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| FW | Fridrikka Clementsen | 18 July 2003 | 23 | 0 | IBV Vestmannaeyjar
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v. Georgia, 18 April 2026
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| FW | Sunniva Willemoes | 12 September 2003 | 20 | 3 | Osterbro IF
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v. Estonia, 27 October 2025
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| FW | Petra Hoydal PER | 7 March 2005 | 9 | 1 | AaB Kvinder
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v.  Slovakia, 3 June 2025
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Records
[edit]- As of 5 June 2026 [25]
- Players in bold are still active with the national team.
Most appearances[edit]
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Top goalscorers[edit]
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Team records
[edit]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.[26] 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 Luxembourg. 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[27] 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.[28]
Honours
[edit]Regional
[edit]- Champions: 2016
- Runners-up: 2021
Non-FIFA competitions
[edit]Competitive record
[edit]FIFA Women's World Cup
[edit]| FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1991 to  2011
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Did not enter | Did not participate | ||||||||||||||
 2015
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Did not qualify | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 45 | −36 | ||||||||
 2019
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11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 56 | −46 | |||||||||
  2023
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 56 | −54 | |||||||||
 2027
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To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
    2031
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To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
 2035
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To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 157 | −136 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Championship
[edit]| UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | P/R | Rnk | |
| 1984 to 1995 | Did not enter | Did not participate | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997
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Did not qualify | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 27 | −24 | – | |||||||||
| 2001
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Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||
 2005
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 2009
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Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | – | |||||||||
| 2013
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
 2017
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | |||||||||||
| 2022
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7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 42 | −41 | |||||||||||
 2025
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 |  [a] |
43rd | |||||||||
| 2029 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 37 | 87 | −50 | 43rd | ||
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Nations League
[edit]| UEFA Women's Nations League record | ||||||||||||
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| Year | League | Group | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | Rnk | |
| 2023–24 | C | 3 | 4th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 15 | |
50th | |
| 2025 | C | 1 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |
42nd | |
| Total | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 42nd | |||||
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Promoted at end of season |
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No movement at end of season |
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Relegated at end of season |
| * | Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs |
Island Games
[edit]| Island Games record | |||||||
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| Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 2001 |
Champions | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 |
 2003 |
Champions | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
 2005 |
Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
 2007 to present |
Did not enter | ||||||
| TOTAL | 3 Titles | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 8 |
See also
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- Sport in Faroe Islands
- Football in Faroe Islands
- Women's football in Faroe Islands
- Football in Faroe Islands
- Faroe Islands women's national under-20 football team
- Faroe Islands women's national under-17 football team
- Faroe Islands men's national football team
Notes
[edit]- ^ From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League where teams are divided into leagues with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.
References
[edit]- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". 16 June 2026. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ^ a b c "Faroese future in safe hands". UEFA. 21 February 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel (11 July 2013). "Faroe Islands – List of Women Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ "Fixtures and Results – From 01.01.1986 To 31.12.1986". FIFA. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ "Leikskýrsla". Football Association of Iceland. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ Courtney, Barrie (16 May 2008). "Faroe Islands – List of International matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ Timmermann, Bernd (28 January 2004). "European Women Championship 1995–97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ Josephsen, Malena. "Føroyar – Írland 0 – 2 (0–1)". KÍ – Kvinnur – Online. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ Josephsen, Malena. "Skotland – Føroyar 7 – 1 (3–1)". KÍ – Kvinnur – Online. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ Josephsen, Malena. "Wales – Føroyar". KÍ – Kvinnur – Online. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ Lopez 1997, p. 185
- ^ "Interview: Malena Josephsen (KI Klaksvik)". Soccerway. 24 September 2005. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ Duret, Sébastien (5 April 2005). "International matches (Women) 2004". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Lene nýggjur A-landsliðsvenjari". Norðlýsið (in Icelandic). 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Álvur gevst sum landsliðsvenjari". fsf.fo. Faroese Football Association. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Kvinnulandsliðið nýggjar venjarar". fsf.fo. Faroese Football Association. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Kvinnulandsliðið nýggja avbjóðing". fsf.fo. Faroese Football Association. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Ósá, Jákup (17 January 2019). "John Petersen nýggjur landsliðsvenjari". Norðlýsið (in Icelandic).
- ^ New coach for
- ^ https://www.fsf.fo/paetur-smith-clementsen-landslidsvenjari-til-2029/
- ^ "Hópurin móti Grikkaland og Georgia úttikin" [The group against Georgia has been drawn] (in Faroese). Fótbóltssamband Føroya/Faroese Football Association. 21 May 2026.
- ^ "Broytingar í hópinum" [Changes in the group] (in Faroese). Fótbóltssamband Føroya/Faroese Football Association. 28 May 2026.
- ^ "Eydna fyri Jensu" [Delete for Jensa] (in Faroese). Fótbóltssamband Føroya/Faroese Football Association. 31 May 2026.
- ^ National team players 1995–2026
- ^ National team players
- ^ "Sportal.fo, Eyðvør og Bára skrivaðu søgu". Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ Bára Skaale Klakkstein on Faroesoccer.com
- ^ Faroesoccer.com (chose "Útilið", statistics from one of the 2010 matches where mother and daughter played together).
Bibliography
[edit]- Lopez, Sue (1997). Women on the Ball: A Guide to Women's Football. London, England: Scarlet Press. ISBN 1857270169.
External links
[edit]- Official website Archived 14 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- FIFA profile
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