Faroe Islands national football team

Faroe Islands

Nickname(s)	Landsliðið (The National Team)
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
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	133 2 (4 April 2024)[1]
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 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.^[3]

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.