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Nickname(s)	Kvinnulandsliðið (Women's National Team)
Association	Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Signe Pries Andersen
Captain	Ásla Johannesen
Most caps	Heidi Sevdal (82)
Top scorer	Rannvá B. Andreasen (27)
Home stadium	Tórsvøllur
FIFA code	FRO
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	110 (13 December 2024)
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

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 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).

The Faroe Islands joined FIFA on 2 July 1988 and the male national team played its first official match—a 1–0 defeat against Iceland—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 qualifying rounds for the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship.

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.

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. 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. 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 Sue Lopez lamented her team's failure to convert any of their 20 shots at goal.

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.

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. 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

Home stadium

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

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

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or Postponement   Fixture

2024

22 February Visit Malta Women's Tournament 2024	Malta	2–0	Faroe Islands	Paola, Malta
18:00	Sultana 55' Bugeja 59'	Report		Stadium: Tony Bezzina Stadium

25 February Visit Malta Women's Tournament 2024	Albania	3–0	Faroe Islands	Paola, Malta
	Berisha 9' Istrefaj 60' Tukaj 65'	Report		Stadium: Tony Bezzina Stadium

5 April Euro 2025 qualifying	Greece	1–0	Faroe Islands	Heraklion
	Sarri 55' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Rita Vehapi (Kosovo)

9 April Euro 2025 qualifying	Montenegro	5–1	Faroe Islands	Podgorica
		Report		Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Referee: Emily Heaslip (England)

31 May Euro 2025 qualifying	Faroe Islands	4–0	Andorra	Tórshavn
17:45 (16:45 UTC+1)	Dal Christiansen 25' Johannesen 48' Ryan 67' Hoydal 79'	Report		Stadium: Tórsvøllur Attendance: 507 Referee: Marisca Overtoom (Netherlands)

4 June UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying – Group C3	Faroe Islands	0–2	Greece	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
18:45		Report	Sarri 13' Koggouli 78'	Stadium: Tórsvøllur Referee: Laura Mauricio (Switzerland)

12 July Euro 2025 qualifying	Faroe Islands	2–1	Montenegro	Tórshavn
17:45 (16:45 UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Tórsvøllur

16 July Euro 2025 qualifying	Andorra	0–4	Faroe Islands	Andorra la Vella
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadi Nacional

24 October 2024 Women's Baltic Cup	Latvia	2–1	Faroe Islands	Riga, Latvia
19:00	Miksone 28', 75'	Report	Ryan 57'	Stadium: Jānis Skredelis' Stadium Attendance: 247 Referee: Ugnė Šmitaitė (Lithuania)

27 October 2024 Women's Baltic Cup	Lithuania	1–2	Faroe Islands	Riga, Latvia
13:00	Vaitukaitytė 25'	Report	Johannesen 18' Sevdal 44'	Stadium: Jānis Skredelis' Stadium

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Signe Pries Andersen

Manager history

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• Páll Guðlaugsson (1995–1997)
• Álvur Hansen (2001– May 2012)
• Rúni Nolsøe 2012
• Jón Pauli Olsen (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 part of the squad ahead of the Women's Baltic Cup 2024 in October 2024, respectively.
• Caps and goals updated as of 10 April 2024, after the match against Greece.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
23	1GK	Valborg Østerø	(2002-08-06) 6 August 2002 (age 22)	4	0	B36
	1GK	Gunnvá Lutzen	25.04.2005			HB Tórshavn
7	2DF	Ásla Johannesen (captain)	(1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 28)	47	3	Piteå
3	2DF	Birita Ryan	(2002-11-24) 24 November 2002 (age 22)	28	0	KÍ
15	2DF	Tórunn Joensen	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999 (age 25)	14	0	KÍ
8	2DF	Eyðvør Klakstein	(1995-09-05) 5 September 1995 (age 29)	47	1	KÍ
11	2DF	Sanna Savardal	(2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 (age 23)	22	1	KÍ
4	2DF	Lea Lisberg	(2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 22)	15	0	Víkingur
21	3MF	Rúna Jacobsen	(1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28)	14	1	HB
5	3MF	Sunniva Willemoes	(2003-09-12) 12 September 2003 (age 21)	8	1	HB
22	3MF	Durita Hummeland	(1998-03-21) 21 March 1998 (age 26)	12	0	KÍ
	3MF	Malena Olsen	(2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 (age 20)	8	0	KÍ
17	3MF	Tóra Mohr	(1999-04-01) 1 April 1999 (age 25)	14	1	KÍ
	3MF	Sara Lamhauge	(2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 24)	22	0	NSÍ
6	3MF	Heidi Sevdal	(1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 35)	82	26	NSÍ
	3MF	Anna Katrina Mikkelsen	20.04.2005			Víkingur
	3MF	Anna Brændstrup	23 juillet 2005			HB Køge
10	4FW	Petra Hoydal				AaB
10	4FW	Fridrikka Clementsen	(2003-07-11) 11 July 2003 (age 21)	7	0	HB
14	4FW	Mona Rasmusdóttir	(2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 23)	18	1	Víkingur
13	4FW	Jensa Tórolvsdóttir	(2001-03-08) 8 March 2001 (age 23)	28	3	Víkingur
	4FW	Rakul Sørensen	21/07/2005			Víkingur

Recent call ups

• The following players have been called up to a Faroe Islands squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Eyðgerð Mikkelsen	(2001-02-20) 20 February 2001 (age 23)	3	0	Víkingur	v.  Greece,4 June 2024
GK	Óluva Joensen	(2002-04-21) 21 April 2002 (age 22)	23	0	KÍ	v.  Andorra,16 July 2024
DF	Mirjam Huneck			0		v.  Albania,25 February 2024
DF	Sára Poulsdóttir Á Líðarenda			0		v.  Albania,25 February 2024
DF	Sarita Petersen			0		v.  Azerbaijan,5 December 2023
MF	Margunn Lindholm			0		v.  Albania,25 February 2024
MF	Maria Johansen			0		v.  Albania,25 February 2024
MF	Lena Olsen			0		v.  Azerbaijan,5 December 2023
MF	Rúna Olsen			0		v.  Azerbaijan,5 December 2023
MF	Julia Mortensen				NSÍ Runavík	v.  Andorra,16 July 2024
FW	Sunniva Dal Christiansen					v.  Albania,25 February 2024
MF	Margit Magnusdottir			0		v.  Azerbaijan,5 December 2023
FW	Rebekka Fjallsá Benbakoura	(1999-01-05) 5 January 1999 (age 25)	17	0	Kastoria GPO	v.  Andorra,16 July 2024

Former players

• Katrina Akursmørk (2011–2014, 2017– )

Records

Individual records

Source:

• Players in bold are still active.

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 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 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.

Honours

Island Games

• Champions: 2001, 2003, 2005

Women's Baltic Cup

• Champions: 2016
• Runners-up: 2021

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991 to 2011	Did not enter									Did not participate
2015	Did not qualify									13	2	3	8	9	45	−36
2019										11	3	0	8	10	56	−46
2023										8	0	0	8	2	56	−54
2027	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

UEFA Women's Championship record										Qualifying record
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	Did not qualify									8	1	0	7	3	27	−24	–
2001	Did not enter									Did not enter
2005
2009	Did not qualify									3	1	0	2	8	3	+5	–
2013										3	1	0	2	2	2	0
2017										3	2	0	1	12	4	+8
2022										7	0	0	7	1	42	−41
2025										6	3	0	3	11	9	+2		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

UEFA Women's Nations League record
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	To be determined
Total				6	0	0	6	1	15	50th

	Promoted at end of season
	No movement at end of season
	Relegated at end of season
*	Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

Island Games

Island Games record
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

• Sport in Faroe Islands
  • Football in Faroe Islands
    • Women's 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

1. 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

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11. Lopez 1997, p. 185
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20. Rakul fingið landsliðsboð
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Bibliography

• Lopez, Sue (1997). Women on the Ball: A Guide to Women's Football. London, England: Scarlet Press. ISBN 1857270169.

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile

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