Faroe Islands women's national football team

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

2025

2026

Coaching staff Current coaching staff

Position Name Ref. Head coach Signe Pries Andersen

Manager history

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 (2023–2024) Pætur Clementsen (January 2025–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match against Georgia on 5 June 2026.

Caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2026, after the match against Georgia.

Recent call ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.

Notes = Withdrew due to injury = Withdrew due to personal issue = Retired from the national team = Withdrew for unspecified reason

Records

Players in bold are still active with the national team.

Most appearances

RankPlayerCareerCapsGoals 1 Heidi Sevdal 2006–present 102 31 2 Olga Kristina Hansen 2006–2022 68 5 3 Eyðvør Klakstein 2012–present 66 6 4 Ásla Johannesen 2014–present 64 11 5 Rannvá Andreasen 2004–2018 55 27 6 Birita Ryan 2020–present 48 3 7 Jensa Tórolvsdóttir 2020–present 46 6 8 "Ansy" Sevdal 2010–2022 43 0 9 Malena Josephsen 2004–2015 41 10 10 Randi Wardum 2004–2014 38 0

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerCareerGoalsCapsAvg. 1 Heidi Sevdal 2006–present 31 102 2 Rannvá B. Andreasen 2004–2018 27 55 3 Ásla Johannesen 2014–present 11 64 4 Malena Josephsen 2004–2015 10 41 5 Jensa Tórolvsdóttir 2020–present 6 46 Eyðvør Klakstein 2012–present 6 66 7 Milja Simonsen 2015–2018 5 21 Olga Kristina Hansen 2006–2022 5 68 9 Vivian Bjartalíð 2004–2007 3 5 Mona Breckmann 2008–2011 3 11 Sunniva Willemoes 2023–present 3 20 Birita Ryan 2020–present 3 48

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 Regional Women's Baltic Cup Champions: 2016 Runners-up: 2021

Non-FIFA competitions Island Games Champions: 2001, 2003, 2005

Competitive record FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA Women's World Cup recordQualification recordYearResultPldWD*LGFGAGDPldWD*LGFGAGD 1991 to 2011Did not enterDid not participate 2015Did not qualify13238945−36 2019113081056−46 20238008256−54 2027To be determinedTo be determined 2031To be determinedTo be determined 2035To be determinedTo be determinedTotal—–––––––32532421157−136 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship UEFA Women's Championship recordQualifying recordYearResultPldWD*LGFGAGDPldWD*LGFGAGD1984 to 1995Did not enterDid not participate 1997Did not qualify8107327−24 – 2001Did not enterDid not enter 2005 2009Did not qualify310283+5 – 20133102220 20173201124+8 20227007142−41 20256303119+243rd2029To be determinedTo 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 recordYearLeagueGroup2023–24C34th600611550th2025C12nd631210642ndTotal 12 3 1 8 11 21 42nd

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 recordYearResultGPWDLGSGA 2001Champions4400394 2003Champions4400342 2005Champions5500332 2007 to presentDid not enterTOTAL3 Titles1313001068

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