Finland national under-21 football team

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Finland U21
Association	Football Association of Finland
Head coach	Markku Kanerva
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The Finnish national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Finland. The team has never qualified for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship final tournament. Finland currently leads Group 6 of 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification.

Contents 1 UEFA U-21 Championship Record 2 Current squad 2.1 Recent Call Up 3 Coaching staff 4 See also 5 References

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship Record

• 1978: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
• 1980: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
• 1982: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
• 1984: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1986: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1988: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1990: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
• 1992: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1994: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
• 1996: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
• 1998: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2000: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2002: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
• 2004: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2006: Did not qualify. Finished 5th of 7 in qualification group.
• 2007: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.

[edit] Current squad

Selections for the match against Poland on June 3, 2008.^[1][2]

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Anssi Jaakkola March 13, 1987 (1987-03-13) (age 21) 5 0 AC Siena GK Tomi Maanoja September 12, 1986 (1986-09-12) (age 21) 6 0 FC Honka DF Joni Aho April 12, 1986 (1986-04-12) (age 22) 5 0 FC Inter Turku DF Jonas Portin September 30, 1986 (1986-09-30) (age 21) 11 0 FF Jaro DF Tuomo Turunen August 30, 1987 (1987-08-30) (age 20) 9 1 FC Honka DF Pyry Kärkkäinen November 10, 1986 (1986-11-10) (age 21) 7 0 FC Lahti DF Jukka Raitala September 15, 1988 (1988-09-15) (age 19) 10 0 Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi DF Paulus Arajuuri June 15, 1988 (1988-06-15) (age 19) 1 0 IFK Mariehamn MF Kasper Hämäläinen August 8, 1986 (1986-08-08) (age 21) 11 1 Turun Palloseura MF Perparim Hetemaj December 12, 1986 (1986-12-12) (age 21) 9 2 Apollon Kalamarias MF Tomi Petrescu July 24, 1986 (1986-07-24) (age 21) 4 1 Tampere United MF Mehmet Hetemaj December 8, 1987 (1987-12-08) (age 20) 9 1 Panionios F.C. MF Tim Sparv February 20, 1987 (1987-02-20) (age 21) 10 4 Vaasan Palloseura MF Juha Hakola October 27, 1987 (1987-10-27) (age 20) 2 0 FC Flora Tallinn FW Nicholas Otaru July 15, 1986 (1986-07-15) (age 21) 3 1 FC Honka FW Jarno Parikka July 21, 1986 (1986-07-21) (age 21) 11 1 Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi FW Berat Sadik September 14, 1986 (1986-09-14) (age 21) 8 1 FC Lahti FW Aleksei Kangaskolkka October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29) (age 19) 0 0 MyPa

[edit] Recent Call Up

Called up within the last year, as of May 26, 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Aapo Kiljunen January 24, 1986 (1986-01-24) (age 22) Tampereen Pallo-Veikot GK Jon Masalin January 29, 1986 (1986-01-29) (age 22) Hamarkameratene DF Ville Jalasto April 19, 1986 (1986-04-19) (age 22) FC Honka DF Ilari Äijälä September 30, 1986 (1986-09-30) (age 21) MyPa DF Petri Viljanen February 3, 1987 (1987-02-03) (age 21) FC Haka DF Robin Wikman January 21, 1986 (1986-01-21) (age 22) Landskrona BoIS DF Sami Rähmönen April 19, 1987 (1987-04-19) (age 21) Turun Palloseura DF Jermu Gustafsson June 22, 1986 (1986-06-22) (age 21) FC Inter Turku MF Marco Matrone July 2, 1987 (1987-07-02) (age 20) FF Jaro MF Eetu Muinonen April 5, 1986 (1986-04-05) (age 22) MyPa MF Teemu Turunen January 19, 1986 (1986-01-19) (age 22) FC Inter Turku MF Mika Ojala June 21, 1988 (1988-06-21) (age 19) FC Inter Turku MF Jonas Emet February 13, 1988 (1988-02-13) (age 20) FF Jaro MF Erfan Zeneli December 28, 1986 (1986-12-28) (age 21) Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi FW Jami Puustinen January 9, 1987 (1987-01-09) (age 21) FC Honka FW Teemu Pukki March 29, 1990 (1990-03-29) (age 18) Sevilla FC FW Niko Ikävalko April 24, 1988 (1988-04-24) (age 20) FC KooTeePee FW Aleksandr Kokko June 4, 1987 (1987-06-04) (age 21) FC Honka

• Caps and goals correct as of June 4, 2008

[edit] Coaching staff

• Head coach: Markku Kanerva
• Coach: Kari Martonen
• Goalkeeping coach: Kari Laukkanen
• Team director: Kari Laukkanen
• Team doctor: Tuomas Brinck
• Physiotherapist: Jari Pylvänäinen
• Kit manager: Harri Koskinen

[edit] See also

• Finland national football team
• Finland national under-21 football team at UEFA web pages

[edit] References

1. ^ Suomen Palloliitto - Artikkeliarkisto
2. ^ http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=113007

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