Muurinen was sacked in June , and he was replaced by caretaker Jyrki Heliskoski , but results didn't improve. In August , it was announced that Roy Hodgson would become the new Finland coach in , and he started in the job in January of that year.

Hodgson stepped down as manager after they failed to qualify for Euro In the Euro qualifying Finland needed to win their last qualifying game away at Portugal to qualify for their first major football tournament.

However, the match ended 0—0 meaning the team missed out on qualification to the tournament, with Finland ending the group stage with 24 points and Portugal with 27 points.

However, the performance in qualifying led to the Finns gaining their best-ever FIFA world ranking to date at the position of 33rd.

The World Cup qualifying campaign under new head coach Stuart Baxter saw Finland again finish third in their group with five wins, three draws and two defeats.

They were the only team in qualifying not to lose to eventual 3rd-place finishers Germany; in both the home and away matches Finland had led Germany only to concede late equalisers.

Finland finished a disappointing fourth in Euro qualifying , with only three wins, two of them against minnows San Marino.

In the World Cup qualifying campaign , Finland's best result was a 1—1 draw at reigning world champions Spain.

They finished third in the five-team Group I, behind Spain and France. Finland finished fourth in Euro qualifying but achieved another noteworthy result.

Joel Pohjanpalo 's goal gave the Finns a 1—0 win at former European champions Greece , who had reached the second round of the World Cup and were the top seeds of their qualifying group.

The World Cup qualifying campaign saw Finland finish a disappointing fifth in their group with only two wins, although one of them was over Iceland , who finished top of the qualifying group.

Most of Finland's important home matches are played at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in the capital Helsinki. It has been Finland's principal home stadium ever since its construction was completed in Before that Pallokenttä in Helsinki was mainly used.

Today, some qualifying matches against lower profile opponents and some friendlies are hosted at the Tampere Stadium in Tampere and Veritas Stadion in Turku.

Helsinki's Telia 5G -areena , which has artificial turf , is also used for some friendlies and qualifiers.

During reconstruction of Helsinki Olympic Stadium in —19 Tampere Stadium serves as the main stadium for qualifying games.

This list is Finland national team complete records, both friendlies and competitive matches. The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months.

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