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| Nickname(s) | Kvinnulandsliðið (Women's National Team) | ||
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| Association | Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Pætur Clementsen | ||
| Captain | Ásla Johannesen | ||
| Mostcaps | Heidi Sevdal (98) | ||
| Top scorer | Heidi Sevdal (31) | ||
| Home stadium | Tórsvøllur | ||
| FIFA code | FRO | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 111 6 (11 December 2025)[1] | ||
| Highest | 60 (June 2009) | ||
| Lowest | 113 (June 2024) | ||
| First international | |||
Official Faroe Islands 0–2Republic of Ireland  (Toftir, Faroe Islands; 24 September 1995) Unofficial  Iceland 6–0Faroe Islands (Kópavogur, Iceland; 25 June 1986) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Faroe Islands 8–0Andorra  (Ħamrun, Malta; 6 April 2015) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Faroe Islands 0–13Norway  (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 8 October 2019) | |||
TheFaroe Islands women's national football team represents theFaroe Islands inwomen's association football and is controlled by theFaroe Islands Football Association (FSF), thegoverning body of all football in the Faroe Islands. The FSF became a member of theInternational Federation of Association Football (FIFA) in 1988 andUnion 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 theFIFA Women's World Cup orUEFA Women's Championship. They took part in theIsland Games in 2001, 2003 and 2005 and won all three tournaments, as well as appearing at the2010 edition of theAlgarve Cup. In the Faroe Islands, the team is known as theKvinnulandsliðið.
The FSF was founded on 13 January 1979[2] and awomen's national league began play in 1985.[3] The first Faroese women's national team games took place in June 1986, with two defeats toIceland. The matches, a 6–0 defeat atKópavogsvöllur and a 2–0 defeat atAkranesvöllur, predate the Faroe Islands' membership of FIFA and UEFA but are listed as full internationals at both FIFA.com and the official website of theFootball Association of Iceland (KSÍ).[4][5]
The Faroe Islands joined FIFA on 2 July 1988[2] and themale national team played its first official match—a 1–0 defeat againstIceland—on 24 August 1988.[6] Membership of UEFA followed on 18 April 1990 and the Faroe Islands' male team entered its first major international competition later that year: thequalifying rounds for the1992 UEFA European Football Championship.[2]
A women's team was formed to take part in the1997 UEFA Women's Championship qualification tournament, which began in September 1995.Páll Guðlaugsson was appointed ascoach. The Faroe Islands were competing at class B, in a regionalised group alongsideBelgium,Ireland,Scotland andWales. The group winners would not qualify for thefinal tournament but would play-off against a last placed team from A class for promotion to the higher grade.[7]
The Faroe Islands staged all their home games at thenational stadium of the time,Svangaskarð inToftir. On 24 September 1995 they lost their first ever home match 2–0 to Ireland.[8] The following month, another 2–0 defeat, to Belgium inBrussels, preceded a 7–1 loss in Scotland whereSólvá Joensen scored the team's first ever goal.[9] Two days later, on 25 October 1995, the Faroe Islands beat Wales 1–0 atFarrar Road inBangor to record their first ever victory.Helga Ellingsgaard scored the decisive goal on 35 minutes,[10] while opposition coachSue Lopez lamented her team's failure to convert any of their 20 shots at goal.[11]
The next match was a 3–1 defeat inDublin, 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.[12]
When the senior women's national team was relaunched in 2004 after an eight-year hiatus, their first match was a 2–1friendly defeat to Ireland. Irish coachNoel King named an experimental team which lacked his leading players fromArsenal Ladies.[13] The game was staged inKlaksvík on 12 October 2004, the day before the nations' senior men's teams met atLansdowne Road, Dublin.
In the next match, a return friendly with Ireland at theOscar 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 theUEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying series. At a preliminary round mini-tournament held inStrumica, Macedonia,Malena Josephsen'sinjury time goal in the first match was not enough to avert a 2–1 defeat toWales. The team was eliminated after another defeat, 1–0 toKazakhstan. In the final match the Faroe Islands beat hostsMacedonia 7–0 atStadion Kukuš to record a record win which stood until 2015.
The Faroe Islands women's national football team plays their home matches on theTórsvøllur.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
v Faroe Islands| 21 February 2025 (2025-02-21)2025 UEFA Nations League C | Slovakia | 3–0 | Faroe Islands | Trnava, |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium:Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 309 Referee: Anastasia Mylopoulou (Greece) |
v Faroe Islands| 25 February 2025 (2025-02-25)UEFA Women's Nations League C | Gibraltar | 0–1 | Faroe Islands | Europa Point,Gibraltar |
| 19:00 | Report |
| Stadium:Europa Point Stadium Referee: Melek Dakan (Türkiye) |
v
Moldova| 4 April 2025 (2025-04-04)2025 UEFA Nations League C | Faroe Islands | 2–0 | Moldova | Torshavn, Faroe Islands |
Hummeland 47'Sevdal 75' | Report | Stadium:Tórsvøllur Referee: Lovisa Johansson (Sweden) |
v Gibraltar| 8 April 2025 (2025-04-08)UEFA Women's Nations League C | Faroe Islands | 5–0 | Gibraltar | Tórshavn,Faroe Islands |
| 18:00(17:00WET) |
| Report | Stadium:Tórsvøllur Referee: Teresa Oliveira (Portugal) |
v Faroe Islands| 30 May2025 UEFA Nations League C | Moldova | 1–1 | Faroe Islands | Chișinău |
| 19:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 568 Referee: Jelena Međedović (Serbia) |
v Slovakia| 3 June2025 UEFA Nations League C | Faroe Islands | 1–2 | Slovakia | Tórshavn |
| 19:00 |
| Report | Stadium:Tórsvøllur Attendance: 606 Referee:Emily Heaslip (England) |
v Faroe Islands| 25 October2025 Women's Baltic Cup | Lithuania | 1–0 | Faroe Islands | Raudondvaris,Lithuania |
| 13:00 | Stadium:Raudondvaris Stadium |
v Faroe Islands| 27 October2025 Women's Baltic Cup | Estonia | 2–0 | Faroe Islands | Raudondvaris,Lithuania |
| 11:00 | Stadium:Raudondvaris Stadium |
v Faroe Islands| 7 March2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | Greece | v | Faroe Islands | Greece |
| Report |
v Greece| 14 April2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | Faroe Islands | v | Greece | Faroe Islands |
| Report |
v
Georgia| 18 April2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | Faroe Islands | v | Georgia | Faroe Islands |
| Report |
v Faroe Islands| 5 June2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | Georgia | v | Faroe Islands | Georgia |
| Report |
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| Position | Name | Ref. |
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| Head coach |  Signe Pries Andersen | [14] |
| This sectionneeds expansion. You can help byadding missing information.(January 2021) |
Páll Guðlaugsson (1995–1997) Álvur Hansen (2001– May 2012)[15]Rúni Nolsøe 2012[16]Jón Pauli Olsen (2013–2015) Pætur Clementsen (December 2015–2018)[17]John Petersen (2019–2020)[18]Lene Terp (January 2021–2023)[14]Signe Pries Andersen (2023–2024)[19] Pætur Clementsen (January 2025–)[20]The following players were called up for the2025 Baltic Cup in Lithuania in October 2025.[21]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Óluva Joensen | (2002-04-21)21 April 2002 (age 23) | 29 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík | |
| 1GK | Gunnvá Lützen | (2005-04-25)25 April 2005 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | HB Tórshavn | |
| 2DF | Birita Ryan | (2002-11-24)24 November 2002 (age 23) | 42 | 2 | KÍ Klaksvík | |
| 2DF | Teresa Jacobsen | (2006-07-30)30 July 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | HB Tórshavn | |
| 2DF | Sanna Svarvadal | (2001-11-14)14 November 2001 (age 24) | 32 | 1 | KÍ Klaksvík | |
| 2DF | Tórunn Joensen | (1999-09-27)27 September 1999 (age 26) | 28 | 1 | KÍ Klaksvík | |
| 2DF | Óluva Allansdóttir Joensen | (2004-12-03)3 December 2004 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík | |
| 3MF | Heidi Sevdal | (1989-03-06)6 March 1989 (age 36) | 96 | 31 | NSÍ Runavík | |
| 3MF | Ásla Johannesen(captain) | (1996-05-09)9 May 1996 (age 29) | 60 | 10 |  Piteå | |
| 3MF | Eyðvør Klakstein | (1995-09-05)5 September 1995 (age 30) | 60 | 6 | KÍ Klaksvík | |
| 3MF | Durita Hummeland | (1998-03-21)21 March 1998 (age 27) | 25 | 1 | KÍ Klaksvík | |
| 3MF | Sara Lamhauge | (2000-12-19)19 December 2000 (age 25) | 33 | 0 | NSÍ Runavík | |
| 3MF | Jonnhild á Sondum | (2007-05-12)12 May 2007 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | NSÍ Runavík | |
| 3MF | Tóra Mohr | (1999-04-01)1 April 1999 (age 26) | 14 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík | |
| 4FW | Sunniva Willemoes | (2003-09-12)12 September 2003 (age 22) | 18 | 2 | HB Tórshavn | |
| 4FW | Fridrikka Clementsen | (2003-07-11)11 July 2003 (age 22) | 21 | 0 | HB Tórshavn | |
| 4FW | Mona Rasmusdóttir | (2004-11-02)2 November 2004 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Víkingur | |
| 4FW | Jensa Tórolvsdóttir | (2001-03-08)8 March 2001 (age 24) | 42 | 6 | Víkingur | |
| 4FW | Rakul Sørensen | (2005-07-21)21 July 2005 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | Víkingur | |
The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Eyðgerð Berg | (2001-02-20)20 February 2001 (age 24) | 4 | 0 | Víkingur | v. Gibraltar, 8 April 2025 |
| GK | Valborg Østerø | (2002-08-06)6 August 2002 (age 23) | 7 | 0 | B36 Tórshavn | v. Lithuania, 25 February 2025 |
| DF | Lea Lisberg | (2002-02-28)28 February 2002 (age 23) | 19 | 1 | Víkingur | v. Lithuania, 27 October 2024 |
| DF | Vár Johannesen | (2006-02-16)16 February 2006 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík | v. Slovakia, 3 June 2025 |
| MF | Rúna Jacobsen | (1996-02-05)5 February 1996 (age 30) | 25 | 1 | HB Tórshavn | v. Gibraltar, 8 April 2025 |
| MF | Maria Johansen | (2004-07-23)23 July 2004 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík | v. Gibraltar, 8 April 2025 |
| MF | Anna Katrina Mikkelsen | (2005-04-20)20 April 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Víkingur | v. Gibraltar, 8 April 2025 |
| MF | Malena Olsen | (2004-05-19)19 May 2004 (age 21) | 13 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík | v. Slovakia, 3 June 2025 |
| MF | Julia Mortensen | (2000-09-28)28 September 2000 (age 25) | 35 | 2 | NSÍ Runavík | v. Slovakia, 3 June 2025 |
| MF | Sólja Ernstsdóttir | (2006-09-05)5 September 2006 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík | v. Slovakia, 3 June 2025 |
| MF | Anna Brændstrup | (2005-07-23)23 July 2005 (age 20) | 7 | 0 | HB Køge | v. Slovakia, 3 June 2025 |
| MF | Jancy Mohr | (2005-08-04)4 August 2005 (age 20) | 5 | 0 | KÍ Klaksvík | v. Slovakia, 3 June 2025 |
| FW | Petra HoydalWD | (2005-03-07)7 March 2005 (age 20) | 9 | 1 | AaB Kvinder | v. Slovakia, 3 June 2025 |
| FW | Brá Zakariasardóttir | (2007-10-15)15 October 2007 (age 18) | 1 | 0 | NSÍ Runavík | v. Slovakia, 3 June 2025 |
| FW | Rebekka Benbakoura | (1999-01-05)5 January 1999 (age 27) | 18 | 2 | Kastoria GPO | v. Andorra, 16 July 2024 |
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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.[24]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 againstLuxembourg. 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[25] and was 39 years old, when she played the match against Luxembourg. Mother and daughter have played together on theKÍ women's best team since 2010.[26]
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
    2031 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
 2035 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 157 | −136 | |
| UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | P/R | Rnk | |
| 1984 to1995 | 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 |  [a] | 43rd | |||||||||
| 2029 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 37 | 87 | −50 | 43rd | ||
| UEFA Women's Nations League record | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | | 42nd | |
| Total | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 42nd | |||||
 | Promoted at end of season |
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| No movement at end of season |
 | Relegated at end of season |
| * | Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs |
| Island Games record | |||||||
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| 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 |
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