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The Faroe Islands national football team, represents the Faroe Islands in association football and is controlled by the Faroe Islands Football Association. The Faroe Islands became a member of FIFA in 1988 and UEFA in 1990 and is the fourth smallest UEFA country by population.
The Greenland national football team represents Greenland in non-FIFA international tournaments. It is controlled by the Football Association of Greenland. Although it has the same status as the Faroe Islands within the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland is not, unlike the Faroe Islands national football team, a member of FIFA nor of any continental confederation and therefore is not eligible to enter the World Cup or other sanctioned tournaments. Most of the matches they have played have been against the Faroe Islands and Iceland, but neither of the two consider those games full internationals. The Greenland national team are aiming to join FIFA in the near future.
Football is the most popular sport in the Faroe Islands, which is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. 60% of those who play sport on the islands play football. Football in the Faroe Islands is governed by the Faroe Islands Football Association, and it is a member of UEFA and FIFA despite not being a sovereign state.
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 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.
KÍ Klaksvík Kvinnur is the women's football team of KÍ Klaksvík, a Faroese football club, based in Klaksvík and founded in 1904. The club plays in blue and white. Their stadium, Djúpumýra, has a capacity of 3,000.
The Montenegro women's national football team represents Montenegro in international women's football, and it is organised by Football Association of Montenegro.
Faroe Islands women's national under-17 football team represents Faroe Islands in international youth football competitions.
Jákup Ludvig Thomsen is a Faroese footballer who plays as a centre-forward for HB Tórshavn.
Anna Sunadóttir Hansen is a Faroese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and has appeared for the Faroe Islands women's national team.
Durita Hummeland is a Faroese footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Faroe Islands women's national team.
Elisabet Vang is a Faroese footballer who plays as a defender and has appeared for the Faroe Islands women's national team.
Jónvá Hentze is a Faroese footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Faroe Islands women's national team.
Laila Pætursdóttir is a Faroese footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Faroe Islands women's national team.
Margunn Lindholm is a Faroese footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Faroe Islands women's national team.
Rebekka Fjálsá Benbakoura is a Faroese footballer who plays as a forward and has appeared for the Faroe Islands women's national team.
Sara Lamhauge is a Faroese footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Faroe Islands women's national team.
Sarita Mittfoss is a Faroese footballer who plays as a defender and has appeared for the Faroe Islands women's national team.
Sigrun Kristiansen is a Faroese footballer who plays as a defender and has appeared for the Faroe Islands women's national team.
Susanna Hansen is a Faroese footballer who plays as a defender and has appeared for the Faroe Islands women's national team.
Kaja Korošec is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for club side ŽNK Pomurje and has featured for the Slovenia women's national team since her debut as a 16-year-old in 2017.
References
- ↑ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Faroe Islands)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
