List of Finland international footballers
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The following list of Finland international footballers covers all football players with 30 or more official caps for the Finland national football team. The players are listed here sorted first by the total number of caps, and then by last name.
Key[edit]
| Still active for the national team. | |
| Caps | Appearances |
| Pos | Positions |
|---|---|
| GK | Goalkeeper |
| DF | Defender |
| MF | Midfielder |
| FW | Forward |
List of players[edit]
- As of June 16, 2017.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jari Litmanen | FW | 137 | 32 | 1989 | 2010 |
| Sami Hyypiä | DF | 105 | 5 | 1992 | 2010 |
| Jonatan Johansson | FW | 105 | 22 | 1996 | 2010 |
| Ari Hjelm | FW | 100 | 20 | 1983 | 1996 |
| Joonas Kolkka | FW | 98 | 11 | 1994 | 2010 |
| Mikael Forssell | FW | 87 | 29 | 1999 | 2014 |
| Erkka Petäjä | DF | 84 | 0 | 1983 | 1994 |
| Arto Tolsa | DF | 77 | 10 | 1964 | 1981 |
| Petri Pasanen | DF | 76 | 1 | 2000 | 2013 |
| Hannu Tihinen | DF | 76 | 5 | 1997 | 2010 |
| Toni Kuivasto | DF | 75 | 1 | 1997 | 2009 |
| Roman Eremenko | MF | 73 | 5 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Mika Nurmela | MF | 71 | 4 | 1992 | 2008 |
| Mixu Paatelainen | FW | 70 | 18 | 1986 | 2000 |
| Esko Ranta[1] | DF | 69 | 0 | 1971 | 1980 |
| Aki Riihilahti | MF | 69 | 11 | 1998 | 2007 |
| Juhani Peltonen[2] | MF | 68 | 11 | 1955 | 1970 |
| Antti Niemi | GK | 67 | 0 | 1992 | 2007 |
| Hannu Turunen | DF | 66 | 3 | 1979 | 1987 |
| Teemu Tainio | MF | 64 | 6 | 1998 | 2014 |
| Mika Väyrynen | MF | 63 | 5 | 2002 | 2015 |
| Shefki Kuqi | FW | 62 | 7 | 1999 | 2010 |
| Miikka Toivola | DF | 62 | 4 | 1968 | 1980 |
| Markus Heikkinen | MF | 61 | 0 | 2002 | 2011 |
| Olli Huttunen | GK | 61 | 0 | 1980 | 1992 |
| Stig-Göran Myntti | MF | 61 | 5 | 1945 | 1958 |
| Erik Holmgren | DF | 60 | 2 | 1986 | 1995 |
| Marko Myyry | MF | 60 | 2 | 1986 | 1996 |
| Esa Pekonen | DF | 60 | 2 | 1981 | 1989 |
| Jukka Ikäläinen | MF | 59 | 3 | 1980 | 1989 |
| Markku Kanerva | MF | 59 | 1 | 1986 | 1995 |
| Kari Ukkonen | MF | 59 | 4 | 1983 | 1996 |
| Niklas Moisander | DF | 58 | 2 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Alexei Eremenko | MF | 57 | 14 | 2003 | 2013 |
| Frans Karjagin | DF | 57 | 0 | 1929 | 1941 |
| Teemu Pukki | FW | 57 | 9 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Veikko Asikainen | MF | 56 | 0 | 1938 | 1955 |
| Jari Europaeus | DF | 56 | 0 | 1983 | 1991 |
| Kasper Hämäläinen | FW | 56 | 8 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Jussi Jääskeläinen | GK | 56 | 0 | 1998 | 2010 |
| Aki Lahtinen | DF | 56 | 0 | 1979 | 1989 |
| Pertti Mäkipää[3] | DF | 56 | 2 | 1962 | 1970 |
| Kai Pahlman | FW | 56 | 13 | 1954 | 1968 |
| Kari Arkivuo | DF | 54 | 1 | 2005 | 2017 |
| Tim Sparv | MF | 54 | 1 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Jouko Suomalainen | MF | 54 | 2 | 1970 | 1978 |
| Ari Heikkinen | DF | 51 | 1 | 1989 | 1994 |
| William Kanerva | MF | 50 | 13 | 1922 | 1938 |
| Max Viinioksa | DF | 50 | 1 | 1926 | 1935 |
| Toni Kallio | DF | 49 | 2 | 2000 | 2010 |
| Kari Laukkanen | GK | 49 | 0 | 1985 | 1996 |
| Leo Houtsonen | MF | 48 | 1 | 1978 | 1986 |
| Timo Kautonen | MF | 47 | 0 | 1964 | 1976 |
| Matti Paatelainen | FW | 47 | 11 | 1970 | 1977 |
| Ari Valvee | FW | 47 | 8 | 1980 | 1989 |
| Perparim Hetemaj | MF | 46 | 4 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Mika Lipponen | FW | 46 | 11 | 1983 | 1991 |
| Jyrki Nieminen | MF | 46 | 9 | 1976 | 1986 |
| Jarkko Wiss | MF | 45 | 3 | 1996 | 2007 |
| Harri Ylönen | DF | 45 | 1 | 1995 | 2002 |
| Kalevi Lehtovirta | FW | 44 | 12 | 1947 | 1959 |
| Gunnar Åström | FW | 43 | 16 | 1923 | 1937 |
| Tommy Lindholm[4] | FW | 43 | 11 | 1965 | 1974 |
| Erkki Vihtilä | MF | 43 | 0 | 1971 | 1979 |
| Hjalmar Kelin | FW | 42 | 7 | 1920 | 1928 |
| Arvo Närvänen | FW | 42 | 1 | 1924 | 1937 |
| Alexander Ring | MF | 42 | 1 | 2011 | 2017 |
| Janne Saarinen | DF | 42 | 0 | 2000 | 2008 |
| Olavi Rissanen | FW | 40 | 7 | 1969 | 1979 |
| Eino Soinio | MF | 40 | 2 | 1912 | 1927 |
| Joona Toivio | DF | 40 | 2 | 2011 | 2017 |
| Peter Kopteff | DF | 39 | 1 | 2000 | 2006 |
| Pauno Kymäläinen | DF | 39 | 0 | 1975 | 1985 |
| Kaarlo Oksanen | DF | 39 | 0 | 1929 | 1937 |
| Jukka Raitala | DF | 39 | 0 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Kim Suominen | MF | 39 | 4 | 1993 | 1996 |
| Aulis Koponen | FW | 38 | 16 | 1924 | 1935 |
| Antti Sumiala | FW | 38 | 9 | 1992 | 2004 |
| Erik Beijar | MF | 37 | 4 | 1948 | 1964 |
| Ernst Grönlund | FW | 37 | 11 | 1931 | 1940 |
| Lukáš Hrádecký | GK | 37 | 0 | 2010 | 2017 |
| Lars Näsman | GK | 37 | 0 | 1965 | 1971 |
| Aulis Rytkönen | MF | 37 | 7 | 1948 | 1964 |
| Daniel Sjölund | MF | 37 | 2 | 2003 | 2012 |
| Kari Virtanen | MF | 37 | 1 | 1979 | 1986 |
| Tommi Grönlund | MF | 36 | 2 | 1995 | 2002 |
| Petri Järvinen | MF | 36 | 4 | 1989 | 1996 |
| Ismo Lius | MF | 36 | 4 | 1984 | 1990 |
| Kurt Martin | DF | 36 | 0 | 1945 | 1954 |
| Jari Rantanen[5] | MF | 36 | 4 | 1983 | 1989 |
| Matti Mäkelä | MF | 35 | 2 | 1961 | 1972 |
| Kurt Weckström | FW | 35 | 10 | 1931 | 1943 |
| Seppo Kilponen | DF | 34 | 0 | 1966 | 1971 |
| Janne Lindberg | MF | 34 | 1 | 1993 | 1996 |
| Ilkka Remes | DF | 34 | 1 | 1982 | 1992 |
| Pasi Tauriainen | MF | 34 | 1 | 1986 | 1993 |
| Jorma Vaihela | MF | 34 | 13 | 1947 | 1954 |
| Markus Halsti | MF | 33 | 0 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Veli Lampi | DF | 33 | 0 | 2006 | 2015 |
| Semi Nuoranen | MF | 33 | 2 | 1961 | 1972 |
| Kimmo Tarkkio | FW | 33 | 3 | 1986 | 1992 |
| Verner Eklöf | FW | 32 | 17 | 1919 | 1927 |
| Aki Heiskanen | MF | 32 | 7 | 1974 | 1978 |
| Raimo Saviomaa | DF | 32 | 0 | 1968 | 1974 |
| Simo Valakari | MF | 32 | 0 | 1996 | 2003 |
| Mika Kottila | FW | 31 | 6 | 1998 | 2004 |
| Pentti Larvo | FW | 31 | 4 | 1929 | 1937 |
| Jarl Malmgren | MF | 31 | 6 | 1928 | 1938 |
| Viljo Halme | GK | 30 | 0 | 1932 | 1939 |
| Jari Ilola | MF | 30 | 1 | 1998 | 2007 |
| Seppo Pyykkö | FW | 30 | 1 | 1976 | 1981 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Suomen Palloliitto - Artikkeliarkisto". Archived from the original on 2008-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=127018[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=130784[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=153868[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Suomen Palloliitto - Artikkeliarkisto". Archived from the original on 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-04.